Leeds United Reserves and Youth Team

Full name	Leeds United Football Club Reserves and Youth Team
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
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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
Nat.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Pos.	International	Other
	Harry Christy	Harrogate, England	(2003-10-19) 19 October 2003	GK	England U15s
	Rory Mahady	Kirkcaldy, Scotland	(2006-08-16) 16 August 2006	GK	Scotland U19s
	Darryl Ombang	Leeds, England	(2005-07-11) 11 July 2005	GK	England U17s
	Dani van den Heuvel	Delft, Netherlands	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003	GK	Netherlands U21s
	Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen	Leeds, England	(2004-06-17) 17 June 2004	DF	Scotland U21s
	Charlie Cresswell	York, England	(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002	DF	England U21s
	James Debayo	Hillingdon, London, England	(2005-08-10) 10 August 2005	DF	England U18s
	Cuba Diboe	Liverpool, England	(2004-10-06) 6 October 2004	DF	England U15s
	Connor Ferguson	Keighley, England	(2004-11-05) 5 November 2004	DF
	Scott Godden	Leeds, England	(2005-02-07) 7 February 2005	DF	Wales U19s
	Leo Hjelde	Nottingham, England	(2003-08-26) 26 August 2003	DF	Norway U21s
	Diogo Monteiro	Geneva, Switzerland	(2005-01-28) 28 January 2005	DF	Portugal U19s
	Kris Moore	Leeds, England	(2003-11-13) 13 November 2003	DF
	Harvey Sutcliffe	Keighley, England	(2003-09-07) 7 September 2003	DF
	Charlie Allen	Belfast, Northern Ireland	(2003-11-22) 22 November 2003	MF	Northern Ireland U21s
	Lewis Bate	Sidcup, London, England	(2002-10-29) 29 October 2002	MF	England U20s
	Keenan Carole	Nice, France	(2004-08-04) 4 August 2004	MF
	Cian Coleman	Pudsey, England	(2004-09-23) 23 September 2004	MF	Republic of Ireland U19s
	Charlie Crew	Cardiff, Wales	(2006-06-15) 15 June 2006	MF	Wales U21s
	Archie Gray	Durham, England	(2006-03-12) 12 March 2006	MF	England U20s
	Max McFadden	Havering, London, England	(2005-10-02) 2 October 2005	MF
	Ronnie McGrath	Bexley, London, England	(2005-01-21) 21 January 2005	MF	Republic of Ireland U19s
	Sean McGurk	Liverpool, England	(2003-03-15) 15 March 2003	MF
	Amari Miller	Birmingham, England	(2002-11-04) 4 November 2002	MF
	Joe Snowdon	Oldham, England	(2004-02-14) 14 February 2004	MF
	Morten Spencer	Darlington, England	(2004-03-14) 14 March 2004	MF	Norway U18s
	Mateo Joseph	Santander, Spain	(2003-10-19) 19 October 2003	FW	England U20s
	Sonny Perkins	Waltham Forest, London, England	(2004-02-10) 10 February 2004	FW	England U20s
	Luca Thomas	Crewe, England	(2004-09-16) 16 September 2004	FW
2023–24 Out on Loan
	Darko Gyabi	Catford, London, England	(2004-02-18) 18 February 2004	MF	England U20s	on loan to Plymouth Argyle
	Sam Greenwood	Sunderland, England	(2002-01-26) 26 January 2002	MF	England U21s	on loan to Middlesbrough
	Jack Jenkins	Leeds, England	(2001-11-26) 26 November 2001	MF		on loan to Scunthorpe United
2023–24 2nd Year Scholars
	Oscar Dawber	Wandsworth, London, England	(2005-09-25) 25 September 2005	DF
	Connor Douglas	Leeds, England	(2005-10-08) 8 October 2005	MF
	Reuben Lopata-White	Bradford, England	(2005-09-26) 26 September 2005	DF
	Joe Richards	Leeds, England	(2005-10-17) 17 October 2005	DF
	Dan Toulson	Harrogate, England	(2005-10-18) 18 October 2005	DF
	Marley Wilson	Leeds, England	(2005-11-07) 7 November 2005	FW	England U15s
2023–24 1st Year Scholars
	Alex Baird	England	(2007-08-01) 1 August 2007	GK	England U15s
	Joe Billett	Harrogate, England	(2006-09-10) 10 September 2006	DF
	Coban Bird	Pontefract, England	(2006-11-05) 5 November 2006	DF
	Devon Brockie	England	(2007-03-11) 11 March 2007	MF	Scotland U16s
	Lleyton Brown	England	(2007-01-29) 29 January 2007	FW
	Rhys Chadwick	England	(2007-02-19) 19 February 2007	DF
	Sam Chambers	Huddersfield, England	(2007-03-10) 10 March 2007	MF	Scotland U17s
	Alfie Cresswell	England	(2007-07-14) 14 July 2007	DF
	Owen Grainger	Bridlington, England	(2007-07-12) 12 July 2007	GK	Northern Ireland U17s
	Josh McDonald	Scotland	(2007-03-06) 6 March 2007	MF	Scotland U17s
	Lewis Pirie	Scotland	(2007-01-28) 28 January 2007	FW	Scotland U17s
	Harvey Vincent	England	(2007-03-20) 20 March 2007	MF	England U16s
Notable Others
	Harry Gray	England	(2008-10-08) 8 October 2008	FW	England U16s
	Josh Hamilton	England	(2007-09-15) 15 September 2007	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]

Honours

Academy Coaching Staff

References

External links

• Official Leeds United F.C. website - Reserve Player Profiles
• Official Leeds United F.C. website - Academy Player Profiles