Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy

Chelsea Reserves and Academy

Full name	Chelsea Football Club Reserves and Academy
Nickname(s)	The Little Blues
Founded	1948
Ground	Chelsea FC Training Ground Cobham, Surrey
Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	Dermot Drummy (Reserve) Adrian Viveash (Youth)
League	Premier Reserve League Premier Academy League
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

Chelsea F.C. Academy are the youth team of Chelsea Football Club. It is a member of the Premier Academy League. 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.The academy is regarded as one of the best in English football and has produced many great 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 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 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's Griffin Park Stadium. Currently they play their home games at the club's training ground at Cobham and temporarily use the clubs's home ground Stamford Bridge for the big matches. The Academy Team also play their home games at the club's training ground.

Reserve Squad

As of 8 September 2011 Chelsea F.C. Reserve Squad UEFA Champions League squad

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

No. Position Player 47 MF Billy Clifford 49 DF Aziz Deen-Conteh 50 MF Kaby 51 DF Rohan Ince 52 MF Jacob Mellis 53 FW Marko Mitrović 58 DF Daniel Pappoe 60 GK Rhys Taylor

No. Position Player 64 FW Milan Lalkovič — DF Nathaniel Chalobah — DF Carl Magnay — FW Adam Phillip — FW Jhon Pírez — DF Ben Gordon — FW Lucas Piazon

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 35 DF Tomáš Kalas (at Vitesse until the end of 2011–12 season) 48 MF Conor Clifford (at Yeovil Town until 4 December 2011) — GK Sam Walker (at Northampton Town until the end of 2011–12 season) — GK Matej Delač (at České Budějovice until the end of 2011–12 season)

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
• Premier Reserve League South
  • Winners: 2010–11
• London Challenge Cup
  • Winners: 1919–20, 1926–27, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1960–61

Academy Squad

As of 8 September 2011 Chelsea F.C. Academy Squad UEFA Champions League squad

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

No. Position Player 46 GK Jamal Blackman 54 DF Todd Kane 55 MF James Ashton 56 MF George Saville 57 DF Archange Nkumu 59 FW Philipp Prosenik — GK Mitchell Beeney — DF Adam Nditi — DF Alastair Gordon — DF Alex Davey — DF Nortei Nortey — DF Samuel Bangura — DF Nathan Aké — MF Danny Stenning

No. Position Player — MF John Swift — MF Ruben Loftus-Cheek — MF Lewis Baker — MF Reece Loudon — MF Tom Howard — MF Bertrand Traoré — MF Amin Affane — MF Anjur Osmanović — FW Ismail Seremba — FW Walter Figueira — FW Alex Kiwomya — FW Islam Feruz — FW Dominik Mašek

Honours

• FA Youth Cup
  • Winners: 1960, 1961, 2010
  • Runners-up: 1958, 2008
• Milk Cup Junior (U-14)
  • Winners: 2010
• Milk Cup Premier (U-16)
  • 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 Peter Brabrook Barry Bridges Carlton Cole Jimmy Greaves John Hollins Alan Hudson Graeme Le Saux Peter Osgood Ken Shellito Bobby Smith Bobby Tambling John Terry

Terry Venables Ray Wilkins Mikael Forssell Robert Huth Nick Colgan Ben Sahar Frank Sinclair Junior Mendes Jeffrey Bruma Neil Etheridge James Younghusband Phil Younghusband Craig Burley

Warren Cummings Billy Dodds Tommy Law Miroslav Stoch Muzzy Izzet Gökhan Töre Gerry Baker Nathan Blake Andrew Crofts Gareth Hall Andy King Mbark Boussoufa

References