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Manchester United F.C. Under-21s
Manchester United FC
Full name Manchester United Football Club Under-21s
Nickname(s) The Red Devils, United
Short name MUFC U21
Founded 1878, as Newton Heath Reserves
Ground Leigh Sports Village
Leigh
(Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman Flag of United States Joel & Avram Glazer
Manager Flag of England Travis Binnion
Current League Premier League 2 Division 1 
2022–23 Premier League 2 Division 1, 9th
Website Club home page
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Manchester United Football Club Under-23s is the most senior of Manchester United's youth teams and the club's former reserve team. They play in the Premier League 2, the highest tier of the Professional Development League. The team is effectively Manchester United's second-string side, but is limited to three outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 23 per game following the introduction of new regulations from the 2016–17 season, an increase from the age of 21 which was introduced in 2012–13.

They were champions of the former Premier Reserve League five times (in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2012) between its introduction in 1999 and its dissolution in 2012. The team also won the 2012–13 Professional U21 Development League 1 in its inaugural season, and again in 2015 and 2016. The team also participates in the Manchester Senior Cup and the Lancashire Senior Cup.

The team's manager is currently Ricky Sbragia, who had previously been manager between 2002–2005. Sbragia took over from Nicky Butt, an academy graduate in the 1990s who played for United until 2004. Butt held the role on an interim basis for the 2016–17 season after Warren Joyce was appointed Wigan Athletic manager on 2 November 2016. Joyce, who took over from Ole Gunnar Solskjær as manager of the reserves in December 2010, was previously the manager of Royal Antwerp, Manchester United's feeder club in Belgium.

Under-21s[]

Current squad[]

As of 31 January 2024
No. Pos. Nation Player
36 MF Flag of England Tom Huddlestone (player-coach)
45 GK Flag of Northern Ireland Dermot Mee
53 DF Flag of France Willy Kambwala
55 DF Flag of England Tyler Fredricson
56 FW Flag of England Charlie McNeill
58 GK Flag of England Kie Plumley
No. Pos. Nation Player
62 MF Flag of England Omari Forson
63 FW Flag of England Ethan Ennis
65 MF Flag of England Toby Collyer
92 MF Flag of Gibraltar James Scanlon
DF Flag of England Marcus Lawrence

Out on loan[]

No. Pos. Nation Player
40 GK Flag of Czech Republic Radek Vitek (at Accrington Stanley)
44 MF Flag of England Dan Gore (at Port Vale)
48 DF Flag of England Will Fish (at Hibernian)
52 FW Flag of England Joe Hugill (at Burton Albion)
66 DF Flag of England Rhys Bennett (at Stockport County)
No. Pos. Nation Player
67 MF Flag of England Sam Mather (at Rochdale)
68 MF Flag of Poland Maxi Oyedele (at Forest Green Rovers)
69 DF Flag of England Sonny Aljofree (at Altrincham)
71 GK Flag of England Tom Wooster (at Macclesfield)
72 DF Flag of England Sam Murray (at Rochdale)

Managerial history[]

Years Name
1946–1964 Flag of Wales Jimmy Murphy
1964–1969 Flag of England Wilf McGuinness
1969–1970 Flag of England John Aston Sr.
1970–1971 Flag of England Wilf McGuinness
1971–1974 Flag of England Bill Foulkes
1974–1981 Flag of England Jack Crompton
1981–1991 Flag of England Brian Whitehouse
1991–2000 Flag of England Pop Robson
Flag of Scotland Jimmy Ryan
2000–2001 Flag of England Mike Phelan
2001–2002 Flag of Scotland Brian McClair
2002 Flag of England Mike Phelan
2002–2005 Flag of Scotland Ricky Sbragia
2005–2006 Flag of Scotland Brian McClair
2005–2006 Flag of Netherlands René Meulensteen
2006–2008 Flag of Scotland Brian McClair
2008–2011 Flag of Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Flag of England Warren Joyce
2011–2016 Flag of England Warren Joyce
2016–2017 Flag of England Nicky Butt
2017–2019 Flag of Scotland Ricky Sbragia
2019–2022 Flag of England Neil Wood
2022–2023 Flag of England Mark Dempsey
2023–present Flag of England Travis Binnion

Honours[]

  • Premier League 2: 3
    • 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Premier Reserve League
    • Play-off Final Winners: (4) 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012
    • Northern Champions: (5) 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012
  • Central League: 9
    • 1913, 1921, 1939, 1947, 1956, 1960, 1994, 1996, 1997
  • Central League Division 1 West: 1
    • 2005
  • Central League Cup: 1
    • 2005
  • Manchester Senior Cup: 12
    • 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
  • Lancashire Senior Cup: 15
    • 1898, 1913, 1914, 1920 (shared), 1929, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1951, 1969, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
  • SuperCupNI: 1
    • 2017

External links[]

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