This is a list of seasons played by Leicester City Football Club in English and European football, from 1890 (when Leicester Fosse first competed in the FA Cup) to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

In 2016, Leicester City clinched their first Premier League title, their highest position in the League. Their lowest position was in 2009, when they clinched the League One (third tier) title, their only season outside the top two tiers of English football.

• Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 55
• Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 63
• Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 1
• Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Season	League										FA Cup	EFL Cup[a]	Other / Europe		Top goalscorer(s)[b]		Avg. Att[c]
	Division	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos			Competition	Res	Overall	G
as Leicester Fosse F.C.
1890–91	No League appearances recorded										1Q						n/a
1891–92	ML		20	5	3	12	21	56	13	11th	1Q				Jimmy Atter	6	n/a
1892–93	ML		24	12	3	9	50	37	27	4th	3Q				Billy Dorrell	15	n/a
1893–94	ML		20	15	2	3	49	13	32	2nd	R2				Jimmy Brown	16	3,600
1894–95	Div 2	2	30	15	8	7	72	53	38	4th	R1				David Skea	31	4,067
1895–96	Div 2		30	14	4	12	57	44	32	8th	4Q				Willie McArthur Harry Trainer	14	5,200
1896–97	Div 2		30	13	4	13	59	57	30	9th	5Q				Billy Dorrell	13	5,434
1897–98	Div 2		30	13	7	10	46	35	33	7th	R1				Roddy McLeod	14	5,034
1898–99	Div 2		34	18	9	7	64	42	45	3rd	5Q				Tommy Galbraith	17	5,748
1899–1900	Div 2		34	17	9	8	53	36	43	5th	R1				Rab King	14	6,030
1900–01	Div 2		34	11	10	13	39	37	32	11th	R1				Tommy Brown	9	4,677
1901–02	Div 2		34	12	5	17	38	56	29	14th	INT					9	3,267
1902–03	Div 2		34	10	8	16	41	65	28	15th	4Q					14	4,471
1903–04	Div 2		34	6	10	18	42	82	22	18th	5Q				Ike Evenson	12	4,765
1904–05	Div 2		34	11	7	16	40	55	29	14th	R1				Arthur Mounteney	20	5,435
1905–06	Div 2		38	15	12	11	53	48	42	7th	R1				Archie Hubbard	12	5,764
1906–07	Div 2		38	20	8	10	62	39	48	3rd	R1				Harry Wilcox	14	10,202
1907–08	↑ Div 2 ↑		38	21	10	7	72	47	52	2nd	R2				Percy Humphreys	20	11,808
1908–09	↓ Div 1 ↓	1	38	8	9	21	54	102	25	20th	R2				Jimmy Donnelly	11	12,790
1909–10	Div 2	2	38	20	4	14	79	58	44	5th	QF				Fred Shinton	34	10,211
1910–11	Div 2		38	14	5	19	52	62	33	15th	R2				Davie Walker	8	8,345
1911–12	Div 2		38	15	7	16	49	66	37	10th	R2				Fred Osborn Henry Sparrow	11	8,579
1912–13	Div 2		38	13	7	18	50	65	33	15th	R1				Fred Osborn	14	4,639
1913–14	Div 2		38	11	4	23	45	61	26	18th	R1				Tommy Benfield	11	6,053
1914–15	Div 2		38	10	4	24	47	88	24	19th	6Q				Billy Mills	11	2,264
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War I.
as Leicester City F.C.
1919–20	Div 2	2	42	15	10	17	41	61	40	14th	R3				John Paterson	12	13,788
1920–21	Div 2		42	12	16	14	39	46	40	12th	R1					17	16,646
1921–22	Div 2		42	14	17	11	39	34	45	9th	R3				John Paterson Alex Trotter	8	15,902
1922–23	Div 2		42	21	9	12	65	44	51	3rd	R2				Johnny Duncan	22	17,865
1923–24	Div 2		42	17	8	17	64	54	42	12th	R1				Arthur Chandler	24	17,897
1924–25	↑ Div 2 ↑		42	24	11	7	90	32	59	1st	QF					38	18,406
1925–26	Div 1	1	42	14	10	18	70	80	38	17th	R3					26	24,693
1926–27	Div 1		42	17	12	13	85	70	46	7th	R3					29	23,665
1927–28	Div 1		42	18	12	12	96	72	48	3rd	R5					34	24,758
1928–29	Div 1		42	21	9	12	96	67	52	2nd	R5					34	23,774
1929–30	Div 1		42	17	9	16	86	90	43	8th	R3					32	21,345
1930–31	Div 1		42	16	6	20	80	95	38	16th	R3				Ernie Hine	31	17,335
1931–32	Div 1		42	15	7	20	74	94	34	19th	R5					28	16,242
1932–33	Div 1		42	11	13	18	75	89	35	19th	R3				Arthur Maw	14	16,823
1933–34	Div 1		42	14	11	17	59	74	39	17th	SF				Danny Liddle	14	18,071
1934–35	↓ Div 1 ↓		42	12	9	21	61	86	33	21st	R4					14	17,995
1935–36	Div 2	2	42	19	10	13	79	57	48	6th	R5				Arthur Maw	18	15,128
1936–37	↑ Div 2 ↑		42	24	8	10	89	57	56	1st	R4				Jack Bowers	35	20,353
1937–38	Div 1	1	42	14	11	17	54	75	39	16th	R4				Jack Bowers Danny Liddle	11	20,313
1938–39	↓ Div 1 ↓		42	9	11	22	48	82	29	22nd	R4				George Dewis	12	16,512
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after World War II.
1945–46	n/a[d]										R3	n/a
1946–47	Div 2	2	42	18	7	17	69	64	43	9th	R5				George Dewis	19	24,502
1947–48	Div 2		42	16	11	15	60	57	43	9th	R5				Jack Lee	15	26,807
1948–49	Div 2		42	10	16	16	62	79	36	19th	RU					29	30,242
1949–50	Div 2		42	12	15	15	55	65	39	15th	R3					22	29,078
1950–51	Div 2		42	15	11	16	68	58	41	14th	R3				Arthur Rowley	28	26,892
1951–52	Div 2		42	19	9	14	78	64	47	5th	R3					38	25,822
1952–53	Div 2		42	18	12	12	89	74	48	5th	R3					41	26,247
1953–54	↑ Div 2 ↑		42	23	9	9	97	60	56	1st	QR					36	28,818
1954–55	↓ Div 1 ↓	1	42	12	11	19	74	86	35	21st	R3					23	30,736
1955–56	Div 2	2	42	21	6	15	94	78	48	5th	R4				Willie Gardiner Arthur Rowley	35	27,849
1956–57	↑ Div 2 ↑		42	25	11	6	109	67	61	1st	R3				Arthur Rowley	44	30,541
1957–58	Div 1	1	42	14	5	23	91	112	33	18th	R3					20	31,389
1958–59	Div 1		42	11	10	21	67	98	32	19th	R4				Jimmy Walsh	20	28,051
1959–60	Div 1		42	13	13	16	66	75	39	12th	QF				Albert Cheesebrough	17	25,533
1960–61	Div 1		42	18	9	15	87	70	45	6th	RU	R2			Jimmy Walsh	29	24,056
1961–62	Div 1		42	17	6	19	72	71	40	14th	R3	R2	European Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Ken Keyworth	19	19,378
1962–63	Div 1		42	20	12	10	79	53	52	4th	RU	R2				27	25,726
1963–64	Div 1		42	16	11	15	61	58	43	11th	R3	W				16	24,142
1964–65	Div 1		42	11	13	18	69	85	35	18th	QF	RU			Jimmy Goodfellow	17	20,031
1965–66	Div 1		42	21	7	14	80	65	49	7th	R5	R2			Jackie Sinclair	24	22,298
1966–67	Div 1		42	18	8	16	78	71	44	8th	R3	R4				22	24,440
1967–68	Div 1		42	13	12	17	64	69	38	13th	QF	R2			Mike Stringfellow	14	24,575
1968–69	↓ Div 1 ↓		42	9	12	21	39	68	30	21st	RU	R4			Allan Clarke	16	28,414
1969–70	Div 2	2	42	19	13	10	64	50	51	3rd	R5	QF			Rodney Fern	18	25,079
1970–71	↑ Div 2 ↑		42	23	13	6	57	30	59	1st	R4	R4			Jackie Sinclair	17	25,941
1971–72	Div 1	1	42	13	13	16	41	46	39	12th	R4	R2	FA Charity Shield	W		7	28,576
1972–73	Div 1		42	10	17	15	40	46	37	16th	R3	R2			Frank Worthington	11	23,042
1973–74	Div 1		42	13	16	13	51	41	42	9th	SF	R2				24	25,168
1974–75	Div 1		42	12	12	18	46	60	36	18th	R5	R3				19	23,765
1975–76	Div 1		42	13	19	10	48	51	45	7th	R5	R4			Bob Lee	13	22,110
1976–77	Div 1		42	12	18	12	47	60	42	11th	R3	R2			Frank Worthington	14	18,802
1977–78	↓ Div 1 ↓		42	5	12	25	26	70	22	22nd	R4	R2			Roger Davies Mark Goodwin	4	17,768
1978–79	Div 2	2	42	10	17	15	43	52	37	17th	R4	R2			Trevor Christie	8	14,189
1979–80	↑ Div 2 ↑		42	21	13	8	58	38	55	1st	R3	R1			Alan Young	15	18,519
1980–81	↓ Div 1 ↓	1	42	13	6	23	40	67	32	21st	R4	R2			Jim Melrose	11	19,442
1981–82[e]	Div 2	2	42	18	12	12	56	48	66	8th	SF	R3			Gary Lineker	19	14,221
1982–83	↑ Div 2 ↑		42	20	10	12	72	44	70	3rd	R3	R2				26	12,369
1983–84	Div 1	1	42	13	12	17	65	68	51	15th	R3	R2				22	14,735
1984–85	Div 1		42	15	6	21	65	73	51	15th	R5	R3				28	14,531
1985–86	Div 1		42	10	12	20	54	76	42	19th	R3	R2			Alan Smith	19	11,749
1986–87	↓ Div 1 ↓		42	11	9	22	54	76	42	20th	R3	R3				22	11,698
1987–88	Div 2	2	44	16	11	17	62	61	59	13th	R3	R3	Full Members Cup	R3	Mike Newell	11	10,153
1988–89	Div 2		46	13	16	17	56	63	55	15th	R3	R4		R1		15	10,694
1989–90	Div 2		46	15	14	17	67	79	59	13th	R3	R2		R1	Gary McAllister	10	11,716
1990–91	Div 2		46	14	8	24	60	83	50	22nd	R3	R2		R1	David Kelly	15	11,546
1991–92	Div 2		46	23	8	15	62	55	77	4th	R4	R2	Full Members Cup League play-offs	R1 RU	Tommy Wright	19	15,182
1992–93[f]	Div 1		46	22	10	14	71	64	76	6th	R3	R3	League play-offs	RU	Steve Walsh	16	15,327
1993–94	↑ Div 1 ↑		46	19	16	11	72	59	73	4th	R3	R3	Anglo-Italian Cup League play-offs	PR W	David Speedie	14	16,004
1994–95	↓ Prem ↓	1	42	6	11	25	45	80	29	21st	R5	R2	Anglo-Italian Cup	PR	Iwan Roberts	11	19,532
1995–96	↑ Div 1 ↑	2	46	19	14	13	66	60	71	5th	R3	R3	League play-offs	W		20	16,198
1996–97	Prem	1	38	12	11	15	46	54	47	9th	R5	W			Steve Claridge	14	20,184
1997–98	Prem		38	13	14	11	51	41	53	10th	R4	R3	UEFA Cup	R1	Emile Heskey Ian Marshall	10	20,615
1998–99	Prem		38	12	13	13	40	46	49	10th	R4	RU			Tony Cottee	16	20,483
1999–2000	Prem		38	16	7	15	55	55	55	8th	R5	W				13	19,827
2000–01	Prem		38	14	6	18	39	51	48	13th	QF	R3	UEFA Cup	R1	Muzzy Izzet	11	20,452
2001–02	↓ Prem ↓		38	5	13	20	30	64	28	20th	R4	R3			James Scowcroft	7	19,835
2002–03	↑ Div 1 ↑	2	46	26	14	6	73	40	92	2nd	R4	R3			Paul Dickov	20	29,230
2003–04	↓ Prem ↓	1	38	6	15	17	48	65	33	18th	R3	R3			Paul Dickov Les Ferdinand	13	30,983
2004–05[g]	Champ	2	46	12	21	13	49	46	57	15th	QF	R2			David Connolly	13	24,137
2005–06	Champ		46	13	15	18	51	59	54	16th	R4	R4			Mark de Vries Joey Guðjónsson Iain Hume	9	22,234
2006–07	Champ		46	13	14	19	49	64	53	19th	R3	R3			Iain Hume	14	23,206
2007–08	↓ Champ ↓		46	12	16	18	42	45	52	22nd	R3	R4				11	23,509
2008–09	↑ Lge 1 ↑	3	46	27	15	4	84	39	96	1st	R3	R2	League Trophy	AQF	Matty Fryatt	32	20,254
2009–10	Champ	2	46	21	13	12	61	45	76	5th	R4	R2	League play-offs	SF		13	24,542
2010–11	Champ		46	19	10	17	76	71	67	10th	R3	R4			Andy King	16	23,666
2011–12	Champ		46	18	12	16	66	55	66	9th	QF	R3			David Nugent	16	23,037
2012–13	Champ		46	19	11	16	71	48	68	6th	R4	R2	League play-offs	SF		16	22,283
2013–14	↑ Champ ↑		46	31	9	6	83	43	102	1st	R3	R5				22	24,990
2014–15	Prem	1	38	11	8	19	46	55	41	14th	R5	R2			Leonardo Ulloa	13	31,693
2015–16	Prem		38	23	12	3	68	36	81	1st	R3	R4			Jamie Vardy	24	32,014
2016–17	Prem		38	12	8	18	48	63	44	12th	R5	R3	FA Community Shield UEFA Champions League	RU QF		16	31,886
2017–18	Prem		38	12	11	15	56	60	47	9th	QF	QF				23	31,559
2018–19	Prem		38	15	7	16	51	48	52	9th	R3	QF				18	31,895
2019–20	Prem		38	18	8	12	67	41	62	5th	QF	SF				23	32,039[h]
2020–21	Prem		38	20	6	12	68	50	66	5th	W	R3	UEFA Europa League	R32	Kelechi Iheanacho	19	N/A[i]
2021–22	Prem		38	14	10	14	62	59	52	8th	R4	QF	FA Community Shield UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League	W GS SF	James Maddison	18	31,941
2022–23	↓ Prem ↓		38	9	7	22	51	68	34	18th	R5	QF			Harvey Barnes	13	31,887
2023–24	↑ Champ ↑	2	46	31	4	11	89	41	97	1st	QF	R3			Jamie Vardy	20	31,198
2024–25	Prem	1	38								R3	R4

Note: Bold text indicates a competition won.
Note 2: Where fields are left blank, the club did not participate in a competition that season.

• Smith, Dave & Taylor, Paul (2001). Of Fossils and Foxes. Polar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-899538-21-8.
• "Football Club History Database". Retrieved 15 July 2007.

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