Leicester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Leicester, East Midlands. They will compete in the Premier League in the 2024–25 season, following promotion from the 2023–24 EFL Championship as champions.

Leicester is a city, unitary authority area, unparished area and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a population of 373,399 in 2022. The greater Leicester urban area had a population of 559,017 in 2021, making it the 11th most populous in England, and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom. A 2023 report ranked Leicester 16th out of the 50 largest UK cities on a range of economic measures, and the first of seven East Midlands cities.