CIES Football Observatory

Issue n102- 10/03/2015

Big-5 Weekly Post

Most profitable youth academies

Total: 1.072 billion

Transfer fees generated since July 2012 by players from the academy (three seasons between 15 and 21 years of age)
Ligue 1: 292 million (27%)

Liga: 276 million (26%)

Premier League: 227 million (21%)

Bundesliga: 163 million (15%)

Serie A: 114 million (11%)

Club ranking
Club

Players

Transfer fees (million )

1. Southampton FC (ENG)

Calum Chambers, Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw

90.2

2. LOSC Lille (FRA)

Gianni Bruno, Mathieu Debuchy, Lucas Digne, Eden Hazard, Divock Origi

76.0

3. Real Sociedad de Ftbol (ESP)

Antoine Griezmann, Asier Illarramendi

62.2

4. Sevilla FC (ESP)

Luis Alberto, Jos Campaa, Antonio Luna, Alberto Moreno, Jess Navas

51.5

5. Borussia Dortmund (GER)

Daniel Ginczek, Mario Gtze, Julian Koch, Lasse Sobiech, Koray Gnter

43.5

6. Real Madrid CF (ESP)

Jos Mara Callejn, Daniel Carvajal, Esteban Granero, lvaro Morata

43.0

7. FC Barcelona (ESP)

Thiago Alcntara, Jonathan dos Santos, Andreu Fonts, Bojan Krki, Antonio Sanabria

38.8

8. Stade Rennais (FRA)

Y. MVila, T. Bakayoko, Y. Brahimi, K. Thophile, J. Kembo, D. Foulquier, Y. Jebbour

33.6

9. Montpellier Hrault SC (FRA)

Rmy Cabella, Benjamin Stambouli, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Youns Belhanda

33.5

10. AS St-Etienne (FRA)

Faouzi Ghoulam, Josuha Guilavogui, Loris Nry, Kurt Zouma

32.8

11. Swansea City AFC (WAL)

Joe Allen, Ben Davies

31.6

12. FC Bayern Mnchen (GER)

Emre Can, Diego Contento, Raif Husic, Toni Kroos

31.1

13. Manchester United FC (ENG)

Michael Keane, Danny Welbeck, Robert Brady, Matt James, Joshua King

28.7

14. Paris St-Germain FC (FRA)

Clment Chantme, Antoine Conte, Mamadou Sakho, Ilan Boccara

25.2

15. FC Genoa 1893 (ITA)

Richmond Boakye, Isaac Cofie, Stephan El Shaarawy, Dejan Lazarevi, Stefano Sturaro

24.5

16. Everton FC (ENG)

Victor Anichebe, Jack Rodwell, Shane Duffy

23.9

17. Atalanta Bergamo (ITA)

Giacomo Bonaventura, Simone Colombi, Andrea Consigli, Manolo Gabbiadini, J. Olausson

23.6

18. Valencia CF (ESP)

Juan Bernat, Carles Gil, Pablo Hernndez, Mchel Herrero

23.2

19. Toulouse FC (FRA)

Etienne Capoue, Daniel Congr, Cheikh MBengue, Moussa Sissoko

22.2

20. SC Freiburg (GER)

Oliver Baumann, Daniel Caligiuri, Johannes Flum, Matthias Ginter

20.8

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loc Ravenel

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