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	Electrical Services Stadium Cobham Training Ground Stamford Bridge
Ground Capacity	7,100 (Electrical Services Stadium) 41,663 (Stamford Bridge)
Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	Adi Viveash (U21) Joe Edwards (U18)
League	Barclays U21 Premier League Barclays U18 Premier League
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 Barclays U21 Premier 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 or two, 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 Barclays U18 Premier League. They have won the FA Youth Cup in 1960, 1961, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015 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 and has produced many great 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 among many others.

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's Electrical Services Stadium. The under-18 team play their home games at the club's Cobham Training Ground at Cobham. Both teams occasionally use the club's home ground Stamford Bridge for the big matches.

U21 squad

As of 4 January 2016.

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

No. Position Player 37 DF Jake Clarke-Salter — GK Mitchell Beeney — GK Bradley Collins — DF Fankaty Dabo — DF Dion Conroy — DF Fikayo Tomori — DF Ali Suljić — DF Alex Davey — DF Kevin Wright — DF Jay Dasilva — MF Kyle Scott — MF Isaac Christie-Davies — MF Ruben Sammut

No. Position Player — MF Mukhtar Ali — MF Kasey Palmer — MF Jordan Houghton — MF Tika Musonda — MF Charlie Colkett — MF Charly Musonda — MF Charlie Wakefield — MF Hubert Adamczyk — MF Miro Muheim — MF Josimar Quintero — FW Reece Mitchell — FW Alex Kiwomya — FW Tammy Abraham

U18 squad

As of 11 November 2015.

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 Trevoh Chalobah — DF Dujon Sterling — DF Joseph Colley — DF Cole Dasilva — DF Josh Grant — DF Zechariah Medley — DF Marc Guehi

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

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
• Frank Sinclair
• Junior Mendes
• Jeffrey Bruma

• Neil Etheridge
• James Younghusband
• Phil Younghusband
• Craig Burley
• Warren Cummings
• Liam Bridcutt
• Tommy Law
• Dean Furman
• 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

Honours

Reserves Team

• Barclays U21 Premier League
  • (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
  • (1): 2015
• FA Youth Cup
  • (6): 1960, 1961, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015
• Junior Milk Cup (U-14)
  • (1): 2010