2018–19 Professional U23 Development League

The 2018–19 Professional U23 Development League is the seventh season of the Professional Development League system.^[1]

Premier League 2

Football league season

Premier League 2
Season	2018–19
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Division 1

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Everton U23s (C)	22	12	5	5	31	14	+17	41
2	Arsenal U23s	22	10	7	5	48	36	+12	37
3	Brighton & Hove Albion U23s	22	9	8	5	37	27	+10	35
4	Liverpool U23s	22	9	7	6	38	27	+11	34
5	Blackburn Rovers U23s	22	9	4	9	38	37	+1	31
6	Chelsea U23s	22	9	4	9	34	33	+1	31
7	Derby County U23s	22	9	3	10	29	34	−5	30
8	Manchester City U23s	22	9	3	10	38	48	−10	30
9	Tottenham Hotspur U23s	22	7	7	8	26	38	−12	28
10	Leicester City U23s	22	8	3	11	24	33	−9	27
11	West Ham United U23s (R)	22	8	2	12	41	43	−2	26
12	Swansea City U23s (R)	22	3	7	12	28	42	−14	16

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2019. Source: ^[2]^[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BLA	B&H	CHE	DER	EVE	LEI	LIV	MNC	SWA	TOT	WHU
Arsenal U23s		0–4	1–1	4–5	5–0	0–0	3–0	4–0	5–1	2–2	2–1	1–0
Blackburn Rovers U23s	0–0		2–2	0–3	1–3	0–3	7–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3
Brighton & Hove Albion U23s	2–2	2–1		1–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	5–0	2–2	2–0	2–1
Chelsea U23s	1–3	0–1	2–3		0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–2
Derby County U23s	5–0	2–2	1–0	0–1		1–0	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–5	1–0	2–2
Everton U23s	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0		1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	6–0	2–1
Leicester City U23s	1–2	4–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0		0–6	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–0
Liverpool U23s	4–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	0–2	3–1		1–1	3–0	1–1	1–2
Manchester City U23s	6–5	3–0	0–1	1–4	3–2	4–3	1–0	1–1		3–1	1–2	1–5
Swansea City U23s	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–4		1–2	0–3
Tottenham Hotspur U23s	0–4	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–4		1–3
West Ham United U23s	2–3	1–3	2–4	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–6	5–3	1–1

Source: Premier League 2 Division 1 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
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s (P)	22	13	4	5	45	22	+23	43
2	Southampton U23s (P)	22	13	4	5	37	21	+16	43
3	Reading U23s	22	12	4	6	45	33	+12	40
4	Newcastle United U23s	22	13	1	8	46	37	+9	40
5	Aston Villa U23s	22	11	4	7	35	30	+5	37
6	Manchester United U23s	22	8	6	8	33	31	+2	30
7	Stoke City U23s	22	7	7	8	42	37	+5	28
8	Middlesbrough U23s	22	6	8	8	32	36	−4	26
9	West Bromwich Albion U23s	22	5	9	8	33	38	−5	24
10	Fulham U23s	22	5	7	10	26	34	−8	22
11	Norwich City U23s	22	5	4	13	30	52	−22	19
12	Sunderland U23s	22	2	6	14	14	47	−33	12

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2019. Source: ^[4]
(P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	AST	FUL	MNU	MID	NEW	NOR	REA	SOT	STK	SUN	WBA	WOL
Aston Villa U23s		2–1	5–1	1–1	2–5	2–0	4–5	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–0
Fulham U23s	0–1		2–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–0
Manchester United U23s	3–1	1–3		2–0	1–4	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–3
Middlesbrough U23s	1–2	4–3	0–2		0–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–0
Newcastle United U23s	0–3	5–2	0–5	1–3		2–1	2–4	0–1	3–2	5–0	4–2	2–0
Norwich City U23s	2–1	0–4	0–1	2–3	2–1		3–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–6	1–3
Reading U23s	3–2	3–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	4–3		2–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–2
Southampton U23s	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–2		2–0	5–1	1–0	3–2
Stoke City U23s	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	7–2	2–1	1–4		0–0	4–1	2–2
Sunderland U23s	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2		2–1	0–1
West Bromwich Albion U23s	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–1		2–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	7–0	4–1

Source: Premier League 2 Division 2 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

2	Southampton	2

5	Aston Villa	0
			2	Southampton	2

			4	Newcastle United	1
3	Reading	2 (2)

4	Newcastle United	2 (3)

Semifinals

3 May 2019

13:00

Reading U23s	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle United U23s
Howe 60' Holsgrove 108'		Roberts 76' Watts 120+2'
Penalties
Holsgrove McIntyre Liddle Holmes Frost	2–3	Bailey Watts Longstaff Sangare Sterry

Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading

Attendance: 378

Referee: Alan Dale

3 May 2019

13:00

Southampton U23s	2–0	Aston Villa U23s
Smallbone 7' O'Connor 71'	Report

St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton

Attendance: 623

Referee: Richard Hulme

Final

13 May 2019

13:00

Southampton U23s	2–1	Newcastle United U23s
Nlundulu 39' Johnson 54'	Report	Bailey 81'

St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton

Attendance: 1,552

Referee: Sam Purkiss

References

^ "Arsenal start PL2 defence at Man City". Premier League. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
^ "PREMIER LEAGUE 2 DIVISION ONE". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ "PL2D1". Premier League. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
^ "PREMIER LEAGUE 2 DIVISION TWO". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

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National teams

Senior (2018–19 UEFA Nations League group stage, finals) (UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2019 qualifying, finals)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2019 qualifying)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2019 qualifying, finals)

League
competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	English 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-Central, South-East) Northern Premier League (Premier, East, West) Southern League (Premier Central, Premier South, One Central, One South)
Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, One) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) North West Counties League (Premier, One North, One South) Southern Combination League (Premier, One) Southern Counties East League (Premier, One) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (Premier, One) Western League (Premier, One) 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)
EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth
competitions

Under-23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup
Under-18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

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

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U21/U23	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
U18	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22