2019–20 Professional U23 Development League

The 2019–20 Professional U23 Development League was the eighth season of the Professional Development League system.

The competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic after group stage matches on 12 March 2020, and was originally to restart in June 2020. However, the season was eventually cancelled on 1 May 2020. The league was decided on a points-per-game system in August 2020 with Chelsea winning the Division 1 title and Wolverhampton Wanderers being relegated. In Division 2, West Ham United and Manchester United were promoted with no promotion play-offs being played.

Premier League 2

Premier League 2

Season	2019–20
Champions	Chelsea U23s
Biggest home win	Everton 8–2 Southampton
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Division 1

Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea U23s (C)	18	10	8	0	34	20	+14	38
2	Leicester City U23s	18	10	5	3	36	21	+15	35
3	Brighton & Hove Albion U23s	18	10	1	7	36	26	+10	31
4	Derby County U23s	18	7	6	5	33	32	+1	27
5	Liverpool U23s	17	7	5	5	34	34	0	26
6	Arsenal U23s	18	6	7	5	32	32	0	25
7	Everton U23s	18	5	7	6	32	33	–1	22
8	Blackburn Rovers U23s	17	6	3	8	27	26	+1	21
9	Manchester City U23s	18	6	3	9	30	29	+1	21
10	Tottenham Hotspur U23s	18	6	3	9	31	34	–3	21
11	Southampton U23s	18	4	3	11	23	47	–24	15
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s (R)	18	2	5	11	21	35	–14	11

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BLA	B&H	CHE	DER	EVE	LEI	LIV	MNC	SOU	TOT	WOL
Arsenal U23s		3–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–4	1–0	–	–
Blackburn Rovers U23s	1–3		1–2	–	2–0	–	3–1	–	0–3	2–2	4–0	1–2
Brighton & Hove Albion U23s	1–0	3–5		–	1–2	1–2	0–1	3–5	2–1	–	4–1	2–0
Chelsea U23s	3–1	2–1	2–1		3–3	1–0	–	3–0	2–1	–	2–2	–
Derby County U23s	2–2	1–0	1–4	0–1		4–1	–	–	2–0	4–2	2–2	2–2
Everton U23s	3–3	2–1	–	2–2	2–1		0–0	–	2–2	8–2	1–3	3–2
Leicester City U23s	–	1–1	0–3	2–2	4–1	2–1		2–2	–	3–0	3–2	5–1
Liverpool U23s	3–0	0–0	–	1–1	3–3	2–1	–		1–4	5–0	0–4	4–3
Manchester City EDS	1–1	–	0–1	2–2	–	4–1	0–2	1–0		3–4	2–0	1–2
Southampton U23s	–	1–3	1–4	0–2	0–1	–	1–3	2–4	2–0		–	1–0
Tottenham Hotspur U23s	1–3	–	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–2		3–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	–	0–0	0–2	1–2	–	1–2	1–2

Source: Premier League 2 Division 1 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	West Ham United U23s (P)	18	14	4	0	58	21	+37	46
2	Manchester United U23s (P)	17	14	1	2	45	17	+28	43
3	West Bromwich Albion U23s	16	11	1	4	38	22	+16	34
4	Stoke City U23s	18	8	3	7	32	27	+5	27
5	Middlesbrough U23s	18	8	2	8	34	43	–9	26
6	Newcastle United U23s	18	8	1	9	29	32	–3	25
7	Aston Villa U23s	17	6	4	7	27	28	–1	22
8	Swansea City U23s	17	6	3	8	22	32	–10	21
9	Reading U23s	18	6	2	10	35	37	–2	20
10	Fulham U23s	18	6	2	10	26	32	–6	20
11	Norwich City U23s	17	5	2	10	23	35	–12	17
12	Sunderland U23s	18	0	1	17	10	53	–43	1

Results

Home \ Away	AST	FUL	MNU	MID	NEW	NOR	REA	STK	SUN	SWA	WBA	WHU
Aston Villa U23s		1–0	4–1	5–3	3–2	1–1	1–3	–	4–0	1–1	0–1	–
Fulham U23s	2–0		–	2–4	1–2	–	5–4	0–2	4–0	1–1	1–3	3–3
Manchester United U23s	–	1–0		–	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	–	3–1	2–2
Middlesbrough U23s	1–0	1–0	1–4		0–2	3–4	2–1	0–2	–	3–2	–	3–4
Newcastle United U23s	–	3–0	0–4	2–2		3–2	0–1	4–2	2–0	0–1	–	1–2
Norwich City U23s	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	–		–	0–2	3–1	0–1	2–4	1–4
Reading U23s	3–3	–	1–4	0–1	6–0	0–1		0–4	–	5–0	2–1	3–3
Stoke City U23s	2–0	0–1	2–3	2–3	–	–	3–0		1–1	0–1	2–2	0–4
Sunderland U23s	1–2	0–3	–	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–4	0–1		–	0–4	2–4
Swansea City U23s	1–1	–	1–4	5–1	0–4	2–1	–	3–4	1–0		0–1	2–4
West Bromwich Albion U23s	–	3–1	0–5	4–1	2–1	–	4–2	–	6–0	2–0		–
West Ham United U23s	4–0	3–0	2–0	–	4–0	4–0	3–0	2–2	4–2	–	2–0

Source: Premier League 2 Division 2 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 2019–20 in English football