Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Youth Team

Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Youth Team

Infobox Football club
clubname = Chelsea Reserves


fullname = Chelsea Football Club Reserves
nickname = The Blues
founded = 1905
ground = Griffin Park
Brentford
capacity = 12,763
chairman = flagicon|US Bruce Buck
owner =
manager = flagicon|Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers
captain =
league = FA Premier Reserve League
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Chelsea Reserves are the reserve team of Chelsea Football Club. They are members of the FA Premier Reserve League, Southern Division, although former manager Jose Mourinho once called for them to play in the football league. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6162461.stm Gold angry at Mourinho suggestion] BBC News, 8 December 2005] They have never won the competition. 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' head coach is currently Brendan Rodgers and the youth team is coached by Paul Clement. Frank Arnesen is the current chief scout and director of youth development and is largely responsible for recruiting young players to play in Chelsea's academy and youth/reserve teams.

On the 11th May 2007, it was announced that the Chelsea Reserves will play their home games at Brentford's Griffin Park Stadium. [ [http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea180706/index.html#/page/TheReserves/list_2208915_4 The Reserves] Chelea FC] The Youth Team play their home games at the club's training ground near Cobham.

Reserve squad

"According to official website and not including scholars; correct as of August 31 2008." [ [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/ReservesProfilesIndex/0,,10268,00.html] Chelsea FC] "Squad numbers not recorded as they are not relevant to reserve team players."Fs player|nat=England|pos=DF|name=Ryan Bertrand ("On loan at Norwich")Fs player|nat=Serbia|pos=DF|name=Slobodan Rajković ("On loan at FC Twente")Fs player|nat=England|pos=MF|name=Jack Cork ("On loan at Southampton")Fs player|nat=England|pos=MF|name=Lee Sawyer ("On loan at Southend")Fs player|nat=England|pos=MF|name=Jimmy Smith ("On loan at Sheffield Wednesday")Fs player|nat=Portugal|pos=FW|name=Fábio Paím| ("On loan from Sporting Lisbon")Fs player|nat=England|pos=FW|name=Shaun Cummings ("On loan at MK Dons")Fs player|nat=Israel|pos=FW|name=Ben Sahar ("On loan at Portsmouth")

Youth team

"According to official website; includes all scholars and schoolboy academy members who have appeared for the Youth Academy Under 18 team. [ [http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea180706/index.html#/page/AcademyProfiles Academy profiles] Chelsea FC]

External links

* [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/ReserveProfilesTextIndex/0,,10268,00.html Official Club site Reserve Profiles]
* [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/AcademyProfilesTextIndex/0,,10268,00.html Official Club site Academy Profiles]
* [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/TheAcademy/ The Academy]
* [http://chelseayouthandreserves.wordpress.com/ Chelsea Youth and Reserves]

References


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