AFC Wimbledon Development Squad and Academy
AFC Wimbledon Development squad and Academy are the youth teams of professional English association football club AFC Wimbledon. Under the Elite Player Performance Plan 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 club's 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 Youth Development Squads
Under-18s squad
Under the Elite Player Performance Plan 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.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.Dan Agyei- Jayden AntwiOssama Ashley
- Tom Beere
- Neşet BellikliTyler BureyJosef BursikAlfie Egan
- Great Evans
- Jim Fenlon
- Dan Gallagher
- Luke Gambin
- Ben HarrisonAnthony Hartigan
- Chris Hussey
- Femi Ilesanmi
- Ryan Jackson
- Huw JohnsonEgli KajaPaul Kalambayi
- Brendan KiernanWill Mannion
- Frankie Merrifield
- Ethan Nelson-RobertsWill Nightingale
- George Oakley
- Toyosi OlusanyaToby SibbickRyan Sweeney
- Jack Turner