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Leicester RELEGATED from Premier League after disastrous season that saw stars partying after manager sacking

Published on April 20, 2025 at 05:24 PM

LEICESTER CITY have been relegated from the Premier League.

The Foxes become the second side to confirm their drop back into the Championship, .

Ruud van Nistelrooy, Leicester City manager, looking dejected.
Ruud van Nistelrooy's Leicester City have been relegated from the Premier League
Leicester City's Jamie Vardy and Wilfred Ndidi looking dejected on the soccer field.
Leicester have endured a torrid season back in the top flight

‘s side have had a torrid campaign that has seen them struggle massively to compete with the teams around them.

Leicester went over 12 HOURS without scoring a home goal and won just ONE of their last 19 Premier League matches as they cemented their drop.

It marks the Foxes' second relegation in three years, becoming yo-yo strugglers less than 10 years after winning the Premier League title and the .

Leicester started the season with in charge, but after just 12 Premier League matches.

That decision made headlines after video emerged in the following days of – seemingly hinting at former manager .

Cooper would soon be replaced by Manchester United legend Van Nistelrooy – a decision that would prove costly.

Under Cooper Leicester had only fallen below 16th place in the league once, never dropping into the relegation zone as they won two, drew four and lost six of his 12 league games.

While the arrival of Van Nistelrooy saw the 2016 Champions plummet into the relegation zone, where they have remained for all-but-one matchweek since December.

Photo of Steve Cooper, former Leicester City manager.
Steve Cooper was sacked after just 12 league games in charge
Leicester City players celebrating in a nightclub.
Leicester players including Conor Coady and Harry Winks were seen dancing in a Danish nightclub in a video that emerged after Cooper's dismissal
Sign reading "Enzo I Miss U" held aloft with sparklers.
Somebody was holding up an ‘Enzo I Miss U' sign near where the players were standing

And the United legend has also had his fair share of controversy to deal with, including and .

The Dutchman has only managed two league wins over Tottenham and , losing nearly 80 PER CENT of his Prem games in charge of the club.

By comparison, Cooper was sacked after extending his streak without a win to just five matches.

The King Power outfit have come in for some heavy defeats throughout the campaign too.

Hefty 4-0 defeats to , and were low points for the Foxes fanbase who haven't seen their team win – or score – at home in the league in 2025.

In fact, they even became the first team in the history of English professional football to .

However, Leicester will be buoyed by their success in the Championship last season, where they put up 97 points to be crowned champions in a dominant campaign.

Jamie Vardy of Leicester City looking dejected.
The Foxes set records with their poor goalscoring form
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