10 Incredible Stats Behind Leicester City’s Premier League Fairytale

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The last time a team won the league title for the very first time was Nottingham Forest way back in 1978.

No pressure, but they won the European Cup the following season.

They're also the first team from outside of London or Manchester to win the league since 1995.

After success in knockout competitions like the Coppa Italia, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Super Cup, Leicester City's championship is the first time Claudio Ranieri has ever won a top flight league title.

The towering center back won two Premier League titles with Chelsea in 2005 and 2006.

Under Nigel Pearson, Leicester completed a remarkable late turnaround to finish 14th in last season's Premier League table—which seemed like a miracle, even then.

Rated at 5,000-1 to win the Premier League this season, the Foxes somehow did it and will finish 13 places higher than they did in 2014-15 with at least 36 more points.

In a further twist of fate, both players won their very first Premier League title on May 2. Peter did it with Manchester United on that date in 1993, with Kasper following 23 years later.

The 27-year-old one club man has been with the Foxes since 2006, making 293 appearances and scoring 52 goals.

As of May 2nd, Leicester City had spent 134 days at the top of the Premier League table this season. They weren't rank outsiders who made a late dash—they've been dominating all season long.

Despite being touted as an England center back by Harry Redknapp weeks ago, Leicester captain Wes Morgan has been capped 25 times by Jamaica and is the first Reggae Boyz to win the Premier League. Riyad Mahrez also became the first Algerian to do it.

Claudio Ranieri has won the Premier League title in record time, just 294 days after he got the job as Leicester manager. He beats Jose Mourinho, who took 332 days to win it in his first spell at Chelsea.

After winning the league with Chelsea last season, Schwarzer has done it again with Leicester.

Incredibly, he looks set to win both titles without having played a single minute for either side in each of their title-winning campaigns. Mourinho bought the Australian 'keeper a medal for his efforts from the bench for Chelsea in 2014-15.