2022–23_Professional_U21_Development_League

U21 Professional Development League
Season	2022–23
Champions	Millwall U21s
Matches played	280
Goals scored	987 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Louie Marsh (23 Goals)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Premier League 2
Season	2022–23
Champions	Manchester City U21
Matches played	182
Goals scored	641 (3.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Borges; (22 goals)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 Professional U21 Development League

Football league season

The 2022–23 Professional U21 Development League is the 11th season of the Professional Development League system.

The Premier League 2 reverted back to a U21 competition ahead of the 2022–23 season.^[1] Burnley, Birmingham City and Reading left the league after failing to retain category one academy status.^[2]^[3]^[4]

For the 2022–23 season onwards, player eligibility was restricted to under-21 players (reduced from under-23) born after 1 January 2001. To help with the transition, teams were allowed up to five over-age outfield players (up from three) and one over-age goalkeeper for the 2022-23 season.

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The Professional Development League is Under-21 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. The league is split regionally into north and south divisions, with each team facing opponents in their own region twice both home and away and opponents in the other region once resulting in 28 games being played by both divisions. The sides finishing in the top two positions in both regions at the end of the season will progress to a knockout stage to determine the overall league champion. Coventry City are the defending champions. Burnley, Birmingham City returned to the league after failing to retain category one academy status. Reading joined after temporarily dropping to category 2 status.^[11]^[12]^[13]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City U21 (C)	26	18	5	3	80	31	+49	59
2	Liverpool U21	26	13	7	6	46	29	+17	46
3	Chelsea U21	26	12	7	7	55	42	+13	43
4	Crystal Palace U21	26	11	9	6	45	42	+3	42
5	Fulham U21	26	11	8	7	50	39	+11	41
6	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	26	11	6	9	58	49	+9	39
7	Arsenal U21	26	8	10	8	39	40	−1	34
8	Everton U21	26	9	5	12	39	51	−12	32
9	Manchester United U21	26	6	12	8	46	64	−18	30
10	Blackburn Rovers U21	26	9	2	15	42	52	−10	29
11	West Ham United U21	26	8	4	14	39	49	−10	28
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	26	8	4	14	39	50	−11	28
13	Tottenham Hotspur U21 (R)	26	6	10	10	34	46	−12	28
14	Leicester City U21 (R)	26	4	7	15	29	57	−28	19

Home \ Away	ARS	BLA	BHA	CHE	CRY	EVE	FUL	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	TOT	WHU	WOL
Arsenal U21		4–1	3–3	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1
Blackburn Rovers U21	1–1		1–2	2–3	1–3	4–2	2–3	0–4	2–3	0–3	6–1	3–2	2–2	0–1
Brighton & Hove Albion U21	2–2	4–2		2–2	2–4	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–0	3–2	3–1
Chelsea U21	1–0	3–0	1–4		1–2	1–1	0–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–3	3–0	2–3	2–0
Crystal Palace U21	2–0	0–3	3–2	3–3		3–4	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–5	0–0	3–0	3–3	2–1
Everton U21	1–4	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–1		1–1	0–2	1–1	6–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–0
Fulham U21	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–4	2–2	2–0		2–2	0–4	2–2	1–2	4–3	3–1	2–1
Leicester City U21	1–2	0–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–7		0–1	0–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	0–1
Liverpool U21	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	7–1		0–3	2–2	0–2	1–0	5–0
Manchester City U21	6–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–3	5–0	1–0	3–1	3–1		6–0	0–0	4–1	4–3
Manchester United U21	1–0	2–1	3–3	1–3	1–5	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–6		2–2	1–1	3–2
Tottenham Hotspur U21	0–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–2	1–1		1–0	1–1
West Ham United U21	2–3	1–3	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–5	2–3	1–0		3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–7	5–0	5–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	4–1	0–5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southampton U21 (C, P)	20	13	3	4	54	28	+26	42
2	Leeds United U21 (P)	20	13	3	4	53	29	+24	42
3	Nottingham Forest U21	20	13	2	5	44	28	+16	41
4	West Bromwich Albion U21	20	11	4	5	47	35	+12	37
5	Aston Villa U21	20	10	3	7	46	35	+11	33
6	Norwich City U21	20	8	6	6	41	38	+3	30
7	Middlesbrough U21	20	7	5	8	46	49	−3	26
8	Newcastle United U21	20	6	5	9	35	41	−6	23
9	Sunderland U21	20	5	5	10	37	44	−7	20
10	Stoke City U21	20	3	5	12	26	45	−19	14
11	Derby County U21	20	0	1	19	13	70	−57	1

Home \ Away	AST	DER	LEE	MID	NEW	NOR	NOT	SOU	STK	SUN	WBA
Aston Villa U21		3–0	1–2	3–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	6–4	2–6
Derby County U21	0–2		2–5	1–5	1–4	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–6	0–4	1–5
Leeds United U21	2–1	3–0		3–1	4–2	2–2	5–1	6–2	4–0	3–1	1–2
Middlesbrough U21	2–3	3–1	2–4		1–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	4–1	2–0	2–4
Newcastle United U21	0–2	4–0	2–2	0–0		4–3	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–5
Norwich City U21	1–3	2–1	5–2	2–2	4–2		0–3	2–5	3–0	3–2	1–1
Nottingham Forest U21	4–3	7–2	1–0	1–4	3–1	4–1		1–3	4–1	1–0	0–0
Southampton U21	2–0	3–0	1–2	8–1	4–1	1–1	0–2		2–0	2–2	4–1
Stoke City U21	3–3	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–3		2–3	0–0
Sunderland U21	0–4	1–1	0–1	5–7	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–3	4–1		3–3
West Bromwich Albion U21	0–4	2–1	2–1	5–2	2–1	1–2	1–5	1–2	4–0	2–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheffield United U21s	28	18	6	4	59	30	+29	60	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Hull City U21s	28	13	3	12	60	48	+12	42	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Wigan Athletic U21s	28	13	3	12	56	44	+12	42
4	Coventry City U21s	28	11	6	11	44	38	+6	39
5	Burnley U21s	28	11	5	12	45	57	−12	38
6	Peterborough United U21s	28	10	7	11	52	55	−3	37
7	Barnsley U21s	28	10	6	12	40	41	−1	36
8	Crewe Alexandra U21s	28	8	7	13	35	56	−21	31
9	Birmingham City U21s	28	7	8	13	38	61	−23	29
10	Sheffield Wednesday U21s	28	5	4	19	22	55	−33	19

2022–23_Professional_U21_Development_League

2022–23 Professional U21 Development League

Premier League 2

Division 1

Table

Results

Division 2

Table

Results

Play-offs

Semifinals

Final

Professional Development League

Tables

North Division

South Division

Knock-out stage

See also

References

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Semi-finals			Final

2	Leeds United U21	2

5	Aston Villa U21	1
			Leeds United U21	3

			Nottingham Forest U21	0
3	Nottingham Forest U21	3

4	West Bromwich Albion U21	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Millwall U21s	28	18	7	3	70	32	+38	61	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Bristol City U21s	28	16	5	7	47	26	+21	53	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Swansea City U21s	28	16	4	8	80	46	+34	52
4	Cardiff City U21s	28	13	3	12	47	57	−10	42
5	Reading U21	28	12	5	11	44	40	+4	41
6	Ipswich Town U21s	28	11	6	11	60	61	−1	39
7	Queens Park Rangers U21s	28	10	8	10	55	50	+5	38
8	Charlton Athletic U21s	28	10	7	11	56	59	−3	37
9	Colchester United U21s	28	7	7	14	46	63	−17	28
10	Watford U21s	28	6	3	19	31	66	−35	21