The International Center for Sports Research (CIES) has published another world ranking dedicated to successful club graduates.
This time, the focus is on the most successful investments in young players from club academies (as usual, players aged from 15 to 21 are taken into account). Clubs were ranked according to the so-called "index of territorial affiliation," which was calculated based on the share of graduates called up to various age national teams, as well as those who participated in the national championship.
After analyzing the ranking of more than 900 teams from 55 leagues around the world, CIES determined that the club with the best "index of territorial affiliation" in the world is the Colombian "Envigado": it leads the ranking with a score of 100 points (93.8% graduates called up to national teams and 54.2% graduates participating in the national championship).
In second place in the ranking is the Spanish "Athletic," with a score of 99.5 points (100% / 47.2%), and closing the top three is Kyiv "Dynamo" with a score of 97.4 points (85.3% / 58.8%).
