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 |
Steven Pienaar | 58 |
Wesley Sneijder | 54 |
Hakim Ziyech | 53 |
Siem de Jong | 52 |
David Neres | 51 |
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 |
Bryan Roy | 42 |
Richard Witschge | 42 |
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 41 |
Amin Younes | 41 |
Ryan Babel | 41 |
John van 't Schip | 41 |
Arnold Mühren | 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 |
Noussair Mazraoui | 38 |
Wamberto | 38 |
Viktor Fischer | 38 |
Johan Cruijff | 37 |
Daley Blind | 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 |
Davy Klaassen | 33 |
Vurnon Anita | 32 |
Aron Winter | 32 |
Gabri | 30 |
Derk Boerrigter | 30 |
Player In | Number |
---|---|
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 63 |
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 |
David Neres | 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 |
Dani | 32 |
Geert Meijer | 32 |
Benni McCarthy | 32 |
Christian Eriksen | 31 |
Zlatan Ibrahimović | 30 |
Nigel de Jong | 30 |
Michel Kreek | 30 |
Player | Minutes per Match | Matches |
---|---|---|
Dani de Wit | 9.8 | 14 |
Richairo Živković | 16.7 | 11 |
Brian Brobbey | 21 | 10 |
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 | 31.8 | 33 |
Mateo Cassierra | 31.9 | 34 |
Brutil Hosé | 31.9 | 20 |
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 |
Guido Pen | 41.1 | 23 |
Aras Özbiliz | 41.6 | 37 |
Ron Willems | 41.8 | 52 |
Mohammed Kudus | 41.9 | 10 |
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 |
Zakaria Labyad | 44.8 | 48 |
Player | Minutes per Goal | Minutes | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Nikos Machlas | 38.2 | 382 | 10 |
Cedric van der Gun | 51.6 | 258 | 5 |
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 63.8 | 1276 | 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 |
Aron Winter | 112.3 | 674 | 6 |
Peter Hoekstra | 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 |
David Neres | 155.9 | 1091 | 7 |
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 |