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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 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.
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 ]
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.
They were champions of the former Premier Reserve League five times (in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2012) between its introduction in 1999 and its dissolution in 2012. The team also won the 2012–13 Professional U21 Development League 1 in its inaugural season, and again in 2015 and 2016.
In May 2021, the academy secured a conditional licence to operate a Category 1 Academy. This would allow the club's U21 and U18 teams to enter the elite academy games programme, including Premier League 2 and cup competitions. [2] For the 2023–24 season, Forest entered an under-21 side to the EFL Trophy for the first time. [3]
They play in the Premier League 2, which is the top level of reserve football in England. They were the champions in the 2013–14 and 2019–20 seasons. The team mainly consists of under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally feature, when recovering from injuries or otherwise not in the first team.