FC Chelsea U23 und Akademie

Chelsea Reserves are the reserve team of Chelsea Football Club. They are members of the FA Premier Reserve League, Southern Division, although former manager Jose Mourinho once called for them to play in the football league. They have never won the competition. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally play in the reserve side, for instance when they are recovering from injury. The reserves' are currently without a head coach after Brendan Rodgers left to manage Watford; the youth team is coached by Paul Clement. Frank Arnesen is the current chief scout and director of youth development and is largely responsible for recruiting young players to play in Chelsea's academy and youth/reserve teams.

On the 11th May 2007, it was announced that the Chelsea Reserves will play their home games at Brentford's Griffin Park Stadium. The Youth Team play their home games at the club's training ground near Cobham.

Reserve squad

According to official website and not including scholars; correct as of August 31 2008. Squad numbers not recorded as they are not relevant to reserve team players.

Nr. Position Name England TW Stuart Searle Wales TW Rhys Taylor England AB Sam Hutchinson England AB Carl Magnay England AB Nana Ofori-Twumasi England AB Ryan Bertrand (On loan at Norwich) Vorlage:Netherlands AB Patrick van Aanholt Vorlage:Serbia AB Slobodan Rajković (On loan at FC Twente) England MF Jack Cork (On loan at Southampton) England MF Liam Bridcutt (On loan at Watford)

Nr. Position Name Portugal MF Ricardo Fernandes England MF Lee Sawyer England MF Jimmy Smith (On loan at Sheffield Wednesday) Vorlage:Spain MF Sergio Tejera England MF Tom Taiwo Portugal ST Fábio Ferreira England ST Shaun Cummings (On loan at MK Dons) Vorlage:Denmark ST Morten Nielsen Israel ST Ben Sahar (On loan at Portsmouth)

Youth team

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

	Player	DOB	Position	International Caps	Previous Club
2nd Year Scholars (players born between September 1 1990 and August 31 1991)
Vorlage:Flagicon	Nikki Ahamed	Vorlage:Birth date and age	MF	–	–
Vorlage:Flagicon	Fabio Borini	Vorlage:Birth date and age	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	Bologna
Vorlage:Flagicon	Ben Gordon	Vorlage:Birth date and age	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	Leeds
Vorlage:Flagicon	Niclas Heimann	Vorlage:Birth date and age	GK	–	Bayer Leverkusen
Vorlage:Flagicon	Gaël Kakuta	Vorlage:Birth date and age	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	Lens
Vorlage:Flagicon	Billy-Joe King	Vorlage:Birth date and age	DF	–	Cobham
Vorlage:Flagicon	Jacob Mellis	Vorlage:Birth date and age	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	Sheffield United
Vorlage:Flagicon	Adam Phillip	Vorlage:Birth date and age	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	Sutton United
Vorlage:Flagicon	Daniel Philliskirk	Vorlage:Birth date and age	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	Oldham
Vorlage:Flagicon	Jack Saville	Vorlage:Birth date and age	DF	–	Reading
Vorlage:Flagicon	Jan Šebek	Vorlage:Birth date and age	GK	Capped at Under-17 level	FK Tachov
Vorlage:Flagicon	Jordan Tabor	Vorlage:Birth date and age	DF	–	–
1st Year Scholars (players born between 1 September 1991 and 31 August 1992)
Vorlage:Flagicon	Jeffrey Bruma	Vorlage:Birth date and age	DF	Capped at Under-17 level	Feyenoord
Vorlage:Flagicon	Vincenzo Camilleri	Vorlage:Birth date and age	DF	–	Reggina
Vorlage:Flagicon	Conor Clifford	Vorlage:Birth date and age	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	Crumlin United
Vorlage:Flagicon	Aliu 'Kaby' Djalo	Vorlage:Birth date and age	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	Boavista
Vorlage:Flagicon	Aldi Haxhia	Vorlage:Birth date and age	GK	–	–
Vorlage:Flagicon	Tom Hayden	–	DF	–	–
Vorlage:Flagicon	Frank Nouble	Vorlage:Birth date and age	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	–
Vorlage:Flagicon	Jacopo Sala	Vorlage:Birth date and age	MF	Capped at Under-17 level	Atalanta
Vorlage:Flagicon	Sam Walker	Vorlage:Birth date and age	GK	–	Millwall
Vorlage:Flagicon	Marko Mitrovic	Vorlage:Birth date and age	FW	Capped at Under-17 level	Malmö

External links

• Official Club site Reserve Profiles
• Official Club site Academy Profiles
• The Academy
• Chelsea Youth and Reserves