2015–16 Professional U21 Development League

The 2015–16 Professional U21 Development League is the fourth season of the Professional Development League system.

League 1

Barclays U21 Premier League
Season	2015-16
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

League 1, referred to as the Barclays Under 21 Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was split into two divisions, with teams allocated places in Division 1 or 2 based on their performance in the 2014–15 season.

At the end of the season, the team which finished top of Division 1 was crowned as overall League 1 champions, and the bottom two teams in Division 1 will be relegated to Division 2 for the 2016–17 season.^[1]

Division 1

Table

As of match played 12 May 2016^[2]^[3]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United U21s !Manchester United U21s (C)	22	15	3	4	44	19	+25	48
2	Sunderland U21s !Sunderland U21s	22	13	4	5	38	20	+18	43
3	Everton U21s !Everton U21s	22	10	7	5	35	27	+8	37
4	Manchester City EDS !Manchester City EDS	22	10	4	8	35	26	+9	34
5	Chelsea U21s !Chelsea U21s	22	9	6	7	34	30	+4	33
6	Southampton U21s !Southampton U21s	22	8	6	8	39	40	−1	30
7	Liverpool U21s !Liverpool U21s	22	8	4	10	26	37	−11	28
8	Tottenham Hotspur U21s !Tottenham Hotspur U21s	22	7	6	9	44	43	+1	27
9	Reading U21s !Reading U21s	22	7	6	9	34	40	−6	27
10	Leicester City U21s !Leicester City U21s	22	6	3	13	25	48	−23	21
11	Middlesbrough U21s !Middlesbrough U21s (R)	22	5	5	12	33	37	−4	20	Relegation to 2016–17 U21 Premier League Division 2
12	Norwich City U21s !Norwich City U21s (R)	22	5	4	13	30	50	−20	19	Relegation to 2016–17 U21 Premier League Division 2

Results

Home ╲ Away	Chelsea U21s !CHE	Everton U21s !EVE	Leicester City U21s !LEI	Liverpool U21s !LIV	Manchester City EDS !MNC	Manchester United U21s !MNU	Middlesbrough U21s !MID	Norwich City U21s !NOR	Reading U21s !REA	Southampton U21s !SOT	Sunderland U21s !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur U21s !TOT
Chelsea U21s !Chelsea U21s		0–0	2–1	4–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	5–0	3–3	1–3	1–3	1–3
Everton U21s !Everton U21s	2–0		3–1	3–3	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–1
Leicester City U21s !Leicester City U21s	3–0	1–1		0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–6	0–3
Liverpool U21s !Liverpool U21s	0–1	1–3	2–1		0–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–5	0–2	2–0
Manchester City EDS !Manchester City EDS	0–1	0–1	1–3	2–0		1–0	5–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–3
Manchester United U21s !Manchester United U21s	1–1	3–1	6–1	1–0	1–0		1–0	7–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–1
Middlesbrough U21s !Middlesbrough U21s	1–3	1–0	4–0	2–3	3–1	1–2		1–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–2
Norwich City U21s !Norwich City U21s	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–5		4–4	7–2	0–2	2–3
Reading U21s !Reading U21s	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–3	3–2	2–0		2–5	2–1	1–1
Southampton U21s !Southampton U21s	0–0	0–2	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–1		0–2	1–1
Sunderland U21s !Sunderland U21s	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–2	3–1	2–1	2–2		1–0
Tottenham Hotspur U21s !Tottenham Hotspur U21s	4–5	4–1	7–4	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	1–4	0–2	3–1

Updated to games played on 29 April 2016.
Source: U21 Premier League results
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Division 2

Table

As of match played 10 May 2016^[4]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Derby County U21s !Derby County U21s (P)	22	13	3	6	44	26	+18	42	Promotion to 2016–17 U21 Premier League Division 1
2	Arsenal U21s !Arsenal U21s (P)	22	12	4	6	40	25	+15	40	Play-offs
3	Swansea City U21s !Swansea City U21s	22	12	3	7	42	24	+18	39
4	Aston Villa U21s !Aston Villa U21s	22	11	6	5	28	27	+1	39
5	Blackburn Rovers U21s !Blackburn Rovers U21s	22	10	4	8	29	33	−4	34
6	West Bromwich Albion U21s !West Bromwich Albion U21s	22	8	9	5	24	20	+4	33	2016–17 U21 Premier League Division 2
7	West Ham United U21s !West Ham United U21s	22	9	5	8	37	34	+3	32
8	Stoke City U21s !Stoke City U21s	22	10	2	10	24	24	0	32
9	Fulham U21s !Fulham U21s	22	8	5	9	26	29	−3	29
10	Newcastle United U21s !Newcastle United U21s	22	4	6	12	30	48	−18	18
11	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s !Brighton & Hove Albion U21s	22	2	8	12	17	36	−19	14
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s !Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	22	2	7	13	20	35	−15	13

Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal U21s !ARS	Aston Villa U21s !AST	Blackburn Rovers U21s !BLB	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s !B&H	Derby County U21s !DER	Fulham U21s !FUL	Newcastle United U21s !NEW	Stoke City U21s !STO	Swansea City U21s !SWA	West Bromwich Albion U21s !WBA	West Ham United U21s !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s !WOL
Arsenal U21s !Arsenal U21s		1–2	3–2	4–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	5–0	1–1
Aston Villa U21s !Aston Villa U21s	1–0		2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–0
Blackburn Rovers U21s !Blackburn Rovers U21s	1–0	2–2		3–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–3	2–1
Brighton & Hove Albion U21s !Brighton & Hove Albion U21s	1–2	1–1	0–1		0–4	3–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0
Derby County U21s !Derby County U21s	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–2		3–0	6–4	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Fulham U21s !Fulham U21s	0–3	2–2	3–0	1–0	0–1		0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–3
Newcastle United U21s !Newcastle United U21s	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	1–3	0–3		1–2	1–1	0–0	1–4	2–1
Stoke City U21s !Stoke City U21s	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	3–0		1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0
Swansea City U21s !Swansea City U21s	3–1	5–0	5–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	5–3	2–0		1–2	0–1	3–2
West Bromwich Albion U21s !West Bromwich Albion U21s	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	3–0		2–1	0–0
West Ham United U21s !West Ham United U21s	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1		4–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s !Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	2–3	2–3	2–3	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–1

Updated to games played on 19 April 2016.
Source: U21 Premier League results
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Play-offs

Semifinals			Final


2	Arsenal U21	2

5	Blackburn Rovers U21	1
			2	Arsenal U21	3

			4	Aston Villa U21	1
3	Swansea City U21	1

4	Aston Villa U21	2

League 2

U21 Professional Development League 2

Season	2015-16
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

League 2, referred to as the U21 Professional Development League 2, is split into two regional divisions.

Teams will play each team in their own division twice, and each team in the other division once, for a total of 30 games for North division teams, and 29 games each for South division teams.

At the end of the season, the teams finishing in the top two positions of both divisions will meet in the knockout stage to determine the overall league champion.

League stage

As of match played 25 April 2016^[5]

North Division table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Huddersfield Town U21s !Huddersfield Town U21s	30	20	5	5	62	33	+29	65	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Sheffield United U21s !Sheffield United U21s	30	17	6	7	43	24	+19	57	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Hull City U21s !Hull City U21s	30	13	7	10	55	42	+13	46
4	Nottingham Forest U21s !Nottingham Forest U21s	30	12	3	15	49	50	−1	39
5	Birmingham City U21s !Birmingham City U21s	30	11	6	13	44	39	+5	39
6	Bolton Wanderers U21s !Bolton Wanderers U21s	30	9	10	11	41	45	−4	37
7	Leeds United U21s !Leeds United U21s	30	9	10	11	39	47	−8	37
8	Crewe Alexandra U21s !Crewe Alexandra U21s	30	10	6	14	47	55	−8	36
9	Coventry City U21s !Coventry City U21s	30	10	6	14	43	57	−14	36
10	Sheffield Wednesday U21s !Sheffield Wednesday U21s	30	8	8	14	28	42	−14	32
11	Barnsley U21s !Barnsley U21s	30	9	4	17	41	55	−14	31

South Division table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Charlton Athletic U21s !Charlton Athletic U21s	29	16	9	4	52	29	+23	57	Qualification for Knock-out stage
2	Millwall U21s !Millwall U21s	29	15	9	5	45	25	+20	54	Qualification for Knock-out stage
3	Cardiff City U21s !Cardiff City U21s	29	16	5	8	50	30	+20	53
4	Colchester United U21s !Colchester United U21s	29	16	3	10	45	38	+7	51
5	Crystal Palace U21s !Crystal Palace U21s	29	11	7	11	55	51	+4	40
6	Queens Park Rangers U21s !Queens Park Rangers U21s	29	9	8	12	55	64	−9	35
7	Ipswich Town U21s !Ipswich Town U21s	29	9	6	14	35	45	−10	33
8	Brentford U21s !Brentford U21s	29	8	8	13	50	63	−13	32
9	Bristol City U21s !Bristol City U21s	29	9	3	17	38	59	−21	30
10	Watford U21s	29	5	7	17	33	56	−23	22

Results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley U21s !BAR	Birmingham City U21s !BIR	Bolton Wanderers U21s !BOL	Brentford U21s !BRE	Bristol City U21s !BRI	Cardiff City U21s !CAR	Charlton Athletic U21s !CHA	Colchester United U21s !COL	Coventry City U21s !COV	Crewe Alexandra U21s !CRE	Crystal Palace U21s !CPA	Huddersfield Town U21s !HUD	Hull City U21s !HUL	Ipswich Town U21s !IPS	Leeds United U21s !LEE	Millwall U21s !MIL	Nottingham Forest U21s !NOT	Queens Park Rangers U21s !QPR	Sheffield United U21s !SHE	Sheffield Wednesday U21s !SHW	[[WTF]]
Barnsley U21s !Barnsley U21s		0–4	1–0		2–3				3–0	1–1	0–4	0–1	0–3	1–2	3–3		6–0	1–1	0–0	2–1
Birmingham City U21s !Birmingham City U21s	2–0		2–2	1–3		1–2			2–1	1–0		2–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–2		0–0	1–1	2–0
Bolton Wanderers U21s !Bolton Wanderers U21s	2–0	1–1			2–1		2–1		1–1	2–2		0–1	0–0		1–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–2
Brentford U21s !Brentford U21s	4–2		1–3		2–1	3–2	1–2	1–2		3–3	2–2			1–1	2–2	0–3		0–0	2–3		4–3
Bristol City U21s !Bristol City U21s		3–2		3–0		0–1	2–3	0–2	0–4		2–1	1–4		1–1		0–1	3–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	2–1
Cardiff City U21s !Cardiff City U21s	0–2		1–1	3–0	2–0		1–2	3–2		4–0	3–1		1–0	1–0		0–0		3–2	0–4	3–0	2–1
Charlton Athletic U21s !Charlton Athletic U21s	3–0	1–2		2–1	2–2	1–1		3–1	1–1		3–2	1–1		1–1	1–0	1–1		2–0		4–0	2–1
Colchester United U21s !Colchester United U21s	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–1			3–0	2–3		1–0	1–0		1–2	2–0	2–5			0–0
Coventry City U21s !Coventry City U21s	0–1	1–0	4–3	4–2		2–1		4–1		2–0		1–1	3–0		1–2		2–6	3–3	1–2	0–1	2–0
Crewe Alexandra U21s !Crewe Alexandra U21s	4–2	4–1	1–1		3–1		0–3		2–0		2–3	0–3	2–1		3–1		0–2		1–1	3–0	5–3
Crystal Palace U21s !Crystal Palace U21s		1–0	3–3	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1			2–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–3		1–3	2–0		6–2
Huddersfield Town U21s !Huddersfield Town U21s	3–2	1–0	2–1	4–0		2–1		4–0	6–1	1–1			3–2	1–0	2–2		0–2		1–0	3–1
Hull City U21s !Hull City U21s	2–3	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–0		1–1		5–0	1–3		3–1			1–1	0–0	2–4		1–1	0–2
Ipswich Town U21s !Ipswich Town U21s			2–1	1–3	6–1	0–5	2–2	0–3	3–0	4–2	0–1		1–2			0–2	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–2
Leeds United U21s !Leeds United U21s	1–4	0–0	3–3		3–0	1–3		1–1	1–0	0–2		0–2	1–3	1–2			2–1	3–3	2–1	1–0
Millwall U21s !Millwall U21s	4–2			1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	5–1	0–2		3–0	3–1			2–2	1–2		0–0
Nottingham Forest U21s !Nottingham Forest U21s	1–0	3–1	5–1	2–2		2–1	1–3		1–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–3		2–0	3–1			1–0	1–1	1–2
Queens Park Rangers U21s !Queens Park Rangers U21s		1–4		0–3	4–5	1–0	0–1	0–1		3–1	5–2	5–5	2–6	1–1		0–4	3–1			3–2	2–1
Sheffield United U21s !Sheffield United U21s	1–0	2–0	2–0				0–3	0–2	3–0	2–0		2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1		2–0	3–0		1–1
Sheffield Wednesday U21s !Sheffield Wednesday U21s	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–2				1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–2		0–2	0–0	2–0		2–0		0–0
Watford U21s	0–2		1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1			0–5	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–1		3–3	0–2

Updated to games played on 29 April 2016.
Source: U21 League 2 results
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Huddersfield Town U21s v Millwall U21s

3 May 2016
13:00

Huddersfield Town U21s	2–0	Millwall U21s

PPG Canalside

2 May 2016
13:00

Charlton Athletic U21s	1–2 aet	Sheffield United U21s

The Valley

Final

14 May 2016
13:00

Sheffield United U21s	1 – 2	Huddersfield Town U21s

Bramall Lane

References

↑ http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2015-16/jul/080715-barclays-under-21-premier-league-fixtures-released.html
↑ "U21 PREMIER LEAGUE DIVISION 1". Premier League. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
↑ "U21 PREMIER LEAGUE DIVISION 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
↑ "U21 PREMIER LEAGUE DIVISION 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
↑ "U21 Professional Development League 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

2015–16 in English football

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National teams

Senior (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)
Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)
Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern League (Premier, Central, South & West)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, First) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, First) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, East, West) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland League (Premier, First) Northern Counties East League (Premier, First) Northern League (First, Second) North West Counties League (Premier, First) Southern Combination League (First, Second) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, First) United Counties League (Premier, First) Wessex League (Premier, First) Western League (Premier, First) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)
Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 21	Professional U21 Development Leagues U21 Premier League Cup
Under 18	Professional U18 Development Leagues FA Youth Cup

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Burton Albion Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic
League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barnet Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Carlisle United Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town York City
National League	Barrow Boreham Wood Chester Gateshead Grimsby Town Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers

Professional Development League
U21/U23	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
U18	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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2015–16 Professional U21 Development League

League 1

Division 1

Table

Results

Division 2

Table

Results

Play-offs

League 2

League stage

North Division table

South Division table

Results

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Final

See also

References