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2019–20 Leicester City F.C. season

season of football team

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ65071289 ↗
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The 2019–20 season was Leicester City's 115th in the English football league system and their 52nd (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. This was their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. They also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 26 July 2020.

Kits

Transfers

Transfers in

Loans in

Loans out

Transfers out

First team squad

Friendlies

Competitions

Win

Draw

Loss

Overview

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

The Premier League fixtures were announced on 13 June 2019.

FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January. The draw for the fifth round was made on 27 January 2020, live on The One Show.

EFL Cup

The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches. The third round draw was confirmed on 28 August 2019, live on Sky Sports.

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“2019–20 Leicester City F.C. season” enters the record as season of football team. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Leicester, City and season can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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