In the 21st century, Stade Rennais FC is the club that has fielded the most players from its own ranks in Ligue 1 Uber Eats. From the benchmark Romain Danzé to Adrien Truffert, not forgetting Yoann Gourcuff, Jimmy Briand, Yann M’Vila, Eduardo Camavinga, Julien Féret and Ousmane Dembélé, The Red and Black have a total of 82 ‘in-house’ players who have played in the French league for SRFC.
In this ranking of the trainers making the most use of their young stars, Rennes are ahead of four clubs with 70 or more players over the period, with FC Nantes, Bordeaux, Olympique Lyonnais and PSG in that order.
Most academy products who played for the senior team in Ligue 1 Uber Eats (21st century):
Stade Rennais FC: 82 players
FC Nantes: 73 players
Girondins of Bordeaux: 72 players
Olympique Lyonnais: 72 players
Paris Saint-Germain: 70 players
Toulouse FC: 69 players
FC Metz: 66 players
AS Saint-Etienne: 65 players
AS Monaco: 64 players
Montpellier HSC: 63 players
OGC Nice: 62 players
RC Lens: 52 players
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard: 49 players
Olympique de Marseille: 48 players
SM Caen: 42 players
AJ Auxerre: 42 players
ASNL 37 players
LOSC: 37 players
RC Strasbourg Alsace: 33 players
Havre AC: 26 players
ESTAC: 26 players
FC Lorient: 25 players
OF Guingamp 24 players
AC Ajaccio: 21 players
Le Mans FC: 21 players
Reims stadium: 20 players
Angers SCO: 13 players
Stade Brestois 29: 11 players
Clermont Foot: 8 players
Stade Rennais FC: Brilliant youth program bears fruit
As a centre of talent, La Piverdière has produced the largest number of players to have gone on to play in the French top flight. In total, these players have played 3,500 matches. Twelve of them have played at least 100 matches for SRFC, including Yoann Gourcuff, the revelation of the 2005-06 season.
“Lads like that, we don’t need to train them, we just support them,” said Landry Chauvin, one of his coaches. “Yoann is the perfect player to coach: a talented player who wins you games and puts his talent to good use for the team.”
Currently with BluesEduardo Camavinga (71 games for SRFC) and Ousmane Dembélé (12 goals in 26 games) also made their top-flight debuts with the Breton club when they left La Piverdière. Having arrived at the age of 13, current Blaugrana player Dembélé was promoted to the U19s before being thrown into the deep end by Philippe Montanier in 2015-16.
Only Lyonanother of this century’s great youth development clubs, have managed to keep up with Rennes. Les Gones have 12 players who have played more than 100 games for their boyhood club, led by Anthony Lopes and Maxence Caqueret.
Teams whose home-grown players have played the most games for them in Ligue 1 Uber Eats (21st century):
Olympique Lyonnais: 3495 matches
Stade Rennais FC: 3494 matches
FC Nantes: 3117 matches
Montpellier HSC: 3055 matches
Toulouse FC: 3037 matches
Girondins de Bordeaux: 2995 matches
AS Saint-Etienne: 2277 matches
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard: 2162 matches
LOSC: 2050 matches
AJ Auxerre: 2018 matches
FC Metz: 1918 matches
AS Monaco: 1619 matches
OGC Nice: 1559 matches
Paris Saint-Germain: 1517 matches
ASNL: 1448 games
SM Caen: 1166 matches
SC Bastia: 1089 matches
RC Lens: 1081 matches
Le Mans FC: 1010 matches
FC Lorient: 761 games
OF Guingamp: 714 matches
Angers SCO: 397 matches
Havre AC: 397 matches
AC Ajaccio: 304 matches
Clermont Foot: 161 matches
OL buoyed by “General Lacazette
When it comes to the number of Ligue 1 Uber Eats goals scored by its young stars, Lyon are top of the pile, thanks in no small part to Alexandre Lacazette! Not to mention Nabil Fekir and two former French champions, Sidney Govou and Karim Benzema.
Behind Les GonesStade Rennais are once again in a strong position, with the likes of Jimmy Briand, Adrien Hunou, Julien Féret, Sylvain Marveaux and Jirès Kembo-Ekoko. The podium is completed by MHSC. Players from the Montpellier youth academy (Téji Savanier, Younes Belhanda, Elye Wahi, Rémy Cabella, Habib Bamogo, etc.) have scored 225 goals for La Paillade.
Teams with the most goals scored by home-grown players in Ligue 1 Uber Eats (21st century):
Olympique Lyonnais: 418 goals
Stade Rennais FC: 237 goals
Montpellier HSC: 225 goals
Girondins de Bordeaux: 217 goals
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard: 205 goals
LOSC: 202 goals
FC Nantes: 176 goals
AJ Auxerre: 130 goals
AS Saint-Etienne: 129 goals
FC Metz: 117 goals
AS Monaco: 112 goals
ASNL: 91 goals
Olympic Marseille: 81 goals
Paris Saint-Germain: 74 goals
OGC Nice: 70 goals
RC Lens: 62 goals
Reims Stadium: 55 goals
SC Bastia: 53 goals
SM Caen: 52 goals
RC Strasbourg Alsace: 45 goals
Le Mans FC: 41 goals
OF Guingamp: 36 goals
FC Lorient: 34 goals
STAC: 20 goals
Clermont Foot: 15 goals
Havre AC: 14 goals
Angers SCO: 9 goals
Stade Brestois 29: 9 goals
>> TRANSFERS: All the summer moves
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