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 | |||
| Ground | Thorp Arch | |||
| Capacity | N/A | |||
| Owner | 49ers Enterprises | |||
| 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.
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.
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 | 19 October 2003 | GK | England U15s | |||||
| Rory Mahady | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | 16 August 2006 | GK | Scotland U19s | |||||
| Darryl Ombang | Leeds, England | 11 July 2005 | GK | England U17s | |||||
| Dani van den Heuvel | Delft, Netherlands | 28 May 2003 | GK | Netherlands U21s | |||||
| Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen | Leeds, England | 17 June 2004 | DF | Scotland U21s | |||||
| Charlie Cresswell | York, England | 17 August 2002 | DF | England U21s | |||||
| James Debayo | Hillingdon, London, England | 10 August 2005 | DF | England U18s | |||||
| Cuba Diboe | Liverpool, England | 6 October 2004 | DF | England U15s | |||||
| Connor Ferguson | Keighley, England | 5 November 2004 | DF | ||||||
| Scott Godden | Leeds, England | 7 February 2005 | DF | Wales U19s | |||||
| Leo Hjelde | Nottingham, England | 26 August 2003 | DF | Norway U21s | |||||
| Diogo Monteiro | Geneva, Switzerland | 28 January 2005 | DF | Portugal U19s | |||||
| Kris Moore | Leeds, England | 13 November 2003 | DF | ||||||
| Harvey Sutcliffe | Keighley, England | 7 September 2003 | DF | ||||||
| Charlie Allen | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 22 November 2003 | MF | Northern Ireland U21s | |||||
| Lewis Bate | Sidcup, London, England | 29 October 2002 | MF | England U20s | |||||
| Keenan Carole | Nice, France | 4 August 2004 | MF | ||||||
| Cian Coleman | Pudsey, England | 23 September 2004 | MF | Republic of Ireland U19s | |||||
| Charlie Crew | Cardiff, Wales | 15 June 2006 | MF | Wales U21s | |||||
| Archie Gray | Durham, England | 12 March 2006 | MF | England U20s | |||||
| Max McFadden | Havering, London, England | 2 October 2005 | MF | ||||||
| Ronnie McGrath | Bexley, London, England | 21 January 2005 | MF | Republic of Ireland U19s | |||||
| Sean McGurk | Liverpool, England | 15 March 2003 | MF | ||||||
| Amari Miller | Birmingham, England | 4 November 2002 | MF | ||||||
| Joe Snowdon | Oldham, England | 14 February 2004 | MF | ||||||
| Morten Spencer | Darlington, England | 14 March 2004 | MF | Norway U18s | |||||
| Mateo Joseph | Santander, Spain | 19 October 2003 | FW | England U20s | |||||
| Sonny Perkins | Waltham Forest, London, England | 10 February 2004 | FW | England U20s | |||||
| Luca Thomas | Crewe, England | 16 September 2004 | FW | ||||||
| 2023–24 Out on Loan | |||||||||
| Darko Gyabi | Catford, London, England | 18 February 2004 | MF | England U20s | on loan to Plymouth Argyle | ||||
| Sam Greenwood | Sunderland, England | 26 January 2002 | MF | England U21s | on loan to Middlesbrough | ||||
| Jack Jenkins | Leeds, England | 26 November 2001 | MF | on loan to Scunthorpe United | |||||
| 2023–24 2nd Year Scholars | |||||||||
| Oscar Dawber | Wandsworth, London, England | 25 September 2005 | DF | ||||||
| Connor Douglas | Leeds, England | 8 October 2005 | MF | ||||||
| Reuben Lopata-White | Bradford, England | 26 September 2005 | DF | ||||||
| Joe Richards | Leeds, England | 17 October 2005 | DF | ||||||
| Dan Toulson | Harrogate, England | 18 October 2005 | DF | ||||||
| Marley Wilson | Leeds, England | 7 November 2005 | FW | England U15s | |||||
| 2023–24 1st Year Scholars | |||||||||
| Alex Baird | England | 1 August 2007 | GK | England U15s | |||||
| Joe Billett | Harrogate, England | 10 September 2006 | DF | ||||||
| Coban Bird | Pontefract, England | 5 November 2006 | DF | ||||||
| Devon Brockie | England | 11 March 2007 | MF | Scotland U16s | |||||
| Lleyton Brown | England | 29 January 2007 | FW | ||||||
| Rhys Chadwick | England | 19 February 2007 | DF | ||||||
| Sam Chambers | Huddersfield, England | 10 March 2007 | MF | Scotland U17s | |||||
| Alfie Cresswell | England | 14 July 2007 | DF | ||||||
| Owen Grainger | Bridlington, England | 12 July 2007 | GK | Northern Ireland U17s | |||||
| Josh McDonald | Scotland | 6 March 2007 | MF | Scotland U17s | |||||
| Lewis Pirie | Scotland | 28 January 2007 | FW | Scotland U17s | |||||
| Harvey Vincent | England | 20 March 2007 | MF | England U16s | |||||
| Notable Others | |||||||||
| Harry Gray | England | 8 October 2008 | FW | England U16s | |||||
| Josh Hamilton | England | 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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 |
|---|---|
| Academy Manager | Adam Underwood |
| 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 |