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The 2023–24 Professional U21 Development League was the 12th season of the Professional Development League system. The Premier League 2 changed format for 2023–24 with one division instead of two. [1] Reading regained Category One status in the summer. [2]
The Professional Development League 2 is Under-21 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. The league is split regionally into north and south divisions, with each team facing opponents in their own region twice both home and away and opponents in the other region once resulting in 31 games played.
The 2022–23 Professional U21 Development League is the 11th season of the Professional Development League system. The Premier League 2 reverted back to a U21 competition ahead of the 2022–23 season. [1] Burnley, Birmingham City and Reading left the league after failing to retain category one academy status. [2] [3] [4]
From 2012 to 2016, EPPP Category 1 academies' most senior youth league was an under-21 league known as the U21 Premier League, with four over-age outfield players being permitted to play. From the 2016–17 season onwards, the competition is known as the Premier League 2 and the age limit was increased from under-21 to under-23. [2]
The competition was established in 2013 as the U21 Premier League Cup, an under-21 equivalent of the FA Youth Cup [1] [2] (an under-18 competition competed for since 1952), albeit being run by the Premier League instead of The Football Association. In 2016, the age range of the competition was raised to under-23s, and the competition was ...
Leeds United Football Club Under-21s is the most senior of Leeds United's youth teams and the club's former reserve team.. As of the 2023–24 season, they play in the Premier League 2 : Division 1, the top tier of the Professional Development League, following promotion from Division 2 of the 2022–23 Professional U21 Development League.
The FA Premier League was founded on 20 February 1992, following the decision of First Division (the top-tier league from 1888 until 1992) clubs to break away from the English Football League. As a result at the top is the single division of the Premier League (level 1, which is often referred to as the "top flight"), containing 20 clubs.
The 2013–14 Professional U21 Development League (League 1 referred to as the Barclays Under 21 Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the Professional Development League system. There were 42 participating teams in the 2013–14 Professional U21 Development Leagues; 22 in League 1, and 20 in League 2.