England - Development League 2

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The Professional Development League is a system of youth football leagues that are managed, organised and controlled by the Premier League or by the Football League. It was introduced by the Football Association via the Elite Player Performance Plan in 2012.

The system was introduced in early 2012 and was active for the first time during the 2012–13 season. It is a successor to the Premier Reserve League, Premier Academy League and Football Combination. The Football League Youth Alliance makes up League 2 of the under-18 system. The system covers the under-18 and under-21 groups.

Previously, clubs participating in the Premier Reserve League (the highest level of reserve football in England) were removed from the competition if their first team in the Premier League were relegated and replaced with a promoted team. Under the Professional Development League system, Premier League reserves teams' league status is not directly linked to the first team's Premier League status. Instead, there are three different Professional Development Leagues at each age-group level and clubs in the top four tiers of the English football league system are placed in the system based on the assessment of their academy for the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP).

England - Development League 2 er en fodboldturnering for udviklingshold fra klubber i Englands fodboldsystem. Ligaen blev oprettet i 2012 og er den fjerde bedste liga i landet. Ligaen består af to divisioner med 12 hold i hver division. Holdene i ligaen er primært udviklingshold for klubber i Premier League og The Championship, men der er også nogle få uafhængige klubber. Ligaen spilles på en hjemme- og udebanebasis, og holdene spiller 22 kampe om sæsonen. Vinderen af hver division rykker op i Development League 1, og de to nederste hold i hver division rykker ned i National League North eller National League South.