CIES Football Observatory Issue n°100 - 24/02/2015 Big-5 Weekly Post Top 100 Training Clubs in Europe [1] Ajax (NED) 77* [51] Real Sociedad (ESP) 26 [2] Partizan (SRB) 74 [52] Valencia (ESP) 26 [3] Barcelona (ESP)** 57 [53] Metz (FRA) 26 [4] Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 50 [54] Le Havre (FRA) 26 [5] Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 50 [55] Montpellier (FRA) 26 [63] [20] [6] Hajduk Split (CRO) 49 [56] Banska Bystrica (SVK) 26 [86] [34] [7] Real Madrid (ESP) 47 [57] Brommapojkarna (SWE) 26 [8] Sporting CP (POR) 47 [58] Elfsborg (SWE) 26 [57] [9] Crvena Zvezda (SRB) 47 [59] Levski Sofia (BUL) 25 [96] [10] Sparta Praha (CZE) 46 [60] Litex Lovech (BUL) 25 [47] [58] [11] Feyenoord (NED) 45 [61] NK Zagreb (CRO) 25 [85] [12] Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 44 [62] Espanyol (ESP) 25 [26] [13] Dinamo Minsk (BLR) 41 [63] TPS Turku (FIN) 25 [14] FC Porto (POR) 41 [64] Bordeaux (FRA) 25 [33] [66] [15] Lyon (FRA) 40 [65] Basel (SUI) 25 [49] [48] [16] MTK Budapest (HUN) 40 [66] BATE Borisov (BLR) 24 [13] [17] Heerenveen (NED) 40 [67] Atlético Madrid (ESP) 24 [73] [18] [17] [18] Manchester Utd (ENG) 39 [68] Kozice (SVK) 24 [37] [90] [19] Vojvodina (SRB) 37 [69] Ruzomberok (SVK) 24 [1] [29] [20] HJK Helsinki (FIN) 36 [70] Metal. Zaporizhya (UKR) 24 [11] [12] [5] [28] [78] [21] Benfica (POR) 36 [71] Club Brugge (BEL) 23 [71] [27] [100] [94] [72] [22] Osijek (CRO) 35 [72] Genk (BEL) 23 [10] [95] [54] [39] [23] PSG (FRA) 35 [73] Manchester City (ENG) 23 [41] [31] [70] [24] FK Rad (SRB) 35 [74] Panathinaikos (GRE) 23 [25] [80] [69] [87] [45] [43] [68] [25] Slavia Praha (CZE) 34 [75] Szombathelyi (HUN) 23 [44] [56] [23] [53] [32] [38] [26] Celtic (SCO) 34 [76] Videoton (HUN) 23 [82] [91] [27] PSV Eindhoven (NED) 34 [77] Internazionale (ITA) 23 [40] [93] [98] [16] [65] [83] [28] Arsenal (ENG) 33 [78] Vitesse (NED) 23 [79] [75] [76] [29] Twente (NED) 33 [79] Grasshopper (SUI) 23 [99] [81] [4] [19] [30] OFK Beograd (SRB) 33 [80] Dubnica (SVK) 23 [2] [15] [89] [61] [22] [31] Standard Liège (BEL) 32 [81] ND Gorica (SVN) 23 [9] [64] [77] [30] [24] [32] Bayern (GER) 32 [82] Austria Wien (AUT) 22 [50] [51] [60] [33] Midtjylland (DEN) 30 [83] Sturm Graz (AUT) 22 [84] [97] [88] [34] Honka (FIN) 30 [84] NK Zadar (CRO) 22 [55] [35] [6] [59] [35] Monaco (FRA) 30 [85] Aalborg (DEN) 22 [14] [36] Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 30 [86] Inter Turku (FIN) 22 [7] [37] Alkmaar (NED) 30 [87] Caen (FRA) 22 [3] [8] [46] [38] Rapid Wien (AUT) 29 [88] Toulouse (FRA) 22 [67] [62] [39] Anderlecht (BEL) 29 [89] Atalanta (ITA) 22 [21] [40] Auxerre (FRA) 28 [90] Utrecht (NED) 22 [52] [41] Lens (FRA) 28 [91] Nitra (SVK) 22 [42] Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) 28 [92] Sevilla (ESP) 21 [92] [74] [43] FK AS Trençin (SVK) 28 [93] Nantes (FRA) 21 [44] Rennes (FRA) 27 [94] Lille (FRA) 21 [45] Stuttgart (GER) 27 [95] Wisla Kraków (POL) 21 [36] [46] PAOK (GRE) 27 [96] Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 21 [42] [47] Spartak Moskva (RUS) 27 [97] FK Borac Čačak (SRB) 21 [48] Malmö FF (SWE) 27 [98] FC Zürich (SUI) 21 [49] Brondby (DEN) 26 [99] NK Maribor (SVN) 21 * Number of players, 31 European top division leagues (01/10/2014) [50] Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 26 [100] Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) 21 ** Big-5 league clubs Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel www.football-observatory.com.