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

Football league season

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United U21s (C)	22	15	3	4	44	19	+25	48
2	Sunderland U21s	22	13	4	5	38	20	+18	43
3	Everton U21s	22	10	7	5	35	27	+8	37
4	Manchester City EDS	22	10	4	8	35	26	+9	34
5	Chelsea U21s	22	9	6	7	34	30	+4	33
6	Southampton U21s	22	8	6	8	39	40	−1	30
7	Liverpool U21s	22	8	4	10	26	37	−11	28
8	Tottenham Hotspur U21s	22	7	6	9	44	43	+1	27
9	Reading U21s	22	7	6	9	34	40	−6	27
10	Leicester City U21s	22	6	3	13	25	48	−23	21
11	Middlesbrough U21s (R)	22	5	5	12	33	37	−4	20	Relegation to 2016–17 U23 Premier League Division 2
12	Norwich City U21s (R)	22	5	4	13	30	50	−20	19	Relegation to 2016–17 U23 Premier League Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2016. Source: ^[2]^[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	CHE	EVE	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NOR	REA	SOT	SUN	TOT
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	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	3–0	1–1		0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–6	0–3
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	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	1–1	3–1	6–1	1–0	1–0		1–0	7–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–1
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	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–5		4–4	7–2	0–2	2–3
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	0–0	0–2	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–1		0–2	1–1
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	4–5	4–1	7–4	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	1–4	0–2	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2016. Source: U21 Premier League results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division 2

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Derby County U21s (P)	22	13	3	6	44	26	+18	42	Promotion to 2016–17 U23 Premier League Division 1
2	Arsenal U21s (P)	22	12	4	6	40	25	+15	40	Qualification for Play-offs
3	Swansea City U21s	22	12	3	7	42	24	+18	39
4	Aston Villa U21s	22	11	6	5	28	27	+1	39
5	Blackburn Rovers U21s	22	10	4	8	29	33	−4	34
6	West Bromwich Albion U21s	22	8	9	5	24	20	+4	33	Qualification for 2016–17 U23 Premier League Division 2
7	West Ham United U21s	22	9	5	8	37	34	+3	32
8	Stoke City U21s	22	10	2	10	24	24	0	32
9	Fulham U21s	22	8	5	9	26	29	−3	29
10	Newcastle United U21s	22	4	6	12	30	48	−18	18
11	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s	22	2	8	12	17	36	−19	14
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	22	2	7	13	20	35	−15	13

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2016. Source: ^[4]
(P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BLB	B&HA	DER	FUL	NEW	STO	SWA	WBA	WHU	WOL
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	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	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	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	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–2		3–0	6–4	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
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	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	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	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	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	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	2–3	2–3	2–3	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2016. Source: U21 Premier League results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Semifinals

25 April 2016

13:00

Swansea City U21	1–2	Aston Villa U21
Gorre 38'		Hale 36' Hepburn-Murphy 53' (pen.)

Liberty Stadium, Swansea

Attendance: 988

Referee: Richard Hulme

3 May 2016

13:00

Arsenal U21	2–1	Blackburn Rovers U21
Willock 49', 80'		Rankin-Costello 64'

Emirates Stadium, Holloway

Attendance: 1,106

Referee: Christopher O'Donnell

Final

10 May 2016

13:00

Arsenal U21	3–1	Aston Villa U21
Willock 36' Mavididi 64', 87'	Report	Hepburn-Murphy 10'

Emirates Stadium, Holloway

Attendance: 2,357

Referee: Carl Brook

League 2

Football league season

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

North Division table

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

Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2016. Source: ^[5]

South Division table

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

Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2016. Source: ^[5]

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BIR	BOL	BRE	BRI	CAR	CHA	COL	COV	CRE	CPA	HUD	HUL	IPS	LEE	MIL	NOT	QPR	SHE	SHW	WTF
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	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	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	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		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	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	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	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	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	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		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	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	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			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	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	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	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		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	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	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 match(es) played on 29 April 2016. Source: U21 League 2 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

3 May 2016

13:00

Huddersfield Town U21s	2–0	Millwall U21s
Booty 29' Kane 39'	Report

PPG Canalside, Huddersfield

2 May 2016

13:00

Charlton Athletic U21s	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Sheffield United U21s
Thomas 34'		Girolamo 61' (pen.), 97'

The Valley, Charlton

Final

14 May 2016

13:00

Sheffield United U21s	1–2	Huddersfield Town U21s
Whiteman 81'	Report	Boyle 80' Hanson 85'

Bramall Lane, Sheffield

Attendance: 4,018

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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, One) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland League (Premier, One) North West Counties League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Southern Combination League (One, Two) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only) Western League (Premier, One)

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 (League 1, League 2) U21 Premier League Cup
Under 18	Professional U18 Development Leagues (League 1, League 2, League 3) 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

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