The leader of the rating is the Portuguese “Benfica”. Besides Kiev, a Dynamo also made it into the top 10.
The academy of the Kyiv football club “Dynamo” entered the top ten of the world. This is evidenced by the rating from the CIES Football Observatory portal.
The ranking was based on the number of players from the academies represented in the 49 football leagues.
Dynamo Kiev took tenth place with 74 students from its academy in other clubs.
The first place in the ranking was given to the Portuguese Benfica, the second to the Argentinian Boca Juniors, and the third to the Spanish Barcelona, whose students played for the Catalans and confidently beat Real. Bayern”. Dutch Ajax completes the top five, while Dynamo, the Kiev club from Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, ranks eighth.
Rating of the best football academies:
- Benfica (Portugal);
- Boca Juniors (Argentina);
- Barcelona (Spain);
- River Plate (Argentina);
- Ajax (Netherlands);
- “Defensor” (Uruguay);
- “Crvena Zvezda” (Serbia);
- Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia);
- Sporting Lisbon (Portugal);
- “Dynamo” Kyiv (Ukraine).
Let us also remind you that Dynamo Kiev became the leader in the Ukrainian Premier League after the Shakhtar match.
It was also reported that Dynamo Kiev lost to Roma in the 3rd round of the Europa League. Artem Dovbik scored the only goal.
Source: Focus
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