Law changes 22/23

Official competitions

The number of substitutes, up to a maximum of five, which may be used in any match played in an official competition will be determined by FIFA, the confederation or the national football association. except

For men’s and women’s competitions involving the 1st teams of clubs in the top division or senior ‘A’ international teams where the maximum is three substitutes competition rules permit a maximum of five substitutes to be used, each team:

• has a maximum of three substitution opportunities*
• may additionally make substitutions at half-time

*Where both teams make a substitution at the same time, this will count as a used substitution opportunity for both teams. Multiple substitutions (and requests) by a team during the same stoppage in play count as one used substitution opportunity.

Extra time

• If a team has not used the maximum number of substitutes and/or substitution opportunities, any unused substitutes and substitution opportunities may be used in extra time
• Where competition rules permit teams to use one additional substitute in extra time, each team will have one additional substitution opportunity
• Substitutions may also be made in the period between full-time and the start of extra time, and at half-time in extra time – these do not count as used substitution opportunities

The competition rules must state:

• how many substitutes may be named, from three to a maximum of twelve fifteen
• whether one additional substitute may be used when a match goes into extra time (whether or not the team has already used the full number of permitted substitutes)

Other matches

• In national senior ‘A’ international team matches, a maximum of twelve fifteen substitutes may be named of which a maximum of six may be used. 

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See also changes to the ‘General modifications’ section relating to the number of
substitutions

Procedure

• the referee tosses a coin and the team that wins the toss of a coin decides (…)

Substitutions and sendings-off during kicks from the penalty mark

• A player, substitute, or substituted player or team official may be cautioned or sent off 

Where a player denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by a handball offence, the player is sent off wherever the offence occurs (except a goalkeeper within their penalty area).

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If the referee stops play for an offence committed by a player, inside or outside the field of play, against an outside agent, play is restarted with a dropped ball unless a an indirect free kick is awarded for leaving the field of play without the referee’s permission; the indirect free kick is taken from the point on the boundary line where the player left the field of play.

(…) When the ball is kicked, the defending goalkeeper must have at least part of one foot touching, or in line with, or behind, the goal line.