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
Brian Brobbey Wout Weghorst 16
Brian Brobbey Chuba Akpom 16
Noussair Mazraoui Devyne Rensch 16
Kasper Dolberg Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 15
Steven Berghuis Davy Klaassen 13
Tscheu La Ling Simon Tahamata 12
Daley Blind Nicolás Tagliafico 12
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Kasper Dolberg 12
Marc Overmars Peter van Vossen 11
Amin Younes Viktor Fischer 11
Lasse Schöne Donny van de Beek 11
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson Danny Hoesen 11
Sébastien Haller Brian Brobbey 11
Stefan Pettersson Ronald de Boer 11
Rob Witschge Bryan Roy 11
Davy Klaassen Mohammed Kudus 10
Arnold Mühren Richard Witschge 10
John Bosman Aron Winter 10
Mauro Rosales Daniël de Ridder 10
Piet Keizer Ruud Suurendonk 10
Markus Rosenberg Ryan Babel 10
Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu Dennis Rommedahl 10
Derk Boerrigter Lorenzo Ebecilio 9
Vurnon Anita Miralem Sulejmani 9
Kasper Dolberg Mateo Cassierra 9
Kenneth Taylor Branco van der Boomen 9
Mika Godts Oliver Edvardsen 9
Piet Keizer Arnold Mühren 9
Darío Cvitanich Leonardo 9
Frank Arnesen Geert Meijer 9
Marco van Basten John van 't Schip 9
Jari Litmanen Dean Gorré 9
John van 't Schip Dennis Bergkamp 9
Jari Litmanen Nwankwo Kanu 8
Sjaak Swart Johnny Rep 8
Mika Godts Chuba Akpom 8
Devyne Rensch Anton Gaaei 8
Jorrel Hato Owen Wijndal 8
Steven Bergwijn Brian Brobbey 8
Rob Witschge Dennis Bergkamp 8
Devyne Rensch Perr Schuurs 8
Lorenzo Ebecilio Aras Özbiliz 8
Jari Litmanen Martijn Reuser 8
Shota Arveladze Wamberto 8
Nikos Machlas Zlatan Ibrahimović 8
Zlatan Ibrahimović Nikos Machlas 8
Tom de Mul Mauro Rosales 8
Markus Rosenberg Angelos Charisteas 8
Arek Milik Richairo Živković 8
Ricardo Kishna Anwar El-Ghazi 8
Marko Pantelić Dennis Rommedahl 8
Most Often Substituted Out
Player Out Number
Lasse Schöne 89
Jari Litmanen 85
Davy Klaassen 83
Steven Berghuis 72
Brian Brobbey 71
Kenneth Taylor 65
Piet Keizer 64
Tscheu La Ling 64
Ronald de Boer 63
David Neres 62
Daley Blind 58
Steven Pienaar 58
Wesley Sneijder 54
Noussair Mazraoui 53
Hakim Ziyech 53
Devyne Rensch 53
Siem de Jong 52
Urby Emanuelson 51
Antony 50
Miralem Sulejmani 49
Dusan Tadic 48
Donny van de Beek 47
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 46
Bertrand Traoré 46
Zlatan Ibrahimović 44
Bryan Roy 43
Edgar Davids 43
Stefan Pettersson 43
John Bosman 42
Richard Witschge 42
Amin Younes 41
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 41
Ryan Babel 41
John van 't Schip 41
Gerald Vanenburg 40
Nikos Machlas 40
Arnold Mühren 40
Danny Blind 40
Kasper Dolberg 39
Frank Arnesen 39
Wamberto 38
Eyong Enoh 38
Marc Overmars 38
Viktor Fischer 38
Sjaak Swart 38
Mika Godts 37
Johan Cruijff 37
Shota Arveladze 36
Tijjani Babangida 36
Edson Álvarez 36
Frank Rijkaard 36
Dennis Bergkamp 35
Rob Witschge 35
Steven Bergwijn 35
Frank de Boer 34
Mauro Rosales 33
Rafael van der Vaart 33
Aron Winter 33
Vurnon Anita 32
Derk Boerrigter 30
Gabri 30
Most Often Substituted In
Player In Number
David Neres 67
Davy Klaassen 66
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 64
Brian Brobbey 62
Siem de Jong 60
Lasse Schöne 53
Arnold Mühren 51
Arnold Scholten 49
John van 't Schip 48
Miralem Sulejmani 48
Dennis Rommedahl 47
Wamberto 47
Thulani Serero 46
Ryan Babel 46
Dennis Bergkamp 45
Nicolae Mitea 45
Nordin Wooter 45
Richard Witschge 43
Mohammed Kudus 42
John Bosman 42
Chuba Akpom 41
Kasper Dolberg 40
Ronald de Boer 40
Nourdin Boukhari 39
Leonardo 39
Donny van de Beek 37
Ruud Suurendonk 37
Jari Litmanen 37
Ron Willems 36
Perr Schuurs 35
Bryan Roy 35
Martijn Reuser 35
Anton Gaaei 34
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 34
Viktor Fischer 34
Sonny Silooy 33
Dani 32
Geert Meijer 32
Steven Berghuis 32
Branco van der Boomen 32
Benni McCarthy 32
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 31
Christian Eriksen 31
Zakaria Labyad 30
Michel Kreek 30
Devyne Rensch 30
Kenneth Taylor 30
Nigel de Jong 30
Zlatan Ibrahimović 30
Least Average Minutes on the Pitch
Player Minutes per Match Matches
Julian Rijkhoff 7.9 11
Dani de Wit 9.8 14
Lorenzo Lucca 14.8 16
Richairo Živković 16.7 11
Oussama Idrissi 20.2 14
Aitze Bouma 21.7 14
Mohamed Daramy 23.1 16
Anass Salah-Eddine 23.8 10
Wilco van Buuren 25.5 11
Edgar Manucharyan 26.5 13
Francisco Conceicao 26.6 28
Danilo Pereira da Silva 27.7 20
Niki Zimling 28 12
Daniel Cruz 29.3 14
Christian Rasmussen 29.4 25
Silvano Vos 31.1 16
Mateo Cassierra 31.9 34
Brutil Hosé 31.9 20
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 32.9 40
Gerald Sibon 33.9 30
Youri Regeer 33.9 12
Florian Grillitsch 34.6 18
Oliver Edvardsen 35.5 15
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
Evander Sno 42 16
Ruud Kaiser 42.2 13
Mitchell Donald 42.2 17
Pius Ikedia 42.3 32
Wout Weghorst 42.4 31
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 55 275 5
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
Wout Weghorst 82.6 578 7
Danny Hoesen 84.6 423 5
Brian Brobbey 84.9 1274 15
Patrick Kluivert 88 616 7
Kenneth Pérez 92 644 7
Chuba Akpom 93.1 1024 11
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
Bertrand Traoré 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
Davy Klaassen 205 1640 8
Nordin Wooter 229.2 1146 5
Arnold Mühren 247.7 1734 7
Wamberto 266.8 1334 5