2022–23 Professional U21 Development League

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]

Premier League 2
Season2022–23
2023–24 →

Premier League 2

Division 1
As of match played 3 April 2023

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manchester City U21 21 14 5 2 65 24 +41 47
2 Chelsea U21 23 12 7 4 51 32 +19 43
3 Crystal Palace U21 21 10 8 3 39 29 +10 38
4 Liverpool U21 22 10 6 6 39 28 +11 36
5 Fulham U21 21 8 7 6 42 30 +12 31
6 Brighton & Hove Albion U21 21 8 5 8 43 38 +5 29
7 Arsenal U21 21 7 8 6 30 30 0 29
8 Everton U21 21 8 4 9 33 38 −5 28
9 Manchester United U21 22 6 10 6 38 54 −16 28
10 West Ham United U21 22 7 3 12 34 44 −10 24
11 Blackburn Rovers U21 22 7 2 13 35 44 −9 23
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 21 6 3 12 24 43 −19 21
13 Tottenham Hotspur U21 21 4 8 9 25 38 −13 20
14 Leicester City U21 21 2 6 13 21 47 −26 12
Source: [5][6]

Results
Home \ Away ARS BLA BHA CHE CRY EVE FUL LEI LIV MNC MNU TOT WHU WOL
Arsenal U21 4–1 – 4–1 1–1 3–1 – – 0–1 – 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1
Blackburn Rovers U21 1–1 1–2 2–3 – 4–2 2–3 0–4 2–3 – 6–1 – 2–2 0–1
Brighton & Hove Albion U21 2–2 4–2 2–2 2–4 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 – – 4–0 3–2 3–1
Chelsea U21 1–0 3–0 – 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 3–1 2–2 3–3 3–0 2–3 –
Crystal Palace U21 2–0 – 3–2 3–3 3–4 1–2 0–0 – 0–5 0–0 3–0 – 2–1
Everton U21 – 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 – – 6–3 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–0
Fulham U21 – 3–0 – 2–4 2–2 2–0 2–2 – 2–2 1–2 4–3 3–1 –
Leicester City U21 1–2 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–1 - 0–7 0–1 0–0 – 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 – 5–0
Manchester City U21 6–0 1–3 2–1 – 3–3 5–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 6–0 0–0 4–1 –
Manchester United U21 1–0 2–1 3–3 1–3 1–5 4–1 2–2 – 2–1 1–6 – 1–1 3–2
Tottenham Hotspur U21 0–0 1–3 3–1 – 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 3–3 1–2 1–1 – –
West Ham United U21 2–3 1–3 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 – 0–3 1–5 2–3 1–0 –
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–7 – – 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 4–1 0–5
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2
As of match played 3 April 2023

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Leeds United U21 17 12 2 3 48 25 +23 38
2 Southampton U21 18 11 3 4 47 26 +21 36
3 Nottingham Forest U21 18 11 2 5 39 25 +14 35
4 West Bromwich Albion U21 17 9 3 5 43 33 +10 30
5 Aston Villa U21 18 9 3 6 40 31 +9 30
6 Norwich City U21 18 8 6 4 36 29 +7 30
7 Middlesbrough U21 18 7 5 6 45 45 0 26
8 Sunderland U21 19 5 5 9 36 42 −6 20
9 Newcastle United U21 18 4 5 9 27 37 −10 17
10 Stoke City U21 17 3 3 11 25 42 −17 12
11 Derby County U21 18 0 1 17 12 63 −51 1
Source: [7]

Results
Home \ Away AST DER LEE MID NEW NOR NOT SOU STK SUN WBA
Aston Villa U21 – 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 – 0–3 0–1 1–3 1–6 0–4 1–5
Leeds United U21 2–1 3–0 – 4–2 2–2 5–1 6–2 4–0 3–1 1–2
Middlesbrough U21 2–3 – 2–4 1–1 1–3 – 2–2 4–1 2–0 2–4
Newcastle United U21 0–2 4–0 2–2 0–0 – 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 – 3–0 3–2 1–1
Nottingham Forest U21 – 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 – 2–2 4–1
Stoke City U21 3–3 4–0 – 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–3 2–3 –
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 – 5–2 2–1 1–2 1–5 1–2 4–0 –
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Play-offs
Semi-finals Final
      
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See also

References
  1. "Premier League 2 becomes under-21 competition". Premier League. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. "CLARETS ACADEMY TO OPERATE AS CATEGORY TWO". Burnley FC. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  3. "Blues to operate as Category 2 Academy". Birmingham City. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. "OUR ACADEMY TO TAKE CATEGORY TWO STATUS IN 2022-23". Reading FC. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  5. "PREMIER LEAGUE 2 DIVISION ONE". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  6. "PREMIER LEAGUE 2 DIVISION ONE". Premier League. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  7. "PREMIER LEAGUE 2 DIVISION TWO". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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