How many substitutes does the average football team have?

the adverage team has 15 players that can take part in the game. 11 of those players start the game, during the game the manager can make 4 subs however they cannot sub if a player has been sent off with a red card. Answer In football games, 11 players start the game for each team. The number of substitutes varies depending on the competition. For example, in the English football leagues - Premier League, Championship etc - 5 substitutes are allowed. In the Champions League, as well as the Spanish and Italian legaues, 7 substitutes are allowed. In international competition, where squads have 23 players, i believe that all 12 players not in the starting 11 can be named as substitutes. However, in all of these competitions, a maximum of three substitutions are allowed per game, meaning that the substitutes not used will not be able to play in the match. This may be different for friendlies - teams often make upwards of 9-10 subs in friendlies. During Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England manager, in friendlies, the entire starting 11 would have been subbed off by the end of the game