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

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 46 GK  ENG Jack Hall 47 GK  NIR Pierce Charles 37 DF  IRL Adam Alimi-Adetoro — DF  ENG Cian Flannery — DF  ENG Mackenzie Maltby — DF  WAL Sam Reed 25 DF  BRA Gui Siqueira — DF  ENG Ryan Wilson

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Jay Buchan 30 MF  ENG Sean Fusire — MF  ENG Jay Glover 31 MF  ENG Rio Shipston 42 FW  ENG Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri — FW  ENG Luke Cook — FW  ENG Favour Onukwuli 34 FW  ZIM Joey Phuthi

Out on loan

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 Luke Jackson (on loan to Gainsborough Trinity)

Under-18s

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 Phillips — GK  WAL Logan Stretch — DF  ENG Tyrell Dawes — DF  ENG Joe Emery — DF  TAI Harris Lihe — DF  ENG Reece Johnson — DF  ATG Carlos Rodrigues — DF  VAT Jack Swales — DF  WAL Ernie Weaver — MF  ROU Mario Bobea

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  POR Bruno Fernandes — MF  ENG Finley Hunt — MF  IND Sutura Kakay — MF  COD Voldi Mbaya — MF  ENG Jarvis Thornton — FW  NIR Devlan Moses — 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 2022-2023 season.

Academy staff

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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