Hull City Academy 2025-26

Hull City Academy 2025–26 season showcasing progress along the EPPP development pathway for youth players.

Based in Yorkshire and the Humber, Hull City FC runs a category 2 academy.

  • Under-21 Head Coach: Conor Sellars
  • Under-18 Head Coach (Temporary): Mark Beard

Hull City Retained List 2025

View the complete list of Hull City players who have been retained, released, or have returned to their parent clubs following loan spells.

Hull City Scholars 2025/26

  1. Ted Gode
  2. Sasha Gomeniuk
  3. Albert Matique
  4. Bobby Moore
  5. Dellan Robinson
  6. Emmanuel Sarpong
  7. Ekemini Umoren
  8. Alex Edey

Hull City Academy Players On Loan 2025/26

Youth players on loan.

  1. Rocco Coyle (Midfielder) Boston United; Scarborough Athletic
  2. Harry Revill (Defender) Salisbury
  3. Tyrell Sellars-Fleming (Forward) Scunthorpe; Grimsby Town
  4. Noah Wadsworth (Defender) Scarborough Athletic
  5. Calvin Okike (Defender) Hartlepool United

Hull City Academy Products in the First Team 2025/26

  1. Harry Vaughan (Midfielder) #14
  2. Aidon Shehu (Midfielder) #57
  3. Stanley Ashbee (Defender) #43
  4. Pharrell Brown (Midfielder) #40
  5. Calvin Okike (Defender) #48
  6. Cathal McCarthy (Midfielder) #58

Hull City Academy International Players 2025/26

  1. Zac Jagielka (Forward) Wales U19
  2. Coist Walker (Defender) Northern Ireland U19
  3. Cathal McCarthy (Midfielder) Ireland U21
  4. Harry Vaughan (Midfielder) Ireland U21
  5. Aidon Shehu (Midfielder) Albania U21

Hull City Academy Competitions

U17 Professional Development League Cup

The U17 Professional Development League Cup is an English youth football tournament created for players aged 17 and under.

U17 PDL Cup Group Stage

Hull City U17 will play against Under-17 teams from Bradford City, Oldham Athletic and Salford City.

  1. Hull City U17 lost away against Salford City U17 (3 – 1)
  2. Hull City U17 won at home against Oldham U17 (3 – 2)
  3. Hull City U17 won at home against Bradford City (2 – 1)

Round of 16

  1. Hull City U17 lost at home against Mansfield Town U17 (0 – 2)

U18 Professional Development League

The Under-18 Professional Development League is a leading English youth competition for Category Two academies, comprising 20 teams split into North and South regional divisions.

It delivers a high-level development pathway for promising players, combining league competition with a national play-off system.

Below are the team standings at the winter break, marking roughly the halfway point of the season.

U18 PDL North

U18 Professional Development League Cup

Established for the 2021/22 season, the Professional Development League Cup features 32 teams divided into eight groups of four.

The group winners advance to the knockout stages.

Hull City U18 are drawn in Group F against under-18 teams: Grimsby Town, Barnsley and Preston North End.

Fixtures Schedule (Group F)

  • Match Round 1 (Tuesday 26 August 2025) Hull City v Barnsley
  • Match Round 2 (Saturday 4 October 2025) Grimsby Town v Hull City
  • Match Round 3 (Saturday 22 November 2025) Preston North End v Hull City

U18 Professional Development League Cup Group Stage

  1. Hull City U18 won at home against Barnsley U18 (2 – 0)
  2. Hull City U18 lost away against Grimsby Town U18 (6 – 1)
  3. Hull City U18 lost away against Preston North End U18 (3 – 2)

FA Youth Cup

Third Round Proper

Hull City U18 have been drawn at home against Swansea City U18

  1. Hull City U18 lost at home against Swansea City U18 (2 – 3)
    • Josh Ocaya
    • George Akinninranye

Professional Development League

Professional Development League 2—is England’s main youth competition for Category Two academies. It sits just below Premier League 2, providing Under-21 players with a key pathway toward first-team football.

The league is split into regional North and South divisions, with play-offs determining the national champion, and it offers a highly competitive platform for developing top young talent.

Below are the team standings at the winter break, marking roughly the halfway point of the season.

PDL2 North Winter Table 2025-26

U21 Premier League Cup

The Premier League Cup was introduced in the 2013/14 season to enhance competition during the Professional Development Phase.

It added a knockout tournament alongside the regular league schedule. For the 2025/26 season, the format features nine groups.

The top team from each group automatically qualifies for the knockout stage, along with the seven best second-placed teams.

U21 Premier League Cup Group Stage

Hull City U21 are drawn in Group A against under 21 teams from Birmingham City, AFC Bournemouth and Reading.

  1. Hull City U21 won at home against Birmingham City U21 (5 – 1)
    • Mohamed Belloumi (2)
    • Bobby Moore
    • Pharrell Brown (2)
  2. Hull City U21 lost away against AFC Bournemouth U21 (4 – 1)
    • Hugh Parker
  3. Hull City U21 lost at home against Reading U21 (0 – 2)
  4. Hull City U21 won away against Birmingham City U21 (0 – 3)
    • Sammy Henia-Kamau
    • Josh Ocaya
    • Hugh Parker
  5. Hull City U21 lost at home against AFC Bournemouth U21 (3 – 4)
    • Cathal McCarthy
    • Hugh Parker
    • Harry Vaughan
  6. Hull City U21 lost away against Reading U21 (1 – 0)

Hull City Academy News

25th June 2025

Defender Andy Smith has made a permanent move to Sky Bet League Two club Gillingham for an undisclosed fee.

1st July 2025

Academy pre-season schedule.

6th November 2025

Defender Cathal McCarthy and midfielder Harry Vaughan have been named in the Ireland U21 squad for the upcoming matches against England and Andorra.

27th November 2025

Alex Edey has joined Hull City as a free agent

The attacking midfielder signs a scholarship with the Tigers until the end of the 2026/27 season, becoming a first-year scholar with Mark Beard and Kemal Dagli’s Under-18s.

11th December 2025

Hull City Under-18s were knocked out of the FA Youth Cup in the third round following a 3-2 loss to Swansea City Under-18s at the MKM Stadium.

19th January 2026

Noah Wadsworth and Rocco Coyle have returned to Hull City following the conclusion of their loan spells with Scarborough Athletic.

5th February 2026

Hull City has announced the signing of promising goalkeeper Khiani Shombe.

The 19-year-old has joined the Tigers on an 18-month contract following his release from Southampton and will join Conor Sellars’ Under-21 squad.

10th February 2026

Three Under-18 players have signed their first professional contracts with the club.

Second-year scholars Ramell Carter and Josh Ocaya, and first-year scholar Bobby Moore, have all agreed to two-and-a-half-year deals, with the club holding an option for an additional year on Carter and Ocaya’s contracts.

22nd February 2026

Hull City Under-21s winger Zane Myers has completed a permanent move to SSE Airtricity League Premier Division side Bohemians for an undisclosed fee.