Leicester City F.C. in European football and Marc Albrighton. Kasper Schmeichel saved a penalty from Steven Nzonzi with ten minutes to go, sealing the win. This meant Leicester advanced to the Quarter-finals. The draw for the Champions League quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2017, and Leicester were drawn against the last season's runners-up – Atlético Madrid. The first leg was played on 12 April and City lost 0–1, following a controversial penalty, scored by Antoine Griezmann. The second leg, played on 18 April, finished 1–1. Saúl Ñíguez opened the scoring, but his goal was cancelled out by Jamie Vardy. This result subsequently saw Leicester exit
2008–09 Leicester City F.C. season 2008–09 Leicester City F.C. season The 2008–09 season was Leicester City F.C.'s 104th season in the English football league system and their first and, to date, only season in the third tier of English football, after being relegated to League One the previous season. Under the stewardship of new manager Nigel Pearson (who managed to become the first Leicester manager in five years to last an entire season), Leicester comfortably took the League One title to earn instant promotion back to the Championship, which included a club record run of 23 games league unbeaten between 1 November and 7 March.