Leicester City F.C. is a soccer team.
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 . 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 . Leicester City won the 2015 -- 16 Premier League , their first top-level football championship .