How many substitute in football

UEFA confirmed the measures in March in order to help ease player workload following a gruelling domestic campaign during the coronavirus pandemic. Almost all top-level football typically deploys three subs but that changed last season, including in the Champions League, where five were also used.

In fact, the Premier League, was the only top division in Europe not to have allowed five substitutes for the season. With the Euro final taking place on 11th July , players will go on a much needed break with the Premier League kicking off on 14th August.

Domestic leagues in many countries, too, introduced substitutions in the 50s but initially it was just to replace injured players. It was only in the s that the teams were allowed to make a maximum of three substitutions and now, another two decades later, that has been increased to five, albeit temporarily. Apart from contentions that the latest rule change will fuel disparity between teams and favour those who can afford bigger, stronger squads, it is held that allowing five substitutes can have a profound impact on the game.

As Setien feared, Barcelona and other teams that profess a similar philosophy would be at a disadvantage while, at the same time, counter-pressing sides could benefit from employing more fresh legs.

By the end of regulation time, they ran out of steam — and substitutes. Then, in stoppage time, Messi took advantage of the tired legs and scored to rescue Barca. It was physically impossible for the Bilbao players to play with the same intensity throughout with just three substitutions.

With five, who knows what would have happened? Typically, a team makes the first substitution around the one hour-mark, second after approximately 75 minutes and the third in the dying minutes of the match. But with two additional options at their disposal, managers would not hesitate to make tactical changes much early in the game.

The temporary amendment comes into force with immediate effect, and has been made as matches may be played in a condensed period in different weather conditions, both of which could have impacts on player welfare. The decision on whether to apply this temporary amendment will remain at the discretion of each individual competition organiser, while The IFAB and FIFA will determine at a later stage whether this temporary amendment would need to be extended further e.

In relation to competitions in which the video assistant referee VAR system is implemented, these competitions are permitted to cease its use upon restart at the discretion of each individual competition organiser. Each team will be permitted to use a maximum of five substitutes.