The workforce of Le Havre and Valenciennes have many young players ready to play first-team matches, League 2. To believe LFP statistics, Le Havre have already played 6,321 league minutes with their 21st-century-born youngsters (21 and under) this season. Among these young players, Arouna Sanganté (2002), Thierno Baldé (2002) or Amir Richardsson (2002) are among the masterpieces of Paul Le Guen. VA ranks second in this ranking with 5610 minutes of play for its hopefuls, including Lucas Chevalier (2001), Noah Diliberto (2001) or Mohamed Kaba (2001)
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Amiens, Paris FC and Toulouse complete the top 5, with many opportunities given to their youngsters as well. As far as the bottom of the table is concerned, there are logically teams recently promoted to Ligue 2. QRM is doing particularly badly, with a score of 0 for players born after 2000. Even more surprising: AJ Auxerre, and its reputation as a formative club, like Le Havre or Sochaux, is only in 19th place in this ranking with 148 small minutes gleaned by young shoots. A disappointing record for Jean-Marc Furlan?
The full ranking:
1st – Le Havre AC: 6321 minutes
2nd – Valenciennes FC: 5610
3e – Amiens SC : 4037
4th – Paris FC: 3596
5th – Toulouse FC: 3332
6e – SM Caen : 3035
7e – AC Ajaccio : 2458
8th – FC Sochaux-Montbeliard: 2437
9e – AS Nancy Lorraine : 2058
10th – Rodez AF: 1696
11th – Chamois Niortais: 1538
12e–Dijon FCO: 1453
13e – EA Guingamp: 1358
14th – Olympic Nimes: 886
15th – SC Bastia: 612
16th – USL Dunkirk: 505
17e – Grenoble Foot 38 : 388
18e – Pau FC : 180
19th – AJ Auxerre: 148
20th – Quevilly Rouen: 0
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Source : ligue2.fr
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