Published On 4/6/2026
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Last update: 19:02 (Mecca time)
The Saudi national football team broke its records again, after its market value recorded an unprecedented historical jump, exceeding the barrier of 40 million euros for the first time in its history, just one week before the start of the 2026 World Cup finals.
According to the latest updates of the international website “Transfer Market”, which specializes in player numbers and statistics, the market value of the Saudi national team has jumped to reach 40.68 million euros, which is the highest number ever in the career of “Al-Akhdar”, and this rise came only two days after it reached a previous marketing peak.
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The most important factors behind the historical leap
Saud Abdel Hamid, a professional in the French ranks of Lens, contributed mainly to this boom, after his market value witnessed a strong increase of 80% to reach 9 million euros, which pushed the total value of the team to exceed the barrier of 37 million euros in the first stage.
This historic leap is the direct result of the project to professionalize the Saudi player abroad, which was recently supported by the Ministry of Sports and the Saudi Football Federation.
It is noteworthy that the market value of the Saudi national team during the 2022 Qatar World Cup was only between 25 and 29 million euros (and the most expensive player at that time did not exceed 3 million euros, such as Sultan Al-Ghannam or Salem Al-Dosari).
Reaching 40.68 million euros is good growth in a few years, and it is a strong economic indicator of the development of the quality of young Saudi players such as Musab Al-Jawir, whose value rose to 6 million euros, as well as Khaled Al-Ghannam, whose value reached 2.5 million euros.
But on the other hand, the comparison with Spain, the European 2024 champion, and Uruguay, its opponents in Group H, seems very far-fetched. The market value of “La Roja” is close to one billion euros, thanks to stars such as Lamine Yamal, Rodri, and Javi. While the difference reaches ten times when talking about “La Celeste”, whose value exceeded 400 million euros. As for Cape Verde, the fourth side of the equation, its marketing value ranges between 30 and 33 million euros.
The Greens will begin their campaign with a strong confrontation against the Uruguay national team on June 16, before facing the Spanish national team in the second round on June 21, and concluding their group stage matches against the Cape Verde national team (Cape Verde) six days later.
