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Chelsea F.C. Development Squad are the development team of Chelsea Football Club. They play in the Premier League 2, which is the top level of reserve football in England. They were the champions in the 2013–14 and 2019–20 seasons. The team mainly consists of under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally feature, when recovering from injuries or otherwise not in the first team. The under-21 team is managed by Mark Robinson and the under-18 team is managed by Ed Brand.

Chelsea Development and Academy

Full name	Chelsea Football Club Development Squad and Academy
Nickname(s)	The Blues The Young Blues
Ground	Kingsmeadow Cobham Training Centre Stamford Bridge
Capacity	4,850 (Kingsmeadow) 40,853 (Stamford Bridge)
Owner	Todd Boehly
Chairman	Todd Boehly
Manager	Mark Robinson (U21) Ed Brand (U18)
League	Premier League 2 (under-21s) U18 Premier League (academy)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Departments of Chelsea
Men's Football Women's Football Academy

Chelsea F.C. Academy is 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 nine times, including five consecutive titles between 2014 and 2018. The academy 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, John Terry, Mason Mount, and Reece James. Chelsea are the only English club to reach the final of the UEFA Youth League, winning it twice in four final appearances.

Neil Bath, who is the Head of Youth Development, is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the academy.[1]

Until the 2019–20 season, the development team played their home games at Aldershot Town's Recreation Ground. The under-18 team play their home games at the club's Cobham Training Centre in Cobham, Surrey. Both teams occasionally use the club's home ground Stamford Bridge for important matches.

Current squads

Development squad

As of 12 November 2022[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 GK  ENG Teddy Sharman-Lowe 41 MF  ENG Charlie Webster 42 DF  ENG Bashir Humphreys 43 DF  ENG Josh Brooking 45 DF  ENG Zak Sturge 46 MF  ITA Cesare Casadei 48 FW  ENG Mason Burstow 49 MF  ENG Ben Elliott 50 GK  WAL Eddie Beach 52 MF  ENG Dion Rankine 55 DF  ENG Dylan Williams

No. Pos. Nation Player 56 MF  JAM Omari Hutchinson 57 DF  ENG Derrick Abu 58 DF  ENG Alfie Gilchrist 59 FW  ENG Malik Mothersille 60 GK  MAR Sami Tlemcani 61 FW  ENG Jude Soonsup-Bell 62 FW  FIN Jimi Tauriainen 63 FW  ENG Silko Thomas 67 MF  ENG Lewis Hall — DF  NED Juan Castillo

U19 and U18 squad

As of 2 September 2022[3][4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 64 MF  ENG Leo Castledine 65 FW  ENG Louis Flower 66 MF  ENG Billy Gee 68 DF  ENG Brodi Hughes 70 GK  ENG Teddy Curd 71 FW  ENG Tudor Mendel-Idowu 72 DF  ENG Richard Olise 73 MF  ENG Samuel Rak-Sakyi 74 FW  ENG Zain Silcott-Duberry 75 FW  ENG Ronnie Stutter 80 GK  ENG Max Merrick — GK  ENG Prince Adegoke — GK  ENG Luke Campbell

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Josh Acheampong — DF  ENG Travis Akomeah — DF  ENG Somto Boniface — DF  ENG Noah Hay — DF  ENG Harrison Murray-Campbell — DF  ENG Kaiden Wilson — MF  ENG Michael Golding — MF  ENG Harrison McMahon — MF  ENG Reiss Alexander Russell-Denny — FW  ENG Ato Ampah — FW  ENG Chinonso Chibueze — FW  ENG Tyrique George — FW  ENG Donnell McNeilly

Management team

As of 3 July 2022[5]

Technical mentor	Claude Makélélé[6]
Head of youth development	Neil Bath
Development squad head coach	Mark Robinson
Development squad assistant	Jon Harley
Development squad assistant	Jack Mesure
Under-18's head coach	Ed Brand
Under-18's assistant	Andy Ross
Under-18's assistant	Jimmy Smith

Notable Academy graduates

Players who have at least 10 appearances for Chelsea and/or represented a country at full international level. Players who still play for Chelsea, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are in bold.

Before WW2

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Young Player of the Year

As of the 2018–19 season[7]

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 2000 Rhys Evans

Year Winner 2001 Leon Knight 2002 Carlton Cole 2003 Robert Huth 2004 Robert Huth 2005 Robert Huth 2006 Lassana Diarra 2007 Mikel John Obi 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 2016 Ruben Loftus-Cheek 2017 No award 2018 Andreas Christensen

Year Winner 2019 Callum Hudson-Odoi 2020 onwards No award

Academy Player of the Year

As of the 2021–22 season[8]

Year Winner 2015 Dominic Solanke 2016 Fikayo Tomori 2017 Mason Mount 2018 Reece James 2019 Conor Gallagher 2020 Billy Gilmour 2021 Tino Livramento 2022 Harvey Vale

Academy graduates in Premier League era (1992–present)

Academy graduates who still play for Chelsea, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are in bold.[9]

Player	International caps	Debut	Manager
Neil Shipperley	England U21	Age 18 v Southampton, 10 April 1993	David Webb
Michael Duberry	England U21	Age 18 v Coventry City, 4 May 1994	Glenn Hoddle
Jody Morris	England U21	Age 17 v Middlesbrough, 4 February 1996
Mark Nicholls		Age 19 v Leicester City, 12 October 1996	Ruud Gullit
Neil Clement	England U18	Age 19 v West Ham United, 21 December 1996
Paul Hughes		Age 21 v Derby County, 18 January 1997
Joe Sheerin		Age 18 v Wimbledon, 22 April 1997
Steven Hampshire		Age 16 v Blackburn Rovers, 15 October 1997
Nick Crittenden		Age 19 v Southampton, 19 November 1997
Jon Harley	England U21	Age 19 v Derby County, 5 April 1998	Gianluca Vialli
John Terry	Full England caps	Age 17 v Aston Villa, 28 October 1998
Mikael Forssell	Full Finland caps	Age 17 v Arsenal, 31 January 1999
Rob Wolleaston		Age 19 v Huddersfield Town, 13 October 1999
Samuele Dalla Bona	Italy U21	Age 18 v Feyenoord, 24 November 1999
Leon Knight	England U20	Age 19 v Levski Sofia, 27 September 2001	Claudio Ranieri
Joel Kitamirike		Age 18 v Hapoel Tel Aviv, 18 October 2001
Joe Keenan		Age 19 v Aston Villa, 9 February 2002
Carlton Cole	Full England caps	Age 18 v Everton, 6 April 2002
Robert Huth	Full Germany caps	Age 17 v Aston Villa, 11 May 2002
Filipe Oliveira	Portugal U21	Age 18 v Viking, 19 September 2002
Alexis Nicolas	Cyprus U21	Age 20 v Scarborough, 24 January 2004
Steven Watt	Scotland U21	Age 19 v Scunthorpe United, 8 January 2005	José Mourinho
Lenny Pidgeley	England U20	Age 21 v Charlton Athletic, 7 May 2005
Anthony Grant	Full Jamaica caps	Age 17 v Manchester United, 10 May 2005
Jimmy Smith	England U19	Age 19 v Newcastle United, 7 May 2006
Ben Sahar	Full Israel caps	Age 18 v Macclesfield Town, 6 January 2007
Michael Woods	England U19	Age 16 v Macclesfield Town, 6 January 2007
Sam Hutchinson	England U19	Age 17 v Everton, 13 May 2007
Michael Mancienne	Full Seychelles caps	Age 21 v Watford, 14 February 2009	Guus Hiddink
Fabio Borini	Full Italy caps	Age 18 v Tottenham Hotspur, 20 September 2009	Carlo Ancelotti
Jeffrey Bruma	Full Netherlands caps	Age 17 v Blackburn Rovers, 24 October 2009
Gaël Kakuta	Full DR Congo caps	Age 18 v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 21 November 2009
Patrick van Aanholt	Full Netherlands caps	Age 19 v Portsmouth, 24 March 2010
Josh McEachran	England U21	Age 17 v MŠK Žilina, 15 September 2010
Jacob Mellis	England U19	Age 19 v MŠK Žilina, 23 November 2010
Ryan Bertrand	Full England caps	Age 21 v Birmingham City, 20 April 2011
Lucas Piazon	Brazil U23	Age 18 v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 25 September 2012	Roberto Di Matteo
Nathan Aké	Full Netherlands caps	Age 17 v Norwich City, 26 December 2012	Rafael Benítez
Lewis Baker	England U21	Age 18 v Derby County, 5 January 2014	José Mourinho
John Swift	England U21	Age 18 v Cardiff City, 11 May 2014
Dominic Solanke	Full England caps	Age 17 v Maribor, 21 October 2014
Andreas Christensen	Full Denmark caps	Age 18 v Shrewsbury Town, 28 October 2014
Ruben Loftus-Cheek	Full England caps	Age 18 v Sporting Lisbon, 10 December 2014
Isaiah Brown	England U20	Age 18 v West Bromwich Albion, 18 May 2015
Bertrand Traoré	Full Burkina Faso caps	Age 20 v Maccabi Tel Aviv, 16 September 2015
Jake Clarke-Salter	England U21	Age 18 v Aston Villa, 2 April 2016	Guus Hiddink
Tammy Abraham	Full England caps	Age 18 v Liverpool, 11 May 2016
Fikayo Tomori	Full England caps	Age 18 v Leicester City, 15 May 2016
Ola Aina	Full Nigeria caps	Age 19 v Bristol Rovers, 23 August 2016	Antonio Conte
Nathaniel Chalobah	Full England caps	Age 21 v Leicester City, 20 September 2016
Charly Musonda	Belgium U21	Age 20 v Arsenal, 6 August 2017
Jérémie Boga	Full Ivory Coast caps	Age 20 v Burnley, 12 August 2017
Dujon Sterling	England U20	Age 17 v Nottingham Forest, 20 September 2017
Callum Hudson-Odoi	Full England caps	Age 17 v Newcastle United, 28 January 2018
Kyle Scott	United States U20	Age 20 v Hull City, 16 February 2018
Mason Mount	Full England caps	Age 20 v Manchester United, 11 August 2019	Frank Lampard
Billy Gilmour	Full Scotland caps	Age 18 v Sheffield United, 31 August 2019
Reece James	Full England caps	Age 19 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Marc Guehi	Full England caps	Age 19 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Ian Maatsen	Netherlands U21	Age 17 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Tino Anjorin	England U20	Age 17 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Tariq Lamptey	Full Ghana caps	Age 19 v Arsenal, 29 December 2019
Armando Broja	Full Albania caps	Age 18 v Everton, 8 March 2020
Trevoh Chalobah	England U21	Age 22 v Villarreal, 11 August 2021	Thomas Tuchel
Xavier Simons	England U19	Age 18 v Brentford, 22 December 2021
Jude Soonsup-Bell	England U19	Age 17 v Brentford, 22 December 2021
Harvey Vale	England U19	Age 18 v Brentford, 22 December 2021
Lewis Hall	England U18	Age 17 v Chesterfield, 8 January 2022
Conor Gallagher	Full England caps	Age 22 v Everton, 6 August 2022

Honours

Reserves Team

• U21 Premier League / Premier League 2
  • Winners (2): 2013–14, 2019–20
• The Football Combination
  • Winners (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
  • Winners (1): 2010–11
• Premier Reserve League – Southern Champions
  • Winners (1): 2010–11
• London Challenge Cup
  • Winners (5): 1919–20, 1926–27, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1960–61
• Metropolitan League
  • Winners (3): 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58

Academy Team

• UEFA Youth League
  • Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
• U18 Premier League – National Champions
  • Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
• U18 Premier League – Southern Champions
  • Winners (4): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• FA Youth Cup
  • Winners (9): 1959–60, 1960–61, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• U18 Premier League Cup
  • Winners (2): 2017–18, 2021–22[10]
• U16 Premier League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2018–19[11]
• Southern Junior Floodlight Cup
  • Winners (5): 1955–56, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64

• South East Counties League
  • Winners (10): 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1973–74, 1983–84

• South East Counties League Cup
  • Winners (11): 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1983–84, 1986–87

References

External links

• About the Academy at Chelsea F.C. official website
• Why Chelsea could finally be reaping the rewards of their outstanding academy – These Football Times (2017)

На других языках

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[de] FC Chelsea U23 und Akademie

Die U23-Mannschaft (oder Development Squad) spielt in der Premier League 2, die höchste Stufe des englischen Reservefußballs. Sie wurden 2014 und 2020 Meister. Die Mannschaft besteht hauptsächlich aus U23-Spielern des FC Chelsea, wobei gelegentlich auch ältere Spieler zum Einsatz kommen, wenn sich zum Beispiel von einer Verletzung erholen müssen. Das Team wird von Andy Myers trainiert.

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- [en] Chelsea F.C. Development Squad and Academy

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[es] Chelsea Football Club Reservas y Academia

El Chelsea Football Club Reserves es un club de fútbol conformado por reservas y es filial del Chelsea Football Club de la Premier League de Inglaterra. Juegan en la División 1 de la Professional Development League, la cual es la máxima categoría en la liga de reservas de Inglaterra. El equipo fue fundado en 1948 por Billy Birrell, quien supervisó un programa de desarrollo de futbolistas jóvenes. Sin embargo, el equipo no ganaría su primer título de liga sino hasta la temporada 2010-11, cuando se proclamaron campeones de la Premier Reserve League[1][2] Luego, en la temporada 2013-14 obtuvieron su segundo título de liga cuando ganaron la Professional Development League. El equipo se compone principalmente de jugadores de la categoría Sub-23, aunque ocasionalmente los jugadores del primer equipo desempeñan partidos en la reserva, por ejemplo cuando se están recuperando de una lesión. Actualmente, el entrenador de las reservas es Adi Viveash, quien previamente trabajó como entrenador del equipo Sub-18.[3]

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[ru] Резервисты и Академия ФК «Челси»

Резервная команда футбольного клуба «Челси» (англ. Chelsea Football Club Reserves) — резервная команда английского футбольного клуба «Челси», также известная как команда «Челси» до 21 года. Выступает в турнире под названием Лига профессионального развития, став его победителем в сезоне 2013/14, Кубке Премьер-лиги до 21 года и Международном кубке Премьер-лиги. С момента основания лиги для резервистов в 1999 году команда 1 раз становилась чемпионом в сезоне 2010/11. В настоящее время главным тренером резервистов является Адриан Вивеэш. Помимо, команды до 21 года, у «Челси» существует команда до 19 лет, специально для выступления в еврокубках. Команда до 19 лет участвовала в первом европейском футбольном турнире, который по формату походил на Лигу чемпионов УЕФА, под названием NextGen Series, в котором в сезоне 2012/13, дошла до финала и проиграла сверстникам из «Астон Виллы» (0:2). С сезона 2013/14 УЕФА организовала свой турнир для юношеских команд клубов, которые участвуют в групповом этапе Лиги чемпионов УЕФА. В сезоне 2014/15 «Челси» стал первым английским клубом, выигравшим Юношескую лигу УЕФА, победив в финале украинский «Шахтёр Донецк» со счётом 3:2[3]. В сезоне 2015/16 «Челси» снова удалось победить в Юношеской лиге УЕФА, победив в финале со счетом 2:1 «Пари Сен-Жермен». Тем самым став двукратным победителем этого турнира, выиграв его два раза подряд[4].

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