
Manage your club through fast-paced football seasons in a retro-inspired management simulation. Build your squad, scout the transfer market, manage finances, shape your tactics and experience procedurally generated stories in every career.
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Manage your club through fast-paced football seasons in a retro-inspired management simulation. Build your squad, scout the transfer market, manage finances, shape your tactics and experience procedurally generated stories in every career.

Retro Football Boss
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.

The Chairman
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.
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) 48% ★, Sports 21.1%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 7.8%, Management 7.5%
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: Football (Soccer) 36.2% ★, Sports 30.1%, Simulation 10.2%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 8.6%
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: Football (Soccer) 38.1% ★, Sports 30.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 9.2%
Step into the dugout and experience the future of football management.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 43.6% ★, Sports 27.2%, Simulation 10%, Management 9.5%, Strategy 9.1%
You're not just the manager — you own the club. Start in the fifth tier with a broke squad and a crumbling ground: set tactics, sign players, build the stadium, keep the board happy. Then sell up, buy a bigger club, and climb again. Five leagues. One long road to the top.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.9% ★, Sports 20%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 6.5%
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.
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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) 44.8% ★, Sports 23.5%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 7.2%
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: Football (Soccer) 38.7% ★, Sports 28.8%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 8.3%
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) 41.1% ★, Sports 24.3%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7.6%
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) 48.5% ★, Sports 25.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Management 8.1%, Simulation 7.9%
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) 47.2% ★, Sports 23.5%, Management 12.5%, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 6.3%
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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A football manager like they used to make: negotiate with clubs, players and sponsors, keep your dressing room, your board and your private life from falling apart — and follow every match in a live ticker with drama and a wink. Deep simulation with humour and heart. German language only.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 39.2% ★, Sports 29.5%, Simulation 12.2%, Management 9.9%, Economy 4.9%
Become the best football manager. Join Pro 11 and claim the championship!
Why similar: Sports 36.5%, Football (Soccer) 35.7% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Management 5.4%
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) 50.6% ★, Sports 21.4%, Management 11.6%, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 5.2%
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.
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In this retro football management sim, you’ll watch players from over 350 clubs in fully simulated matches, trust your eye to uncover hidden gems, and outbid rival managers to sign them. Shape your tactics and lead your club season after season to build your dynasty.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 41.3% ★, Sports 23.6%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 7.8%
The auto-run football tournament soccer game. Be the player, be the manager.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 40% ★, Sports 30.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 7.9%
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: Football (Soccer) 37.5% ★, Sports 29.5%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 9.5%
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: Football (Soccer) 38.9% ★, Sports 28.1%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 9.9%, Management 9.9%
LeManager is a fast football management simulation where you build squads, scout and negotiate transfers, train players, set tactics, handle player egos and incidents, and play endless seasons without losing the speed of classic management games.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 58.9% ★, Management 13.9%, Sports 12.9%, Simulation 11.4%, 2D 1.5%
Take control of a futsal club and build your career season after season. Manage your squad, transfers, contracts, training, tactics, finances, and dressing room as you compete to take your team all the way to the top.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.5% ★, Sports 25.7%, Management 11%, Simulation 9.1%, Economy 4.1%
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: Football (Soccer) 34% ★, Sports 32.2%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 9.8%
Run your own football academy. Scout and discover young talents, evaluate their potential, manage their development through training, and negotiate transfers with clubs to grow your prestige and influence.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 45.4% ★, Sports 22%, Management 14.2%, Economy 8.1%, Simulation 5.4%
A football management game for people who love football but don't want to spend hours on every detail. Build your team and guide it through leagues, cups and continental competitions. Featuring 5,909 clubs from 218 countries, 2 difficulty modes, local multiplayer and an easily customizable database.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49% ★, Sports 20.4%, Management 14.7%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7.2%
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 41%, Football (Soccer) 31.5% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 3.8%
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: Football (Soccer) 39.8% ★, Sports 33%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 3.4%
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: Football (Soccer) 35.8% ★, Sports 30.9%, Management 10.7%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 7.2%
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 40.1%, Football (Soccer) 35.9% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Management 9.9%
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: Football (Soccer) 37.4% ★, Sports 28.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 12.1%, Strategy 8.4%
WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027 is the ultimate challenge for manager fans and anyone who wants to become one! Accessible, with great depth of play, a focus on tactics and more than 200 simulated countries. Now with a new creative mode that lets you tailor the game perfectly to your preferences!
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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) 43.2% ★, Sports 23%, Simulation 13.7%, Management 11%, Strategy 7.9%
Train your team to battle to the top in this sensational soccer team simulation!
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 51.8% ★, Sports 22.2%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 6.8%, Management 5.4%
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: Football (Soccer) 34% ★, Sports 33.3%, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 11%, Management 7.2%
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) 53.9% ★, Sports 24.8%, Management 8.4%, Strategy 6.5%, Simulation 6.1%
A classic football manager in a modern guise: take charge of a club, fine-tune your tactics and experience every matchday as a compact TV broadcast with a 2D pitch, live ticker and half-time dressing room. Six nations, three leagues per country, one shared European cup.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 44.4% ★, Sports 23.3%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 9.1%, Economy 6.2%
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) 52.2% ★, Sports 22.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 11.1%, 2D 1.2%
Manage a prison football team, trade inmates, develop your squad, survive prison politics, and lead your team from the yard to glory.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 42.1% ★, Sports 27.8%, Simulation 12.6%, Management 12.5%, Strategy 3.7%
Calcio 98 is a single-player football management game set in the 1998/99 season and created by longtime fans of the classics like Premier Manager 98 or PC Fútbol 7. Lead your club across 18 leagues and 14 cups through tactics, transfers, squad development and finances.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 46.9% ★, Sports 25.1%, Management 11.3%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 6.6%
Take charge of the league’s weakest club and lead it to glory. Build your squad, develop players, set formations, adjust tactics, and fight your way from last place to champions.
Why similar: Sports 35.2%, Football (Soccer) 32% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Management 8%, Economy 7.6%
You're not the manager, you're the CHAIRMAN. Hire and fire managers, survive transfer windows, and keep the ultras out of the boardroom. Bankroll Barcalana, dodge bankruptcy, and try not to get voted out. It's football without all that annoying running.
Why similar: Sports 32.4%, Football (Soccer) 28.4% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 7.2%
You're not the manager, you're the agent. Scout hidden gems across 26,000 players, win them over face to face, build their careers, and sell them for millions. A deep football agency career sim where every contract has your name on it.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.1% ★, Sports 20.7%, Management 9.3%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 6.5%
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: Football (Soccer) 46.5% ★, Sports 38.1%, Simulation 13.6%, Indie 1.8%
Take charge of a football club and answer for everything: sign players in a market where clubs haggle for days, balance the wage bill against the board's demands, and steer matches live from the touchline. 27 leagues, 690 clubs, one season at a time.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.2% ★, Sports 29.6%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 9.3%, 2D 0.7%
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) 52.5% ★, Sports 23.7%, Management 12%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 3.5%
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) 45.9% ★, Sports 30%, Simulation 13%, Strategy 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
A fast-paced retro football management game inspired by the 90s. Build your squad, tweak tactics, and watch matches unfold minute-by-minute.
Why similar: Football (Soccer) 49.8% ★, Sports 21.5%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 3.5%
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: Football (Soccer) 44% ★, Sports 35.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 6.9%, Minimalist 3.2%
Climb from the lower divisions to glory. Marvelous Soccer Simulation is a single-player football management sim — fast seasons, leagues and cups, tactics, transfers, and match nights built for drama. Early Access.
Why similar: Sports 34.1%, Football (Soccer) 29.9% ★, Simulation 15.7%, Management 7.5%, Economy 6.2%