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Leeds United Under-21s

Full name	Leeds United Football Club Under-21s
Nickname	The Whites
Founded	1919 (1919)
Ground	Thorp Arch
Capacity	N/A
Owner	49ers Enterprises
Chairman	Paraag Marathe
Manager	Scott Gardner
League	Premier League 2
2023–24	Premier League 2, 24th of 26
Website	leedsunited.com
Home colours Away colours

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.

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.

For the 2026–27 season player eligibility is restricted to under-21 players born after 1 January 2005. Only players born after 1 January 2008 (primarily scholars), are eligible to play for the Under 18s.

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.

Young Professionals
Nationality	Number	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Position	International	Other
	58	Robbie Cook	Australia	(2007-01-27) 27 January 2007 (age 19)	GK	Australia u20
	—	Oliver Wood	England		GK
	—	Coban Bird	Pontefract, England	(2006-11-05) 5 November 2006 (age 20)	DF
	—	Louie Dudley	England	(2007-11-13) 13 November 2007 (age 18)	DF
	62	Louis Enahoro-Marcus	Benin City, Nigeria	(2006-09-06) 6 September 2006 (age 20)	DF
	—	Will Firth	Australia	(2007-09-11) 11 September 2007 (age 19)	DF
	—	Joshua Hamilton	England	(2007-09-15) 15 September 2007 (age 19)	DF	England U17
	—	Jacob Howard	England	(2009-03-29) 29 March 2009 (age 17)	DF	England U17
	—	Jack Morris	England	(2008-01-25) 25 January 2008 (age 18)	DF
	—	Leonard Ngenge	Lagos, Nigeria	(2007-09-12) 12 September 2007 (age 19)	DF	Nigeria
	75	Louie Philpott	England	(2009-08-26) 26 August 2009 (age 17)	DF
	—	Sam Alker	England	(2009-03-13) 13 March 2009 (age 17)	MF	England U16
	—	Edward Ibrović-Fletcher	Leeds, England	(2008-09-26) 26 September 2008 (age 18)	MF	Serbia U19
	63	Freddie Lane	England	(2007-09-24) 24 September 2007 (age 19)	MF
	55	Josh McDonald	Scotland	(2007-03-06) 6 March 2007 (age 19)	MF	Scotland U17
	66	Ollie Pickles	England	(2007-10-11) 11 October 2007 (age 19)	MF
	60	Harvey Vincent	England	(2007-03-20) 20 March 2007 (age 19)	MF	England U16
	73	Loui Whitehead	England	(2008-12-05) 5 December 2008 (age 17)	MF
	—	Kenneth Mensah	England	(2009-01-05) 5 January 2009 (age 17)	FW	Italy U16
	51	Ditmir Hodja	North Macedonia	(2008-08-08) 8 August 2008 (age 18)	FW	North Macedonia U19
2026–27 Out on Loan
	—	George Kenyon	England	(2008-03-23) 23 March 2008 (age 18)	GK		Ramsbottom United
	—	Reuben Lopata-White	Bradford, England	(2005-09-26) 26 September 2005 (age 21)	DF		Altrincham
	68	Luke Matykiewicz	England	(2007-09-02) 2 September 2007 (age 19)	DF	Northern Ireland U19	Ilkeston Town
	45	Harry Gray	England	(2008-10-08) 8 October 2008 (age 18)	FW	England U17	Sheffield Wednesday
	40	Charlie Crew	Cardiff, Wales	(2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 (age 20)	MF	Wales	Walsall
	67	Jacob Render	England	(2008-03-20) 20 March 2008 (age 18)	MF		Darlington
2026–27 Scholars
	—	George Banks	England		GK
	—	Oliver Herrick	England		GK
	—	Joshua Woolfrey	England	(2009-10-15) 15 October 2009 (age 17)	GK
	90	Liam Balmer	England	(2008-11-08) 8 November 2008 (age 18)	DF
	—	Isaac Bridge	England	(2008-09-11) 11 September 2008 (age 18)	DF
	—	Lloyd Chambers	England		DF
	—	Alex Massey	England		DF
	—	Miller Megson	England	(2009-03-25) 25 March 2009 (age 17)	DF
	—	Aiden Thompson	England	(2008-12-19) 19 December 2008 (age 17)	DF
	—	Alfie Walker	England	(2009-09-03) 3 September 2009 (age 17)	DF	Wales U17
	—	Jacob Watson	England		DF
	—	Oliver Bennett	England	(2009-11-26) 26 November 2009 (age 16)	MF
	—	Joe Bhaskaran	England		MF
	—	Marley Hazell-Schofield	England		MF
	—	Owen Heywood	England	(2010-03-04) 4 March 2010 (age 16)	MF
	—	Marlon Mensah	England		MF	Austria U15
	—	Kai Morrall	Ireland	(2010-02-05) 5 February 2010 (age 16)	MF	Republic of Ireland U17	Liverpool U18
	—	Thomas Stockton	England	(2010-02-20) 20 February 2010 (age 16)	MF
	—	Zacharia van der Graaf	England		MF
	—	Zach Hitchen	England	(2011-08-20) 20 August 2011 (age 15)	FW	England U15
	—	Oluwatobi Johnson	England		FW
	—	Silva Mexes	Nottingham, England	(2010-03-15) 15 March 2010 (age 16)	FW	Thailand U17
	—	Carrick Njinko			FW
	—	Bailey Watling	England		FW
	86	Logan White	England	(2008-09-21) 21 September 2008 (age 18)	FW

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.

League

• 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

Cup

• West Riding Senior Cup Winners (2): 1926–27, 1963–64

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

Cup

• National League Cup Winners (1): 2024–25

League

• U18 Professional Development League North Division Champions (1): 2012–13
• U18 Professional Development League North Division Champions (1): 2017–18

Cup

• FA Youth Cup Winners (2): 1992–93, 1996–97

League

• FA Premier Academy League (Tier 1) Winners (1): 2002–03

Cup

• Milk Cup Winners (1): 2002

• Official Leeds United F.C. website – Reserve Player Profiles
• Official Leeds United F.C. website – Academy Player Profiles

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