Crystal Palace F.C. Under-21s and Academy explained

Fullname:Crystal Palace Football Club Under-21s and Academy
Clubname:Crystal Palace Under-21s and Academy
Nickname:The Eagles
Ground:Crystal Palace Training Ground (Beckenham)
Selhurst Park
Capacity:1,000 (Training Ground)
25,486 (Selhurst Park)
Owners:Steve Parish
Joshua Harris
David S. Blitzer
John Textor
Chairman:Steve Parish
Manager:Darren Powell (U21)
Rob Quinn (U18)
League:Premier League 2 (under-21s)
U18 Premier League (academy)
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The Crystal Palace F.C. Under-21s is the Under-21 Development team of Crystal Palace Football Club. They play in Premier League 2, the top level of reserve football in England and also compete in the Premier League Cup, Premier League International Cup and EFL Trophy.

The Crystal Palace F.C. Academy consists of the Under-18s and other youth teams of Crystal Palace Football Club. The Under-18 team compete in the U18 Premier League and FA Youth Cup. The academy has produced a number of well known international players over the years such as Johnny Byrne, Kenny Sansom,[1] Peter Nicholas, Gareth Southgate and Wilfried Zaha.

U21 Development squad

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Out on loan

The loans listed here are only for under 21 squad players who have not yet made a competitive appearance for the first team or been called into the first team squad for a competitive fixture.

U18 Academy squad

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Honours

Reserves/Development Squad

Academy

Notable Academy graduates

Former academy players listed below who have progressed to the first team to make at least 100 appearances for Crystal Palace.

Young Player of the Year

YearWinner
1983 Gary Stebbing
1984 Gary Stebbing
1985 David Lindsay
1986 Richard Shaw
1987 John Salako
1988 John Salako
1989 David Stevens
1990 Simon Osborn
1991 Dean Gordon
1992
1993 George Ndah
1994 Brian Launders
1995No award
1996No award
1997No award
 
YearWinner
1998No award
1999No award
2000No award
2001No award
2002 Julian Gray
2003 Wayne Routledge
2004 Wayne Routledge
2005 Tom Soares
2006 Ben Watson
2007 Gary Borrowdale
2008 Sean Scannell
2009 Nathaniel Clyne
2010 Nathaniel Clyne
2011 Wilfried Zaha
2012 Wilfried Zaha
 
YearWinner
2013 Jonny Williams
2014 Joel Ward
2015 Sullay Kaikai
2016 Hiram Boateng
2017 Kevin Gonzalez
2018 Aaron Wan-Bissaka
2019 Kian Flanagan
2020 Malachi Boateng
2021 Reece Hannam
2022 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
2023 David Ozoh
2024 Joe Whitworth
Note: This award was renamed Development Player of the Year from 2015.

Notes and References

  1. News: Kenny Sansom: Crystal Palace. Holmesdale.net. 20 September 2021. 26 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210926181112/https://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=111&player=578. live.
  2. Web site: Under-21s Team. Crystal Palace F.C.. 27 October 2021. 27 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027065648/https://www.cpfc.co.uk/teams/under-21/. live.
  3. Web site: Under-18s Team. Crystal Palace F.C.. 27 October 2021. 27 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027065648/https://www.cpfc.co.uk/teams/under-18/. live.