Crystal Palace F.C. Under-21s and Academy

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)

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, Peter Nicholas, Gareth Southgate and Wilfried Zaha.

U21 Development squad

As of 25 January 2024

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
48 FW ENG Luke Plange
49 FW ENG Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
50 DF ENG Danny Imray
52 MF ENG David Ozoh
58 DF ENG Noah Watson
60 MF WAL Jadan Raymond
74 GK ENG Jackson Izquierdo
76 FW POR Adler Nascimento
78 DF ENG Kaden Rodney
— DF ENG Caleb Kporha
— DF ENG Joe Sheridan
— DF ENG Vonnte Williams
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF ENG Chris Francis
— DF NIR Kofi Balmer
— DF NIR Craig Farquhar
— MF ENG David Obou
— MF ENG Hindolo Mustapha
— MF ENG Chimaechi Eze
— MF NIR Justin Devenny
— MF SCO Dylan Reid
— FW ENG Victor Akinwale
— FW IRL Franco Umeh
— FW ENG Roshaun Mathurin
— FW ENG Jesse Derry
— FW ENG Zach Marsh

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)

U18 Academy squad

As of 26 January 2024

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 ENG 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

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.