Chelsea F.C. Under-23s and Academy

Chelsea F.C. Under-23s are the under-23 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 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-23 team is managed by Andy Myers and the under-18 team is managed by Ed Brand.

Chelsea U-23 and Academy
Full nameChelsea Football Club Under-23s and Academy
Nickname(s)The Blues
The Young Blues
GroundRecreation Ground
Cobham Training Centre
Stamford Bridge
Capacity7,100 (Recreation Ground)
40,853 (Stamford Bridge)
OwnerRoman Abramovich
ChairmanBruce Buck
ManagerAndy Myers (U23)
Ed Brand (U18)
LeaguePremier League 2 (under-23s)
U18 Premier League (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, and John Terry. Moreover, Chelsea earned reputation as being the only English club so far to have reached most finals of the UEFA Youth League, winning twice and finishing runners-up twice.

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

From the 2013–14 season, the under-23 team play 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.

Development squad (U23)
As of 1 February 2021[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  CRO Karlo Žiger
46 DF  ENG Dynel Simeu
47 DF  ENG Henry Lawrence
48 DF  FRA Pierre Ekwah Elimby
49 MF  AUT Thierno Ballo
50 FW  IRL George Nunn
51 MF  ENG Marcel Lewis
53 DF  NIR Sam McClelland
54 MF  ENG Lewis Bate
55 MF  ENG Tino Anjorin
56 DF  ENG Levi Colwill
No. Pos. Nation Player
57 DF  ENG Tino Livramento
58 MF  ENG Myles Peart-Harris
59 MF  ENG Dion Rankine
64 FW  NOR Bryan Fiabema
71 GK  FIN Lucas Bergström
— GK  ENG Teddy Sharman-Lowe
— DF  NED Xavier Mbuyamba
— DF  ENG Dujon Sterling
— MF  ENG George McEachran
— FW  ENG Jude Soonsup-Bell

U18 squad
As of 4 February 2020[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
60 MF  ENG Xavier Simons
61 DF  ENG Josh Brooking
62 DF  ENG Bashir Humphreys
63 DF  ENG Charlie Wiggett
65 MF  ENG Ben Elliott
66 MF  ENG Joe Haigh
67 MF  ENG Harvey Vale
68 MF  ENG Charlie Webster
72 GK  ENG Prince Adegoke
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  FRA Sami Tlemcani
— DF  ENG Derrick Abu
— DF  ENG Luke Badley-Morgan
— DF  ENG Alfie Gilchrist
— DF  ENG Alex Kpakpe
— MF  SWE Edwin Andersson
— MF  ENG Josh Tobin
— FW  FIN Aleksi Heino
— FW  FIN Jimi Tauriainen
— FW  ENG Silko Thomas

Management team
Technical mentor Claude Makélélé
Head of youth development Neil Bath
Development squad manager Andy Myers
Development squad assistant Jon Harley
Eric Ramsay
Under-18's manager Ed Brand
Under-18's assistant James Simmonds

Notable Academy graduates

Players who have at least 10 senior international caps and/or at least 100 appearances for Chelsea. Players who still play for Chelsea, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are in bold.

Young Player of the Year
As of the 2019–20 season[4]
Year Winner
1983 Keith Dublin
1984 Robert Isaac
1985 Gareth Hall
1986 Mick Bodley
1987 Jason Cundy
1988 Eddie Cunnington
1989No award
1990No 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 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
2016 Ruben Loftus-Cheek
2017No award
2018 Andreas Christensen
  
Year Winner
2019 Callum Hudson-Odoi
2020No award

Academy Player of the Year
As of the 2019–20 season[4]
Year Winner
2015 Dominic Solanke
2016 Fikayo Tomori
2017 Mason Mount
2018 Reece James
2019 Conor Gallagher
2020 Billy Gilmour

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.[5]
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
Nick Colgan Full Ireland caps Age 24 v West Ham United, 12 March 1997
Joe Sheerin Age 18 v Wimbledon, 22 Aprič 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
Anthony Grant England U19 Age 17 v Manchester United, 10 May 2005
Lenny Pidgeley England U20 Age 21 v Charlton Athletic, 7 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
Scott Sinclair England U21 Age 17 v Wycombe Wanderers, 10 January 2007
Sam Hutchinson England U19 Age 17 v Everton, 13 May 2007 Avram Grant
Miroslav Stoch Full Slovakia caps Age 19 v Arsenal, 30 November 2008 Luiz Felipe Scolari
Michael Mancienne England U21 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
Tomáš Kalas Full Czech Republic caps Age 20 v Arsenal, 29 October 2013 José Mourinho
Lewis Baker England U21 Age 18 v Derby County, 5 January 2014
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 Scotland U21 Age 18 v Sheffield United, 31 August 2019
Reece James Full England caps Age 19 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Marc Guehi England U21 Age 19 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Ian Maatsen Netherlands U18 Age 17 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Tino Anjorin England U19 Age 17 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Tariq Lamptey England U21 Age 19 v Arsenal, 29 December 2019
Armando Broja Full Albania caps Age 18 v Everton, 8 March 2020

Honours
Chelsea players celebrating winning the 2015–16 FA Youth Cup.

Reserves Team

Academy Team

References
  1. "Neil Bath | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. "Chelsea Academy – Development Squad". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. "Introducing the 2020/21 Academy scholars". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. "Callum Hudson-Odoi wins Young Player of the Year and Conor Gallagher picks up Academy prize | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". chelseafc.com. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. "Academy roll of honour". chelseafc.com. 28 January 2018.
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