Leicester City W.F.C.

Leicester City Women
Full name	Leicester City Women Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Foxes
Founded	2004
Ground	King Power Stadium, Leicester Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent (Capacity: 1,400)
Owner	King Power International
Chairman	Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha
Manager	Willie Kirk
Current League	FA WSL
2021–22	FA WSL, 11th
Website	Club home page

Leicester City Women Football Club is an English professional women's football club based in Quorn, Leicestershire. Founded in 2004 as an independent club, Leicester City Women were acquired in 2020 by King Power, the parent company of men's affiliate Leicester City FC. They currently compete in the FA Women's Championship, the second level of the English football pyramid.

Leicester City Women won promotion back into the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division in 2016 winning a record 22 games out of 22. After finishing third and second in the Northern Division in 2017 and 2018 respectively, Leicester City Women applied to take part in the inaugural FA Women's Championship season (2018–19). The Foxes had their bid accepted as announced by the Football Association in May 2018.

Leicester City Women also run a Reserves team and the Leicester City Women Development Centre. The development centre expanded at the beginning of the 2017/18 season and caters for under 9's, 10's, 11's, 12's, 13's 14's, 15's, 16's and 18's.

Stadium

Leicester City Women currently play at Farley Way Stadium, home of Quorn FC. The club moved in the summer of 2017. The stadium has an artificial pitch and a capacity of 1,400.

Up until 2017, the Foxes played at Riverside Pavilion, Braunstone Lane East, Leicester, LE3 2FW.

Before moving to the Riverside, Leicester City Women moved between grounds in different seasons, most recently they played at Harborough Town's Bowden Park and Oadby Town's Freeway Park.

Players

Current squad

As of 14 September 2024

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Janina Leitzig 2 DF Courtney Nevin 3 MF Sam Tierney 4 DF C. J. Bott 5 DF Sophie Howard 6 MF Saori Takarada 7 FW Deanne Rose 8 FW Jutta Rantala 9 FW Lena Petermann 10 FW Noémie Mouchon 11 MF Janice Cayman 12 DF Asmita Ale

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF Julie Thibaud 18 MF Emilia Pelgander 19 FW Denny Draper 20 FW Missy Goodwin 21 FW Hannah Cain 22 DF Sari Kees 23 GK Lize Kop 27 FW Shannon O'Brien 28 FW Shana Chossenotte 29 FW Yuka Momiki 30 MF Ruby Mace 31 DF Chantelle Swaby

External links

• Official website