Leicester F.C.
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| Full name | Leicester Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Tigers |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Location | Leicester, England |
| Ground(s) | Welford Road (Capacity: 25,849) |
| Chairman | Peter Tom |
| Coach(es) | Matt O'Connor |
| Captain(s) | Tom Youngs |
| League(s) | English Premiership |
| 2016–17 | 4th |
| Official website | |
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Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) is an English professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home matches at Welford Road Stadium in the south of the city. The club has been known by the nickname Tigers since at least 1885. In the 2016–17 Premiership Rugby season Tigers finished 4th and lost in the semi final. This entitled them to compete in the 2017-18 European Rugby Champions Cup. The current head coach is Matt O'Connor who was appointed in March 2017.
Leicester have won 20 major titles. They were European Champions twice, back-to-back in 2001 and 2002; have won a record 10 English Championships; and have won eight Anglo-Welsh Cups, most recently in 2017. Leicester last won the Premiership Rugby title in the 2013 and appeared in a record nine successive Premiership finals, from 2005 to 2013. Leicester have never finished a league season below sixth position, and are one of only four teams never to have been relegated from the top division. Leicester have qualified to play in every season of European Rugby Champions Cup (and the Heineken Cup which it replaced) in which English teams have participated, the only English side to do so. Leicester have appeared in five European finals, the second most overall, as well as the two victories they have also lost finals three times, in 1997, 2007 and 2009.
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