2017–18 Leicester City F.C. season

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Leicester City
2017–18 season
Chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager Craig Shakespeare
(Until 17 October)[1]
Claude Puel
(From 25 October)[2]
Premier League 9th
FA Cup Quarter-finals
(knocked out by Chelsea)
League Cup Quarter-finals
(knocked out by Manchester City)
Top goalscorer League:
Jamie Vardy (20)
All:
Jamie Vardy (23)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Leicester City season was the club's 113th season in the English football league system and its 50th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football.[3] This season saw Leicester City participate in the Premier League for the fourth consecutive season as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 CB England Sam Hughes England Chester Free [4]
1 July 2017 CB England Harry Maguire England Hull City £17,000,000 [5][6]
6 July 2017 DM Spain Vicente Iborra Spain Sevilla £15,000,000 [7]
19 July 2017 GK Switzerland Eldin Jakupović England Hull City Undisclosed [8]
3 August 2017 CF Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho England Manchester City £25,000,000 [9]
8 August 2017 RW Wales George Thomas England Coventry City Undisclosed [10]
1 January 2018 CM Portugal Adrien Silva Portugal Sporting CP £22,000,000 [11]
9 January 2018 CF Mali Fousseni Diabaté France Gazélec Ajaccio £2,000,000 [12]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2017 CB Poland Marcin Wasilewski Poland Wisła Kraków Released [13][14]
30 June 2017 CM England Michael Cain England Whitehawk Released [13][15]
30 June 2017 CB Austria David Domej Germany 1. FC Nürnberg II Released [13][16]
30 June 2017 LM England Brandon Fox England Tamworth Released [13][17]
30 June 2017 CB France Cédric Kipré Scotland Motherwell Released [13][18]
30 June 2017 DM England Matty Miles England Eynesbury Rovers Released [13][19]
30 June 2017 CF Grenada Kairo Mitchell England Nuneaton Town Released [13][20]
12 July 2017 GK Germany Ron-Robert Zieler Germany VfB Stuttgart Undisclosed [21]
15 August 2017 SS Wales Tom Lawrence England Derby County Undisclosed [22]
31 August 2017 CM England Danny Drinkwater England Chelsea £35,000,000 [23][24][25]

Loans in

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
31 August 2017 CB Austria Aleksandar Dragović Germany Bayer Leverkusen 30 June 2018 [26]

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
14 July 2017 AM Poland Bartosz Kapustka Germany SC Freiburg 30 June 2018 [27]
31 July 2017 LB Australia Callum Elder England Wigan Athletic 30 June 2018 [28]
11 August 2017 LW England Harvey Barnes England Barnsley 30 June 2018 [29]
18 August 2017 CB England Elliott Moore Belgium Oud-Heverlee Leuven January 2018 [30]
31 August 2017 DM France Nampalys Mendy France Nice 30 June 2018 [31]
29 January 2018 CF Argentina Leonardo Ulloa England Brighton & Hove Albion 30 June 2018
30 January 2018 CF Nigeria Ahmed Musa Russia CSKA Moscow 30 June 2018
31 January 2018 CM Wales Andy King Wales Swansea City 30 June 2018
31 January 2018 CF Algeria Islam Slimani England Newcastle United 30 June 2018

Players and staff

First team squad

  • This section lists players who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2016–17 season
  • Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
  • Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
  • Italics indicate loan player
No. Nationality Name Position Joined Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Denmark Kasper Schmeichel GK 2011 England Leeds United
12 England Ben Hamer GK 2014 England Charlton Athletic
17 Switzerland Eldin Jakupović GK 2017 England Hull City
Defenders
2 England Danny Simpson RB 2014 England Queens Park Rangers
3 England Ben Chilwell LB / LM 2015 Youth
5 Jamaica Wes Morgan CB 2012 (winter) England Nottingham Forest
6 Germany Robert Huth CB 2015 England Stoke City
15 England Harry Maguire CB 2017 England Hull City
16 Austria Aleksandar Dragović CB 2017 Germany Bayer Leverkusen (loan)
28 Austria Christian Fuchs LB / CB 2015 Germany Schalke 04
29 Tunisia Yohan Benalouane CB 2015 Italy Atalanta
31 Australia Callum Elder LB 2013 Youth
33 England Elliott Moore CB 2016 Youth
Midfielders
7 England Demarai Gray LW / RW / CF 2016 (winter) England Birmingham City
11 England Marc Albrighton RM / LM 2014 England Aston Villa
14 Portugal Adrien Silva CM 2017 Portugal Sporting CP
18 Ghana Daniel Amartey CM / CB / RB / DM 2016 (winter) Denmark Copenhagen
21 Spain Vicente Iborra DM 2017 Spain Sevilla
22 England Matty James CM 2012 England Manchester United
25 Nigeria Wilfred Ndidi DM 2017 (winter) Belgium Genk
26 Algeria Riyad Mahrez LW / RW / AM 2014 (winter) France Le Havre
32 England Harvey Barnes AM / CM / RM / LM 2016 Youth
Forwards
8 Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho CF 2017 England Manchester City
9 England Jamie Vardy CF 2012 England Fleetwood Town
20 Japan Shinji Okazaki CF / AM 2015 Germany Mainz 05
30 Wales George Thomas RW / LW / CF 2017 England Coventry City
33 Mali Fousseni Diabaté RW / LW / CF 2018 France Gazélec Ajaccio

Pre-season

Premier League Asia Trophy

Pre-season friendlies

Leicester City announced five pre-season friendlies against Burton Albion,[32] Luton Town,[33] Wolverhampton Wanderers, Milton Keynes Dons[34] and Borussia Mönchengladbach.[35]

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 38 12 11 15 56 60 −4 31.58
FA Cup 5 3 1 1 9 3 +6 60.00
EFL Cup 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 75.00
Total 47 18 13 16 75 66 +9 38.30

Last updated: 13 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Premier League

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Main article: 2017–18 Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Burnley 38 14 12 12 36 39 −3 54 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 Everton 38 13 10 15 44 58 −14 49
9 Leicester City 38 12 11 15 56 60 −4 47
10 Newcastle United 38 12 8 18 39 47 −8 44
11 Crystal Palace 38 11 11 16 45 55 −10 44
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[36]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Since the winners of the 2017–18 FA Cup (Chelsea) and the winners of the 2017–18 EFL Cup (Manchester City) both qualified for European competition based on their league positions, the berths awarded to the 5th-placed team (Europa League group stage) and the League Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) were passed down the league.

Result summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 12 11 15 56 60  −4 47 7 6 6 25 22  +3 5 5 9 31 38  −7

Last updated: 13 May 2018.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

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Matches

On 14 June 2017, the 2017–18 season fixtures were announced.[37][38] Leicester City played in the first Premier League fixture that opened the season on Friday.

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Leicester City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Fleetwood Town.[39]

EFL Cup

Leicester City entered in the second round of the competition with an away trip to Sheffield United.[40] A home tie against Liverpool was confirmed for the third round.[41] Another home tie was drawn for the fourth round with Leeds United the visitors.[42] A third consecutive home tie in the competition was announced for the quarter-finals, against Manchester City.[43]

Squad statistics

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 Denmark GK Kasper Schmeichel 35 0 33 0 2 0 0 0
2 England DF Danny Simpson 31 0 27+1 0 3 0 0 0
3 England DF Ben Chilwell 32 0 20+4 0 3+1 0 4 0
5 Jamaica DF Wes Morgan 35 0 32 0 2 0 1 0
6 Germany DF Robert Huth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 England MF Demarai Gray 44 4 17+18 3 4+1 0 3+1 1
8 Nigeria FW Kelechi Iheanacho 28 8 7+14 3 4+1 4 2 1
9 England FW Jamie Vardy 42 23 37 20 2+1 2 0+2 1
11 England MF Marc Albrighton 42 2 30+4 2 1+4 0 3 0
12 England GK Ben Hamer 9 0 3+1 0 1 0 4 0
14 Portugal MF Adrien Silva 16 0 9+3 0 3+1 0 0 0
15 England DF Harry Maguire 44 2 38 2 3 0 3 0
16 Austria DF Aleksandar Dragović 16 0 7+4 0 2 0 3 0
17 Switzerland GK Eldin Jakupovic 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
18 Ghana MF Daniel Amartey 14 0 6+2 0 2 0 4 0
20 Japan FW Shinji Okazaki 32 7 17+10 6 0+3 0 1+1 1
21 Spain MF Vicente Iborra 26 3 17+2 3 4 0 3 0
22 England MF Matty James 15 0 11+2 0 1+1 0 0 0
25 Nigeria MF Wilfred Ndidi 38 1 33 0 2+1 1 2 0
26 Algeria MF Riyad Mahrez 41 13 34+2 12 3 0 0+2 1
28 Austria DF Christian Fuchs 29 0 21+4 0 2 0 2 0
29 Tunisia DF Yohan Benalouane 6 0 1 0 3 0 0+2 0
30 Wales FW George Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 England MF Harvey Barnes 5 0 0+3 0 2 0 0 0
33 Mali MF Fousseni Diabaté 16 2 5+9 0 1+1 2 0 0
34 England DF Josh Knight 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
37 England MF Layton Ndukwu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 England MF Hamza Choudhury 9 0 4+4 0 0 0 0+1 0
45 England DF Sam Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left during the season
10 Wales MF Andy King (on loan at Swansea City) 15 1 5+6 1 1 0 3 0
13 Nigeria FW Ahmed Musa (on loan at CSKA Moscow) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
19 Algeria FW Islam Slimani (on loan at Newcastle United) 17 5 2+10 1 2 0 3 4
23 Argentina FW Leonardo Ulloa (on loan at Brighton & Hove Albion) 6 0 0+4 0 0 0 2 0
24 France MF Nampalys Mendy (on loan at Nice) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

Top scorers

Rnk No Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 9 FW England Jamie Vardy 20 2 1 23
2 26 MF Algeria Riyad Mahrez 12 0 1 13
3 8 FW Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho 3 4 1 8
4 20 FW Japan Shinji Okazaki 6 0 1 7
5 19 FW Algeria Islam Slimani 1 0 4 5
6 7 MF England Demarai Gray 3 0 1 4
7 21 MF Spain Vicente Iborra 3 0 0 3
8 15 DF England Harry Maguire 2 0 0 2
11 MF England Marc Albrighton 2 0 0 2
33 MF Mali Fousseni Diabaté 0 2 0 2
11
10 MF Wales Andy King 1 0 0 1
25 MF Nigeria Wilfred Ndidi 0 1 0 1
13 FW Nigeria Ahmed Musa 0 0 1 1
Own goals 3 0 0 3
Total 56 9 10 75

Awards

Club awards

Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and supporters, was held on 1 May 2018. The following awards were made:[44]

Player of the Year Award England Harry Maguire
Young Player of the Year Award Nigeria Wilfred Ndidi
Players' Player of the Year Award England Harry Maguire
Academy Player of the Year Award England Connor Tee
Development Squad Player of the Season England Hamza Choudhury
Goal of the Season Award England Jamie Vardy vs. West Brom, 10 March 2018
Performance of the Season vs. Southampton, 13 December 2017

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