2013–14 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
2013–14 season
Chairman	Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Nigel Pearson
Championship	1st
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Fifth Round
Top goalscorer	League: David Nugent (20); All: David Nugent (22)
Highest home attendance	31,424 vs. Doncaster Rovers (Championship, 03.05.2014)
Lowest home attendance	14,043 vs. Derby County (League Cup, 24.09.2013)

The 2013–14 season was Leicester City F.C.'s 109th season in the English football league system and their 62nd (non-consecutive) season in the second tier of English football. They were playing their fifth consecutive season in the Football League Championship.

The season saw Leicester win their seventh second tier title, equalling the record for the most second tier titles set by Manchester City after leading the table since Boxing Day and comfortably earning promotion with six games to spare, before winning the title with two games to spare.

Along the way, they broke several club records including most points in a single season (102), most league wins in a single season (31), most league home wins in a single season (17), the most consecutive league wins (9), the most consecutive away league wins (5), the longest unbeaten run away from home in the league (13) and the most consecutive league games scored in (31) (the latter two records continued on to the following season).

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.

1 June 2013 – Joseph Dodoo signed a professional contract until 2015.[1]
13 June 2013 – Conrad Logan signed a 2-year contract extension until 2015.[2]

Kit and sponsorship

The Leicester City home kit for the 2013–14 season was unveiled on 6 July 2013. It is the second kit made under the PUMA brand. The kit features a blue shirt, white shorts and blue socks with a metallic gold trim.[3]

Friendlies

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

12 July 2013	Leamington	0 – 2	Leicester City	Leamington Spa
19:00 BST		Report	Wood 61' Waghorn 70'	Stadium: New Windmill Ground Attendance: 1,002

20 July 2013	Ilkeston	0 – 0	Leicester City XI	Ilkeston
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 452

23 July 2013	Port Vale	0 – 1	Leicester City	Stoke-on-Trent
19:30 BST		Report	Waghorn 15'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,894

24 July 2013	York City	0 – 0	Leicester City	York
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 1,564 Referee: Ross Joyce

27 July 2013	Corby Town	2 – 3	Leicester City XI	Corby
15:00 BST	Viera 24' Shariff 44'	Report	Dodoo 2' Futács 10' Panayiotou 90'	Stadium: Steel Park Attendance: 262

27 July 2013	Leicester City	0 – 3	AS Monaco	Leicester
16:15 BST		Report	Kurzawa 7' Falcao 40' Tisserand 85'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 10,633 Referee: Kevin Friend

30 July 2013	Northampton Town	2 – 1	Leicester City	Northampton
19:45 BST	Collins 13' St Ledger 90' (o.g.)	Report	Wood 20'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,812 Referee: Dean Whitestone

31 July 2013	Coalville Town	3 – 1	Leicester City XI	Coalville
19:45 BST	Piggon 19' Stuart 38' MacAteer 48'	Report	Paratore 58'	Stadium: Owen Street Sports Ground Attendance: 372

Events

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

2 September 2013 – Wes Morgan is called up to play for Jamaica for the first time.[4]
16 January 2014 – Wes Morgan signs a one-year contract extension until the summer of 2015.[5]
25 January 2014 – Paul Konchesky signs a one-year contract extension until the summer of 2015.[6]
8 May 2014 – Gary Taylor-Fletcher signs a one-year contract extension until the summer of 2015.[7]
22 May 2014 – Marcin Wasilewski signs a one-year contract extension until the summer of 2015.[8]
30 May 2014 – Tom Hopper signs a two-year contract extension until the summer of 2016.[9]
31 May 2014 – Riyad Mahrez plays for Algeria for the first time.[10]
2 June 2014 – Jacob Blyth signs a two-year contract extension until the summer of 2016.[11]
2 June 2014 – James Pearson signs a one-year contract extension until the summer of 2015.[11]
4 June 2014 – Kasper Schmeichel signs a four-year contract extension until the summer of 2018.[12]
15 June 2014 – Danny Drinkwater signs a four-year contract extension until the summer of 2018.[13]
19 June 2014 – Jak McCourt signs a one-year contract extension until the summer of 2015.[14]
25 June 2014 – Nigel Pearson signs a three-year contract extension until the summer of 2017.[15]
27 June 2014 – Michael Barrington signs a one-year contract extension until the summer of 2015.[16]
27 June 2014 – Adam Smith signs a two-year contract extension until the summer of 2016.[16]
27 June 2014 – Ryan Watson signs a two-year contract extension until the summer of 2016.[16]

Players and staff

2013–14 squad

This section lists players who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2013–14 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
25	Conrad Logan	GK	2004	Youth
31	Adam Smith	GK	2010	Middlesbrough
Defenders
2	Ritchie De Laet	RB	2012	Manchester United
3	Paul Konchesky	LB	2011	Liverpool
5	Wes Morgan	CB	2012	Nottingham Forest
6	Zak Whitbread	CB	2012	Norwich City
12	Sean St Ledger	CB	2011	Preston North End
15	Jeff Schlupp	LB / CF / LW	2010	Youth
18	Liam Moore	CB / RB	2011	Youth
21	Zoumana Bakayogo	LB	2013	Tranmere Rovers
23	Ignasi Miquel	CB	Loan	Arsenal
27	Marcin Wasilewski	CB / RB	2013	Unattached
Midfielders
4	Danny Drinkwater	CM	2012	Manchester United
7	Ben Marshall*	RW / LW / AM	2012	Stoke City
7	Dean Hammond	CM	2013	Southampton
8	Matty James	CM	2012	Manchester United
10	Andy King	CM	2006	Youth
11	Lloyd Dyer	LW / RW	2008	Milton Keynes Dons
16	Neil Danns	CM / RW	2011	Crystal Palace
24	Anthony Knockaert	AM / LW / RW	2012	Guingamp
26	Riyad Mahrez	LW / RW	2014	Le Havre
Forwards
9	Jamie Vardy	CF	2012	Fleetwood Town
14	Martyn Waghorn*	CF	2010	Sunderland
17	Paul Gallagher	AM / RW / CF	2009	Blackburn Rovers
20	Tom Hopper	CF	2011	Youth
22	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	CF	2013	Unattached
28	Kevin Phillips	CF	2014	Unattached
29	Márkó Futács	CF	2012	Portsmouth
35	David Nugent	CF / LW	2011	Unattached
39	Chris Wood	CF	2013	West Bromwich Albion

2013–14 backroom staff

This section lists members of staff who were in Leicester's first team squad at any point during the 2013–14 season
Asterisks indicate member of staff left mid-season

Position	Nationality	Name
Manager		Nigel Pearson
Assistant Manager		Craig Shakespeare
Assistant Manager/Head of Recruitment		Steve Walsh
First Team Coach/Goalkeeping Coach		Mike Stowell
Head Physio		David Rennie
Academy Manager		Jon Rudkin
Academy Coach (Under 18s)		Steve Beaglehole
Academy Coach (Under 16s)		Trevor Peake

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
22 July 2013	LB	Zoumana Bakayogo	Free agent	Free[17]
31 August 2013	CM	Dean Hammond	Southampton	Undisclosed[18]
16 September 2013	CM	Ryan Watson	Free Agent	Free[19]
17 September 2013	CB	Marcin Wasilewski	Free Agent	Free[20]
20 September 2013	CF	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	Free Agent	Free[21]
11 January 2014	RW	Riyad Mahrez	Le Havre	Undisclosed[22]
15 January 2014	CF	Kevin Phillips	Free Agent	Free[23]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
26 June 2013	CB	Joey Jones	Yeovil Town	Free[24][25]
17 July 2013	CF	Jermaine Beckford	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed[26]
28 August 2013	RW	Ben Marshall	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed[27]
4 April 2014	CF	Martyn Waghorn	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed[28]
3 May 2014	CF	Kevin Phillips	Retired	Free[29]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
9 August 2013	End of season	CB		Ignasi Miquel	Arsenal[30]
31 January 2014	End of season	GK		Luke Simpson	Oldham Athletic[31]

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To
9 August 2013	9 September 2013	CF	Jacob Blyth	Northampton Town[32]
29 August 2013	29 September 2013	CB	George Taft	York City[33]
2 September 2013	End of season	CF	Márkó Futács	Diósgyőri[34]
12 September 2013	12 December 2013	CF	Martyn Waghorn	Millwall[35]
26 September 2013	End of Season	MF	Neil Danns	Bolton Wanderers[36]
30 September 2013	30 December 2013	CB	Zak Whitbread	Derby County[37]
11 October 2013	11 November 2013	MF	Jak McCourt	Torquay United[38]
30 October 2013	End of Season	MF	Paul Gallagher	Preston North End[39]
1 November 2013	1 December 2013	MF	Jamie Anton	Ilkeston[40]
6 November 2013	14 December 2013	CF	Jacob Blyth	Northampton Town[41]
11 January 2014	11 February 2014	GK	Adam Smith	Stevenage[42]
17 January 2014	17 February 2014	LB	Zoumana Bakayogo	Yeovil Town[43]
25 January 2014	End of Season	CB	Alie Sesay	Colchester United[44]
21 February 2014	21 March 2014	MF	Michael Cain	Mansfield Town[45]
11 March 2014	End of Season	CB	James Pearson	Carlisle United[46]
25 April 2014	22 May 2014	GK	Adam Smith	Cambridge United[47]

Released

Date	Position	Name
-	GK	Conor Brennan[25]
-	CB	Jide Maduako[25]
-	CB	Steven Smith[25]
-	CB	Karlton Watson[25]
22 July 2013	CM	Richie Wellens[48]
14 June 2014	CF	Márkó Futács[49]

Results

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

Football League Championship

3 August 2013 1	Middlesbrough	1 – 2	Leicester City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	St Ledger 35' (o.g.) Carayol	Report	Drinkwater 60' Vardy 67'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 17,223 Referee: Andrew Madley

11 August 2013 2	Leicester City	0 – 0	Leeds United	Leicester
16:30 BST	Whitbread 45+2' Moore 81' Knockaert 82'	Report	Pearce 13'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 22,725 Referee: Keith Stroud

18 August 2013 3	Derby County	0 – 1	Leicester City	Derby
15:00 BST	Freeman 90'	Report	James 24' Grant 35' (o.g.) Moore 77'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 23,437 Referee: Robert Madley

24 August 2013 4	Leicester City	3 – 2	Birmingham City	Leicester
15:00 BST	Vardy 77' King 82' Nugent 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Green 12' Bartley 90+2' Burke 90+4'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 21,229 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

31 August 2013 5	Charlton Athletic	2 – 1	Leicester City	London
15:00 BST	Morrison 27' Jackson 31' Kermorgant 59' Wiggins 79' Pritchard 82'	Report	James 12' 52' Miquel 26' Drinkwater 61' Knockaert 89'	Stadium: The Valley Stadium Attendance: 15,542 Referee: Darren Deadman

14 September 2013 6	Leicester City	2 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Leicester
15:00 BST	Moore 15' Nugent 81' (pen.)		Beausejour 57' Watson 32'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 21,810 Referee: David Webb

17 September 2013 7	Leicester City	2 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Leicester
19:45 BST	Dyer 16' Nugent 45' (pen.) Drinkwater 59'	Report	Kean 45+1' Evans 45+2' Dann 50' Rhodes 70' (pen.)	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 19,135 Referee: Simon Hooper

21 September 2013 8	Blackpool	2 – 2	Leicester City	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Basham 19' Ince 90' (pen.)	Report	Knockaert 48' Konchesky 72' (pen.) King 74'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 15,317 Referee: Scott Duncan

28 September 2013 9	Leicester City	2 – 1	Barnsley	Leicester
15:00 BST	Nugent 50', 62' (pen.)	Report	Butland 62' Scotland 73'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 21,591 Referee: Phil Gibbs

1 October 2013 10	Yeovil Town	1 – 2	Leicester City	Yeovil
19:45 BST	Hayter 84' (pen.)	Report	Dyer 54' Nugent 63' (pen.) De Laet 83'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 6,476 Referee: Brendan Malone

5 October 2013 11	Doncaster Rovers	1 – 0	Leicester City	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Schmeichel 17' (o.g.)	Report	Nugent 87'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 10,003 Referee: Mark Heywood

19 October 2013 12	Leicester City	2 – 1	Huddersfield Town	Leicester
15:00 BST	Vardy 11' 90+1' Gerrard 38' (o.g.)	Report	Scannell 68' Clayton 73' Vaughan 82'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 22,297 (917 away) Referee: James Adcock

26 October 2013 13	Leicester City	2 – 1	Bournemouth	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Nugent 18' Vardy 63' 64'	Report	Ward 9' 66' Pugh 38' Daniels 45'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 23,357 Referee: Andy Davies

2 November 2013 14	Watford	0 – 3	Leicester City	Watford
12:15 GMT	Forestieri 36' Ekstrand 77'	Report	Wood 10' Knockaert 53' 53' Dyer 86'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,011 (1,561 away) Referee: Roger East

9 November 2013 15	Leicester City	0 – 2	Nottingham Forest	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Wasilewski 8' Knockaert 10' Hammond 90+2'	Report	Cox 31' Mackie 43' Lascelles 45' Cohen 84'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,416 Referee: Lee Mason

23 November 2013 16	Ipswich Town	1 – 2	Leicester City	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	McGoldrick 2' Chambers 50'	Report	Nugent 51', 57'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,227 Referee: Oliver Langford

30 November 2013 17	Leicester City	3 – 0	Millwall	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Dyer 12' Vardy 28' 52', 55'	Report	Malone 24'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 21,633 Referee: Andy Haines

3 December 2013 18	Sheffield Wednesday	2 – 1	Leicester City	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Wickham 9', 25' Mattock 45'	Report	Knockaert 2'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 20,016 Referee: Mark Brown

7 December 2013 19	Brighton & Hove Albion	3 – 1	Leicester City	Brighton
15:00 GMT	Barnes 9', 77' (pen.) Conway 28' Crofts 62' LuaLua 90+1'	Report	King 64' 86' Wasilewski 4' Drinkwater 60' Morgan 77'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 27,497 Referee: Robert Madley

14 December 2013 20	Leicester City	1 – 1	Burnley	Leicester
12:15 GMT	Nugent 14' (pen.) De Laet 29'	Report	Ings 47' Marney 82'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 23,143 Referee: Andy D'Urso

21 December 2013 21	Queens Park Rangers	0 – 1	Leicester City	London
12:15 GMT	O'Neil 25' Assou-Ekotto 67' Barton 84' 84'	Report	Vardy 41' James 66'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,173 Referee: Paul Tierney

26 December 2013 22	Leicester City	1 – 0	Reading	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Nugent 21' (pen.) Konchesky 68'	Report	Guthrie 36' McAnuff 81'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 26,722 Referee: Michael Naylor

29 December 2013 23	Leicester City	5 – 3	Bolton Wanderers	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Drinkwater 5' Knockaert 37' Mills 41' (o.g.) De Laet 43' Vardy 60' Dyer 75' Taylor-Fletcher 89'	Report	Moritz 14', 39' Beckford 20' Baptiste 33' Knight 60' Davies 73'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 26,614 Referee: Mike Russell

1 January 2014 24	Millwall	1 – 3	Leicester City	London
15:00 GMT	McDonald 15' Chaplow 68' Dunne 77'	Report	Knockaert 6' Hammond 29' Taylor-Fletcher 42' Nugent 48' Schlupp 90+3'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 10,014 Referee: Tim Robinson

10 January 2014 25	Leicester City	4 – 1	Derby County	Leicester
19:45 GMT	De Laet 25' Nugent 48', 60' (pen.) Vardy 64'	Report	De Laet 59' (o.g.) Bryson 78'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 23,140 Referee: David Coote

18 January 2014 26	Leeds United	0 – 1	Leicester City	Leeds
12:15 GMT	Byram 78'	Report	Knockaert 47' Morgan 48' Vardy 69' Nugent 88'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,678 Referee: Mike Dean

25 January 2014 27	Leicester City	2 – 0	Middlesbrough	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Vardy 52' De Laet 73'	Report	Ayala 72'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 26,047 Referee: Steve Martin

28 January 2014 28	Birmingham City	1 – 2	Leicester City	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Rusnák 73' Løvenkrands 90'	Report	Dyer 24' Vardy 38' 83' Wasilewski 74' Drinkwater 77' De Laet 82'	Stadium: St. Andrews Stadium Attendance: 14,763 Referee: Carl Boyeson

1 February 2014 29	Bournemouth	0 – 1	Leicester City	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Ward 53' Arter 66' Camp 81'	Report	Wasilewksi 67' Phillips 81'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,719 Referee: Darren Drysdale

8 February 2014 30	Leicester City	2 – 2	Watford	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Konchesky 24' James 43' Drinkwater 90+4'	Report	Forestieri 9', 84' Tőzsér 22' Murray 41' Cassetti 74'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 23,635 Referee: Martin Atkinson

19 February 2014 31	Nottingham Forest	2 – 2	Leicester City	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Paterson 39' Reid 43' (pen.) Fox 70' Halford 81'	Report	Vardy 29' Morgan 42' Konchesky 62' De Laet 74' Mahrez 82'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 24,808 Referee: Anthony Taylor

22 February 2014 32	Leicester City	3 – 0	Ipswich Town	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Wasilewski 16' Vardy 19' Nugent 31' Wood 88'	Report	Tabb 17'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 28,078 Referee: J Linington

1 March 2014 33	Leicester City	3 – 0	Charlton Athletic	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Vardy 9', 28' Drinkwater 48' Nugent 64'	Report	Harriott 41' Poyet 75'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 24,742 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

11 March 2014 34	Barnsley	0 – 3	Leicester City	Barnsley
19:45 GMT		Report	Vardy 21', 62' Drinkwater 58'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,539 Referee: Mark Heywood

15 March 2014 35	Leicester City	3 – 1	Blackpool	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Vardy 49' James 51' Mahrez 60' Morgan 82' Phillips 87'	Report	Robinson 34' Goodwillie 41' Basham 81'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 27,669 Referee: Nigel Miller

22 March 2014 36	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 1	Leicester City	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Kilgallon 43', 75'	Report	Vardy 20' Schmeichel 66'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 16,528 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

25 March 2014 37	Leicester City	1 – 1	Yeovil Town	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Wood 90+2'	Report	Ralls 22' McAllister 65'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 26,240 Referee: Andy Madley

29 March 2014 38	Burnley	0 – 2	Leicester City	Burnley
12:45 GMT		Report	Nugent 35' Wood 78'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 16,794 Referee: Chris Foy

1 April 2014 39	Wigan Athletic	2 – 2	Leicester City	Wigan
19:45 BST	Ramis 37' Gómez 41' Kiernan 62'	Report	Hammond 37', 87' King 41'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,025 Referee: Jon Moss

4 April 2014 40	Leicester City	2 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Leicester
19:45 BST	Mahrez 10' Schlupp 48' Knockaert 61'	Report	Antonio 37' Palmer 45+1' Lee 60'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 26,103 Referee: Graham Scott

8 April 2014 41	Leicester City	1 – 4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leicester
19:45 BST	Nugent 45' Wasilewski 63' Taylor-Fletcher 89'	Report	Ward 17' Lingard 24' Ulloa 64', 80' Upson 85'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 29,722 Referee: Craig Pawson

14 April 2014 42	Reading	1 – 1	Leicester City	Reading
20:07 BST	Pearce 16' Leigertwood 74' 87'	Report	Drinkwater 33' De Laet 68'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,072 Referee: Simon Hooper

19 April 2014 43	Leicester City	1 – 0	Queens Park Rangers	Leicester
12:15 BST	Nugent 68' Schmeichel 73'	Report	Assou-Ekotto 39' 78' Kranjčar 44' O'Neil 57'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 27,386 Referee: Scott Duncan

22 April 2014 44	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 1	Leicester City	Bolton
20:00 BST		Report	Dyer 61'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 16,569 Referee: David Webb

26 April 2014 45	Huddersfield Town	0 – 2	Leicester City	Huddersfield
15:00 BST		Report	Taylor-Fletcher 31' Morgan 75'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 16,481 Referee: Iain Williamson

3 May 2014 46	Leicester City	1 – 0	Doncaster Rovers	Leicester
12:15 BST	Nugent 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,424 Referee: Paul Tierney

FA Cup

4 January 2014 Third round	Stoke City	2 – 1	Leicester City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Jones 16' Adam 55'	Report	Nugent 77'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 16,844 Referee: Lee Probert

Football League Cup

6 August 2013 First Round	Wycombe Wanderers	1 – 2	Leicester City	Wycombe
19:45 BST	Kuffour 21' Lewis 83'	Report	Nugent 14' (pen.) St Ledger 90+6'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,158 Referee: Tim Robinson

27 August 2013 Second Round	Carlisle United	2 – 5	Leicester City	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Amoo 16' Berrett 71'	Report	Wood 38', 59' (pen.), 63' Dyer 47' Knockaert 51'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,308 (576 Away) Referee: Graham Salisbury

24 September 2013 Third Round	Leicester City	2 – 1	Derby County	Leicester
19:45 BST	Hammond 45+3' Knockaert 78' Drinkwater 81'	Report	Martin 42' Freeman 47'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 14,043 Referee: Dean Whitestone

29 October 2013 Fourth Round	Leicester City	4 – 3	Fulham	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Morgan 41' Wood 45' Miquel 53' Morgan 79' Dyer 89'	Report	Rodallega 18', 54' Boateng 39' Senderos 74' Karagounis 76', 87' Zverotić 88'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 17,932 Referee: Keith Stroud

17 December 2013 Fifth round	Leicester City	1 – 3	Manchester City	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Dyer 77'	Report	Kolarov 8' Navas 21' Boyata 34' Džeko 41', 53'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,319 Referee: Roger East

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 and the supporters club, saw the following players recognised for their achievements for the club throughout the 2013–14 season.

Player of the Year Award	Danny Drinkwater
Young Player of the Season Award	Matty James
Players' Player of the Season Award	Jamie Vardy
Academy Player of the Season Award	Herve Pepe-Ngoma
Goal of the Season Award	Danny Drinkwater (vs. Watford, 8 February 2014)
Performance of the Season	vs. Derby County, 10 January 2014

Divisional awards

Date	Winner	Award
September 2013	Liam Moore	Football League Young Player of the Month[50]
December 2013	Danny Drinkwater	Championship Player of the Month[51]
January 2014	Nigel Pearson	Championship Manager of the Month[52]
March 2014	Nigel Pearson	Championship Manager of the Month[53]
Season	Kasper Schmeichel	PFA Championship Team of the Year
Season	Wes Morgan	PFA Championship Team of the Year
Season	Danny Drinkwater	PFA Championship Team of the Year
Season	Nigel Pearson	LMA Championship Manager of the Year

Championship statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	46	31	9	6	83	43	+40	102	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Burnley (P)	46	26	15	5	72	37	+35	93	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Derby County	46	25	10	11	84	52	+32	85	Qualification for Championship play-offs
4	Queens Park Rangers (O, P)	46	23	11	12	60	44	+16	80
5	Wigan Athletic	46	21	10	15	61	48	+13	73

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Club standings

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	31	9	6	83	43	+40	102	17	4	2	46	22	+24	14	5	4	37	21	+16

Last updated: 3 May 2014.
Source: LCFC Championship Results

Results by round

Round	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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W
Position	5	9	6	2	5	4	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scores by club

Leicester City score given first.

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Barnsley	2–1	3–0	Leicester City do double
Blackburn Rovers	2–1	1–1
Birmingham City	3–2	2–1	Leicester City do double
Blackpool	3–1	2–2
Bolton Wanderers	5–3	1–0	Leicester City do double
Bournemouth	2–1	1–0	Leicester City do double
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–4	1–3	Brighton & Hove Albion do double
Burnley	1–1	2–0
Charlton Athletic	3–0	1–2
Derby County	4–1	1–0	Leicester City do double
Doncaster Rovers	1–0	0–1
Huddersfield Town	2–1	2–1	Leicester City do double
Ipswich Town	3–0	2–1	Leicester City do double
Leeds United	0–0	1–0
Middlesbrough	2–0	2–1	Leicester City do double
Millwall	3–0	3–1	Leicester City do double
Nottingham Forest	0–2	2–2
Queens Park Rangers	1–0	1–0	Leicester City do double
Reading	1–0	1–1
Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	1–2
Watford	2–2	3–0
Wigan Athletic	2–0	2–2
Yeovil Town	1–1	2–1

Club statistics

All data from LCFC.com and FoxesTalk Stats

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		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kasper Schmeichel	51	0	46	0	1	0	4	0
2	DF		Ritchie De Laet	38	2	35+1	2	1	0	1	0
3	DF		Paul Konchesky	34	1	31	1	1	0	2	0
4	MF		Danny Drinkwater	49	8	43+2	7	0	0	4	1
5	DF		Wes Morgan	48	3	45	2	0	0	3	1
6	DF		Zak Whitbread	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF		Ben Marshall*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Dean Hammond	32	1	7+22	1	1	0	2	0
8	MF		Matty James	39	1	28+7	1	1	0	3	0
9	FW		Jamie Vardy	41	16	36+1	16	1	0	1+2	0
10	MF		Andy King	33	4	24+6	4	1	0	2	0
11	MF		Lloyd Dyer	46	10	31+9	7	0+1	0	3+2	3
12	DF		Sean St. Ledger	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
14	FW		Martyn Waghorn*	4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
15	FW		Jeffrey Schlupp	32	1	15+11	1	1	0	2+3	0
16	MF		Neil Danns	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW		Paul Gallagher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Liam Moore	33	1	26+4	1	0	0	3	0
20	FW		Tom Hopper	2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
21	DF		Zoumana Bakayogo	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	FW		Gary Taylor-Fletcher	23	3	2+19	3	0	0	2	0
23	DF		Ignasi Miquel	12	1	6+1	0	1	0	4	1
24	MF		Anthony Knockaert	48	7	36+6	5	1	0	3+2	2
25	GK		Conrad Logan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF		Riyad Mahrez	19	3	12+7	3	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Marcin Wasilewski	35	0	26+5	0	1	0	3	0
28	FW		Kevin Phillips	12	2	2+10	2	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Márkó Futács	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW		David Nugent	51	22	44+2	20	0+1	1	2+2	1
39	FW		Chris Wood	29	8	7+19	4	0	0	3	4

Top scorers

Last Updated: 3 May 2014

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	David Nugent	20	1	1	22
2	Jamie Vardy	16	0	0	16
3	Lloyd Dyer	7	0	3	10
4	Danny Drinkwater	7	0	1	8
=	Chris Wood	4	0	4	8
6	Anthony Knockaert	5	0	2	7
7	Andy King	4	0	0	4
8	Riyad Mahrez	3	0	0	3
=	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	3	0	0	3
=	Wes Morgan	2	0	1	3
11	Ritchie De Laet	2	0	0	2
=	Kevin Phillips	2	0	0	2
13	Dean Hammond	1	0	0	1
=	Matty James	1	0	0	1
=	Liam Moore	1	0	0	1
=	Paul Konchesky	1	0	0	1
=	Jeffrey Schlupp	1	0	0	1
=	Ignasi Miquel	0	0	1	1
=	Sean St Ledger	0	0	1	1
Own Goals		3	0	0	3
Total		83	1	14	98

Disciplinary record

Nation	Name
	Matty James	4	1
	Paul Konchesky	1	1
	Jamie Vardy	9	0
	Ritchie De Laet	6	0
	Anthony Knockaert	6	0
	Marcin Wasilewski	6	0
	Dean Hammond	4	0
	Wes Morgan	4	0
	Danny Drinkwater	3	0
	Liam Moore	2	0
	David Nugent	2	0
	Kasper Schmeichel	2	0
	Andy King	1	0
	Ignasi Miquel	1	0
	Jeffrey Schlupp	1	0
	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	1	0
	Zak Whitbread	1	0
Total		54	2

Captains

Last Updated: 3 May 2014

Only counts starts as captain

No.	Position	Name	Starts
5	CB	Wes Morgan	48
1	GK	Kasper Schmeichel	3
11	LW	Lloyd Dyer	1

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Name	Games Missed	Reason
31 August 2013	Matty James	1	(vs. Charlton Athletic)
9 November 2013	Anthony Knockaert	1
29 December 2013	Jamie Vardy	1
19 February 2014	Paul Konchesky	3	(vs. Nottingham Forest)

Penalties

Date	Name	Opposition	Scored?
6 August 2013	David Nugent	Wycombe Wanderers	Y
24 August 2013	David Nugent	Birmingham City	Y
27 August 2013	Chris Wood	Carlisle United	Y
14 September 2013	David Nugent	Wigan Athletic	Y
17 September 2013	David Nugent	Blackburn Rovers	Y
21 September 2013	Paul Konchesky	Blackpool	Y
28 September 2013	David Nugent	Barnsley	Y
1 October 2013	David Nugent	Yeovil Town	Y
9 November 2013	David Nugent	Nottingham Forest	N
14 December 2013	David Nugent	Burnley	Y
26 December 2013	David Nugent	Reading	Y
29 December 2013	David Nugent	Bolton Wanderers	N
10 January 2014	David Nugent	Derby County	Y
25 January 2014	David Nugent	Middlesbrough	N
19 February 2014	Kevin Phillips	Nottingham Forest	N
3 May 2014	David Nugent	Doncaster Rovers	Y

Overall seasonal record

Note: Games which are level after extra-time and are decided by a penalty shoot-out are listed as draws.

Games played	52 (46 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 5 League Cup)
Games won	35 (31 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Games drawn	9 (9 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	8 (6 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Win %	67.31%
Goals scored	98 (83 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 14 League Cup)
Goals conceded	55 (43 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 10 League Cup)
Goal difference	+43 (+40 Championship, -1 FA Cup, +4 League Cup)
Yellow cards	54 (49 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 5 League Cup)
Red cards	2 (2 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst discipline	Jamie Vardy (9 yellows)
Biggest win	5-2 (on one occasion), 4-1 (on one occasion) & 3-0 (on five occasions)
Heaviest defeat	1-4 (vs. Brighton and hove albion, Championship, 8.4.14)
Highest scoring match	5-3 (vs. Bolton Wanderers, Championship, 29.12.2013)
Most appearances	51 (Kasper Schmeichel & David Nugent)
Top scorer	20 (David Nugent)
Most assists	13 (David Nugent)

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