MOSCOW, Oct 25, Vasily Bogdanov. Lokomotiv Moscow leads among Russian clubs in terms of the number of students in the top football leagues in Europe, according to the website of the International Center for Sports Research (CIES). Lokomotiv, as a year earlier, retained the first place among Russian clubs in terms of the number of students playing in the top 31 elite leagues in Europe. CIES analysts determined that 39 graduates of the Lokomotiv Academy play in the top leagues of European countries, 9 of them in Lokomotiv itself. In the overall ranking, this is 28th place. The average age of trainees of railway workers is 23.9 years. Among the Russian clubs, the next on the list are Spartak Moscow (35 players), Krasnodar (33), Zenit St. Petersburg (29) and CSKA (26). In the overall ranking, the best academies are held by the Dutch «Ajax» (85 pupils), the Portuguese «Benfica» (73) and the Kyiv «Dynamo» (72). years in those seasons when he was 15 to 21 years old. In total, the experts analyzed the players and clubs in 31 European leagues.
