Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Academy

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

As of 16 August 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 34 GK  IRL Killian Barrett 35 GK  ENG Jack Phillips 25 GK  WAL Logan Stretch 32 DF  ENG Joe Emery – DF  ENG Harry Evers – DF  ENG Mackenzie Maltby – DF  ENG Cole McGhee 27 DF  ENG Reece Johnson 23 DF  BRA Gui Siqueira

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 DF  ENG Ernie Weaver 36 MF  POR Bruno Fernandes – MF  ENG Denny Oliver 20 MF  ENG Rio Shipston 37 MF  ENG Jarvis Thornton 29 FW  ENG George Brown 39 FW  ENG Junior Kamwa — FW  NIR Devlan Moses – FW  ENG Favour Onukwuli

Under-18s

As of 13 August 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 — GK  ENG Charlie Hobbs — GK  ENG Thomas Streets 33 DF  ENG Yisa Alao — DF  ENG Jack Barraclough — DF  ENG Noah Dixon — DF  ENG Kailen Hatfield — DF  ENG Jacob Jessop — DF  ENG Perry Ridge — DF  ENG Reuben Selby

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Liam Clayton — MF  ENG James Kay — MF  ENG Charlie Robinson — MF  NIR Aodhan Sopala — FW  ENG Harry Chadbourne — FW  POR Daniel Da Costa — FW  ENG Kleven De Oliveira 31 FW  WAL Will Grainger

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 16 August 2025.

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