A study by the Football Observatory CIES has highlighted which teams are giving more space to young players this season, and those that instead rely on more experienced players.The results are surpris...
A study by the Football Observatory CIES has highlighted which teams are giving more space to young players this season, and those that instead rely on more experienced players.
The results are surprising both at the top and bottom of the ranking. We remind you that this is not about "average age of the registered players", but about how many minutes have actually been given to the players.
TOP 10: PSG at the top and Ligue 1 dominance
Considering the 5 main European leagues, Strasbourg beats everyone clearly: the "satellite" team of Chelsea has an advantage of about 2.5 years on average compared to the second placed, PSG.
- Strasbourg: 21.45 years
- PSG: 24.09 years
- Parma: 24.26 years
- Chelsea: 24.36 years
- Toulouse: 24.38 years
- Eintracht Frankfurt: 24.48 years
- Werder Bremen: 25.01 years
- Nice: 25.04 years
- Nantes: 25.08 years
- Sunderland: 25.10 years
The data on the Ligue 1 is impressive: as many as 5 teams in the top 10 are French. Expanding the discussion to the entire championship, even for 9 out of 20 clubs the average age of those who played this year is under 26 years.
A clear victory compared to the Serie A: only 6 teams have gone under 26 years on average in the players who actually took the field.
Napoli last in Europe, Inter third last
Among the teams that instead give space to more experienced players we find Napoli and Inter: last and third last in the top 5 European championships. Let's see the FLOP 10.
- Mallorca: 28.9 years
- Aston Villa: 28.35 years
- Everton: 28.40 years
- Mainz: 28.46 years
- Bayern Munich: 28.55 years
- Osasuna: 28.57 years
- Real Oviedo: 28.61 years
- Inter: 29.35 years
- Rayo Vallecano: 29.50 years
- Napoli: 29.56 years
Napoli is the high-ranking team that has given the most minutes to over 30s: a whopping 46.8% of the total. Only Osasuna does worse.
The other Italians: "anomalies" Como and Atalanta
In Serie A the most virtuous teams are Parma (the only one under 25 years for minutes granted), Como, Juventus, Udinese, Lecce and Cagliari: all these are under 26 years on average.
We also find two "anomalies", namely Atalanta and Como: both give great space to Under 25s and reserve a significant slice of Over 30s on the field. Their quota of players fielded between 26 and 29 years drops dramatically.
Como is in fact forming a "hard core" of young people to create a common game mentality, while Atalanta manages to capitalize on players in their most profitable age.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.
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