Substitutes

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.

Most Made Substitutes
Player Out Player In Number
Kasper Dolberg Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 15
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Kasper Dolberg 12
Tscheu La Ling Simon Tahamata 12
Stefan Pettersson Ronald de Boer 11
Amin Younes Viktor Fischer 11
Rob Witschge Bryan Roy 11
Lasse Schöne Donny van de Beek 11
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson Danny Hoesen 11
Marc Overmars Peter van Vossen 11
Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu Dennis Rommedahl 10
Mauro Rosales Daniël de Ridder 10
Arnold Mühren Richard Witschge 10
Piet Keizer Ruud Suurendonk 10
John Bosman Aron Winter 10
Markus Rosenberg Ryan Babel 10
Frank Arnesen Geert Meijer 9
Vurnon Anita Miralem Sulejmani 9
John van 't Schip Dennis Bergkamp 9
Piet Keizer Arnold Mühren 9
Kasper Dolberg Mateo Cassierra 9
Derk Boerrigter Lorenzo Ebecilio 9
Darío Cvitanich Leonardo 9
Jari Litmanen Dean Gorré 9
Marco van Basten John van 't Schip 9
Tom de Mul Mauro Rosales 8
Shota Arveladze Wamberto 8
Markus Rosenberg Angelos Charisteas 8
Arek Milik Richairo Živković 8
Ricardo Kishna Anwar El-Ghazi 8
Jari Litmanen Martijn Reuser 8
Nikos Machlas Zlatan Ibrahimović 8
Sjaak Swart Johnny Rep 8
Zlatan Ibrahimović Nikos Machlas 8
Marko Pantelić Dennis Rommedahl 8
Rob Witschge Dennis Bergkamp 8
Jari Litmanen Nwankwo Kanu 8
Lorenzo Ebecilio Aras Özbiliz 8
Most Often Substituted Out
Player Out Number
Lasse Schöne 89
Jari Litmanen 85
Piet Keizer 64
Tscheu La Ling 64
Ronald de Boer 63
Steven Pienaar 58
Wesley Sneijder 54
Hakim Ziyech 53
Siem de Jong 52
Urby Emanuelson 51
Miralem Sulejmani 49
Donny van de Beek 47
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 46
Zlatan Ibrahimović 44
John Bosman 43
Edgar Davids 43
Stefan Pettersson 43
David Neres 42
Bryan Roy 42
Richard Witschge 42
Amin Younes 41
Ryan Babel 41
John van 't Schip 41
Arnold Mühren 40
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 40
Danny Blind 40
Nikos Machlas 40
Gerald Vanenburg 40
Kasper Dolberg 39
Frank Arnesen 39
Sjaak Swart 38
Eyong Enoh 38
Marc Overmars 38
Wamberto 38
Viktor Fischer 38
Johan Cruijff 37
Shota Arveladze 36
Frank Rijkaard 36
Tijjani Babangida 36
Rob Witschge 35
Dennis Bergkamp 35
Frank de Boer 34
Mauro Rosales 33
Rafael van der Vaart 33
Vurnon Anita 32
Aron Winter 32
Gabri 30
Derk Boerrigter 30
Most Often Substituted In
Player In Number
Siem de Jong 60
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 53
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
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
David Neres 33
Dani 32
Geert Meijer 32
Benni McCarthy 32
Christian Eriksen 31
Zlatan Ibrahimović 30
Nigel de Jong 30
Michel Kreek 30
Least Average Minutes on the Pitch
Player Minutes per Match Matches
Dani de Wit 9.8 14
Richairo Živković 16.7 11
Aitze Bouma 21.7 14
Wilco van Buuren 25.5 11
Edgar Manucharyan 26.5 13
Niki Zimling 28 12
Daniel Cruz 29.3 14
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 29.6 16
Mateo Cassierra 31.9 34
Brutil Hosé 31.9 20
Gerald Sibon 33.9 30
Dmitri Bulykin 35.5 26
Dave van den Bergh 37.3 14
Zakaria Labyad 38 23
Daniël de Ridder 38.4 35
Danny Hoesen 38.5 44
Noa Lang 39.5 13
Nicolás Lodeiro 39.7 28
Leonardo 39.9 52
Abdelhak Nouri 40.1 15
Iván Gabrich 40.5 11
Guido Pen 41.1 23
Aras Özbiliz 41.6 37
Ron Willems 41.8 52
Evander Sno 42 16
Ruud Kaiser 42.2 13
Mitchell Donald 42.2 17
Pius Ikedia 42.3 32
Vaclav Cerny 43.4 29
Martijn Reuser 44 58
Nicolae Mitea 44.3 75
Most Goals After Substituted In
Player Minutes per Goal Minutes Goals
Nikos Machlas 38.2 382 10
Cedric van der Gun 51.6 258 5
Marco van Basten 70 490 7
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 71.7 1147 16
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
David Neres 153.6 768 5
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
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