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Football Manager

Football Manager is a football-management simulation franchise developed by Sports Interactive and published by SEGA, combining club management with an established FIFAe competition pathway.

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Football Manager 26 artwork illustrating the Football Manager franchise. · SEGA official FM26 artwork

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Updated November 3, 2026

Game snapshot

Franchise launched

2004[1]

The first release under this name was Football Manager 2005.

Developer

Sports Interactive[1]

Publisher

SEGA[1]

Genre

Football-management simulation[1]

Product family

Desktop, console and mobile variants[1]

Platform and subscription arrangements differ by edition.

Esports ecosystem

FIFAe[2]

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Developer, publisher, operator and distributor

Publisher: SEGA; Franchise publisher

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Related entities

Organizations & companies

SEGA

Brands

FIFAe