Burnley F.C. Academy

Burnley F.C. Academy
Nickname(s)The Clarets
GroundBarnfield Training Ground
County Ground (under-21s)
ManagerAndy Farrell (under-21s)
Tony Philliskirk (under-18s)
LeagueProfessional Development League (under-21s and under-18s)
National League Cup (under-21s)

Burnley F.C. Academy are the youth teams of Burnley Football Club. The under-21s currently play in the first level of reserve football in England, the U21 Professional Development League. The team mainly consists of players under the age of 21 at the club, but does occasionally include first team players. Burnley's under-18s also play in the first level of academy football in England, the U18 Professional Development League.

U21 squad

As of 15 August 2025[1]

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 England ENG Charlie Casper
— GK England ENG Felix Chester
— GK England ENG Lewis Forshaw
— DF England ENG Noah Adekoya
— DF England ENG Joe Ashton
— DF England ENG Hamzat Balogun
— DF Scotland SCO Murray Campbell
— DF England ENG Brad Grant
— DF England ENG Jack McEvilly
— DF Netherlands NED Jesse Williams
— MF England ENG Zach Johnson
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF New Zealand NZL Marley Leuluai
— MF England ENG Adam McCoy
— MF Scotland SCO Oli Pimlott
— MF England ENG Kamarni Ryan
— MF Wales WAL Tom Tweedy
— MF England ENG Charlie Veevers
— MF France FRA Julien Vetro
— FW Scotland SCO Joe Bevan
— FW England ENG Vernon Masara
— FW Scotland SCO Michael Mellon
— FW England ENG Benji Wetshi

Out on loan

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 England ENG Sam Waller (on loan at Crewe Alexandra until 30 June 2026)
— DF England ENG Logan Pye (on loan at Accrington Stanley until 30 June 2026)
— MF England ENG Joe Bauress (on loan at Accrington Stanley until 30 June 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Tommy McDermott (at Shrewsbury Town until 30 June 2026)
— FW Austria AUT Oluwaseun Adewumi (on loan at Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2026)

U18 Squad

As of 11 July 2025[2]

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
54 GK England ENG Connor Edwards
— DF England ENG Freddie Best
— DF England ENG Albert Blackie
— DF England ENG Croyde da Costa
— DF England ENG Luca Fong
— DF England ENG Anwar Murtesa
— DF England ENG Michael Stanley
— DF England ENG Joseph Wilcock
— MF England ENG George Brierley
— MF England ENG James Lewis
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Kian McMahon-Brown
— MF England ENG Dylan Morison
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Troy Savage
— MF Gibraltar GIB Luca Scanlon
— MF Portugal POR Fabio So
— FW England ENG Braidin Derbyshire
— FW England ENG Corey King
— FW Nigeria NGA Destiny Okonkwo
— FW England ENG Brandon Pouani
— FW England ENG Warren Taylor

Honours

The list below includes honours won by either Burnley's "A", "B", reserves, under-23s, under-21s, or under-18s teams.[3][4][5]

Graduates

Below is a list of Burnley youth players that have gone on to play in the first team since 1936.[14]

Players that have been capped at full international level are in bold.

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Notes

  1. ^ Burnley won both the 1892–93 and 1893–94 seasons with unbeaten records, scoring 112 goals in 22 matches in the former and 119 in 18 games in the latter.[5]
  2. ^ The club generally fielded its first team in the competition until the mid-1990s.[6]
  3. ^ Held in Düsseldorf, West Germany,[7] Burnley defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf (3–1), 1. FC Köln (3–0), and Inter Milan (1–0) to reach the final, where they beat Barcelona 2–1.[8][9]
  4. ^ Held in Marl, West Germany, Burnley beat Ajax, Auswahl Marl, and Juventus to reach the final, in which they lost to Red Star Belgrade.[10][11]
  5. ^ Held at Sunderland's training ground in Washington (County Durham), with the final at Roker Park, it was the first international under-19 club tournament held in England. In the group stage, Burnley defeated Sheffield United and Kickers Offenbach (West Germany), and drew with Standard Liège (Belgium). The team qualified for the final, where they defeated Sunderland 1–0, with Leighton James scoring the only goal.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Under 21". Burnley F.C. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Under 18". Burnley F.C. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  3. ^ Rundle, Richard. "Burnley Reserves". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  4. ^ Rundle, Richard. "Burnley "A"". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. Burnley F.C. pp. 562–566. ISBN 978-0955746802.
  6. ^ Simpson (2007), pp. 509–510
  7. ^ "Free transfers for five young Clarets". Lancashire Telegraph. 26 May 1966. p. 16.
  8. ^ Simpson (2007), p. 317
  9. ^ "Witton sign a centre half". Liverpool Daily Post. 23 July 1966. p. 15.
  10. ^ Simpson (2007), p. 313
  11. ^ "Young stars of Europe are looking for goals now!" Lancashire Telegraph. 3 July 1965. p. 13.
  12. ^ Simpson (2007), p. 341
  13. ^ "Great team show wins tournament: 5 Nations under-19 youth tournament". Burnley Civic Trust Heritage Image Collection. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  14. ^ Scholes, Tony (8 November 2016). "Burnley FC Youth Academy Graduates". UpTheClarets. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

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