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 Under 18's squad play their home matches in the FA Youth Cup at Kingsmeadow, 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 clubs New Malden training complex. 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 academy and youth development staff

Name	Role
Jeremy Sauer	Academy Manager
Mark Robinson	Academy Head of Football
Alan Reeves	Senior Professional Development Coach
James Oliver-Pearce	Assistant Professional Development Coach
Michael Hamilton	Academy Head of Coaching
Robert Tuvey	Lead Youth Phase Coach
Joe Roberts	Lead Foundation Phase Coach
Jordan Knight	Head Goalkeeper Coach
Seb Brown	Goalkeeper Coach
Ben Fosuhene	Head of Talent Identification
Jenna Richards	Sports Science and Medicine Manager
Rory Harding	Lead Performance Analyst

Current Youth Development Squads

Under-23s Development squad

As of 31 August 2018.

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

No. Position Player 8 MF Anthony Hartigan 20 DF Toby Sibbick 21 FW Egli Kaja 22 FW Tommy Wood 23 DF Tom Scott 25 GK Nik Tzanev 27 MF Neşet Bellikli

No. Position Player 28 MF Alfie Egan 29 MF Kosta Sparta 30 DF Paul Kalambayi 37 DF Osaze Urhoghide 36 MF Ossama Ashley — MF Kyron Stabana

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 Tom Miles (1st year scholar) — DF Louie Ainsley — DF Tyrique Spencer-Clarke — DF Jamil Awoyejo — DF Reuben Collins — DF Archie Procter — DF Jack Currie — DF Dylan Hersey — DF Tom Scott (2nd year scholar) 36 MF Ossama Ashley (1st year scholar)

No. Position Player — MF Ayoub Assal — MF Richie Mbele — MF Reece Weekes — FW Tyler Burey — FW Valentino Carpene (1st year scholar) — FW Donte Lodge-Francis — FW Finlay MacNab — FW Bobby Mills 31 FW Kane Crichlow

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