What does the badge mean?
Blue shield with a running fox, "Leicester City FC" text What does it mean? The fox references Leicestershire's long association with fox hunting — the county was historically one of England's premier fox hunting areas, and "The Foxes" has been Leicester's nickname for over a century. Royal blue has been the club colour since the early 1900s.
Badge history
- 1884 — Club founded as Leicester Fosse
- 1919 — Renamed Leicester City
- 1948 — Fox imagery first appears on badge
- 1983 — Running fox formalised as primary motif
- 1992 — Modernised for Premier League era
- 2020 — Current version introduced
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