CIES Football Observatory

n°236 - 08/10/2018

Demography

Real Madrid most stable club in Europe

Only three teams in Europe have fielded this season players who have been in the first team squad since more than five years on average: Real Madrid (5.84 years), Barcelona (5.36) and Bayern Munich (5.26). Issue number 236 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post also reveals that another Champions League participant, Viktoria Plzeň, is the most stable club outside of the big-5 (4.28 years).

The majority of teams with the highest stability figures are among the most competitive teams in their respective leagues. The opposite holds true for the least stable clubs. The lowest stability levels were recorded for the Croatian team Istra (0.15 years) among the 31 top divisions surveyed and for the Italian side Parma (0.65 years) at big-5 league level.

The data for all teams in the competitions analysed is available in the exclusive CIES Football Observatory Demographic Atlas. Monthly Reports number 34 and number 38 discuss from multiple angles the link between stability and success. More analysis is also presented on a daily basis from our Twitter account. Follow us!

Average stay in the first team squad of the employer club (years)

Domestic league matches from 01/07/2018 to 01/10/2018

Most stable teams, big-5 leagues

Least stable teams, big-5 leagues

Most stable teams, 26 other leagues

Least stable teams, 26 other leagues

26 other leagues: AUT, BEL, BLR, BUL, CRO, CYP, CZE, DEN, FIN, GRE, HUN, ISR, NED, NOR, POL, POR, ROM, RUS, SCO, SRB, SUI, SVK, SVN, SWE, TUR, UKR

CIES Football Observatory

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel

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