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
Brian Brobbey Chuba Akpom 14
Steven Berghuis Davy Klaassen 13
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Kasper Dolberg 12
Tscheu La Ling Simon Tahamata 12
Daley Blind Nicolás Tagliafico 12
Sébastien Haller Brian Brobbey 11
Rob Witschge Bryan Roy 11
Stefan Pettersson Ronald de Boer 11
Marc Overmars Peter van Vossen 11
Lasse Schöne Donny van de Beek 11
Amin Younes Viktor Fischer 11
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson Danny Hoesen 11
Davy Klaassen Mohammed Kudus 10
Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu Dennis Rommedahl 10
Piet Keizer Ruud Suurendonk 10
Markus Rosenberg Ryan Babel 10
Mauro Rosales Daniël de Ridder 10
John Bosman Aron Winter 10
Arnold Mühren Richard Witschge 10
Piet Keizer Arnold Mühren 9
Darío Cvitanich Leonardo 9
Frank Arnesen Geert Meijer 9
Vurnon Anita Miralem Sulejmani 9
Derk Boerrigter Lorenzo Ebecilio 9
Marco van Basten John van 't Schip 9
Jari Litmanen Dean Gorré 9
John van 't Schip Dennis Bergkamp 9
Kasper Dolberg Mateo Cassierra 9
Jari Litmanen Martijn Reuser 8
Sjaak Swart Johnny Rep 8
Steven Bergwijn Brian Brobbey 8
Devyne Rensch Perr Schuurs 8
Rob Witschge Dennis Bergkamp 8
Jari Litmanen Nwankwo Kanu 8
Tom de Mul Mauro Rosales 8
Arek Milik Richairo Živković 8
Ricardo Kishna Anwar El-Ghazi 8
Shota Arveladze Wamberto 8
Lorenzo Ebecilio Aras Özbiliz 8
Marko Pantelić Dennis Rommedahl 8
Nikos Machlas Zlatan Ibrahimović 8
Zlatan Ibrahimović Nikos Machlas 8
Markus Rosenberg Angelos Charisteas 8
Least Average Minutes on the Pitch
Player Minutes per Match Matches
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
Christian Rasmussen 26.3 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
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
Florian Grillitsch 34.6 18
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
Mika Godts 42.8 39
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
Marco van Basten 70 490 7
Chuba Akpom 70.1 631 9
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
Brian Brobbey 84.9 1274 15
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
Davy Klaassen 187.1 1497 8
Nordin Wooter 229.2 1146 5
Arnold Mühren 247.7 1734 7
Wamberto 266.8 1334 5