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Celtic Under 20s
Full nameCeltic Under 20s
Nickname(s) The Bhoys
Founded1888
GroundLennoxtown Training Centre
Head CoachStephen Frail
LeagueSPFL U20 League
2014–15SPFL U20 League, 2nd
Celtic Under 17s/Development Squad
Full nameCeltic Football Club Under 17s/Development Squad
Nickname(s) The Bhoys
Founded1888
GroundLennoxtown Training Centre
CapacityN/A
Head CoachTommy McIntyre
LeagueSPFL U19 League
2013–14SPFL U19 League, 1st

As well as the Celtic first team, competing in the Scottish Premiership, the club also has a U20 and U17 sides.

Development Squad

Celtic Development Squad are the Development Squad of Celtic. The team mainly consists of Under-20 players at the club and fringe first team players. Some of the first team also play when they are recovering from injury.

They were members of the Scottish Premier Reserve League from its foundation in the 1998–99 season until the league ceased after the 2008–09 season. The side won the Reserve League eight times in the eleven seasons the league operated. They played their home games at Excelsior Stadium, normally the home of Airdrie United.

Honours

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Under-20s Team

The Celtic Under-20s Team competes in the SPFL U20 League.

The Under-20s play their home matches at Celtic's training ground, Lennoxtown.

The Under-20s head coach is Stephen Frail and his assistant is John Kennedy who is also a coach of the Under 20s. The Under-20s had been previously coached by Willie McStay.

The side have won the Scottish Premier Youth League four times, first in 2003–04 and then in 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2009–10. Celtic also won the revived Glasgow Cup in August 2008, beating rivals Rangers 3–1 in the final with goals from James Keatings, Richie Towell and James Forrest, which cancelled out the Rangers opener through Kyle Hutton.

Celtic's U20s were the first Scottish participants in the NextGen Series - a youth tournament based on the UEFA Champions League. In the 2011–12 season, Celtic were drawn against Barcelona, Manchester City and Marseille, and finished third in their group.[1] Celtic confirmed in January 2012 that they would play in the 2012–13 edition tournament as well.[2]

Honours

2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
2008, 2011, 2014, 2015

Staff

Position Name
Head of Youth Department Chris McCart
Under 20s Manager Tommy McIntyre
Under 20s Assistant Manager Willie McStay
Under 20s Coach Danny McGrain
Under 17s Coach Miodrag Krivokapić
Goalkeeping Coach Colin Meldrum
Physio Graham Parsons

Under-20s

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW Northern Ireland NIR Michael Duffy
31 FW Scotland SCO Luke Donnelly
32 MF Scotland SCO Connor McManus
33 FW Scotland SCO Paul McMullan
47 DF Ireland EIR Fiacre Kelleher
48 DF Scotland SCO Jack Breslin
51 GK Ireland EIR Colin McCabe
54 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Lindsay
55 DF Scotland SCO Aiden McIlduff
56 DF Scotland SCO Sam Wardrop
58 MF Scotland SCO Mark Hill
60 FW Scotland SCO Calvin Miller
No. Pos. Nation Player
62 MF Scotland SCO Regan Hendry
65 GK Northern Ireland NIR Conor Hazard
66 DF Scotland SCO Jamie McCart
67 GK Scotland SCO Ross Doohan
— DF Scotland SCO Daniel Higgins
— DF Scotland SCO Josh Kerr
— DF Scotland SCO Blair Kidd
— MF Scotland SCO Innes Murray
— MF Scotland SCO Anthony Ralston
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Brandon Payne
— FW Scotland SCO Theo Archibald
— FW Scotland SCO Ciaran Lafferty

Under-17s

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Scotland SCO Aiden McAdams
— GK Scotland SCO Conor Cullen
— GK Scotland SCO Joshua Rae
— GK Scotland SCO Alex Crean
— DF Scotland SCO Dylan McKendry
— DF Scotland SCO Daniel Church
— DF Scotland SCO Lewis Bell
— DF Scotland SCO Grant Thorburn
— DF Scotland SCO Shaun Bowers
— MF Scotland SCO Daniel McAllister
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Scotland SCO Ryan Caird
— MF Scotland SCO Aidan Quinn
— MF Scotland SCO Kristi Marku
— MF Scotland SCO Wallace Duffy
— MF Scotland SCO Lewis Doherty
— MF Scotland SCO Ross McLaughlin
— MF Scotland SCO Christian Antoniazzi
— MF Scotland SCO Michael Johnston
— FW Scotland SCO Broque Watson
— FW Scotland SCO Jack Aitchison

Former youth team players

Players in Bold have senior international caps

U20s

U19s

References

  1. ^ "Marseille put to sword as Celtic end NextGen Group stage on high". Daily Mail. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Delight as Celtic confirm involvement in NextGen Series". Celtic FC. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. ^ Under 20s Team Celtic FC
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