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

Leeds United Football Club Under-21s is the most senior of Leeds United's youth teams and the club's former reserve team.

As of the 2023–24 season, they play in the Premier League 2 : Division 1, the top tier of the Professional Development League, following promotion from Division 2 of the 2022–23 Professional U21 Development League.

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 2024–25 season player eligibility is restricted to under-21 players born after 1 January 2003. Only players born after 1 January 2006 (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.


 * 🇦🇺 Harry Kewell
 * 🇦🇺 Jamie McMaster
 * 🇧🇬 Kun Temenuzhkov
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tomi Ameobi
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neil Aspin
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Bate
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mick Bates
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Batty
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rod Belfitt
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Blunt
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rob Bowman
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aiden Butterworth
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Byram
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alex Cairns
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Carson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Casey
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Charlton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Clarke
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Connor
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Cook
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Cooper
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andy Couzens
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewie Coyle
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlie Cresswell
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leif Davis
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fabian Delph
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tyler Denton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cody Drameh
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Edmondson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Elliott
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gareth Evans
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Ford
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Forrester
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Gardner
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robbie Gotts
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Archie Gray
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Grayson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy Greenhoff
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Greenwood
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Hackworth
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Grenville Hair
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Hampton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Hibbitt
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonny Howson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Will Huffer
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norman Hunter
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Jackson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Jenkins
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Johnson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mateo Joseph
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Kilgallon
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Lees
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aaron Lennon
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Lukic
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Madeley
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Matthews
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Milner
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alex Mowatt
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Parker
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Pearce
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kalvin Phillips
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Robinson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Reaney
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frazer Richardson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Sellars
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Shackleton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Sharp
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Shepherd
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Smith
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Peter Swan
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlie Taylor
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Tinkler
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronaldo Vieira
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Walton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Noel Whelan
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mallik Wilks
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Woodgate
 * 🇰🇪 Clarke Oduor
 * Pascal Struijk
 * Wesley Boyle
 *  Alfie McCalmont
 *  Bailey Peacock-Farrell
 * 🇳🇴 Tommy Knarvik
 * Robert Bayly
 *  Ian Harte
 *  Denis Irwin
 *  Gary Kelly
 *  Andy Keogh
 * Simon Madden
 *  Alan Maybury
 *  Stephen McPhail
 *  Terry Phelan
 *  John Sheridan
 * Eoghan Stokes
 * Aidy White
 * 🇱🇨 Dominic Poleon
 *  Billy Bremner
 *  Andy Gray
 *  Eddie Gray
 *  Frank Gray
 *  David Harvey
 *  Peter Lorimer
 * Stuart McKinstry
 * Martin Woods
 * Tommy Wright
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 John Charles
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Chris Dawson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Neil Edwards
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Carl Harris
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Niall Huggins
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Jones
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gary Speed
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gary Sprake
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Byron Stevenson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Terry Yorath

Other Professionals

 * 🇦🇺 Adam Berry
 * 🇦🇺 Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
 * 🇨🇲 Bobby Kamwa
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Daniel Batty
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Baxendale
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Brown
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liam Darville
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Max Dean
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Dixon
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matty Edwards
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh Falkingham
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Farrell
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Martin Foster
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Garbutt
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Gordon
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Will Hatfield
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sean Hessey
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Hird
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Elliot Kebbie
 * 🇱🇷 Nohan Kenneh
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liam Kitching
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathan Lowndes
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sean McGurk
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Newey
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Pettinger
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Price
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Rose
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neil Ross
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gavin Rothery
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Scales
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Seaman
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harpal Singh
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthew Smithard
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Swan
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Taiwo
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Tavernier
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Ward
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Woods
 * 🇬🇮 Adam Priestley
 * 🇬🇼 Romario Vieira
 *  Warren Feeney
 * Alan Cawley
 * Barry Corr
 *  Caleb Folan
 * Paul Keegan
 * Damian Lynch
 * Henry McStay
 * Ian Morris
 *  Tom Cairney
 *  Oli McBurnie
 * Andrew Milne
 * Kevin Smith
 * Jamie Winter
 * Chad Harpur
 * Max McMillan
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kevin Aherne-Evans
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lawrence Davies
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ryan Nicholls
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Craig Stiens
 * Ethan Kachosa

Reserves
League Cup
 * 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
 * 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 18s
League Cup
 * U18 Professional Development League North Division Champions (1): 2012–13
 * U18 Professional Development League North Division Champions (1): 2017–18
 * FA Youth Cup
 * Winners (2): 1992–93, 1996–97

Under 17s
League Cup
 * FA Premier Academy League (Tier 1)
 * Winners (1): 2002–03
 * Milk Cup
 * Winners (1): 2002

Academy coaching staff

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