Crystal Palace U-21s and Academy

Full name	Crystal Palace Football Club Under-21s and Academy
Nickname(s)	The Eagles
Ground	Crystal Palace Training Ground (Beckenham) Selhurst Park
Capacity	1,000 (Training Ground) 25,486 (Selhurst Park)
Chairman	Steve Parish
Manager	Darren Powell (U21) Rob Quinn (U18)
League	Premier League 2 (under-21s) U18 Premier League (academy)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Crystal Palace F.C. Under-21s is the Under-21 Development team of Crystal Palace Football Club. They play in Premier League 2, the top level of reserve football in England and also compete in the Premier League Cup, Premier League International Cup and EFL Trophy.

The Crystal Palace F.C. Academy consists of the Under-18s and other youth teams of Crystal Palace Football Club. The Under-18 team compete in the U18 Premier League and FA Youth Cup. The academy has produced a number of well known international players over the years such as Johnny Byrne, Kenny Sansom,^[1] Peter Nicholas, Gareth Southgate and Wilfried Zaha.

U21 Development squad

As of 15 March 2024^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 MF  ENG Jack Wells-Morrison 41 GK  ENG Joe Whitworth 49 FW  ENG Jesurun Rak-Sakyi 50 DF  ENG Danny Imray 51 DF  ENG Kaden Rodney 52 MF  ENG David Ozoh 54 MF  SCO Dylan Reid 55 FW  IRL Franco Umeh 58 DF  ENG Noah Watson 60 MF  WAL Jadan Raymond 74 GK  ENG Jackson Izquierdo 76 FW  POR Adler Nascimento — DF  ENG Caleb Kporha

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Joe Sheridan — DF  ENG Vonnte Williams — DF  ENG Chris Francis — DF  NIR Craig Farquhar — MF  ENG David Obou — MF  ENG Hindolo Mustapha — MF  ENG Chimaechi Eze — MF  NIR Justin Devenny — FW  ENG Victor Akinwale — FW  ENG Roshaun Mathurin — FW  ENG Jesse Derry — FW  ENG Zach Marsh — FW  ENG Jemiah Umolu

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SCO Scott Banks (at St. Pauli until end of the 2023–24 season) — MF  IRL Killian Phillips (at Aberdeen until end of the 2023–24 season) — MF  ENG Malachi Boateng (at Dundee until end of the 2023–24 season) — GK  ENG Owen Goodman (at Colchester United until end of the 2023–24 season) — DF  NGA Kelvin Agho (at Voždovac until end of the 2023–24 season) — DF  IRL Seán Grehan (at Carlisle United until end of the 2023–24 season) — FW  ENG John-Kymani Gordon (at AFC Wimbledon until end of the 2023–24 season) — DF  IRL Tayo Adaramola (at RWD Molenbeek until end of the 2023–24 season) — FW  ENG Ademola Ola-Adebomi (at Burton Albion until end of the 2023–24 season) — FW  ENG Luke Plange (at HJK Helsinki until 1 January 2025)

U18 Academy squad

As of 26 January 2024^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG William Eastwood — GK  ENG Marcus Hill — GK  ENG Joseph Khoshaba — DF  IRL Jake Grante — DF  ENG Mofe Jemide — DF  ENG Caleb Kporha — DF  ENG Finley Marjoram — DF  ENG George King — DF  ENG Leon Elliott — DF  IRL Luke Browne — MF  NIR Cormac Austin — MF  TRI Rio Cardines — MF  ENG Kai-Reece Adams-Collman — MF  ENG Caleb Redhead — MF  ENG Freddie Cowin

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Laolu Omobolaji — MF  IRL Joseph Gibbard — MF  ALB Matteo Dashi — MF  USA Tyler Whyte — MF  ENG Giulio Marroni — MF  ENG Hindolo Mustapha — MF  ENG David Obou — MF  ENG Jerome Kyremeh — MF  SVK Samuel Lusale — MF  ENG Sebastian Williams — FW  ENG Jesse Derry — FW  ENG Zack Henry — FW  POR Enrique Lameiras — FW  ENG Zach Marsh — FW  ENG Asher Agbinone

Honours

Reserves/Development Squad

• Premier League International Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2022–23
• Premier League 2 Division 2
  • Play-off Winners (1): 2020–21
• The Football Combination
  • Champions (1): 2002–03
  • Runners-up (1): 2001–02
• Kent League
  • Champions (1): 1913–14
  • Runners-up (2): 1910–11, 1912–13

Academy

• FA Youth Cup
  • Winners (2): 1976–77, 1977–78
  • Runners-up (2): 1991–92, 1996–97
• U15 National Floodlit Cup
  • Winners (2): 2018–19, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (1): 2021–22
• U18 Premier League – South Group
  • Runners-up (1): 2020–21
• Southern Junior Floodlit Cup
  • Winners (1): 1996–97
  • Runners-up (1): 1976–77

Notable Academy graduates

Players who have made at least 100 appearances for Crystal Palace.

Young Player of the Year

Year Winner 1983 Gary Stebbing 1984 Gary Stebbing 1985 David Lindsay 1986 Richard Shaw 1987 John Salako 1988 John Salako 1989 David Stevens 1990 Simon Osborn 1991 Dean Gordon 1992 Mark Hawthorne 1993 George Ndah 1994 Brian Launders 1995 No award 1996 No award 1997 No award

Year Winner 1998 No award 1999 No award 2000 No award 2001 No award 2002 Julian Gray 2003 Wayne Routledge 2004 Wayne Routledge 2005 Tom Soares 2006 Ben Watson 2007 Gary Borrowdale 2008 Sean Scannell 2009 Nathaniel Clyne 2010 Nathaniel Clyne 2011 Wilfried Zaha 2012 Wilfried Zaha

Year Winner 2013 Jonny Williams 2014 Joel Ward 2015 Sullay Kaikai 2016 Hiram Boateng 2017 Kevin Gonzalez 2018 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 2019 Kian Flanagan 2020 Malachi Boateng 2021 Reece Hannam 2022 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi 2023 David Ozoh

Note: This award was renamed Development Player of the Year from 2015.