Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Academy

Sheffield Wednesday Academy

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

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 16 September 2025^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  ENG Rio Shipston 23 DF  BRA Gui Siqueira 25 GK  WAL Logan Stretch 26 DF  ENG Harry Evers 27 DF  ENG Reece Johnson 28 DF  ENG Cole McGhee 29 FW  ENG George Brown 30 DF  ENG Ernie Weaver 32 DF  ENG Joe Emery

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 GK  IRL Killian Barrett 35 GK  ENG Jack Phillips 36 MF  POR Bruno Fernandes 37 MF  ENG Jarvis Thornton 39 FW  ENG Junior Kamwa 41 FW  ENG Favour Onukwuli – DF  ENG Mackenzie Maltby – MF  ENG Denny Oliver — FW  NIR Devlan Moses

Under-18s

As of 10 September 2025^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 FW  WAL Will Grainger 33 DF  ENG Yisa Alao — GK  ENG Oliver Bramhall — GK  ENG Charlie Hobbs — GK  ENG Thomas Streets — DF  ENG Jack Barraclough Faulkner — DF  ENG Jamie Darley — DF  ENG Noah Dixon — DF  ENG Kailen Hatfield — DF  ENG Jacob Jessop — DF  ENG Perry Ridge

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Reuben Selby — MF  ENG Roman Cawley — MF  ENG Harry Chadbourne — MF  ENG Liam Clayton — MF  POR Daniel Da Costa — MF  ENG Kleven De Oliveira — MF  ENG James Kay — MF  ENG Dennis Kohn — MF  CAN Aodhan Sopala — FW  ENG Charlie Robinson

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 currently represent the Sheffield Wednesday senior team are highlighted in italics. Players who have represented their national team at senior level are highlighted in bold.

As of the 1 November 2025.

• Junior Agogo
• Mark Beevers
• Luke Boden
• Ciaran Brennan
• Leigh Bromby
• George Brown
• Bailey Cadamarteri
• Pierce Charles
• Tony Crane
• Cameron Dawson
• Bruno Fernandes
• Sean Fusire
• Derek Geary
• Matt Hamshaw
• Steve Haslam
• George Hirst
• Ritchie Humphreys
• Alex Hunt
• Arron Jameson
• Reece Johnson
• Connor Kirby
• Rocky Lekaj
• Sean McAllister
• Rory McArdle
• Lewis McMahon
• Nathan Modest
• Richard O'Donnell
• Liam Palmer
• Matt Penney
• Joey Phuthi
• Kevin Pressman
• Fraser Preston
• Jon Shaw
• Liam Shaw
• Rio Shipston
• Tommy Spurr
• Jack Stobbs
• Chris Stringer
• Drew Talbot
• Jarvis Thornton
• Ernie Weaver
• Joe Wildsmith
• Richard Wood

References

1. "Owls Under-21s". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
2. "Owls Under-18s". Sheffield Wednesday FC. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

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

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