NK Osijek currently has 30 players playing in various European leagues, many of whom were players of Osijek’s younger divisions.
Statistics and the conducting of studies are quite frequent terms when discussing football, but when it concerns European standards and criteria and Osijek, it has to be reported on. Osijek’s Football School is mentioned for the thousandth time, numbers and data is mentioned about which we can brag. A study has been conducted regarding the question of the percentage of ˝homegrown˝ players, namely players who rose within the ranks of the younger club categories in any one of the 31 league competitions in the state championships across Europe.
Ajax atop Europe Throne
Amsterdam’s Ajax is on top with 71 players budding within the club’s younger ranks, all of them playing in various European clubs. Zagreb’s Dinamo is a close-second with 67, Hajduk holds the 16th spot with 41, and NK Osijek holds the 36th spot with 30 players who satisfy the criteria for the CIES.
