Chelsea F.C. Development Squad are the development team of

Chelsea Football Club Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. ...

. They play in the Premier League 2, 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 Mark Robinson and the under-18 team is managed by Ed Brand. 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 a footballer who played for Chelsea, Coventry City and Queens Park Rangers. His brother Ron was also a professional footballer. Harris was a full-back and began his career with Chelsea, ...

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 tim ...

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 ...

John Hollins John William Hollins (born 16 July 1946) is an English retired footballer and manager. He was initially a midfielder who, later in his career, became an effective full-back. Hollins, throughout his footballing career, featured for clubs such a ...

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 at club level, and was also capped four times by Englan ...

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, Bobby Smith,

Terry Venables Terence Frederick Venables (born 6 January 1943), often referred to as El Tel, is an English former football player and manager, and an author. During the 1960s and '70s, he played for various clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Qu ...

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John Terry John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He was previously captain of Chelsea, the England national team and Aston Villa. He was most recently the ...

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, and

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. Chelsea are the only English club to reach the final of the

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, winning it twice in four final appearances. Neil Bath, who is the Head of Youth Development, is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the academy. Until the 2019–20 season, the development team played their home games at

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...

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. The under-18 team play their home games 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 ...

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, Surrey. Both teams occasionally use the club's home ground

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for important matches.

Current squads

Development squad

U19 and U18 squad

Management team

Notable Academy graduates

Players who have at least 10 appearances for Chelsea or represented a country at full international level. Players who still play for Chelsea, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are in bold. Before WW2 *

David Calderhead Jr. David Calderhead Jr. (25 October 1889 – 15 January 1965) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. Career Calderhead played for Lincoln City, Chelsea and Leicester Fosse. Calderhead later managed Lincoln City from April 192 ...

* George Pearson *

Harry Bearryman Henry William "Harry" Bearryman (26 September 1924 – December 1976), was an English footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League. Career Born in Wandsworth, London, Bearryman began his career at Chelsea where he made 35 appe ...

Ron Greenwood Ronald Greenwood CBE (11 November 1921 – 9 February 2006) was an English football player and manager, best known for being manager of the English national football team from 1977 until 1982, as well as being manager of West Ham United for ...

* Désiré Bastin * Tommy Law * Bill Robertson 1950s * Bobby Smith *

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. ...

Les Allen Leslie William Allen (born 4 September 1937) is an English former football player and manager who played as a inside forward. Playing career Allen started his playing career at amateur club Briggs Sports where he helped them to reach the s ...

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 s ...

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 Chel ...

Terry Bradbury Terence Eugene Bradbury (born 15 November 1939) is an English former professional association football, footballer who played as a wing half. Playing career Bradbury began his career with Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, being capped by England national ...

Tony Nicholas Anthony Wallace Long Nicholas (16 April 1938 – 25 September 2005) was an English professional footballer who scored 42 goals from 133 appearances in the Football League playing as an inside forward for Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and L ...

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* David Cliss *

* Mike Harrison *

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 ...

Ken Shellito Kenneth John Shellito (18 April 1940 – 31 October 2018) was an English footballer and manager who played for Chelsea from 1959–1965, and subsequently managed the club from 1977–1978. He worked in a coaching role for the Asian Football Conf ...

* Dick Whittaker *

Gerry Baker Gerard Austin "Gerry" Baker (11 April 1938 – 24 August 2013) was an American soccer player. From 1955 until 1970, he played 16 seasons in either the Scottish or English first division. He earned seven caps with the US national team in 196 ...

1960s * Ron Harris *

Dennis Butler Dennis Anthony Butler (born 24 June 1944) is an English former football player and manager. He played as a winger for Bolton Wanderers between 1959 and 1968, before ending his playing career following a five-year spell at Rochdale. Later wor ...

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 lo ...

* Tony Currie *

John Dunn John, Jack, Johnny, Jon, or Jonathan Dunn may refer to: Entertainment *John Dunn (pipemaker) (c. 1764–1820), inventor of keyed Northumbrian smallpipes *John Dunn (actor) born O'Donoghue (1813–1875), Australian comic actor *John Millard Dunn (1 ...

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 F.A. Cup-winning side of 1970. He later signed for Oxford United. He was killed along with his wi ...

Barry Lloyd Barry David Lloyd (born 19 February 1949) is an English retired professional footballer and manager. As a player, he most notably played as a midfielder in the Football League for Fulham, for whom he was captain and made over 280 appearances ...

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 King' ...

* 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 ca ...

1970s *

Gary Stanley Gary Stanley (born 4 March 1954) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Chelsea, Everton, Swansea City, Portsmouth and Bristol City. He also played in the North American Soccer League ...

Steve Sherwood Stephen Sherwood (born 10 December 1953 in Selby, England) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, best remembered for his time at Watford, Chelsea and Grimsby Town. Career He played for Watford for 11 years, making 2 ...

Gary Locke Gary Faye Locke (born January 21, 1950) is an American politician and diplomat serving as the interim president of Bellevue College, the largest of the institutions that make up the Washington Community and Technical Colleges system. Locke se ...

* Brian Bason * Graham Wilkins *

* John Sparrow *

Teddy Maybank Edward Maybank (born 11 October 1956) is an English former professional footballer who played for Chelsea, Fulham and Brighton & Hove Albion in The Football League between 1974 and 1980 and subsequently for PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Foll ...

Steve Wicks Steve Wicks (born 31 October 1956) is an English former professional footballer. He was a tall, solid, imposing player who played as a centre-half. He most notably played for Chelsea, Derby County and Queens Park Rangers in the 1970s and 1980s. ...

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 ...

Ray Lewington Raymond Lewington (born 7 September 1956) is an English retired footballer. He was most recently assistant manager of Watford. Born in London, he started his playing career in the city at Chelsea. He went on to play for Vancouver Whitecaps, Wi ...

* Clive Walker *

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 90 goals in 47 ...

Gary Johnson Gary Earl Johnson (born January 1, 1953) is an American businessman, author, and politician. He served as the 29th governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003 as a member of the Republican Party. He was the Libertarian Party nominee for Presid ...

* John Sitton * Lee Frost *

John Bumstead John Bumstead (born 27 November 1958) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 ...

* Micky Nutton *

David Stride David Stride (14 March 1958 – 10 July 2016) was an English professional footballer who played in both England and the United States. Career Stride began his career with Chelsea in 1978. That year, he went on loan with the Memphis Rogues of ...

Mike Fillery Michael Christopher Fillery (born 17 September 1960) is an English former professional footballer who played for Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers, Portsmouth, Oldham Athletic, Millwall and Torquay United as a midfielder during the 1970s, 198 ...

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 Lea ...

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 Ho ...

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 Peter Rhoades-Brown (born 2 January 1962 in Hampton, London) is an English retired footballer. Rhoades-Brown played as a left-winger for Chelsea from 1979 to 1983; during his four years with Chelsea, he scored four League goals. When Chelsea si ...

Steve Finnieston Steve Finnieston (born 30 November 1954) is a Scottish retired footballer who played during the 1970s and 1980s, most notably for Chelsea. A striker, Finnieston first joined Chelsea as a 12-year-old. He signed professional forms in December 1971 ...

* Ian Britton 1980s *

Carlton Palmer Carlton Lloyd Palmer (born 5 December 1965) is an English football manager, former footballer and football television pundit whose last management role was as manager of Grantham Town. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1984 to 2005, playin ...

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.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 ...

Keith Dublin Keith Dublin (born 29 January 1966) is an English former footballer who played at left-back for Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion, Watford, Southend United and Colchester United in the Football League. Career Born in High Wycombe, Dublin began h ...

* Keith Jones * Robert Isaac * Colin West * David Lee *

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 defender, who notably played in the Premier League for Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. He also p ...

Damian Matthew Damian Matthew (born 23 September 1970) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and television pundit, who is currently first-team coach at Rangers. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1989 until 1999, notably in the Pre ...

* Graham Stuart * John Millar *

Billy Dodds William Dodds (born 5 February 1969) is a Scottish football coach and former player who is the manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle. His playing career started with English club Chelsea and the rest of his career was spent in Scotland wi ...

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 f ...

Paul Bodin Paul John Bodin (born 13 September 1964) is a Welsh former professional footballer and coach who is now the coach of the Wales under-21 team. His son, Billy Bodin, is also a professional footballer. A former Chelsea youth team graduate, he mo ...

Gareth Hall Gareth David Hall (born 20 March 1969) is a Welsh former international footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. Hall was born in Croydon. He started his career as an apprentice at Chelsea and made his first team debut on 5 May 1987 against Wimbled ...

1990s * Eddie Newton * Andy Myers *

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 Sh ...

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 ...

* Mark Nicholls * Paul Hughes *

Jody Morris Jody Steven Morris (born 22 December 1978) is an English professional football coach and former player. As a midfielder, Morris played for Chelsea, Leeds United, Rotherham United, Millwall, St Johnstone and Bristol City. He won several troph ...

Jon Harley Jon Harley (born 26 September 1979) is an English former professional footballer. A left-back, he played for Chelsea and Fulham in the Premier League, Wimbledon, Sheffield United, West Ham United, Burnley, Watford, Notts County Rotherham United ...

* Samuele Dalla Bona *

Frank Sinclair Frank Mohammed Sinclair (born 3 December 1971) is an English-born Jamaican former professional football player and manager and current coach at Doncaster Rovers. He made 756 league and cup appearances in a 25-year playing career, scoring 27 g ...

Junior Mendes Albert Junior Hillyard Andrew Mendes (born 15 September 1976) is an English-born Montserratian former professional footballer and sports scientist who works a fitness coach for Scottish Premiership side St. Mirren. As a player he was a stri ...

Muzzy Izzet Mustafa Kemal "Muzzy" Izzet (; tr, İzzet; born 31 October 1974) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Chelsea, Leicester City, Birmingham City. Born in England, he represented the Turkey national team internation ...

Nathan Blake Nathan Blake (born 27 January 1972) is a Welsh former professional footballer, pundit and television presenter. He notably played in the Premier League for Sheffield United, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He al ...

2000s *

Yves Ma-Kalambay Yves Makabu-Ma-Kalambay (born 31 January 1986) is a former professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He most recently played for English club Wycombe Wanderers. Ma-Kalambay has previously played for Chelsea, Watford, Hibernian, Sw ...

Gaël Kakuta Gaël Romeo Kakuta Mambenga (born 21 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Amiens and the DR Congo national team. A youth product of Lens, Kakuta moved to Chelsea in 2007 in a controversial transfer. Rare ...

Carlton Cole Carlton Michael George Cole (born 12 October 1983) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored 52 goals in 288 Premier League appearances for four clubs. Cole began his career at Chelse ...

Jack Cork Jack Frank Porteous Cork (born 25 June 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Burnley and the English national team. He played for the Great Britain Olympic team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Cork s ...

Ryan Bertrand Ryan Dominic Bertrand (born 5 August 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Leicester City. Bertrand began his youth career at Gillingham, before signing for Chelsea in July 2005. He gr ...

* Momodou Ceesay *

Robert Huth Robert Huth (, ; born 18 August 1984) is a German former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Centre-back, centre-back. He is a three-time Premier League winner and has made the most Premier League appearances (322) by ...

Emmanuel Sarki Emmanuel Sarki (born 26 December 1987) is a footballer who plays as winger for Polish club Huragan Waksmund. Born in Nigeria, he played for the Haiti national team. Career Sarki began his career at Grays International FC, before moving to ...

Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (born 27 October 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Burnley and the Iceland national team. Jóhann began his senior career at Breiðablik for a single season before movin ...

Ben Sahar Ben Sahar ( he, בן שׂהר, changed the Hebrew spelling of his surname from ; born 10 August 1989) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a striker for Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team. At 16, Sahar was the equivalent o ...

Fabio Borini Fabio Borini (; born 29 March 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük. He started his career at Bologna, before moving to Chelsea in 2007. In 2011, Borini joined Championship sid ...

Jermaine Beckford Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford (born 9 December 1983) is an English Football pundit and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He began his career as a trainee at Chelsea, and played for Wealdstone, Uxbridge, Leeds United ...

* Anthony Grant * Shaun Cummings *

Mbark Boussoufa Moubarak "Mbark" Boussoufa ( ar, مُبارك بوصوفة; born 15 August 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2006 and 2010. Born in the Netherlands, he represented the Moro ...

Bradley Woods-Garness Bradley Maurice Charles Woods-Garness (born 27 June 1986) is an English-born Montserratian footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Tower Hamlets. He has been capped internationally for Montserrat. Career Club career As a youth he st ...

Jeffrey Bruma Jeffrey Kevin van Homoet Bruma (born 13 November 1991), commonly known as Jeffrey Bruma (), is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa. Club career Chelsea Bruma joined Chelsea's youth setup ...

Patrick van Aanholt Patrick John Miguel van Aanholt (; born 29 August 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Eredivisie club PSV, on loan from club Galatasaray, and the Netherlands national team. He began his professional career a ...

James Younghusband James Joseph Younghusband (born 4 September 1986) is a former professional footballer who played mostly as a right midfielder and sometimes as a forward. Born in Surrey, England to an English father and Filipino mother, Younghusband played for ...

Phil Younghusband Philip James Younghusband Jr. (born 4 August 1987) is a former professional footballer who played mostly as a striker and sometimes as a midfielder. Younghusband is best known for his performances with the Philippines national team, playing ...

* Neil Etheridge *

Jeffrey Ntuka Jeffrey Ntuka (10 May 1985 – 21 January 2012) was a South African footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a defender. Career Club career Born in Kroonstad, Free State, Ntuka joined English club Chelsea in 2003 ...

Michael Modubi Masilo Michael Modubi (born 22 April 1985, in Polokwane) is a South African footballer.

Dean Furman Dean Furman (born 22 June 1988) is a South African professional association football, soccer player who plays as a midfielder for English side Warrington Rylands 1906 F.C., Warrington Rylands 1906. He has previously played for Scottish Premiersh ...

Warren Cummings Warren Thomas Cummings (born 15 October 1980) is a Scottish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He played for Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, AFC Bournemouth, West Bromwich Albio ...

Liam Bridcutt Liam Robert Bridcutt (born 8 May 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Blackpool. Born in England, he represented the Scotland national team. Bridcutt started his career with Chelsea, but did not make a lea ...

Michael Mancienne Michael Ian Mancienne (born 8 January 1988) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in England, he represented the Seychelles national team. Schooled primarily as a centre back, Mancienne can also play as a defensive ...

* Andy King 2010s *

Richard Bakary Mohamed Richard Bakary (born 17 October 1997 in Porto-Novo, Benin) is a footballer who plays as a defender for A.F.C. Totton. Career Club career Having started his career as an attacking player he signed for Chelsea before Southampton swooped ...

Bertrand Traoré Bertrand Isidore Traoré (born 6 September 1995) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir, on loan from Premier League club Aston Villa and the Burkina Faso national team. Aft ...

Faiq Bolkiah Faiq Jefri Bolkiah (born 9 May 1998) is a member of the Bruneian Royal Family and a Bruneian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Thai club Chonburi. He has served as the captain of the Brunei national team. Club career Early ...

* Iké Ugbo * Victorien Angban * Jérémie Boga *

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 Brø ...

Josh McEachran Joshua Mark McEachran (born 1 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Milton Keynes Dons. McEachran is a product of the Chelsea academy and won 38 caps and scored three goals for England at yout ...

Nathaniel Chalobah Nathaniel Nyakie Chalobah (born 12 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Premier League club Fulham. Born in Sierra Leone, he has represented the England national team. Club career Chelsea After ...

Dominic Solanke Dominic Ayodele Solanke-Mitchell (born 14 September 1997), known as Dominic Solanke, is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for side AFC Bournemouth. Solanke started his career with Chelsea, making his first-team debut ...

Declan Rice Declan Rice (born 14 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team. Rice began his professional career at West Ham United, having been ...

Ruben Loftus-Cheek Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek (born 23 January 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Chelsea. Early life Loftus-Cheek was born in Lewisham, Greater London. He grew up in Swanley, Kent and attended High Firs P ...

* Fikayo Tomori *

Tammy Abraham Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham (born 2 October 1997), known as Tammy Abraham, is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Roma and the England national team. As an academy graduate of Chelsea, Ab ...

Callum Hudson-Odoi Callum James Hudson-Odoi (born 7 November 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for German Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen, on loan from club Chelsea. During his time with Chelsea's academy, Hudson-Odoi was part ...

Trevoh Chalobah Trevoh Tom Chalobah (born 5 July 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for club Chelsea. Chalobah joined Chelsea in 2007 at the age of eight, joining his brother Nathaniel in the club' ...

Conor Gallagher Conor John Gallagher (born 6 February 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team. Beginning his career with Chelsea, Gallagher spent time on loan at ...

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 and the England national team. Guéhi came through the youth system at Chelsea before spendi ...

Jamal Musiala Jamal Musiala (born 26 February 2003) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. Nicknamed " Bambi", Musiala is known for his world-class dribbling ...

Tariq Lamptey Tariq Kwame Nii-Lante Lamptey (born 30 September 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a right wing-back or right-back for club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Ghana national team. Previously a youth international for England, Lampte ...

* Louie Annesley * Aliu Djaló *

Kasey Palmer Kasey Remel Palmer (born 9 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championship club Coventry City. Born in England, he represented England up to U21 level and currently represents the Jamaica national team. ...

* Mukhtar Ali * Rohan Ince *

Nathan Aké Nathan Benjamin Aké (born 18 February 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Manchester City and the Netherlands national team. Although he predominantly plays as a centre-back, he has also ...

Ola Aina Temitayo Olufisayo Olaoluwa Aina (born 8 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a wing-back or right back for Serie A club Torino, and the Nigeria national team. Club career Chelsea Early career Ola Aina signed for Chelsea as ...

* George Saville *

Billy Gilmour Billy Clifford Gilmour (born 11 June 2001) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Scotland national team. Gilmour spent three months at a young age wit ...

Aziz Deen-Conteh Abdul Aziz Deen-Conteh (born 14 January 1993) is a Sierra Leonean former professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back. He represented England at youth level whilst on the boo ...

* Kevin Wright *

Will Donkin William Rupert James Donkin (, born 26 December 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League side Shenzhen. Born in England, he represents the Chinese Taipei national team. Career Donkin was born in Ox ...

Michael Kedman Michael Kedman (born 16 December 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender and is currently a free agent. He represents the Trinidad and Tobago national team at international level. Additionally, he's the author of the book "F ...

* Daniel Phillips *

Gökhan Töre Gökhan Töre (, born 20 January 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Adana Demirspor. Töre began his club career at Hamburger SV before joining Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan in the summer of 2012. He made onl ...

Chris Mepham Christopher James Mepham (born 5 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for club AFC Bournemouth and the Wales national team. He is a product of the Brentford and Chelsea academies. Club career Early years A c ...

2020s *

Armando Broja Armando Broja (; born 10 September 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Chelsea. Born in England, he plays for the Albania national team. Club career Early career Broja was born in Slough, England ...

* Sam McClelland

Young Player of the Year

Academy Player of the Year

Academy graduates in Premier League era (1992–present)

:Academy graduates who have played for Chelsea, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are in bold.

Honours

Chelsea 3 Man City 1 (4-2 agg) (26605635752)

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 souther ...

– National Champions ** Winners (1):

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

– Southern Champions ** Winners (1):

London Challenge Cup The London Challenge Cup was a football tournament formerly organised by the London FA. It was first contested in 1908, and other than during the World Wars, was contested every season until 1974, when the tournament was disbanded. After a 16- ...

** 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 youth teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions Leagu ...

** Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16 *

U18 Premier League The Professional Development League is a system of 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 Performance ...

– National Champions ** Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18 *

– Southern Champions ** Winners (4): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 *

** 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 *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 The South East Counties League (SECL) was a football league for the youth teams of clubs from Southern England. The competition grew out of the Middlesex Youth Invitation Cup Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in sout ...

** 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

References

External links

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 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)