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

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Manchester United Departments Manchester United Football Club Under-21s 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 five outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 21 per game following the introduction of new regulations from the 2022–23 season, a change from three outfield players over age 23 introduced in 2016–17. The age limit previously was again 21, from 2012–13. The team's current manager is Travis Binnion, who took over from Mark Dempsey in 2023.

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 regional Manchester Senior Cup and the Lancashire Senior Cup. From the 2019–20 edition, they also participate in the nationwide EFL Trophy along with senior teams from levels 3 and 4 of the English football league system, as teams from levels 1 and 2 are restricted to players aged 21 and under.

From November 2008 to August 2013, the team played its home matches at Moss Lane in Altrincham, the home of Altrincham For the 2013–14 Under-21 Premier League season, the team has played the majority of its home matches at Salford City Stadium in Barton-upon-Irwell.[1] Since 2014–15, the team play its home matches at Leigh Sports Village.[2] Rules set out by the Premier League state that at least three home league games per season must be played at the club's main stadium, Old Trafford.[3] In previous seasons, the team has played at the Victoria Stadium, the home of Northwich Victoria, and Ewen Fields, the home of Hyde United.[4]

Manchester United also has an Under-18s team that plays in the Premier League Under-18s Group 2 and the FA Youth Cup. The under-18s play their home games at the club's Trafford Training Centre in Carrington.

Under-21s

Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
42 MF Template:Fba/core Sékou Koné
45 GK Template:Fba/core Dermot Mee
47 MF Template:Fba/core Tommy Rowe (player-coach[6])
50 GK Template:Fba/core Elyh Harrison
55 DF Template:Fba/core Tyler Fredricson
No. Pos. Nation Player
63 MF Template:Fba/core James Scanlon
64 MF Template:Fba/core Jack Moorhouse
66 DF Template:Fba/core Habeeb Ogunneye
70 MF Template:Fba/core Finley McAllister
74 FW Template:Fba/core Malachi Sharpe
76 FW Template:Fba/core Ashton Missin

Out on loan

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No. Pos. Nation Player
36 FW Template:Fba/core Ethan Wheatley (at Walsall until 30 June 2025)[7]
40 GK Template:Fba/core Radek Vítek (at Blau-Weiß Linz until 30 June 2025)[8]
44 MF Template:Fba/core Dan Gore (at Rotherham until 30 June 2025)[9]
49 FW Template:Fba/core Ethan Ennis (at Doncaster Rovers until 30 June 2025)[10]
51 DF Template:Fba/core Rhys Bennett (at Fleetwood Town until 30 June 2025)[11]
52 FW Template:Fba/core Joe Hugill (at Carlisle United until 30 June 2025)[12]
53 MF Template:Fba/core Sam Mather (at Tranmere Rovers until 30 June 2025)[13]
54 DF Template:Fba/core Louis Jackson (at Tranmere Rovers until 30 June 2025)[13]
60 DF Template:Fba/core Sonny Aljofree (at Accrington Stanley until 30 June 2025)[14]
73 FW Template:Fba/core Ethan Williams (at Cheltenham Town until 30 June 2025)[15]

Managerial history

Years Name
1946–1964 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Murphy
1964–1969 Template:Flagicon Wilf McGuinness
1969–1970 Template:Flagicon John Aston Sr.
1970–1971 Template:Flagicon Wilf McGuinness
1971–1974 Template:Flagicon Bill Foulkes
1974–1981 Template:Flagicon Jack Crompton
1981–1991 Template:Flagicon Brian Whitehouse
1991–2000 Template:Flagicon Pop Robson
Template:Flagicon Jimmy Ryan
2000–2001 Template:Flagicon Mike Phelan
2001–2002 Template:Flagicon Brian McClair
2002 Template:Flagicon Mike Phelan
2002–2005 Template:Flagicon Ricky Sbragia
2005–2006 Template:Flagicon Brian McClair
2005–2006 Template:Flagicon René Meulensteen
2006–2008 Template:Flagicon Brian McClair
2008–2011 Template:Flagicon Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Template:Flagicon Warren Joyce[16][17]
2011–2016 Template:Flagicon Warren Joyce[18]
2016–2017 Template:Flagicon Nicky Butt[19]
2017–2019 Template:Flagicon Ricky Sbragia[20]
2019–2022 Template:Flagicon Neil Wood[21]
2022–2023 Template:Flagicon Mark Dempsey[22]
2023–present Template:Flagicon Travis Binnion[23]

Honours

Under-18s

Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Manchester United Academy was established in 1998, following the reorganisation of youth football in England, but has roots stretching all the way back to the 1930s with the establishment of the Manchester United Junior Athletic Club (MUJAC), and has been responsible for producing some of Manchester United's greatest ever players, including the club's top five all-time appearance makers, Ryan Giggs, Bobby Charlton, Bill Foulkes, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville, and the new wave of home-grown talents known as Fergie's Fledglings. The current academy is based at the club's Aon Training Complex, an Script error: No such module "convert". site in the Manchester suburb of Carrington.

The Manchester United youth team is statistically the most successful in English football, with nine players in the English football Hall of Fame (Duncan Edwards, Sir Bobby Charlton, George Best, Nobby Stiles, Mark Hughes, Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Johnny Giles). Manchester United also have the best FA Youth Cup record, winning on ten occasions out of 14 final appearances.

The academy comprises age-group teams ranging from Under-9s up to the flagship Under-18s, who currently compete in Group C of the Premier Academy League and in the FA Youth Cup. The Under-16s and Under-18s typically play their academy league games at 11am on Saturday mornings at Carrington, while Youth Cup games are generally played at either Altrincham's Moss Lane ground (where the under-23s play their home games) or the club's 76,000-capacity Old Trafford home, in order to cater for the greater number of supporters these fixtures attract.

In 2007, Manchester United Under-18s won the Champions Youth Cup, intended to be an analogue to the FIFA Club World Cup for youth sides, beating Juventus 1–0 in the final in Malaysia. It was their first and only title, since the tournament was scrapped after only one edition.

Current squad

As of 5 September 2024[24][25]

Nat. Player Date of birth Position Number International caps Previous club Joined United
2nd Year Scholars[26]
Template:Flagicon William Murdock Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". GK 77 Capped at Under-17 level July 2023
Template:Flagicon Reece Munro Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". DF 79 July 2023
Template:Flagicon Jaydan Kamason Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". DF 80 Capped at Under-16 level July 2023
Template:Flagicon Tyler Fletcher Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MF 58 Capped at Under-17 level Manchester City July 2023
Template:Flagicon James Scanlon Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MF 63 Capped at senior level Derby County July 2023
Template:Flagicon Zach Baumann Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MF 82 Capped at Under-19 level July 2023
Template:Flagicon Jack Fletcher Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MF 57 Capped at Under-17 level Manchester City July 2023
Template:Flagicon Jacob Devaney Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MF 81 Capped at Under-19 level July 2023
Template:Flagicon Jayce Fitzgerald Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MF 75 Capped at Under-17 level July 2023
Template:Flagicon Shea Lacey Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". FW 72 Capped at Under-17 level July 2023
Template:Flagicon Victor Musa Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". FW 78 Capped at Under-16 level Bradford City July 2023
Template:Flagicon Gabriele Biancheri Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". FW 69 Capped at Under-19 level Cardiff City July 2023
1st Year Scholars[27]
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Template:Flagicon Frederick Heath Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". GK 93 July 2024
Template:Flagicon Daniel Armer Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". DF 90 July 2024
Template:Flagicon Albert Mills Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". DF 86 July 2024
Template:Flagicon Dante Plunkett Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". DF 84 Aston Villa July 2024
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Template:Flagicon James Overy Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". DF 91 Newton Abbot Spurs September 2024
Template:Flagicon Jim Thwaites Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MF 92 July 2024
Template:Flagicon James Bailey Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MF 89 July 2024
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Template:Flagicon Bendito Mantato Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". FW 85 Capped at Under-15 level July 2024
Template:Flagicon Samuel Lusale Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". FW 95 Crystal Palace September 2024
Template:Flagicon Chido Obi Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". FW 56 Arsenal October 2024

Honours

Staff

Role Name
Director of Academy Template:Flagicon Nick Cox[23]
Senior Academy Coach Template:Flagicon Mark Dempsey[23]
Head of Player Development and Coaching (U19–U23) Template:Flagicon Travis Binnion[23]
Under-21 Head Coach
Professional Development Phase Coaches Template:Flagicon David Hughes[23]
Template:Flagicon Colin Little[23]
Lead Academy Goalkeeping Coach (U21) Tommy Lee[23]
Academy Goalkeeping Coach Christopher Backhouse[31]
Under-21 Performance Analyst Curtis Quinn[31]
Head of Player Development (U13–U16) Vacant
Under-18 Head Coach
Academy Goalkeeping Coach (U18) Kevin Wolfe[23]
Head of Academy Performance Matt Walker[31]
PDP Athletic Development Coach Template:Flagicon Luke Lawrence[31]
Under-16 Lead Coach Template:Flagicon Martin Drury[23]
Under-15 Lead Coach Template:Flagicon Paul McShane[23]
Academy Programme Advisor Eamon Mulvey[31]
Under-13 Lead Coach Template:Flagicon Hasney Aljofree[32]
Under-12 Lead Coach Template:Flagicon Lee Unsworth[33]
YDP Athletic Development Lead (U12–U16) Alex Ouzounoglou[31]

Notable youth team players

The following is a list of players who have played in the Manchester United youth team (U16–U21) and represented a country (not necessarily their country of birth) at full international level.[34] Players who are currently playing at Manchester United, or for another club on loan from Manchester United, are highlighted in bold.

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Players of the Year

Prior to 1990, a single award was presented to the best young player of that season. Between 1982 and 1985, this was the entitled "Young Player of the Year"; the award then became known as the "Denzil Haroun Young Player of the Year" between 1986 and 1989 in honour of Denzil Haroun, a former club director and brother-in-law of former club chairman Louis Edwards.

Since 1990, individual awards are made to the best player of the Academy and the Reserves. The "Young Player of the Year" is named in honour of Jimmy Murphy, Sir Matt Busby's long-time assistant manager, who died in 1989, and the best reserve is awarded the "Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year".

Season Supporters Club
Young Player of the Year
1982–83 Norman Whiteside
1983–84 Mark Hughes
1984–85 Mark Hughes
Season Denzil Haroun
Young Player of the Year
1985–86 Simon Ratcliffe
1986–87 Gary Walsh
1987–88 Lee Martin
1988–89 Mark Robins
Season Jimmy Murphy
Young Player of the Year[35] 		Denzil Haroun
Reserve Team Player of the Year[36]
1989–90 Lee Martin Mark Robins
1990–91 Ryan Giggs Jason Lydiate
1991–92 Ryan Giggs Brian Carey
1992–93 Paul Scholes Colin McKee
1993–94 Phil Neville Nicky Butt
1994–95 Terry Cooke Kevin Pilkington
1995–96 Ronnie Wallwork Michael Appleton
1996–97 John Curtis Michael Clegg
1997–98 Wes Brown Michael Twiss
1998–99 Wes Brown Mark Wilson
1999–2000 Bojan Djordjic Jonathan Greening
2000–01 Alan Tate Michael Stewart
2001–02 Paul Tierney John O'Shea
2002–03 Ben Collett Darren Fletcher
2003–04 Jonathan Spector David Jones
2004–05 Giuseppe Rossi Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
2005–06 Darron Gibson Giuseppe Rossi
2006–07[37] Craig Cathcart Kieran Lee
2007–08[38] Danny Welbeck Richard Eckersley
2008–09[39] Federico Macheda James Chester
2009–10 Will Keane[35] Ritchie De Laet[36]
2010–11 Ryan Tunnicliffe[40] Oliver Gill[41]
2011–12 Mats Møller Dæhli[42] Michael Keane[43]
2012–13 Ben Pearson[44] Adnan Januzaj[45]
2013–14 James Wilson[46] Saidy Janko[47]
2014–15 Axel Tuanzebe[48] Andreas Pereira[49]
2015–16 Marcus Rashford[50] Cameron Borthwick-Jackson[51]
2016–17 Angel Gomes[52] Axel Tuanzebe[53]
2017–18 Tahith Chong[54] Demetri Mitchell[55]
2018–19 Mason Greenwood[56] Tahith Chong[57]
2019–20 Anthony Elanga[58] James Garner[59]
2020–21 Shola Shoretire[60] Hannibal Mejbri[61]
2021–22 Alejandro Garnacho[62] Álvaro Fernández[63]
2022–23 Kobbie Mainoo[64] Dan Gore[65]
2023–24 Ethan Wheatley[66] Elyh Harrison[67]
2024–25 Harry Amass[68] Tyler Fredricson[69]

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