Benfica leads the development of players in the world, according to a study revealed this Wednesday by the Football Observatory (CIES).
According to the document, the “reds” come first in the training ranking, which analyzes the use of players trained in their respective academies, taking into account the minutes played in the last year, as well as the number of athletes playing in the main world leagues. .
In this accounting, Benfica manages to have 94 players playing at the highest level – 49 top Leagues –, which corresponds to a formation index of 103.7, ahead of the Argentine players of Boca Juniors (93/102.2) and Barcelona (81/98.6).
Sporting also appears in the top ten places in the study, which occupies 9th place, after River Plate, Ajax, Defensor, Estrela Vermelha and Dinamo Zagreb. In the case of the “lions” there are 73 players playing in 49 top leagues around the world, who have a training index of 82.0.
FC Porto appears in 45th position in the ranking, totaling 46 footballers and an index of 50.7.
?? training clubs, players in 4?9? leagues ??
1? #SLBenfica ???? training index* of 103.7
2? #BocaJuniors ???? 102.2
3? #FCBarcelona ???? 98.6#RiverPlate ???? #Ajax ???? #Defender ???? #CrvenaZvezda ???? #DinamoZagreb ???? #SportingCP ???? #DynamoKyiv ????
*Number of players trained weighted by… pic.twitter.com/43nS8dMIEj— CIES Football Obs (@CIES_Football) October 30, 2024
This is yet another distinction of the “incarnate” training that, in recent years, has received some international awards. In 2015 and 2019, the Seixal academy won the award for the best training school in the world, presented at the Globe Soccer Awards gala and, more recently, at the beginning of this year, it was considered the most profitable football academy of the last decade, also according to a study by the Football Observatory (CIES), which compiled a list of the 100 clubs that generated the most revenue from sales of assets that left the youth categories.
