Leeds United F.C. Reserves and Youth Team
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 | 49ers Enterprises[1] | |||
Chairman | Paraag Marathe | |||
Manager | Scott Gardner | |||
League | Premier League 2 Division 1 | |||
2022–23 | Premier League 2 Division 2, 2nd (promoted via playoffs) | |||
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. 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 2023–24 season player eligibility is restricted to under-21 players born after 1 January 2002. Only players born after 1 January 2005 (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 | |||||||||
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Nat. | Name | Place of Birth | Date of Birth | Pos. | International | Other | |||
Harry Christy | Harrogate, England | (2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 20) | GK | England U15s | |||||
Rory Mahady | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | (2006-08-16) 16 August 2006 (age 17) | GK | Scotland U19s | |||||
Darryl Ombang | Leeds, England | (2005-07-11) 11 July 2005 (age 18) | GK | England U17s | |||||
Charlie Cresswell | York, England | (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 21) | DF | England U21s | |||||
James Debayo | Hillingdon, London, England | (2005-08-10) 10 August 2005 (age 18) | DF | England U18s | |||||
Connor Ferguson | Keighley, England | (2004-11-05) 5 November 2004 (age 19) | DF | ||||||
Diogo Monteiro | Geneva, Switzerland | (2005-01-28) 28 January 2005 (age 19) | DF | Portugal U19s | |||||
Kris Moore | Leeds, England | (2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 20) | DF | ||||||
Jeremiah Mullen | Leeds, England | (2004-06-17) 17 June 2004 (age 19) | DF | Scotland U21s | |||||
Sam Chambers | Huddersfield, England | (2007-03-10) 10 March 2007 (age 17) | MF | Scotland U17s | |||||
Cian Coleman | Pudsey, England | (2004-09-23) 23 September 2004 (age 19) | MF | Republic of Ireland U19s | |||||
Charlie Crew | Cardiff, Wales | (2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 (age 17) | MF | Wales | |||||
Archie Gray | Durham, England | (2006-03-12) 12 March 2006 (age 18) | MF | England U21s | |||||
Sam Greenwood | Sunderland, England | (2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 22) | MF | England U21s | |||||
Darko Gyabi | Catford, London, England | (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 20) | MF | England U20s | |||||
Josh McDonald | Scotland | (2007-03-06) 6 March 2007 (age 17) | MF | Scotland U17s | |||||
Max McFadden | Havering, London, England | (2005-10-02) 2 October 2005 (age 18) | MF | ||||||
Amari Miller | Birmingham, England | (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 21) | MF | ||||||
Joe Snowdon | Oldham, England | (2004-02-14) 14 February 2004 (age 20) | MF | ||||||
Mateo Joseph | Santander, Spain | (2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 20) | FW | Spain U21s | |||||
Sonny Perkins | Waltham Forest, London, England | (2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 20) | FW | England U20s | |||||
Lewis Pirie | Scotland | (2007-01-28) 28 January 2007 (age 17) | FW | Scotland U17s | |||||
Luca Thomas | Crewe, England | (2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 (age 19) | FW | ||||||
2023–24 Out on Loan | |||||||||
2023–24 2nd Year Scholars | |||||||||
Oscar Dawber | Wandsworth, London, England | (2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 (age 18) | DF | ||||||
Connor Douglas | Leeds, England | (2005-10-08) 8 October 2005 (age 18) | MF | ||||||
Reuben Lopata-White | Bradford, England | (2005-09-26) 26 September 2005 (age 18) | DF | ||||||
Joe Richards | Leeds, England | (2005-10-17) 17 October 2005 (age 18) | DF | ||||||
Dan Toulson | Harrogate, England | (2005-10-18) 18 October 2005 (age 18) | DF | ||||||
Marley Wilson | Leeds, England | (2005-11-07) 7 November 2005 (age 18) | FW | England U15s | |||||
2023–24 1st Year Scholars | |||||||||
Alex Baird | England | (2007-08-01) 1 August 2007 (age 16) | GK | England U15s | |||||
Joe Billett | Harrogate, England | (2006-09-10) 10 September 2006 (age 17) | DF | ||||||
Coban Bird | Pontefract, England | (2006-11-05) 5 November 2006 (age 17) | DF | ||||||
Devon Brockie | England | (2007-03-11) 11 March 2007 (age 17) | MF | Scotland U16s | |||||
Lleyton Brown | England | (2007-01-29) 29 January 2007 (age 17) | FW | ||||||
Rhys Chadwick | England | (2007-02-19) 19 February 2007 (age 17) | DF | ||||||
Alfie Cresswell | England | (2007-07-14) 14 July 2007 (age 16) | DF | ||||||
Owen Grainger | Bridlington, England | (2007-07-12) 12 July 2007 (age 16) | GK | Northern Ireland U17s | |||||
Harvey Vincent | England | (2007-03-20) 20 March 2007 (age 17) | MF | England U16s | |||||
Notable Others | |||||||||
Sam Alker | England | (2009-03-13) 13 March 2009 (age 15) | MF | England U15s | |||||
Oliver Boast | England | FW | England U15s | ||||||
Harry Gray | England | (2008-10-08) 8 October 2008 (age 15) | FW | England U16s | |||||
Josh Hamilton | England | (2007-09-15) 15 September 2007 (age 16) | DF | England U17s |
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.[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
- 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
Reserves
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
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
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
League
- FA Premier Academy League (Tier 1)
- Winners (1): 2002–03
Cup
- Milk Cup
- Winners (1): 2002
Academy coaching staff
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
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
- ^ "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.
External links
- Official Leeds United F.C. website - Reserve Player Profiles
- Official Leeds United F.C. website - Academy Player Profiles
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