1998–99 Leicester City F.C. season

During the 1998–99 English football season, Leicester City competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary
Leicester City repeated the previous season's 10th place in the Premiership, earning Martin O'Neill more credit for achieving strong finishes on a relatively limited budget. But the club's best chance of a UEFA Cup place was blown in late March when they lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the Worthington Cup final. At least City fans had the satisfaction of holding on to the highly rated O'Neill, who had seemed certain to desert the club for Leeds United early in the season.

Kit
Leicester's season's kit was manufactured by Fox Leisure and their shirt was sponsored by the British food snack manufacturer Walkers Crisps.

Final league table

 * Results summary


 * Results by round

Club staff
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" !colspan=2 style="color:white; background:#2B55DB;"|First Team & Youth Team Management ! style="width:290px;"|Role !! style="width:150px;"|Person
 * First Team Manager || Martin O'Neill
 * First Team Assistant Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 John Robertson
 * First Team Coach || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Walford
 * Goalkeeping Coach || 🇮🇪 Jim McDonagh
 * Reserve Team Coach || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Franklin
 * Physiotherapist ||🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mick Yeoman
 * Physiotherapist ||🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Smith
 * Youth Academy Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Nish
 * Youth Academy Assistant Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neville Hamilton
 * Youth Academy Assistant Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jon Rudkin
 * Youth Academy Physiotherapist ||🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Andrews
 * Youth Development Officer ||🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Sims
 * Chief Scout || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jim Melrose
 * Kit Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul McAndrew
 * Youth Academy Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Nish
 * Youth Academy Assistant Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neville Hamilton
 * Youth Academy Assistant Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jon Rudkin
 * Youth Academy Physiotherapist ||🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Andrews
 * Youth Development Officer ||🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Sims
 * Chief Scout || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jim Melrose
 * Kit Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul McAndrew
 * Youth Academy Physiotherapist ||🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Andrews
 * Youth Development Officer ||🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Sims
 * Chief Scout || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jim Melrose
 * Kit Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul McAndrew
 * Chief Scout || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jim Melrose
 * Kit Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul McAndrew
 * Kit Manager || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul McAndrew

Appearances, goals and cards

 * (Starting appearances + substitute appearances)

Assists
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !"width:35px;"|Rank !"width:35px;"|Pos. !"width:35px;"|No. !"width:200px;"|Player !"width:75px;"|Premiership !"width:75px;"|FA Cup !"width:75px;"|League Cup !"width:75px;"|Total !colspan="4"|Total || 30 || 4 || 15 || 49
 * rowspan=1| 1 || MF || 11 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Guppy || 11 || 0 || 3 || 14
 * rowspan=4| 2 || FW || 9 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Emile Heskey || 3 || 2 || 0 || 5
 * MF || 7 || align=left| Neil Lennon || 3 || 0 || 2 || 5
 * MF || 6 || align=left|🇹🇷 Muzzy Izzet || 2 || 0 || 3 || 5
 * MF || 14 || align=left|🇮🇸 Robbie Savage || 2 || 0 || 3 || 5
 * rowspan=1| 4 || DF || 18 || align=left| Matt Elliott || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
 * rowspan=2| 5 || DF || 4 || align=left| Gerry Taggart || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
 * MF || 37 || align=left| Theodoros Zagorakis || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
 * rowspan=7| 6 || MF || 24 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Impey || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * DF || 19 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Ullathorne || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * DF || 5 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Walsh || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 27 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Cottee || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * DF || 3 || align=left|🇯🇲 Frank Sinclair || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 10 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Garry Parker || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 16 || align=left| Stuart Campbell || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 37 || align=left| Theodoros Zagorakis || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
 * rowspan=7| 6 || MF || 24 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andrew Impey || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * DF || 19 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Ullathorne || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * DF || 5 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Walsh || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 27 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Cottee || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * DF || 3 || align=left|🇯🇲 Frank Sinclair || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 10 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Garry Parker || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 16 || align=left| Stuart Campbell || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * FW || 27 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Cottee || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * DF || 3 || align=left|🇯🇲 Frank Sinclair || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 10 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Garry Parker || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 16 || align=left| Stuart Campbell || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 10 || align=left|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Garry Parker || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 16 || align=left| Stuart Campbell || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 16 || align=left| Stuart Campbell || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1

Out

 * Transfers in: £5,600,000
 * Transfers out: £700,000
 * Total spending: £4,900,000