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
Antony David Neres 28
Noussair Mazraoui Devyne Rensch 16
Kasper Dolberg Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 15
Steven Berghuis Davy Klaassen 12
Daley Blind Nicolás Tagliafico 12
Tscheu La Ling Simon Tahamata 12
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Kasper Dolberg 12
Rob Witschge Bryan Roy 11
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson Danny Hoesen 11
Amin Younes Viktor Fischer 11
Lasse Schöne Donny van de Beek 11
Marc Overmars Peter van Vossen 11
Stefan Pettersson Ronald de Boer 11
Sébastien Haller Brian Brobbey 11
Markus Rosenberg Ryan Babel 10
Davy Klaassen Mohammed Kudus 10
Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu Dennis Rommedahl 10
Piet Keizer Ruud Suurendonk 10
Mauro Rosales Daniël de Ridder 10
John Bosman Aron Winter 10
Arnold Mühren Richard Witschge 10
Piet Keizer Arnold Mühren 9
Frank Arnesen Geert Meijer 9
Darío Cvitanich Leonardo 9
Marco van Basten John van 't Schip 9
Vurnon Anita Miralem Sulejmani 9
Derk Boerrigter Lorenzo Ebecilio 9
Jari Litmanen Dean Gorré 9
John van 't Schip Dennis Bergkamp 9
Kasper Dolberg Mateo Cassierra 9
Arek Milik Richairo Živković 8
Sjaak Swart Johnny Rep 8
Devyne Rensch Perr Schuurs 8
Rob Witschge Dennis Bergkamp 8
Jari Litmanen Nwankwo Kanu 8
Jari Litmanen Martijn Reuser 8
Tom de Mul Mauro Rosales 8
Ricardo Kishna Anwar El-Ghazi 8
Lorenzo Ebecilio Aras Özbiliz 8
Marko Pantelić Dennis Rommedahl 8
Shota Arveladze Wamberto 8
Nikos Machlas Zlatan Ibrahimović 8
Markus Rosenberg Angelos Charisteas 8
Zlatan Ibrahimović Nikos Machlas 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
David Neres 62
Davy Klaassen 60
Steven Pienaar 58
Daley Blind 58
Wesley Sneijder 54
Hakim Ziyech 53
Noussair Mazraoui 53
Siem de Jong 52
Urby Emanuelson 51
Antony 50
Miralem Sulejmani 49
Donny van de Beek 47
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 46
Dusan Tadic 46
Zlatan Ibrahimović 44
Stefan Pettersson 43
Edgar Davids 43
John Bosman 43
Richard Witschge 42
Bryan Roy 42
John van 't Schip 41
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 41
Amin Younes 41
Ryan Babel 41
Arnold Mühren 40
Nikos Machlas 40
Gerald Vanenburg 40
Danny Blind 40
Kasper Dolberg 39
Frank Arnesen 39
Sjaak Swart 38
Wamberto 38
Marc Overmars 38
Eyong Enoh 38
Viktor Fischer 38
Steven Berghuis 37
Johan Cruijff 37
Frank Rijkaard 36
Shota Arveladze 36
Tijjani Babangida 36
Dennis Bergkamp 35
Edson Álvarez 35
Rob Witschge 35
Devyne Rensch 35
Frank de Boer 34
Mauro Rosales 33
Rafael van der Vaart 33
Vurnon Anita 32
Aron Winter 32
Derk Boerrigter 30
Gabri 30
Most Often Substituted In
Player In Number
David Neres 67
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 64
Siem de Jong 60
Lasse Schöne 52
Arnold Mühren 51
Davy Klaassen 49
Arnold Scholten 49
John van 't Schip 48
Miralem Sulejmani 48
Wamberto 47
Dennis Rommedahl 47
Thulani Serero 46
Ryan Babel 46
Dennis Bergkamp 45
Nordin Wooter 45
Nicolae Mitea 45
Richard Witschge 43
Mohammed Kudus 42
John Bosman 42
Kasper Dolberg 40
Ronald de Boer 40
Nourdin Boukhari 39
Leonardo 39
Ruud Suurendonk 37
Jari Litmanen 37
Donny van de Beek 37
Brian Brobbey 36
Bryan Roy 35
Perr Schuurs 35
Ron Willems 35
Martijn Reuser 35
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 34
Viktor Fischer 34
Sonny Silooy 33
Benni McCarthy 32
Geert Meijer 32
Dani 32
Christian Eriksen 31
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 31
Michel Kreek 30
Zakaria Labyad 30
Nigel de Jong 30
Zlatan Ibrahimović 30
Least Average Minutes on the Pitch
Player Minutes per Match Matches
Dani de Wit 9.8 14
Richairo Živković 16.7 11
Lorenzo Lucca 17.9 11
Oussama Idrissi 20.2 14
Florian Grillitsch 21.6 10
Aitze Bouma 21.7 14
Mohamed Daramy 23.1 16
Wilco van Buuren 25.5 11
Edgar Manucharyan 26.5 13
Danilo Pereira da Silva 27.7 20
Niki Zimling 28 12
Daniel Cruz 29.3 14
Francisco Conceicao 31.8 13
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
Brian Brobbey 36.5 56
Noa Lang 37.2 14
Dave van den Bergh 37.3 14
Mohammed Kudus 37.7 66
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
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
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
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 65.2 1303 20
Brian Brobbey 67.2 672 10
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
Mohammed Kudus 126.5 759 6
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
Davy Klaassen 231.8 1159 5
Arnold Mühren 247.7 1734 7
Wamberto 266.8 1334 5