Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Youth Team

Chelsea F.C. Reserves are the reserve team of Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

. They are members of the Premier Reserve League Southern Division and the reigning champions of the Southern Division winning the Championship in 2010 - 11. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury. The reserves team is coached by Dermot Drummy

Dermot Drummy

Dermot Drummy is an English football coach and former professional player. He is currently the manager of the Chelsea Reserves, a position he took up in July 2011 after serving two years as the Youth Team manager.-Playing career:...

.

Chelsea F.C. Academy are the youth team of Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea F.C.

. It is a member of the Premier Academy League

Premier Academy League

The Premier Academy League is the top level of youth football in England. It is contested between the Academy sides of The Premier League and some Football League clubs, including Welsh side Cardiff City...

. They have won the FA Youth Cup in 1960, 1961, 2010 and ended being runners-up in 1958, 2008. The youth team is coached by Adrian Viveash

Adrian Viveash

Adrian Lee Viveash is an English former professional footballer who is the current manager of the Chelsea Youth team. He is most notable for his spells with Reading and Walsall during the 1990s. He played in the Reading team which won the Division Two title in 1994 and reached the Division One...

.The academy is regarded as one of the best in English football and has produced many great players such as the brothers Ron

Ron Harris (footballer)

Ronald Edward Harris , better known as Ron "Chopper" Harris, is a former English footballer who played for Chelsea in the 1960s and 1970s. Harris is widely regarded as one of the toughest defenders of his era - along with players such as Tommy Smith MBE and Norman Hunter - hence the nickname...

and Allan Harris

Allan Harris

Allan Harris was a footballer who played for Chelsea, Coventry City and QPR. His brother Ron was also a professional footballer....

, Peter Bonetti

Peter Bonetti

Peter Phillip Bonetti is a former football goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. Bonetti was known for his safe handling, lightning reflexes and his graceful style, for which he was given the nickname, "The Cat"...

, Bobby Tambling

Bobby Tambling

Robert Victor 'Bobby' Tambling is a retired English footballer, who played most notably for Chelsea and Crystal Palace in the 1960s and 1970s...

, Barry Bridges

Barry Bridges

Barry John Bridges is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Chelsea, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers, Millwall and Brighton & Hove Albion and was capped four times for England....

, Bert Murray

Bert Murray

Albert George "Bert" Murray is an English former footballer who played as a winger. He played more than 100 games in the Football League for each of his four clubs, namely Chelsea, Birmingham City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Peterborough United...

, John Hollins

John Hollins

John William Hollins MBE is a retired English footballer and manager. He was initially a midfielder who, later in his career, became an effective centre back.Hollins' son, Chris Hollins is the main sport presenter on BBC Breakfast....

, Peter Osgood

Peter Osgood

Peter Leslie Osgood was an English footballer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. He is best remembered for representing Chelsea and Southampton at club level, and was also capped four times by England in the early 1970s.-Chelsea:Born in a small road named Kentons Lane in Windsor, Osgood...

, Ray Wilkins

Ray Wilkins

Raymond Colin Wilkins MBE , often known as "Butch" Wilkins, is an English former footballer and at present a television pundit...

, Graeme Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

Graeme Pierre Le Saux is a retired English footballer of French ancestry who played for the Premier League clubs Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. Primarily a left back, he was sometimes also played in midfield or on the left wing.After...

, Bobby Smith, Terry Venables

Terry Venables

Terence Frederick "Terry" Venables , often referred to as "El Tel", is a former football player and manager, as well as being a media pundit. During the 1960s and 70s, he played for various clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers, and gained two caps for England...

, Jimmy Greaves

Jimmy Greaves

James Peter 'Jimmy' Greaves is an English former football player, England's third highest international goalscorer, the highest goalscorer in the history of Tottenham Hotspur football club, the highest goalscorer in the history of English top flight football and more recently a television pundit -...

and John Terry

John Terry

John George Terry is an English professional footballer. Terry plays in a centre back position and is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League...

among many others.

Neil Bath is the current academy manager who is responsible for the day to day operation of the academy along with Michael Emenalo

Michael Emenalo

Michael Kevin Emenalo is a retired Nigerian football defender.-Career:Emenalo played college Soccer in the United States at Boston University from 1986 to 1989. From there, he played for Molenbeek in Belgium, Eintracht Trier in Germany and Notts County F.C in England before coming back to the US...

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 2007-2010 the Reserve team played their home games at Brentford

Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

's Griffin Park

Griffin Park

Griffin Park is a football ground situated in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London. It has been the home ground of League One side Brentford since it was built in 1904. It is known for being the only English league football ground to have a pub on each corner, and is situated in a...

Stadium. Currently they play their home games at the club's training ground

Cobham Training Centre

The Cobham Training Centre is the state of the art training ground of Chelsea Football Club located in Stoke d'Abernon near Cobham, Surrey. The Chelsea first team have trained at Cobham since 2005, but it was not officially opened until 2007.-History:...

at Cobham

Cobham, Surrey

Cobham is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, about south-west of central London and north of Leatherhead. Elmbridge has been acclaimed by the Daily Mail as the best place to live in the UK, and Cobham is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt...

and temporarily use the clubs's home ground Stamford Bridge

Stamford Bridge (stadium)

Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, and is the home of Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green and is often referred to as simply The Bridge...

for the big matches. The Academy Team also play their home games at the club's training ground.

Reserve Squad

Chelsea F.C. Reserve Squad UEFA Champions League squad

Out on loan

Honours

The Football Combination
- Winners: 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
- Winners: 2010–11
  2010–11 Premier Reserve League
  -Final:-Premier Reserve League North Group A:-Premier Reserve League North Group B:-Premier Reserve League South:-Promotion and relegation:*Teams relegated from the Premier Reserve League at the end of this season:* Birmingham City F.C....
Premier Reserve League South
- Winners: 2010–11
  2010–11 Premier Reserve League
  -Final:-Premier Reserve League North Group A:-Premier Reserve League North Group B:-Premier Reserve League South:-Promotion and relegation:*Teams relegated from the Premier Reserve League at the end of this season:* Birmingham City F.C....
London Challenge Cup
London Challenge Cup
The London Challenge Cup was a football tournament formerly organised by the London FA. The London Challenge Cup was first contested in 1908, and other than during the World Wars, was contested every season until 1974, when the tournament was disbanded....
- Winners: 1919–20, 1926–27, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1960–61

Academy Squad

Chelsea F.C. Academy Squad UEFA Champions League squad

Honours

FA Youth Cup
FA Youth Cup
The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under–18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part...
- Winners: 1960, 1961, 2010
  2009–10 FA Youth Cup
  The FA Youth Cup sponsored by E.ON 2009–10 was the 58th edition of the FA Youth Cup.467 Clubs were initially accepted, although there was one withdrawal, Worcester City, with 53 of the remaining 466 being new entries....
- Runners-up: 1958, 2008
Milk Cup Junior (U-14)
Milk Cup
The Milk Cup is an international youth football tournament held annually in Northern Ireland. The cup matches are mainly played in the North Coast area of Northern Ireland, with matches taking place in the towns of Portrush, Portstewart, Castlerock, Limavady, Coleraine, Ballymoney, Ballymena and...
- Winners: 2010
  2010 Milk Cup
  The 2010 Milk Cup was the 2010 edition of a prestigious youth association football tournament that has been running annually since 1983. Teams from around the world competed in a week-long tournament in the North Coast area of Northern Ireland. The teams were divided into three categories: Elite,...
Milk Cup Premier (U-16)
Milk Cup
The Milk Cup is an international youth football tournament held annually in Northern Ireland. The cup matches are mainly played in the North Coast area of Northern Ireland, with matches taking place in the towns of Portrush, Portstewart, Castlerock, Limavady, Coleraine, Ballymoney, Ballymena and...
- Runners-up: 2005

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.

Yves Ma-Kalambay

Yves Ma-Kalambay

Yves Makabu-Ma-Kalambay is a Belgian footballer goalkeeper who is currently playing for the Belgian Jupiler Pro League club KV Mechelen. His parents are from the DR Congo, but Ma-Kalambay grew up in Brussels in the same neighbourhood as fellow footballers Vincent Kompany, Faris Haroun, Anthony...

Peter Brabrook

Peter Brabrook is an English former footballer who made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League playing for Chelsea, West Ham United and Orient, and was capped three times for the England national team. He played as a winger....

Barry Bridges

Carlton Cole

Carlton Michael Cole Okirie is an English footballer who plays as a striker for West Ham United in the Npower Championship....

Jimmy Greaves

John Hollins

Alan Hudson

Alan Anthony Hudson is a former English footballer.-Biography:Born and brought up near the King's Road, Hudson was rejected by boyhood club Fulham as a schoolboy before signing for Chelsea Juniors...

Graeme Le Saux

Peter Osgood

Ken Shellito

Kenneth John Shellito is a former English football player and manager who now works in a coaching role for the Asian Football Confederation, based in Kuala Lumpur...

Bobby Smith Bobby Tambling

Bobby Tambling

Robert Victor 'Bobby' Tambling is a retired English footballer, who played most notably for Chelsea and Crystal Palace in the 1960s and 1970s...

John Terry
John Terry
John George Terry is an English professional footballer. Terry plays in a centre back position and is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League...

Terry Venables

Terry Venables

Ray Wilkins

Raymond Colin Wilkins MBE , often known as "Butch" Wilkins, is an English former footballer and at present a television pundit...

Mikael Forssell

Mikael Kaj Forssell is a Finnish footballer who plays as a striker for Football League Championship team Leeds United and for the Finnish national team.-Club career:...

Robert Huth

Robert Huth is a German footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Stoke City.Huth was signed for Chelsea from the youth system of German club Union Berlin in 2001 by then Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri. He joined Middlesbrough in 2006 and spent three years at the Riverside...

Nick Colgan

Nicholas Vincent "Nick" Colgan is an Irish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Football League One side Huddersfield Town...

Ben Sahar

Ben Sahar is an Israeli football striker who currently plays for Ligue 1 side Auxerre on loan from Espanyol.At just 16, Sahar was already the equivalent of a second-year apprentice at Chelsea. He first caught Chelsea's eye in an Under-16 fixture against Ireland in 2004 and has since played for the...

Frank Sinclair

Frank Mohammed Sinclair is an English-born Jamaican footballer who plays for Hendon in the Isthmian League Premier Division.-Chelsea:...

Junior Mendes

Albert Junior Hillyard Andrew Mendes , more commonly known as Junior Mendes, is a footballer who plays as a striker.-Club career:Born in Balham, London, In the past he has played for Chelsea, St...

Jeffrey Bruma
Jeffrey Bruma
Jeffrey Kevin van Homoet Bruma , commonly known as Jeffrey Bruma, is a Dutch association football player who plays for Chelsea as a centre back. He is currently on a one-year loan deal at Hamburger SV. His older brother, Marciano, is also a football player. His cousin Kyle Ebecilio plays for Arsenal...

Neil Etheridge

Neil Etheridge

Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge is an English–Filipino professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Fulham. He joined Fulham Academy after three years as a trainee at . He is currently in the Reserve Squad, and has yet to make his debut in the Premier League or the Football League...

James Younghusband

James Joseph Placer Younghusband is an English–Filipino footballer who plays as right midfielder for and the Philippines national team.- Childhood and career :...

Phil Younghusband

Philip James Placer "Phil" Younghusband is an English–Filipino footballer who plays as a forward for and the Philippines national team.- Early years :...

Craig Burley

Craig William Burley is a Scottish former international association football player who played for clubs including Chelsea, Celtic and Derby County...

Warren Cummings

Warren Thomas Cummings is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing as a defender for Bournemouth.-Playing career:...

Billy Dodds

William "Billy" Dodds is a Scottish former professional footballer, he was assistant manager at Dundee, but was made redundant when the club went into administration in October 2010, one of his former clubs...

Tommy Law

Thomas "Tommy" Law was a Scottish footballer. Playing at full-back, he spent his entire professional career at Chelsea....

Miroslav Stoch

Miroslav Stoch is a Slovak international footballer who currently plays as an Winger for the Turkish football club Fenerbahçe in the Süper Lig.-Early life and career:...

Muzzy Izzet Gökhan Töre

Gökhan Töre

Gökhan Töre is a Turkish international footballer, who plays for Hamburger SV. He can play either on attacking midfielder or winger positions in the field.-Chelsea:...

Gerry Baker

Gerard Austin "Gerry" Baker was an American-born British football player. From 1955 until 1970, he played sixteen seasons in either the Scottish or English first division. He also earned seven caps, scoring two goals, with the U.S...

Nathan Blake

Nathan Alexander Blake is a Welsh former professional footballer, who played in the Premier League for several clubs and also represented his country at international level...

Andrew Crofts

Andrew Crofts (footballer)

Andrew Lawrence Crofts is a Wales international footballer who plays for Norwich City as a midfielder.He started his career with Gillingham, for whom he made his Football League debut at the age of 16, and made over 190 appearances for the Kent-based club...

Gareth Hall

Gareth Hall is an English-born former Welsh international footballer of the 1980s and 1990s.He started his career as an apprentice at Chelsea and made his first team debut on 5 May 1987 against Wimbledon F.C., having featured in a reserve match earlier in the day...

Andy King

Andy King (footballer born 1988)

Andrew Philip "Andy" King is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Championship club Leicester City as a midfielder.-Early career:Born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, King joined Chelsea when he was nine years old...

Mbark Boussoufa

Moubarak "Mbark" Boussoufa is a Dutch-born Moroccan footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Anzhi Makhachkala and the Moroccan national team.-Early career:...

Adin Hogarth Rudraksha Kapil

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