Under the direction of Patrick Rampillon, who was director from 1987 to 2014, the training center enjoyed several sporting successes, winning French championship titles in certain categories, as well as two new Coupe Gambardellas, in 2003 and 2008.

After successively eliminating Drapeau de Fougères, US Janzé, RC Arras, Stade Poitevin, CS Sedan, and AS Monaco, the Rennais found themselves up against AS Brestoise in the final, defeated on penalties (1-1, 6-5) at the Penvillers stadium in Quimper.

[11] In France, the 1970s saw the creation of the first training centers, under the impetus of Fernand Sastre and Georges Boulogne, with professional clubs obliged to set up a structure of this type.

[1] At the time, the club was mired in serious financial difficulties,[note 4] and the first premises to welcome young footballers, set up near the Route de Lorient sports park, were modest.

[1][19] The success of the training center and the promotion of youngsters from the Grand Ouest region to the professional ranks became an objective shared by the municipality and the club.

The two young players, who had made substantial additions to the first-team squad in previous years,[note 6] were unable to reach an agreement with Stade Rennais on the professional contracts they had been promised.

[27] Taking advantage of a legal loophole and circumventing the obligation to turn professional at their training club, the two players opted for exile in Italy, signing for Inter Milan.

At the same time, we need to make room for some of them to join the squad at some point.After four years at the helm of the club, François Pinault instigated a new policy in the summer of 2002, which placed increasing emphasis on training.

[35] Among this generation, several players quickly embarked on professional careers at the highest level, including Jacques Faty, Grégory Bourillon, and Arnold Mvuemba, but above all Jimmy Briand and Yoann Gourcuff,[note 7] who went on to join the French national team.

[47][note 9] However, the stated aim of the training center's management was not to win titles[48] but to upgrade young players as much as possible to bring them up to the level required to play in Ligue 1 as quickly as possible.

This setback led to a reappraisal of the club's training work,[53] and the appointment a year later of Yannick Menu as Patrick Rampillon's deputy director.

[57] His arrival was accompanied by a reorganization of the training center's operations, which was renamed the “Académie Rouge et Noir,” and now includes the club's soccer academy and amateur section.

[44] In 2006, a study conducted by the Centre International d'étude du sport and the Centre d'étude et de recherche sur le sport et l'observation des territoires ranked Stade Rennais FC fifth out of 98 clubs in the German, English, Spanish, French, and Italian leagues, based on the number of club-trained players playing in these five leagues.

[59] The following table lists the track record of Stade Rennais FC's youth teams, updated to June 2, 2018, in the various official competitions at the national level, as well as in some of the most prestigious friendly and seasonal tournaments.

[69] Since its creation, the trophy has rewarded several future professional footballers, including Mikaël Silvestre, Anthony Réveillère, Gaël Danic, Sylvain Marveaux and Jimmy Briand.

[68] In 2008, the trophy was awarded to Vincent Pajot, in 2009 to Quentin Rouger,[70] in 2010 to Dimitri Foulquier,[71] in 2011 to Axel Ngando,[68] in 2012 to Adrien Hunou,[72] and in 2013 to Maxime Étuin.

Built-in 1987, its name pays homage to Isidore Odorico, a former player and manager of Stade Rennais—the driving force behind the club's adoption of professionalism in 1932—and president between 1933 and 1938.

[17] Home to thirty to forty players,[17][30] ETP Odorico benefits from the presence of supervisory staff and twenty-two part-time teachers,[30][74] who give around twenty hours of lessons a week[17] to classes of no more than a dozen students.

[79] Until the end of 2016, the president of the ETP Odorico association was Pierre Rochcongar,[79]a doctor with the French national team between 1988 and 1993, with Stade Rennais for some 20 years,[84] and director of the school until 2010.

[88] The director of the technical school is Jean-François Bigot,[79] who succeeded Pierre Rochcongar in this role in 2010, and who previously held a position as professor of economics and social sciences at the ETP.

[91] From less than 10 million francs at the end of the 1990s, the budget for the Stade Rennais training center rose sharply in line with that of the club, following the arrival of François Pinault as owner in 1998.

[19] Three years later, Pierre Mosca's dismissal during the season led to Rampillon's appointment as interim coach from January to June 1987, but he decided not to continue in this role[102] and became director of the training center.

In 1941, the war and the temporary departure of Jean Batmale prompted Louis Bonneville to take charge of the first team for a season, assisted by player Émile Scharwath.

[115] A guiding principle that enables the training center to cultivate its identity, with close collaboration between technicians,[116] and a common game plan for its various teams.

[22] Like other French professional clubs, since the mid-1990s Stade Rennais has regularly recruited players from the Île-de-France region who have come through the pre-training program at the Clairefontaine National Soccer Institute: Jimmy Briand,[125] Jacques Faty,[126] Jirès Kembo-Ekoko[127] and Yacine Brahimi[128][129] are all examples.

In 2000, Gabonese players Stéphane N'Guéma and Fabrice Do Marcolino were spotted by Stade Rennais at the Montaigu Tournament, where both played for their national team.

[138] Patrick Delamontagne, who had previously played for La Bouëxière, the town of his birth, joined the Stade Rennais youth teams in 1974, at the age of 17.

[141] He was crowned European champion in 2000 and contested the 2006 World Cup final alongside another club-trained player, Mikaël Silvestre,[142] who made his debut for Les Bleus two years before his former team-mate Ousmane Dabo.

[143] In 2010, four Stade Rennais-trained players made it into the French national team: Jimmy Briand,[36] Yoann Gourcuff,[37] Yann M'Vila,[144] and Anthony Réveillère.

The following table shows the current list of Stade Rennais-trained players in the French national team as of July 07, 2023, along with their year of birth, number of caps, and the corresponding period.