Chelsea F.c. Development Squad And Academy

Development Squad are the development 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 and 2019–20 seasons. The team mainly consists of under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally feature, when recovering from injuries or otherwise not in the first team. The under-21 team is managed by Mark Robinson and the under-18 team is managed by Hassan Sulaiman.

Chelsea Development and Academy

Full name	Chelsea Football Club Development Squad and Academy
Nickname(s)	The Blues The Young Blues
Ground	Kingsmeadow Cobham Training Centre Stamford Bridge
Capacity	4,850 (Kingsmeadow) 40,853 (Stamford Bridge)
Owner	BlueCo
Chairman	Todd Boehly
Manager	Mark Robinson (U21) Hassan Sulaiman (U18)
League	Premier League 2 (under-21s) U18 Premier League (academy)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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, John Terry, Mason Mount, and Reece James. Chelsea are the only English club to reach the final of the UEFA Youth League, winning it twice in four final appearances.

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

The development team play their home games at Kingsmeadow, while the under-18s play at the club's Cobham Training Centre in Cobham, Surrey. Both teams occasionally use the club's home ground Stamford Bridge for important matches.

• Bold indicates players to have at least one first-team appearance for Chelsea.

U21 squad

As of 28 February 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 MF   ITA Cesare Casadei 36 FW   BRA Deivid Washington 38 GK   ENG Teddy Sharman-Lowe 42 DF   ENG Alfie Gilchrist 43 FW   POR Diego Moreira 44 DF   ENG Josh Brooking 46 DF   ENG Zak Sturge 47 GK   FIN Lucas Bergström 49 MF   FIN Jimi Tauriainen 51 DF   ENG Dylan Williams 53 DF   ENG Ishé Samuels-Smith 54 MF   ENG Leo Castledine 55 FW   ENG Jimmy-Jay Morgan 56 MF   ENG Billy Gee 57 DF   ENG Brodi Hughes 58 DF   ENG Richard Olise 59 MF   ENG Samuel Rak-Sakyi 60 GK   ENG Max Merrick

No. Pos. Nation Player 61 FW   ENG Zain Silcott-Duberry 62 FW   ENG Ronnie Stutter 63 DF   ENG Josh-Kofi Acheampong 64 DF   ENG Travis Akomeah 65 FW   GHA Ato Ampah 67 FW   ENG Tyrique George 68 MF   ENG Michael Golding 69 DF   ENG Noah Hay 70 GK   ENG Luke Campbell 71 FW   ENG Donnell McNeilly 72 MF   ENG Harrison McMahon 73 DF   ENG Harrison Murray-Campbell 74 MF   ENG Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny 75 DF   ENG Kaiden Wilson 76 DF   ENG Somto Boniface 78 MF   ENG Kiano Dyer 79 MF   ENG Ollie Harrison — FW   JAM Dujuan Richards

U18 squad

As of 17 February 2024

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   ENG Ted Curd 54 MF   ENG Leo Castledine 60 GK   ENG Max Merrick 61 FW   ENG Zain Silcott-Duberry 63 DF   ENG Josh-Kofi Acheampong 64 DF   ENG Travis Akomeah 65 FW   GHA Ato Ampah 66 FW   ENG Chinonso Chibueze 67 FW   ENG Tyrique George 68 MF   ENG Michael Golding 69 DF   ENG Noah Hay 70 GK   ENG Luke Campbell 71 FW   ENG Donnell McNeilly 72 MF   ENG Harrison McMahon

No. Pos. Nation Player 73 DF   ENG Harrison Murray-Campbell 74 MF   ENG Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny 75 DF   ENG Kaiden Wilson 76 DF   ENG Somto Boniface 77 MF   POR Leo Cardoso 78 MF   ENG Kiano Dyer 79 MF   ENG Ollie Harrison 80 GK   ENG Kai Crampton 81 DF   ENG Saheed Olagunju 82 MF   ENG Frankie Runham 83 FW   IRL Shaun Wade 84 DF   ENG Marcell Washington 85 DF   SWE Genesis Antwi — FW   JAM Dujuan Richards

As of 25 September 2023

Director of football development	Neil Bath
Under-21s head coach	Mark Robinson
Under-21s assistant	Jack Mesure
	James Simmonds
Under-18s head coach	Hassan Sulaiman
Under-18s assistant	Andy Ross
	Jimmy Smith

• Players who have at least 10 appearances for Chelsea first-team or represented a country at full international level, are categorised by the decade in which they left or graduated from the academy.
• Players who still play for Chelsea, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are in bold.

Before World War II

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

• Players who still play for Chelsea, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are in bold.

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
Joe Sheerin		Age 18 v Wimbledon, 22 April 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
Lenny Pidgeley	England U20	Age 21 v Charlton Athletic, 7 May 2005
Anthony Grant	Full Jamaica caps	Age 17 v Manchester United, 10 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
Sam Hutchinson	England U19	Age 17 v Everton, 13 May 2007
Michael Mancienne	Full Seychelles caps	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
Lewis Baker	England U21	Age 18 v Derby County, 5 January 2014	José Mourinho
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	Full Scotland caps	Age 18 v Sheffield United, 31 August 2019
Reece James	Full England caps	Age 19 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Marc Guehi	Full England caps	Age 19 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Ian Maatsen	Netherlands U21	Age 17 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Tino Anjorin	England U20	Age 17 v Grimsby Town, 25 September 2019
Tariq Lamptey	Full Ghana caps	Age 19 v Arsenal, 29 December 2019
Armando Broja	Full Albania caps	Age 18 v Everton, 8 March 2020
Trevoh Chalobah	England U21	Age 22 v Villarreal, 11 August 2021	Thomas Tuchel
Xavier Simons	England U20	Age 18 v Brentford, 22 December 2021
Jude Soonsup-Bell	England U19	Age 17 v Brentford, 22 December 2021
Harvey Vale	England U20	Age 18 v Brentford, 22 December 2021
Lewis Hall	England U21	Age 17 v Chesterfield, 8 January 2022
Conor Gallagher	Full England caps	Age 22 v Everton, 6 August 2022
Omari Hutchinson	Full Jamaica caps	Age 19 v Manchester City, 5 January 2023	Graham Potter
Bashir Humphreys	England U21	Age 19 v Manchester City, 8 January 2023
Levi Colwill	Full England caps	Age 20 v Liverpool, 13 August 2023	Mauricio Pochettino
Alex Matos		Age 18 v Fulham, 2 October 2023
Alfie Gilchrist		Age 20 v Crystal Palace, 27 December 2023
Michael Golding	England U18	Age 17 v Preston North End, 6 January 2024
Leo Castledine	England U19	Age 18 v Middlesbrough, 23 January 2024
Cesare Casadei	Italy U21	Age 21 v Liverpool, 31 January 2024
Jimi Tauriainen	Finland U19	Age 19 v Leeds United, 28 February 2024

Young Player of the Year

Academy Player of the Year

 

Reserves team

• U21 Premier League / Premier League 2
  • Winners (2): 2013–14, 2019–20
• The Football Combination
  • Winners (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
  • Winners (1): 2010–11
• Premier Reserve League – Southern Champions
  • Winners (1): 2010–11
• London Challenge Cup
  • Winners (5): 1919–20, 1926–27, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1960–61
• Metropolitan League
  • Winners (3): 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58

Academy team

• UEFA Youth League
  • Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
• U18 Premier League – National Champions
  • Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
• U18 Premier League – Southern Champions
  • Winners (4): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• FA Youth Cup
  • Winners (9): 1959–60, 1960–61, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• U18 Premier League Cup
  • Winners (2): 2017–18, 2021–22
• U17 Premier League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2023–24
• U16 Premier League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2018–19
• Southern Junior Floodlight Cup
  • Winners (5): 1955–56, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64
• South East Counties League
  • Winners (10): 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1973–74, 1983–84
• South East Counties League Cup
  • Winners (11): 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1983–84, 1986–87
• North Surrey Minor League
  • Winners (1): 1953–54
• London Minor Challenge Cup
  • Winners (3): 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54