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Leeds United Reserves and Youth Team
Full nameLeeds United Football Club Reserves and Youth Team
Nickname(s)The Whites
Founded1919 (1919)
GroundThorp Arch
CapacityN/A
Owner49ers Enterprises [1]
ChairmanAndrea Radrizzani
ManagerPaco Gallardo
LeaguePremier League 2 Division 2
2021–22Premier League 2 Division 1, 13th
WebsiteClub website

Leeds United Football Club Under-21s is the most senior of Leeds United's youth teams and the club's former reserve team. The team competes in the Premier League 2 and the Football League Trophy. The team host most of their home games at the club's Thorp Arch training complex, with some matches also taking place at Elland Road.

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.[2]

Leeds United Football Club Under-18s compete in the U18 Premier League and the FA Youth Cup. The team is managed by a former Academy graduate Scott Gardner.

History

The under-23s replaced the club's under-21 team in 2016, which had replaced the reserve team in 2012 following the English game's reform of the youth football and the introduction of the Elite Player Performance Plan. The club was initially awarded Category Two status but upgraded to Category One in 2020.[3]

Player eligibility

For the 2022–23 season onwards, player eligibility is restricted to under-21 players (reduced from under-23) born after 1 January 2001. To help with the transition, teams were allowed up to five over-age outfield players (up from three) and one over-age goalkeeper. Only players born after 1 January 2004 (primarily scholars), are eligible to play for the Under 18s.

Current players

Italics denotes player has received a call up to the international age group squad but did not or has yet to receive a cap at that level.

Young Professionals
Nat. No. Name Place of Birth Date of Birth Pos. International Contract Exp. Other
England 55 Harry Christy Harrogate, England (2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 20) GK England U15s 2024[4]
England 70 Darryl Ombang Leeds, England (2005-07-11) 11 July 2005 (age 19) GK England U17s 2024[5]
Netherlands 40 Dani van den Heuvel Delft, Netherlands (2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 21) GK Netherlands U19s 2024
Scotland 62 Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen Leeds, England (2004-06-17) 17 June 2004 (age 20) DF Scotland U21s 2025[6]
England Cuba Diboe Liverpool, England (2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 (age 19) DF England U15s 2024
Scotland 53 Connor Ferguson Keighley, England (2004-11-05) 5 November 2004 (age 19) DF 2025[7]
Portugal 34 Diogo Monteiro Geneva, Switzerland (2005-01-28) 28 January 2005 (age 19) DF Portugal U19s 2026
England 52 Kris Moore Leeds, England (2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 20) DF 2024[8]
England 60 Harvey Sutcliffe Keighley, England (2003-09-07) 7 September 2003 (age 20) DF 2024
Northern Ireland 51 Charlie Allen Belfast, Northern Ireland (2003-11-22) 22 November 2003 (age 20) MF Northern Ireland U21s 2024
France 59 Keenan Carole Nice, France (2004-08-04) 4 August 2004 (age 19) MF 2024
Republic of Ireland 61 Cian Coleman Pudsey, England (2004-09-23) 23 September 2004 (age 19) MF Republic of Ireland U19s 2025
England 63 Archie Gray Durham, England (2006-03-12) 12 March 2006 (age 18) MF England U17s 2025
England 42 Sam Greenwood Sunderland, England (2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 22) MF England U21s 2026
England 18 Darko Gyabi Catford, London, England (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 20) MF England U20s 2026
Republic of Ireland Ronnie McGrath Bexley, London, England (2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 19) MF Republic of Ireland U19s 2025
England 32 Sean McGurk Liverpool, England (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 21) MF 2024[9]
England 27 Amari Miller Birmingham, England (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 21) MF 2025[10]
England 57 Joe Snowdon Oldham, England (2004-02-14) 14 February 2004 (age 20) MF 2024[11]
Norway 58 Morten Spencer Darlington, England (2004-03-14) 14 March 2004 (age 20) MF Norway U18s 2024
Netherlands 10 Crysencio Summerville Rotterdam, Netherlands (2001-10-30) 30 October 2001 (age 22) MF Netherlands U21s 2026
Italy 29 Wilfried Gnonto Verbania, Italy (2003-11-05) 5 November 2003 (age 20) FW Italy 2027
England 49 Mateo Joseph Santander, Spain (2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 20) FW England U20s 2025[12]
England 16 Sonny Perkins Waltham Forest, London, England (2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 20) FW England U19s 2025
France 24 Georginio Rutter Paris, France (2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 22) FW France U21s 2028
England 66 Luca Thomas Crewe, England (2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 (age 19) FW 2024
2022–23 Out on Loan
England 26 Lewis Bate Sidcup, London, England (2002-10-29) 29 October 2002 (age 21) MF England U20s 2024[13] On loan to Oxford United
England 30 Joe Gelhardt Liverpool, England (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 22) FW England U21s 2027 On loan to Sunderland
Norway 33 Leo Hjelde Nottingham, England (2003-08-26) 26 August 2003 (age 20) DF Norway U21s 2025 On loan to Rotherham United
England 35 Charlie Cresswell York, England (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 21) DF England U21s 2025 On loan to Millwall
England 37 Cody Drameh Dulwich, London, England (2001-12-08) 8 December 2001 (age 22) DF England U21s 2024[14] On loan to Luton Town
Northern Ireland 38 Alfie McCalmont Thirsk, England (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 24) MF Northern Ireland 2024[15] On loan to Carlisle United
England 47 Jack Jenkins Leeds, England (2001-11-26) 26 November 2001 (age 22) MF 2024 On loan to Salford City
2022–23 2nd Year Scholars
England 56 James Debayo Hillingdon, London, England (2005-08-10) 10 August 2005 (age 18) DF England U18s 2023[16]
Wales 68 Scott Godden Leeds, England (2005-02-07) 7 February 2005 (age 19) DF Wales U19s 2023[16]
2022–23 1st Year Scholars
Wales Charlie Crew Bristol, England (2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 (age 18) FW Wales U21s 2024
England Oscar Dawber Wandsworth, London, England (2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 (age 18) DF 2024
England Connor Douglas Leeds, England (2005-10-08) 8 October 2005 (age 18) MF 2024
England Reuben Lopata-White Bradford, England (2005-09-26) 26 September 2005 (age 18) DF 2024
Scotland Rory Mahady Kirkcaldy, Scotland (2006-08-16) 16 August 2006 (age 17) GK Scotland U18s 2024
England Max McFadden England (2005-10-02) 2 October 2005 (age 18) MF 2024
England Joe Richards England (2005-10-17) 17 October 2005 (age 18) DF 2024
England Dan Toulson Harrogate, England (2005-10-18) 18 October 2005 (age 18) DF 2024
England Marley Wilson Leeds, England (2005-11-07) 7 November 2005 (age 18) FW England U15s 2024
Notable Others
England Alex Baird England (2007-08-01) 1 August 2007 (age 16) GK England U15s
England Joe Billett England (2006-09-10) 10 September 2006 (age 17) DF
England Coban Bird England (2007-11-05) 5 November 2007 (age 16) DF
Scotland Devon Brockie England (2007-03-11) 11 March 2007 (age 17) MF Scotland U16s
England Lleyton Brown England (2007-01-29) 29 January 2007 (age 17) FW
England Rhys Chadwick England (2007-02-19) 19 February 2007 (age 17) DF
Scotland Sam Chambers Huddersfield, England (2007-03-10) 10 March 2007 (age 17) MF Scotland U16s
England Alfie Cresswell England (2007-07-14) 14 July 2007 (age 17) DF
England Finley Gorman England (2008-09-20) 20 September 2008 (age 15) MF England U15s
Northern Ireland Owen Grainger Bridlington, England (2007-07-12) 12 July 2007 (age 17) GK Northern Ireland U16s
England Harry Gray England FW England U15s
England Freddie Lane England (2007-09-24) 24 September 2007 (age 16) MF
England Ollie Pickles England (2007-10-11) 11 October 2007 (age 16) MF
England Harvey Vincent England (2007-03-20) 20 March 2007 (age 17) MF England U16s

Graduates

The following list includes players who have graduated from Leeds' youth system to make their senior debut for the first team. Players who have represented their national team at senior level are highlighted in bold.[17][18]

Other Professionals

Honours

Reserves

League

Cup

Under 23s

League

Under 18s

League

Cup

Under 17s

League

Cup

Academy Coaching Staff

Position Staff
Academy Manager Adam Underwood[19]
Head of Academy Coaching Andy Foster
Head Of National Academy Recruitment Lyndon Tomlinson
Head Of Emerging Talent Craig Dean
Under 21s Manager Paco Gallardo
Under 21s Coach Michael Pujdak
Under 18s Manager Scott Gardner
Under 18s Coach Rob Etherington

Academy Directors

From To Name Notes
1992 1997 Paul Hart
1998 2000 Alan Hill
1999 2000 Steve Beaglehole Assistant
2000 2001 Brian Kidd
2000 2001 Clive Richards Assistant
2001 2005 Gary Worthington Assistant
2002 2004 Andy Ritchie
2004 2010 Neil Thompson
2009 2010 Daral Pugh Assistant
2010 2011 Gwyn Williams Acting
2011 2012 Chris Sulley
2012 2015 Steve Holmes
2015 2016 Paul Hart

Development Squad

From To Name Notes
2012 2014 Neil Redfearn
2014 2015 Jason Blunt Acting
2015 2016 Paul Hart
2016 2017 Jason Blunt Under 23s Coach
2017 2020 Carlos Corberán Under 23s Coach
2020 2022 Mark Jackson Under 23s Coach

Reserves

From To Name Notes
1948 1960 Willis Edwards
1967 1975 Cyril Patridge
1978 1980 Bryan Edwards
1980 1991 Peter Gunby
1995 1997 David Williams
1997 1998 Eddie Gray
2000 2003 Lucas Murtagh
2003 2005 Steve Agnew
2006 2006 David Geddis
2006 2010 Neil Thompson
2010 2012 Neil Redfearn

Under 19s & 17s and 18s & 16s

From To Name Position
2000 2004 Pop Robson Under 17s Coach (2000–01),
Under 19s Coach (2001–04)
2006 2007 Steve Agnew Under 18s Coach
2007 Paul Beesley Under 18s Coach
2007 2009 Daral Pugh Under 16s Coach
Under 18s Coach (2007–09)
2009 2012 Neil Redfearn Under 18s Coach
2012 2014 Richard Naylor Under 18s Coach
2014 2015 Jason Blunt Under 18s Coach
2015 2016 John Anderson Under 18s Manager
2016 2017 Andy Gray Under 18s Coach
2016 2020 Mark Jackson Under 18s Coach
2020 present Scott Gardner Under 18s Coach

References

  1. ^ "San Francisco 49ers Enterprises Become Minority Investor". Leeds United Football Club. 24 May 2018. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ^ Leeds United under-21 promotion
  3. ^ "The Premier League elite player performance plan – 'not perfect but lessons are being learned'". Leeds United. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Christy signs first professional contract". Leeds United. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ Ombang contract 20234
  6. ^ Chilokoa-Mullen contract extension
  7. ^ Ferguson Leeds contract
  8. ^ "Kris Moore Signs Professional Terms". BBC. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Sean McGurk joins Leeds United". Leeds United. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Leeds United sign Amari Miller". Leeds United. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Snowdon signs new Leeds deal". BBC. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Leeds United complete Mateo Fernández move". Leeds United. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Leeds United complete Lewis Bate signing from Chelsea". Leeds United. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Leeds United Complete Cody Drameh Deal". Leeds United. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Alfie McCalmont signs new deal". Leeds United. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Meet the next generation of Leeds United players as Elland Road welcomes ten new scholars". Leeds Live. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Leeds United Player Statistics". Leedsfans.org.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Leeds Squad Stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  19. ^ Lee Sobot (21 July 2017). "Leeds United look to Cyprus for new development coach". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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