West Ham United F.C. Under-23s

West Ham United Under-23s

Full name	West Ham United Football Club Under-23s
Nickname(s)	The Irons The Hammers The Academy of Football
Short name	WHU U23s
Ground	Chadwell Heath, East London, England
Manager	Terry Westley
League	Premier League 2 Division 2
2015–16	Premier League 2 Division 2, 7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

West Ham United F.C. Under-23s, formerly West Ham United F.C. Under-21s is the most senior of West Ham United's youth teams. The Under-23 team is effectively West Ham 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 2012–13 season.^[1] They play in Premier League 2 Division 2 and also compete in the Checkatrade Trophy.

Home fixtures are contested at the (West Ham United Training Ground), based in Chadwell Heath, Saville Road, Dagenham, Romford.

Under-23 squad

Players (excluding scholars) who will qualify as U23s in season 2016–17 (i.e. born on or after 1 January 1993) and who are outside the first team squad.

As of 5 August 2016.^[2]

• ^U18 represents an U18 squad player who has represented the U23s in the 2016–17 season.
• ^{1st TEAM} represents an overage first team player, or a first team designated player, that has represented the U23s team in the 2016–17 season.
• Squad numbers represent numbers given to players for first team and Checkatrade Trophy matches only.

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

No. Position Player 7 MF Sofiane Feghouli^1st TEAM 31 MF Edimilson Fernandes^1st TEAM 24 FW Ashley Fletcher^1st TEAM 28 FW Jonathan Calleri^1st TEAM (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado) 29 FW Antonio Martínez 34 GK Raphael Spiegel^1st TEAM 35 DF Reece Oxford^1st TEAM 36 MF Domingos Quina 40 FW Djair Parfitt-Williams 41 DF Declan Rice 43 MF Marcus Browne 46 MF Moses Makasi 47 GK Sam Howes 52 DF Sam Westley 54 MF Conor Coventry ^U18 55 MF Grady Diangana 57 FW Jahmal Hector-Ingram

No. Position Player 58 MF Noha Sylvestre 59 FW Sam Ford 62 DF Ben Johnson ^U18 63 DF Vashon Neufville 66 DF Alex Pike 67 MF Joe Powell 68 MF Dan Kemp 69 MF Anthony Scully 70 DF Tunji Akinola 71 MF Alfie Lewis 73 GK Nathan Trott 74 GK Rihards Matrevics 75 DF Jake Eggleton 76 FW Jaanai Gordon 77 GK Tyler Forde — MF Bernardo Rusa ^U18 [3]

Out 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 — FW Luka Belić (on loan to Motherwell until 31 January 2017) — DF Reece Burke (on loan to Wigan Athletic until 30 June 2017) — MF Josh Cullen (on loan to Bradford City until 8 January 2017) — MF George Dobson (on loan to Walsall until 30 June 2017) — DF Kyle Knoyle (on loan to Wigan Athletic until 30 June 2017)

No. Position Player — DF Lewis Page (on loan to Coventry City until 9 January 2017) — MF Martin Samuelsen (on loan to Blackburn Rovers until 30 June 2017) — DF Josh Pask (on loan to Gillingham until 30 June 2017)

Honours

Cups

• U21 Premier League Cup
  • Winners: 2015–16

References

1. "Barclays U21 Premier League: Competition Format explained". premierleague.com. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
2. "2015/16 Development squad players". West Ham United F.C. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
3. "B. Rusa". www.int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

External links

• West Ham United Under-23s at whufc.com
• West Ham United Under-18s at whufc.com