Issue n°59 - 21/01/2014 Big-5 Weekly Post Throughout the season for the five major Clubs having trained the most players in the big-5* European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi- tion and players’ pitch performance. All of Premier League clubs Liga clubs our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en- In the club Total In the club Total sure academic accuracy. Analysis published 1. Arsenal FC 10 27 1. FC Barcelona 16 44 in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a 2. Manchester United FC 9 25 2. Real Madrid CF 7 31 broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro- 3. Aston Villa FC 7 15 3. Athletic Club Bilbao 14 22 duced in real-time and be made available 4. Newcastle United FC 7 11 4. Real Sociedad de Fútbol 15 20 to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast- . West Ham United 6 11 . Club Atlético de Madrid 5 20 ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers. 6. Manchester City FC 3 10 . Valencia CF 5 20 For more information on our services please 7. Southampton FC 4 9 . RCD Espanyol 2 20 email us at [email protected] . Tottenham Hotspur FC 4 9 8. RC Celta de Vigo 10 15 9. Crystal Palace FC 4 8 . Sevilla FC 5 15 . Chelsea FC 1 8 10. Villarreal CF 6 11 Ligue 1 clubs Bundesliga clubs In the club Total In the club Total 1. Olympique Lyonnais 14 31 1. FC Bayern München 7 23 2. Stade Rennais FC 10 28 2. VfB Stuttgart 7 22 Training club: club where footballers stayed at least 3 3. Montpellier Hérault SC 12 20 3. FC Schalke 04 7 21 seasons between the ages of 15 and 21 . FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 11 20 4. SC Freiburg 9 17 * Situation on October 1st 2013 . FC Girondins de Bordeaux 8 20 . Hertha BSC Berlin 6 17 . Toulouse FC 6 20 6. Hamburger SV 3 13 . AS Monaco 5 20 7. VfL Borussia M’gladbach 5 12 8. Paris St-Germain FC 3 17 . SV Werder Bremen 4 12 9. FC Nantes 7 16 9. Borussia Dortmund 5 10 . AS St-Etienne 6 16 . Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 10 Serie A clubs Non big-5 league clubs Special Issue In the club Total Total DEMOGRAPHIC 1. Atalanta Bergamo 8 22 1. Le Havre AC (FRA/2) 20 2. Milan AC 3 20 2. CA River Plate (ARG) 16 STUDY 2014 3. AS Roma 4 18 3. CA Boca Juniors (ARG) 15 4. Internazionale Milano FC 1 17 . TSV München 1860 (GER/2) 15 5. Juventus FC 3 14 5. AFC Ajax (NED) 13 6. Torino Calcio 2 13 . SM Caen (FRA/2) 13 7. Sampdoria UC 4 9 7. AJ Auxerre (FRA/2) 12 . AC Fiorentina 2 9 8. AS Nancy-Lorraine (FRA/2) 11 9. SS Lazio 1 8 . Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 11 10. FC Genoa 1893 3 6 10. Brescia Calcio (ITA/2) 10 Download an excerpt Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel.