| Competition: | Premier League 2 |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| League Topscorer: | Jemiah Umolu (8 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (5 October 2024) Record |
| Biggest Away Win: | (4 October 2024) |
| Highest Scoring: | (5 October 2024) |
| Matches: | 116 |
| Total Goals: | 453 |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 8 Matches Brighton & Hove Albion U21s Manchester City U21s |
| Longest Losses: | 8 Matches Stoke City U21s |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,384 Norwich City U21s 3–5 Manchester United U21s September 28, 2024 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 50 2 Matches |
| Updated: | 2 December 2024 |
The Premier League 2 is the 13th season of the Professional Development League system. It continues to use the same format as the 2023–24 season.[1]
| Month | Player | Club | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | Nathan Butler-Oyedeji | Arsenal U21s | [2] | |
| September | Farid Alfa-Ruprecht | Manchester City U21s | [3] | |
| October | Kiano Dyer | Chelsea U21s | [4] |
| Competition: | Professional Development League 2 |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| League Topscorer: | Ashley Hay, Devlan Moses, Tyrell Sellars-Fleming (9 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (29 October 2024) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (13 August 2024), (10 September 2024) |
| Highest Scoring: | (29 October 2024) |
| Matches: | 139 |
| Total Goals: | 541 |
| Longest Wins: | 8 Matches Sheffield United U21s (20 August 2024 – 14 October 2024) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 13 Matches Sheffield United U21s (12 August 2024 – 15 November 2024) |
| Longest Winless: | 8 Matches Colchester United U21s (23 August 2024 – Present), Wigan Athletic U21s (24 September 2024 – Present) |
| Longest Losses: | 6 Matches Wigan Athletic U21s (8 October 2024 – Present) |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
| Updated: | 4 December 2024 |
The Professional Development League 2 is Under-21 football's second tier, designed for those academies with Category 2 status. The league is split regionally into north and south divisions, with each team facing opponents in their own region twice both home and away and opponents in the other region once resulting in 31 games played. The sides finishing in the top two positions in both regions at the end of the season will progress to a knockout stage to determine the overall league champion. Sheffield United U21s are the defending champions.
22 teams compete in the league this season, one more than the previous season and the most since the league's inaugural season in 2012-13. Brentford U21s returned to the league after 9 years their academy was given Category Two status.[5]
Semi-finals
Professional Development League National Final