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 2022–23 season, they play in the Premier League 2 Division 2, the second tier of the Professional Development League, following relegation from Division 1 in 2021–2022. 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.
Full name | Leeds United Football Club Reserves and Youth Team | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Whites | ||
Founded | 1919 (1919) | ||
Ground | Thorp Arch | ||
Capacity | N/A | ||
Owner | Aser Group Holding (56%) 49ers Enterprises (44%)[1] | ||
Chairman | Andrea Radrizzani | ||
Manager | Michael Skubala | ||
League | Premier League 2 Division 2 | ||
2021–22 | Premier League 2 Division 1, 13th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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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.[2] The team is currently managed by Michael Skubala and competes in the Premier League 2 and the Football League Trophy.
Leeds United Football Club Under–18s are the academy's junior side and compete in the U18 Premier League and the FA Youth Cup. The team is managed by another former Academy graduate Scott Gardner.
The academy itself is overseen by Manager Adam Underwood, who joined the club in 2017 and helped to secure Category One status three years later.
The Leeds United u23's team won the PDL Cup in 2019 after beating Birmingham City u23's at Elland Road after a tense penalty shootout.
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. Italics denotes player has received a call up to the squad but did not or has yet to receive a cap at that level.
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Will Brook | Pontefract, England | (2003-11-09) 9 November 2003 (age 19) | GK | 2023 | ||||
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55 | Harry Christy | Harrogate, England | (2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 19) | GK | England U15s | 2024[3] | ||
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70 | Darryl Ombang | Leeds, England | (2005-07-11) 11 July 2005 (age 17) | GK | England U17s | 2024[4] | ||
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40 | Dani van den Heuvel | Delft, Netherlands | (2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 19) | GK | Netherlands U19s | 2024 | ||
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62 | Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen | Leeds, England | (2004-06-17) 17 June 2004 (age 18) | DF | Scotland U19s | 2025[5] | ||
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Cuba Diboe | Liverpool, England | (2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 (age 18) | DF | England U15s | 2024 | |||
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37 | Cody Drameh | Dulwich, London, England | (2001-12-08) 8 December 2001 (age 20) | DF | England U21s | 2024[6] | ||
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33 | Leo Hjelde | Nottingham, England | (2003-08-26) 26 August 2003 (age 19) | DF | Norway U21s | 2025 | ||
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52 | Kris Moore | Leeds, England | (2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 19) | DF | 2024[7] | |||
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60 | Harvey Sutcliffe | Keighley, England | (2003-09-07) 7 September 2003 (age 19) | DF | 2024 | |||
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51 | Charlie Allen | Belfast, Northern Ireland | (2003-11-22) 22 November 2003 (age 18) | MF | Northern Ireland U21s | 2024 | ||
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59 | Keenan Carole | Nice, France | (2004-08-04) 4 August 2004 (age 18) | MF | 2024 | |||
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18 | Darko Gyabi | Catford, London, England | (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 18) | MF | England U19s | 2026 | ||
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38 | Alfie McCalmont | Thirsk, England | (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 22) | MF | Northern Ireland | 2024[8] | ||
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32 | Sean McGurk | Liverpool, England | (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 19) | MF | 2024[9] | |||
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27 | Amari Miller | Birmingham, England | (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 20) | MF | 2025[10] | |||
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57 | Joe Snowdon | Oldham, England | (2004-02-14) 14 February 2004 (age 18) | MF | 2023[11] | |||
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58 | Morten Spencer | Darlington, England | (2004-03-14) 14 March 2004 (age 18) | MF | Norway U18s | 2023[12] | ||
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10 | Crysencio Summerville | Rotterdam, Netherlands | (2001-10-30) 30 October 2001 (age 21) | MF | Netherlands U21s | 2026 | ||
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50 | Max Dean | Ormskirk, England | (2004-02-21) 21 February 2004 (age 18) | FW | 2023[13] | |||
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30 | Joe Gelhardt | Liverpool, England | (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 20) | FW | England U21s | 2027 | ||
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29 | Wilfried Gnonto | Verbania, Italy | (2003-11-05) 5 November 2003 (age 19) | FW | Italy | 2027 | ||
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42 | Sam Greenwood | Sunderland, England | (2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 20) | FW | England U21s | 2026 | ||
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49 | Mateo Joseph | Santander, Spain | (2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 19) | FW | 2025[14] | |||
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16 | Sonny Perkins | Waltham Forest, London, England | (2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 18) | FW | England U19s | 2025 | ||
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66 | Luca Thomas | Crewe, England | (2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 (age 18) | FW | 2024 | |||
2022–23 Out on Loan | |||||||||
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26 | Lewis Bate | Sidcup, London, England | (2002-10-29) 29 October 2002 (age 20) | MF | England U20s | 2024[15] | On loan to Oxford United | |
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35 | Charlie Cresswell | York, England | (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 20) | DF | England U21s | 2025 | On loan to Millwall | |
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39 | Stuart McKinstry | Wishaw, Scotland | (2002-09-18) 18 September 2002 (age 20) | MF | Scotland U21s | 2023[16] | On loan to Motherwell | |
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47 | Jack Jenkins | Leeds, England | (2001-11-26) 26 November 2001 (age 20) | MF | 2024 | On loan to Salford City | ||
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44 | Mateusz Bogusz | Ruda Śląska, Poland | (2001-08-22) 22 August 2001 (age 21) | MF | Poland U21s | 2023[17] | On loan to Ibiza | |
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67 | Ben Andreucci | Bedford, England | (2004-10-05) 5 October 2004 (age 18) | FW | Scotland U19s | 2023[18] | ||
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71 | Jay Buchan | Bradford, England | (2005-03-07) 7 March 2005 (age 17) | MF | 2023[18] | |||
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61 | Cian Coleman | Pudsey, England | (2004-09-23) 23 September 2004 (age 18) | MF | Republic of Ireland U19s | 2023[18] | ||
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56 | James Debayo | Hillingdon, London, England | (2005-08-10) 10 August 2005 (age 17) | DF | England U17s | 2023[18] | ||
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Connor Ferguson | Keighley, England | (2004-11-05) 5 November 2004 (age 18) | DF | 2023[18] | ||||
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Scott Godden | Leeds, England | (2005-02-07) 7 February 2005 (age 17) | DF | Wales U19s | 2023[18] | |||
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Ronnie McGrath | Bexley, London, England | (2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 17) | MF | Republic of Ireland U19s | 2023[18] | |||
2022–23 1st Year Scholars | |||||||||
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Charlie Crew | Bristol, England | (2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 (age 16) | FW | Wales U17s | 2024 | |||
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Oscar Dawber | Wandsworth, London, England | (2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 (age 17) | DF | 2024 | ||||
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Connor Douglas | Leeds, England | (2005-10-08) 8 October 2005 (age 17) | MF | 2024 | ||||
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63 | Archie Gray | Durham, England | (2006-03-12) 12 March 2006 (age 16) | MF | England U17s | 2024 | ||
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Reuben Lopata-White | Bradford, England | (2005-09-26) 26 September 2005 (age 17) | DF | 2024 | ||||
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Rory Mahady | Scotland | (2006-08-16) 16 August 2006 (age 16) | GK | Scotland U18s | 2024 | |||
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Max McFadden | England | (2005-10-02) 2 October 2005 (age 17) | MF | 2024 | ||||
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Joe Richards | England | (2005-10-17) 17 October 2005 (age 17) | DF | 2024 | ||||
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Dan Toulson | Harrogate, England | (2005-10-18) 18 October 2005 (age 17) | DF | 2024 | ||||
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Marley Wilson | Leeds, England | (2005-11-07) 7 November 2005 (age 17) | FW | England U15s | 2024 | |||
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Alex Baird | England | (2007-08-07) 7 August 2007 (age 15) | GK | England U15s | ||||
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Joe Billet | England | DF | ||||||
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Coban Bird | England | (2007-11-05) 5 November 2007 (age 15) | DF | |||||
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Devon Brockie | England | MF | Scotland U16s | |||||
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Lleyton Brown | England | FW | ||||||
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Rhys Chadwick-Chaplin | England | (2007-02-19) 19 February 2007 (age 15) | DF | |||||
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Sam Chambers | Huddersfield, England | MF | Scotland U16s | |||||
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Alfie Cresswell | England | (2007-07-15) 15 July 2007 (age 15) | DF | |||||
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Finley Gorman | England | (2008-09-20) 20 September 2008 (age 14) | MF | England U15s | ||||
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Owen Grainger | Bridlington, England | (2007-07-12) 12 July 2007 (age 15) | GK | Northern Ireland U15s | ||||
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Harry Gray | England | FW | England U15s | |||||
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Freddie Lane | England | (2007-09-24) 24 September 2007 (age 15) | MF | |||||
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Ollie Pickles | England | (2007-10-11) 11 October 2007 (age 15) | MF | |||||
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Harvey Vincent | England | MF |
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.[19][20]
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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