HOW FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYERS WEAR THEIR NUMBERS.

 Players are not generally allowed to change their number during a season, although a player may change number if he changes clubs mid-season. Players may change squad numbers between seasons. Occasionally, when a player has two loan spells at the same club in a single season (or returns as a permanent signing after an earlier loan spell), an alternative squad number is needed if the original number assigned during the player's first loan spell has been reassigned by the time the player returns.

The traditional 1–11 numbers have been worn on occasions by English clubs since their respective leagues introduced squad numbers. Premier League clubs often used the traditional squad numbering system when competing in domestic or European cups, often when their opponents still made use of the traditional squad numbering system.

Players may now wear any number (as long as it is unique within their squad) between 1 and 99. To date, the highest number worn by a player in the Premier League is 78, by Manchester City's José Ángel Pozo against Sunderland on 3 December 2014.

A move from a high number to a low one may be an indication that the player is likely to be a regular starter for the coming season.


 In a traditional 4–4–2 system in the UK, the squad numbers 1–11 would usually have been occupied in this manner:


 1 Goalkeeper
    2 Right back
    3 Left back
    4 Central midfielder (more defensive)
    5 Centre back
    6 Centre back
    7 Right winger
    8 Central midfielder (more attacking)
    9 Centre forward (usually a target player)
    10 Striker (usually a fast poacher)
    11 Left winger

However, in a more modern 4–2–3–1 system, they will be arranged like this:

    1 Goalkeeper
    2 Right back
    3 Left back
    4 Centre back
    5 Centre back
    6 Central midfielder (more defensive)
    7 Right winger
    8 Central midfielder (deep-lying playmaker)
    9 Striker
    10 Attacking midfielder (advanced playmaker/enganche)
    11 Left winger

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