Leicester City’s astonishing fall from Premier League champions to the third tier of English football was confirmed on Tuesday after a 2-2 home draw against Hull City sealed their relegation to League One. The result means the Foxes have now suffered back-to-back relegations, just 10 years after one of the most extraordinary title wins in football history.
Leicester needed a victory at the King Power Stadium to keep their survival hopes alive, but they were unable to find the result required. The draw left them mathematically down with two matches still to play, completing a dramatic collapse for a club that lifted the Premier League trophy in 2016 against all expectations. Reuters reported that Leicester have now dropped from the top flight to League One in successive seasons.
The club’s troubles this season were compounded by a six-point deduction imposed in February after an independent commission found Leicester to be in breach of the EFL’s Profit and Sustainability Rules for the 2023-24 season. Leicester later confirmed their disappointment at the ruling, but the sanction proved a major blow in a campaign that steadily unravelled.
Tonight’s result confirms our relegation to Sky Bet League One. pic.twitter.com/IsmoQbPOru
— Leicester City (@LCFC) April 21, 2026
Leicester’s decline has been as rapid as it has been painful. After their 2016 Premier League triumph, the club went on to reach the Champions League quarter-finals and then lifted the FA Cup for the first time in 2021. Yet in the years since, instability on and off the pitch has dragged them backwards, and what once looked unthinkable has now become reality.
For Leicester supporters, Tuesday’s result will feel like the bleakest chapter yet in a decade that once brought the ultimate high. A club that conquered English football against 5000-1 odds now faces the challenge of rebuilding in League One, with serious questions likely to follow over recruitment, leadership and the long-term direction of the club.
