Leeds United F.C. Under-21s and Academy
Full name | Leeds United Football Club Under-21s | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Whites | ||
Founded | 1919 | ||
Ground | Thorp Arch | ||
Capacity | N/A | ||
Owner | 49ers Enterprises[1] | ||
Chairman | Paraag Marathe | ||
Manager | Scott Gardner | ||
League | Premier League 2 | ||
2023–24 | Premier League 2, 24th of 26 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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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.[2]
History
[edit]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
[edit]For the 2024–25 season player eligibility is restricted to under-21 players born after 1 January 2003. Only players born after 1 January 2006 (primarily scholars), are eligible to play for the Under 18s.
Current players
[edit]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 | |||||||||
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Nat. | Name | Place of Birth | Date of Birth | Pos. | International | Other | |||
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Harry Christy | Harrogate, England | 19 October 2003 | GK | England U15s | ||||
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Rory Mahady | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | 16 August 2006 | GK | Scotland U19s | ||||
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Darryl Ombang | Leeds, England | 11 July 2005 | GK | England U17s | ||||
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James Debayo | Hillingdon, London, England | 10 August 2005 | DF | England U18s | ||||
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Connor Ferguson | Keighley, England | 5 November 2004 | DF | |||||
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Reuben Lopata-White | Bradford, England | 26 September 2005 | DF | |||||
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Diogo Monteiro | Geneva, Switzerland | 28 January 2005 | DF | Portugal U19s | ||||
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Kris Moore | Leeds, England | 13 November 2003 | DF | |||||
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Jeremiah Mullen | Leeds, England | 17 June 2004 | DF | Scotland U21s | ||||
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Joe Richards | Leeds, England | 17 October 2005 | DF | |||||
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Dan Toulson | Harrogate, England | 18 October 2005 | DF | |||||
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Rhys Chadwick | England | 19 February 2007 | MF | |||||
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Sam Chambers | Huddersfield, England | 10 March 2007 | MF | Scotland U17s | ||||
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Cian Coleman | Pudsey, England | 23 September 2004 | MF | Republic of Ireland U19s | ||||
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Charlie Crew | Cardiff, Wales | 15 June 2006 | MF | Wales | ||||
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Connor Douglas | Leeds, England | 8 October 2005 | MF | |||||
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Josh McDonald | Scotland | 6 March 2007 | MF | Scotland U17s | ||||
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Max McFadden | Havering, London, England | 2 October 2005 | MF | |||||
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Amari Miller | Birmingham, England | 4 November 2002 | MF | |||||
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Joe Snowdon | Oldham, England | 14 February 2004 | MF | |||||
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Mateo Joseph | Santander, Spain | 19 October 2003 | FW | Spain U21s | ||||
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Lewis Pirie | Scotland | 28 January 2007 | FW | Scotland U17s | ||||
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Luca Thomas | Crewe, England | 16 September 2004 | FW | |||||
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Marley Wilson | Leeds, England | 7 November 2005 | FW | England U15s | ||||
2024–25 Out on Loan | |||||||||
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Sonny Perkins | Waltham Forest, London, England | 10 February 2004 | FW | England U20s | Leyton Orient | |||
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Darko Gyabi | Catford, London, England | 18 February 2004 | MF | England U20s | Plymouth Argyle | |||
2024–25 3rd Year Scholars | |||||||||
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Oscar Dawber | Wandsworth, London, England | 25 September 2005 | DF | |||||
2024–25 2nd Year Scholars | |||||||||
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Alex Baird | England | 1 August 2007 | GK | England U15s | ||||
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Joe Billett | Harrogate, England | 10 September 2006 | DF | |||||
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Coban Bird | Pontefract, England | 5 November 2006 | DF | |||||
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Devon Brockie | England | 11 March 2007 | MF | Scotland U16s | ||||
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Lleyton Brown | England | 29 January 2007 | FW | |||||
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Alfie Cresswell | England | 14 July 2007 | DF | |||||
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Owen Grainger | Bridlington, England | 12 July 2007 | GK | Northern Ireland U18s | ||||
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Harvey Vincent | England | 20 March 2007 | MF | England U16s | ||||
2024–25 1st Year Scholars | |||||||||
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Louie Dudley | England | 13 November 2007 | DF | |||||
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Will Firth | Australia | 11 September 2007 | DF | |||||
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Josh Hamilton | England | 15 September 2007 | DF | England U17s | ||||
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George Kenyon | England | 23 March 2008 | GK | |||||
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Freddie Lane | England | 24 September 2007 | MF | |||||
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Luke Matykiewicz | England | 2 September 2007 | DF | |||||
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Jack Morris | England | 25 January 2008 | DF | |||||
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Oliver Pickles | England | 11 October 2007 | MF | |||||
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Jacob Render | England | 20 March 2008 | MF | |||||
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Elton Simo | England | 11 June 2008 | MF | |||||
Notable Others | |||||||||
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Sam Alker | England | 13 March 2009 | MF | England U16s | ||||
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Oliver Boast | England | 7 May 2009 | FW | England U16s | ||||
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Heaton Brown | England | MF | ||||||
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Harry Gray | England | 8 October 2008 | FW | England U16s | ||||
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Jacob Howard | England | 29 March 2009 | DF | |||||
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Oliver Wood | England | MF |
Graduates
[edit]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.[4][5]
Harry Kewell
Jamie McMaster
Kun Temenuzhkov
Tomi Ameobi
Neil Aspin
Lewis Bate
Mick Bates
David Batty
Rod Belfitt
Jason Blunt
Rob Bowman
Aiden Butterworth
Sam Byram
Alex Cairns
Scott Carson
Oliver Casey
Jack Charlton
Jack Clarke
Terry Connor
Lewis Cook
Terry Cooper
Andy Couzens
Lewie Coyle
Charlie Cresswell
Leif Davis
Fabian Delph
Tyler Denton
Cody Drameh
Ryan Edmondson
Tom Elliott
Gareth Evans
Mark Ford
Jamie Forrester
Scott Gardner
Robbie Gotts
Archie Gray
Simon Grayson
Jimmy Greenhoff
Sam Greenwood
Tony Hackworth
Grenville Hair
Peter Hampton
Terry Hibbitt
Jonny Howson
Will Huffer
Norman Hunter
Mark Jackson
Jack Jenkins
Simon Johnson
Mateo Joseph
Matthew Kilgallon
Tom Lees
Aaron Lennon
John Lukic
Paul Madeley
Lee Matthews
James Milner
Alex Mowatt
Ben Parker
Tom Pearce
Kalvin Phillips
Paul Robinson
Paul Reaney
Frazer Richardson
Scott Sellars
Jamie Shackleton
Kevin Sharp
Paul Shepherd
Alan Smith
Peter Swan
Charlie Taylor
Mark Tinkler
Ronaldo Vieira
Simon Walton
Noel Whelan
Mallik Wilks
Jonathan Woodgate
Clarke Oduor
Pascal Struijk
Wesley Boyle
Alfie McCalmont
Bailey Peacock-Farrell
Tommy Knarvik
Robert Bayly
Ian Harte
Denis Irwin
Gary Kelly
Andy Keogh
Simon Madden
Alan Maybury
Stephen McPhail
Terry Phelan
John Sheridan
Eoghan Stokes
Aidy White
Dominic Poleon
Billy Bremner
Andy Gray
Eddie Gray
Frank Gray
David Harvey
Peter Lorimer
Stuart McKinstry
Martin Woods
Tommy Wright
John Charles
Chris Dawson
Neil Edwards
Carl Harris
Niall Huggins
Matthew Jones
Gary Speed
Gary Sprake
Byron Stevenson
Terry Yorath
Other Professionals
[edit]Adam Berry
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
Bobby Kamwa
Daniel Batty
James Baxendale
David Brown
Liam Darville
Max Dean
Kevin Dixon
Matty Edwards
Josh Falkingham
Craig Farrell
Martin Foster
Luke Garbutt
Ben Gordon
Will Hatfield
Sean Hessey
Sam Hird
Elliot Kebbie
Nohan Kenneh
Liam Kitching
Nathan Lowndes
Sean McGurk
Tom Newey
Paul Pettinger
Jamie Price
Danny Rose
Neil Ross
Gavin Rothery
John Scales
David Seaman
Harpal Singh
Matthew Smithard
George Swan
Tom Taiwo
James Tavernier
Danny Ward
Michael Woods
Adam Priestley
Romario Vieira
Warren Feeney
Alan Cawley
Barry Corr
Caleb Folan
Paul Keegan
Damian Lynch
Henry McStay
Ian Morris
Tom Cairney
Oli McBurnie
Andrew Milne
Kevin Smith
Jamie Winter
Chad Harpur
Max McMillan
Kevin Aherne-Evans
Lawrence Davies
Ryan Nicholls
Craig Stiens
Ethan Kachosa
Honours
[edit]Reserves
[edit]League
- The Central League (Tier 1)
- Winners (2): 1936–37, 1997–98
- The Central League, Division One East (Tier 2)
- Winners (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
Cup
- West Riding Senior Cup
- Winners (2): 1926–27, 1963–64
Under 23s
[edit]League
- Premier League 2 Division 2 Champions (1): 2020–21
- Professional Development League National Champions (1): 2018–19
- Professional Development League North Division Champions (1): 2018–19
Under 18s
[edit]League
- U18 Professional Development League North Division Champions (1): 2012–13
- U18 Professional Development League North Division Champions (1): 2017–18
Cup
- FA Youth Cup
- Winners (2): 1992–93, 1996–97
Under 17s
[edit]League
- FA Premier Academy League (Tier 1)
- Winners (1): 2002–03
Cup
- Milk Cup
- Winners (1): 2002
Academy coaching staff
[edit]Position | Staff |
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Academy Manager | Adam Underwood[6] |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Leeds United under-21 promotion
- ^ "The Premier League elite player performance plan – 'not perfect but lessons are being learned'". Leeds United. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Leeds United Player Statistics". Leedsfans.org.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Leeds Squad Stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Lee Sobot (21 July 2017). "Leeds United look to Cyprus for new development coach". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 21 July 2017.