Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy

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Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy
Chelsea FC.svg
Full name Chelsea Football Club Reserves and Academy
Nickname(s) The Little Blues
Founded 1948
Ground Cobham Training Centre
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.

Emily Evans is the official kit washer for the under 18s team.

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[edit] Reserve squad

As of 21 January 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
27 England DF Sam Hutchinson
45 England DF Nathaniel Chalobah
47 England DF Billy Clifford
48 Republic of Ireland MF Conor Clifford
49 England DF Aziz Deen-Conteh
50 Portugal MF Kaby
51 England MF Rohan Ince
No. Position Player
52 England MF Jacob Mellis
53 Sweden FW Marko Mitrović
56 England MF George Saville
58 Ghana DF Daniel Pappoe
35 Brazil FW Lucas Piazón
England FW Adam Phillip
Slovakia FW Milan Lalkovic

[edit] 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
60 Wales GK Rhys Taylor (at Rotherham United until 2 February 2012)}}
Croatia GK Matej Delač (at České Budějovice until the end of 2011–12 season)
England GK Sam Walker (at Yeovil Town until the end of 2011–12 season)
Czech Republic DF Tomáš Kalas (at Vitesse until the end of 2011–12 season)
Uruguay FW Jhon Pírez (at Defensor Sporting until the end of 2011–12 season)
England DF Ben Gordon (at Kilmarnock)


[edit] Honours

[edit] Academy Squad

As of 15 December 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 England GK Jamal Blackman
54 England DF Todd Kane
55 England MF James Ashton
57 England DF Archange Nkumu
59 Austria FW Philipp Prosenik
England GK Mitchell Beeney
Netherlands DF Nathan Aké
England DF Samuel Bangura
England DF Alex Davey
England DF Alastair Gordon
England DF Adam Nditi
England DF Nortei Nortey
Sweden MF Amin Affane
No. Position Player
England MF Lewis Baker
England MF Ruben Loftus-Cheek
England MF Reece Loudon
Sweden MF Anjur Osmanović
England MF Danny Stenning
England MF John Swift
Burkina Faso MF Bertrand Traoré
Scotland FW Islam Feruz
England FW Walter Figueira
England FW Alex Kiwomya
Czech Republic FW Dominik Mašek
England FW Ismail Seremba


[edit] Honours

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

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