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

Crystal Palace U-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

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 players over the years such as Kenny Sansom, Gareth Southgate, Wayne Routledge, Nathaniel Clyne and Ivory Coast international Wilfried Zaha.

U21 Development squad

As of 18 September 2023

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
38	DF	IRL	Tayo Adaramola
41	GK	ENG	Joe Whitworth
42	DF	IRL	Seán Grehan
47	MF	ENG	Jack Wells-Morrison
49	FW	ENG	Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
50	DF	ENG	Danny Imray
52	MF	ENG	David Ozoh
53	FW	ENG	Ademola Ola-Adebomi
57	DF	IRQ	Cardo Siddik
58	DF	ENG	Noah Watson
60	FW	ENG	Victor Akinwale
64	MF	WAL	Jadan Raymond
74	GK	ENG	Jackson Izquierdo

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
76	FW	POR	Adler Nascimento
78	DF	ENG	Kaden Rodney
—	GK	ENG	William Eastwood
—	DF	ENG	Caleb Kporha
—	DF	ENG	Joe Sheridan
—	DF	ENG	Vonnte Williams
—	DF	ENG	Chris Francis
—	MF	ENG	David Obou
—	MF	ENG	Chimaechi Eze
—	MF	NIR	Justin Devenny
—	MF	SCO	Dylan Reid
—	FW	IRL	Franco Umeh
—	FW	ENG	Roshaun Mathurin

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	MF	SCO	Scott Banks (at St. Pauli until end of the 2023–24 season)
34	MF	IRL	Killian Phillips (at Wycombe Wanderers until end of the 2023–24 season)
37	FW	ENG	John-Kymani Gordon (at Cambridge United until end of January 2024)
42	MF	ENG	Malachi Boateng (at Dundee until end of the 2023–24 season)
43	DF	NIR	Kofi Balmer (at Port Vale until end of the 2023–24 season)
48	FW	ENG	Luke Plange (at Carlisle United until end of January 2024)
63	GK	ENG	Owen Goodman (at Colchester United until end of the 2023–24 season)
—	DF	NGA	Kelvin Agho (at Voždovac until end of the 2023–24 season)

U18 Academy squad

As of 20 August 2023

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	William Eastwood
—	GK	ENG	Marcus Hill
—	GK	ENG	Joseph Khoshaba
—	DF	IRL	Jake Grante
—	DF	ENG	Eyimofe Jemide
—	DF	ENG	Caleb Kporha
—	DF	ENG	Finley Marjoram
—	DF	ENG	George King
—	DF	ENG	Leon Elliott
—	MF	NIR	Cormac Austin
—	MF	TRI	Rio Cardines
—	MF	ENG	Kai-Reece Adams-Collman
—	MF	ENG	Caleb Redhead

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Nabil El-Ghaidouni Taitt
—	MF	IRL	Joseph Gibbard
—	MF	ALB	Matteo Dashi
—	MF	USA	Tyler Whyte
—	MF	ENG	Giulio Marroni
—	MF	ENG	Hindolo Mustapha
—	MF	ENG	David Obou
—	FW	ENG	Jesse Derry
—	FW	ENG	Sebastian Williams
—	FW	ENG	Zack Henry
—	FW	POR	Enrique Lameiras
—	FW	ENG	Zach Marsh
—	FW	ENG	Asher Agbinone

Honours

Reserves/Development Squad

• Premier League International Cup
  • 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

Players who have made 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
• Gary Stebbing
• Richard Shaw
• Gareth Southgate
• Hayden Mullins
• Wayne Routledge
• Ben Watson
• Tom Soares

• Nathaniel Clyne
• Tyrick Mitchell
• Wilfried Zaha
• Jerry Murphy
• Clinton Morrison
• Sean Scannell
• George Ndah
• Jim Cannon
• Steven Thomson
• 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

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