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The 2023–24 Professional U21 Development League was the 12th season of the Professional Development League system. 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]
The Professional Development League 2 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 31 games played.
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]
From 2012 to 2016, EPPP Category 1 academies' most senior youth league was an under-21 league known as the U21 Premier League, with four over-age outfield players being permitted to play. From the 2016–17 season onwards, the competition is known as the Premier League 2 and the age limit was increased from under-21 to under-23. [ 2 ]
The competition features thirty-two teams: sixteen from English league system and sixteen invitees from other European countries. The teams are split into four groups of eight. The group winners and runners-up will progress into the knockout phase of the tournament. [1] All matches will be played in England.
The competition was established in 2013 as the U21 Premier League Cup, an under-21 equivalent of the FA Youth Cup [1] [2] (an under-18 competition competed for since 1952), albeit being run by the Premier League instead of The Football Association. In 2016, the age range of the competition was raised to under-23s, and the competition was ...
The 2023–24 Premier League International Cup is the eighth season of the Premier League International Cup, a European club football competition organised by the Premier League for under-21 teams. Crystal Palace won the tournament for the first time, defeating in the final defending champions PSV Eindhoven , who had beaten them in the previous ...
On 31 July, the FA announced that England senior manager Roy Hodgson would take charge of an England U21 friendly match against Scotland at Bramall Lane, [7] the match ended in a 6–0 win for Hodgson's side. [8] Former England international Gareth Southgate was made manager of the under-21 team on 22 August. [9]