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.

• 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

• FA Youth Cup: runners-up 1991
• Northern Intermediate League Cup: winners 1982, 1989, 1993
• Professional U23 Development League 2: winners 2016–17

As of 8 January 2025

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 MF  ENG Rio Shipston 32 DF  ENG Sam Reed 33 DF  IRL Gabriel Otegbayo 36 DF  ENG Mackenzie Maltby 39 FW  ENG Favour Onukwuli 46 GK  ENG Jack Hall — GK  ENG Jack Phillips — DF  ENG Cian Flannery — DF  ENG Reece Johnson

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BRA Gui Siqueira — MF  ENG Jay Buchan — MF  POR Bruno Fernandes — MF  ENG Jarvis Thornton — FW  ENG George Brown — FW  ENG Junior Kamwa — FW  NIR Devlan Moses — FW  ZIM Joey Phuthi

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 30 MF  ENG Sean Fusire (on loan to Carlisle United)

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 GK  IRL Killian Barrett (on loan to Solihull Moors)

As of 7 August 2024

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  WAL Logan Stretch — DF  ENG Joe Emery — DF  ENG Kailen Hatfield — DF  ENG Jacob Jessop — DF  ENG Harris Lihe — DF  ENG Jack Swales — DF  ENG Ernie Weaver — MF  ENG Liam Clayton

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Finley Hunt — MF  ENG Sutura Kakay — MF  ENG Voldi Mbaya — MF  NIR Aodhan Sopala — FW  POR Daniel Da Costa — FW  ENG Caiden Remy-Dee — FW  ENG Ari-Jae Shaw — FW  ENG Dom Weston

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 end of the 2023–2024 season.

As of 10 May 2024

Role	Name
Academy manager	Jonathan Pepper
U21 manager	Andy Holdsworth
PDP manager	Andy Sharp
Head of coaching	Daral Pugh
Head of education	Dan Potts
Youth development phase manager	Jordan Broadbent
Youth development phase assistant	Michael Woodhall
Lead academy strength and conditioning coach	Harry Hurst
Head of academy analyst	Ethan Skea
Assistant performance analyst	Ben Clough
Academy Sports Science and Medicine	Jack Newbery
Academy physio	James Kelly
Pre-academy manager	John Megson
Academy administrator	John Hendley
Player care lead	Rachael Finney
Academy operations lead	Craig Chappell

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

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