Before season 1957-58 it is not clear what the restrictions are exactly with respect to substitutions, but match reports make clear there was not (always) a restriction on the number of substitutes in a match, but that substitutes were only allowed if a player was injured, while there were also regular references that an opponent had to approve a substitution.
In the season 1957-58 the substitute rules changed so that only 1 field player and 1 goalkeeper were allowed to be substituted during a match, still only when they were injured. During a very short period there was an additional restriction, namely that players were only allowed to be substituted before the 44th minute. This extra restriction was soon removed after an incident where a player got injured and the 44th minute and was not allowed to be substituted by the referee in the 45th minute.
Only at the start of season 1967-68 the restriction that only injured players could be substituted was relaxed, making it possible to make tactica; substitutions. At that time the regulations for the FIFA and various country associations differ, as an example until season 1965-66 it was not allowed to make substitutions in the English leagues.
At the start of season 1969-70 the regulations of the Dutch soccer association became the same as the FIFA regulations, besides the goalkeeper it was now allowed to substitute two field players.
There was one more change at the start of season 1995-96 which got us to the situation we have now. It is allowed to substitute any three players (so the restriction that one has to be a goalkeeper has been removed).
Find below tables with the following statistics wrt the substitutes at Ajax in official matches: Most Made Substitutes, Most Often Substituted Out, Most Often Substituted In, Least Average Minutes on the Pitch and Most Goals After Substituted In.
Player Out | Number |
---|---|
Lasse Schöne | 89 |
Jari Litmanen | 85 |
Piet Keizer | 64 |
Tscheu La Ling | 64 |
Ronald de Boer | 63 |
David Neres | 62 |
Steven Pienaar | 58 |
Davy Klaassen | 56 |
Wesley Sneijder | 54 |
Daley Blind | 53 |
Noussair Mazraoui | 53 |
Hakim Ziyech | 53 |
Siem de Jong | 52 |
Urby Emanuelson | 51 |
Antony | 49 |
Miralem Sulejmani | 49 |
Donny van de Beek | 47 |
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson | 46 |
Zlatan Ibrahimović | 44 |
John Bosman | 43 |
Edgar Davids | 43 |
Stefan Pettersson | 43 |
Bryan Roy | 42 |
Richard Witschge | 42 |
Amin Younes | 41 |
Ryan Babel | 41 |
John van 't Schip | 41 |
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 41 |
Dusan Tadic | 41 |
Gerald Vanenburg | 40 |
Arnold Mühren | 40 |
Danny Blind | 40 |
Nikos Machlas | 40 |
Kasper Dolberg | 39 |
Frank Arnesen | 39 |
Viktor Fischer | 38 |
Sjaak Swart | 38 |
Eyong Enoh | 38 |
Marc Overmars | 38 |
Wamberto | 38 |
Johan Cruijff | 37 |
Tijjani Babangida | 36 |
Shota Arveladze | 36 |
Frank Rijkaard | 36 |
Rob Witschge | 35 |
Dennis Bergkamp | 35 |
Frank de Boer | 34 |
Rafael van der Vaart | 33 |
Mauro Rosales | 33 |
Aron Winter | 32 |
Vurnon Anita | 32 |
Gabri | 30 |
Derk Boerrigter | 30 |
Edson Álvarez | 30 |
Player In | Number |
---|---|
David Neres | 67 |
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 64 |
Siem de Jong | 60 |
Lasse Schöne | 52 |
Arnold Mühren | 51 |
Arnold Scholten | 49 |
John van 't Schip | 48 |
Miralem Sulejmani | 48 |
Dennis Rommedahl | 47 |
Wamberto | 47 |
Ryan Babel | 46 |
Thulani Serero | 46 |
Nicolae Mitea | 45 |
Dennis Bergkamp | 45 |
Nordin Wooter | 45 |
Richard Witschge | 43 |
John Bosman | 42 |
Ronald de Boer | 40 |
Kasper Dolberg | 40 |
Leonardo | 39 |
Nourdin Boukhari | 39 |
Davy Klaassen | 37 |
Jari Litmanen | 37 |
Ruud Suurendonk | 37 |
Donny van de Beek | 37 |
Bryan Roy | 35 |
Ron Willems | 35 |
Martijn Reuser | 35 |
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson | 34 |
Viktor Fischer | 34 |
Sonny Silooy | 33 |
Perr Schuurs | 33 |
Dani | 32 |
Geert Meijer | 32 |
Benni McCarthy | 32 |
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | 31 |
Christian Eriksen | 31 |
Zlatan Ibrahimović | 30 |
Zakaria Labyad | 30 |
Nigel de Jong | 30 |
Michel Kreek | 30 |
Player | Minutes per Match | Matches |
---|---|---|
Dani de Wit | 9.8 | 14 |
Richairo Živković | 16.7 | 11 |
Oussama Idrissi | 20.2 | 14 |
Aitze Bouma | 21.7 | 14 |
Mohamed Daramy | 23.1 | 16 |
Wilco van Buuren | 25.5 | 11 |
Edgar Manucharyan | 26.5 | 13 |
Brian Brobbey | 27.3 | 32 |
Danilo Pereira da Silva | 27.7 | 20 |
Niki Zimling | 28 | 12 |
Daniel Cruz | 29.3 | 14 |
Mohammed Kudus | 31.8 | 42 |
Mateo Cassierra | 31.9 | 34 |
Brutil Hosé | 31.9 | 20 |
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | 32.9 | 40 |
Gerald Sibon | 33.9 | 30 |
Dmitri Bulykin | 35.5 | 26 |
Noa Lang | 37.2 | 14 |
Dave van den Bergh | 37.3 | 14 |
Daniël de Ridder | 38.4 | 35 |
Danny Hoesen | 38.5 | 44 |
Nicolás Lodeiro | 39.7 | 28 |
Leonardo | 39.9 | 52 |
Abdelhak Nouri | 40.1 | 15 |
Iván Gabrich | 40.5 | 11 |
Sean Klaiber | 41 | 22 |
Guido Pen | 41.1 | 23 |
Zakaria Labyad | 41.1 | 54 |
Aras Özbiliz | 41.6 | 37 |
Ron Willems | 41.8 | 52 |
Kenneth Taylor | 42 | 22 |
Evander Sno | 42 | 16 |
Ruud Kaiser | 42.2 | 13 |
Mitchell Donald | 42.2 | 17 |
Pius Ikedia | 42.3 | 32 |
Vaclav Cerny | 43.4 | 29 |
Lassina Traoré | 43.4 | 31 |
Martijn Reuser | 44 | 58 |
Nicolae Mitea | 44.3 | 75 |
Player | Minutes per Goal | Minutes | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Nikos Machlas | 38.2 | 382 | 10 |
Cedric van der Gun | 51.6 | 258 | 5 |
Brian Brobbey | 61.3 | 429 | 7 |
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 65.2 | 1303 | 20 |
Marco van Basten | 70 | 490 | 7 |
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson | 76.8 | 768 | 10 |
Benni McCarthy | 78.7 | 787 | 10 |
Dmitri Bulykin | 79 | 395 | 5 |
Stefan Pettersson | 81 | 567 | 7 |
Shota Arveladze | 82.2 | 822 | 10 |
Danny Hoesen | 84.6 | 423 | 5 |
Patrick Kluivert | 88 | 616 | 7 |
Kenneth Pérez | 92 | 644 | 7 |
Gerald Vanenburg | 96.3 | 578 | 6 |
Nourdin Boukhari | 97 | 679 | 7 |
Zlatan Ibrahimović | 104.1 | 937 | 9 |
Johnny Rep | 106.8 | 854 | 8 |
Peter Hoekstra | 112.3 | 674 | 6 |
Aron Winter | 112.3 | 674 | 6 |
John Bosman | 114.1 | 1369 | 12 |
Ryan Babel | 117.3 | 1173 | 10 |
Dennis Rommedahl | 127.2 | 1399 | 11 |
Mido | 132 | 660 | 5 |
Kasper Dolberg | 135.7 | 950 | 7 |
Dean Gorré | 136.7 | 820 | 6 |
Ronald de Boer | 150.1 | 1051 | 7 |
Lasse Schöne | 155.5 | 1244 | 8 |
Leonardo | 156.4 | 1095 | 7 |
Ron Willems | 160.8 | 804 | 5 |
Nicolae Mitea | 160.9 | 1126 | 7 |
Ruud Suurendonk | 162 | 1134 | 7 |
David Neres | 169.4 | 1525 | 9 |
Dennis Bergkamp | 177.9 | 1245 | 7 |
Siem de Jong | 181 | 1267 | 7 |
Nordin Wooter | 229.2 | 1146 | 5 |
Arnold Mühren | 247.7 | 1734 | 7 |
Wamberto | 266.8 | 1334 | 5 |