Leicester City F.C. is a soccer team.
During the 2002-03 English football season , Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division after being relegated from the FA Premier League the previous season . Leicester City Football Club ( [ ˌlɛstər_ˈsɪti ] ) , also known as the Foxes , is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester . They compete in the Premier League , England 's highest division of football , and are the former champions winning in the 2015-16 season . Having been promoted as champions of the Football League Championship in 2013 -- 14 , this signalled a return to the top flight of English football after a decade away .