Benfica was considered for the third consecutive year the best training club, according to a study by the Football Observatory (CIES), which places Sporting in the seventh position.
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21/10/2026
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O Benfica was considered for the third consecutive year the best training club, according to a study by the Football Observatory (CIES), which places Sporting in the seventh position.
According to the criteria defined by CIES (number of players in the 49 major leagues, the level of the games they play, the time of use and the age), Benfica has a result of 101,3 points, with 93 players trained in their academy playing in those championships, including four still playing in the club and 14 in the ‘big-5’ (Spain, France, Italy, Germany and England).
The following three seats are occupied by Argentine clubs, with River Plate in second position, with 94 players, but a lower coefficient than the eagles (97.6), followed by Boca Juniores, with 93 footballers and 96.7 points, and Vélez Sarsfield (88 players and 92.0 points).
Sporting appears in the seventh position, with 85.3 points, the result of 77 players acting in the leagues chosen by the body, seven of them still in the ‘lions’ and 13 in the five main leagues.
The national champion FC Porto is in the 59th position, with a score of 45.5, with 41 players, five still in the club and nine in the ‘big-5’, with Sporting Braga to be 102.o, with 33.9 points and 31 players (four in the club and five in the five main leagues).