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Full name	Chelsea Football Club Under-23s and Academy
Nickname(s)	The Blues; The Young Blues
Ground	Recreation Ground; Cobham Training Centre; Stamford Bridge
Capacity	7,100 (Recreation Ground); 41,663 (Stamford Bridge)
Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	Joe Edwards (U23); Andy Myers (U18)
League	Premier League 2 (under-23s); U18 Premier League (academy)
Home colours	Away colours

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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 Joe Edwards.

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 is regarded as one of the best in English football^{[citation needed]} and 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. The under-18 team is managed by Andy Myers.

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

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.

U23 squad

As of 26 July 2018.^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	ENG	Callum Hudson-Odoi
31	DF	ENG	Fikayo Tomori
51	DF	SWE	Joseph Colley
53	DF	ENG	Josh Grant
55	MF	ENG	Luke McCormick
56	DF	ENG	Richard Nartey
58	FW	ENG	Charlie Brown
59	GK	POL	Marcin Bułka
60	MF	NED	Juan Castillo
61	GK	ENG	Jamie Cumming
62	MF	ENG	Conor Gallagher
63	DF	ENG	Marc Guehi
65	MF	ENG	George McEachran


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
67	FW	ENG	Martell Taylor-Crossdale
68	MF	ENG	Tariq Uwakwe
73	FW	NED	Daishawn Redan
—	GK	ENG	Bradley Collins
—	GK	ENG	Jared Thompson
—	DF	ENG	Fankaty Dabo
—	DF	ENG	Jay Dasilva
—	DF	ENG	Tariq Lamptey
—	DF	ENG	Renedi Masampu
—	MF	ENG	Charlie Wakefield
—	FW	ENG	Izzy Brown
—	FW	SCO	Islam Feruz
—	FW	ENG	Ike Ugbo

U18 squad

As of 23 July 2018.^[2]^[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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
71	MF	SCO	Billy Gilmour
72	GK	FRA	Nicolas Tie
—	GK	ENG	Jake Askew
—	GK	USA	Ethan Wady
—	GK	CRO	Karlo Žiger
—	DF	ENG	Jordan Aina
—	DF	ENG	James Clark
—	DF	FRA	Pierre Ekwah-Elimby
—	DF	POR	Marcel Lavinier
—	DF	NED	Ian Maatsen
—	DF	NIR	Sam McClelland


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Dynel Simeu
—	DF	ENG	Jack Wakely
—	MF	ENG	Tino Anjorin
—	MF	AUT	Thierno Ballo
—	MF	ENG	Henry Lawrence
—	MF	ENG	Marcel Lewis
—	MF	ENG	Clinton Mola
—	MF	ENG	Jon Russell
—	FW	ALB	Armando Broja
—	FW	ENG	George Nunn

Notable Academy graduates

Players who have at least 10 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

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
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
2017	Mason Mount
2018	Andreas Christensen

Academy Player of the Year

Source: chelseafc.com

Year	Winner
2015	Dominic Solanke
2016	Fikayo Tomori
2017	Mason Mount
2018	Reece James

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.^[4]

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	Glenn Hoddle
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	England U21	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	England U21	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 U19	Age 17 v Nottingham Forest, 20 September 2017
Callum Hudson-Odoi	England U17	Age 17 v Newcastle United, 28 January 2018
Kyle Scott	United States U20	Age 20 v Hull City, 16 February 2018

Honours

Reserves Team

Premier League 2
- (1): 2013–14
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
- (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
U18 Premier League – National Champions
- (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
U18 Premier League – Southern Champions
- (4): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
FA Youth Cup
- (9): 1959–60, 1960–61, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
U18 Premier League Cup
- (1): 2017–18

References

^ "Chelsea Academy - Development Squad". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "Chelsea Academy - Under-18s". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "UEFA Youth League - Chelsea". uefa.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
^ "Academy roll of honour". Chelsea F.C. 28 January 2018.

External links

Why Chelsea could finally be reaping the rewards of their outstanding academy – These Football Times (2017)

[1] "Chelsea Academy - Development Squad". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[2] "Chelsea Academy - Under-18s". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[3] "UEFA Youth League - Chelsea". uefa.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

[4] "Academy roll of honour". Chelsea F.C. 28 January 2018.

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