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3 World Cups · 2010–2026
Succession '10
4%
generational floor
Succession '26
20%
recovered
Top-5 minutes
97.7k→158.9k
+63% at kick-off

The Cliff — succession vs squad minutes

per World Cup cycle · squad top-5 league minutes and under-23 value share, at kick-off
Top-5 minutesSuccession · U23 value share
200k100k0k25%12%0%2010201420264%22%20%THE CLIFFRECOVERY · 4% → 20%
Cliff verdict · 2026

#32 of 48 on the Cliff Index (-0.06): minutes-weighted age 27.7, 49% of 2026 minutes from players aged 31+ by 2030-06-01, 88% debutants.

Squad value at kick-off

total market value · €m · at each tournament
€49m€57m€257m'10'14'26

Mean squad age

years, weighted by minutes · at each tournament
29.027.025.026.226.227.7'10'14'26

Tournament by tournament

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2002
Did not qualify
no squad →
2006
Did not qualify
no squad →
2010
Group
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2014
Round of 16
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2018
Did not qualify
no squad →
2022
Did not qualify
no squad →
2026
Round of 32
compare →

2010 squad — Group · value retention 84%

Paper Index: #162 of 240 all-time · #21 of 32 in 2010 (composite -0.65)

CSV ↓
#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Lounès GaouaouiGK 32 ASO Chlef 00 0 0 00 €0.3M€0M ’10 00
2 Madjid BougherraDF 27 Rangers 50 0 218 31 €7.0M€7M ’10 30
3 Nadir BelhadjDF 27 Portsmouth 1137 12 8,548 20 €5.5M€6M ’10 30
4 Antar YahiaDF 28 VfL Bochum 1987 2 16,055 00 €3.5M€4M ’10 30
5 Rafik HallicheDF 23 Nacional 00 0 0 00 €1.5M€2M ’10 30
6 Yazid MansouriMF 32 Lorient 1951 3 12,962 00 €1.7M€2M ’08 00
7 Ryad BoudebouzMF 20 Sochaux 566 3 3,052 00 €1.8M€2M ’09 10
8 Mehdi LacenMF 26 Racing Santander 863 4 6,367 00 €3.2M€3M ’09 30
9 Abdelkader GhezzalFW 25 Siena 6711 4 4,543 00 €2.5M€2M ’09 00
10 Rafik SaïfiFW 35 Istres 24845 9 17,697 00 €0.5M€2M ’07 20
11 Rafik DjebbourFW 26 AEK Athens 00 0 0 00 €2.8M€3M ’08 20
12 Habib BellaïdDF 24 Eintracht Frankfurt 780 0 6,559 00 €1.3M€4M ’07 00
13 Karim MatmourFW 24 Borussia Mönchengladbach 594 2 4,072 00 €2.5M€2M ’10 30
14 Abdelkader LaïfaouiDF 28 ES Sétif 00 0 0 00 €0.3M€0M ’10 00
15 Karim ZianiMF 27 VfL Wolfsburg 12712 12 8,847 130 €5.5M€8M ’07 30
16 Faouzi ChaouchiGK 25 ES Sétif 00 0 0 00 €0.3M€0M ’10 30
17 Adlène GuediouraMF 24 Wolverhampton Wanderers 141 1 591 00 €0.5M€0M ’09 30
18 Carl MedjaniDF 25 Ajaccio 320 0 2,600 00 €0.8M€1M ’08 00
19 Hassan YebdaMF 26 Portsmouth 425 2 2,886 00 €4.5M€5M ’09 30
20 Djamel MesbahDF 25 Lecce 00 0 0 00 €0.5M€1M ’08 10
21 Foued KadirMF 26 Valenciennes 181 4 1,240 00 €0.6M€1M ’08 30
22 Djamel AbdounMF 24 Nantes 323 0 1,471 00 €1.5M€2M ’09 10
23 Raïs M'BolhiGK 24 Slavia Sofia 00 0 0 00 €0.6M€1M ’10 20
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Karim Ziani
peak €8M (2007-07) → €6M at kickoff · −31%
Big-five league split
CSV ↓
LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League855,4848
La Liga866,3673
Serie A674,54311
Bundesliga18214,0189
Ligue 195067,29675
Total top-5 137097,708106
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
CSV ↓
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Championship (Eng)685,623
Premiership (Sco)484,189
Primeira Liga (Por)593,909
Pro League (Bel)563,927
All competitions (26 named + 31 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Ligue 1 (Fra)95067,296
Ligue 2 (Fra)72958,674
Bundesliga (Ger)18214,018
Coupe de France (Fra)1078,860
Super League (Gre)897,335
Super League (Sui)885,937
LaLiga (Spa)866,367
Premier League (Eng)855,484
2. Bundesliga (Ger)795,381
Serie B (Ita)694,335
Championship (Eng)685,623
Segunda (Spa)675,061
Serie A (Ita)674,543
Primeira Liga (Por)593,909
Pro League (Bel)563,927
Premiership (Sco)484,189
UEFA Cup352,484
CAF Champions League342,973
UEFA Champions League181,133
DFB-Pokal (Ger)171,391
Copa del Rey (Spa)141,256
EFL Cup (Eng)121,049
FA Cup (Eng)11848
Coppa Italia (Ita)5349
UEFA Europa League5426
UCL qualifying178
Other competitions (31 — minor leagues, cups, youth)109993,200
Squad traits
Mean height
182 cm
21/23 measured
Defender height
183 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
4%
prospect share
Goal dependency
42%
Rafik Saïfi of squad league goals
Value dependency
14%
Madjid Bougherra of squad value
Precocity
3,052′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Ryad Boudebouz (3,052′), Karim Ziani (2,192′), Carl Medjani (1,921′).

2014 squad — Round of 16 · value retention 76%

Paper Index: #189 of 240 all-time · #26 of 32 in 2014 (composite -0.80)

CSV ↓
#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Cédric Si MohamedGK 29 CS Constantine 00 0 0 00 €0.5M€0M ’12 00
2 Madjid Bougherra 2ndDF 31 Lekhwiya [ 143 ] 50 0 218 81 €0.5M€8M ’10 30
3 Faouzi GhoulamDF 23 Napoli 1021 8 8,269 00 €5.0M€5M ’14 20
4 Essaïd BelkalemDF 25 Watford 00 0 0 00 €1.0M€1M ’13 30
5 Rafik Halliche 2ndDF 27 Académica de Coimbra 10 0 15 00 €0.8M€2M ’10 41
6 Djamel Mesbah 2ndDF 29 Livorno 795 6 6,310 30 €0.6M€2M ’11 20
7 Hassan Yebda 2ndMF 30 Udinese 1076 2 6,452 00 €1.8M€5M ’09 10
8 Mehdi Lacen 2ndMF 30 Getafe 1935 11 13,316 00 €1.5M€4M ’10 30
9 Nabil GhilasFW 24 Porto 00 0 0 40 €3.5M€4M ’13 30
10 Sofiane FeghouliMF 24 Valencia 13215 28 8,793 153 €12.0M€12M ’13 41
11 Yacine BrahimiMF 24 Granada 1019 9 6,547 00 €4.0M€4M ’13 31
12 Carl Medjani 2ndDF 29 Valenciennes 1024 2 8,624 20 €1.8M€2M ’13 30
13 Islam SlimaniFW 25 Sporting CP 00 0 0 00 €2.0M€2M ’14 42
14 Nabil BentalebMF 19 Tottenham Hotspur 150 1 1,068 00 €0.5M€0M ’14 30
15 Hillal SoudaniFW 26 Dinamo Zagreb 00 0 0 00 €4.0M€4M ’14 30
16 Mohamed Lamine ZemmamoucheGK 29 USM Alger 00 0 0 00 €0.6M€1M ’14 00
17 Liassine Cadamuro-BentaïbaDF 26 Mallorca 270 0 1,778 10 €0.8M€2M ’12 10
18 Abdelmoumene DjabouMF 27 Club Africain 00 0 0 00 €1.1M€1M ’13 32
19 Saphir TaïderMF 22 Inter Milan 744 3 4,868 00 €10.0M€10M ’14 20
20 Aïssa MandiDF 22 Reims 622 5 5,378 00 €2.0M€2M ’14 30
21 Riyad MahrezMF 23 Leicester City 00 0 0 00 €1.2M€1M ’14 10
22 Mehdi MostefaMF 30 Ajaccio 1017 4 8,414 00 €1.5M€2M ’13 20
23 Raïs M'Bolhi 2ndGK 28 CSKA Sofia 00 0 0 00 €0.5M€2M ’12 40
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Madjid Bougherra
peak €8M (2010-10) → €500k at kickoff · −94%
Big-five league split
CSV ↓
LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League392,5792
La Liga40927,96224
Serie A20614,3149
Ligue 144735,19523
Total top-5 110180,05058
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
CSV ↓
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Championship (Eng)957,299
Premiership (Sco)817,159
Primeira Liga (Por)19712,869
All competitions (28 named + 34 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Ligue 2 (Fra)53341,201
Ligue 1 (Fra)44735,195
LaLiga (Spa)40927,962
Serie A (Ita)20614,314
Primeira Liga (Por)19712,869
Championship (Eng)957,299
Super League (Sui)885,937
Premiership (Sco)817,159
Segunda (Spa)755,781
Serie B (Ita)634,211
UEFA Europa League624,206
Coupe de France (Fra)624,832
Stars League (Qat)443,813
Ligue 1 (Tun)443,701
Copa del Rey (Spa)433,220
Premier League (Eng)392,579
UEFA Champions League332,056
CAF Champions League312,726
HNL (Cro)312,238
AFC Champions League191,683
Liga Portugal 2 (Por)19919
Premier Liga (Rus)171,530
Coppa Italia (Ita)161,290
UEFA Cup10669
EFL Cup (Eng)9716
UCL qualifying8629
FA Cup (Eng)6490
Super League (Gre)4286
Other competitions (34 — minor leagues, cups, youth)1428117,539
Squad traits
Mean height
183 cm
22/23 measured
Defender height
186 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
22%
prospect share
Goal dependency
26%
Sofiane Feghouli of squad league goals
Value dependency
21%
Sofiane Feghouli of squad value
Precocity
2,782′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Saphir Taïder (2,782′), Faouzi Ghoulam (2,347′), Sofiane Feghouli (2,178′).

2026 squad — Round of 32 · value retention 56%

Paper Index: #91 of 240 all-time · #19 of 48 in 2026 (composite -0.06)

CSV ↓
#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Melvin MastilGK 26 Stade Nyonnais 00 0 0 00 €0.2M€0M ’25 00
2 Aïssa Mandi 2ndDF 34 Lille 38523 11 32,426 70 €1.0M€20M ’19 40
3 Achref AbadaDF 26 USM Alger 00 0 0 00 €1.0M€1M ’26 00
4 Mohamed Amine TougaiDF 26 Espérance de Tunis 00 0 0 00 €1.3M€2M ’23 00
5 Zineddine BelaïdDF 27 JS Kabylie 00 0 0 00 €1.8M€2M ’26 20
6 Ramiz ZerroukiMF 28 Twente 00 0 0 91 €6.5M€10M ’23 30
7 Riyad Mahrez 2nd faded greatFW 35 Al-Ahli 28482 63 19,581 5520 €5.0M€60M ’18 42
8 Houssem Aouar faded greatMF 27 Al-Ittihad 19534 24 13,142 151 €8.0M€55M ’20 30
9 Amine GouiriFW 26 Marseille 20265 31 13,850 40 €28.0M€50M ’22 41
10 Farès ChaïbiMF 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 12010 24 7,129 81 €15.0M€18M ’24 40
11 Anis Hadj MoussaFW 24 Feyenoord 00 0 0 113 €23.0M€23M ’26 30
12 Nadhir BenboualiFW 26 Győri ETO 00 0 0 00 €1.2M€2M ’22 11
13 Jaouen HadjamDF 23 Young Boys 210 1 910 60 €7.0M€9M ’25 30
14 Hicham BoudaouiMF 26 Nice 17313 15 11,494 00 €12.0M€15M ’25 30
15 Rayan Aït-NouriDF 25 Manchester City 1759 21 12,277 60 €40.0M€40M ’25 40
16 Oussama BenbotGK 31 USM Alger 00 0 0 00 €0.8M€1M ’25 10
17 Rafik BelghaliDF 24 Hellas Verona 262 0 1,928 00 €7.0M€7M ’25 41
18 Mohamed AmouraFW 26 VfL Wolfsburg 6118 16 4,414 00 €20.0M€32M ’25 10
19 Nabil Bentaleb 2ndMF 31 Lille 25020 20 17,668 63 €4.5M€20M ’18 40
20 Adil BoulbinaFW 23 Al-Duhail 00 0 0 00 €3.0M€3M ’25 20
21 Ramy BensebainiDF 31 Borussia Dortmund 26528 16 20,009 316 €7.0M€22M ’21 40
22 Ibrahim MazaMF 20 Bayer Leverkusen 304 5 1,924 120 €45.0M€45M ’26 40
23 Luca ZidaneGK 28 Granada 100 0 826 00 €1.0M€2M ’19 30
24 Yacine TitraouiMF 22 Charleroi 00 0 0 00 €7.0M€7M ’26 00
25 Farès GhedjemisFW 23 Frosinone 60 0 180 00 €7.5M€8M ’26 10
26 Samir CherguiDF 27 Paris FC 151 0 1,155 00 €3.0M€3M ’25 10
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Riyad Mahrez
peak €60M (2018-08) → €5M at kickoff · −92%
Big-five league split
CSV ↓
LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League49434,51091
La Liga21618,0459
Serie A482,8836
Bundesliga41929,29764
Ligue 1104174,178139
Total top-5 2218158,913309
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
CSV ↓
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Championship (Eng)191,161
Eredivisie (Ned)24917,891
Pro League (Bel)16410,981
Saudi Pro League (KSA)14312,204
All competitions (26 named + 89 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Ligue 1 (Fra)104174,178
Premier League (Eng)49434,510
Bundesliga (Ger)41929,297
Eredivisie (Ned)24917,891
Ligue 2 (Fra)22915,646
LaLiga (Spa)21618,045
UEFA Champions League17012,021
Pro League (Bel)16410,981
UEFA Europa League16010,159
Segunda (Spa)15914,241
Saudi Pro League (KSA)14312,204
Super League (Sui)1276,832
Coupe de France (Fra)956,544
Ligue 1 (Tun)735,796
CAF Champions League716,185
Serie B (Ita)584,091
FA Cup (Eng)523,736
Serie A (Ita)482,883
2. Bundesliga (Ger)463,253
DFB-Pokal (Ger)402,940
EFL Cup (Eng)392,739
Copa del Rey (Spa)302,805
Championship (Eng)191,161
Stars League (Qat)191,368
UCL qualifying6433
Coppa Italia (Ita)2162
Other competitions (89 — minor leagues, cups, youth)2128169,318
Squad traits
Mean height
183 cm
25/26 measured
Defender height
184 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
20%
prospect share
Goal dependency
27%
Riyad Mahrez of squad league goals
Value dependency
18%
Ibrahim Maza of squad value
Precocity
5,584′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Houssem Aouar (5,584′), Rayan Aït-Nouri (4,760′), Nabil Bentaleb (3,429′).