The Sheffield Wednesday Academy is the youth system of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.

The academy runs two sides; the U23 Development squad, and the U18 Academy. Both play in the respective age groups' Professional Development League Division 2 North leagues.

History

League history

• 1957–58: Sheffield Intermediate League
• 1958–59 to 1997–98: Northern Intermediate League
• 1997–98: Premier Youth League
• 1998–99 to 2011–12: Premier Academy League
• 2012–13 to present: Professional Development League

Honours

• FA Youth Cup: runners-up 1991
• Northern Intermediate League Cup: winners 1982, 1989, 1993
• Professional U23 Development League 2: winners 2016–17

Players

Under-21s

As of 29 June 2024 ^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ENG Jack Hall — GK   ENG Jack Phillips — DF   IRL Cian Flannery — DF   ENG Reece Johnson — DF   ENG Mackenzie Maltby — DF   IRL Gabriel Otegbayo — DF   WAL Sam Reed — DF   BRA Gui Siqueira

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ENG Jay Buchan — MF   ENG Bruno Fernandes — MF   ENG Sean Fusire — MF   ENG Rio Shipston — MF   ENG Jarvis Thornton — FW   NIR Devlan Moses — FW   ENG Favour Onukwuli — FW   ZIM Joey Phuthi

Under-18s

As of 25 June 2024 ^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   WAL Logan Stretch — DF   ENG Joe Emery — DF   ENG Harris Lihe — DF   ENG Jack Swales — DF   ENG Ernie Weaver — MF   ENG Finley Frost

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   IND Sutura Kakay — MF   ENG Voldi Mbaya — FW   ENG Caiden Remy-Dee — FW   ENG Ari-Jae Shaw — FW   ENG Dom Weston

Graduates

The following list includes players who have graduated from Sheffield Wednesday's youth system to make their senior debut for the first team. Players who have represented their national team at senior level are highlighted in bold.

As of the end of the 2023–2024 season.

Academy staff

As of 10 May 2024 ^[3]

Role	Name
Academy manager	Steven Haslam
U21 manager	Andy Holdsworth
Head of academy goalkeeping	Nicky Weaver
PDP manager	Andy Sharp
Head of coaching	Daral Pugh
Head of education	Dan Potts
Youth development phase manager	Jordan Broadbent
Youth development phase assistant	Michael Woodhall
Lead academy strength and conditioning coach	Harry Hurst
Head of academy analyst	Ethan Skea
Assistant performance analyst	Ben Clough
Academy Sports Science and Medicine	Jack Newbery
Academy physio	James Kelly
Pre-academy manager	John Megson
Academy administrator	John Hendley
Player care lead	Rachael Finney
Academy operations lead	Craig Chappell

References

• Sheffield Wednesday Official Website
• Sheffield Wednesday Youth Academy Official Webpage

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