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Chelsea F.C. Under-21s, previously referred to as the Development Squad, are the development team of
Chelsea Football Club Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, West London, England. The club was founded in 1905 and named after neighbouring area Chelsea. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football, pl ...
. They play in the
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, which is the top level of reserve football in England. They were the champions in the 2013–14 and 2019–20 seasons. The team mainly consists of under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally feature, when recovering from injuries or otherwise not in the first team. The under-21 team is managed by Filipe Coelho and the under-18 team is managed by Hassan Sulaiman. Chelsea F.C. Academy is the under-18 team of Chelsea Football Club. It is a member of the Professional U18 Development League. They have won the
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nine times, including five consecutive titles between 2014 and 2018. The academy has produced many successful players such as the brothers
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and
Allan Harris Allan Harris (28 December 1942 – 23 November 2017) was an English football player and manager. He played for Chelsea, Coventry City and Queens Park Rangers. His brother Ron was also a professional footballer. Harris was a full-back and b ...
,
Peter Bonetti Peter Philip Bonetti (27 September 1941 – 12 April 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. He was known for his safe handling, lightning reflexes a ...
,
Bobby Tambling Robert Victor Tambling (born 18 September 1941) is an English former professional footballer, who played as a forward, most notably for Chelsea, Crystal Palace and England. He was Chelsea's all-time top scorer for 47 years, with 202 goals in ...
,
Barry Bridges Barry John Bridges (born 29 April 1941) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Chelsea, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers, Millwall and Brighton & Hove Albion and was capped four ti ...
,
Bert Murray Albert George Murray (born 22 September 1942) is an English former footballer who played as a winger. He played more than 100 games in the Football League for each of his four clubs, namely Chelsea, Birmingham City, Brighton & Hove Albion and ...
,
John Hollins John William Hollins (16 July 1946 – 14 June 2023) was an English football player and manager. He initially played as a midfielder, before becoming an effective full-back later in his career. Hollins played in the Football League, predomina ...
,
Peter Osgood Peter Leslie Osgood (20 February 1947 – 1 March 2006) was an English footballer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. He is best remembered for representing Chelsea and Southampton as a forward at club level, winning the FA Cup with eac ...
,
Ray Wilkins Raymond Colin Wilkins (14 September 1956 – 4 April 2018) was an English football player and coach. Born into a footballing family with his father and three brothers involved in the game, Wilkins played as a midfielder. He began his career a ...
,
Graeme Le Saux Graeme Pierre Le Saux ( ; born 17 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer and television pundit. As a versatile left sided player he played most of his career at left back with two spells at Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Southamp ...
, Bobby Smith,
Terry Venables Terence Frederick Venables (6 January 1943 – 25 November 2023), often referred to as El Tel, was an English football player and manager who played for clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers and won two caps for E ...
,
Jimmy Greaves James Peter Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of England's best ever players, he is England's fifth- ...
,
John Terry John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English professional Coach (association football), football coach and former Association football, player who played as a centre-back. He was previously captain of Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, the En ...
,
Mason Mount Mason Tony Mount (born 10 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Manchester United. Mount began his senior club career with Chelsea, and joined Vitesse and Derby County on consecutive loans bet ...
,
Reece James Reece James may refer to: * Reece James (footballer, born 1993), English footballer born in Bacup, Lancashire * Reece James (footballer, born 1999), English footballer born in Redbridge, London See also * James Reece (disambiguation) James Reece m ...
and
Conor Gallagher Conor John Gallagher (born 6 February 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Atlético Madrid and the England national team. Beginning his career with Chelsea, Gallagher spent time on loan at EFL Champi ...
. Chelsea are the only English club to reach the final of the
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, winning it twice in four final appearances. The under-21 team play their home games at
Kingsmeadow Kingsmeadow is a football stadium in Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames, London, which is used for home matches by Chelsea Women and Chelsea Development Squad. It was formerly the home of Kingstonian and AFC Wimbledon and has a capacity of 4,85 ...
, while the under-18s play at the club's
Cobham Training Centre The Cobham Training Centre, is the training ground of Chelsea Football Club located in the village of Stoke d'Abernon near the village of Cobham, Surrey. The Chelsea first team have trained at Stoke D'Abernon since 2005, but it was not offici ...
in Cobham,
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. Both teams occasionally use the club's home ground
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for important matches.


Current squads

* Bold indicates players to have at least one first-team appearance for Chelsea.


U21s squad


U18s squad


Management team


Academy graduates in 21st century

*Bold indicates players who still play for Chelsea, including those who are currently out on loan to other clubs.


Notable Academy graduates

*Players who have at least 10 first-team appearances for Chelsea or have represented a country at full international level, are categorised by the decade in which they were graduated from the academy. *bold indicates players who still play for Chelsea, including those who are currently out on loan to other clubs..


Before World War II

* David Calderhead Jr. *
Ron Greenwood Ronald Greenwood (11 November 1921 – 9 February 2006) was an English football player and manager. He is best known for being manager of the England national football team from 1977 until 1982, as well as being manager of West Ham United for ...
* George Pearson * Tommy Law * Bill Robertson


1950s

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Micky Block Michael John Block (28 January 1940 – 12 December 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a right winger. He made nearly 200 Football League appearances for Chelsea, Brentford and Watford over a 10-year period. Career Born ...
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Peter Bonetti Peter Philip Bonetti (27 September 1941 – 12 April 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. He was known for his safe handling, lightning reflexes a ...
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Peter Brabrook Peter Brabrook (8 November 1937 – 10 December 2016) was an English footballer who made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League playing for Chelsea, West Ham United and Orient, and was capped three times for the England national team. H ...
* Terry Bradbury *
Barry Bridges Barry John Bridges (born 29 April 1941) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Chelsea, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers, Millwall and Brighton & Hove Albion and was capped four ti ...
* David Cliss *
John Compton Sir John George Melvin Compton, (29 April 1925 – 7 September 2007) was a Saint Lucian politician who became the first prime minister upon independence in February 1979. Having led Saint Lucia under British rule from 1964 to 1979, Compton ser ...
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Derek Gibbs Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California. The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold-certified album ''Turn the Radio Off''. Soo ...
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Jimmy Greaves James Peter Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of England's best ever players, he is England's fifth- ...
* Mike Harrison * Tony Nicholas *
Mel Scott Melvyn Douglas Scott (26 September 1939 – August 1997) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League for Brentford and Chelsea. He was capped by England at youth and U23 level. Club career Chels ...
* Ken Shellito * Bobby Smith *
Bobby Tambling Robert Victor Tambling (born 18 September 1941) is an English former professional footballer, who played as a forward, most notably for Chelsea, Crystal Palace and England. He was Chelsea's all-time top scorer for 47 years, with 202 goals in ...
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Dick Whittaker Richard Whittaker (10 October 1934 in Dublin – 1998) was an Irish professional football player. He was a right back who joined Chelsea in London in 1952, as a professional having played for Chelsea youth team, from St. Mary's B.C. He playe ...


1960s

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Dennis Brown Dennis Emmanuel Brown CD (1 February 1957 – 1 July 1999) was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of l ...
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Dennis Butler Dennis Anthony Butler (born 24 June 1944) is an English former professional football player and manager. He played as a winger for Bolton Wanderers between 1959 and 1968 before ending his playing career following five years at Rochdale. Later ...
* John Dunn *
Allan Harris Allan Harris (28 December 1942 – 23 November 2017) was an English football player and manager. He played for Chelsea, Coventry City and Queens Park Rangers. His brother Ron was also a professional footballer. Harris was a full-back and b ...
* Ron Harris *
John Hollins John William Hollins (16 July 1946 – 14 June 2023) was an English football player and manager. He initially played as a midfielder, before becoming an effective full-back later in his career. Hollins played in the Football League, predomina ...
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Peter Houseman Peter Houseman (24 December 1945 – 20 March 1977) was an English footballer who played as a winger. He was best known for his part in Chelsea's FA Cup-winning side of 1970. He later signed for Oxford United. He was killed along with his wife ...
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Alan Hudson Alan Anthony Hudson (born 21 June 1951) is an English former footballer who played for Arsenal, Chelsea, Stoke City and the Seattle Sounders as well as the England national football team. Club career Chelsea Born and brought up near the Kin ...
* Barry Lloyd *
Bert Murray Albert George Murray (born 22 September 1942) is an English former footballer who played as a winger. He played more than 100 games in the Football League for each of his four clubs, namely Chelsea, Birmingham City, Brighton & Hove Albion and ...
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Peter Osgood Peter Leslie Osgood (20 February 1947 – 1 March 2006) was an English footballer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. He is best remembered for representing Chelsea and Southampton as a forward at club level, winning the FA Cup with eac ...
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Terry Venables Terence Frederick Venables (6 January 1943 – 25 November 2023), often referred to as El Tel, was an English football player and manager who played for clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers and won two caps for E ...
* John Boyle *
Stewart Houston Stewart Mackie Houston (born 20 August 1949) is a Scottish former association football, football player and coach (sports), coach who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back. Born in Dunoon, he began his professional c ...


1970s

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Trevor Aylott Trevor Keith Charles Aylott (born 26 November 1957) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. Aylott was born in Bermondsey, London. He began his football career as an apprentice with Chelsea, and went on to score 116 goals lea ...
* Brian Bason *
John Bumstead John Bumstead (born 27 November 1958) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Chelsea, where he spent most of his career, and Charlton Athletic. Club career Bumstead started his career in the Chels ...
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Gary Chivers Gary Chivers (born 15 May 1960) is an English former footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Chelsea, Swansea City, Queens Park Rangers, Watford, Brighton & Hove Albion, AFC Bournemouth, and in the Norwegian Premier Leag ...
* Mike Fillery * Lee Frost *
Kevin Hales Kevin Peter Hales (born 13 January 1961) is a football coach and former player. Before coaching, he played as a midfielder for Chelsea and Leyton Orient, managed Welling United and Erith & Belvedere, was assistant manager at Hornchurch and coa ...
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Gary Johnson Gary Earl Johnson (born January 1, 1953) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 29th List of governors of New Mexico, governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003 as a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republica ...
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Tommy Langley Thomas William Langley (born 8 February 1958) is an English retired footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s as a striker. He is currently one of the hosts of ''Matchnight Live'' on Chelsea TV. Club career Chelsea Langley began his career ...
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Ray Lewington Raymond Lewington (born 7 September 1956) is an English Manager (association football), football manager and former player. Born in London, he started his playing career in the city at Chelsea F.C., Chelsea. He went on to play for Vancouver Whi ...
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Gary Locke Gary Faye Locke (born January 21, 1950) is an American politician, attorney, and former diplomat from the State of Washington. Locke served as the 21st governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005, where he was the first Chinese-American governor ...
* Teddy Maybank * Micky Nutton *
Colin Pates Colin George Pates (born 10 August 1961) is an English former professional association football, footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League. He played for various clubs, mainly in London, in a defensive role. Career Pa ...
* Peter Rhoades-Brown * Steve Sherwood *
John Sitton John Edmund Sitton (born 21 October 1959) is an English former professional footballer and former coach and manager of Leyton Orient. He is considered a cult hero for many fans of 90s football, particularly noted for key phrases such as "al ...
* John Sparrow * Gary Stanley *
David Stride David Stride (14 March 1958 – 10 July 2016) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender in both England and the United States. Playing career Stride began his career with Chelsea in 1978. That year, he went on loan with ...
* Clive Walker *
Steve Wicks Steve Wicks (born 3 October 1956) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-half, most notably played for Chelsea, Derby County and Queens Park Rangers in the 1970s and 1980s. Wicks made his debut for Chelsea aged 19 ...
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Graham Wilkins Graham George Wilkins (born 28 June 1955) is an English retired professional football full-back who made over 130 appearances in the Football League for Chelsea. He also played league football for Brentford and Southend United. Career Wilki ...
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Ray Wilkins Raymond Colin Wilkins (14 September 1956 – 4 April 2018) was an English football player and coach. Born into a footballing family with his father and three brothers involved in the game, Wilkins played as a midfielder. He began his career a ...
* Ian Britton * Steve Finnieston


1980s

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Jason Cundy Jason Victor Cundy (born 12 November 1969) is an English former professional footballer and radio broadcaster for talkSPORT. As a player, he was a centre-back, who notably played in the Premier League for Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. He also ...
* Keith Dublin *
Steve Francis Steven D'Shawn Francis (born February 21, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected with the second overall pick of the 1999 NBA draft and was named co-NBA Rookie of the Year (along with Elton Brand) in his fi ...
* Robert Isaac *
Dale Jasper Dale William Jasper (14 January 1964 – 30 January 2020) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League in defence and in midfield for Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and Crewe Alexandra.Keith Jones * David Lee *
Graeme Le Saux Graeme Pierre Le Saux ( ; born 17 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer and television pundit. As a versatile left sided player he played most of his career at left back with two spells at Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Southamp ...
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Damian Matthew Damian Matthew (born 23 September 1970) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and television pundit, who was last a first-team coach at Rangers. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1989 until 1999, notably in the Premi ...
* Graham Stuart *
Colin West Colin West (born 13 November 1962) is an English former footballer. He played as a forward and scored 158 goals in 555 league and cup games in the English Football League, Conference and the Scottish Football League. He began his career at Su ...
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Craig Burley Craig William Burley (born 24 September 1971) is a Scottish former professional footballer and sports television pundit and co-commentator for ESPN. As a player he was a midfielder from 1989 until 2004, notably playing in the Premier League for ...
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Billy Dodds William Dodds (born 5 February 1969) is a Scottish football coach and former player. He is part of assistant head coach at his former club Rangers. His playing career started with English club Chelsea and the rest of his career was spent i ...
* John Millar * Gareth Hall


1990s

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Michael Duberry Michael Wayne Duberry (born 14 October 1975) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He started his career with Premier League side Chelsea, and also played in the top flight for Leeds United and Reading, and ...
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Jon Harley Jon Harley (born 26 September 1979) is an English professional football coach and former player. He is currently assistant manager of EFL Championship club Portsmouth. A left-back, he played for Chelsea and Fulham in the Premier League, Wimble ...
* Paul Hughes *
Jody Morris Jody Steven Morris (born 22 December 1978) is an English professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of EFL League Two club Swindon Town. As a midfielder, Morris played for Chelsea, Leeds United, Rotherh ...
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Andy Myers Andrew John Myers (born 3 November 1973) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who was most recently assistant head coach of club Millwall. As a player, he was a defender notably in the Premier League with Chelsea ...
* Eddie Newton * Mark Nicholls *
Neil Shipperley Neil Jason Shipperley (born 30 October 1974) is an English football manager and former professional player who played as a forward. He notably played in the Premier League for Chelsea, Southampton, Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and Shef ...
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John Terry John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English professional Coach (association football), football coach and former Association football, player who played as a centre-back. He was previously captain of Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, the En ...
* Samuele Dalla Bona *
Frank Sinclair Frank Mohammed Sinclair (born 3 December 1971) is a former professional football player and manager who is a coach . He made 756 league and cup appearances in a 25-year playing career, scoring 27 goals. A defender, he began his career at Che ...


2000s

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Gaël Kakuta Gaël Romeo Kakuta Mambenga (born 21 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for TFF First League club Sakaryaspor. Born in France, he represents the DR Congo national team. A youth product of RC Lens, Kakuta moved to ...
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Ryan Bertrand Ryan Dominic Bertrand (born 5 August 1989) is an English Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur and former professional Association football, footballer who played as a left-back. Bertrand began his youth career at Gillingham F.C., Gillingham, before ...
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Carlton Cole Carlton Michael George Cole (born 12 October 1983) is an English football coach and former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He scored 52 goals in 288 Premier League appearanc ...
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Robert Huth Robert Huth (, ; born 18 August 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is a three-time Premier League winner and has made the most Premier League appearances (322) by a German player. Huth was signed f ...
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Ben Sahar Ben Sahar (, changed the Hebrew spelling of his surname from ; born 10 August 1989) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hapoel Tel Aviv. He has also played for the Israel national team. Early life Sahar was born in ...
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Fabio Borini Fabio Borini (born 29 March 1991) is an Italian professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, Winger (association football), left winger or forward (association football), forward for Serie B club UC Sampdori ...
* Anthony Grant *
Jeffrey Bruma Jeffrey Kevin van Homoet Bruma (; born 13 November 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Club career Chelsea Bruma joined Chelsea's youth setup from Feyenoord at the age of 15 for a fee of £100,000, and was ...
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Patrick van Aanholt Patrick John Miguel van Aanholt (; born 29 August 1990) is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back for club Sparta Rotterdam. He began his professional career a ...
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Michael Mancienne Michael Ian Mancienne (born 8 January 1988) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in England, he played for the Seychelles national team. He played for football clubs in Germany, the United States, and England. Sc ...


2010s

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Bertrand Traoré Bertrand Isidore Traoré (born 6 September 1995) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward or a right winger for Eredivisie club Ajax and captains the Burkina Faso national team. After beginning his career at Auxerre, Tra ...
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Jérémie Boga Jérémie Boga (born 3 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder or winger for Ligue 1 club Nice. Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team. Coming through Chelsea's youth system, Boga sp ...
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Andreas Christensen Andreas Bødtker Christensen (; born 10 April 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the Denmark national team. Christensen began his career at Skjold Birkerød and later joined B ...
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Tammy Abraham Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham (born 2 October 1997), known as Tammy Abraham, is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Serie A club AC Milan, on loan from ...
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Nathaniel Chalobah Nathaniel Nyakie Chalobah (born 12 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Sheffield Wednesday. Born in Sierra Leone, he represents the England national team. Club career Chelsea After initiall ...
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Trevoh Chalobah Trevoh Tom Chalobah (born 5 July 1999) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Chelsea F.C., Chelsea and the England national football team, England national team. Chalobah is a centre back who jo ...
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Conor Gallagher Conor John Gallagher (born 6 February 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Atlético Madrid and the England national team. Beginning his career with Chelsea, Gallagher spent time on loan at EFL Champi ...
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Marc Guéhi Addji Keaninkin Marc-Israel Guéhi ( ; born 13 July 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Crystal Palace, of which he is the team's captain. Born in Ivory Coast, he plays for the England national team. ...
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Callum Hudson-Odoi Callum James Hudson-Odoi (born 7 November 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Nottingham Forest. During his time with Chelsea's academy, Hudson-Odoi was part of the squads which won the U18 Premier Leag ...
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Reece James Reece James may refer to: * Reece James (footballer, born 1993), English footballer born in Bacup, Lancashire * Reece James (footballer, born 1999), English footballer born in Redbridge, London See also * James Reece (disambiguation) James Reece m ...
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Ruben Loftus-Cheek Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek (born 23 January 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club AC Milan. An academy graduate of Chelsea, Loftus-Cheek made his debut for the club in 2014 and went on to win the ...
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Josh McEachran Joshua Mark McEachran (born 1 March 1993) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Bristol Rovers F.C., Bristol Rovers. McEachran is a product of the Chelsea F.C. Academy, Chelsea academy a ...
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Mason Mount Mason Tony Mount (born 10 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Manchester United. Mount began his senior club career with Chelsea, and joined Vitesse and Derby County on consecutive loans bet ...
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Dominic Solanke Dominic Ayodele Solanke-Mitchell (born 14 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team. Solanke started his career with Chelsea, making his first-team ...
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Fikayo Tomori Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola "Fikayo" Tomori (born 19 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club AC Milan. Born in Canada, he plays for the England national team. Early life Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola Tomo ...
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Tariq Lamptey Tariq Kwame Nii-Lante Lamptey (born 30 September 2000) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a wing-back (association football), right wing-back or right-back for club Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albio ...
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Nathan Aké Nathan Benjamin Aké (; born 18 February 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for club Manchester City and the Netherlands national team. Club career Chelsea Early life and career Nathan Benjamin ...
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Ian Maatsen Ian Ethan Maatsen (born 10 March 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for club Aston Villa and the Netherlands national team. Primarily a left-back, he can also play as a winger. Maatsen was born near Rotterdam and played for l ...
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Ola Aina Temitayo Olufisayo Olaoluwa "Ola" Aina (born 8 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a full back for club Nottingham Forest. Born in England, he plays for the Nigeria national team. Club career Chelsea Early career ...
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Billy Gilmour Billy Clifford Gilmour (born 11 June 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Scotland national team. He is considered one of Scotland's best players, particularly in rela ...


2020s

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Armando Broja Armando Broja (; born 10 September 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for side Chelsea. Born in England, he plays for the Albania national team. Club career Early career Broja was born in Slough, England to Albanian p ...
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Josh Acheampong Joshua Kofi Acheampong (born 5 May 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Chelsea. He has represented England as a youth international at multiple levels. Early life Born in London, Acheampong is of Ghanai ...
* Levi Colwill * Tyrique George *
Alfie Gilchrist Alfie Gilchrist (born 28 November 2003) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for club Chelsea F.C., Chelsea. Club career Early career Born in Kingston upon Thames, London, Gilchris ...
* Lewis Hall *
Omari Hutchinson Omari Elijah Giraud-Hutchinson (born 30 October 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for club Ipswich Town and the England national under-21 team. Early life Hutchinson was born in Redhill ...
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Cesare Casadei Cesare Casadei (born 10 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Torino. Casadei played youth football with various Italian clubs before moving from Inter Milan to Chelsea in 2022. He was se ...


Annual awards


Young Player of the Year


Academy Player of the Season


Honours


Reserves team

* U21 Premier League / Premier League 2 ** Winners (2): 2013–14, 2019–20 *
The Football Combination The Football Combination was a football competition for the reserve teams of English Football League clubs from Southern England, the Midlands and Wales; other clubs from the Midlands and those from the North playing in the Central League (it is ...
** Winners (11): 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 The Premier Reserve League (officially known as The Barclays Premier Reserve League for sponsorship reasons) was the reserve team league for the top English football teams in the Premier League. The league was split into a northern and a southern ...
– National Champions ** Winners (1):
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Premier Reserve League The Premier Reserve League (officially known as The Barclays Premier Reserve League for sponsorship reasons) was the reserve team league for the top English football teams in the Premier League. The league was split into a northern and a southern ...
– Southern Champions ** Winners (1):
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London Challenge Cup The London Challenge Cup was a association football, football tournament formerly organised by the London Football Association, London FA. It was first contested in 1908, and other than during the World Wars, was contested every season until 1974 ...
** Winners (5): 1919–20, 1926–27, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1960–61 *
Metropolitan League The Metropolitan League was a football league in the south-east of England between 1949 and 1971.UEFA Youth League The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the under-19 teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions Le ...
** Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16 *
U18 Premier League The Professional Development League is a system of English youth football leagues that are managed, organised and controlled by the Premier League or by the Football League. It was introduced by the Football Association via the Elite Player P ...
– National Champions ** Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18 *
U18 Premier League The Professional Development League is a system of English youth football leagues that are managed, organised and controlled by the Premier League or by the Football League. It was introduced by the Football Association via the Elite Player P ...
– Southern Champions ** Winners (5): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2023–24 *
FA Youth Cup The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part. It ...
** Winners (9): 1959–60, 1960–61, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 * U18 Premier League Cup ** Winners (2): 2017–18, 2021–22 * U17 Premier League Cup ** Winners (1): 2023–24 * U16 Premier League Cup ** Winners (1): 2018–19 *Southern Junior Floodlight Cup ** Winners (5): 1955–56, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64 * South East Counties League ** Winners (10): 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1973–74, 1983–84 *South East Counties League Cup ** Winners (11): 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1983–84, 1986–87 *North Surrey Minor League ** Winners (1): 1953–54 *London Minor Challenge Cup ** Winners (3): 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54


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About the Academy
at Chelsea F.C. official website
Why Chelsea could finally be reaping the rewards of their outstanding academy
– ''These Football Times'' (2017) {{Reserve and Youth football in England Professional Development League Under-21s and Academy BlueCo Football academies in England Eastern Counties Football League Metropolitan League 1948 establishments in England Premier League International Cup UEFA Youth League teams NextGen series London League (football)