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 home page
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-21s Development squad

As of 26 July 2016.^[1]

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 15 FW George Oakley 16 MF Tom Beere 19 MF David Fitzpatrick 21 FW Egli Kaja 24 GK Joe McDonnell 25 MF Dan Gallagher

No. Position Player 27 MF Neşet Bellikli 28 MF Alfie Egan 29 FW Toyosi Olusanya 30 DF Paul Kalambayi 31 DF Seth Owens — DF Toby Sibbick

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 20 July 2016.

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

No. Position Player — GK Jack Wingate (2nd year scholar) — GK Josef Bursík (1st year scholar) — DF Louie Ainsley — DF Sean Bird — DF Reuben Collins — DF Jamie Smith — DF George Marchant (2nd year scholar) — DF Osaze Urhoghide (2nd year scholar) — DF Tom Scott (1st year scholar) — MF Nick Akoto (2nd year scholar) — MF Louie Stanton-Cockle (3rd year scholar)

No. Position Player — MF Eric De Melo Calheiros — MF Judah Chapman (2nd year scholar) — MF Anthony Hartigan (1st year scholar) — MF Ethan Nelson-Roberts (1st year scholar) — MF Antonio Walker (2nd year scholar) — FW Jayden Antwi (2nd year scholar) — FW Valentino Carpene (1st year scholar) — FW Great Evans (1st year scholar) — FW Callum Phillip — FW Reece Williams-Bowers (2nd year scholar) — FW Nathan Wood (2nd year scholar)

Notable Academy graduates

Players in bold are currently playing for the senior first team. Players in italics subsequently went on to be signed by a Premier League club.

References