2022–23 Professional U21 Development League

Premier League 2 2022–23
Season information
Winners	Division 1: Manchester City U21 Division 2: Southampton U21
Promoted	Division 2: Southampton U21 Leeds United U21
Relegated	Division 1: Tottenham Hotspur U21 Leicester City U21
Season statistics
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The 2022–23 Professional U21 Development League was 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. Burnley, Birmingham City and Reading left the league after failing to retain category one academy status.

Teams

Division 1

• Arsenal U21
• Blackburn Rovers U21
• Brighton & Hove Albion U21
• Chelsea U21
• Crystal Palace U21
• Everton U21
• Fulham U21
• Leicester City U21
• Liverpool U21
• Manchester City U21
• Manchester United U21
• Tottenham Hotspur U21
• West Ham United U21
• Wolverhampton Wanderers U21

Division 2

• Aston Villa U21
• Derby County U21
• Leeds United U21
• Middlesbrough U21
• Newcastle United U21
• Norwich City U21
• Nottingham Forest U21
• Stoke City U21
• Southampton U21
• Sunderland U21
• West Bromwich Albion U21

Division 1

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City U21 (C)	26	18	5	3	80	31	+49	59
2	Liverpool U21	26	13	7	6	46	29	+17	46
3	Chelsea U21	26	12	7	7	55	42	+13	43
4	Crystal Palace U21	26	11	9	6	45	42	+3	42
5	Fulham U21	26	11	8	7	50	39	+11	41
6	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	26	11	6	9	58	49	+9	39
7	Arsenal U21	26	8	10	8	39	40	−1	34
8	Everton U21	26	9	5	12	39	51	−12	32
9	Manchester United U21	26	6	12	8	46	64	−18	30
10	Blackburn Rovers U21	26	9	2	15	42	52	−10	29
11	West Ham United U21	26	8	4	14	39	49	−10	28
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	26	8	4	14	39	50	−11	28
13	Tottenham Hotspur U21 (R)	26	6	10	10	34	46	−12	28
14	Leicester City U21 (R)	26	4	7	15	29	57	−28	19

Source: BBC
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BLA	BHA	CHE	CRY	EVE	FUL	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	TOT	WHU	WOL
Arsenal U21		4–1	3–3	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1
Blackburn Rovers U21	1–1		1–2	2–3	1–3	4–2	2–3	0–4	2–3	0–3	6–1	3–2	2–2	0–1
Brighton & Hove Albion U21	2–2	4–2		2–2	2–4	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–0	3–2	3–1
Chelsea U21	1–0	3–0	1–4		1–2	1–1	0–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–3	3–0	2–3	2–0
Crystal Palace U21	2–0	0–3	3–2	3–3		3–4	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–5	0–0	3–0	3–3	2–1
Everton U21	1–4	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–1		1–1	0–2	1–1	6–3	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–0
Fulham U21	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–4	2–2	2–0		2–2	0–4	2–2	1–2	4–3	3–1	2–1
Leicester City U21	1–2	0–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–7		0–1	0–0	3–2	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	1–0	5–0
Manchester City U21	6–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–3	5–0	1–0	3–1	3–1		6–0	0–0	4–1	4–3
Manchester United U21	1–0	2–1	3–3	1–3	1–5	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–6		2–2	1–1	3–2
Tottenham Hotspur U21	0–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–2	1–1		1–0	1–1
West Ham United U21	2–3	1–3	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–5	2–3	1–0		3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–7	5–0	5–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	4–1	0–5

Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southampton U21 (C, P)	20	13	3	4	54	28	+26	42
2	Leeds United U21 (P)	20	13	3	4	53	29	+24	42
3	Nottingham Forest U21	20	13	2	5	44	28	+16	41
4	West Bromwich Albion U21	20	11	4	5	47	35	+12	37
5	Aston Villa U21	20	10	3	7	46	35	+11	33
6	Norwich City U21	20	8	6	6	41	38	+3	30
7	Middlesbrough U21	20	7	5	8	46	49	−3	26
8	Newcastle United U21	20	6	5	9	35	41	−6	23
9	Sunderland U21	20	5	5	10	37	44	−7	20
10	Stoke City U21	20	3	5	12	26	45	−19	14
11	Derby County U21	20	0	1	19	13	70	−57	1

Source: BBC
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	AST	DER	LEE	MID	NEW	NOR	NOT	SOU	STK	SUN	WBA
Aston Villa U21		3–0	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	1–4	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–6	0–4	1–5
Leeds United U21	2–1	3–0		3–1	4–2	2–2	5–1	6–2	4–0	3–1	1–2
Middlesbrough U21	2–3	3–1	2–4		1–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	4–1	2–0	2–4
Newcastle United U21	0–2	4–0	2–2	0–0		4–3	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	2–5	3–0	3–2	1–1
Nottingham Forest U21	4–3	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		2–0	2–2	4–1
Stoke City U21	3–3	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–3		2–3	0–0
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	2–1	5–2	2–1	1–2	1–5	1–2	4–0	2–1

Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The date for semi-finals is confirmed as 8th May 2023 at 19:00.
The date for final is confirmed as 15th May 2023 at 19:00.

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Leeds United U21	2
	5	Aston Villa U21	1
							Leeds United U21	3
							Nottingham Forest U21	0
	3	Nottingham Forest U21	3
	4	West Bromwich Albion U21	0

See also

• 2022–23 in English football