The 2021–22 Professional U23 Development League was the tenth season of the Professional Development League system.

Nottingham Forest U23 and Birmingham City U23 both gained category one status. Manchester City U23 were the defending champions and successfully defend the title.[1] Leeds United U23s and Crystal Palace U23s were both promoted and Southampton U23s were relegated.

Premier League 2
Season2021-22

Premier League 2

Division 1

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manchester City U23s (C) 26 16 6 4 65 32 +33 54
2 West Ham United U23s 26 15 3 8 59 39 +20 48
3 Arsenal U23s 26 10 11 5 56 48 +8 41
4 Liverpool U23s 26 11 7 8 47 37 +10 40
5 Manchester United U23s 26 11 6 9 46 43 +3 39
6 Tottenham Hotspur U23s 26 10 7 9 49 45 +4 37
7 Leicester City U23s 26 10 7 9 38 53 −15 37
8 Crystal Palace U23s 26 12 3 11 54 50 +4 39
9 Blackburn Rovers U23s 26 9 8 9 50 56 −6 35
10 Brighton & Hove Albion U23s 26 9 7 10 41 41 0 34
11 Everton U23s 26 8 5 13 33 54 −21 29
12 Chelsea U23s 26 7 7 12 39 47 −8 28
13 Leeds United U23s (R) 26 7 6 13 44 49 −5 27
14 Derby County U23s (R) 26 4 3 19 31 58 −27 15
Source: [2][3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ARS BLA BHA CHE CRY DER EVE LEE LEI LIV MNC MNU TOT WHU
Arsenal U23s 2–2 3–0 3–1 4–2 3–5 4–0 1–1 3–3 1–4 3–3 3–1 2–1 1–1
Blackburn Rovers U23s 2–3 6–0 4–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–2 3–5 0–4 3–3 2–0
Brighton & Hove Albion U23s 1–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 5–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–2
Chelsea U23s 1–6 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 4–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Crystal Palace U23s 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–3 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 4–3 2–4
Derby County U23s 1–1 6–0 0–2 3–1 2–3 0–2 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–5 1–1 0–1 3–1
Everton U23s 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–3 3–2 0–1 1–0 3–4
Leeds United U23s 2–4 4–4 1–1 1–3 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–3 3–0 2–4 2–2
Leicester City U23s 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–6 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–4 0–0 3–2 1–4 2–1
Liverpool U23s 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 3–1 1–1 0–4 3–0 0–0 3–1 7–1 3–0
Manchester City U23s 2–2 4–2 3–1 4–1 4–2 1–0 7–0 3–2 5–0 0–0 3–1 1–3 2–0
Manchester United U23s 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 5–2 3–0 3–2 2–2 3–0 2–4 1–1 3–1
Tottenham Hotspur U23s 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–4 3–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–4
West Ham United U23s 6–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 5–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 6–0 3–1
Source:
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 Fulham U23s (C, P) 26 20 2 4 64 27 +37 62
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s (P) 26 14 5 7 46 37 +9 47
3 Stoke City U23s 26 12 7 7 34 36 −2 43
4 Nottingham Forest U23s 26 12 6 8 52 31 +21 42
5 Norwich City U23s 26 12 3 11 64 52 +12 39
6 Burnley U23s 26 11 6 9 46 39 +7 39
7 Southampton U23s 26 12 3 11 45 42 +3 39
8 Newcastle United U23s 26 12 2 12 51 56 −5 38
9 West Bromwich Albion U23s 26 10 5 11 44 54 −10 35
10 Aston Villa U23s 26 9 5 12 53 51 +2 32
11 Birmingham City U23 26 7 5 14 34 51 −17 26
12 Middlesbrough U23s 26 8 2 16 31 50 −19 26
13 Sunderland U23s 26 7 3 16 35 49 −14 24
14 Reading U23s 26 5 8 13 32 56 −24 23
Source: [4]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away AST BIR BUR FUL MID NEW NOR NOT REA STK SOU SUN WBA WOL
Aston Villa U23s 3–3 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 5–2 4–1 1–4 2–2 2–3 4–2 0–0
Birmingham City U23s 1–2 1–2 1–3 4–2 0–4 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–2 1–2
Burnley U23s 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 5–1 4–3 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 3–2 1–1
Fulham U23s 2–1 3–0 5–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 4–2
Middlesbrough U23s 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–0 4–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–3
Newcastle United U23s 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–6 4–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–4 2–0 4–3 2–3
Norwich City U23s 4–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–0 3–4 4–2 5–2 0–1 4–3 1–1 2–5 0–2
Nottingham Forest U23s 4–1 5–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–2 7–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0
Reading U23s 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–4 3–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 3–0
Stoke City U23s 0–8 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–4 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–0
Southampton U23s 4–0 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 5–0 0–3 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–4
Sunderland U23s 1–3 2–1 0–2 3–4 1–3 1–2 3–4 1–1 2–0 0–3 3–2 0–1 1–2
West Bromwich Albion U23s 2–1 3–2 3–2 2–4 3–2 2–0 3–2 0–5 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 0–5 1–0 4–3 2–2 0–1 1–3 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Play-offs
Semi-finals Final
      
2 Wolves 1 (p)
5 Norwich City 1
Wolves 2
Stoke City 0
3 Stoke City 2
4 Nottingham Forest 0

Semifinals

Stoke City U23s2–0Nottingham Forest U23s
  • Griffiths 75'
  • Goodwin 90+4'
Attendance: 1,846
Referee: Steven Copeland
Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s1–1Norwich City U23s
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 1,375
Referee: Daniel Middleton

Final

Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s2–0Stoke City U23s
 Report
Attendance: 4,936
Referee: Thomas Kirk

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Man City confirmed as PL2 champions". Premier League. 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. ↑ "Premier League 2 Division One". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Premier League 2 table". Premier League. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "PREMIER LEAGUE 2 DIVISION TWO". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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