Rangers have the oldest crew in Scottish soccer, in accordance with information from the CIES Soccer Observatory. For the reason that begin of the season, the common age of gamers in Giovanni van Bronckhorst's crew was 28.42, the best determine of any 12 Premiership sides.
On the different finish of the size, Aberdeen are the youngest at 25.67, adopted by Celtic (26.07) and Hibs (26.31). When damaged all the way down to share of minutes performed by age class, Aberdeen had the best of below 21s at 23%.
For 22-25s Hibs got here out on high at 53.5%, 26-29s was Livingston at 56.85 and for over 30s it was St Johnstone 39.1%. Celtic had the bottom share of minutes performed by over 30s at 11.8 per cent, whereas Livingston got here in backside for enjoying below 21s at 1.5%, adopted by Hearts 4.8%. CIES pulled collectively information from 60 leagues worldwide (not together with B-teams) to collect their figures.
They found that Danish aspect FC Nordsjaelland had the bottom common age at 22.31 - 73.7% of minutes performed by under-21s. On the different finish of the size, Thai membership Nongbua Pitchaya had the oldest crew at 31.99.
When solely bearing in mind the common age of golf equipment in Europe’s massive 5 leagues (England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France), Spanish aspect Valencia (23.99) had been the youngest, with Bochum of Germany the oldest (29.85)
Scotland
Common age on the pitch for the reason that begin of the season:
Age Membership
25.67 Aberdeen
26.07 Celtic
26.3.1 Hibs
26.64 Ross County
26.69 Kilmarnock
27.27 Dundee United
27.28 Motherwell
27.8 Hearts
27.97 St Mirren
28.05 Livingston
28.26 St Johnstone
28.42 Rangers
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