Crystal Palace F.C. Under-21s and Academy

Crystal Palace Under-21s and Academy

Full name	Crystal Palace Football Club Under-21s and Academy
Nickname(s)	The Eagles
Ground	Crystal Palace Training Ground (Beckenham) Selhurst Park
Capacity	1,000 (Training Ground) 25,486 (Selhurst Park)
Chairman	Steve Parish
Manager	Darren Powell (U21) Rob Quinn (U18)
League	Premier League 2 (under-21s) U18 Premier League (academy)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Crystal Palace F.C. Under-21s is the Under-21 Development team of Crystal Palace Football Club. They play in Premier League 2, the top level of reserve football in England and also compete in the Premier League Cup, Premier League International Cup and EFL Trophy.

The Crystal Palace F.C. Academy consists of the Under-18s and other youth teams of Crystal Palace Football Club. The Under-18 team compete in the U18 Premier League and FA Youth Cup. The academy has produced a number of well known international players over the years such as Johnny Byrne, Kenny Sansom,[1] Peter Nicholas, Gareth Southgate and Wilfried Zaha.

U21 Development squad

As of 5 February 2025[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 39 DF  IRL Seán Grehan 41 GK  ENG Louie Moulden 42 DF  ENG Kaden Rodney 43 FW  ENG Victor Akinwale 45 MF  SCO Dylan Reid 46 FW  IRL Franco Umeh 47 FW  POR Adler Nascimento 50 DF  ENG Joe Sheridan 53 GK  ENG Jackson Izquierdo 58 DF  ENG Caleb Kporha 59 MF  SLE Hindolo Mustapha 60 DF  IRL Jake Grante 61 MF  NIR Cormac Austin 62 DF  IRL Luke Browne 63 FW  ENG Zach Marsh

No. Pos. Nation Player 65 MF  IRL Joseph Gibbard 66 GK  ENG William Eastwood 68 DF  ENG Finley Marjoram 69 DF  TRI Rio Cardines 70 DF  ENG Mofe Jemide 73 FW  ENG Jesse Derry 79 MF  ENG Sebastian Williams — DF  ENG Kurai Musanhi — DF  NIR Craig Farquhar — MF  WAL Jadan Raymond — MF  ENG Jack Wells-Morrison — MF  ENG David Obou — MF  ENG Chimaechi Eze — FW  ENG Roshaun Mathurin — FW  ENG Ademola Ola-Adebomi — FW  ENG Malcolm Ebiowei

Out on loan

The loans listed here are only for under-21 squad players who have not yet made a competitive appearance for the first team or been called into the first team squad for a competitive fixture.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Danny Imray (at Bromley until end of the 2024–25 season) — DF  ENG Chris Francis (at Dagenham and Redbridge until end of the 2024–25 season) — FW  ENG Jemiah Umolu (at Port Vale until end of the 2024–25 season)

U18 Academy squad

As of 5 November 2024[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Marcus Hill — GK  ENG Joseph Khoshaba — GK  ENG Jack Mason — GK  ENG Harry Whitworth — DF  ENG Dean Benamar — DF  ENG Freddie Cowin — DF  ENG Jasper Judd — DF  ENG George King — DF  ENG Joshua Muwana — DF  ENG Sean Somade — DF  WAL Charlie Walker-Smith — DF  USA Tyler Whyte

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Joel Drakes-Thomas — MF  ENG Kai-Reece Adams-Collman — MF  ENG Euan Danaher — MF  ALB Matteo Dashi — MF  ENG David Montjen — MF  ENG Chuks Okoli — MF  GHA Jerome Osei-Kyremeh — FW  ENG Benjamin Casey — FW  ENG Zack Henry — FW  POR Enrique Lameiras — FW  ENG Stuart Oduro — FW  GRN Caleb Redhead

Honours

Reserves/Development Squad

• Premier League International Cup
  • Winners (1): 2023–24
  • Runners-up (1): 2022–23
• Premier League 2 Division 2
  • Play-off Winners (1): 2020–21
• The Football Combination
  • Champions (1): 2002–03
  • Runners-up (1): 2001–02
• Kent League
  • Champions (1): 1913–14
  • Runners-up (2): 1910–11, 1912–13

Academy

• FA Youth Cup
  • Winners (2): 1976–77, 1977–78
  • Runners-up (2): 1991–92, 1996–97
• U15 National Floodlit Cup
  • Winners (2): 2018–19, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (1): 2021–22
• U18 Premier League – South Group
  • Runners-up (1): 2020–21
• Southern Junior Floodlit Cup
  • Winners (1): 1996–97
  • Runners-up (1): 1976–77

Notable Academy graduates

Former academy players listed below who have progressed to the first team to make at least 100 appearances for Crystal Palace.

Roy Bailey Peter Berry Johnny Byrne Bill Glazier Alan Stephenson David Payne John Jackson Steve Kember Paul Hammond David Swindlehurst Nick Chatterton

Paul Hinshelwood Kenny Sansom Vince Hilaire Billy Gilbert John Salako Richard Shaw Gareth Southgate Dean Gordon Hayden Mullins Wayne Routledge Ben Watson

Tom Soares Nathaniel Clyne Tyrick Mitchell Wilfried Zaha Jerry Murphy Clinton Morrison Sean Scannell George Ndah Jim Cannon Ian Walsh Peter Nicholas

Young Player of the Year

Year Winner 1983 Gary Stebbing 1984 Gary Stebbing 1985 David Lindsay 1986 Richard Shaw 1987 John Salako 1988 John Salako 1989 David Stevens 1990 Simon Osborn 1991 Dean Gordon 1992 Mark Hawthorne 1993 George Ndah 1994 Brian Launders 1995 No award 1996 No award 1997 No award

Year Winner 1998 No award 1999 No award 2000 No award 2001 No award 2002 Julian Gray 2003 Wayne Routledge 2004 Wayne Routledge 2005 Tom Soares 2006 Ben Watson 2007 Gary Borrowdale 2008 Sean Scannell 2009 Nathaniel Clyne 2010 Nathaniel Clyne 2011 Wilfried Zaha 2012 Wilfried Zaha

Year Winner 2013 Jonny Williams 2014 Joel Ward 2015 Sullay Kaikai 2016 Hiram Boateng 2017 Kevin Gonzalez 2018 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 2019 Kian Flanagan 2020 Malachi Boateng 2021 Reece Hannam 2022 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi 2023 David Ozoh 2024 Joe Whitworth

Note: This award was renamed Development Player of the Year from 2015.

References

1. "Kenny Sansom: Crystal Palace". Holmesdale.net. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
2. "Under-21s Team". Crystal Palace F.C. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
3. "Under-18s Team". Crystal Palace F.C. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.