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) Javier Alonso (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 2 September 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 40 DF   IRL Luke Browne 41 GK   ENG Harry Lee 45 MF   SCO Dylan Reid 47 FW   POR Adler Nascimento 48 DF   ENG Mofe Jemide 50 MF   IRL Joseph Gibbard 53 GK   ENG Jackson Izquierdo 54 DF   IRL Jake Grante 58 MF   ENG Sebastian Williams 61 FW   AUS Rylan Brownlie 62 DF   USA Tyler Whyte 63 FW   ENG Zach Marsh

No. Pos. Nation Player 64 FW   ENG Asher Agbinone 66 MF   ENG Kai-Reece Adams-Collman 74 DF   ENG Sean Somade 73 FW   ENG Benjamin Casey 75 DF   WAL Charlie Walker-Smith 78 DF   ENG Jacob Fasida — GK   ENG Marcus Hill — DF   ENG George King — DF   NIR Craig Farquhar — DF   ENG Dean Benamar — DF   CIV Aziz Ouedraogo — MF   ALB Matteo Dashi — MF   ENG David Obou

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 Blackpool until end of 2025–26 season) — MF   SLE Hindolo Mustapha (at Nurnberg until end of 2025–26 season) — FW   ENG Victor Akinwale(at Eastbourne Borough until end of 2025–26 season) — FW   ENG Jemiah Umolu(at Bromley until end of 2025–26 season)

No. Pos. Nation Player

U18 Academy squad

As of 2 September 2025 ^[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 Jack Mason — GK   ENG Harry Whitworth — GK   ENG Thiago Speroni — DF   ENG Jasper Judd — DF   ENG Joshua Muwana — DF   WAL Charlie Walker-Smith — DF   ENG Jacob Fasida — DF   ENG Khyan Frazer-Williams — DF   ENG Raihaan Anderson — DF   ENG Sean Somade — DF   USA Tyler Whyte — MF   ENG Euan Danaher — MF   ENG Aiden Morgan

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ENG David Montjen — MF   ENG Ajean-Ray Greaves — MF   ENG Donte Martin — MF   ENG Chuks Okoli — MF   GHA Jerome Osei-Kyremeh — FW   USA Kairo Smith-Phillips — FW   ENG Remi Ahazie-Shittu — FW   ENG Makai Bernard-Ferguson — FW   ENG Oladotun Lamidi — FW   ENG Joel Drakes-Thomas — FW   ENG Benjamin Casey — FW   ENG Zack Henry — FW   ENG Stuart Oduro

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 2025 Hindolo Mustapha

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.