
Remember when football was proper? Let us take you back 40 years — to when naming two subs was still a luxury and the only seven-figure salaries were in Italian lira.
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Remember when football was proper? Let us take you back 40 years — to when naming two subs was still a luxury and the only seven-figure salaries were in Italian lira.

Football Owner 2025
Take charge of your football club in Football Owner 2025! Build your dream team, manage finances, make key transfers, and lead your club to glory. Can you handle the pressure and become the ultimate football owner?

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The original retro-styled football management game remade and re-released in 2025. It's a faithful recreation of the original groundbreaking 1982 Football Manager, the title that launched the football-management genre!
Take charge of your football club in Football Owner 2025! Build your dream team, manage finances, make key transfers, and lead your club to glory. Can you handle the pressure and become the ultimate football owner?
Why similar: Sports 36.4%, Football (Soccer) 29% ★, eSports 11.3% ★, Management 8.6%, Simulation 5.5%
The original retro-styled football management game remade and re-released in 2025. It's a faithful recreation of the original groundbreaking 1982 Football Manager, the title that launched the football-management genre!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.4% ★, Sports 32.9%, 1980s 9.2%, Management 8.3%, Simulation 5.5%
Football Referee Simulator—the groundbreaking game that puts you in the referee's shoes! Are you ready to kickstart your career in the lower divisions and ascend to legendary status by overseeing thrilling finals?
Why similar: Sports 39%, Football (Soccer) 35.2% ★, eSports 14.3% ★, Text-Based 5.7%, Simulation 5.3%
Foosball Manager is a table football management sim. Scout, sign, and train your squad. Set your tactics, then call the shots from the sideline as your players act on their own across a physics-driven table. Climb the divisions and become a foosball legend.
Why similar: Sports 40.3%, Football (Soccer) 34.7% ★, Management 8.6%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 7.7%
Take charge of a football academy, from U11 prospects to the U19 academy team. Scout and recruit young talent, choose youth camps and training camps, shape squads and tactics, climb the Youth League pyramid, and chase league title and World Youth Cup glory.
Why similar: Sports 37.8%, Football (Soccer) 34.9% ★, Management 8.8%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 6%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.1% ★, Sports 36.3%, Management 8.6%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 6.9%
Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!
Why similar: Sports 46.8%, Football (Soccer) 32% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 7.3%, Management 4.7%
You are the manager of a football club, determine its future by making the best decisions regarding tactics, training, player contracts, sponsorship deals and infrastructure. Watch your players performing on our amazing 2d match engine.
Why similar: Sports 33.5%, Football (Soccer) 29.2% ★, eSports 15% ★, Simulation 7.1%, Management 5.9%
No unnecessary complexity, no endless menus: Startelf is a football management game focused on transfers, squad building, and the decisions that truly matter.
Why similar: Sports 41.2%, Football (Soccer) 34.2% ★, Management 10.3%, Simulation 6.5%, Text-Based 4.8%
A deep football management simulation where you control tactics, transfers, training, and club development. Build your squad, outsmart rivals, and lead your team to glory.
Why similar: Sports 40.7%, Football (Soccer) 29.6% ★, Management 9.5%, Strategy 7.8%, Simulation 7.2%
Manage your own club in F11 Football Manager. Sign players, upgrade the stadium, negotiate sponsorships and devise tactics to lead your team to glory. Do you have what it takes to be the best football manager?
Why similar: Sports 42.2%, Football (Soccer) 22.6% ★, eSports 15.2% ★, Simulation 7.7%, Management 6.4%
Become the manager of a small neighborhood futsal club, recruit players on a tight budget, and build your tactics. Manage morale through team activities, shift the momentum with substitutions and tactical changes in tense text-based matches, and grow your team step by step.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.8% ★, Sports 32.8%, Management 12.3%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 5%
Become the president of your club and make decisions that change its destiny. Manage transfers, staff, finances, media, facilities, and the president's personal life in a deep and dynamic football management experience.
Why similar: Sports 43.2%, Football (Soccer) 37.6% ★, Simulation 9.3%, Management 9.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Manage your football team and take on challenging, realistic tournaments. Develop your squad, trade players, play real-time multiplayer matches, and customize every detail of your club to make it truly unique.
Why similar: Sports 36.4%, Football (Soccer) 34.7% ★, Management 8.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.7%
The Chairman is a football management sim built that lives in the bottom corner of your screen. Matches simulate automatically while you work, study, or do anything else. Check in when you have a moment. Make your decisions. Let the season run. You choose the time lap.
Why similar: Sports 41.6%, Football (Soccer) 34.5% ★, Management 8.6%, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 7.3%
A data-driven football management simulation where you control every aspect of your club’s journey — from tactics, scouting, and player development to finances, facilities, and legacy. Build your philosophy, shape your destiny, and lead your team to greatness.
Why similar: Sports 35.7%, Football (Soccer) 32.3% ★, Management 10.2%, Simulation 8%, Text-Based 6.8%
Eleven Legends blends football management, character growth, and strategic matches. You are not just a manager on the sidelines, nor just one player on the pitch. Plan each week, build bonds, find mentors, and lead your team to victory.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.5% ★, Sports 36.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 5%
Multiplayer football management built on fair competition. Outsmart rivals with skill and strategy - no random packs, no pay-to-win gameplay. Take charge of your club, build your squad, and prove yourself on the world stage.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.9% ★, Sports 34.8%, Management 7.4%, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 5.5%
Become the manager of a football team and take full control of your club. Manage scouting, training, facilities, and squad development. Choose your philosophy: focus on coaching and tactics, or invest in developing the next generation of stars. Success depends on your decisions.
Why similar: Sports 40.7%, Football (Soccer) 34.2% ★, Strategy 9%, Simulation 8.8%, Management 6.7%
Be the Boss of your own soccer club, choosing from clubs from the biggest leagues across Europe. Make decisions based on tactics, training, staff recruitment and player selection. Spend your transfer budget wisely during the transfer window whilst keeping the board satisfied with your performance.
Why similar: Sports 31.7%, Football (Soccer) 24% ★, eSports 20% ★, Management 10%, Strategy 7.1%
With improved playability from previous versions, and ease of use, Premier Manager ‘10 is the ideal game for those who love the high-pressure world of topflight football management. PLEASE NOTE: You will start from the 2009/10 season.
Why similar: Sports 50.9%, Football (Soccer) 31.4% ★, Simulation 9.3%, Management 8.5%
Build your football empire. Scout talent, manage finances, develop tactics and lead your club from obscurity to glory in a deep football management simulation.
Why similar: Sports 37.7%, Football (Soccer) 33.1% ★, Strategy 8.4%, Management 8.3%, Simulation 8%
Retro Football Boss is a historical football management simulation featuring the English professional leagues from 1888 to 1998 (with German leagues coming soon). This is your chance to take a trip down memory lane or right the wrongs of the past.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47.2% ★, Sports 30.1%, Simulation 8.5%, Management 7.2%, Strategy 7%
This is soccer management like you’ve never experienced it - Be more than just a player, be the head, the heart, and backbone of New Star FC. Be the Manager.
Why similar: Sports 40.9%, Football (Soccer) 40.9% ★, Management 9.3%, Simulation 8.9%
Lords of Football is a whole new sports lifestyle simulator, played in God Mode.The everyday routine of football is brought to life, simulating footballers' training to improve their skills and all the drama and real-life distractions that unfold during a normal season.
Why similar: Sports 52.6%, Football (Soccer) 27.9% ★, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Management 3.3%
In Global Soccer: A Management Game 2018 there are no restrictions, the whole world becomes playable! The 210 playable nations and the 4000+ playable clubs guarantees truly infinite hours to play.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.5% ★, Sports 28.6%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 6.3%, Text-Based 4.3%
Retro Soccer Manager Sim 89 is a tribute to the golden age of management sims, a love letter to text-based immersion. Every week presents a new set of challenges and a deeply satisfying gameplay loop where your decisions truly matter.
Why similar: Sports 36.9%, Football (Soccer) 16.8% ★, 1980s 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Strategy 7.7%
MicroProse™ Soccer is an accessible and engaging classic soccer game that lets you compete against a friend or CPU opponent at world class level in the World Cup, International Challenge, or in the indoor league.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.4% ★, Sports 36.5%, 1980s 14.5%, Simulation 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
A futsal management game with a 2D match engine and integrated editor. Can you find the next wonderkid and become the best manager? Proudly open source.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.6% ★, Sports 32.3%, Management 11.6%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 4.5%
A football management game where you're not the coach, you're the club owner. Hire and fire the coaching staff, sign players, negotiate with sponsors, control the finances and build a winning organisation from the boardroom.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.5% ★, Sports 28.4%, Strategy 9.3%, eSports 8.9% ★, Simulation 7.3%
Pure football management stripped to its essence. Build your squad, develop talent, and dominate the league. No press conferences, no social media just tactical decisions that matter. Inspired by the golden age of text-based management sims.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 38.5% ★, Sports 29.8%, Management 9.6%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 6.5%
The auto-run football tournament soccer game. Be the player, be the manager.
Why similar: Sports 40.7%, Football (Soccer) 37.1% ★, Strategy 8.3%, Management 7.2%, Simulation 6.8%
You're the manager and it's your team. Play Player's Eleven now! Run the club of your choice or work your way up from the bottom to the top. Extensive editing options available.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 47.6% ★, Sports 30.4%, Management 14%, Simulation 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
A football management game about building a squad, shaping tactics and surviving dramatic dressing room events where chemistry, results and narrative events decide your fate.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.4% ★, Sports 36%, Management 8.8%, Strategy 5.4%, Text-Based 4.2%
Take control of a Real Football Club or create your own club, in Football Club Manager 2023 a fast-paced Football Club Management Game. Download Football Club Manager 2023 now for FREE & start your Football management journey.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.4% ★, Sports 29.8%, Management 10.2%, eSports 6.6% ★, Simulation 4.7%
Pure arcade football, inspired by an unforgettable classic. Fast matches, goals, and nonstop excitment.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 48.5% ★, Sports 40.3%, 1980s 10.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Take control of a Real Football Club or create your own club, in Club Soccer Director 2022 a fast-paced Football Club Management Game. Download Club Soccer Director 2022 now for FREE & start your Football management journey.
Why similar: Sports 44%, Football (Soccer) 30.9% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 9%, Management 6.4%
Manage one of over 1,000 real non-league clubs through the English football pyramid. Day jobs, ground grading, gate receipts, cup runs, and a world where clubs can fold around you. Football management at its most real.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39.9% ★, Sports 38%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Text-Based 4.8%
Live the life of an up-and-coming superstar in this unique football career game. Start out as a 16 year old lad and work your way to the top to become a footballing legend!
Why similar: Sports 49.4%, Football (Soccer) 41.5% ★, Simulation 9.1%
PIX Football Manager is a casual retro football management sim where scouting is everything. Find hidden gems, outbid rival managers, and build a dynasty from the ground up.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39.3% ★, Sports 32.7%, Management 8.6%, Strategy 6.8%, Simulation 6.4%
Footy Strategy is a turn-based tactical football game where positioning, passing lanes and smart use of space matter more than reflexes. Create your club, outthink opponents in focused online matches, and climb the rankings one carefully planned turn at a time.
Why similar: Sports 38.1%, Football (Soccer) 35.6% ★, eSports 11.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Strategy 6.1%
Fantasy and Turn-based tactics meet soccer in this roguelike adventure. Build your party, cast abilities, and outplay orcs, goblins, slimes, and skeletons on your way to crushing powerful bosses.
Why similar: Sports 44.7%, Football (Soccer) 34.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Buy, build, and flip football clubs in a fast-paced roguelite management sim. Sign players, hire staff, survive FFP, unlock Club DNA modifiers, and grow club value across 1-2 hour seasonal runs.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.8% ★, Sports 35%, Management 9.3%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 6%
Lead your football club through national championships and to international stardom. Take over an established men’s or women’s team of your choice as its manager or bring a small team into the big league.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.2% ★, Sports 33.3%, Management 7.4%, Strategy 5.5%, Simulation 4.3%
The World Cup finals are here—are you ready to win it all? Lead 220+ dynamically evolving national teams to glory in this deep soccer simulation. Simulate 40+ global events, from continental cups to the grand stage. Perfect for fans of international football management and endless replayability!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40.8% ★, Sports 32%, Text-Based 10.1%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 6.7%
Pick your country and step up to field! Control one player on your team or control all team and compete. Play 5v5 matches with your favorite countryball and show your football skills.
Why similar: Sports 44.7%, Football (Soccer) 36.1% ★, eSports 18.6% ★, Singleplayer 0.5%
WFO World Football Online is an online football management game with a non-scripted match engine on a virtual football world continuously developed by AI.
Why similar: Sports 45.5%, Football (Soccer) 38.8% ★, Simulation 6.9%, Strategy 5.6%, Minimalist 3.2%
The Killer Pass: Season 1 - a tactical soccer game where your decisions lead to victory. Lead Prakaidao through intense matches, position players strategically, and outsmart opponents. From swift counterattacks to breaking defenses, prove yourself as the ultimate playmaker!
Why similar: Sports 49.9%, Football (Soccer) 26.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Build your All-Star lineup in Total Football Online! Easy to pick up, it lets you dive into pure football fun at your fingertips. With events and player updates syncing with real-world tournaments, get ready for a truly immersive football experience.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 35.4% ★, Sports 32.8%, eSports 14.2% ★, Management 6.3%, Simulation 5.5%
Take charge of your nation from a world of 202 teams and chase international glory. Build your squad, master deep tactics and live sideline shouts, unearth wonderkids in your national youth academy, and battle through the World Cup and Continental Championships in a deep football management sim.
Why similar: Sports 43%, Football (Soccer) 25.3% ★, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 9.1%, Text-Based 6.3%
This is a sports betting simulation game. You have to make bets and earn money in order to achieve set goals and advance in your adventure.
Why similar: Sports 44.3%, Football (Soccer) 30.7% ★, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 6.5%, Management 6.4%
Build, manage, and grow your own football club from Division 4 to European glory. Expand your stadium and facilities in 3D, compete in league and cup competitions, and create a football dynasty by making the right decisions in this fast-paced football manager game.
Why similar: Sports 52.1%, Football (Soccer) 26% ★, Strategy 8.1%, Management 7%, Simulation 6.7%