The wait for the 2022 World Cup getting underway is almost over, with hosts Qatar facing off with Ecuador in the opening game on Sunday 20th November 2022. Some youngsters will be looking to make a name for themselves on the biggest stage in world football, whilst some older players will be keen to finish their international careers on a high.
Here at My Betting Sites, we’ll take you through the youngest and oldest teams, as well as looking into the youngest and oldest players that are competing at this year’s World Cup.
Ghana Has The Youngest Team – England Are In The Top 10
With an average age of 24,4 Ghana is the team with the youngest squad at this World Cup, even though they actually do not have a single player among the five youngest players.
USA is the runner-up with an average age of 25.2 and the same applies for the USMNT – that they don’t have a player in the five youngest players participating in the World Cup.
In the top 10 there are big nations like Spain and England with respectively an average age of 26.2 and 26.4. These are also countries which have been told they have a golden generation, which seems to show off in this World Cup.
Iran Has The Oldest Team – Brazil And Argentina Are In The Top 5
Iran has the oldest national team at the World Cup with an average age of 28.9 but they actually don’t have a player in the five oldest players at the World Cup.
Brazil and Argentina have the third and the fourth oldest teams at the tournament with an average age of 27.88 (Brazil) and 27.92 (Argentina). Brazil actually has the third oldest player participating at the World Cup. Dani Alves is 39 years old and only two players are older than him.
Other big nations like Uruguay and Belgium are also in the top 10 and their teams have the exact same average age of 27.8.
Youngest Player – Youssoufa Moukoko
The Borussia Dortmund sensation is only 17 years old which makes him the youngest player to participate at this year’s World Cup.
You can see an overview of the full list here:
- Youssouffa Moukoko, 17, Germany
- Garang Kuol, 18, Australia
- Jewison Bennette, 18, Costa Rica
- Bilal El Khannouss, 18, Morocco
- Gavi, 18, Spain
Oldest Player – Alfredo Tavalera
As mentioned earlier, Dani Alves is the third oldest player participating in the World Cup. There’s maybe a former Barcelona vs Real Madrid rivalry in this sense as well, because Pepe is number four on the list. Mexico’s Alfredo Tavalera is the oldest player competing at this year’s World Cup at the age of 40.
You can see an overview of the full list here:
- Alfredo Tavalera, 40, Mexico
- Eiji Kawashima, 39, Japan
- Dani Alves, 39, Brazil
- Pepe, 39, Portugal
- Remko Pasveer, 39, Netherlands
Methodology:
We used Transfermarkt as the source to find all the players that are participating in the World Cup. From there we scraped the players’ ages which in the end led us to the results of the youngest and the oldest teams.
