Zvezda's academy at the top of Europe

CIES (International Center for Sports Studies from Neuchatel) made a list of the most productive football academies in Europe, and Zvezdina is at the very top. As we have already pointed out, the criterion is the number of football players in professional leagues, and Zvezda has 60 such players. The condition for someone to be treated as a football player at the club's designated school is that he spent at least three seasons in it between the ages of 15 and 21.

Only Real Madrid (67), Barcelona (64), Ajax (61) are ahead of Zvezda, which says enough that our club is the biggest breeding ground for talent in the eastern part of Europe and that we don't even have competition in this respect. Some of the most famous players currently who are "home grown" football players of Red Star are - Ivan Ilić, Luka Jović, Strahinja Eraković, Kosta Nedeljković, Jovan Mijatović, Dejan Joveljić, Aleksa Terzić, Marko Grujić...

When it comes to the first team, there are: Ivan Guteša, Uroš Spajić, Ognjen Mimović, Stefan Leković, Vladimir Lučić, Nikola Knežević, Luka Ilić, Jovan Šljivić. The number will increase as soon as first team members Veljko Milosavljević and Andrija Maksimović turn 18.

BEST FOOTBALL ACADEMIES IN THE WORLD:

1. Real Madrid - 67

2. Barcelona - 64

3. Ajax - 61

4. Red Star - 60

5. Benfica - 59

6. Dynamo Kyiv - 56

7. Sporting Lisbon - 55

8. Dinamo Zagreb - 53

9. Manchester City - 42

10. Partizan - 42