Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy

Manchester United F.C. Under-23s
The words "Manchester" and "United" surround a pennant featuring a ship in full sail and a devil holding a trident.
Full name Manchester United Football Club Under-23s
Nickname(s) The Red Devils, United
Founded 1878, as Newton Heath Reserves
Ground Leigh Sports Village
Leigh
Ground Capacity 12,000
Co-chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer
Manager Vacant
League Premier League 2
2015–16 Professional U21 Development League 1, 1st
Website Club home page

Manchester United Football Club Under-23s is the most senior of Manchester United's youth teams and the club's former reserve team. They play in the Premier League 2, the highest tier of the Professional Development League. The team is effectively Manchester United's second-string side, but is limited to three outfield players and one goalkeeper over the age of 23 per game following the introduction of new regulations from the 2016–17 season, an increase from the age of 21 which was introduced in 2012–13.

They were champions of the former Premier Reserve League five times (in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2012) between its introduction in 1999 and its dissolution in 2012. The team also won the 2012–13 Professional U21 Development League 1 in its inaugural season. The team also participates in the Manchester Senior Cup and the Lancashire Senior Cup.

The team's manager is currently vacant. Warren Joyce, who took over from Ole Gunnar Solskjær as manager of the reserves in December 2010, left after he was appointed Wigan manager on 2nd November 2016. Joyce was previously the manager of Royal Antwerp, Manchester United's feeder club in Belgium.

From November 2008 to August 2013, the team played its home matches at Moss Lane in Altrincham, the home of Altrincham F.C.. For the 2013–14 Under-21 Premier League season, the team has played the majority of its home matches at Salford City Stadium in Barton-upon-Irwell.[1] Since 2014–15, the team play its home matches at Leigh Sports Village.[2] Rules set out by the Premier League state that at least three home league games must be played at the club's main stadium, Old Trafford.[3] In previous seasons, the team has played at the Victoria Stadium, the home of Northwich Victoria, and Ewen Fields, the home of Hyde.[4]

Manchester United also has an Under-18s team that plays in the Premier League Under-18s Group 2 and the FA Youth Cup. The under-18s play their home games at the club's Trafford Training Centre in Carrington.

Under-23s

Current squad

As of 31 August 2016.[5]

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

No. Position Player
38 Democratic Republic of the Congo DF Axel Tuanzebe
— England GK Kieran O'Hara
— England DF Joe Riley
— Wales DF Regan Poole
— Libya DF Sadiq El Fitouri
— United States DF Matthew Olosunde
— England DF Charlie Scott
— England MF Sean Goss
No. Position Player
— England MF Joshua Harrop
— Nigeria MF Tosin Kehinde
— England MF Scott McTominay
— England MF Devonte Redmond
— England MF Matthew Willock
— Canada FW Josh Doughty
— England FW Demetri Mitchell

On loan

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

No. Position Player
— England GK Dean Henderson (at Grimsby Town until January 2017)[6]
— Portugal GK Joel Castro Pereira (at Belenenses until June 2017)[7]

Manager history

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Honours

Academy

The Manchester United Academy was established in 1998, following the reorganisation of youth football in England, but has roots stretching all the way back to the 1930s with the establishment of the Manchester United Junior Athletic Club (MUJAC). and has been responsible for producing some of Manchester United's greatest ever players, including the club's top five all-time appearance makers, Ryan Giggs, Bobby Charlton, Bill Foulkes, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville, and the new wave of home-grown talents known as Fergie's Fledglings. The current academy is based at the club's Aon Training Complex, an 85-acre (340,000 m2) site in the Manchester suburb of Carrington.

The Manchester United youth team is statistically the most successful in English football, with nine players in the English football Hall of Fame (Duncan Edwards, Sir Bobby Charlton, George Best, Nobby Stiles, Mark Hughes, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Johnny Giles). Manchester United also have the best FA Youth Cup record, winning on 10 occasions out of 14 final appearances.

The academy comprises age-group teams ranging from Under-9s up to the flagship Under-18s, who currently compete in Group C of the Premier Academy League and in the FA Youth Cup. The Under-16s and Under-18s typically play their academy league games at 11am on Saturday mornings at Carrington, while Youth Cup games are generally played at either Altrincham's Moss Lane ground (where the under-23s play their home games) or the club's 76,000-capacity Old Trafford home, in order to cater for the greater number of supporters these fixtures attract.

In 2007, Manchester United Under-18s were the inaugural winners of the Champions Youth Cup, intended to be a Club World Championship for youth sides, beating Juventus 1–0 in the final in Malaysia.

Current Academy players

As of 31 August 2016.[11]

Nat. Player Date of birth Position International caps Previous club Joined United
2nd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1998 and 31 August 1999)
Belgium Indy Boonen 4 January 1999 MF Capped at Under-17 Level Genk September 2015
England DJ Buffonge 7 November 1998 MF — Fulham November 2015[12]
England Zachary Dearnley 28 September 1998 MF Capped at Under-18 level[13] — July 2015
England Kayne Diedrick-Roberts 4 November 1998 FW — Fulham July 2015
England Callum Gribbin 18 December 1998 MF Capped at Under-17 level[14] — July 2015
Scotland Ethan Hamilton 18 October 1998 MF Capped at Under-19 level Hutchison Vale October 2014
England Jake Kenyon 2 January 1999 MF — — July 2015
Democratic Republic of the Congo Faustin Makela 1 June 1999 MF — — July 2015
Belgium Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui 1 April 1999 GK Capped at Under-16 Level Standard Liège September 2015[15]
England Thomas Sang 29 June 1999 DF — — September 2015[16]
England Tyrell Warren 5 October 1998 DF — — July 2015
England Callum Whelan 24 September 1998 MF — — July 2015
England Ro-Shaun Williams 3 September 1998 DF Capped at Under-16 level[17] — July 2015
1st Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1999 and 31 August 2000)
England Aidan Barlow 10 January 2000 MF — — July 2016
England Jake Barrett 16 October 1999 DF — — July 2016
England Joshua Bohui 3 March 1999 FW Capped at Under-17 level[18] Brentford August 2016
Switzerland Nishan Burkart 31 January 2000 FW Capped at Under-16 level FC Zürich July 2016[19]
Netherlands Tahith Chong 4 December 1999 FW Capped at Under-17 level[18] Feyenoord July 2016
England Max Dunne 10 January 2000 DF — — July 2016
Italy Luca Ercolani 25 November 1999 DF Capped at Under-16 level Forli July 2016
Slovakia Alex Fojticek 3 March 2000 GK Capped at Under-17 Level 1. FC Tatran Prešov August 2016[20]
England Angel Gomes 31 August 2000 MF Capped at Under-16 level — July 2016
England Max Johnstone 18 August 1998 GK — Fleetwood Town August 2016[21]
Republic of Ireland Lee O'Connor 28 July 2000 MF Capped at Under-17 level Villa July 2016
England Harry Spratt 28 January 2000 DF — — July 2016
England George Tanner 16 November 1999 FW Capped at Under-17 level — July 2016
Source:[22]

Honours

Staff

Notable former youth team players

The following is a list of players who have played in the Manchester United youth team (U16–U18) and represented a country (not necessarily their country of birth) at full international level.[26] Players who are currently playing at Manchester United, or for another club on loan from Manchester United, are highlighted in bold.

Players of the Year

Prior to 1990, a single award was presented to the best young player of that season. Between 1982 and 1985 this was the entitled "Young Player of the Year"; the award then became known as the "Denzil Haroun Young Player of the Year" between 1986 and 1989 in honour of Denzil Haroun, a former club director and brother-in-law of former club chairman Louis Edwards.

Since 1990, individual awards are made to the best player of the Academy and the Reserves. The "Young Player of the Year" is named in honour of Jimmy Murphy, Sir Matt Busby's long-time assistant manager, who died in 1989, and the best reserve is awarded the "Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year".

Season Supporters Club
Young Player of the Year
1982–83 Norman Whiteside
1983–84 Mark Hughes
1984–85 Mark Hughes
Season Denzil Haroun
Young Player of the Year
1985–86 Simon Ratcliffe
1986–87 Gary Walsh
1987–88 Lee Martin
1988–89 Mark Robins
Season Jimmy Murphy
Young Player of the Year[27]		 Denzil Haroun
Reserve Team Player of the Year[28]
1989–90 Lee Martin Mark Robins
1990–91 Ryan Giggs Jason Lydiate
1991–92 Ryan Giggs Brian Carey
1992–93 Paul Scholes Colin McKee
1993–94 Phil Neville Nicky Butt
1994–95 Terry Cooke Kevin Pilkington
1995–96 Ronnie Wallwork Michael Appleton
1996–97 John Curtis Michael Clegg
1997–98 Wes Brown Michael Twiss
1998–99 Wes Brown Mark Wilson
1999–2000 Bojan Djordjic Jonathan Greening
2000–01 Alan Tate Michael Stewart
2001–02 Paul Tierney John O'Shea
2002–03 Ben Collett Darren Fletcher
2003–04 Jonathan Spector David Jones
2004–05 Giuseppe Rossi Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
2005–06 Darron Gibson Giuseppe Rossi
2006–07[29] Craig Cathcart Kieran Lee
2007–08[30] Danny Welbeck Richard Eckersley
2008–09[31] Federico Macheda James Chester
2009–10 Will Keane[27] Ritchie De Laet[28]
2010–11 Ryan Tunnicliffe[32] Oliver Gill[33]
2011–12 Mats Møller Dæhli[34] Michael Keane[35]
2012–13 Ben Pearson[36] Adnan Januzaj[37]
2013–14 James Wilson[38] Saidy Janko[39]
2014–15 Axel Tuanzebe[40] Andreas Pereira[41]
2015–16 Marcus Rashford[42] Cameron Borthwick-Jackson[43]

References

  1. ↑ Marshall, Adam (13 August 2013). "New home for Under-21s". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Marshall, Adam (23 May 2014). "Manchester United Under-21 fixtures 2014/15". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Premier League 2: Competition format explained". Premier League. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Bartram, Steve (5 November 2008). "Reserves move to Moss Lane". Manchester United. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  5. ↑ "Reserves Profiles". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Strandt, Sam (31 August 2016). "Henderson Joins The Mariners". grimsby-townfc.co.uk. Grimsby Town. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Pereira joins Belenenses on season long loan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Thompson, Gemma (26 May 2008). "Duo to manage Reserves". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  9. ↑ Coppack, Nick (9 November 2010). "Ole accepts Norwegian post". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  10. ↑ Bartram, Steve (13 January 2011). "O'Shea starts for Reserves". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  11. ↑ "Reserves Profiles". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "DJ Buffonge". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Zachary Dearnley". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  14. ↑ Stonehouse, Gary (17 February 2015). "Young Lions lose to Algarve trophy winners Germany". TheFA.com. The Football Association. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Thomas Sang". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Stonehouse, Gary (6 August 2014). "Ready, steady, Ro! Young Lion smashes 25-year 100m record". TheFA.com. The Football Association. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  18. 1 2 "United confirm two Academy signings". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  19. ↑ Luckhurst, Samuel (10 July 2016). "Manchester United youngster Nishan Burkart confirms transfer". Manchester Evening News. MEN Media. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "Two keepers added to academy squad". ManUtd.com. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  21. ↑ "Two keepers added to academy squad". ManUtd.com. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  22. ↑ "Under-18 Profiles". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  23. ↑ "Siegerliste ab 1939" [List of winners since 1939] (in German). Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  24. ↑ "FA Youth Cup Winners". TheFA.com. The Football Association. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  25. ↑ "Premier – Previous Winners". nimilkcup.org. NI Milk Cup. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  26. ↑ "Internationals from MUFC Youth" (PDF) (PDF). Tony Park, Sons Of United. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  27. 1 2 Bostock, Adam (4 May 2010). "Award joy for Keane". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  28. 1 2 Bostock, Adam (4 May 2010). "De Laet's delight". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  29. ↑ Bostock, Adam (15 May 2007). "MUTV Online: United awards". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  30. ↑ Bartram, Steve (11 May 2008). "Player of the Year awards". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  31. ↑ Hibbs, Ben (17 May 2009). "Vidic does the double". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  32. ↑ Marshall, Adam (18 May 2011). "Ryan is Academy star". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  33. ↑ Marshall, Adam (18 May 2011). "Gill wins Reserves' gong". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  34. ↑ Tuck, James (14 May 2012). "Daehli is Academy star". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  35. ↑ Tuck, James; Bostock, Adam (14 May 2012). "Keane wins Reserves gong". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  36. ↑ Marshall, Adam (15 May 2013). "Academy prize for Pearson". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  37. ↑ Marshall, Adam (15 May 2013). "Januzaj voted U21s' star man". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  38. ↑ Marshall, Adam (8 May 2014). "Wilson nets Academy prize". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  39. ↑ Marshall, Adam (8 May 2014). "Janko earns Reserves gong". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  40. ↑ Bostock, Adam (19 May 2015). "Tuanzebe is United's Young Player of the Year". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  41. ↑ Froggatt, Mark (19 May 2015). "Pereira wins U21s Player of the Year award". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  42. ↑ Tuck, James (2 May 2016). "Marcus Rashford Scoops Under-18s Award". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  43. ↑ Grant, Ryan (2 May 2016). "Cameron Borthwick-Jackson Named Under-21 Player Of The Year". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
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