Brush up on the UEFA Euro 2024 substitution rules, including what happens if a game goes into extra time. <\/p>
Despite limited time on the pitch, substitutes can have a major impact on the outcome of games.<\/p>\n
In fact, replacements have scored some of the most famous goals in European Championship history, including Portugal striker Eder and France forward David Trezeguet\u2019s dramatic winners in the 2016 and 2000 finals respectively.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s fair to say football\u2019s substitution rules have transformed over the years, and the latest set of changes \u2013 an increased number of replacements per game \u2013 implemented during the COVID-19 period appear to be here to stay.<\/p>\n
That means managers with deep squads at Euro 2024 will get the chance to throw a number of game changers onto the pitch in tight games, which could have a big impact on the destination of the trophy.<\/p>\n
So, what are the Euro 2024 substitution rules? RadioTimes.com<\/a> is here to bring you everything you need to know.<\/p>\n Read more football features: Best players in the world<\/a> | Best players of all time<\/a> | Live football on TV today<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n A total of five substitutions per team<\/strong> will be permitted in matches at Euro 2024.<\/p>\n The managers are restricted to when they can turn to the bench, however, as each team is permitted a maximum of three stoppages in play to make changes.<\/p>\n Players introduced at half-time do not count towards the number of substitution windows.<\/p>\n An additional substitute<\/strong> is allowed if a game goes to extra time, with unused substitutes and substitution opportunities ticking over to the further 30 minutes.<\/p>\n For example, if England have only used two substitutes in a knockout game and it goes to extra time, then Gareth Southgate will have four more available.<\/p>\n Managers are allowed to name 26 players in their squads for Euro 2024 after a decision by the UEFA Executive Committee to increase the number from 23.<\/p>\n That means a maximum of 15 subs<\/strong> will be available from each bench.<\/p> Euro 2020, which was held the following year due to the coronavirus pandemic, was the first major tournament which allowed five substitutes to be used by each team per game.<\/p>\n It was previously standard for managers to be restricted to three substitutes, although an additional change was allowed in extra time at Euro 2016.<\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Sport<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Brush up on the UEFA Euro 2024 substitution rules, including what happens if a game goes into extra time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53150,"template":"","categories":[1,7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/how-many-substitutes-are-allowed-at-euro-2024-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/how-many-substitutes-are-allowed-at-euro-2024-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/how-many-substitutes-are-allowed-at-euro-2024-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/how-many-substitutes-are-allowed-at-euro-2024-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/how-many-substitutes-are-allowed-at-euro-2024-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/how-many-substitutes-are-allowed-at-euro-2024-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/how-many-substitutes-are-allowed-at-euro-2024-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Brush up on the UEFA Euro 2024 substitution rules, including what happens if a game goes into extra time.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/53149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How many substitutes are allowed at Euro 2024?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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