UEFA has announced changes to the Champions League and Europa League, with an extra substitute in added time and 12-man benches in the finals.
A new qualifying system has already been confirmed for next season, with the top four teams from Europe’s top four Leagues all qualifying automatically for the group stage.
Today European football’s governing body has announced further changes for 2018-19, with an extra substitute now allowed in matches which go to extra-time.
UEFA has announced changes to the Champions League and Europa League, with an extra substitute in added time and 12-man benches in the finals.
A new qualifying system has already been confirmed for next season, with the top four teams from Europe’s top four Leagues all qualifying automatically for the group stage.
Today European football’s governing body has announced further changes for 2018-19, with an extra substitute now allowed in matches which go to extra-time.
For the Champions League final, the Europa League final and UEFA Super Cup, teams will be allowed to name a match squad of 23.
That means they will have 12 substitutes to choose from, which is already the case in Serie A.
Clubs will also be allowed to register up to three players "without any restrictions", meaning they won't be cup-tied if they played in the same competition for another club.
Kick-off times have also been revamped, with play-offs, group-stage games, round of 16 matches, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final kicking off at 20.00 UK time, rather than 19.45.
However, on every group stage matchday, two of the Tuesday and two of the Wednesday matches will kick off at 17:55, with all fixtures on the final matchday to be played simultaneously.