Leicester City FC

Leicester City's 2015-16 Premier League title remains the most improbable achievement in the history of English football, and arguably in all of sport. At odds of 5000-1 before the season, Claudio Ranieri's Foxes defied every prediction, statistical model, and financial reality to win the league, with Jamie Vardy's record-breaking goalscoring run and N'Golo Kante's inexhaustible midfield energy capturing the imagination of the sporting world.

Founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse, the club spent most of their history as a solid mid-table side, yo-yoing between the top two divisions. The purchase by the Srivaddhanaprabha family's King Power Group in 2010 brought Thai investment and ambition to the King Power Stadium. Promotion from the Championship in 2014, followed by a miraculous survival in 2014-15 and then the title triumph in 2015-16, wrote a story that transcended football.

The years since the miracle have been eventful. Leicester reached the Champions League quarter-finals in 2016-17, won the FA Cup for the first time in 2021 under Brendan Rodgers, and became a consistent top-half Premier League club. However, financial difficulties and a breach of the Premier League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules led to relegation in 2022-23. The club bounced back immediately, winning the Championship title in 2023-24 to return to the top flight, but a second relegation in 2024-25 sent Leicester back to the Championship once more. The yo-yo pattern has become a defining challenge for a club whose resources and fanbase belong in the Premier League.

The Srivaddhanaprabha family's commitment to the club was underscored by the tragic death of chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium in October 2018. His son Aiyawatt, known as Top, succeeded him as chairman and has continued the family's dedication to Leicester City, navigating the club through its most turbulent period since the miracle season. The 2025-26 Championship campaign represents another opportunity to stabilise and build a squad capable of not just earning promotion, but sustaining Premier League status.