AFC Wimbledon Development Squad and Academy

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

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.

History edit

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 edit

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 edit

Under-18s squad edit

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 15 January 2024.

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
—	GK	ENG	Ethan McGrath
—	GK	CRO	Luka Ziger
—	DF	ENG	Bailey Cotton
—	DF	ENG	Oliver Downs
—	DF	ENG	Riley Horan
—	DF	ENG	Reuben Mason
—	DF	ENG	Sean Sankanu
—	DF	ENG	Shaun Soukou
—	DF	ENG	Mathias Tepe
—	DF	ENG	Leo Young
36	MF	ENG	Justin Clarke


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BER	Hugo Few
—	MF	ENG	Connor Harris
32	MF	ENG	Kai Jennings
—	MF	ENG	Charlie Morgan
—	MF	ENG	Jake Lawrence
—	MF	ENG	Harry Sidwell
—	FW	ENG	Reuban Amissah
—	FW	ENG	Kelvin Kargbo
37	FW	ENG	Edward Leach
35	FW	ENG	Robert Junior Nkeng
—	FW	ENG	Tom Wilson

Notable Academy graduates edit

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.