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3 World Cups · 2010–2022
Succession '10
16%
U23 value share
Succession '22
33%
U23 value share
Top-5 minutes
90.0k→211.2k
+135% 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
250k125k0k40%20%0%20102018202216%18%33%

Squad value at kick-off

total market value · €m · at each tournament
€188m€280m€360m'10'18'22

Mean squad age

years, weighted by minutes · at each tournament
30.028.026.027.128.827.3'10'18'22

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
Did not qualify
no squad →
2018
Group
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2022
Group
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2026
Did not qualify
no squad →

2010 squad — Group · value retention 89%

Paper Index: #101 of 240 all-time · #14 of 32 in 2010 (composite -0.14)

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#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Vladimir Stojković 2ndGK 26 Wigan Athletic 190 0 1,710 20 €1.0M€2M ’06 30
2 Antonio RukavinaDF 26 1860 Munich 190 1 1,676 00 €1.5M€3M ’08 00
3 Aleksandar KolarovDF 24 Lazio 826 6 6,378 20 €9.0M€9M ’10 20
4 Gojko KačarMF 23 Hertha BSC 6410 4 4,710 00 €8.5M€10M ’09 10
5 Nemanja Vidić 2ndDF 28 Manchester United 1269 2 10,767 332 €35.0M€35M ’09 30
6 Branislav IvanovićDF 26 Chelsea 441 7 3,354 102 €16.0M€16M ’10 30
7 Zoran TošićMF 23 1. FC Köln 155 2 887 00 €5.5M€6M ’09 10
8 Danko LazovićFW 27 Zenit Saint Petersburg 90 1 128 92 €7.0M€7M ’10 30
9 Marko PantelićFW 31 Ajax 11744 21 8,909 20 €7.0M€8M ’07 21
10 Dejan Stanković 2ndMF 31 Inter Milan 32046 47 23,930 759 €16.0M€24M ’07 30
11 Nenad MilijašMF 27 Wolverhampton Wanderers 192 3 982 00 €4.5M€4M ’08 10
12 Bojan IsailovićGK 30 Zagłębie Lubin 00 0 0 00 €0.9M€1M ’09 00
13 Aleksandar LukovićDF 27 Udinese 1070 5 8,461 00 €3.8M€4M ’09 20
14 Milan JovanovićMF 29 Standard Liège 00 0 0 52 €8.5M€8M ’09 31
15 Nikola Žigić 2ndFW 29 Valencia 7930 3 5,551 30 €8.0M€15M ’07 30
16 Ivan ObradovićDF 21 Zaragoza 90 0 561 00 €3.0M€5M ’09 10
17 Miloš KrasićMF 25 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 225 €18.0M€18M ’09 30
18 Miloš NinkovićMF 25 Dynamo Kyiv 00 0 0 110 €5.5M€6M ’09 20
19 Radosav PetrovićMF 21 Partizan 00 0 0 00 €2.2M€2M ’10 10
20 Neven SubotićDF 21 Borussia Dortmund 689 2 6,120 00 €15.0M€15M ’10 20
21 Dragan MrđaFW 26 Vojvodina 00 0 0 00 €2.8M€3M ’10 00
22 Zdravko KuzmanovićMF 22 VfB Stuttgart 966 7 5,826 112 €9.0M€10M ’09 30
23 Anđelko ĐuričićGK 29 União de Leiria 00 0 0 00 €0.8M€1M ’09 00
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Dejan Stanković
peak €24M (2007-05) → €16M at kickoff · −35%
Big-five league split
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LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League19515,47912
La Liga936,56230
Serie A57943,13755
Bundesliga31323,81671
Ligue 1139560
Total top-5 119389,950168
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
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Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Eredivisie (Ned)18811,945
Primeira Liga (Por)353,128
Pro League (Bel)14911,649
Süper Lig (Tur)151,350
All competitions (27 named + 35 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Serie A (Ita)57943,137
SuperLiga (Srb)50141,424
Bundesliga (Ger)31323,816
Premier Liga (Rus)25719,668
Premier League (Eng)19515,479
Eredivisie (Ned)18811,945
UEFA Cup18713,248
UEFA Champions League18513,950
Pro League (Bel)14911,649
LaLiga (Spa)936,562
Premier League (Ukr)815,094
2. Bundesliga (Ger)807,199
Coppa Italia (Ita)695,089
UCL qualifying634,819
Super League (Sui)583,681
UEFA Europa League402,876
Primeira Liga (Por)353,128
DFB-Pokal (Ger)302,614
FA Cup (Eng)262,257
EFL Cup (Eng)161,017
Süper Lig (Tur)151,350
Ligue 1 (Fra)13956
Copa del Rey (Spa)10603
Ekstraklasa (Pol)10900
Super League (Gre)8226
Bundesliga (Aut)3145
Coupe de France (Fra)128
Other competitions (35 — minor leagues, cups, youth)31223,487
Squad traits
Mean height
187 cm
18/23 measured
Defender height
186 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
16%
prospect share
Goal dependency
27%
Dejan Stanković of squad league goals
Value dependency
19%
Nemanja Vidić of squad value
Precocity
4,410′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Neven Subotić (4,410′), Zdravko Kuzmanović (2,433′), Dejan Stanković (2,107′).

2018 squad — Group · value retention 88%

Paper Index: #105 of 240 all-time · #16 of 32 in 2018 (composite -0.21)

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#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Vladimir Stojković 3rdGK 34 Partizan 190 0 1,710 80 €0.8M€2M ’06 30
2 Antonio Rukavina 2ndDF 34 Villarreal 1502 4 12,342 00 €1.0M€4M ’13 20
3 Duško TošićDF 33 Beşiktaş 631 3 5,189 190 €2.0M€4M ’14 20
4 Luka MilivojevićMF 27 Crystal Palace 5012 1 4,308 130 €15.0M€15M ’18 20
5 Uroš SpajićDF 25 Anderlecht 630 1 5,219 50 €5.0M€5M ’18 00
6 Branislav Ivanović 2ndDF 34 Zenit Saint Petersburg 26122 23 21,497 587 €3.0M€24M ’13 20
7 Andrija ŽivkovićMF 21 Benfica 00 0 0 60 €18.0M€18M ’18 10
8 Aleksandar PrijovićFW 28 PAOK 10 0 7 42 €6.0M€6M ’18 10
9 Aleksandar MitrovićFW 23 Fulham 4010 4 2,268 112 €15.0M€15M ’18 00
10 Dušan TadićMF 29 Southampton 13420 29 9,620 00 €15.0M€17M ’16 30
11 Aleksandar Kolarov 2ndDF 32 Roma 28219 39 21,301 474 €12.0M€17M ’12 31
12 Predrag RajkovićGK 22 Maccabi Tel Aviv 00 0 0 60 €2.5M€2M ’16 00
13 Miloš VeljkovićDF 22 Werder Bremen 611 0 4,586 00 €6.5M€6M ’18 10
14 Milan RodićDF 27 Red Star Belgrade 00 0 0 00 €1.2M€1M ’18 00
15 Nikola MilenkovićDF 20 Fiorentina 160 0 1,255 00 €9.0M€9M ’18 30
16 Marko GrujićMF 22 Cardiff City 80 0 53 10 €5.0M€5M ’16 00
17 Filip KostićMF 25 Hamburger SV 12017 18 9,076 00 €6.0M€10M ’16 30
18 Nemanja RadonjićFW 22 Red Star Belgrade 00 0 0 00 €2.5M€2M ’18 20
19 Luka JovićFW 20 Eintracht Frankfurt 228 1 928 10 €8.0M€8M ’18 10
20 Sergej Milinković-SavićMF 23 Lazio 9417 10 7,226 00 €90.0M€90M ’18 30
21 Nemanja MatićMF 29 Manchester United 1595 17 12,764 383 €40.0M€40M ’15 30
22 Adem LjajićMF 26 Torino 22448 41 13,812 40 €13.0M€15M ’16 30
23 Marko DmitrovićGK 26 Eibar 360 0 3,240 00 €4.0M€4M ’18 00
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Branislav Ivanović
peak €24M (2013-01) → €3M at kickoff · −88%
Big-five league split
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LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League82362,76280
La Liga17314,3902
Serie A45231,73973
Bundesliga24218,02226
Ligue 11139,4881
Total top-5 1803136,401182
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
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Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Championship (Eng)916,487
Eredivisie (Ned)20817,830
Primeira Liga (Por)1037,628
Pro League (Bel)12910,064
Süper Lig (Tur)15513,656
All competitions (32 named + 55 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
SuperLiga (Srb)87565,301
Premier League (Eng)82362,762
Serie A (Ita)45231,739
Bundesliga (Ger)24218,022
UEFA Champions League22117,206
Eredivisie (Ned)20817,830
UEFA Europa League17513,788
LaLiga (Spa)17314,390
Süper Lig (Tur)15513,656
Premier Liga (Rus)14511,846
Pro League (Bel)12910,064
Premier League (Isr)12511,250
Ligue 1 (Fra)1139,488
2. Bundesliga (Ger)11210,020
Super League (Gre)1098,917
Primeira Liga (Por)1037,628
Championship (Eng)916,487
Segunda (Spa)797,077
FA Cup (Eng)796,284
EFL Cup (Eng)604,542
Super League (Sui)512,180
Coppa Italia (Ita)473,488
Ekstraklasa (Pol)442,735
UCL qualifying412,338
DFB-Pokal (Ger)332,588
Allsvenskan (Swe)271,586
Eliteserien (Nor)26980
Copa del Rey (Spa)211,811
Liga Portugal 2 (Por)181,254
UEFA Cup161,395
League One (Eng)14606
Coupe de France (Fra)10960
Other competitions (55 — minor leagues, cups, youth)79963,674
Squad traits
Mean height
187 cm
21/23 measured
Defender height
188 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
18%
prospect share
Goal dependency
26%
Adem Ljajić of squad league goals
Value dependency
32%
Sergej Milinković-Savić of squad value
Precocity
2,626′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Adem Ljajić (2,626′), Uroš Spajić (1,790′), Sergej Milinković-Savić (1,427′).

2022 squad — Group · value retention 63%

Paper Index: #102 of 240 all-time · #15 of 32 in 2022 (composite -0.15)

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#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Marko Dmitrović 2ndGK 30 Sevilla 1391 0 12,436 20 €5.0M€12M ’19 00
2 Strahinja PavlovićDF 21 Red Bull Salzburg 80 0 451 60 €20.0M€20M ’22 31
3 Strahinja ErakovićDF 21 Red Star Belgrade 00 0 0 00 €7.0M€7M ’22 00
4 Nikola Milenković 2ndDF 25 Fiorentina 16614 2 14,324 00 €20.0M€35M ’18 30
5 Miloš Veljković 2ndDF 27 Werder Bremen 1433 1 11,275 00 €5.0M€12M ’18 30
6 Nemanja MaksimovićMF 27 Getafe 1685 2 13,062 50 €10.0M€25M ’20 30
7 Nemanja Radonjić 2ndFW 26 Torino 7710 5 3,266 30 €4.0M€10M ’18 30
8 Nemanja GudeljMF 31 Sevilla 872 0 4,301 130 €4.0M€7M ’19 20
9 Aleksandar Mitrović 2ndFW 28 Fulham 11633 10 7,961 112 €28.0M€28M ’22 32
10 Dušan Tadić 2ndFW 33 Ajax 13420 29 9,620 3610 €7.0M€25M ’19 30
11 Luka Jović 2nd faded greatFW 24 Fiorentina 12235 12 5,740 100 €14.0M€60M ’19 20
12 Predrag Rajković 2ndGK 27 Mallorca 1160 0 10,395 60 €10.0M€10M ’22 10
13 Stefan MitrovićDF 32 Getafe 1644 2 14,151 70 €2.0M€4M ’18 10
14 Andrija Živković 2ndMF 26 PAOK 00 0 0 80 €6.0M€18M ’18 30
15 Srđan BabićDF 26 Almería 131 0 1,125 30 €3.0M€3M ’22 10
16 Saša LukićMF 26 Torino 16313 7 10,626 00 €13.0M€15M ’22 30
17 Filip Kostić 2ndMF 30 Juventus 26436 72 21,200 60 €24.0M€40M ’20 20
18 Dušan VlahovićFW 22 Juventus 12357 9 8,397 72 €80.0M€85M ’22 21
19 Uroš RačićMF 24 Braga 591 1 3,389 00 €6.5M€10M ’21 00
20 Sergej Milinković-Savić 2ndMF 27 Lazio 24551 47 19,692 70 €60.0M€90M ’18 31
21 Filip ĐuričićFW 30 Sampdoria 16616 14 8,983 31 €2.5M€10M ’20 20
22 Darko LazovićMF 32 Hellas Verona 21712 32 16,207 00 €2.5M€5M ’20 10
23 Vanja Milinković-SavićGK 25 Torino 500 0 4,485 00 €2.5M€4M ’21 30
24 Ivan IlićMF 21 Hellas Verona 683 4 4,983 00 €13.0M€14M ’22 10
25 Filip MladenovićDF 31 Legia Warsaw 160 2 858 112 €1.5M€3M ’21 10
26 Marko Grujić 2ndMF 26 Porto 599 2 4,252 170 €9.0M€20M ’19 10
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Luka Jović
peak €60M (2019-06) → €14M at kickoff · −77%
Big-five league split
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LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League26917,99153
La Liga59342,64414
Serie A120588,415172
Bundesliga56642,71577
Ligue 125019,41410
Total top-5 2883211,179326
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
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Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Championship (Eng)15011,663
Eredivisie (Ned)59348,764
Primeira Liga (Por)22212,979
Pro League (Bel)17514,009
All competitions (32 named + 65 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Serie A (Ita)120588,415
SuperLiga (Srb)98270,651
LaLiga (Spa)59342,644
Eredivisie (Ned)59348,764
Bundesliga (Ger)56642,715
UEFA Europa League27120,043
Premier League (Eng)26917,991
Ligue 1 (Fra)25019,414
Primeira Liga (Por)22212,979
Pro League (Bel)17514,009
Ekstraklasa (Pol)16513,733
UEFA Champions League16111,958
Championship (Eng)15011,663
Segunda (Spa)14312,491
Premier League (Isr)1029,180
Coppa Italia (Ita)1007,698
UCL qualifying816,256
Super League (Gre)574,300
Copa del Rey (Spa)533,872
DFB-Pokal (Ger)403,300
Super League (Chn)302,687
2. Bundesliga (Ger)262,307
Liga Portugal 2 (Por)261,974
EFL Cup (Eng)231,611
FA Cup (Eng)201,380
Bundesliga (Aut)11858
Super League (Sui)10586
Coupe de France (Fra)9609
Serie B (Ita)8720
First League (Cze)8685
AFC Champions League6533
UEFA Cup2170
Other competitions (65 — minor leagues, cups, youth)110388,352
Squad traits
Mean height
187 cm
26/26 measured
Defender height
189 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
33%
prospect share
Goal dependency
17%
Dušan Vlahović of squad league goals
Value dependency
22%
Dušan Vlahović of squad value
Precocity
3,766′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Ivan Ilić (3,766′), Dušan Vlahović (2,929′), Nikola Milenković (1,975′).