Leeds United F.C. Under-21s and Academy

The under-23s replaced the club's under-21 team in 2016, which had replaced the reserve team in 2012 following the English game's reform of the youth football and the introduction of the Elite Player Performance Plan. The club was initially awarded Category Two status but upgraded to Category One in 2020.^[2]

For the 2025–26 season player eligibility is restricted to under-21 players born after 1 January 2004. Only players born after 1 January 2007 (primarily scholars), are eligible to play for the Under 18s.

Italics denotes player has received a call up to the international age group squad but did not or has yet to receive a cap at that level.

More information Young Professionals, Nationality ...

Young Professionals
Nationality	Number	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Position	International	Other
	58	Robbie Cook	Australia	(2007-01-27) 27 January 2007 (age 19)	GK
	48	Rory Mahady	Kirkcaldy, Scotland	(2006-08-16) 16 August 2006 (age 19)	GK	Scotland U21
	56	Darryl Ombang	Leeds, England	(2005-07-11) 11 July 2005 (age 21)	GK	England U17
	95	Oliver Wood	England		GK
	57	Coban Bird	Pontefract, England	(2006-11-05) 5 November 2006 (age 19)	DF
	51	Alfie Cresswell	England	(2007-07-14) 14 July 2007 (age 19)	DF
	71	Louie Dudley	England	(2007-11-13) 13 November 2007 (age 18)	DF
	62	Louis Enahoro-Marcus	Benin City, Nigeria	(2006-09-06) 6 September 2006 (age 19)	DF
	72	Will Firth	Australia	(2007-09-11) 11 September 2007 (age 18)	DF
	73	Joshua Hamilton	England	(2007-09-15) 15 September 2007 (age 18)	DF	England U17
	86	Jacob Howard	England	(2009-03-29) 29 March 2009 (age 17)	DF	England U17
	65	Jayden Lienou	Wigan, England	(2008-04-08) 8 April 2008 (age 18)	DF	Wales U19
	53	Reuben Lopata-White	Bradford, England	(2005-09-26) 26 September 2005 (age 20)	DF
	—	Luke Matykiewicz	England	(2007-09-02) 2 September 2007 (age 18)	DF	Northern Ireland U19
	—	Jack Morris	England	(2008-01-25) 25 January 2008 (age 18)	DF
	—	Leonard Ngenge	Lagos, Nigeria	(2007-09-12) 12 September 2007 (age 18)	DF	Nigeria
	—	Sam Alker	England	(2009-03-13) 13 March 2009 (age 17)	MF	England U16
	47	Rhys Chadwick	England	(2007-02-19) 19 February 2007 (age 19)	MF
	42	Sam Chambers	Huddersfield, England	(2007-03-10) 10 March 2007 (age 19)	MF	Scotland U19
	—	Edward Ibrović-Fletcher	Leeds, England	(2008-09-26) 26 September 2008 (age 17)	MF	Serbia U19
	75	Freddie Lane	England	(2007-09-24) 24 September 2007 (age 18)	MF
	55	Josh McDonald	Scotland	(2007-03-06) 6 March 2007 (age 19)	MF	Scotland U17
	89	Callum Mills	England	(2008-09-19) 19 September 2008 (age 17)	MF
	78	Ollie Pickles	England	(2007-10-11) 11 October 2007 (age 18)	MF
	79	Jacob Render	England	(2008-03-20) 20 March 2008 (age 18)	MF
	60	Harvey Vincent	England	(2007-03-20) 20 March 2007 (age 19)	MF	England U16
	94	Loui Whitehead	England	(2008-12-05) 5 December 2008 (age 17)	MF
	88	Kenneth Mensah	England	(2009-01-05) 5 January 2009 (age 17)	FW	Italy U16
2026–27 Out on Loan
	45	Harry Gray	England	(2008-10-08) 8 October 2008 (age 17)	FW	England U17	Sheffield Wednesday
	50	Charlie Crew	Cardiff, Wales	(2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 (age 20)	MF	Wales	Walsall
2026–27 Scholars
	—	George Banks	England		GK
	74	George Kenyon	England	(2008-03-23) 23 March 2008 (age 18)	GK
		Joshua Woolfrey	England	(2009-10-15) 15 October 2009 (age 16)	GK
	—	Liam Balmer	England	(2008-11-08) 8 November 2008 (age 17)	DF
	—	Isaac Bridge	England		DF
	—	Alex Massey	England		DF
	—	Miller Megson	England	(2009-03-25) 25 March 2009 (age 17)	DF
	91	Louie Philpott	England	(2009-08-26) 26 August 2009 (age 16)	DF
	—	Aiden Thompson	England	(2008-12-19) 19 December 2008 (age 17)	DF
		Alfie Walker	England	(2009-09-03) 3 September 2009 (age 16)	DF	Wales U17
	—	Jacob Watson	England		DF
	—	Oliver Bennett	England	(2009-11-26) 26 November 2009 (age 16)	MF
	—	Joe Bhaskaran	England		MF
	—	Marley Hazell-Schofield	England		MF
	—	Owen Heywood	England	(2010-03-04) 4 March 2010 (age 16)	MF
	—	Marlon Mensah	England		MF	Austria U15
	—	Kai Morrall			MF	Republic of Ireland U16
	—	Thomas Stockton	England	(2010-02-20) 20 February 2010 (age 16)	MF
	—	Oluwatobi Johnson	England		FW
	90	Carrick Njinko			FW
	93	Logan White	England	(2008-09-21) 21 September 2008 (age 17)	FW

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The following list includes players who have graduated from Leeds' youth system to make their senior debut for the first team. Players who have represented their national team at senior level are highlighted in bold.^[3][4]