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AFC Wimbledon Development squad and Academy are the youth teams of professional English association football club AFC Wimbledon. Under the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) system for youth development, the academy has been granted Category Three status. The Under-18 squad currently competes in Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference. The Under 18's squad play their home matches in the FA Youth Cup at Kingsmeadow^{[clarification needed]}, in Kingston upon Thames, London. Whilst the Under 23's play a majority of their matches at Merstham F.C. most other matches are held at the club's New Malden training complex. The development squad competes in the Under–21 Premier League Cup.

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AFC Wimbledon Academy

Full name	AFC Wimbledon
Nickname(s)	The Dons, The Wombles
Founded	2003
Ground	New Plough Lane
Chairman	Joe Palmer
Manager	Michael Hamilton (Academy Manager)
League	Football League Youth Alliance
2019-20	1st (Merit League One)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

The AFC Wimbledon Academy was founded in 2003. In 2010, the Under-13s squad won the Tesco Cup, having triumphed through the County and Regional rounds of the competition, by beating Lytham St Annes YMCA 2–0 in the final.

Current academy and youth development staff

Name	Role
Michael Hamilton	Academy Manager
Michael Cook	Academy Head of Operations
Anthony Ferguson	Head of Coaching
James Oliver Pearce	Under 18s Head Coach
Jack Matthews	Lead Youth Phase Coach (U13-16)
Nicholas Wright	Lead Foundation Phase Coach
Liam Connor	Head of Physical Performance
Jenna Richards	Physical Performance and Medicine Manager
Stuart Page	Head of Education
Ben Fosuhene	Head of Academy Talent ID
Ahmed Jama	Head of Academy Performance Analysis
Diogo Santos	Youth Development Phase Coach
Conor Martin	Academy Club Journalist
Deji Olorukoba-Oseni	Academy Administrator

Current Youth Development Squads

Under-23s Development squad

As of 12 August 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  ENG Zach Robinson 20 DF  ENG Huseyin Biler 23 MF  ENG Elliott Bolton 24 MF  ENG Alfie Bendle 26 DF  ENG Jack Currie 27 MF  ENG Dylan Adjei-Hersey 29 FW  ENG David Fisher 33 DF  ENG Isaac Ogundere

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 MF  ENG Kwaku Frimpong 35 DF  ENG Ethan Sutcliffe 36 DF  ENG Luke Jenkins 49 FW  ENG Quaine Bartley — DF  ENG Josh Hallard — DF  ENG Ben Mason — MF  ENG Marcel Campbell

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 14 FW  ENG Zach Robinson (at Dundee until the end of the 2022–23 season) 35 DF  ENG Ethan Sutcliffe (at Salisbury until 15 January 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Ben Mason (at Basingstoke Town until 31 January 2023)

Under-18s squad

Under the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) system for youth development, the AFC Wimbledon Academy has been granted Category Three Academy status. The club currently competes in the Merit League One of the Football Youth Alliance.

As of 19 June 2022.

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 Harry Griffiths — GK  CRO Luka Ziger — DF  ENG Reuban Amissah — DF  ENG Oliver Downs — DF  ENG Jola Lahan — DF  ENG Reuben Mason — DF  ENG Leo Young — MF  ENG Ibrahim Bangura — MF  BER Hugo Few — MF  ENG Kai Jennings

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Charlie Morgan — MF  ENG Remi Onabanjo — MF  ENG Harry Sidwell — MF  WAL Morgan Williams — FW  ENG David Kawa — FW  ENG Paris Lock — FW  ENG Aron Sasu — FW  ENG Tom Wilson — FW  NED Obed Yeboah

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 Max Foulkes (at Molesey)

Notable Academy graduates

Players in bold went on to sign professional contracts and are currently playing for the senior first team. Players in italics subsequently went on to be signed by a Premier League club.

References

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