Leicester City confirm return to EPL after one year

Leicester City (94, points), the championship leader, secured at least second place this season as QPR won a 4-0 victory in the 45th round of the 2023-2024 Championship between Leeds United and Queenspark Rangers (QPR) at Loftus Road in London, England on the 27th (Korea time).

With the defeat, Leeds (90 points), which is in second place with only one game left until the end of the season, will not be able to surpass Leicester City's points with two games left.

Leicester City is five points clear of third-place Ipswich Town (89 points) with three games left, so it can concede the first place, but it will secure at least second place and return to the EPL stage next season.

The first and second place teams in the championship will automatically be promoted to the EPL, and the third and sixth place teams will try to be promoted to the EPL through the playoffs.

Leicester City, which ranked 18th in the EPL last season and was relegated to the Championship, completed its mission of "return to the first part" by continuing its high flight of 30 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses until the 44th round.

Leicester City is also famous for the nickname 'fairytale football' to fans.

Leicester City, which took the EPL stage with a championship victory in the 2013-2014 season, surprised fans by winning the EPL in the 2015-2016 season by overcoming the "one in five thousand" odds that gamblers had predicted.

At the time, FIFA President Gianni Infantino praised "Leicester City's beautiful story as a fairy tale," and the British media also agreed that it was "the completion of a great fairy tale."

In the 2020-2021 season, he even tasted the joy of winning the FA Cup for the first time ever, but he had to experience the sadness of falling into the second division as he fell into a slump in the 2022-2023 season.

However, Leicester City have maintained the record of 'most points-minimum points' among the 24 teams with 86 points-39 runs in 44 matches in the Championship this season.

In particular, Jamie Vardy (37), a "goaler" who recorded the most goals (16 goals) in the team when he won the championship 10 years ago, led the return of the first division by maintaining the team's most goals with 16 goals in the regular league this season.

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