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 (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
	Dani van den Heuvel	Delft, Netherlands	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 20)	GK	Netherlands U21s
	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
	Cuba Diboe	Liverpool, England	(2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 (age 19)	DF	England U15s
	Connor Ferguson	Keighley, England	(2004-11-05) 5 November 2004 (age 19)	DF
	Scott Godden	Leeds, England	(2005-02-07) 7 February 2005 (age 19)	DF	Wales U19s
	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
	Harvey Sutcliffe	Keighley, England	(2003-09-07) 7 September 2003 (age 20)	DF
	Keenan Carole	Nice, France	(2004-08-04) 4 August 2004 (age 19)	MF
	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 U21s
	Archie Gray	Durham, England	(2006-03-12) 12 March 2006 (age 17)	MF	England U20s
	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
	Morten Spencer	Darlington, England	(2004-03-14) 14 March 2004 (age 19)	MF	Norway U18s
	Mateo Joseph	Santander, Spain	(2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 20)	FW	England U20s
	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
	Charlie Allen	Belfast, Northern Ireland	(2003-11-22) 22 November 2003 (age 20)	MF	Northern Ireland U21s	on loan to York City
	Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen	Leeds, England	(2004-06-17) 17 June 2004 (age 19)	DF	Scotland U21s	on loan to Inverness Caledonian Thistle
	Darko Gyabi	Catford, London, England	(2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 20)	MF	England U20s	on loan to Plymouth Argyle
	Sam Greenwood	Sunderland, England	(2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 22)	MF	England U21s	on loan to Middlesbrough
	Lewis Bate	Sidcup, London, England	(2002-10-29) 29 October 2002 (age 21)	MF	England U20s	on loan to Milton Keynes Dons
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 16)	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
	Sam Chambers	Huddersfield, England	(2007-03-10) 10 March 2007 (age 16)	MF	Scotland U17s
	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
	Josh McDonald	Scotland	(2007-03-06) 6 March 2007 (age 16)	MF	Scotland U17s
	Harvey Vincent	England	(2007-03-20) 20 March 2007 (age 16)	MF	England U16s
Notable Others
	Sam Alker	England		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]

Other Professionals

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

Academy Directors

Development Squad

Reserves

Under 19s & 17s and 18s & 16s