I've been a long-time fan of this club predating the Premier League and was really excited to see them finally get a good group of owners, and play hard from start to finish. Want to get this up since these are mostly done for the Super League Six teams.
Owners: Aser Group Holding (63%) and 49ers Enterprises (37%)
Chairman: Andrea Radrizzani, who hails from Milano in Italy and made his money in media rights; has brought some much-needed stability and common sense to a club that had some unfortunate owners making very poor decisions
Home stadium: Elland Road; capacity 37,792
Super League Six status: nope
Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa; from Rosario in Argentine who's coached both the Argentine and Chilean national teams; other than the two national team stints he's had a history of short managerial tenures at the club level; hero at LUFC for sticking with the club after failing to secure promotion after the 2018 - 19 season and securing promotion the following season; contract extended for an additional year
Cult figure: Victor Orta - Director of Football
Style of play: affectionately called Murderball with very high intensity from start to finish
League titles: 1968-69, 1973-74, 1991-1992 (the last year of the old First Division)
2020 - 21 Premier League finish: 9th; 59 points
Recommended viewing: Take Me Home - Leeds United (Amazon Prime)
Key phrase: Doing a Leeds; not something to be proud of, but financial mismanagement was a key feature of the club for an unfortunately long period
Player of the year 2020 - 21 season: Stuart Dallas
Young player of the year 2020 - 21 season: Ilan Meslier
Current roster:
1 Illan Meslier (G)
13 Casilla (G)
25 Elia Caprile (G)
2 Luke Ayling (D)
5 Robin Koch (D)
6 Liam Cooper (D)
14 Diego Llorente (D)
21 Pascal Struijk (D)
24 Leif Davis (D)
28 Gaetano Berardi (D) - leaving club
35 Charlie Cresswell (D)
37 Cody Drameh (D)
49 Oliver Casey (D)
NA Ouasim Bouy (M)
4 Adam Forshaw (M)
10 Ezgjan Alioski (M)
11 Tyler Roberts (M)
15 Stuart Dallas (M)
19 Pablo Hernandez (M) - leaving club
22 Jack Harrison (M)
23 Kalvin Phillips (M)
38 Crysencio Summerville (M)
43 Mat Klich (M)
45 Liam McCarron (M)
46 Jamie Shackleton (M)
47 Jack Jenkins (M)
NA Kun Temenuzhkov (F)
7 Ian Poveda (F)
9 Patrick Bamford (F)
17 Helder Costa (F)
18 Raphinha (F)
20 Rodrigo Moreno Machado (F)
30 Joe Gelhardt (F)
42 Sam Greenwood (F)
52 Niall Huggins (F)
59 Josh Galloway (F)
70 Charlie Allen (F)
Team still looks a bit like the team that didn't win promotion after the 2018 -19 season and it's expected LUFC will try and avoid what's happened to other clubs that held on to their Championship core a little too long. A few years up and then relegation. Not sure there will be too many splashy deals made over the summer, though, and it may be more of a generational change with older players making way for younger (where applicable).
Owners: Aser Group Holding (63%) and 49ers Enterprises (37%)
Chairman: Andrea Radrizzani, who hails from Milano in Italy and made his money in media rights; has brought some much-needed stability and common sense to a club that had some unfortunate owners making very poor decisions
Home stadium: Elland Road; capacity 37,792
Super League Six status: nope
Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa; from Rosario in Argentine who's coached both the Argentine and Chilean national teams; other than the two national team stints he's had a history of short managerial tenures at the club level; hero at LUFC for sticking with the club after failing to secure promotion after the 2018 - 19 season and securing promotion the following season; contract extended for an additional year
Cult figure: Victor Orta - Director of Football
Style of play: affectionately called Murderball with very high intensity from start to finish
League titles: 1968-69, 1973-74, 1991-1992 (the last year of the old First Division)
2020 - 21 Premier League finish: 9th; 59 points
Recommended viewing: Take Me Home - Leeds United (Amazon Prime)
Key phrase: Doing a Leeds; not something to be proud of, but financial mismanagement was a key feature of the club for an unfortunately long period
Player of the year 2020 - 21 season: Stuart Dallas
Young player of the year 2020 - 21 season: Ilan Meslier
Current roster:
1 Illan Meslier (G)
13 Casilla (G)
25 Elia Caprile (G)
2 Luke Ayling (D)
5 Robin Koch (D)
6 Liam Cooper (D)
14 Diego Llorente (D)
21 Pascal Struijk (D)
24 Leif Davis (D)
28 Gaetano Berardi (D) - leaving club
35 Charlie Cresswell (D)
37 Cody Drameh (D)
49 Oliver Casey (D)
NA Ouasim Bouy (M)
4 Adam Forshaw (M)
10 Ezgjan Alioski (M)
11 Tyler Roberts (M)
15 Stuart Dallas (M)
19 Pablo Hernandez (M) - leaving club
22 Jack Harrison (M)
23 Kalvin Phillips (M)
38 Crysencio Summerville (M)
43 Mat Klich (M)
45 Liam McCarron (M)
46 Jamie Shackleton (M)
47 Jack Jenkins (M)
NA Kun Temenuzhkov (F)
7 Ian Poveda (F)
9 Patrick Bamford (F)
17 Helder Costa (F)
18 Raphinha (F)
20 Rodrigo Moreno Machado (F)
30 Joe Gelhardt (F)
42 Sam Greenwood (F)
52 Niall Huggins (F)
59 Josh Galloway (F)
70 Charlie Allen (F)
Team still looks a bit like the team that didn't win promotion after the 2018 -19 season and it's expected LUFC will try and avoid what's happened to other clubs that held on to their Championship core a little too long. A few years up and then relegation. Not sure there will be too many splashy deals made over the summer, though, and it may be more of a generational change with older players making way for younger (where applicable).