Leicester City F.C.

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Leicester City F.C.
Bayanai
Suna a hukumance	Leicester City Football Club
Iri	ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa
Ƙasa	Birtaniya
Laƙabi	The Foxes
Mulki
Shugaba	Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (en)
Hedkwata	Leicester
Mamallaki	King Power (en)
Mamallaki na	Filbert Street (en)
Tarihi
Ƙirƙira	1884
Awards received	BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award  (2016)
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Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Leicester City ƙwararriyar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ce ta ƙasar Ingila wacce ke garin Leicester a Gabas ta Tsakiyar, Ingila. Kulob din na fafatawa a gasar Premier, matakin mafi girma a tsarin gasar kwallon kafa ta Ingila, kuma tana buga wasanninsa na gida a filin wasa na King Power Stadium.

An kafa kulob din a shekarar alif 1884 a matsayin Leicester Fosse FC, inda take wasa a filin kusa da Fosse Road. Sun koma Filbert Street a 1891, an zabe su zuwa Gasar Kwallon Kafa a 1894 kuma sun karɓi sunan Leicester City a 1919. Sun koma filin wasa na Walkers a shekara ta 2002, wanda aka sake masa suna zuwa King Power Stadium a 2011. Leicester City ta lashe manyan kofuna bakwai a gasar kwallon kafa ta Ingila, ciki har da Premier League daya, FA Cup daya, League Cup uku, da kuma FA Community Shields guda biyu. A halin yanzu su ne ƙungiya ta shida mafi nasara a ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila tun farkon ƙarni, a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi biyar kacal da suka lashe dukkan manyan kofuna uku na cikin gida tun daga shekarar 2000. [1] Nasarar da ƙungiyar ta samu a gasar Premier League ta 2015–16 ta jawo hankalin duniya baki ɗaya, kuma ta zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi bakwai da suka lashe gasar Premier tun lokacin da aka kafa ta a 1992. [2] Kafin shekarar 2015–16, Leicester ta kammala gasar da ta fi kowacce a kakar wasa, inda ta zo ta biyu a rukunin farko na 1928–29 .Tsawon lokacin da ƙungiyar ta shafe a matakin farko a ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila ya kasance tsakanin 1957 zuwa 1969. A cikin waɗannan shekarun, Leicester ta kai wasan ƙarshe na gasar cin kofin FA sau uku, ta fafata a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Turai a karon farko, kuma ta sami matsayi na uku mafi girma a gasar. Tun daga lokacin ƙungiyar ta shiga cikin wasu kakar wasa shida na Turai da kuma gasar cin kofin FA guda biyu, inda ta kai zagayen kwata-kwata na gasar zakarun Turai ta UEFA a 2016–17, ta lashe gasar FA a 2021, sannan ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar UEFA Europa Conference League a 2021–22 . Leicester ta lashe gasar League Cup a shekarar 1964, 1997, da 2000 bi da bi, kuma ta kai zagayen karshe a shekarar 1964–65 da 1998–99 .

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Kafawa da shekarun farko (1884-1949) An kafa ƙungiyar a shekarar 1884 ta ƙungiyar tsofaffin yara maza na Makarantar Wyggeston a matsayin "Leicester Fosse", ƙungiyar ta shiga Ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa (FA) a shekarar 1890. Kafin ya koma Titin Filbert a shekarar 1891, kulob din ya buga wasa a filayen wasa guda biyar daban-daban, ciki har da Victoria Park da ke kudu maso gabashin tsakiyar birnin da kuma filin wasan keke na Belgrave Road da kuma filin wasan Cricket . Kungiyar ta kuma shiga gasar Midland League a shekarar 1891, kuma an zabe ta zuwa gasar rukuni na biyu ta gasar kwallon kafa ta 1894 bayan ta kare a matsayi na biyu. Wasan farko da Leicester ta buga a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ya kasance wanda ta sha kashi da ci 4-3 a hannun Grimsby Town, inda ta yi nasara a gasar a makon da ya biyo baya, a kan Rotherham United a filin wasa na Filbert Street. A wannan kakar kuma, ƙungiyar ta sami nasara mafi girma a tarihi, inda ta yi nasara 13-0 a kan Notts Olympic a wasan neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin FA . A shekarar 1907–08, ƙungiyar ta kare a matsayi na biyu a rukunin na biyu, inda ta samu ci gaba zuwa rukunin farko, matakin mafi girma a ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila. Duk da haka, an fitar da ƙungiyar daga gasar bayan kakar wasa ɗaya, wanda ya haɗa da rashin nasara a tarihin ƙungiyar, rashin nasara a hannun Nottingham Forest da ci 12-0. A shekarar 1919, lokacin da ƙwallon ƙafa ta sake komawa gasar bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, Leicester Fosse ta daina ciniki saboda matsalolin kuɗi. An sauya wa ƙungiyar suna zuwa "Ƙungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Leicester City" wanda hakan ya dace musamman ganin cewa an bai wa gundumar Leicester matsayin birni kwanan nan. Bayan sauya suna, ƙungiyar ta samu nasara mai yawa a shekarun 1920 a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Peter Hodge, wanda ya lashe gasar Division Two a 1924–25 . Hodge ya bar aiki a watan Mayu na 1926 kuma Willie Orr ya maye gurbinsa bayan watanni biyu. A cikin Rukunin Farko na 1927–28, ƙungiyar ta kare a matsayi na uku kafin ta kammala gasar ta biyu mafi girma a kakar wasa daga baya a 1928–29, inda ta kare a matsayi na biyu da maki ɗaya bayan The Wednesday . Duk da haka, shekarun 1930 sun ga koma-baya a arziki, inda ƙungiyar ta faɗi a shekarar 1934-35 . Bayan sun samu ci gaba a 1936–37, wani koma-baya a 1938–39 zai sa su kammala shekaru goma a Division II. Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu (1949–2000) Leicester ta kai wasan ƙarshe na gasar cin kofin FA a karon farko a tarihinta a shekarar 1949, inda ta sha kashi da ci 3-1 a hannun Wolverhampton Wanderers . Duk da haka, ƙungiyar tana bikin mako guda bayan haka lokacin da aka tashi kunnen doki a ranar ƙarshe ta kakar wasa ta tabbatar da cewa ta tsira a rukuni na biyu. A shekarar 1954, Leicester ta lashe gasar Division Two, tare da taimakon Arthur Rowley, daya daga cikin 'yan wasan gaba mafi hazaka a kungiyar.

Duk da koma baya a kakar wasa ta baya, a karkashin jagorancin Dave Halliday, Leicester ta koma Division One a shekarar 1957, inda Rowley ya zira kwallaye 44 a tarihin kulob din a kakar wasa daya. Leicester ta ci gaba da kasancewa a Division One har tsawon shekaru 12 har zuwa 1969, mafi tsawon lokacin da suka yi a manyan rukunin kwallon kafa na Ingila. Halliday ya bar ƙungiyar a watan Oktoban 1958. A ƙarƙashin jagorancin Matt Gillies, wanda aka naɗa a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba 1958, da mataimakinsa Bert Johnson, Leicester ta kai wasan ƙarshe na Kofin FA sau biyu, amma an doke ta a duka 1961 da 1963. Yayin da suka sha kashi a hannun Tottenham Hotspur a shekarar 1961, Leicester ta kasance wakilan Ingila a gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai ta 1961–62 . A mafi yawan kakar wasa ta 1962-63, ƙungiyar ta jagoranci rukunin farko kuma an yi mata lakabi da "Sarkunan Ice" saboda rawar da suka taka a filin wasa mai sanyi da sanyi. Daga ƙarshe Leicester ta kare a matsayi na 4, wanda shine mafi kyawun matsayi a ƙungiyar bayan yaƙin. Gillies ya jagoranci Leicester zuwa ga nasarar lashe kofin farko a shekarar 1964, lokacin da suka doke Stoke City da ci 4-3 a jimilla don lashe kofin League . Leicester ta kuma kai wasan karshe na gasar League Cup a shekara mai zuwa, amma ta sha kashi a hannun Chelsea da ci 3-2 a jimilla. Gillies da Johnson sun sami yabo saboda sigar "wahayi" da tsarin "switch", tsarin da ƙungiyoyin ƙasa na Austria da Hungary suka yi amfani da shi a baya. Bayan rashin nasarar fara kakar wasa ta bana, Matt Gillies ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa na koci a watan Nuwamban 1968. Wanda ya gaje shi Frank O'Farrell bai iya hana faduwa daga gasar ba, amma kulob din ya sake kaiwa wasan karshe na cin kofin FA a shekarar 1969, inda ya sha kashi a hannun Manchester City da ci 1-0.A ranar 19 ga Maris 1977, Winston White ya zama ɗan wasa na farko baƙar fata na Leicester da ya buga wasa a ƙungiyar, a wasan da suka buga a waje da Stoke City . An fitar da ƙungiyar daga gasar a ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 1977-78, kuma McLintock ya yi murabus. Jock Wallace ya sake komawa ga al'adar manajojin Scotland masu nasara (bayan Peter Hodge da Matt Gillies) ta hanyar jagorantar Leicester zuwa gasar zakarun rukuni na biyu a 1980. Wallace bai iya ci gaba da riƙe Leicester a rukunin farko ba, amma sun kai wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na cin kofin FA a shekarar 1982. A ƙarƙashin Wallace, ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun 'yan wasan Leicester City, Gary Lineker, ya fito cikin tawagar farko.Manajan Leicester na gaba shine Gordon Milne, wanda aka naɗa a watan Agusta na 1982. Ya samu ci gaba da ƙungiyar a shekara guda bayan haka a shekarar 1983. Lineker ya taimaka wa Leicester ta ci gaba da riƙe matsayinta a Gasar Cin Kofin Farko, amma aka sayar da shi ga Everton a shekarar 1985. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, Leicester ta koma matakin ƙarshe, bayan ta kasa samun wanda zai maye gurbin Alan Smith, wanda daga baya aka sayar wa Arsenal bayan Leicester ta sha kashi. Milne ya bar aiki a shekarar 1986 kuma David Pleat ya maye gurbinsa a shekarar 1987, wanda ya jagoranci kungiyar har zuwa watan Janairun 1991. Gordon Lee ya gaji Pleat kuma an naɗa shi kocin har zuwa ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 1990-91, wanda hakan ya sa Leicester ta fice daga faɗuwa zuwa mataki na uku na ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila. Brian Little ya karbi ragamar kungiyar a watan Mayun 1991, kuma a karshen kakar wasa ta 1991–92, Leicester ta kai wasan karshe na neman gurbin shiga gasar Premier . Sun sha kashi a hannun Blackburn Rovers ta hanyar bugun fenariti daga tsohon dan wasan Leicester Mike Newell . Kungiyar ta kuma kai wasan karshe na gasar share fage a shekara mai zuwa, amma ta sha kashi a hannun Swindon Town da ci 4-3. A kakar wasa ta 1993–94, Leicester ta samu matsayi na uku a gasar share fagen shiga gasar a karkashin Brian Little, inda ta doke abokan hamayyarta na East Midlands Derby County da ci 2-1 a wasan karshe. Ɗan wasan ya ajiye aikinsa a matsayin kocin Leicester a watan Nuwamba mai zuwa don ya karɓi ragamar horas da Aston Villa, kuma magajinsa Mark McGhee bai iya ceton Leicester daga zama na biyu a ƙasa a gasar Premier ta 1994-95 ba.McGhee ya bar ƙungiyar ba zato ba tsammani a watan Disamba na 1995, yayin da Leicester ke kan gaba a rukuni na biyu, don ɗaukar nauyin Wolverhampton Wanderers. An maye gurbin McGhee da Martin O'Neill . A ƙarƙashin O'Neill, Leicester ta kai wasan ƙarshe na play-off a shekarar 1996 kuma ta sami ci gaba zuwa gasar Premier . Bayan samun ci gaba, Leicester ta kafa kanta a gasar Premier da maki hudu a jere a saman 10. O'Neill ya kuma kawo ƙarshen jiran Leicester na tsawon shekaru 33 don samun babban kofi, inda ya lashe Kofin League a 1997 da kuma a 2000 . Saboda haka, ƙungiyar ta cancanci shiga gasar cin kofin UEFA a 1997–98 da 2000–01, wanda shine karon farko da suka shiga gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Turai tun 1961. A watan Yunin 2000, O'Neill ya bar Leicester City don ya zama kocin Celtic .Faduwar tattalin arziki a farkon karni na 21 (2000-2008)Tsohon kocin Ingila 'yan ƙasa da shekara 21 Peter Taylor ya maye gurbin Martin O'Neill. A wannan lokacin, ɗaya daga cikin wasannin da Leicester ta yi a Turai ya ƙare da rashin nasara da ci 3-1 a hannun Red Star Belgrade a ranar 28 ga Satumba, 2000 a gasar cin kofin UEFA. Leicester ta fara da kyau a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Taylor, inda ta jagoranci gasar Premier tsawon makonni biyu a kaka, kuma ta ci gaba da kasancewa a sahun gaba a gasar zakarun Turai a mafi yawan lokutan kakar wasa, kafin faɗuwar da ta yi a ƙarshen kakar wasa bayan rashin nasara a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na Kofin FA a hannun Wycombe Wanderers, ta jawo ta zuwa matsayi na 13. Kungiyar ta sallami Taylor bayan rashin nasarar da ta samu a kakar wasa ta 2001-02, kuma wanda ya gaje shi Dave Bassett ya shafe watanni shida kacal. An maye gurbin Bassett da mataimakinsa Micky Adams - an sanar da canjin shugabancin kulob din jim kaɗan kafin a tabbatar da faduwa daga gasar. Leicester ta lashe wasanni biyar kacal a gasar a duk kakar wasa.Kungiyar ta koma sabon filin wasa na Walkers mai kujeru 32,314 a farkon kakar wasa ta 2002-03, wanda ya ƙare shekaru 111 a Filbert Street. Walkers, masana'antun kifin da ke Leicester, sun sami haƙƙin sanya suna na tsawon shekaru goma. A watan Oktoba na 2002, ƙungiyar ta shiga harkokin gudanarwa da basussukan £30. miliyan. Manyan abubuwan da suka haifar da hakan sun haɗa da asarar kuɗin talabijin ( ITV Digital, wacce ita kanta ke kan mulki, ta yi alƙawarin kuɗi ga ƙungiyoyin First Division don samun haƙƙin TV), babban kuɗin albashi, ƙarancin kuɗin da aka yi tsammani ga 'yan wasa da aka canja zuwa wasu ƙungiyoyi da kuma kuɗin gina sabon filin wasa. [2] An dakatar da kocin, Micky Adams daga kasuwar musayar 'yan wasa a mafi yawan lokutan kakar wasa, har ma bayan an ceto kulob din ta hanyar karɓe shi daga hannun wani kamfani da Gary Lineker ke jagoranta. [3] A kakar wasa ta farko da ƙungiyar ta buga a sabon filin wasa, ta samu ci gaba kai tsaye zuwa gasar Premier (wanda a lokacin ake kira FA Barclaycard Premiership ) da maki sama da 90, inda ta yi rashin nasara sau biyu kacal a gida a duk lokacin kakar wasa. Duk da haka, an mayar da Leicester a kakar wasa mai zuwa ( 2003–04 ), zuwa sabuwar gasar Championship (wanda a da aka sani da Division One).A watan Satumba na 2003, a matsayin martani kai tsaye ga ci gaban Leicester a farkon wannan shekarar, hukumomin kwallon kafa sun gabatar da sabbin dokoki da nufin hana kungiyoyi samun fa'idar wasanni ta hanyar rashin kudi. Wannan ya haɗa da gabatar da rage maki ga kowace ƙungiya da ta shiga harkokin gudanarwa a nan gaba. A watan Oktoba na 2004, Micky Adams ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa na manaja, kuma aka naɗa Craig Levein a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbinsa. Kungiyar ta rabu da Levein bayan watanni 15 yana jagorantar kungiyar a ranar 25 ga Janairun 2006. Mataimakin manaja Rob Kelly ya karɓi ragamar aiki a matsayin manaja na riƙo, kuma daga baya aka naɗa shi don ya ci gaba da jagorantar sauran kakar wasa ta 2005-06, daga baya ya lashe wasanni uku daga cikin wasanni huɗu na farko da ya jagoranci. Kelly ya jagoranci Leicester zuwa ga tsaro kuma a watan Afrilun 2006, an ba shi aikin manaja na dindindin. All watan Oktoban 2006, an ambato tsohon shugaban Portsmouth, Milan Mandarić, yana cewa yana sha'awar siyan ƙungiyar, wanda aka ruwaito yana kan farashin kusan fam 6. miliyan, inda darajar 'yan wasan da ke wasa a yanzu ta kai kusan £4.2 miliyan. An sanar da kwace iko a hukumance a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, 2007. A ranar 11 ga Afrilu, 2007, ƙungiyar ta rabu da Rob Kelly, kuma an naɗa Nigel Worthington a matsayin kocin riƙo har zuwa ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 2006-07 . Worthington ta ceci ƙungiyar daga faɗuwa a matsayi na farko zuwa mataki na uku, amma ba a ba ta aikin na dindindin ba. A ranar 25 ga Mayu 2007, ƙungiyar ta sanar da tsohon kocin Milton Keynes Dons Martin Allen a matsayin sabon kocinta bayan kwantiragin shekaru uku. Dangantakar Allen da Mandarić ta yi tsami sosai har bayan wasanni huɗu kacal, ya bar ƙungiyar bisa amincewar juna a ranar 29 ga Agusta 2007. A ranar 13 ga Satumba 2007, Mandarić ya sanar da Gary Megson a matsayin sabon kocin Leicester, yana mai cewa "wadatar kwarewarsa" ce ta sa ya yanke shawara kan nadin. Duk da haka, Megson ya bar aiki a ranar 24 ga Oktoba 2007 bayan makonni shida kacal a kan mulki, bayan da Bolton Wanderers ta yi masa tayin aiki. Mandarić ya sanya Frank Burrows da tsohon ɗan wasa Gerry Taggart a matsayin manajoji na riƙo har sai an naɗa manaja na dindindin.A ranar 22 ga Nuwamba 2007, an naɗa Ian Holloway a matsayin sabon manajan ƙungiyar, kuma ya zama kocin Leicester na farko cikin sama da shekaru 50 da ya lashe wasansa na farko a gasar. Duk da haka, wannan ya zama rashin nasara, domin Leicester ta fice daga gasar Championship a karshen kakar wasa ta 2007-08 . Holloway ya bar ƙungiyar ne bayan ya yi ƙasa da kakar wasa ɗaya a ƙungiyar, kuma Nigel Pearson ya maye gurbinsa.Komawa Premier League da kuma karɓe King Power (2008–2015)Bayan faduwa daga gasar, kakar wasa ta 2008–09 League One ita ce kakar wasa ta farko da Leicester ta buga a waje da manyan matakai biyu na kwallon kafa ta Ingila, amma sun kai wannan matsayi na uku shekaru bakwai kacal kafin su zama zakarun gasar Premier ta 2015–16 - daya daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasa da suka taba hawa saman teburin gasar kwallon kafa ta Ingila . Leicester ta koma gasar Championship a karon farko a yunƙurin 2008-09, inda ta kare a matsayin zakarun gasar League One bayan ta yi nasara da ci 2-0 a hannun Southend United, yayin da sauran wasanni biyu suka rage. Kakar wasa ta 2009-10 ta ci gaba da farfado da Leicester a karkashin kocinta Nigel Pearson. Kungiyar ta kare a matsayi na 5 kuma ta kai zagayen neman gurbin shiga gasar Championship a kakar wasa ta farko da ta koma mataki na biyu. A wasan farko da suka buga a gida da Cardiff City, sun sha kashi 0-1. A wasan zagaye na biyu a waje, duk da cewa sun dawo daga 2-0 a kan jimilla, inda suka jagoranci 3-2 na ɗan lokaci, daga ƙarshe sun sha kashi a bugun fenariti . A ƙarshen kakar wasa, Pearson ya bar Leicester ya zama kocin Hull City, yana mai cewa yana jin kamar ƙungiyar ba ta son ci gaba da riƙe shi, kuma yana ambaton cewa bayyanar Paulo Sousa a wasannin share fage guda biyu ya nuna yiwuwar maye gurbinsa. A ranar 7 ga Yuli 2010, an tabbatar da Sousa a matsayin magajin Pearson. A watan Agusta na 2010, bayan ya cimma yarjejeniyar daukar nauyin riguna na tsawon shekaru uku da kamfanin sayar da kaya na kasar Thailand King Power, wanda ba shi da haraji, Mandarić ya sayar da kungiyar ga kamfanin Asian Football Investments (AFI), wata kungiya da kasar Thailand ke jagoranta karkashin jagorancin mai kamfanin King Power Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (wanda a lokacin ake kira Vichai Raksriaksorn) da kuma dansa, Aiyawatt . Mandarić, wanda ya ci gaba da zama mai zuba jari a AFI, ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin shugaban ƙungiyar. A ranar 1 ga Oktoba 2010, bayan rashin nasarar da kungiyar ta samu a kakar wasa ta bana, wanda ya sa kungiyar ta gaza a gasar Championship da nasara daya kacal daga wasanni tara na farko da ta buga a gasar, Leicester ta raba gari da Paulo Sousa nan take. Kwana biyu bayan haka a ranar 3 ga Oktoba 2010, Sven-Göran Eriksson, wanda ƙungiyar ta tuntuɓe shi bayan shan kashi 6-1 a hannun Portsmouth, mai matsayi na ƙarshe, makonni biyu da suka gabata, aka naɗa shi a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin Sousa bisa kwangilar shekaru biyu. A ranar 10 ga Fabrairu 2011, an nada Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, wanda ke wakiltar ƙungiyar Asiya Football Investments (AFI) da ke Thailand, a matsayin shugaban ƙungiyar bayan tafiyar Mandarić a watan Nuwamba 2010 don karɓar ragamar jagorancin Sheffield Wednesday . An yi wa Leicester kallon ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ake sa ran za su samu ci gaba a kakar wasa ta 2011-12, amma a ranar 24 ga Oktoba 2011, bayan fara wasa ba tare da daidaito ba da nasara 5 kacal daga wasanni 13 na farko, Eriksson ya bar ƙungiyar bisa amincewar juna. Makonni uku bayan haka, a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba 2011, Nigel Pearson ya koma ƙungiyar a matsayin magajin Eriksson. Pearson zai ci gaba da jagorantar Leicester zuwa matsayi na 6 a kakar wasa ta 2012-13, bayan ya jagoranci kungiyar zuwa matsayi na 5 a kakar wasa hudu a baya a 2009-10. Leicester ta yi nasara a wasan farko da Watford da ci 1-0, amma an doke ta da ci 3-2 a jimilla a dukkan wasannin biyu. A zagaye na biyu a filin wasa na Vicarage Road, Manuel Almunia ya yi nasarar kare kwallo biyu daga bugun fenariti da Anthony Knockaert ya buga a ƙarshen wasan, kafin Troy Deeney ya ci kwallo a ɗayan gefen a wani yanayi mai ban mamaki wanda ya sa Watford ta kai wasan Wembley a kan Leicester. A watan Mayun 2014, ci gaban da Leicester ta samu a tsarin gasar ya haifar da gagarumin ci gaba. Nasarar da Leicester City ta samu a gida a kan Sheffield Wednesday da ci 2-1, tare da rashin nasara da Queens Park Rangers da Derby County suka yi, ya bai wa Leicester City damar shiga gasar Premier bayan ta shafe shekaru goma ba tare da ta buga wasa ba. Daga baya a wannan watan, nasarar da Leicester ta samu a Bolton Wanderers ta sa ta zama zakaran gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai na 2013-14, wanda ya kasance karo na 7 da ta lashe gasar a mataki na biyu. Bayan kammala kakar wasa ta bana, shugaban kulob din Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha ya bayyana burinsa na ganin kulob din ya kai matsayi na biyar a gasar Premier cikin shekaru uku. Leicester ta fara kakar wasa ta farko a gasar Premier tun 2004 da kunnen doki 2-2 a gida da Everton a ranar farko. Daga nan ƙungiyar ta lashe gasar Premier ta farko tun daga watan Mayu na 2004 makonni huɗu bayan haka, a ranar 13 ga Satumba 2014, a wasan da suka yi da Stoke City da ci 1-0. A ranar 21 ga Satumba, 2014, Leicester ta ci gaba da yin nasara a kan Manchester United da ci 5-3 a filin wasa na King Power . Kungiyar ta kafa tarihi a gasar Premier ta hanyar zama kungiya ta farko tun bayan fara gasar a shekarar 1992 da ta doke Manchester United da rashin kwallaye biyu. A kakar wasa ta 2014-15, Leicester ta faɗi ƙasa a teburin gasar bayan ta samu maki 19 kacal daga wasanni 29. Kafin ranar 3 ga Afrilun 2015, sun yi nisa da maki bakwai daga tsaro. Wannan zai iya kawo ƙarshen shekaru bakwai na haɓakar tsarin gasar Leicester, amma nasarori bakwai daga wasanni tara na ƙarshe da suka yi a gasar sun tabbatar da cewa sun kammala kakar wasa a matsayi na 14 da maki 41. Sun kammala kakar wasa ta bana da nasara 5-1 akan Queens Park Rangers da suka fadi a ranar karshe, kuma an bayyana karuwar sakamakon Leicester a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan tserewar da aka taba yi daga faduwa a gasar Premier. Sun kuma zama ƙungiya ta uku a tarihin Premier da ta tsira bayan ta kasance ƙasa a lokacin Kirsimeti (sauran biyu sune West Bromwich Albion a 2005 da Sunderland a 2014 ), kuma babu wata ƙungiya da ta samu ƙasa da maki 20 daga wasanni 29 da ta taɓa tsayawa a kan teburin gasar a baya.A ranar 30 ga Yuni 2015, ƙungiyar ta ɗauki matakin bazata na rabuwa da manaja Nigel Pearson, bayan shekaru huɗu yana aiki. An yanke wannan shawara ne bayan da ɗan Pearson, James Pearson, ya shiga cikin wani "fim ɗin batsa na wariyar launin fata" a lokacin wani rangadin alheri bayan kakar wasa a Thailand. Tafiyar Pearson ta kuma shafi wasu batutuwan hulda da jama'a da suka shafe shi a tsawon kakar wasa. A ranar 13 ga Yulin 2015, ƙungiyar ta naɗa Claudio Ranieri a matsayin sabon kocinta kafin kakar wasannin Premier ta 2015-16. Duk da rashin tabbas da aka samu a farkon lokacin da aka nada Ranieri, Leicester ta fara kakar wasa ta bana da kyau. Dan wasan gaba Jamie Vardy ya zura kwallaye 13 a wasanni 11 a jere daga watan Agusta zuwa Nuwamba, wanda hakan ya karya tarihin da Ruud van Nistelrooy ya kafa na zura kwallaye a wasanni 10 a jere na gasar Premier. A ranar 19 ga Disamba 2015, Leicester ta doke Everton da ci 3-2 a Goodison Park, inda ta jagoranci gasar Premier a ranar Kirsimeti, bayan da ta kasance a karshen teburi watanni 12 da suka gabata.