Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club is a professional <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">football</a> club based in the city of <a href="/facts/Leicester/zcSBswu3">Leicester</a>, <a href="/facts/East_Midlands/2ATUueLX">East Midlands</a>, England. The club compete in the <a href="/facts/EFL_Championship/89P6Q7YA">Championship</a>, the second tier of <a href="/facts/English_football_league_system/0W3m8VFk">English football</a>.
The club was founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse F.C, before they became known as Leicester City in 1919, coinciding with the city of <a href="/facts/Leicester/zcSBswu3">Leicester</a> gaining official <a href="/facts/City_status/cmReC6bD">city status</a>. They moved to <a href="/facts/Filbert_Street/nYqmrRzz">Filbert Street</a> in 1891, were <a href="/facts/Re-election_(Football_League)/3o6um8Fx">elected</a> to <a href="/facts/The_Football_League/aN1vmvoF">the Football League</a> in 1894, and moved to the nearby <a href="/facts/King_Power_Stadium/jBll2nVV">King Power Stadium</a> in 2002. 
Leicester City have won seven prominent trophies within the <a href="/facts/English_football_league_system/0W3m8VFk">English football league system</a>, including one <a href="/facts/Premier_League/nfXVuAYa">Premier League</a>, one <a href="/facts/FA_Cup/nq1hRAUw">FA Cup</a>, three <a href="/facts/Football_League_Cup/So1N23yy">League Cups</a>, and two <a href="/facts/FA_Community_Shield/YH4MD106">FA Community Shields</a>. Leicester are currently the 6th most successful team in <a href="/facts/English_football/TI2FFcAP">English football</a> since the turn of the century, as one of only five clubs to have won all three major <a href="/facts/Domestic_cup/xRSlUAH4">domestic</a> trophies since 2000. The club's <a href="/facts/2015%25E2%2580%259316_Premier_League/j0gh5U50">2015–16 Premier League</a> title win attracted global attention, and they became one of seven clubs to have won the <a href="/facts/Premier_League/nfXVuAYa">Premier League</a> since its <a href="/facts/Foundation_of_the_Premier_League/cyIQdWcq">inception in 1992</a>. 
Prior to <a href="/facts/2015%25E2%2580%259316_Premier_League/j0gh5U50">2015–16</a>, Leicester's highest league finish was second place in the top flight in <a href="/facts/1928%25E2%2580%259329_Football_League/jUTv9bum">1928–29</a>. The club has competed in seven European campaigns to date, reaching the <a href="/facts/UEFA_Champions_League/h1ao7NDp">UEFA Champions League</a> quarter-finals in <a href="/facts/2016%25E2%2580%259317_UEFA_Champions_League/Nha5qFv8">2016–17</a> and <a href="/facts/UEFA_Europa_Conference_League/9fvpAqu6">UEFA Europa Conference League</a> semi-finals in <a href="/facts/2021%25E2%2580%259322_UEFA_Europa_Conference_League/LxXvTrVq">2021–22</a>. They have played in the <a href="/facts/FA_Cup/nq1hRAUw">FA Cup</a> final five times, winning their first title in <a href="/facts/2021_FA_Cup_final/eyrDglEH">2021</a>. Leicester won the <a href="/facts/Football_League_Cup/So1N23yy">League Cup</a> in <a href="/facts/1964_Football_League_Cup_final/qJb5nAhp">1964</a>, <a href="/facts/1997_Football_League_Cup_final/LCNn6zUj">1997</a>, and <a href="/facts/2000_Football_League_Cup_final/8fdNru9t">2000</a> respectively, and were finalists in <a href="/facts/1964%25E2%2580%259365_Football_League_Cup/UJVbCp5Y">1964–65</a> and <a href="/facts/1998%25E2%2580%259399_Football_League_Cup/9hGuoPTX">1998–99</a>.

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