Chelsea F.C. Development Squad and Academy

Chelsea F.C. 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 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 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 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.

Neil Bath, who is the Head of Youth Development, is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the academy.

The development 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.

Notable Academy players and graduates

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

Before World War II

 * 🇧🇪 Désiré Bastin
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Calderhead Jr.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ron Greenwood
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Pearson
 * Tommy Law
 * Bill Robertson

1950s

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Allen
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 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
 * 🇺🇸 Gerry Baker

1960s

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Brown
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Butler
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Currie
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 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
 * Steve Finnieston
 * Ian Britton

1980s

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Cundy
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Dublin
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Francis
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Robert Isaac
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dale Jasper
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keith Jones
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Lee
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graeme Le Saux
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Damian Matthew
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Carlton Palmer
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Stuart
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Colin West
 * John Millar
 * Billy Dodds
 * Craig Burley
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Paul Bodin
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 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
 * 🇲🇸 Junior Mendes
 * 🇹🇷 Muzzy Izzet
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Nathan Blake

2000s

 * Gaël Kakuta
 * Yves Ma-Kalambay
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Bertrand
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Carlton Cole
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Cork
 * Momodou Ceesay
 * 🇩🇪 Robert Huth
 * 🇬🇼 Toni Silva
 * Emmanuel Sarki
 * 🇮🇸 Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
 * 🇮🇱 Ben Sahar
 * 🇮🇹 Fabio Borini
 * 🇯🇲 Jermaine Beckford
 * 🇯🇲 Shaun Cummings
 * 🇯🇲 Anthony Grant
 * 🇱🇨 Dominic Poleon
 * 🇲🇦 Mbark Boussoufa
 * 🇲🇸 Bradley Woods-Garness
 * Jeffrey Bruma
 * Patrick van Aanholt
 * Neil Etheridge
 * James Younghusband
 * Phil Younghusband
 * Dean Furman
 * Michael Modubi
 * Jeffrey Ntuka
 * Liam Bridcutt
 * Warren Cummings
 * Michael Mancienne
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Andy King

2010s

 * 🇧🇯 Richard Bakary
 * 🇧🇫 Bertrand Traoré
 * Faiq Bolkiah
 * 🇨🇦 Iké Ugbo
 * 🇨🇴 Ian Poveda
 * 🇨🇮 Victorien Angban
 * 🇨🇮 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
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eddie Nketiah
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Declan Rice
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dominic Solanke
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fikayo Tomori
 * 🇩🇪 Jamal Musiala
 * 🇬🇭 Tariq Lamptey
 * 🇬🇮 Louie Annesley
 * 🇬🇼 Aliu Djaló
 * 🇬🇾 Nathan Moriah-Welsh
 * Michael Obafemi
 * 🇯🇲 Di'Shon Bernard
 * 🇯🇲 Kasey Palmer
 * Mukhtar Ali
 * 🇲🇸 Rohan Ince
 * Nathan Aké
 * Ian Maatsen
 * 🇳🇬 Ola Aina
 * Cameron McGeehan
 * George Saville
 * 🇵🇱 Marcin Bułka
 * Billy Gilmour
 * Rowan Liburd
 * 🇸🇱 Aziz Deen-Conteh
 * 🇸🇱 Kevin Wright
 * Will Donkin
 * Michael Kedman
 * Daniel Phillips
 * 🇹🇷 Gökhan Töre
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jay Dasilva
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Chris Mepham

2020s

 * 🇦🇱 Armando Broja
 * 🇨🇲 Ben Elliott
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Levi Colwill
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Gilchrist
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Hall
 * 🇫🇮 Lucas Bergström
 * 🇮🇹 Cesare Casadei
 * 🇯🇲 Omari Hutchinson
 * 🇯🇲 Dujuan Richards
 * 🇯🇲 Jon Russell
 * Sam McClelland

Academy graduates in Premier League era (1992–present)

 * Players who still play for Chelsea, including those that are currently out on loan to other clubs, are in bold.

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

 * 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
 * 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