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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Football Club | Official Name = Leicester City Football Club | Year Founded = 1884 | Nickname = The Foxes | Stadium = <a href="/index.php?title=King_Power_Stadium&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="King Power Stadium (page does not exist)">King Power Stadium</a>&lt;br /&gt;32,262 (All Seater) |...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Football Club<br /> | Official Name = Leicester City Football Club<br /> | Year Founded = 1884<br /> | Nickname = The Foxes<br /> | Stadium = [[King Power Stadium]]&lt;br /&gt;32,262 (All Seater)<br /> | Chairman = [[Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha]]<br /> | Manager = [[Nigel Pearson]]&lt;br /&gt; (2011 - present)<br /> | Current League = [[English Premier League]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Leicester City Football Club''' is an English football team, located in Leicester, UK. Leicester City currently play in the [[English Premier League]], after they were promoted from the [[Football League Championship]] in 2014. The club's nickname is the Foxes and they traditionally play in a blue and white kit. <br /> <br /> Leicester was founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse. The club was named Fosse, due to the proximity of their home ground to Fosse Road in Leicester. They started in the Midland League in 1891 and after finishing second in 1894, they were elected to play in [[The Football League]] for the first time. After the Second World War in 1919, the club ceased trading as Leicester Fosse and was reformed as Leicester City F.C..<br /> <br /> Leicester as Leicester Fosse, started played their home games at various stadiums in their early existence. Seven years after Leicester was founded they moved to a permanent home at [[Filbert Street]], where they played for 111 years. In 2002, the club moved to their current home, [[The King Power Stadium]].<br /> <br /> The club has spent the majority of its existence in the English second tier, but after reformation in 1919 they were runners-up in the top flight in 1928-29 season, which is their highest ever league finish.<br /> <br /> Leicester City's main rivals are considered to be [[Derby County]] and [[Nottingham Forest]]. While Derby and Forest have a strong rivalry themselves, Leicester games with each club are often referred to as [[East Midland Derbies]]. Leicester also has a strong rivalry with the West Midland based team, Coventry City. The derby between Leicester and Coventry is often referred to as the [[M69 derby]].<br /> <br /> The Foxes have never won the English league title, but they do hold the record for the number of second-tier titles at seven.. The club has been successful in a number of domestic cup competitions, winning the [[Football League Cup]] on three occasions. They have also been runners-up in the [[FA Cup]] on four occasions, but have never won the trophy, which is an FA Cup record.<br /> <br /> Leicester have played in European cup competitions on a number of occasions in their history, but have never made it past the 1st Round in any of the competitions.</div>

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