Leeds United F.C. Under-21s and Academy

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 2025–26 season player eligibility is restricted to under-21 players born after 1 January 2004. Only players born after 1 January 2007 (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.

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.

• AUS Harry Kewell
• AUS Jamie McMaster
• BUL Kun Temenuzhkov
• ENG Tomi Ameobi
• ENG Neil Aspin
• ENG Lewis Bate
• ENG Mick Bates
• ENG David Batty
• ENG Rod Belfitt
• ENG Jason Blunt
• ENG Rob Bowman
• ENG Aiden Butterworth
• ENG Sam Byram
• ENG Alex Cairns
• ENG Scott Carson
• ENG Oliver Casey
• ENG Jack Charlton
• ENG Jack Clarke
• ENG Terry Connor
• ENG Lewis Cook
• ENG Terry Cooper
• ENG Andy Couzens
• ENG Lewie Coyle
• ENG Charlie Cresswell
• ENG Leif Davis
• ENG James Debayo
• ENG Fabian Delph
• ENG Tyler Denton
• ENG Cody Drameh
• ENG Ryan Edmondson
• ENG Tom Elliott
• ENG Gareth Evans
• ENG Mark Ford
• ENG Jamie Forrester
• ENG Scott Gardner
• ENG Robbie Gotts
• ENG Archie Gray
• ENG Harry Gray
• ENG Simon Grayson
• ENG Jimmy Greenhoff
• ENG Sam Greenwood
• ENG Tony Hackworth
• ENG Grenville Hair
• ENG Peter Hampton
• ENG Terry Hibbitt
• ENG Jonny Howson
• ENG Will Huffer
• ENG Norman Hunter
• ENG Mark Jackson
• ENG Jack Jenkins
• ENG Simon Johnson
• ENG Matthew Kilgallon
• ENG Tom Lees
• ENG Aaron Lennon
• ENG John Lukic
• ENG Paul Madeley
• ENG Lee Matthews
• ENG James Milner
• ENG Alex Mowatt
• ENG Ben Parker
• ENG Tom Pearce
• ENG Kalvin Phillips
• ENG Paul Robinson
• ENG Paul Reaney
• ENG Frazer Richardson
• ENG Scott Sellars
• ENG Jamie Shackleton
• ENG Kevin Sharp
• ENG Paul Shepherd
• ENG Alan Smith
• ENG Peter Swan
• ENG Charlie Taylor
• ENG Mark Tinkler
• ENG Simon Walton
• ENG Noel Whelan
• ENG Mallik Wilks
• ENG Jonathan Woodgate
• GNB Ronaldo Vieira
• KEN Clarke Oduor
• NED Pascal Struijk
• NIR Wesley Boyle
• NIR Alfie McCalmont
• NIR Bailey Peacock-Farrell
• NOR Tommy Knarvik
• IRE Robert Bayly
• IRE Ian Harte
• IRE Denis Irwin
• IRE Gary Kelly
• IRE Andy Keogh
• IRE Simon Madden
• IRE Alan Maybury
• IRE Stephen McPhail
• IRE Terry Phelan
• IRE John Sheridan
• IRE Eoghan Stokes
• IRE Aidy White
• LCA Dominic Poleon
• SCO Billy Bremner
• SCO Sam Chambers
• SCO Andy Gray
• SCO Eddie Gray
• SCO Frank Gray
• SCO David Harvey
• SCO Peter Lorimer
• SCO Stuart McKinstry
• SCO Martin Woods
• SCO Tommy Wright
• SPA Mateo Joseph
• WAL John Charles
• WAL Charlie Crew
• WAL Chris Dawson
• WAL Neil Edwards
• WAL Carl Harris
• WAL Niall Huggins
• WAL Matthew Jones
• WAL Gary Speed
• WAL Gary Sprake
• WAL Byron Stevenson
• WAL Terry Yorath

Other Professionals

• AUS Adam Berry
• AUS Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
• CMR Bobby Kamwa
• ENG Daniel Batty
• ENG James Baxendale
• ENG David Brown
• ENG Liam Darville
• ENG Max Dean
• ENG Kevin Dixon
• ENG Matty Edwards
• ENG Josh Falkingham
• ENG Craig Farrell
• ENG Martin Foster
• ENG Luke Garbutt
• ENG Ben Gordon
• ENG Will Hatfield
• ENG Sean Hessey
• ENG Sam Hird
• ENG Elliot Kebbie
• LBR Nohan Kenneh
• ENG Liam Kitching
• ENG Nathan Lowndes
• ENG Sean McGurk
• ENG Tom Newey
• ENG Paul Pettinger
• ENG Jamie Price
• ENG Danny Rose
• ENG Neil Ross
• ENG Gavin Rothery
• ENG John Scales
• ENG David Seaman
• ENG Harpal Singh
• ENG Matthew Smithard
• ENG George Swan
• ENG Tom Taiwo
• ENG James Tavernier
• ENG Danny Ward
• ENG Michael Woods
• GIB Adam Priestley
• GNB Romario Vieira
• NIR Warren Feeney
• IRE Alan Cawley
• IRE Barry Corr
• IRE Caleb Folan
• IRE Paul Keegan
• IRE Damian Lynch
• IRE Henry McStay
• IRE Ian Morris
• SCO Tom Cairney
• SCO Jeremiah Chilokoa-Mullen
• SCO Oli McBurnie
• SCO Andrew Milne
• SCO Kevin Smith
• SCO Jamie Winter
• RSA Chad Harpur
• RSA Max McMillan
• WAL Kevin Aherne-Evans
• WAL Lawrence Davies
• WAL Ryan Nicholls
• WAL Craig Stiens
• ZIM 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 21s

Cup

• National League Cup Winners (1): 2024–25

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

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Academy Directors

Development Squad

Reserves

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

References

References

1. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fnhrlc Leeds United under-21 promotion]
2. "The Premier League elite player performance plan – 'not perfect but lessons are being learned'". Leeds United.
3. "Leeds United Player Statistics". Leedsfans.org.uk.
4. "Leeds Squad Stats". Soccerbase.
5. Lee Sobot. (21 July 2017). "Leeds United look to Cyprus for new development coach". Yorkshire Evening Post.