Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads

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Celtic Development Squad
Full name Celtic Development Squad
Nickname(s) The Bhoys
Founded 1888
Ground Sports plex
Head Coach Stephen Frail
Home colours
Away colours
Celtic Under 17/20s
Full name Celtic Football Club Under 17/20s
Nickname(s) The Bhoys
Founded 1888
Ground Barrowfield Training Ground
Barrowfield
Glasgow
(capacity: N/A)
Head Coach Tommy McIntyre
League Scottish Premier Under 20 League
2010–11 Scottish Premier Under-20 League, 1st
Home colours
Away colours

As well as the Celtic first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the club also has a Development squad and under-17/20 sides.

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Development Squad [edit]

Celtic Development squad are the Development Squad of Celtic. The team mainly consists of Under-20 players at the club and fringe first team players. Some of the first team also play when they are recovering from injury.

They were members of the Scottish Premier Reserve League from its foundation in the 1998–99 season until the league ceased after the 2008–09 season. The side won the Reserve League eight times in the eleven seasons the league operated. They played their home games at Excelsior Stadium, normally the home of Airdrie United.

Kenny McDowall was head coach until January 2007 when he left Celtic to join rivals Rangers as first team coach. Willie McStay then held the position until 2009, when he took a manager's job in Hungary. Neil Lennon managed the team for a season before being appointed Celtic first team manager in June 2010. The development squad' current head coach is Vacant. After the abolition of the reserve league, the Celtic development squad continue by playing a host of friendly matches against similar squads from Afrims and Sports Plex.

Honours [edit]

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Under-20 team [edit]

The Celtic under-20 team competes in the Scottish Premier under-20 League.

The under-20s play their home matches at former Celtic training ground Barrowfield, but games are also occasionally played at Lennoxtown training ground.

The Under-20s head coach is Stephen Frail and his assistant is John Kennedy who is also a coach of the under 20s. The under-20s had been previously coached by Willie McStay.

The side have won the Scottish Premier Youth League four times, first in 2003–04 and then in 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2009–10. Celtic also won the revived Glasgow Cup in August 2008, beating rivals Rangers 3–1 in the final with goals from James Keatings, Richie Towell and James Forrest, which cancelled out the Rangers opener through Kyle Hutton.

Celtic's U20s were the first Scottish participants in the NextGen Series - a youth tournament based on the UEFA Champions League. In the 2011–12 season, Celtic were drawn against Barcelona, Manchester City and Marseille, and finished third in their group.[1] Celtic confirmed in January 2012 that they would play in the 2012–13 edition tournament as well.[2]

Celtic Under 20s manager has being watching a talented young lad from Ireland Gareth McDonagh for a few months and he has being called up to make his first appearance on April 27 for the team.

Honours [edit]

2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2011

Staff [edit]

Position Name
Head of Youth and Academy Chris McCart
Assistant Head of Academy John McLaughlan
Development Squad Head Coach Stephen Frail
Under 17/20 Head Coach Tommy McIntyre
Under 17/20 Coach Stephen Frail / John Kennedy
Under 17/20 Goalkeeping Coach Colin Meldrum
Under 17/20 Sports Scientist Ian Coll
Under 17/20 Physio Niam Mohammed
Under 16 Manager Michael O'Halloran
Under 16 Coach George McCluskey
Under 15 Coach Miodrag Krivokapic / Tom McCafferty
Academy Kit Manager Hugh McGovern
Academy Operations Manager Brian Meehan
Academy Welfare Officer Bill Reside

Development squad Fixtures and Results [edit]

Following the SPL's decision to abolish the reserve league,[3] Celtic's "reserve team" now just play in organised friendlies during the football season. Celtic no longer have an established reserve side, and the youths and players not involved with the first team compete in these organised friendlies.

2011-12 [edit]

Development squad [edit]

[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
28 Scotland FW James Keatings
31 Scotland MF John Herron
35 Scotland GK Robbie Thomson
36 Australia MF Jackson Irvine
37 Sweden FW Bahrudin Atajić
41 England MF Darnell Fisher
42 Scotland MF Callum McGregor
43 Scotland DF Joe Chalmers
No. Position Player
44 Scotland DF Marcus Fraser
50 Republic of Ireland MF Paul George
58 Czech Republic MF Patrik Twardzik
Belgium GK Glenn Daniels

Under 17/20 [edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
35 Italy GK Leonardo Fasan
Scotland GK Jordan Hart
Scotland GK Colin McCabe
Scotland GK Conor Cullen
Scotland DF Michael Miller
Scotland DF Mark Barrowman
Scotland DF Ross Madden
Scotland DF Calum Waters
Scotland DF Glenn Eadie
Scotland DF Jack Breslin
Scotland DF Sam Wardrop
51 Scotland DF Stuart Findlay
Republic of Ireland DF Patrick McNally
Republic of Ireland DF Eoghan O'Connell
Republic of Ireland DF Fiacre Kelleher
Scotland DF Aidan McIlduff
No. Position Player
Scotland MF Liam Henderson
Scotland MF Joe Thomson
65 Scotland MF Lewis Kidd
Scotland MF Jamie Lindsay
France MF Luidgi Hoareau
Scotland MF Aidan Nesbitt
Sweden MF Timothy Mjallby
Scotland MF Luke Donnelly
Scotland MF Connor McManus
Scotland MF Ryan Caird
Scotland FW Ciaran Lafferty
Scotland FW Jack Kirwan
Scotland FW Denny Johnstone
Scotland FW Steve Boyd
Scotland FW Paul McMullan
Scotland FW Calvin Miller
Scotland FW Jaison McGrath
Republic of Ireland FW Gareth McDonagh

Former youth team players [edit]

Players in Bold have senior international caps

External links [edit]

Reserves [edit]

Under-19s [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Marseille put to sword as Celtic end NextGen Group stage on high". Daily Mail. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012. 
  2. ^ "Delight as Celtic confirm involvement in NextGen Series". Celtic FC. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012. 
  3. ^ SPL confirm move to scrap reserve league Telegraph, 5 January 2009
  4. ^ Under 19 Players Celtic FC
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