The 434th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks 851 teams in 53 top divisions worldwide according to the average age of the line-ups fielded since the start of the current season. Values range from 20.97 years of age for FK Minsk of Belarus to 32.12 years for Independiente Petrolero of Bolivia. The average for all the clubs analysed is 27.24 years.
In the five major European leagues, the average age on the pitch ranges from 24.16 years for Toulouse FC to 30.19 for another Spanish side, Rayo Vallecano. In the English Premier League, the extreme values were measured for Burnley FC (24.57 years), Chelsea FC (24.95) and Arsenal FC (24.96) on one side, and for Fulham (29.28 years) on the other.
The publication also presents the percentage of minutes by player age category (21 or under, 22 to 25, 26 to 29, and 30 or over). In eight teams, players aged 21 or under at the time of the matches played a majority of minutes. These notably include RB Salzburg (60.7%), FC Nordsjælland (56.1%) and AFC Ajax (53.3%).
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