Chelsea F.C. Development Squad and Academy

Chelsea Reserves

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Full name	Chelsea Football Club Reserves
Nickname(s)	The Blues
Founded	1905
Ground	Griffin Park Brentford
Capacity	12,763
Chairman	Bruce Buck (for Roman Abramovich)
Manager	Brendan Rogers
League	FA Premier Reserve League
Home colours Away colours

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 [1]. 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 Rogers 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 FC's Griffin Park Stadium. [2] The Youth Team play their home games at the club's training ground near Cobham.

Reserve squad

According to official website [3]; correct as of 10th October 2007. 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	ENG	Anthony Grant
32	DF	ENG	Carl Magnay
34	MF	ENG	Liam Bridcutt
37	MF	ENG	Jack Cork (On loan to Scunthorpe)
39	DF	ENG	Harry Worley
41	DF	ENG	Sam Hutchinson
42	MF	ENG	Lee Sawyer
43	DF	ENG	Ryan Bertrand (On loan to Oldham)
44	DF	ENG	Michael Mancienne (On loan to QPR)
46	MF	ENG	Jimmy Smith (On loan to Norwich)
47	FW	ISR	Ben Sahar (On loan to QPR)
48	MF	ENG	Michael Woods

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	WAL	Rhys Taylor
--	GK	ENG	Stuart Searle
--	DF	ENG	Adrian Pettigrew
—	DF	NED	Patrick van Aanholt
--	MF	EIR	James Simmonds
--	MF	POR	Ricardo Fernandes
--	MF	ESP	Sergio Tejera
--	FW	POR	Fabio Ferreira
--	FW	SVK	Miroslav Stoch
--	FW	ENG	Shaun Cummings
--	FW	PHI	Phil Younghusband (On loan to Esbjerg)
--	FW	DEN	Per Weihrauch

2007/08 Reserve Results

Fixtures

Fixture	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Scorers
1	29 August, 2007	Fratton Park	Portsmouth	4-0	Win	Sam Hutchinson, Scott Sinclair, Morten Nielsen, Miroslav Stoch.
2	3 September, 2007	Griffin Park	Derby County	3-1	Win	Patrick van Aanholt, Shaun Cummings, Gaël Kakuta.
3	17 September, 2007	Griffin Park	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Draw	Scott Sinclair.
4	2 October, 2007	Motspur Park	Fulham	2-3	Defeat	Miroslav Stoch, Scott Sinclair.
5	8 October, 2007	Griffin Park	Arsenal	0-1	Defeat
6	22 October, 2007	Villa Park	Aston Villa	0-6	Defeat
7	7 November, 2007	Madejski Stadium	Reading	0-1	Defeat
8	26 November, 2007	Griffin Park	Birmingham

Youth team

According to official website [4]; includes all scholars and schoolboy academy members who have appeared for the Youth Academy Under 18 team.

	Player	DOB	Position	International Caps	Previous Club
2nd Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1989 and 31 August 1990 )
	Morten Nielsen	24 February 1990	FW	Capped at Under-18 level	F.C. Copenhagen
	Nana Ofori-Twumasi	15 May 1990	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	–
	Tom Taiwo	27 February 1990	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	Leeds
1st Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1990 and 31 August 1991 )
	Nicky Ahmed	18 April 1991	MF	–	–
	Fabio Borini	29 March 1991	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	Bologna
	Ben Gordon	2 March 1991	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	Leeds
	Niclas Heimann	12 March 1991	GK	–	Bayer Leverkusen
	Jordan Hibbert	25 October 1990	MF	–	–
	Gaël Kakuta	21 June 1991	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	Lens
	Billy-Joe King	23 September 1990	DF	–	–
	Jacob Mellis	8 January 1991	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	Sheffield United
	Adam Phillip	19 June 1991	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	Sutton United
	Danny Philliskirk	10 April 1991	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	Oldham
	Jack Saville	2 April 1991	DF	–	Reading
	Jordan Tabor	9 September 1990	DF	–	–
	Jan Šebek	31 March 1991	GK	Capped at Under-16 level	FK Tachov
Schoolboys (players born after 1 September 1991 )
	Jeffrey Bruma	13 November 1991	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	Feyenoord
	Conor Clifford	1 October 1991	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	Crumlin United
	Aldi Haxia	–	GK	–	–
	Franck Nouble	24 September 1991	FW	–	–
	Jacopo Sala	5 December 1991	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	Atalanta
	Sam Walker	–	GK	–	Millwall

2007/08 Youth Team Results

Fixtures

Fixture	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Scorers
1	18 August, 2007	London Colney	Arsenal	1-3	Defeat	Lee Sawyer.
2	25 August, 2007	Cobham	Southampton	4-1	Win	Miroslav Stoch 2, Carl Magnay, Danny Philliskirk.
3	1 September, 2007	Abbots Leigh	Bristol City	4-1	Win	Danny Philliskirk, Miroslav Stoch, Franck Nouble, Jordan Hibbert.
4	8 September, 2007	Cobham	Birmingham City	2-2	Draw	Fabio Borini, Gaël Kakuta.
5	15 September, 2007	Bodymoor Heath	Aston Villa	1-2	Defeat	Jack Saville.
6	29 September, 2007	Chadwell Heath	West Ham	1-4	Defeat	Franck Nouble.
7	6 October, 2007	Cobham	Norwich	1-1	Draw	Jeffrey Bruma.
8	13 October, 2007	Bent Lane	Ipswich	2-1	Win	Gaël Kakuta, Fabio Borini.
9	20 October, 2007	Cobham	Crystal Palace	3-1	Win	Jordan Tabor, Adam Phillip, Fabio Borini.
10	27 October, 2007	Eastleigh	Portsmouth	0-0	Draw
11	10 November, 2007	Cobham	Charlton	5-1	Win	Jeffrey Bruma, Morten Nielsen, Gaël Kakuta, Jacob Mellis, Fabio Borini.
12	16 November, 2007	Cobham	Fulham