Sunderland A.F.C. Academy is the collective name for the youth development squads of Sunderland Association Football Club, primarily the U18 and U23 teams. Sunderland have an 'Elite' Category 1 football academy based on the Elite Player Performance Plan and their teams are members of the Professional Development League.
Sunderland's academy is based at the Academy of Light in Cleadon, South Tyneside and the Academy manager is Paul Reid. Sunderland academy teams play at the Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground, in Hetton-le-Hole (U23s) or at the Academy of Light (U18s). At least three U23 games per season are played at Stadium of Light as per the rules of the Professional Development League.
Numerous notable professional players have graduated from Sunderland's youth system over the years. In recent seasons, Jordan Henderson and Jordan Pickford have both represented England at senior international level.Bali Mumba currently represents England at U17 level and Lynden Gooch has been capped for the United States.
Fulham (U23) 
Wolverhampton (U23) 
Stoke City (U23) 
Nottingham Forest (U23) 
Norwich (U23) 
Burnley (U23) 
Southampton (U23) 
Newcastle (U23) 
West Brom (U23) 
Aston Villa (U23) 
Birmingham (U23) 
Middlesbrough (U23) 
Sunderland (U23) 
Reading (U23) 
Almeria 
Barcelona 
Real Sociedad 
Valencia 
Palermo 
Sampdoria 
Bordeaux 
Pau 
Fiorentina 
Napoli 
Rio Ave 
Benfica 
Celtic 
ST Mirren 
Heart Of Midlothian 
Rangers 
Dynamo Kyiv 
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 
1899 Hoffenheim 
Bayern Munich 
Bayer Leverkusen 
FC Augsburg 
Borussia Dortmund 
SV Darmstadt 98 
Eintracht Frankfurt 
RB Leipzig 
VFL Wolfsburg 
FSV Mainz 05 
Werder Bremen 
VFL Bochum 
Lokomotiv Moscow 
Fakel Voronezh 
Torino 
AC Milan 
SC Braga 
FC Porto 
Spartak Moscow 
Rubin 
AZ Alkmaar 
Utrecht 
Feyenoord 
Excelsior 
PSV 
Waalwijk 
Vitesse Arnhem 
Ajax 
Dnipro-1 
Shakhtar Donetsk 
Arsenal 
Everton 
Brighton 
Manchester Utd 
Chelsea 
Bournemouth 
Liverpool 
Wolverhampton 
Manchester City 
West Ham 
Sheffield Utd 
Tottenham