2015–16 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
2015–16 season
	Leicester City lifting the Premier League trophy
Chairman	Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
Premier League	Winners
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	Jamie Vardy (24)
Highest home attendance	32,242
Lowest home attendance	31,824
Average home league attendance	32,021

The 2015–16 season was Leicester City's 111th season in the English football league system and their 48th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football.[1] During the season, Leicester participated in the Premier League for the second consecutive season, as well as the FA Cup and League Cup. In what was described as one of the greatest sporting stories of all time,[2] Leicester were confirmed as champions of the 2015–16 Premier League season on 2 May 2016, finishing top of England's highest league for the first time in the club's history. The club was 5000-1 with bookmakers to win the division before the season kicked off.[3] The feat meant that Leicester would be playing in the UEFA Champions League the following season, a first for the club in their history. The season also saw history be made for individual players within the team, as striker Jamie Vardy broke the record for goals scored in consecutive games in the Premier League (11)[4] and Winger Riyad Mahrez became the first African and first Algerian player to be the recipient of the PFA Players' Player of the Year.[5]

Pre-season events

Note: This section does not include close season transfers or pre-season match results, which are listed in their own sections below.

2 July 2015 – Dean Hammond signs a one-year contract extension until the summer of 2016.[6]

Kit and sponsorship

Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: King Power

Home[7]

Away[7]

Third[7]

GK 1[7]

GK 2[7]

GK 3

Friendlies

Win Draw Loss

On 21 May 2015, Leicester City confirmed their first three pre-season friendlies against Lincoln City, Mansfield Town and Birmingham City.[8] On 22 May 2015, Leicester City added a trip to Burton Albion to their pre-season schedule.[9] On 30 June 2015, the Foxes confirmed a friendly against Rotherham United.[10]

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Lincoln City	1–3	Leicester City	Lincoln
19:45 BST	Power 10' (pen.)	Report	Mahrez 33' Kramarić 80' Vardy 90'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,693 (1,384 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Mansfield Town	1–1	Leicester City	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Green 27'	Report	Nugent 10'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,273 (1,608 away) Referee: David Coote

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Burton Albion	1–2	Leicester City	Burton-upon-Trent
19:30 BST	Duffy 90'	Report	Vardy 65', 72'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,184 Referee: Steve Martin

29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) Friendly	Rotherham United	1–2	Leicester City	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Ward 80'	Report	Mahrez 56' Nugent 72'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 3,678 (524 away) Referee: Mark Brown

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Birmingham City	2–3	Leicester City	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Cotterill 23' Gray 24'	Report	Huth 58' Drinkwater 76' Okazaki 83'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 7,026 (1,731 away) Referee: Graham Scott

Events

Note: This section does not include transfers or match results, which are listed in their own sections below.

14 June 2016 – Marcin Wasilewski signed a one-year contract until the summer of 2017.[11]
2 May 2016 – Leicester became champions of the Premier League after Tottenham Hotspur drew 2–2 with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Players and staff

First team squad

This section lists players who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2015–16 season
Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
Italics indicate loan player

No.	Name	Position	Joined	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Kasper Schmeichel	GK	2011	Leeds United
12	Ben Hamer	GK	2014	Charlton Athletic
32	Mark Schwarzer	GK	2015	Chelsea
41	Jonny Maddison	GK	2015	Crawley Town
Defenders
2	Ritchie De Laet	RB	2012	Manchester United
5	Wes Morgan	CB	2012	Nottingham Forest
6	Robert Huth	CB	2015	Stoke City
13	Daniel Amartey	CB / DM / RB	2016	Copenhagen
17	Danny Simpson	RB	2014	Queens Park Rangers
18	Liam Moore	CB / RB	2011	Youth
27	Marcin Wasilewski	CB / RB	2013	Anderlecht
28	Christian Fuchs	LB	2015	Schalke 04
29	Yohan Benalouane	CB / RB	2015	Atalanta
30	Ben Chilwell	LB	2015	Youth
Midfielders
4	Danny Drinkwater	CM	2012	Manchester United
8	Matty James	CM	2012	Manchester United
10	Andy King	CM	2006	Youth
11	Marc Albrighton	RM / LM	2014	Aston Villa
14	N'Golo Kanté	CM / DM / RM	2015	Caen
15	Jeff Schlupp	LW / LM / LB / CF	2010	Youth
22	Demarai Gray	LW / RW	2016	Birmingham City
24	Nathan Dyer	RW / LW	2015	Swansea City
26	Riyad Mahrez	RW / LW / AM	2014	Le Havre
33	Gökhan Inler	CM / DM	2015	Napoli
36	Joe Dodoo	RW / CF / LW	2013	Youth
39	Andre Olukanmi	RW / LW / AM	2015	Youth
Forwards
9	Jamie Vardy	CF	2012	Fleetwood Town
16	Tom Lawrence	CF	2014	Manchester United
19	Andrej Kramarić	CF / LW	2015	Rijeka
20	Shinji Okazaki	CF / LW / RW / AM	2015	Mainz 05
23	Leonardo Ulloa	CF	2014	Brighton & Hove Albion
35	Jacob Blyth	CF	2012	Leamington
38	Harry Panayiotou	SS / RW / LW	2012	Youth

Backroom staff

This section lists members of staff who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2015–16 season
Asterisks indicate member of staff left mid-season

Position	Nationality	Name
Manager		Claudio Ranieri
Assistant Manager		Craig Shakespeare
Assistant Manager		Paolo Benetti
Assistant Manager/Head of Recruitment		Steve Walsh
First Team Coach/Goalkeeping Coach		Mike Stowell
Forwards/Strikers Coach		Kevin Phillips*
Head Physio		David Rennie
Academy Manager		Gareth Jennings
Academy Coach (Under 18s)		Trevor Peake
Academy Coach (Under 16s)		Inigo Idiakez

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2015	LB	Christian Fuchs	Schalke 04	Free[12]
1 July 2015	CB	Robert Huth	Stoke City	£3,000,000[13][14]
1 July 2015	CF	Shinji Okazaki	Mainz 05	£7,000,000[15][16]
3 August 2015	CM	N'Golo Kanté	Caen	£5,600,000[17]
3 August 2015	CB	Yohan Benalouane	Atalanta	Undisclosed[18]
19 August 2015	DM	Gökhan Inler	Napoli	£3,000,000[19]
4 January 2016	LW	Demarai Gray	Birmingham City	£3,700,000[20][21]
22 January 2016	CB	Daniel Amartey	Copenhagen	£5,000,000[22][23]
29 January 2016	GK	Daniel Iversen	Esbjerg fB	Undisclosed[24]
15 March 2016	LW	Faiq Bolkiah	Chelsea	Free[25]

Total spending: £27,300,000

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2015	CF	Chris Wood	Leeds United	£3,000,000[26][27]
14 August 2015	CF	David Nugent	Middlesbrough	£4,000,000[28][29]
11 January 2016	CB	Joe Davis	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed[30]
20 January 2016	CF	Simonas Stankevičius	FK Žalgiris	Undisclosed[31]

Total incoming: £7,000,000

Loans in

Date from	Date until	Position	Nationality	Name	From
1 September 2015	End of season	RW		Nathan Dyer	Swansea City[32]

Loans out

Date from	Date until	Position	Name	To
4 August 2015	End of season	LB	Paul Konchesky	Queens Park Rangers[33]
11 August 2015	End of season[lower-alpha 1]	GK	Ben Hamer	Bristol City[34]
20 August 2015	3 January 2016	DM	Ryan Watson	Northampton Town[35]
21 August 2015	23 September 2015	CF	Jacob Blyth	Cambridge United[36]
21 August 2015	3 January 2016	LW	Tom Lawrence	Blackburn Rovers[37]
28 August 2015	26 September 2015	CM	Jak McCourt	Port Vale[38]
28 August 2015	24 November 2015	CF	Simonas Stankevičius	Oldham Athletic[39]
29 August 2015	3 January 2016	LB	Callum Elder	Peterborough United[40][lower-alpha 2]
1 September 2015	4 January 2016	CB	Liam Moore	Bristol City[42]
16 September 2015	14 October 2015	RW	Aaron Hassall	Corby Town[43]
16 September 2015	14 October 2015	CB	Cédric Kipré	Corby Town[43]
24 September 2015	13 November 2015	AM	Jack Barmby	Notts County[44]
19 November 2015	3 January 2016	DF	Ben Chilwell	Huddersfield Town[45]
19 November 2015	18 December 2015	FW	Joe Dodoo	Bury[46]
20 January 2016	End of season	FW	Andrej Kramarić	1899 Hoffenheim[47]
1 February 2016	End of season	DF	Yohan Benalouane	Fiorentina[48]
22 March 2016	End of season	CF	Jacob Blyth	Blackpool[49]

Hamer returned to Leicester on 17 November 2015.
On 22 September 2015, Elder's loan at Peterborough was extended until 3 January 2016.[41]

Released

Date	Position	Name
30 June 2015	DM	Esteban Cambiasso[50]
30 June 2015	RW	Anthony Knockaert[51]
30 June 2015	LB	Zoumana Bakayogo[51]
30 June 2015	FW	Marcel Barrington[51]
30 June 2015	RW	Adam Dawson[51]
30 June 2015	LW	Paul Gallagher[51]
30 June 2015	CB	Kieran Kennedy[51]
30 June 2015	GK	Conrad Logan[51]
30 June 2015	CB	Hervé Pepe-Ngoma[51]
30 June 2015	CM	Louis Rowley[51]
30 June 2015	CB	Matthew Upson[51]
30 June 2015	FW	Gary Taylor-Fletcher[51]

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	8 August 2015	15 May 2016	Matchday 1	Winners	38	23	12	3	68	36	+32	060.53
FA Cup	10 January 2016	20 January 2016	Third round	Third round	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Football League Cup	25 August 2015	27 October 2015	Second round	Fourth round	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	066.67
Total					43	25	14	4	77	43	+34	058.14

Last updated: 15 May 2016

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C)	38	23	12	3	68	36	+32	81	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Arsenal	38	20	11	7	65	36	+29	71
3	Tottenham Hotspur	38	19	13	6	69	35	+34	70
4	Manchester City	38	19	9	10	71	41	+30	66	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	49	35	+14	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]

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).[52]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Manchester United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 FA Cup. As they had also qualified by their virtue of their league position (5th), this spot was passed to the next-highest ranked team (6th), Southampton.

Results 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	23	12	3	68	36	+32	81	12	6	1	35	18	+17	11	6	2	33	18	+15

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D
Position	1	1	2	3	2	3	6	4	5	5	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: Statto
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[53]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Leicester City	4–2	Sunderland	Leicester
15:00 BST	Vardy 11' 49' Mahrez 18', 25' (pen.) Albrighton 66' Schlupp 90'	Report	Rodwell 17' Jones 42' Defoe 60' Fletcher 71' Kaboul 73' Coates 85'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,242 Referee: Lee Mason

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	West Ham United	1–2	Leicester City	London
15:00 BST	Jenkinson 40' Payet 55' Adrián 90+2'	Report	Vardy 11' Okazaki 27', 54' Mahrez 38' Benalouane 88'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,857 Referee: Anthony Taylor

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 3	Leicester City	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
15:00 BST	Mahrez 82' King 90+1'	Report	Dembélé 29' Lamela 31' Dier 60' Alli 81' Mason 83'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,971 Referee: Martin Atkinson

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 4	AFC Bournemouth	1–1	Leicester City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Gradel 1' Wilson 24' O'Kane 75'	Report	De Laet 13' King 36' Huth 48' Vardy 86' (pen.) Schlupp 90+2'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,155 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 5	Leicester City	3–2	Aston Villa	Leicester
16:00 BST	Albrighton 45+1' De Laet 72' Vardy 82' Dyer 77', 89'	Report	Grealish 39' Gil 63' Amavi 81'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,733 Referee: Mike Dean

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 6	Stoke City	2–2	Leicester City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Bojan 13', 70' Walters 20'	Report	Mahrez 51' (pen.), 58' Kanté 60' Vardy 69' Drinkwater 78' Schlupp 81'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,642 Referee: Andre Marriner

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7	Leicester City	2–5	Arsenal	Leicester
15:00 BST	Vardy 13', 89'	Report	Walcott 18' Sánchez 33', 57', 81' Arteta 69' Giroud 90+3'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,047 Referee: Craig Pawson

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 8	Norwich City	1–2	Leicester City	Norwich
15:00 BST	Mbokani 68'	Report	Vardy 28' (pen.) Schlupp 47' Huth 63'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 27,067 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9	Southampton	2–2	Leicester City	Southampton
15:00 BST	Fonte 21' Wanyama 22' Van Dijk 37' Bertrand 76'	Report	Vardy 67', 90+2'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,559 Referee: Paul Tierney

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10	Leicester City	1–0	Crystal Palace	Leicester
15:00 BST	Vardy 60', 90' Simpson 65' Schlupp 68'	Report	Zaha 87'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,752 Referee: Mike Dean

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11	West Bromwich Albion	2–3	Leicester City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Rondón 30' Lambert 86' (pen.)	Report	Mahrez 57', 64' Vardy 77' Huth 89' Schmeichel 90+3'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,150 Referee: Anthony Taylor

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12	Leicester City	2–1	Watford	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Kanté 52' Vardy 65' (pen.)	Report	Gomes 64' Deeney 75' (pen.)	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,029 Referee: Roger East

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13	Newcastle United	0–3	Leicester City	Newcastle
15:00 GMT	Anita 36' Dummett 48' Pérez 76' Sissoko 79'	Report	Huth 31' Vardy 45+1' Ulloa 62' Okazaki 83'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 50,151 Referee: Mike Jones

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 14	Leicester City	1–1	Manchester United	Leicester
17:30 GMT	Vardy 24'	Report	Schweinsteiger 45+1'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,115 Referee: Craig Pawson

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15	Swansea City	0–3	Leicester City	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Britton 47' Ki 74'	Report	Mahrez 5', 22', 67' Kanté 23' Simpson 70' Albrighton 90+1'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,836 Referee: Michael Oliver

14 December 2015 (2015-12-14) 16	Leicester City	2–1	Chelsea	Leicester
20:00 GMT	Vardy 34', 46' Mahrez 48' Huth 50'	Report	Rémy 77'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,054 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17	Everton	2–3	Leicester City	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Lukaku 32' Funes Mori 61' Howard 64' Mirallas 89'	Report	Mahrez 27' (pen.), 65' (pen.) Okazaki 69' Wasilewski 81'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,570 Referee: Jonathan Moss

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 18	Liverpool	1–0	Leicester City	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Lallana 45+1' Can 52' Benteke 63'	Report	Huth 62'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,123 Referee: Martin Atkinson

29 December 2015 (2015-12-29) 19	Leicester City	0–0	Manchester City	Leicester
20:45 GMT	Albrighton 81'	Report	Kolarov 67' Mangala 76' De Bruyne 90'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,072 Referee: Craig Pawson

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 20	Leicester City	0–0	AFC Bournemouth	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Albrighton 62'	Report	Arter 34' Francis 57'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,006 Referee: Andre Marriner

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) 21	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Leicester City	London
20:00 GMT	Dier 79'	Report	Huth 83'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,850 Referee: Lee Mason

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 22	Aston Villa	1–1	Leicester City	Birmingham
17:30 GMT	Bunn 14' Cissokho 32' Gestede 75' Bacuna 85'	Report	Okazaki 28' Huth 77' Vardy 85'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,763 Referee: Roger East

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 23	Leicester City	3–0	Stoke City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Drinkwater 41' Vardy 66' Ulloa 87'	Report	Shaqiri 59'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,018 Referee: Mike Dean

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 24	Leicester City	2–0	Liverpool	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Vardy 60', 71'	Report	Lucas 86'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,121 Referee: Andre Marriner

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 25	Manchester City	1–3	Leicester City	Manchester
12:45 GMT	Zabaleta 69' Fernando 72' Agüero 87'	Report	Huth 3', 60' Morgan 36' Simpson 46' Mahrez 48'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,693 Referee: Anthony Taylor

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) 26	Arsenal	2–1	Leicester City	Holloway, London
12:00 GMT	Coquelin 36' Koscielny 44' Ramsey 45+2' Walcott 70' Welbeck 90+5', 90+6'	Report	Vardy 45' (pen.) Simpson 49' 54' Fuchs 52' Kanté 57' Wasilewski 90+4'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,009 Referee: Martin Atkinson

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 27	Leicester City	1–0	Norwich City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Ulloa 89'	Report	Naismith 48' Bennett 51'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,114 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 28	Leicester City	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Olsson 30' (o.g.) King 45+1'	Report	Rondón 11' Sessègnon 32' Gardner 50' Yacob 88'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,018 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 29	Watford	0–1	Leicester City	Watford
17:30 GMT	Amrabat 29' Aké 58'	Report	Mahrez 56' Fuchs 74' Morgan 90+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,884 Referee: Jonathan Moss

14 March 2016 (2016-03-14) 30	Leicester City	1–0	Newcastle United	Leicester
20:00 GMT	Okazaki 25'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,824 Referee: Craig Pawson

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 31	Crystal Palace	0–1	Leicester City	London
15:00 GMT	Souaré 42'	Report	Schmeichel 30' Mahrez 34'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,041 Referee: Mike Jones

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) 32	Leicester City	1–0	Southampton	Leicester
13:30 BST	Morgan 38' Drinkwater 51' Fuchs 88'	Report	Wanyama 46' Tadić 75'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,071 Referee: Michael Oliver

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 33	Sunderland	0–2	Leicester City	Sunderland
13:30 BST	Borini 21'	Report	Fuchs 30' Vardy 66', 90+5'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,531 Referee: Anthony Taylor

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 34	Leicester City	2–2	West Ham United	Leicester
13:30 BST	Vardy 18', 28' 56' Morgan 77' Ulloa 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Reid 30' Noble 40' Payet 42' Carroll 84' (pen.) Cresswell 86'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,104 Referee: Jonathan Moss

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 35	Leicester City	4–0	Swansea City	Leicester
16:15 BST	Mahrez 10' Ulloa 30', 60' Huth 82' Albrighton 85'	Report	Fernández 64' Williams 72'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,962 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

1 May 2016 (2016-05-01) 36	Manchester United	1–1	Leicester City	Manchester
14:05 BST	Martial 8'	Report	Morgan 17' Drinkwater 58' 87'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,275 Referee: Michael Oliver

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 37	Leicester City	3–1	Everton	Leicester
17:30 BST	Vardy 5', 65' (pen.) King 33'	Report	Pennington 44' Cleverley 49' Gibson 71' Mirallas 88'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,140 Referee: Andre Marriner

15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) 38	Chelsea	1–1	Leicester City	London
15:00 BST	Fàbregas 66' (pen.)	Report	Drinkwater 82'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,494 Referee: Craig Pawson

FA Cup

Leicester City entered the competition at the Third Round stage, and on 7 December 2015 they were drawn away to Tottenham Hotspur.

10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) Third round	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Leicester City	London
16:00 GMT	Eriksen 9' Kane 90' (pen.) Bentaleb 90+1'	Report	Wasilewski 15', 19' Okazaki 48' Schmeichel 89'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,805 Referee: Robert Madley

20 January 2016 (2016-01-20) Replay	Leicester City	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Albrighton 90'	Report	Davies 20' Son 39' Chadli 66'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,006 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Football League Cup

Leicester City entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to Bury.[54] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Leicester City were drawn at home to West Ham United.[55]

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Bury	1–4	Leicester City	Bury
19:45 BST	Mayor 49' Jones 70'	Report	Dodoo 25', 86', 90' Kramarić 41'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,914 Referee: Andy Madley

22 September 2015 Third round	Leicester City	2–1 (a.e.t.)	West Ham United	Leicester
19:45 BST	Dodoo 6' Fuchs 35' Simpson 69' Schlupp 79' Wasilewski 108' King 116'	Report	Zárate 27', 59' Obiang 67' Noble 100'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 21,268 Referee: Peter Bankes

27 October 2015 Fourth round	Hull City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Leicester City	Hull
19:45 GMT	Hayden 88' Akpom 92' Robertson 100' Hernández 105'	Report	Benalouane 77' Albrighton 87' Mahrez 99'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 16,818 Referee: Stuart Attwell
	Penalties
	Hernández Maloney Huddlestone Akpom Meyler		Mahrez Drinkwater Inler Wasilewski Vardy

Awards

Club awards

At the end of the season, Leicester's annual award ceremony, including categories voted for by the players and backroom staff, the supporters, saw the players recognized for their achievements for the club throughout the 2015–16 season.

Player of the Year Award	Riyad Mahrez
Young Player of the Year Award	Jeff Schlupp
Players' Player of the Year Award	N'Golo Kanté
Academy Player of the Year Award	Admiral Muskwe
Under-21 Player of the Year Award	Ben Chilwell
Goal of the Season Award	Jamie Vardy vs. Liverpool, 2 February 2016
Performance of the Season	vs. Manchester City, 6 February 2016

Divisional awards

Date	Winner	Award
October 2015	Jamie Vardy	Premier League Player of the Month[56]
November 2015	Jamie Vardy	Premier League Player of the Month[57]
November 2015	Claudio Ranieri	Premier League Manager of the Month[57]
March 2016	Claudio Ranieri	Premier League Manager of the Month
April 2016	Claudio Ranieri	Premier League Manager of the Month
Season	Claudio Ranieri	Premier League Manager of the Season
Season	Jamie Vardy	Premier League Player of the Season
Season	Riyad Mahrez	PFA Players' Player of the Year[58]
Season	Jamie Vardy	FWA Footballer of the Year[58][59]
Season	Wes Morgan	Premier League Team of the Year[60]
Season	N'Golo Kanté	Premier League Team of the Year[60]
Season	Riyad Mahrez	Premier League Team of the Year[60]
Season	Jamie Vardy	Premier League Team of the Year[60]

Club statistics

All data from LCFC.com

Appearances

Starts + Substitute appearances.
Italics indicates loan player.
Asterisks indicates player left mid-season.
Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	40	0	38	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF		Ritchie De Laet	15	1	7+5	1	1	0	1+1	0
4	MF		Danny Drinkwater	37	2	35	2	1	0	0+1	0
5	DF		Wes Morgan	38	2	38	2	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Robert Huth	35	3	35	3	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Dean Hammond	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Matty James	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Jamie Vardy	38	24	36	24	0+1	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Andy King	29	3	9+16	2	2	0	2	1
11	MF		Marc Albrighton	42	2	34+4	2	0+2	0	2	0
12	GK		Ben Hamer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Daniel Amartey	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		N'Golo Kanté	40	1	33+4	1	1	0	1+1	0
15	MF		Jeff Schlupp	26	1	14+10	1	0	0	0+2	0
16	MF		Tom Lawrence	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Danny Simpson	32	0	30	0	1	0	1	0
18	DF		Liam Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	FW		Andrej Kramarić	5	1	0+2	0	0	0	3	1
20	FW		Shinji Okazaki	39	6	28+8	5	0+2	1	1	0
22	MF		Demarai Gray	14	0	1+11	0	2	0	0	0
23	FW		Leonardo Ulloa	33	6	7+22	6	2	0	2	0
24	MF		Nathan Dyer	14	1	0+12	1	2	0	0	0
26	MF		Riyad Mahrez	39	18	36+1	17	0	0	0+2	1
27	DF		Marcin Wasilewski	9	1	3+1	0	2	1	3	0
28	DF		Christian Fuchs	34	0	30+2	0	0	0	2	0
29	DF		Yohan Benalouane	9	0	0+4	0	2	0	3	0
30	DF		Ben Chilwell	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
32	GK		Mark Schwarzer	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
33	MF		Gökhan Inler	10	0	3+2	0	2	0	3	0
36	FW		Joe Dodoo	4	4	0+1	0	0	0	3	4

Top scorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Jamie Vardy	24	0	0	24
2	MF	26	Riyad Mahrez	17	0	1	18
3	FW	23	Leonardo Ulloa	6	0	0	6
3	FW	20	Shinji Okazaki	5	1	0	6
5	FW	36	Joe Dodoo	0	0	4	4
6	DF	6	Robert Huth	3	0	0	3
6	MF	10	Andy King	2	0	1	3
8	MF	11	Marc Albrighton	2	0	0	2
	DF	5	Wes Morgan	2	0	0	2
	MF	4	Danny Drinkwater	2	0	0	2
11	DF	2	Ritchie De Laet	1	0	0	1
	MF	24	Nathan Dyer	1	0	0	1
	MF	15	Jeff Schlupp	1	0	0	1
	MF	14	N'Golo Kanté	1	0	0	1
	FW	19	Andrej Kramarić	0	0	1	1
	DF	27	Marcin Wasilewski	0	1	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	1
Total				68	2	7	77

Captains

Only counts starts as captain

No.	Position	Name	Starts
5	CB	Wes Morgan	38
1	GK	Kasper Schmeichel	2
10	CM	Andy King	2
7	CM	Dean Hammond	1

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Name	Games Missed	Reason
24 October 2015	Jeff Schlupp	1
14 December 2015	Robert Huth	1
14 February 2016	Danny Simpson	1	(vs. Arsenal)
17 April 2016	Jamie Vardy	2	(vs. West Ham United)
1 May 2016	Danny Drinkwater	1	(vs. Manchester United)

Season summary

Games played	43 (38 Premier League) (2 FA Cup) (3 League Cup)
Games won	25 (23 Premier League) (0 FA Cup) (2 League Cup)
Games drawn	14 (12 Premier League) (1 FA Cup) (1 League Cup)
Games lost	4 (3 Premier League) (1 FA Cup)
Goals scored	76 (67 Premier League) (2 FA Cup) (7 League Cup)
Goals conceded	42 (35 Premier League) (4 FA Cup) (3 League Cup)
Goal difference	+34 (+32 Premier League) (-2 FA Cup) (+4 League Cup)
Clean sheets	14 (14 Premier League)
Most appearances	42 Appearances ( Marc Albrighton)
Top scorer	24 Goals ( Jamie Vardy)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 21/36 (58.33%)

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[34] Hamer returned to Leicester on 17 November 2015.

[43] On 22 September 2015, Elder's loan at Peterborough was extended until 3 January 2016.[41]

[table_note_res_ELGS0.08752431771137-54] Manchester United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 FA Cup. As they had also qualified by their virtue of their league position (5th), this spot was passed to the next-highest ranked team (6th), Southampton.

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[17] "Leicester City Sign Dan Rice". Leicester City FC. 3 August 2015.

[18] "Leicester City Sign Yohan Benalouane". Leicester City FC. 3 August 2015.

[19] "Gokhan Inler: Leicester sign Switzerland midfielder from Napoli". BBC Sport. 19 August 2015.

[20] "Leicester agree deal for Birmingham winger". BBC Sport. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[21] "Demarai Gray signs for Leicester City". Leicester City FC. 4 January 2016.

[22] "Leicester complete the signing of Daniel Amartey from Copenhagen". Retrieved 22 January 2016.

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[38] "Lawrence Begins Rovers Loan". Leicester City FC. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

[39] "McCourt Joins Vale On Loan". Leicester City FC. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[40] "Oldham Loan For Stankevicius". Leicester City FC. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[41] "Elder Heads To Peterborough On Loan". Leicester City FC. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.

[42] "Elder Extends Peterborough Loan". Leicester City FC. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

[44] "Bristol City Loan For Moore". Leicester City FC. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[Kipre_&_Hassall_Corby_Loan-45] "Kipre & Hassall Head To Corby On Loan". Leicester City FC. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

[46] "Barmby Heads To Notts County On Loan". Leicester City FC. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[47] "Ben Chilwell: Leicester City defender joins Huddersfield". Bury FC. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

[48] "Gaffer gets his man". Bury FC. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

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[50] Yohan Benalouane: Leicester defender joins Fiorentina on loan

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[52] "Thank You Esteban: Cambiasso Bids Farewell To Leicester City". Leicester City FC. 21 July 2015.

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[57] "Capital One Cup Round 2 draw". Capital One Cup. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[58] "Capital One Cup Round 3 draw". Capital One Cup. 25 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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[PFAPlayer-61] "Riyad Mahrez: Leicester City forward named PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[FWA-62] "Jamie Vardy named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 2015/16". SkySports. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

[TOTY-63] "PFA awards: Leicester and Spurs dominate Premier League team". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2016.