Please increase the technical limit for substitutes on the bench in Career Mode from 9 to at least 12 or 15 players.

The current 9-player limit does not accurately reflect real football. Different competitions have different rules regarding the number of substitutes allowed on the matchday bench, but the game cannot properly represent this if the technical limit is capped at 9.

My suggestion

Ideally, the number of substitutes should automatically follow the rules of the competition:

• Premier League → according to Premier League rules
• La Liga → according to La Liga rules
• UEFA competitions → according to UEFA rules
• Other leagues → according to their real-world regulations

Even better, add a Career Mode setting:

Number of substitutes:

• Competition rules
• 7
• 9
• 12
• 15

This would allow both realism and player customization.

If competition-specific rules are too complicated

At the very least, please increase the technical limit from 9 to 12 or 15.

The game already needs to support different squad and competition rules, so a hard maximum of 9 unnecessarily limits Career Mode. A higher technical limit would also allow EA to implement different bench sizes in the future without having to redesign the system again.

This would improve:

• realism
• squad management
• tactical options
• Create a Club
• Career Mode immersion

Please consider increasing the maximum bench size beyond 9 in FC 27, ideally to 12–15 players, and allowing the number to follow competition rules or be customized by the player.

In my opinion, the best option would be to introduce a set number of substitutes, as is the case in real-life competitions, whilst allowing players to customise their substitutes’ bench to their own preferences. However, if you are not considering allowing players to customise the substitutes’ bench as they see fit, please introduce a fixed number of players on the substitutes’ bench – at least 12, and ideally 15 (as is the case at the World Cup or in Serie A).

Thank you!