CIES Football Observatory

Issue n86 - 28/10/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

Training clubs of big-5 league players
% of club-trained players* (1st semester squad)

24.6%

17.9%

22.4%

20.2%

18.5%

18.0%

18.0%

17.2%

2011

2012

2013

2014

17.2%

16.4%
13.9%
9.6%

Ligue 1

Liga

Bundesliga

By league (2014)

Premier
League

Serie A

Big-5

2009

2010

Trend 2009-2014

* At least three years at the club between the ages of 15 and 21

Number of big-5 players trained: club ranking (2014)

Club

In another
In the club big-5 club

Total

Club

In another
In the club big-5 club

Total

1. FC Barcelona (ESP)

13

30

43

. SM Caen (FRA)

11

16

2. Manchester United FC (ENG)

12

24

36

28. FC Nantes (FRA)

15

3. Real Madrid CF (ESP)

26

34

. RC Celta de Vigo (ESP)

15

4. Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)

15

18

33

. LOSC Lille (FRA)

11

15

5. Paris St-Germain FC (FRA)

22

27

. AFC Ajax (NED)

15

15

6. Athletic Club Bilbao (ESP)

15

24

. Le Havre AC (FRA)

15

15

. Real Sociedad de Ftbol (ESP)

15

24

. TSV Mnchen 1860 (GER)

15

15

. Stade Rennais FC (FRA)

19

24

14

34. Empoli FC (ITA)

11

11

22

. SC Freiburg (GER)

14

. RC Lens (FRA)

13

22

. Aston Villa FC (ENG)

14

. Arsenal FC (ENG)

15

22

. Hamburger SV (GER)

10

14

. Atalanta Bergamo (ITA)

17

22

. SV Werder Bremen (GER)

10

14

10

11

21

. Milan AC (ITA)

11

14

. AS Monaco (FRA)

17

21

. CA Boca Juniors (ARG)

14

14

. RCD Espanyol (ESP)

17

21

13

9. FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)

13. Montpellier Hrault SC (FRA)

41. Olympique de Marseille (FRA)

17

21

. Hertha BSC Berlin (GER)

13

10

10

20

. AS St-Etienne (FRA)

10

13

. FC Bayern Mnchen (GER)

14

20

. AJ Auxerre (FRA)

13

13

19. Internazionale Milano FC (ITA)

14

18

12

20. VfB Stuttgart (GER)

. Valencia CF (ESP)
17. FC Metz (FRA)

45. Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)

10

17

. EA Guingamp (FRA)

12

. Toulouse FC (FRA)

12

17

. Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (ESP)

12

. AS Roma (ITA)

13

17

. Southampton FC (ENG)

12

. Sevilla FC (ESP)

14

17

. VfL Borussia Mgladbach (GER)

12

. CA River Plate (ARG)

17

17

. Chelsea FC (ENG)

12

25. FC Schalke 04 (GER)

16

. Manchester City FC (ENG)

11

12

11

16

. Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)

12

12

. Club Atltico de Madrid (ESP)

* Non big-5 league clubs

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loc Ravenel

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