Players 
A match is played by two teams, each consisting of not more than eleven players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. A match may not start if either team consists of fewer than seven players. 

Official Competitions 
Up to a maximum of four substitutes may be listed on the match card. 

All substitutions are interchange, in Junior Football. 

Substitution Procedure 
To interchange a player, the following conditions must be 
observed: 

• the referee is informed before any proposed interchange is made 
• a substitute only enters the field of play after the player being replaced has left and after receiving a signal from the referee 
  
• a substitute only enters the field of play at the halfway line and during a stoppage in the match 
  
• a substitution is completed when a substitute enters the field of play 
  
• all substitutes are subject to the authority and jurisdiction of the referee, whether called upon to play or not
  

Changing the Goalkeeper 
Any of the other players may change places with the goalkeeper, 
provided that: 

• the referee is informed before the change is made 
• the change is made during a stoppage in the match 
  

Infringements/Sanctions 
If a substitute enters the field of play without the referee’s permission: 

• play is stopped 
• the substitute is cautioned, shown the yellow card and required to leave the field of play
  
• play is restarted with an indirect free kick at the place the ball was located when play was stopped 
  

If a player changes places with the goalkeeper without the referee’s 
permission before the change is made: 

• play continues 
• the players concerned are cautioned and shown the yellow card when the ball is next out of play For any other infringements of this Law: 
     • the players concerned are cautioned and shown the yellow card 
  

Restart of Play 
If play is stopped by the referee to administer a caution: 

• the match is restarted by an indirect free kick, to be taken by a player of the opposing team from the place where the ball was located when play was stopped

Players and Substitutes Sent Off 

A player who has been sent off before the kick-off may be replaced only by one of the named substitutes. 

A named substitute who has been sent off, either before the kick-off or after play has started, may not be replaced.

Goal scored with an extra person on the field of play 

If, after a goal is scored, the referee realises, before play restarts, that there was an extra person on the field of play when the goal was scored: 

The referee shall disallow the goal if: 

• the extra person was an outside agent and he interfered with play 
• the extra person was a player, substitute, substituted player or team official associated with the team that scored the goal 

The referee shall allow the goal if: 

• the extra person was an outside agent who did not interfere with play 
• the extra person was a player, substitute, substituted player or team official associated with the team that conceded the goal