2023–24 Professional U21 Development League

The 2023–24 Professional U21 Development League is the 12th season of the Professional Development League system.

Premier League 2

Season	2023–24
Matches played	230
Goals scored	922 (4.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Callum Marshall (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Manchester United U21 10–1 Stoke City U21
Biggest away win	Leeds United U21 1–7 Crystal Palace U21 Manchester City U21 0–6 Norwich City U21 Newcastle United U21 1–7 Chelsea U21
Highest scoring	Manchester United U21 10-1 Stoke City U21
Longest winning run	11 Tottenham Hotspur U21 August 12, 2023- January 27, 2024
Longest unbeaten run	12 Tottenham Hotspur U21 August 12, 2023-February 17, 2024
Longest losing run	4
Highest attendance	3,040 Leeds United U21 2–5 West Ham United U21 August 25, 2023
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 17 March 2024.

The Premier League 2 changed format for 2023–24 with one division instead of two.^[1]

Reading regained Category One status in the summer.^[2]

Premier League 2

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur U21 (Q)	16	12	3	1	45	20	+25	39	Qualification to the Elimination Playoffs and Premier League International Cup
2	West Ham United U21 (Q)	18	12	3	3	50	26	+24	39
3	Fulham U21 (Q)	18	10	5	3	49	27	+22	35
4	Chelsea U21	18	10	2	6	49	30	+19	32
5	Arsenal U21 (Q)	17	9	5	3	40	26	+14	32
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	18	9	3	6	37	30	+7	30
7	Liverpool U21	17	9	3	5	30	23	+7	30
8	Sunderland U21	17	8	4	5	38	29	+9	28
9	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	18	8	4	6	34	34	0	28
10	Middlesbrough U21	18	8	4	6	34	35	−1	28
11	Reading U21	17	8	4	5	29	35	−6	28
12	Manchester United U21	16	7	3	6	48	35	+13	24
13	Crystal Palace U21	17	7	3	7	39	38	+1	24	Qualification to the Elimination Playoffs
14	Southampton U21	17	7	2	8	39	38	+1	23
15	Stoke City U21	18	7	2	9	37	50	−13	23
16	Blackburn Rovers U21	17	7	2	8	36	50	−14	23
17	Nottingham Forest U21	16	6	4	6	26	32	−6	22
18	Norwich City U21	18	6	2	10	39	39	0	20
19	Aston Villa U21	16	5	4	7	33	38	−5	19
20	Everton U21	17	4	4	9	22	33	−11	16
21	West Bromwich Albion U21	18	4	4	10	20	32	−12	16
22	Newcastle United U21	16	4	4	8	26	39	−13	16
23	Manchester City U21	18	3	6	9	30	47	−17	15
24	Leicester City U21	18	3	5	10	27	40	−13	14
25	Derby County U21	18	4	1	13	27	35	−8	13
26	Leeds United U21	16	3	2	11	20	43	−23	11

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2024. Source: ^[3]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BLB	BHA	CHE	CRY	DER	EVE	FUL	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	NOR	NFO	REA	SOU	STK	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal U21	—	15 Apr	—	6–3	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	4–1	—	3–3	—	1–0	—	—	—	3–0	4–2	—	—	1–1	—	3–0	—
Aston Villa U21	—	—	—	—	0–4	—	3–1	2–1	1–1	—	2–2	—	—	—	4–0	—	26 Apr	—	—	—	2–2^[a]	2–3	—	0–3	—	—
Blackburn Rovers U21	22 Apr	2–3	—	—	—	3–3	—	—	—	—	4–1	1–0	—	2–5	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	3–6	28 Apr	—	—	1–3	—
Brighton & Hove Albion U21	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4	0–0	4–2	—	—	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	13 Apr	—	—	—	—	2–1	1–4	—
Chelsea U21	2–4	—	6–1	2–3	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	1–1	—	—	3–2	—	—	—	2–3	3–2	26 Apr	—	—	—	3–0	—	—
Crystal Palace U21	—	4–2	—	2–1	12 Apr	—	—	0–0	2–5	—	—	2–4	—	3–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	TBC^[b]	3–0	1–5	—
Derby County U21	—	—	1–3	2–3	—	—	—	28 Apr	—	—	—	1–1	4–2	—	—	—	—	0–1	5–1	—	1–2	—	0–2	—	—	1–2
Everton U21	1–1	—	12 Apr	0–4	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3	—	1–1	—	—	—	2–1	1–2	—	5–0	—	—	—	1–3	—	0–2
Fulham U21	—	—	1–2	3–0	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	1–3	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	—	—	7–1	5–1	—	—	26 Apr	—	—	—
Leeds United U21	—	—	—	—	0–2	1–7	15 Apr	22 Apr^[c]	3–5	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	—	2–1	1–3	—	—	2–5	—
Leicester City U21	—	—	—	—	—	1–1^[d]	2–1	—	—	2–0	—	—	1–3	—	1–3	2–2^[e]	2–3	—	—	1–2	15 Apr	—	—	—	—	1–3
Liverpool U21	28 Apr	0–2	—	—	2–1	—	—	4–0	2–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	1–4	—	—	—	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	0–4	2–0
Manchester City U21	—	4–4	—	—	1–2	0–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–6	2–0	—	—	—	2–2	0–5	12 Apr	2–2	3–3
Manchester United U21	2–4	—	—	1–1	—	—	2–4	3–1	—	1–2	—	12 Apr	2–1	—	—	3–2	4–2	—	—	—	10–1	—	—	—	—	—
Middlesbrough U21	—	—	—	—	1–3	28 Apr	1–0	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	3–2	—	3–2^[f]	—	—	—	—	4–1	—	1–2	0–1	—	3–2
Newcastle United U21	—	29 Apr^[g]	—	—	1–7	—	—	1–0	13 Apr	19 Apr	—	1–2	0–4	—	—	—	—	1–1	—	5–3	—	—	—	3–2	—	—
Norwich City U21	—	—	4–0	—	3–2	—	—	—	3–3	—	—	—	—	—	2–3	—	—	2–2	—	0–2	—	—	3–4	2–1	12 Apr	3–4
Nottingham Forest U21	2–0	19 Apr	1–5	—	—	4–3	—	—	—	4–0	—	—	—	26 Apr	2–2	—	—	—	22 Apr^[h]	—	—	0–5	—	—	—	2–2
Reading U21s	—	—	7–2	—	—	2–0	—	—	—	3–2	2–1	0–0	29 Apr	—	2–2	1–0	2–1	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	—	—
Southampton U21	—	4–2	—	—	—	4–0	2–1	—	—	—	—	0–3	—	29 Apr^[i]	—	—	—	12 Apr	6–0	—	5–1	1–2	2–3	—	—	—
Stoke City U21	2–2	—	—	4–3	—	1–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–1	—	—	26 Apr	4–2	3–1	0–2	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	2–1
Sunderland U21	1–2	—	—	1–1	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	4–2^[j]	22 Apr	—	5–5	15 Apr	2–3	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–4	—	—	—
Tottenham Hotspur U21	—	5–3	4–0	—	4–2	—	—	1–2	—	1–0	—	—	—	20 Apr^[k]	—	4–1	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	15 Apr
West Bromwich Albion U21	3–0^[l]	—	3–3	—	—	—	0–1	—	0–3	29 Apr	—	—	—	0–3	—	—	—	—	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	—	—	2–4	—
West Ham United U21	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	3–2	3–1	0–3	—	26 Apr	—	—	—	5–0	—	—	3–1	—	3–3	3–1	2–0	—	—	—	—
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	2–1	—	1–2	29 Apr	—	3–2	—	—	2–3	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	—	—	2–1	—	1–2	—	3–0	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April March 2024. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Originally scheduled to be played on 1 December 2023, the Aston Villa match against Stoke City was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
2. Originally scheduled to be played on 9 February 2024 and then 29 March 2024, the Crystal Palace matches against Tottenham Hotspur were both postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
3. Originally scheduled to be played on 15 January 2024, the Leeds United match against Everton was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
4. The match between Leicester City and Crystal Palace was abandoned after 86 minutes due to an injury to Crystal Palace player Joe Sheridan. The Premier League confirmed that the result will stand.
5. On 3 November, the Leicester City match against Newcastle United was abandoned with the score at 2–2.
6. Originally scheduled to be played on 9 February 2024, the Middlesbrough match against Newcastle United was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
7. Originally scheduled to be played on 15 January 2024, the Newcastle United match against Aston Villa was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
8. Originally scheduled to be played on 9 February 2024, the Nottingham Forest match against Reading was postponed.
9. Originally scheduled to be played on 9 February 2024, the Southampton match against Manchester United was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
10. Originally scheduled to be played on 9 February 2024, the Sunderland match against Leicester City was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
11. Originally scheduled to be played on 2 December 2023, the Tottenham Hotspur match against Manchester United was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
12. Originally scheduled to be played on 1 December 2023, the West Bromwich Albion match against Arsenal was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Elimination Playoffs

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also

• 2023–24 in English football

References

1. "Reformatting of Premier League 2 for 2023/24 explained". Premier League. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
2. "WE'RE BACK! OUR ACADEMY REGAINS CATEGORY ONE STATUS". Reading. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
3. "Premier League 2 table". Premier League. Retrieved 17 February 2024.