2025–26 Leicester City W.F.C. season

Leicester City
2025–26 season
Head coach	Amandine Miquel; (until 27 August); Rick Passmoor; (interim from 4 September; from 10 October 2025 as permanent manager)
Stadium	King Power Stadium, Leicester

The 2025–26 Leicester City W.F.C. season is the club's 22nd season of existence and their fifth season in the Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also competes in two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

On 27 August 2025, Amandine Miquel was sacked after one season at the club.^[1]

On 4 September 2025, Rick Passmoor was appointed as interim manager of the team.^[2] On 10 October 2025, he was appointed as manager of the team, signing a three-year contract with the club.^[3]

Squad

As of 7 September 2025^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Janina Leitzig
2	DF	BEL	Sari Kees
3	MF	ENG	Sam Tierney
4	DF	ENG	Cecily Wellesley-Smith (on loan from Arsenal)
5	MF	AUS	Emily van Egmond
6	MF	USA	Celeste Boureille
7	FW	ENG	Missy Goodwin
8	FW	FIN	Jutta Rantala
9	FW	FRA	Noémie Mouchon
11	MF	BEL	Janice Cayman (captain)
12	DF	ENG	Asmita Ale
13	GK	WAL	Olivia Clark


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	ISL	Hlín Eiríksdóttir
15	DF	IRL	Heather Payne
16	GK	IRL	Katie Keane
17	DF	FRA	Julie Thibaud
19	FW	ENG	Denny Draper
21	FW	WAL	Hannah Cain
22	DF	ENG	Nelly Las
23	MF	ENG	Olivia McLoughlin
24	MF	ENG	Simone Sherwood
27	FW	ENG	Shannon O'Brien
31	DF	JAM	Chantelle Swaby
32	FW	MAR	Rosella Ayane

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Ref.
4 August 2025	GK	Katie Keane	Shamrock Rovers	^[5]
5 August 2025	MF	Celeste Boureille	Montpellier	^[6]
15 August 2025	DF	Heather Payne	Everton	^[7]
4 September 2025	MF	Emily van Egmond	Birmingham City	^[8]
	MF	Olivia McLoughlin	Rangers	^[9]
	FW	Rosella Ayane	Tottenham Hotspur	^[10]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
4 September 2025	DF		Cecily Wellesley-Smith	Arsenal	End of season	^[11]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Ref.
30 June 2025	DF	Sophie Howard	Como	^[12]
	DF	CJ Bott	Wellington Phoenix	^[12]
	DF	Courtney Nevin	Malmö FF	^[12]
	MF	Saori Takarada	Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies	^[12]
	MF	Yūka Momiki	Everton	^[12]
	FW	Deanne Rose	Nottingham Forest	^[12]^[13]
	FW	Lena Petermann	Werder Bremen	^[12]
3 September 2025	MF	Ruby Mace	Everton	^[14]
9 September 2025	FW	Shana Chossenotte	FC Fleury	^[15]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
24 September 2025	GK		Katie Keane	Sheffield United	31 September 2025	^[16]

Preseason

10 August 2025 Friendly	Leicester City	0–0	Everton	King Power Stadium
		Report		Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

Women's Super League

Results

7 September 2025 1	Manchester United	4–0	Leicester City	Leigh
12:00	Toone 13' Terland 25' Malard 73', 87'	Report	Cain 37'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Referee: Grace Lowe

14 September 2025 2	Leicester	1–0	Liverpool	Leicester
12:00	O'Brien 7' 56' van Egmond 59' Leitzig 90+2'	Report	Evans 39'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Lisa Benn

21 September 2025 3	Chelsea	1–0	Leicester City	Kingston upon Thames
12:00	Beever-Jones 7'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Referee: Melissa Burgin

28 September 2025 4	Leicester City	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
12:00	McLoughlin 33' Tierney 40' Cain 50'	Report	Tandberg 15' Holdt 21' Summanen 50' Ahtinen 63' Hunt 85'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Harrison Blair

5 October 2025 5	Leicester City	1–1	Everton	Leicester
15:00	Thibaud 32' Ale 73' Mouchon 81' Cayman 90+1'	Report	Vignola 51' Pacheco 66'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Lisa Benn

12 October 2025 6	Aston Villa	0–0	Leicester City	Birmingham
14:00		Report	Tierney 80'	Stadium: Villa Park Referee: Melissa Burgin

2 November 2025 7	Leicester City	1–4	Arsenal	Leicester
15:00	Tierney 77' Mouchon 83'	Report	Russo 7' Kees 32' (og.) Blackstenius 36', 84'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Phoebe Cross

9 November 2025 8	West Ham	1–1	Leicester City	Dagenham
12:00	Gorry 4' Martinez 51'	Report	O'Brien 90+7'	Stadium: Victoria Road Referee: Kirsty Dowle

16 November 2025 9	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–1	Leicester City	Crawley
14:00	Mpomé 17', 47' Haley 27' Olislagers 87' Seike 90+4'	Report	van Egmond 26' Tierney 71' O'Brien 75'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Referee: Megan Wilson

7 December 2025 10	Leicester City	0–3	Manchester City	Leicester
15:00		Report	Shaw 74', 83' Kerolin 90+4'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Phoebe Cross

14 December 2025 7	Leicester City	1–0	London City Lionesses	Leicester
15:00	Swaby 24' O'Brien 59' Ayane 90+8'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Melissa Burgin

11 January 2026 12	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Arsenal	Leyton
14:00				Stadium: Brisbane Road

25 January 2026 13	Leicester City	v	West Ham	Leicester
15:00				Stadium: King Power Stadium

31 January 2026 14	Arsenal	v	Leicester City	Holloway
12:30				Stadium: Emirates Stadium

8 February 2026 15	Leicester City	v	Manchester United	Leicester
15:00				Stadium: King Power Stadium

15 February 2026 16	Manchester City	v	Leicester City	Manchester
12:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

15 March 2026 17	Liverpool	v	Leicester City	St Helens
14:00				Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium

22 March 2026 18	Leicester City	v	Aston Villa	Leicester
15:00				Stadium: King Power Stadium

29 March 2026 19	Leicester City	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leicester
15:00				Stadium: King Power Stadium

26 April 2026 20	London City Lionesses	v	Leicester City	Bromley
15:00				Stadium: Hayes Lane

3 May 2026 21	Leicester City	v	Chelsea	Leicester
15:00				Stadium: King Power Stadium

16 May 2026 22	Everton	v	Leicester City	Liverpool
TBC				Stadium: Goodison Park

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	4	2	5	14	13	+1	14
8	Aston Villa	11	3	4	4	14	18	−4	13
9	Leicester City	11	2	3	6	7	20	−13	9
10	Everton	11	2	2	7	14	22	−8	8
11	West Ham United	11	1	2	8	9	24	−15	5

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Women's FA Cup

18 January 2026	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Leicester City
13:00

Women's League Cup

24 September 2025 Group stage	Ipswich Town	1–5	Leicester City	Myland
19:30	Seaby 39' Wearing 52'	Report	O'Brien 45+1' Ale 47' Ayane 53' Kaczmar 78' Rantala 84' Wellesley-Smith 87'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 455 Referee: Richie Watkins

19 October 2025 Group stage	London City Lionesses	0–1	Leicester City	Bromley
14:00		Report	Rantala 2' McLoughlin 22'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 990 Referee: Sophie Dennington

23 November 2025 Group stage	Leicester City	0–3	Crystal Palace	Meadow Lane
15:00	Ayane 22' McLoughlin 68'	Report	Howat 6' Vanhaevermaet 36' Napier 41' Blanchard 53' 56' Littlejohn Sharpe 90+11'	Referee: Alice Parker

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Crystal Palace	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Leicester City	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6
3	London City Lionesses	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6
4	Ipswich Town	3	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source: Women's League Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Squad statistics

Appearances

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Women's Super League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Janina Leitzig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Sari Kees	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
3	MF		Sam Tierney	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF		Cecily Wellesley-Smith	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	MF		Emily van Egmond	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF		Celeste Boureille	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	FW		Missy Goodwin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW		Jutta Rantala	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
9	FW		Noémie Mouchon	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
11	FW		Janice Cayman	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
12	FW		Asmita Ale	0	0	0	0	2+1	1	0	0
13	GK		Olivia Clark	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
14	FW		Hlín Eiríksdóttir	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
15	DF		Heather Payne	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
16	GK		Katie Keane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Julie Thibaud	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
19	FW		Denny Draper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Hannah Cain	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
22	DF		Nelly Las	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
23	MF		Olivia McLoughlin	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
24	FW		Simone Sherwood	0	0	0	0	1+1	1	0	0
27	FW		Shannon O'Brien	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
31	DF		Chantelle Swaby	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
32	FW		Rosella Ayane	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
57	FW		Samantha Kaczmar	0	0	0	0	0+2	1	0	0

References

^ Garry, Tom (27 August 2025). "Leicester sack manager Amandine Miquel 11 days before their WSL opener". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
^ "Rick Passmoor Joins LCFC Women Coaching Staff". www.lcfc.com.
^ "Rick Passmoor Appointed Permanent LCFC Women Manager". www.lcfc.com.
^ "LCFC Women". Leicester City FC. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
^ "Young Goalkeeper Completes LCFC Women Transfer". www.lcfc.com. 4 August 2025.
^ "Foxes Recruit Celeste Boureille". www.lcfc.com. 5 August 2025.
^ "Heather Payne Completes LCFC Women Move". www.lcfc.com. 15 August 2025.
^ "LCFC Women Sign Australian International Emily Van Egmond". www.lcfc.com. 4 September 2025.
^ "Midfielder Olivia McLoughlin Signs From Rangers". www.lcfc.com. 4 September 2025.
^ "Morocco International Rosella Ayane Signs For City". www.lcfc.com. 4 September 2025.
^ "City Confirm Loan Signing Of Arsenal's Cecily Wellesley-Smith". www.lcfc.com. 4 September 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "LCFC Women Confirm Contract Renewals For Key First Team Players". www.lcfc.com. 17 July 2025.
^ "Forest Women sign forward Deanne Rose". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk. 19 August 2025.
^ "Ruby Mace To Join Everton". www.lcfc.com. 3 September 2025.
^ "Shana Chossenotte departs LCFC Women". www.lcfc.com. 9 September 2025.
^ "Goalkeeper Katie Keane Joins Sheffield United In Emergency Loan". www.lcfc.com.

[1] Garry, Tom (27 August 2025). "Leicester sack manager Amandine Miquel 11 days before their WSL opener". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2025.

[2] "Rick Passmoor Joins LCFC Women Coaching Staff". www.lcfc.com.

[3] "Rick Passmoor Appointed Permanent LCFC Women Manager". www.lcfc.com.

[4] "LCFC Women". Leicester City FC. Retrieved 1 July 2025.

[5] "Young Goalkeeper Completes LCFC Women Transfer". www.lcfc.com. 4 August 2025.

[6] "Foxes Recruit Celeste Boureille". www.lcfc.com. 5 August 2025.

[7] "Heather Payne Completes LCFC Women Move". www.lcfc.com. 15 August 2025.

[8] "LCFC Women Sign Australian International Emily Van Egmond". www.lcfc.com. 4 September 2025.

[9] "Midfielder Olivia McLoughlin Signs From Rangers". www.lcfc.com. 4 September 2025.

[10] "Morocco International Rosella Ayane Signs For City". www.lcfc.com. 4 September 2025.

[11] "City Confirm Loan Signing Of Arsenal's Cecily Wellesley-Smith". www.lcfc.com. 4 September 2025.

[Departures-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "LCFC Women Confirm Contract Renewals For Key First Team Players". www.lcfc.com. 17 July 2025.

[13] "Forest Women sign forward Deanne Rose". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk. 19 August 2025.

[14] "Ruby Mace To Join Everton". www.lcfc.com. 3 September 2025.

[15] "Shana Chossenotte departs LCFC Women". www.lcfc.com. 9 September 2025.

[16] "Goalkeeper Katie Keane Joins Sheffield United In Emergency Loan". www.lcfc.com.

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