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 Filipe Coelho and the under-18 team is managed by Hassan Sulaiman.
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| Full name | Chelsea Football Club Development Squad and Academy | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Blues The Young Blues | |||
| Ground | Kingsmeadow Cobham Training Centre Stamford Bridge | |||
| Capacity | 4,850 (Kingsmeadow) 40,173 (Stamford Bridge) | |||
| Owner | BlueCo[1] | |||
| Chairman | Todd Boehly | |||
| Manager | Filipe Coelho (U21) Hassan Sulaiman (U18) | |||
| League | Premier League 2 (under-21s) U18 Premier League (academy) | |||
| Website | www | |||
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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, Reece James and Conor Gallagher. Chelsea are the only English club to reach the final of the UEFA Youth League, winning it twice in four final appearances.
The development team play their home games at Kingsmeadow, while the under-18s play 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
edit- Bold indicates players to have at least one first-team appearance for Chelsea.
U21 squad
edit- As of 26 December 2024[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.
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U18 squad
edit- As of 12 December 2024[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Management team
edit- As of 11 July 2024[4]
| Under-21s head coach |  Filipe Coelho
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| Under-21s assistant |  Jack Mesure
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| James Simmonds
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| Under-18s head coach | Hassan Sulaiman
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| Under-18s assistant |  Andy Ross
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| Jimmy Smith
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Notable Academy players and graduates
edit- Players who have at least 10 appearances for Chelsea first-team or represented a country at full international level, are categorised by the decade in which they left or graduated from the academy.
- Players who still play for Chelsea, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are in bold.
Before World War II
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1950s
edit1960s
edit1970s
edit- Trevor Aylott
- Brian Bason
- John Bumstead
- Gary Chivers
- Mike Fillery
- Lee Frost
- Kevin Hales
- Gary Johnson
- Tommy Langley
- Ray Lewington
- Gary Locke
- Teddy Maybank
- Micky Nutton
- Colin Pates
- Peter Rhoades-Brown
- Steve Sherwood
- John Sitton
- John Sparrow
- Gary Stanley
- David Stride
- Clive Walker
- Steve Wicks
- Graham Wilkins
- Ray Wilkins
- Ian Britton
- Steve Finnieston
1980s
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edit2000s
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Gaël Kakuta- Yves Ma-Kalambay
- Ryan Bertrand
- Carlton Cole
- Jack Cork
Momodou Ceesay
Robert Huth
Toni Silva
Oliver Norburn
Emmanuel Sarki
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
Ben Sahar
Fabio Borini
Jermaine Beckford- Shaun Cummings
- Anthony Grant
Dominic Poleon
Mbark Boussoufa
Bradley Woods-Garness
Jeffrey Bruma- Patrick van Aanholt
Neil Etheridge- James Younghusband
- Phil Younghusband
Dean Furman- Michael Modubi
- Jeffrey Ntuka
- Liam Bridcutt
- Warren Cummings
Michael Mancienne
Andy King
2010s
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Richard Bakary
Bertrand Traoré
Faiq Bolkiah
Iké Ugbo
Ian Poveda
Victorien Angban- Jérémie Boga
Andreas Christensen- Tammy Abraham
- Nathaniel Chalobah
- Trevoh Chalobah
- Conor Gallagher
- Marc Guéhi
- Callum Hudson-Odoi
- Reece James
- Ruben Loftus-Cheek
- Josh McEachran
- Mason Mount
- Eddie Nketiah
- Declan Rice
- Dominic Solanke
- Fikayo Tomori
Michael Olise- Jamal Musiala
Tariq Lamptey
Louie Annesley- Aliu Djaló
Nathan Moriah-Welsh
Michael Obafemi- Jack Taylor
- Di'Shon Bernard
- Kasey Palmer
Mukhtar Ali- Rohan Ince
- Nathan Aké
- Ian Maatsen
Ola Aina
Cameron McGeehan- George Saville
Marcin Bułka- Billy Gilmour
Rowan Liburd
Aziz Deen-Conteh- Kevin Wright
Will Donkin
Michael Kedman- Daniel Phillips
Gökhan Töre- Jay Dasilva
- Chris Mepham
2020s
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Academy graduates in Premier League era (1992–present)
edit- Players who still play for Chelsea, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are in bold.
Annual awards
editYoung Player of the Year
editAcademy Player of the Year
editHonours
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Reserves team
edit- U21 Premier League / Premier League 2
- 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
edit- UEFA Youth League
- U18 Premier League – National Champions
- Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
- U18 Premier League – Southern Champions
- FA Youth Cup
- U18 Premier League Cup
- Winners (2): 2017–18, 2021–22[5]
- U17 Premier League Cup
- Winners (1): 2023–24[6]
- U16 Premier League Cup
- Winners (1): 2018–19[7]
- 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
- North Surrey Minor League
- Winners (1): 1953–54
- London Minor Challenge Cup
- Winners (3): 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54
References
edit- ^ "Group Tax Strategy". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Academy – U21s". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Academy – U18s". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Academy – Staff". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "U18 Premier League Cup – Champions". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ "PL Cup report: Wolves 1–3 Chelsea". Chelsea F.C. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Arsenal U16 2–5 Chelsea U16: Talented young guns fall to lively Blues in showpiece final". Islington Gazette. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
External links
edit- 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)