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

Sheffield Wednesday Academy

Full name	Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Youth Academy
Nickname(s)	The Owls
Founded	1948
Ground	Middlewood Road Training Ground Sheffield
League	Professional Development League 2 North Division

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 47 GK  NIR Pierce Charles — GK  ENG Jack Hall — GK  ENG Luke Jackson 16 DF  SWZ David Agbontohoma 43 DF  POR Paulo Aguas 37 DF  IRL Adam Alimi-Adetoro — DF  ENG Josh Ashman 27 DF  ENG Ryan Galvin — DF  SLE Fuad Sesay

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Jenson Whitham — MF  OMA Murtadha Al-Jahadhmy 39 MF  ENG Bobby Dunn 23 MF  ENG Jay Glover 38 MF  ENG Will Trueman 29 FW  ENG Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri 35 FW  ENG Luke Cook 12 FW  ENG Leojo Davidson — FW  ENG Sam Durrant

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 47 GK  NIR Pierce Charles — GK  ENG Jack Hall — GK  ENG Jack Phillips — DF  ENG Josh Chapman — DF  ENG Tyrell Dawes — DF  ENG Cian Flannery — DF  ENG Reece Johnson — DF  ENG Mackenzie Maltby — DF  ENG Carlos Rodrigues — DF  ZIM Joey Phuthi — MF  ENG Mario Bobea

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Jake Bradford — MF  ENG Bruno Fernandes 30 MF  ENG Sean Fusire 22 MF  ENG Rio Shipston — MF  ENG Jarvis Thornton — MF  ZIM Tafadzwa Tapudzai 29 FW  ENG Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri — FW  POL Kamil Maciag — FW  ENG Devlan Moses — FW  ENG Danai Rhule

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 2020-2021 season.

Academy staff

Role	Name
Academy manager	Steven Haslam
Under-23 manager	Neil Thompson
Head of academy goalkeeping	Nicky Weaver
PDP manager	Andy Holdsworth
Head of coaching	Daral Pugh
Head of education	Dan Potts
PDP coach	Andy Sharp
Lead academy strength and conditioning coach	Paul Harmston
Head of academy analyst	Liam Bracken
Lead academy physio	Ashley Fickling
Head of academy sports science and medicine	Jeremy Poulson
YDP manager	Jamie Hadfield
Pre-academy manager	John Megson
Academy administrator	John Hendley
Player care lead	Kerry Robinson
Academy operations lead	Craig Chappell

References

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

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