Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy

Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy
Full name	Chelsea Football Club Reserves and Academy
Nickname(s)	The Royal Blues
Founded	1948
Ground	Griffin Park (Reserve squad) Cobham Training Centre (Academy squad) (Capacity: 7,100 (Recreation Ground) 41,663 (Stamford Bridge))
Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	Adrian Viveash (U23) Jody Morris (U18)
Current League	Development League 1 U23 (reserves) Development League 1 U18 (academy)
Website	Club home page

Chelsea F.C. Reserves are the under-23 team of Chelsea Football Club. They play in Division 1 of the Professional U23 Development 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, for instance when they are recovering from injury. The under-23 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 Professional U18 Development League. They have won the FA Youth Cup in 1960, 1961, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016 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 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.

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 players around the world.

From 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 at Cobham in Surrey. Both teams occasionally use the club's home ground Stamford Bridge for important matches.

U23 squad

As of 8 November 2016.

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF Marco van Ginkel 33 DF Fikayo Tomori 42 GK Bradley Collins 43 DF Fankaty Dabo 44 MF Josimar Quintero 45 MF Mukhtar Ali 46 MF Isaac Christie-Davies 48 DF Jay Dasilva 49 MF Miro Muheim 50 MF Ruben Sammut 51 MF Kyle Scott

No. Pos. Nation Player 52 DF Ali Suljić 53 MF Charlie Wakefield 54 DF Trevoh Chalobah 55 DF Joseph Colley 58 MF Jacob Maddox 60 MF Mason Mount 63 GK Jared Thompson 64 FW Iké Ugbo 72 DF Dujon Sterling — DF Todd Kane — MF Tika Musonda

U18 squad

As of 14 October 2016.

No. Pos. Nation Player 56 DF Cole Dasilva 57 DF Josh Grant 59 MF Luke McCormick 61 DF Richard Nartey 62 MF Harvey St Clair 65 MF Juan Castillo 66 GK Jamie Cumming 67 MF Conor Gallagher 68 DF Marc Guehi

No. Pos. Nation Player 69 MF Reece James 70 MF George McEachran 73 FW Martell Taylor-Crossdale 74 MF Tariq Uwakwe 75 GK Marcin Bułka 76 DF Jonathan Panzo 77 FW Malakai Hinckson-Mars — FW Charlie Brown

Honours

Reserves team

• 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

• FA Youth Cup
  • (4): 1960, 1961, 2010, 2012
• Junior Milk Cup (U-14)
  • (1): 2010

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