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21 Teams competed in the league this season, one more team than the previous season. Reading U21s regained Category One status in the summer leaving the league after one solitary season. [ 12 ] Meanwhile, AFC Bournemouth U21s , [ 13 ] and Fleetwood Town U21s [ 14 ] join the league for the very first time as both Academies reaches Category Two ...
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.
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 ...
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]
On 31 July, the FA announced that England senior manager Roy Hodgson would take charge of an England U21 friendly match against Scotland at Bramall Lane, [7] the match ended in a 6–0 win for Hodgson's side. [8] Former England international Gareth Southgate was made manager of the under-21 team on 22 August. [9]
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 Elite Development Squad [2] have played in the Under 21 Premier League [3] since the 2012–13 season and previously played in the Premier Reserve League North.Starting with the 2011–12 season, the EDS competed in the NextGen Series competition, [4] a Champions League format tournament only open to a select group of 'Under-19' teams located in western Europe. [5]