Five Substitutions Per Team : Greater Opportunities For Organisers

Teams will be allowed to use five substitutes per game when the season resumes after a FIFA proposal to help with fixture congestion was approved.  The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has accepted that every football team will now be authorised to make five substitutions during games. This new rule is a response to the on-going Coronavirus pandemic. FIFA had tabled the proposal as a measure to help in protecting players during this time when the Coronavirus is ravaging the globe. The change applies to competitions due to be completed within this calendar year, and the decision on whether to implement the changes is for each relevant competition organiser. This new temporal law will go operational with immediate effect and will be in place till December 31, 2020 and could be applied on May 16, when the German Bundesliga resumes. FIFA and IFAB will later decide if the new law will be applied on a long-term basis notably in the competitions scheduled to take place and end in 2021. When f...

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