Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy

Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy

Full name	Chelsea Football Club Reserves and Academy
Nickname(s)	The Blues The Young Blues The Royal Blues
Ground	Recreation Ground Cobham Training Centre Stamford Bridge
Capacity	7,100 (Recreation Ground) 41,663 (Stamford Bridge)
Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	Adi Viveash (U21) Joe Edwards (U18)
League	Professional U21 Development League League 1 (reserves) Professional U18 Development League League 1 (academy)
Home colours Away colours

Chelsea F.C. Reserves are the under-21 team of Chelsea Football Club. They play in the Division 1 of the Professional U21 Development League, which is the top level of reserve football in England. They were the Champions in the 2013–14 season. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally have an appearance, for instance when they are recovering from injury. The under-21 team is coached by Adrian Viveash.

Chelsea F.C. Academy are the under-18 team of Chelsea Football Club. It is a member of the Professional U18 Development League. They have won the FA Youth Cup in 1960, 1961, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and ended being runners-up in 1958, 2008 and 2013. The youth team is coached by Joe Edwards. The academy is regarded as one of the best in English football ^[1] and has produced many successful players such as the brothers Ron and Allan Harris, Peter Bonetti, Bobby Tambling, Barry Bridges, Bert Murray, John Hollins, Peter Osgood, Ray Wilkins, Graeme Le Saux, Bobby Smith, Terry Venables, Jimmy Greaves, and John Terry.

Neil Bath is the Head of youth development who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the academy along with Michael Emenalo who is the current Technical Director, having been promoted from Assistant First Team Coach, and largely responsible for exploring and recruiting new young players around the world.

From 2013–14 season, the under-21 team play their home games at Aldershot Town F.C.'s Recreation Ground. The under-18 team play their home games at the club's Cobham Training Centre at Cobham in Surrey. Both teams occasionally use the club's home ground Stamford Bridge for important matches.

U21 squad

As of 9 April 2016.^[2]

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

No. Position Player 33 GK Mitchell Beeney 34 DF Ola Aina 37 DF Jake Clarke-Salter 38 MF Kasey Palmer 39 DF Fankaty Dabo 40 GK Bradley Collins 41 MF Charlie Colkett — DF Dion Conroy — DF Fikayo Tomori — DF Ali Suljić — DF Kevin Wright — DF Jay Dasilva

No. Position Player — MF Kyle Scott — MF Isaac Christie-Davies — MF Ruben Sammut — MF Mukhtar Ali — MF Tika Musonda — MF Reece Mitchell — MF Charlie Wakefield — MF Miro Muheim — MF Josimar Quintero — FW Alex Kiwomya — FW Islam Feruz — FW Tammy Abraham

U18 squad

As of 24 March 2016.^[3]

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

No. Position Player — GK Jared Thompson — GK Nathan Baxter — GK Jamie Cumming — DF Richard Nartey — DF Cole Dasilva — DF Josh Grant — DF Joseph Colley — DF Trevoh Chalobah — DF Dujon Sterling — DF Zechariah Medley — DF Reece James

No. Position Player — MF Marc Guehi — MF Harvey St Clair — MF Luke McCormick — MF Mason Mount — MF Jacob Maddox — MF Tariq Uwakwe — MF George McEachran — MF Conor Gallagher — FW Malakai Hinckson-Mars — FW Martell Taylor-Crossdale — FW Iké Ugbo

Notable Academy graduates

Graduates of Chelsea's academy and 'A' teams who won at least one full international cap. NB: Bold players are still playing for the club.

Bobby Smith Peter Brabrook Jimmy Greaves Ken Shellito Barry Bridges Bobby Tambling Peter Bonetti Terry Venables Bert Murray Allan Harris Ron Harris John Hollins Peter Osgood Alan Hudson

Ray Wilkins Graeme Le Saux John Terry Carlton Cole Ryan Bertrand Mikael Forssell Nick Colgan Ben Sahar Fabio Borini Robert Huth Frank Sinclair Junior Mendes Patrick van Aanholt Jeffrey Bruma

Neil Etheridge James Younghusband Phil Younghusband Craig Burley Warren Cummings Liam Bridcutt Tommy Law Miroslav Stoch Dean Furman Gökhan Töre Andrew Crofts Gareth Hall Andy King

Young Player of the Year

Source: chelseafc.com

Year Winner 1983 Keith Dublin 1984 Robert Isaac 1985 Gareth Hall 1986 Mick Bodley 1987 Jason Cundy 1988 Eddie Cunnington 1989 ----- No award ----- 1990 ----- No award ----- 1991 Andy Myers 1992 Zeke Rowe 1993 Neil Shipperley 1994 Mark Nicholls 1995 Chris McCann 1996 Jody Morris 1997 Nick Crittenden 1998 John Terry 1999 Samuele Dalla Bona

Year Winner 2000 Rhys Evans 2001 Leon Knight 2002 Carlton Cole 2003 Robert Huth 2004 Robert Huth 2005 Robert Huth 2006 Lassana Diarra 2007 John Obi Mikel 2008 The U18s youth team 2009 Michael Mancienne 2010 The U18s youth team 2011 Josh McEachran 2012 Lucas Piazon 2013 Nathan Aké 2014 Lewis Baker 2015 Kurt Zouma

Academy Player of the Year

Year Winner 2015 Dominic Solanke

Academy graduates (1992–present)

— Academy graduates who still play for Chelsea, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are in bold.

— Updated 28 April 2016^[4]

Player	Current Club	Born	International Honours	Debut	Manager
Neil Shipperley	Retired	Chatham	England U21	Age 18 v Southampton, 10 Apr. 1993	David Webb
Michael Duberry	Retired	Enfield	England U21	Age 18 v Coventry City, 4 May. 1994	Glenn Hoddle
Jody Morris	Retired	Hammersmith	England U21	Age 17 v Middlesbrough, 4 Feb. 1996
Mark Nicholls	Retired	Hillingdon		Age 19 v Leicester City, 12 Oct. 1996	Ruud Gullit
Neil Clement	Retired	Reading	England U18	Age 19 v West Ham United, 21 Dec. 1996
Paul Hughes	Retired	Hammersmith		Age 21 v Derby County, 18 Jan. 1997
Nick Colgan	Retired	Drogheda	Full Ireland Caps	Age 24 v West Ham United, 12 Mar. 1997
Joe Sheerin	Retired	Hammersmith		Age 18 v Wimbledon, 22 Apr. 1997
Steven Hampshire	Retired	Edinburgh		Age 16 v Blackburn Rovers, 15 Oct. 1997
Nick Crittenden	Dorchester Town	Bracknell		Age 19 v Southampton, 19 Nov. 1997
Jon Harley	Retired	Maidstone	England U21	Age 19 v Derby County, 5 Apr. 1998	Gianluca Vialli
John Terry	Chelsea	Barking	Full England Caps	Age 17 v Aston Villa, 28 Oct. 1998
Mikael Forssell	HJK	Steinfurt	Full Finland Caps	Age 19 v Arsenal, 31 Jan. 1999
Rob Wolleaston	Retired	Perivale		Age 19 v Huddersfield Town, 13 Oct. 1999
Samuele Dalla Bona	Unattached	San Donà di Piave	Italy U21	Age 18 v Feyenoord, 24 Nov. 1999
Leon Knight	Unattached	Hackney	England U20	Age 19 v Levski Sofia, 27 Sep. 2001	Claudio Ranieri
Joel Kitamirike	Retired	Kampala		Age 18 v Hapoel Tel Aviv, 18 Oct. 2001
Joe Keenan	Retired	Southampton		Age 19 v Aston Villa, 9 Feb. 2002
Carlton Cole	Celtic	Croydon	Full England Caps	Age 18 v Everton, 6 Apr. 2002
Robert Huth	Leicester City	Berlin	Full Germany Caps	Age 17 v Aston Villa, 11 May. 2002
Filipe Oliveira	Videoton	Braga	Portugal U21	Age 18 v Viking, 19 Sep. 2002
Alexis Nicolas	Retired	Westminster	Cyprus U21	Age 20 v Scarborough, 24 Jan. 2004
Steven Watt	Hemel Hempstead Town	Aberdeen	Scotland U21	Age 19 v Scunthorpe United, 8 Jan. 2005	José Mourinho
Anthony Grant	Port Vale	Lambeth	England U19	Age 17 v Manchester United, 10 May. 2005
Lenny Pidgeley	Forest Green Rovers	Twickenham	England U20	Age 21 v Charlton Athletic, 7 May. 2005
Jimmy Smith	Crawley Town	Newham	England U19	Age 19 v Newcastle United, 7 May. 2006
Ben Sahar	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Holon	Full Israel Caps	Age 18 v Macclesfield Town, 6 Jan. 2007
Michael Woods	Hartlepool United	York	England U19	Age 16 v Macclesfield Town, 6 Jan. 2007
Scott Sinclair	Aston Villa	Bath	England U21	Age 17 v Wycombe Wanderers, 10 Jan. 2007
Sam Hutchinson	Sheffield Wednesday	Windsor	England U19	Age 17 v Everton, 13 May. 2007	Avram Grant
Miroslav Stoch	Bursaspor	Nitra	Full Slovakia Caps	Age 19 v Arsenal, 30 Nov. 2008	Luiz Felipe Scolari
Michael Mancienne	Nottingham Forest	Feltham	England U21	Age 21 v Watford, 14 Feb. 2009	Guus Hiddink
Fabio Borini	Sunderland	Bentivoglio	Full Italy Caps	Age 18 v Tottenham Hotspur, 20 Sep. 2009	Carlo Ancelotti
Jeffrey Bruma	PSV	Rotterdam	Full Netherlands Caps	Age 17 v Blackburn Rovers, 24 Oct. 2009
Gaël Kakuta	Hebei China Fortune	Lille	France U21	Age 18 v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 21 Nov. 2009
Patrick van Aanholt	Sunderland	's-Hertogenbosch	Full Netherlands Caps	Age 19 v Portsmouth, 24 Mar. 2010
Josh McEachran	Brentford	Oxford	England U21	Age 17 v MŠK Žilina, 15 Sep. 2010
Jacob Mellis	Bury	Nottingham	England U19	Age 19 v MŠK Žilina, 23 Nov. 2010
Ryan Bertrand	Southampton	Southwark	Full England Caps	Age 21 v Birmingham City, 20 Apr. 2011
Lucas Piazon	Chelsea	São Paulo	Brazil U23	Age 18 v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 25 Sep. 2012	Roberto Di Matteo
Nathan Aké	Watford	The Hague	Netherlands U21	Age 17 v Norwich City, 26 Dec. 2012	Rafael Benítez
Tomáš Kalas	Middlesbrough	Olomouc	Full Czech Republic Caps	Age 20 v Arsenal, 29 Oct. 2013	José Mourinho
Lewis Baker	Vitesse	Luton	England U21	Age 18 v Derby County, 5 Jan. 2014
John Swift	Brentford	Portsmouth	England U21	Age 18 v Cardiff City, 11 May. 2014
Dominic Solanke	Vitesse	Basingstoke	England U21	Age 17 v Maribor, 21 Oct. 2014
Andreas Christensen	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Lillerød	Full Denmark Caps	Age 18 v Shrewsbury Town, 28 Oct. 2014
Ruben Loftus-Cheek	Chelsea	Lewisham	England U21	Age 18 v Sporting Lisbon, 10 Dec. 2014
Isaiah Brown	Vitesse	Peterborough	England U19	Age 18 v West Bromwich Albion, 18 May. 2015
Jake Clarke-Salter	Chelsea	Carshalton	England U19	Age 18 v Aston Villa, 2 Apr. 2016	Guus Hiddink

Honours

Reserves Team

• Professional U21 Development League League 1
  • (1): 2014
• The Football Combination
  • (11): 1948–49, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1993–94
• Premier Reserve League - National Champions
  • (1): 2010–11
• Premier Reserve League - Southern Champions
  • (1): 2010–11
• London Challenge Cup
  • (5): 1919–20, 1926–27, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1960–61

Academy Team

• UEFA Youth League
  • (2): 2015, 2016
• FA Youth Cup
  • (7): 1960, 1961, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
• Junior Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament (U-15)
  • (1): 2010

References

1. "Chelsea and Manchester City starting to dominate youth football". Dailymail.com. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
2. "Chelsea F.C. Under-21 Squad". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
3. "Chelsea F.C. Under-18 Squad". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
4. "Academy roll of honour". Chelsea F.C. 8 April 2016.