CIES Best Youth Training Club Ranking: Benfica, Barcelona, River Plate top three, Real Madrid ninth
CIES (Swiss Football Observatory) selected clubs that have trained active players in 49 leagues around the world. It ranked the youth training of each club based on the three dimensions of the number of active players, club level and playing time. Benfica ranked first, Barcelona and River Plate ranked second and third, and Real Madrid ranked ninth.
Attached is the CIES ranking of the best youth training clubs:
1 Benfica (Portugal) 105.1 points
2 Barcelona (Spain) 98.7 points
3 River Plate (Argentina) 98.3 points
4 Ajax (Netherlands) 97.6 points
5 Boca (Argentina) 95.0 points
6 Sporting CP (Portugal) 83.4 points
7 Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 77.9 points
8 Defenders Sporting (Uruguay) 77.0 points
9 Real Madrid (Spain) 74.8 points
10 Sarsfield (Argentina) 73.8 points