2017–18 Professional U23 Development League

English football league season

The 2017–18 Professional U23 Development League was the sixth season of the Professional Development League system.

## Premier League 2[edit]

Football league season

Premier League 2Season| 2017–18

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← 2016–17

2018–19 →

### Division 1[edit]

#### Table[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Arsenal U23s (C) | 22  | 13  | 3  | 6  | 48  | 32  | +16  | 42
2  | Liverpool U23s | 22  | 13  | 1  | 8  | 43  | 27  | +16  | 40
3  | Leicester City U23s | 22  | 11  | 6  | 5  | 36  | 20  | +16  | 39
4  | Swansea City U23s | 22  | 11  | 4  | 7  | 40  | 31  | +9  | 37
5  | West Ham United U23s | 22  | 9  | 4  | 9  | 30  | 32  | −2  | 31
6  | Manchester City U23s | 22  | 8  | 6  | 8  | 41  | 31  | +10  | 30
7  | Everton U23s | 22  | 9  | 3  | 10  | 32  | 36  | −4  | 30
8  | Chelsea U23s | 22  | 8  | 5  | 9  | 34  | 35  | −1  | 29
9  | Tottenham Hotspur U23s | 22  | 7  | 5  | 10  | 38  | 48  | −10  | 26
10  | Derby County U23s | 22  | 7  | 3  | 12  | 32  | 44  | −12  | 24
11  | Sunderland U23s (R) | 22  | 6  | 4  | 12  | 19  | 39  | −20  | 22
12  | Manchester United U23s (R) | 22  | 4  | 8  | 10  | 22  | 40  | −18  | 20

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

#### Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | ARS | CHE | DER | EVE | LEI | LIV | MNC | MNU | SUN | SWA | TOT | WHU

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Arsenal U23s |  | 3–1  | 3–3  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 4–3  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 3–0
Chelsea U23s | 2–2  |  | 2–0  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 3–2  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 1–3  | 1–2  | 0–0
Derby County U23s | 2–3  | 0–3  |  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 2–0  | 0–4  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 3–3  | 1–0  | 1–0
Everton U23s | 4–2  | 2–1  | 1–3  |  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 3–4  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 4–1  | 0–4
Leicester City U23s | 3–1  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 2–1  |  | 4–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 6–1  | 3–1
Liverpool U23s | 1–1  | 5–1  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 1–2  |  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 3–0  | 1–3  | 4–2  | 0–1
Manchester City U23s | 0–1  | 0–0  | 4–1  | 0–3  | 2–2  | 3–2  |  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 4–2  | 0–1
Manchester United U23s | 0–2  | 0–4  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 1–1  |  | 4–0  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 0–3
Sunderland U23s | 1–3  | 0–5  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 4–1  | 1–4  | 0–2  | 0–1  |  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 1–2
Swansea City U23s | 3–1  | 2–0  | 5–2  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 0–2  | 1–3  | 2–0  | 1–0  |  | 2–2  | 3–0
Tottenham Hotspur U23s | 3–2  | 2–3  | 4–2  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–5  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 2–2  |  | 2–3
West Ham United U23s | 1–3  | 0–1  | 1–5  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 4–2  | 0–1  | 5–2  | 2–2  |

Source: Premier League 2 Division 1 results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Division 2[edit]

#### Table[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification

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1  | Blackburn Rovers U23s (P) | 22  | 15  | 4  | 3  | 47  | 20  | +27  | 49  | Promotion to Division 1
2  | Aston Villa U23s | 22  | 14  | 1  | 7  | 51  | 29  | +22  | 43  | Qualification for Play-offs
3  | Brighton & Hove Albion U23s (P) | 22  | 11  | 7  | 4  | 46  | 25  | +21  | 40
4  | Middlesbrough U23s | 22  | 11  | 4  | 7  | 41  | 36  | +5  | 37
5  | Reading U23s | 22  | 10  | 4  | 8  | 38  | 44  | −6  | 34
6  | Southampton U23s | 22  | 10  | 3  | 9  | 41  | 37  | +4  | 33  |
7  | Fulham U23s | 22  | 9  | 3  | 10  | 38  | 37  | +1  | 30
8  | Norwich City U23s | 22  | 8  | 6  | 8  | 32  | 33  | −1  | 30
9  | Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s | 22  | 8  | 4  | 10  | 30  | 41  | −11  | 28
10  | Newcastle United U23s | 22  | 6  | 3  | 13  | 29  | 45  | −16  | 21
11  | Stoke City U23s | 22  | 6  | 2  | 14  | 31  | 46  | −15  | 20
12  | West Bromwich Albion U23s | 22  | 2  | 3  | 17  | 21  | 52  | −31  | 9

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2018. Source: [2]
(P) Promoted

#### Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | AST | BLB | B&H | FUL | MID | NEW | NOR | REA | SOT | STO | WBA | WOL

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Aston Villa U23s |  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 4–0  | 6–0  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 4–0  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 6–1
Blackburn Rovers U23s | 0–1  |  | 0–2  | 4–0  | 1–3  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 5–1
Brighton & Hove Albion U23s | 3–0  | 2–2  |  | 4–2  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 5–1  | 5–1  | 1–1
Fulham U23s | 2–3  | 0–1  | 1–1  |  | 1–2  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 0–3
Middlesbrough U23s | 4–1  | 3–3  | 0–3  | 0–2  |  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 3–4  | 3–3  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 3–1
Newcastle United U23s | 2–0  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  |  | 2–2  | 4–1  | 1–5  | 0–2  | 2–0  | 0–1
Norwich City U23s | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 4–3  |  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–1
Reading U23s | 3–2  | 3–5  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 2–3  | 1–4  | 2–2  |  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 0–0
Southampton U23s | 1–4  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 3–4  | 2–1  | 6–2  | 2–1  | 4–0  |  | 3–0  | 3–2  | 2–4
Stoke City U23s | 1–3  | 0–1  | 2–3  | 4–1  | 3–2  | 3–4  | 1–3  | 2–3  | 0–2  |  | 4–2  | 1–0
West Bromwich Albion U23s | 1–4  | 1–4  | 5–1  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 0–4  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 1–1  |  | 1–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers U23s | 0–2  | 0–3  | 0–5  | 1–4  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 4–2  | 1–2  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  |

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

##### Play-offs[edit]

| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 2 | Aston Villa | 4 | |
| 5 | Reading | 3 |
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| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 |

| 4 | Middlesbrough | 0 |

#### Semifinals[edit]

27 April 2018

Brighton & Hove Albion U23s| 3–0|  Middlesbrough U23s

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* Gyökeres 71', 80'
* Bjørdal 78'

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AMEX Stadium, Falmer

Attendance: 640

Referee: David Rock

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1 May 2018

Aston Villa U23s| 4–3|  Reading U23s

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* Hepburn-Murphy 62', 90+4'
* Suliman 64'
* Blackett-Taylor 79'

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* Osho 61'
* McIntyre 75'
* Howe 81'

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 1,044

Referee: Joseph Johnson

#### Final[edit]

12 May 2018

7:00

Aston Villa U23s| 0–2| Brighton & Hove Albion U23s

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* Bjørdal 23'
* Connolly 69'

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 1,869

Referee: Conor Farrell

## Professional Development League[edit]

Football league season

U23 Professional Development LeagueSeason| 2016–17

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Champions| Bolton Wanderers U23s
Matches played| 296
Goals scored| 961 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer| Connor Hall (22 Goals)

← 2016–17

2018–19 →

The Professional Development League is the sixth campaign of post-EPPP Under-23 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. A total of 21 teams are split regionally into north and south divisions, with each team facing opponents in their own region twice both home and away and opponents in the other region once for a total of 30 games each in the North Division, and 29 games in the South division.

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. Burnley were officially granted Category 2 status in the summer of 2017 and became the league's 21st team.

### Tables[edit]

#### North Division[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Bolton Wanderers U23s | 30  | 16  | 3  | 11  | 50  | 44  | +6  | 51  | Qualification for Knock-out stage
2  | Nottingham Forest U23s | 30  | 13  | 11  | 6  | 65  | 50  | +15  | 50
3  | Sheffield Wednesday U23s | 30  | 14  | 8  | 8  | 48  | 39  | +9  | 50  |
4  | Sheffield United U23s | 30  | 14  | 3  | 13  | 50  | 43  | +7  | 45
5  | Hull City U23s | 30  | 14  | 3  | 13  | 47  | 57  | −10  | 45
6  | Leeds United U23s | 30  | 13  | 5  | 12  | 50  | 46  | +4  | 44
7  | Huddersfield Town U23s | 30  | 12  | 5  | 13  | 49  | 53  | −4  | 41
8  | Birmingham City U23s | 30  | 10  | 8  | 12  | 46  | 42  | +4  | 38
9  | Crewe Alexandra U23s | 30  | 10  | 5  | 15  | 38  | 53  | −15  | 35
10  | Burnley U23s | 30  | 10  | 4  | 16  | 33  | 54  | −21  | 34
11  | Barnsley U23s | 30  | 9  | 6  | 15  | 49  | 55  | −6  | 33

Source: [citation needed]

#### South Division[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Crystal Palace U23s | 29  | 19  | 3  | 7  | 67  | 31  | +36  | 60  | Qualification for Knock-out stage
2  | Charlton Athletic U23s | 29  | 14  | 6  | 9  | 51  | 39  | +12  | 48
3  | Ipswich Town U23s | 29  | 13  | 5  | 11  | 61  | 49  | +12  | 44  |
4  | Watford U23s | 29  | 11  | 8  | 10  | 56  | 44  | +12  | 41
5  | Coventry City U23s | 29  | 11  | 6  | 12  | 54  | 60  | −6  | 39
6  | Queens Park Rangers U23s | 29  | 11  | 5  | 13  | 54  | 59  | −5  | 38
7  | Colchester United U23s | 29  | 10  | 7  | 12  | 39  | 48  | −9  | 37
8  | Millwall U23s | 29  | 9  | 10  | 10  | 28  | 38  | −10  | 37
9  | Cardiff City U23s | 29  | 10  | 5  | 14  | 37  | 52  | −15  | 35
10  | Bristol City U23s | 29  | 5  | 8  | 16  | 39  | 57  | −18  | 23

Source: [citation needed]

### Knock-out stage[edit]

Semi-finals

1 May 2018

19:00

Bolton Wanderers U23s| 3–1| Charlton Athletic U23s

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* King 15'
* Politic 41'
* Edwards 76'

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* Hackett-Fairchild 65'

Macron Stadium, Horwich

Attendance: 329

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1 May 2018

19:00

Crystal Palace U23s| 0–1 (a.e.t.)| Nottingham Forest U23s

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* Gomis 93'

Selhurst Park, Selhurst

Final

4 May 2018

19:00

Nottingham Forest U23s| 1–2| Bolton Wanderers U23s

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* Preston 77'

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* Duke-McKenna 6'
* Politic 44'

City Ground, West Bridgford

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Scott Simpson

## See also[edit]

* 2017–18 Professional U18 Development League
* 2017–18 Premier League Cup
* 2017–18 in English football

## References[edit]

1. ^ "PREMIER LEAGUE 2 DIVISION ONE". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
2. ^ "PREMIER LEAGUE 2 DIVISION TWO". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

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League
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| Level 1|

* Premier League

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Levels 2–4|

* English Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)

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* National League (National, North, South)

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EFL cups|

* EFL Cup (Final)
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Youth
competitions|

| Under-23|

* Professional U23 Development League
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Under-18|

* Professional U18 Development League
* FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

Premier League|

* AFC Bournemouth
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* Chelsea
* Crystal Palace
* Everton
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* Leicester City
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Championship|

* Aston Villa
* Barnsley
* Birmingham City
* Bolton Wanderers
* Brentford
* Bristol City
* Burton Albion
* Cardiff City
* Derby County
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* Hull City
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* Middlesbrough
* Millwall
* Norwich City
* Nottingham Forest
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League One|

* AFC Wimbledon
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* Southend United
* Walsall
* Wigan Athletic

League Two|

* Accrington Stanley
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* Morecambe
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