The Leicester Title Winning Squad of 2015-16, Every Player and Every Goal

The Leicester title winning squad of 2015-16 used 23 players in the Premier League, and 17 of them played 10 or more games. Here is every one of them with league appearances and goals, followed by the 5000-1 odds, the moments that won the title and where the players went next.

The season in numbers

A year earlier Leicester had spent much of the season near the bottom and rallied late to finish 14th. Nigel Pearson was dismissed that summer and Claudio Ranieri, appointed in July 2015, took over. He won his first league title at 64.

The full Leicester 2015-16 squad: apps and goals

Premier League only. Appearances count starts plus substitute appearances, with sub appearances in brackets. Figures are from the club's 2015-16 season statistics as recorded on Wikipedia.

The individual goals add up to 67 of the 68. The other was an own goal.

Some details worth knowing for a quiz. Schmeichel and Morgan started all 38 games. Vardy started all 36 games he played. Ulloa came off the bench 22 times and still scored six. Nathan Dyer made all 12 of his appearances as a substitute and still got a goal.

The Ball Boffin prompt asks for a Leicester player with 10 or more league appearances in 2015-16. That covers the top 17 in the table, from Schmeichel down to De Laet. Gokhan Inler is the name that catches people out. He was in the squad all season but made only five league appearances.

The 5000-1 odds

Bookmakers offered 5,000-1 on Leicester winning the title before a ball was kicked. The Premier League's own record of the season says bookmakers faced losses of up to £25 million.

The key moments

Vardy's record, November 2015

Jamie Vardy scored in 11 Premier League games in a row. The record-breaker came on 28 November 2015 in a 1-1 draw with Manchester United, with Vardy scoring after 24 minutes. It beat the record held by Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Top at Christmas

Leicester were top of the table on Christmas Day. A 1-0 defeat at Liverpool on 26 December dropped them to second, but they did not stay there for long.

Champions without playing, 2 May 2016

Leicester were confirmed as champions on a Monday night when Chelsea drew 2-2 with Tottenham at Stamford Bridge. Spurs needed to win to keep the race alive. They did not, and Leicester still had two games to play.

The trophy, 7 May 2016

Leicester beat Everton 3-1 at home and then lifted the trophy. Vardy scored twice, one of them a penalty, and missed a second spot kick. Andy King got the other. Kevin Mirallas scored late for Everton.

The awards

Vardy was the Premier League Player of the Season and the FWA Footballer of the Year. Mahrez won the PFA Players' Player of the Year. Ranieri was Manager of the Season. Morgan, Kante, Mahrez and Vardy were all in the PFA Team of the Year.

Where the players went next

The squad broke up quickly. These are the moves and retirements that are on the record.

Ranieri did not see out the next season. Leicester sacked him in February 2017, less than a year after the title.

Kante, Mahrez and Drinkwater all moved straight from Leicester to a big six club, which makes them handy answers on another Ball Boffin prompt.

Test yourself

If you can name all 17 players with 10 or more appearances, you are ahead of most of the pub. Compare it with the Arsenal Invincibles squad, try the British transfer record history or have a go at guess the footballer. Then take on today's quiz.