Chelsea F.C. Development Squad and Academy

Chelsea Under-21s and Academy

Full name	Chelsea Football Club Under-21s and Academy
Nicknames	The Blues The Young Blues
Ground	Kingsmeadow Cobham Training Centre Stamford Bridge
Capacity	4,850 (Kingsmeadow) 40,044 (Stamford Bridge)
Owner	BlueCo[1]
Chairman	Todd Boehly
Manager	Calum McFarlane (U21) Hassan Sulaiman (U18)
League	Premier League 2 (under-21s) U18 Premier League (academy)
Website	www.chelseafc.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Chelsea F.C. Under-21s, previously referred to as the Development Squad, are the development team of Chelsea Football Club. 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 Calum McFarlane 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 FA Youth Cup nine times, including five consecutive titles between 2014 and 2018. The academy has produced many successful 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, John Terry, Mason Mount, Reece James, Trevor Chalobah, Levi Colwill and Conor Gallagher. Chelsea are the only English club to reach the final of the UEFA Youth League, winning it twice in four final appearances.

The under-21 team play their home games at Kingsmeadow, while the under-18s play at the club's Cobham Training Centre in Cobham, Surrey. Both teams occasionally use the club's home ground Stamford Bridge for important matches.

Current squads

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

U21s squad

As of 28 October 2025^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 FW  BRA Deivid Washington 35 GK  ENG Ted Curd 36 MF  ENG Samuel Rak-Sakyi 37 FW  JAM Dujuan Richards 39 DF  SWE Genesis Antwi 42 MF  FIN Jimi Tauriainen 43 DF  ENG Richard Olise 44 GK  USA Gabriel Slonina 46 MF  ENG Reggie Walsh 47 DF  ENG Harrison Murray-Campbell 48 MF  SCO Harrison McMahon 50 GK  ENG Max Merrick 51 FW  ENG Ato Ampah 52 DF  ENG Kian Best 53 FW  ENG Kobe Barbour 54 MF  POR Leo Cardoso 55 FW  ENG Jesse Derry

No. Pos. Nation Player 56 MF  ENG Landon Emenalo 57 MF  ENG Sol Gordon 58 MF  ENG Ollie Harrison 61 DF  IRL Harry McGlinchey 62 FW  ENG Shim Mheuka 63 DF  ENG Kaiden Wilson 64 DF  IRL Justin Osagie 65 MF  ENG Frankie Runham 66 DF  ENG Olutayo Subuloye 67 FW  IRL Shaun Wade 70 GK  ENG Hudson Sands 72 MF  ENG Mathis Eboue 73 FW  ENG Chizaram Ezenwata 76 FW  ENG Ryan Kavuma-McQueen 82 MF  ENG Lewi Richards 90 GK  ENG Freddy Bernal

U18s squad

As of 22 October 2025^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 46 MF  ENG Reggie Walsh 53 FW  ENG Kobe Barbour 57 MF  ENG Sol Gordon 59 MF  MAR Yahya Idrissi 60 GK  ENG Jack Austin 61 DF  IRL Harry McGlinchey 66 DF  ENG Olutayo Subuloye 68 DF  ENG Joseph Wheeler-Henry 70 GK  ENG Hudson Sands 71 DF  ENG Calvin Diakite 72 MF  ENG Mathis Eboue 73 FW  ENG Chizaram Ezenwata 75 MF  ENG Charlie Holland

No. Pos. Nation Player 76 FW  ENG Ryan Kavuma-McQueen 78 FW  ENG Jeremiah Berkeley-Agyepong 79 DF  BRA Isago Silva 80 GK  ENG Toby Bell 81 MF  MAR Ibrahim Rabbaj 82 MF  ENG Lewi Richards 83 FW  ENG Joel Philbert 84 DF  ENG Dante Waite 90 GK  ENG Freddy Bernal — DF  ENG Riley Ebho — DF  ENG Jacob Hall — FW  NIR Christopher Atherton — FW  ENG Jashayde Greenwood

Academy graduates since 2000s

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

Player	International caps	Debut	Manager
Leon Knight	England U20	v Levski Sofia, UEFA Cup, 27 September 2001	Claudio Ranieri
Joel Kitamirike		v Hapoel Tel Aviv, UEFA Cup, 18 October 2001
Joe Keenan		v Aston Villa, Premier League, 9 February 2002
Carlton Cole	England	v Everton, Premier League, 6 April 2002
Robert Huth	Germany	v Aston Villa, Premier League, 11 May 2002
Filipe Oliveira	Portugal U21	v Viking, UEFA Cup, 19 September 2002
Alexis Nicolas	Cyprus U21	v Scarborough, FA Cup, 24 January 2004
Steven Watt	Scotland U21	v Scunthorpe United, FA Cup, 8 January 2005	José Mourinho
Lenny Pidgeley	England U20	v Charlton Athletic, Premier League, 7 May 2005
Anthony Grant	Jamaica	v Manchester United, Premier League, 10 May 2005
Jimmy Smith	England U19	v Newcastle United, Premier League, 7 May 2006
Ben Sahar	Israel	v Macclesfield Town, FA Cup, 6 January 2007
Michael Woods	England U19
Sam Hutchinson	England U19	v Everton, Premier League, 13 May 2007
Michael Mancienne	Seychelles	v Watford, FA Cup, 14 February 2009	Guus Hiddink
Fabio Borini	Italy	v Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League, 20 September 2009	Carlo Ancelotti
Jeffrey Bruma	Netherlands	v Blackburn Rovers, Premier League, 24 October 2009
Gaël Kakuta	DR Congo	v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Premier League, 21 November 2009
Patrick van Aanholt	Netherlands	v Portsmouth, Premier League, 24 March 2010
Josh McEachran	England U21	v MŠK Žilina, UEFA Champions League, 15 September 2010
Jacob Mellis	England U19	v MŠK Žilina, UEFA Champions League, 23 November 2010
Ryan Bertrand	England	v Birmingham City, Premier League, 20 April 2011
Lucas Piazon	Brazil U23	v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 25 September 2012	Roberto Di Matteo
Nathan Aké	Netherlands	v Norwich City, Premier League, 26 December 2012	Rafael Benítez
Lewis Baker	England U21	v Derby County, FA Cup, 5 January 2014	José Mourinho
John Swift	England U21	v Cardiff City, Premier League, 11 May 2014
Dominic Solanke	England	v Maribor, UEFA Champions League, 21 October 2014
Andreas Christensen	Denmark	v Shrewsbury Town, EFL Cup, 28 October 2014
Ruben Loftus-Cheek	England	v Sporting CP, UEFA Champions League, 10 December 2014
Bertrand Traoré	Burkina Faso	v Maccabi Tel Aviv, UEFA Champions League, 16 September 2015
Jake Clarke-Salter	England U21	v Aston Villa, Premier League, 2 April 2016	Guus Hiddink
Tammy Abraham	England	v Liverpool, Premier League, 11 May 2016
Fikayo Tomori	England	v Leicester City, Premier League, 15 May 2016
Ola Aina	Nigeria	v Bristol Rovers, EFL Cup, 23 August 2016	Antonio Conte
Nathaniel Chalobah	England	v Leicester City, EFL Cup, 20 September 2016
Charly Musonda	Belgium U21	v Arsenal, Community Shield, 6 August 2017
Jérémie Boga	Ivory Coast	v Burnley, Premier League, 12 August 2017
Dujon Sterling	England U20	v Nottingham Forest, EFL Cup, 20 September 2017
Callum Hudson-Odoi	England	v Newcastle United, FA Cup, 28 January 2018
Kyle Scott	United States U20	v Hull City, FA Cup, 16 February 2018
Mason Mount	England	v Manchester United, Premier League, 11 August 2019	Frank Lampard
Billy Gilmour	Scotland	v Sheffield United, Premier League, 31 August 2019
Tino Anjorin	England U20	v Grimsby Town, EFL Cup, 25 September 2019
Marc Guehi	England
Reece James	England
Ian Maatsen	Netherlands
Tariq Lamptey	Ghana	v Arsenal, Premier League, 29 December 2019
Armando Broja	Albania	v Everton, Premier League, 8 March 2020
Trevoh Chalobah	England	v Villarreal, UEFA Super Cup, 11 August 2021	Thomas Tuchel
Xavier Simons	England U20	v Brentford, EFL Cup, 22 December 2021
Jude Soonsup-Bell	England U19
Harvey Vale	England U20
Lewis Hall	England	v Chesterfield, FA Cup, 8 January 2022
Conor Gallagher	England	v Everton, Premier League, 6 August 2022
Omari Hutchinson	Jamaica	v Manchester City, Premier League, 5 January 2023	Graham Potter
Bashir Humphreys	England U21	v Manchester City, FA Cup, 8 January 2023
Levi Colwill	England	v Liverpool, Premier League, 13 August 2023	Mauricio Pochettino
Alex Matos	England U20	v Fulham, Premier League, 2 October 2023
Alfie Gilchrist		v Crystal Palace, Premier League, 27 December 2023
Michael Golding	England U19	v Preston North End, EFL Cup, 6 January 2024
Leo Castledine	England U19	v Middlesbrough, EFL Cup, 23 January 2024
Cesare Casadei	Italy U21	v Liverpool, Premier League, 31 January 2024
Jimi Tauriainen	Finland U19	v Leeds United, FA Cup, 28 February 2024
Josh Acheampong	England U21	v Tottenham Hotspur, Premier League, 2 May 2024
Tyrique George	England U21	v Servette, UEFA Conference League, 29 August 2024	Enzo Maresca
Samuel Rak-Sakyi	England U18	v Noah, UEFA Conference League, 7 November 2024
Ato Ampah	England U18	v Astana, UEFA Conference League, 12 December 2024
Kiano Dyer	England U20
Shim Mheuka	England U19
Harrison Murray-Campbell	England U20	v Shamrock Rovers, UEFA Conference League, 19 December 2024
Genesis Antwi	Sweden U21	v Copenhagen, UEFA Conference League, 13 March 2025
Reggie Walsh	England U18	v Djurgårdens IF, UEFA Conference League, 1 May 2025

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
• George Pearson
• Tommy Law
• Bill Robertson

1950s

• Micky Block
• Peter Bonetti
• Peter Brabrook
• Terry Bradbury
• Barry Bridges
• David Cliss
• John Compton
• Derek Gibbs
• Jimmy Greaves
• Mike Harrison
• Tony Nicholas
• Mel Scott
• Ken Shellito
• Bobby Smith
• Bobby Tambling
• Dick Whittaker

1960s

• Dennis Brown
• Dennis Butler
• John Dunn
• Allan Harris
• Ron Harris
• John Hollins
• Peter Houseman
• Alan Hudson
• Barry Lloyd
• Bert Murray
• Peter Osgood
• Terry Venables
• John Boyle
• Stewart Houston

1970s

• Trevor Aylott
• Brian Bason
• John Bumstead
• Gary Chivers
• Mike Fillery
• Lee Frost
• Kevin Hales
• Gary Johnson
• Tommy Langley
• Ray Lewington
• Gary Locke
• Teddy Maybank
• Micky Nutton
• Colin Pates
• Peter Rhoades-Brown
• Steve Sherwood
• John Sitton
• John Sparrow
• Gary Stanley
• David Stride
• Clive Walker
• Steve Wicks
• Graham Wilkins
• Ray Wilkins
• Ian Britton
• Steve Finnieston

1980s

• Jason Cundy
• Keith Dublin
• Steve Francis
• Robert Isaac
• Dale Jasper
• Keith Jones
• David Lee
• Graeme Le Saux
• Damian Matthew
• Graham Stuart
• Colin West
• Craig Burley
• Billy Dodds
• John Millar
• Gareth Hall

1990s

• Michael Duberry
• Jon Harley
• Paul Hughes
• Jody Morris
• Andy Myers
• Eddie Newton
• Mark Nicholls
• Neil Shipperley
• John Terry
• Samuele Dalla Bona
• Frank Sinclair

2000s

• Gaël Kakuta
• Ryan Bertrand
• Carlton Cole
• Robert Huth
• Ben Sahar
• Fabio Borini
• Anthony Grant
• Jeffrey Bruma
• Patrick van Aanholt
• Michael Mancienne

2010s

• Bertrand Traoré
• Jérémie Boga
• Andreas Christensen
• Tammy Abraham
• Nathaniel Chalobah
• Trevoh Chalobah
• Conor Gallagher
• Marc Guéhi
• Callum Hudson-Odoi
• Reece James
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek
• Josh McEachran
• Mason Mount
• Dominic Solanke
• Fikayo Tomori
• Tariq Lamptey
• Nathan Aké
• Ian Maatsen
• Ola Aina
• Billy Gilmour

2020s

• Armando Broja
• Josh Acheampong
• Levi Colwill
• Tyrique George
• Alfie Gilchrist
• Lewis Hall
• Omari Hutchinson
• Cesare Casadei

Annual awards

Young Player of the Year

Main article: Chelsea F.C. Player of the Season § Young Player of the Year

Academy Player of the Season

Main article: Chelsea F.C. Player of the Season § Academy Player of the Season

Honours

Chelsea players celebrating winning the 2015–16 FA Youth Cup.

Reserves team

• U21 Premier League / Premier League 2
  • Winners (2): 2013–14, 2019–20
• The Football Combination
  • 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 – National Champions
  • Winners (1): 2010–11
• Premier Reserve League – Southern Champions
  • Winners (1): 2010–11
• London Challenge Cup
  • Winners (5): 1919–20, 1926–27, 1949–50, 1959–60, 1960–61
• Metropolitan League
  • Winners (3): 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58

Academy team

• Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
  • Winners (1): 1984
• UEFA Youth League
  • Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
• U18 Premier League – National Champions
  • Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
• U18 Premier League – Southern Champions
  • Winners (5): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2023–24
• FA Youth Cup
  • 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^[4]
• U17 Premier League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2023–24^[5]
• U16 Premier League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2018–19^[6]
• 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

References

1. "Group Tax Strategy". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
2. "Academy – U21s". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
3. "Academy – U18s". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
4. "U18 Premier League Cup – Champions". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
5. "PL Cup report: Wolves 1–3 Chelsea". Chelsea F.C. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
6. "Arsenal U16 2–5 Chelsea U16: Talented young guns fall to lively Blues in showpiece final". Islington Gazette. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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)