AFC Wimbledon Development Squad and Academy

AFC Wimbledon Academy

Full name	AFC Wimbledon
Nickname(s)	The Dons, The Wombles
Founded	2003
Ground	Kingsmeadow, London
Chairman	Erik Samuelson
Manager	Jeremy Sauer
League	Football League Youth Alliance
2015–16	5th (South East Division)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 squads play their home matches at Kingsmeadow, in Kingston upon Thames, London. The development squad competes in the Under–21 Premier League Cup.

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 Youth Development Squads

Under-23s Development squad

As of 8 August 2017.

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

No. Position Player 5 DF Will Nightingale 20 DF Toby Sibbick 21 FW Egli Kaja 24 GK Joe McDonnell 25 GK Nik Tzanev 26 MF Anthony Hartigan

No. Position Player 27 MF Neşet Bellikli 28 MF Alfie Egan 29 FW Jayden Antwi 30 DF Paul Kalambayi 31 DF Seth Owens

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 8 May 2017.

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

No. Position Player — GK Edward Ogbebor-Onaiwu (1st year scholar) — DF Louie Ainsley — DF Jamil Awoyejo — DF Reuben Collins — DF Jack Currie — DF Dean Perana — DF Dylan Hersey — DF Tom Scott (1st year scholar) — DF Osaze Urhoghide (2nd year scholar) — MF Ossama Ashley (1st year scholar)

No. Position Player — MF Richie Mbele — MF Ethan Nelson-Roberts (1st year scholar) — MF Reece Weekes — FW Tyler Burey — FW Valentino Carpene (1st year scholar) — FW Great Evans (1st year scholar) — FW Donte Lodge-Francis — FW Finlay MacNab — FW Bobby Mills

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