Celtic F.C. Reserve and Youth squads

Celtic Under 20s
Full name Celtic Under 20s
Nickname(s) The Bhoys
Founded 1888
Ground Cappielow Park
Ground Capacity 11,589
Head Coach Tommy McIntyre
League SPFL U20 League
2015–16 SPFL U20 League, 1st
Celtic Under 17s/Development Squad
Full name Celtic Football Club Under 17s/Development Squad
Nickname(s) The Bhoys
Founded 1888
Ground Lennoxtown Training Centre
Ground Capacity N/A
Head Coach Michael O'Halloran

As well as the Celtic first team, competing in the Scottish Premiership, the club also has a U20 and U17 sides.

Development Squad

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.

Honours

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

Under-20s Team

The Celtic Under-20s Team competes in the SPFL U20 League.

The Under-20s play their home matches at Celtic's training ground, Lennoxtown.

The Under-20s head coach is Tommy McIntyre and his assistant is Davie McGovern. The Under-20s had been previously coached by Stephen Frail.

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]

In 2013-14 Celtic's senior team qualified for the Champions League group stages, meaning that the youth squad would play in the first edition of the UEFA Youth League. In the following season there was no chance to participate in that competition due to the first team's failure to qualify, but in 2015-16 an additional route into the tournament opened up to domestic youth (Under-17) champions, and Celtic qualified as the Scottish holders of that title. In 2016-17 the senior team succeeded in reaching the Champions League group stage, so the youth squad also entered that season's Youth League via that route.

Celtic also successfully applied to compete applied to compete in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 versions of the England-based Premier League International Cup,and also signed up for the 2016–17 competition.

Honours

2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016

Staff

Position Name
Head of Youth Academy Chris McCart
Head Coach Tommy McIntyre
Dev. Squad Coach Davie McGovern
Dev. Squad Coach Dean Hartley
Goalkeeping Coach Colin Meldrum
Fitness Coach Remy Tang
Under 17s Coach Michael O'Halloran
Under 17s Coach Hugh McGovern
Under 17s Coach George McCluskey
Physio Graham Parsons
Head of Youth Recruitment Willie McStay

Development Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Republic of Ireland GK Shea Gallagher
32 Scotland MF Connor McManus
40 Scotland FW PJ Crossan
50 Scotland DF Jamie McCart
56 Scotland DF Anthony Ralston
59 Scotland FW Calvin Miller
61 Scotland MF Paul George
64 Scotland MF Regan Hendry
68 Scotland GK Ross Doohan
No. Position Player
76 Scotland FW Jack Aitchison
— Scotland DF Aiden McIlduff
— Scotland DF Sam Wardrop
— Scotland DF Daniel Higgins
— Scotland DF Josh Kerr
— Republic of Ireland MF Brandon Payne
— Scotland MF Mark Hill
— Scotland FW Theo Archibald
— Scotland FW Luke Donnelly

Under-17s

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

No. Position Player
Scotland GK Aiden McAdams
Scotland GK Conor Cullen
Scotland GK Joshua Rae
Scotland DF Daniel Church
Scotland DF Lewis Bell (on loan at BSC Glasgow)
Scotland DF Grant Thorburn
Scotland DF Shaun Bowers (on loan at BSC Glasgow)
Scotland MF Daniel McAllister
Scotland MF Ryan Caird
No. Position Player
Scotland MF Aidan Quinn
Scotland MF Kristi Marku
Scotland MF Wallace Duffy
Scotland MF Lewis Doherty
Scotland MF Ross McLaughlin
73 Scotland MF Michael Johnston
Scotland FW Broque Watson
Scotland FW Karamoko Dembele

Former youth team players

Players in Bold have senior international caps

External links

U20s

U19s

References

  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. ↑ Development Squad Celtic FC
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