Football Manager 2023

FM23

Football Manager 2022

FM22

Football Manager 2021

FM21

Football Manager 2020

FM20

Football Manager 2019

FM19

Football Manager 2018

FM18

Football Manager 2017

FM17

Football Manager 2016

FM16

Football Manager Online

FMO

Football Manager 2015

FM15

Football Manager 2014

FM14

Football Manager 2013

FM13

Football Manager 2012

FM12

Football Manager 2011

FM11

Football Manager 2010

FM10

Football Manager Live

FML

Football Manager 2009

FM09

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FM08

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FM07

Football Manager 2006

FM06

Football Manager 2005

FM05

Released: 05/11/2004

Platforms: windows

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After many years' success with Championship Manager, Sports Interactive started a new chapter in its history by partnering with SEGA to release the very first Football Manager title.

Fittingly, Football Manager 2005 is best remembered for the enormous depth of its coveted database, the heart of the series. 2,500 researchers around the world pitched in to ensure players could play as over 5,300 teams in 158 divisions from 51 league countries.

Whatever fantasy you wanted to pursue, whether it was taking your home country to the World Cup or saving your hometown from relegation, the chances are you could do it, wherever in the world you happened to call home.

The advent of Football Manager also gave us the chance to rethink how we presented the game. While the interface wasn't overhauled as radically as it would be a few years later, additions like browser-style 'forward' and 'back' buttons were appreciated in a time when web tech was only just starting to cross over into mainstream interface design.

FM05 was also the first time players could engage in media mind games, picking from stock phrases to send rival managers into uproar. As for the gaming media, they recognised Football Manager was picking up where they had left off.