- Football Manager 26 Out Now Across Platforms - 4 November 2025
Football Manager 26 is now live and playable across platforms*.FM26 (PC/Mac) is ready to download and play on Steam, the Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store and Xbox Game Pass**. Those who’ve been playing the FM26 Advanced Access Beta on Steam and Epic can seamlessly continue their saves.Feel closer to every match-defining moment in Football Manager 26 Console, now available on both Xbox and PS5. FM26 Console is also available via Xbox Game Pass.Delivering effortless control and swift navigation across Apple devices, from iPhone and iPad through to Mac and Apple TV, Football Manager 26 Touch is now live on Apple Arcade. If you’ve been dominating the competition in FM24 Touch, you can now simply update your game to take full advantage of this season’s game-changing additions.FM26 is the first of our games made with Unity and you’ll discover that our other editions made with the new engine,…
- FM26 Advanced Access Beta Available Now - 23 October 2025
It’s finally time to step into the dugout, with FM26 Advanced Access Beta now live and playable across Steam and the Epic Games Store.If you’ve pre-purchased from a SEGA-approved digital retailer, the FM26 Advanced Access Beta is now fully playable*. You can kick-off a single-player career or battle for bragging rights in an Online Career. As with previous editions, any progress made in Career mode can be carried forward to full release from 4 November.You can continue to pre-purchase FM26 with a 10% saving and gain entry to the Advanced Access Beta** until the game is fully launched.FM26 – What to ExpectMade with the Unity engine for the first time, FM26 sets new foundations for you to define your football destiny. You’ll step into a game that has been rebuilt for the future, where a revamped interface greets you, tailored to streamline exploration for all players - letting you access…
- Your Style, Your Personality: FM26's revamped manager creator - 21 October 2025
Deciding the sort of manager you want to be and the world you want to manage in are essential considerations at the start of every FM career.For Football Manager 26, we’ve refreshed the entire game setup and manager creation experience, enabling you to be unmistakably whoever you are, or whoever you want to be in the dugout and explore the most playable nations in series’ history.The full story is available on our website, here.
- Football Manager and FIFA sign multi-year partnership - 17 October 2025
Elevating authenticity to truly global heights, we’re delighted to have signed our first partnership with FIFA, football’s world governing body.The multi-year deal brings official licences for FIFA’s biggest competitions to the Football Manager series, including the FIFA World Cup 26™ held in Canada, Mexico and USA.The inclusion of officially branded and titled FIFA competitions will begin in FM26 with the FIFA World Cup™, FIFA Women’s World Cup™ and FIFA Club World Cup™. Announcing this partnership unlocks our ability to answer your questions – this licence coincides with the inclusion of a playable, revamped International Management module in FM26, FM26 Console and FM26 Touch* in a Content Update next year in advance of the World Cup.Full feature details will follow once we're in a position to confirm every element but we can reveal that for the FIFA World Cup 26 - the 23rd and larges…
- Powered by TransferRoom: FM26's Recruitment Revamp - 8 October 2025
Building your squad in the transfer market at the heart of every Football Manager career – the successful negotiations, the transfer deals you complete and the pathways you create for your wonderkids define your success.Recruitment is also an area of the footballing world that’s constantly evolving as clubs look for marginal gains on their rivals through whatever tools and date are available.For FM26 we’ve furthered our collaboration with our partners at TransferRoom to give you new, real-life inspired tools for incoming and outgoing deals while making the wider recruitment experience in-game smarter and more intuitive for you.You can get the full story, here.
- In Possession, Out of Possession: FM26’s New Tactical Evolution - 2 October 2025
In recent years, the language of football tactics has evolved dramatically. Managers, pundits and fans alike now dive deeper into analysis, with sharper insight into complex ideas like pressing triggers and rest defence. One concept that’s rapidly entered the mainstream is the distinction between in possession and out of possession formations - the way a team changes shape based on whether they have the ball or not.As the game itself has evolved, so has Football Manager. Behind the scenes, we’ve spent years working with leading experts in the football industry to bring one of the sport’s biggest tactical developments into FM – distinct formations for when your team are in possession and out of possession.When we originally announced player roles being added in FM, this was done to provide instructions for players in a formation both when they had the ball and when they didn’t – and whil…
- Where Storytelling Evolves: FM26's Match Day Experience - 25 September 2025
Matchdays in Football Manager are where your dreams are realised. The highs of victory, the lows of defeat and the theatre of the big occasion – it’s why you play the game.In Football Manager 26, we’ve elevated every aspect of the Matchday experience. From on-pitch details to more authentic player movement, and from gameplay to the overall match experience and how you celebrate success, it’s all been upgraded.This is the future of football storytelling. You can read more about it, here.
- Introducing Women’s Football - 18 September 2025
In 2021, we revealed our plan to introduce women’s football to Football Manager. Doing this properly meant more than just plugging in female leagues, it involved factoring in the unique rules, players and landscape of the women’s game.How will it all work in FM26? You can learn more, here.
- Total Football, Total Control: FM26's Reimagined User Interface - 10 September 2025
Whatever technology you’re interacting with, the user interface (UI) is essential to the quality of your experience. The clearer the layout of the screen, the easier it is for you to find and interact with what you want. Nowhere is that truer than a game like Football Manager - every line-up tweak, transfer negotiation and slice of dressing room drama shapes your season, and the UI is where you make it happen. In Football Manager 26, you’ll experience an entirely overhauled UI from day one. Our new visual identity brings a more intuitive way to explore and define every element of life in the dugout. You can dive into more detail, here.
- Football Manager 26 Launches From 4 November - 10 September 2025
Football Manager 26 is the legacy, redefined – and it launches globally from 4 November.Powered by the Unity engine for the first time, FM26 refreshes the managerial experience and sets the stage for you to define your football destiny.FM26 Console (Xbox/PS5) and FM26 Mobile* (Netflix) are also set to launch day one, with FM26 Touch (Nintendo Switch) scheduled to release digitally on 4 December. Further information on FM26’s availability on other platforms will be revealed in the coming weeks.Gameplay UpgradesFM26 is the next evolution of football storytelling.As we’ve already revealed, a reimagined user interface that gives you greater control and influence over the make-or-break decisions in every career.That UI overhaul combines with our most immersive matchday experience yet, delivering greater drama and spectacle in every match thanks to new volumetric animations from real-life mat…
- Save 50% on Football Manager 2024 - 25 June 2024
Inspired by this summer's festival of football? Test your managerial skills on the biggest stages in Football Manager 2024, now 50% off across platforms. The discount for FM24 (PC/Mac) and FM24 Console (Xbox) lasts until 6:00pm BST on Thursday, 11th July. The sale for FM24 Console (PS5) begins on Wednesday, 3rd July at 12:00 am local time in each region. The sale end-times for FM24 Console (PS5) and FM24 Touch (Nintendo Switch™) vary by platform and territory – full information is displayed in the table below. FM24 gives you everything you need to define your managerial style. Sign the tournament's breakout star, scout the latest international wonderkid, and maximise your squad's potential. Every decision is in your hands, so where will your journey take you? To find the right edition of FM24 for you, visit our Compare Games page. *The sale ends at midnight (00:00am) local time in each…
- Increase Your Creativity In FM24 With Liberos & Roaming Playmakers - 21 June 2024
In recent years, a trend has begun to emerge – the classical No.10 or advanced playmaker isn’t used in the same way anymore. Given the importance of collective pressing and counter-pressing in the modern game, many managers don’t quite feel comfortable deploying a free-floating midfielder behind their leading striker. However, this doesn’t mean that playmakers aren’t important – in fact, they’ve probably got a more important role than ever. The main difference now is that they tend to operate in different places on the pitch. Two of the best roles in Football Manager 2024 showcasing the evolution of the traditional playmaker are the Libero and the Roaming Playmaker. Here, Ihor Crusadertsar uses Manchester City stars John Stones and Kevin De Bruyne to illustrate how to use both roles in your latest FM24 saves. THE NEW AND IMPROVED LIBERO Pep Guardiola’s deployment of John Stones as a cen…
- Power Your FM24 Attacks With The Complete Forward - 14 June 2024
Having players who can perform two different jobs at the same time can be an absolute game-changer for your tactics in Football Manager 2024. Few player roles fit that bill better than the Complete Forward. Expected to lead the line but also link up with your team’s other attackers, the Complete Forward could be your top scorer or best playmaker in any given game. This makes them an ideal role to unlock your team’s full potential but also one that needs a special, well-rounded player to do it well. In this guide, Rock’s End FM shows you the skills you need to look for in a Complete Forward and how to make the role fit into your tactics. A PLAYER FOR ALL SEASONS Let’s start with the basics: what is a Complete Forward? The Complete Forward can operate across the entire final third of the pitch. They need the strength and anticipation to outmuscle opposition defenders and make late runs in…
- The Premier League is coming to Football Manager - 10 June 2024
The Premier League, the pinnacle of domestic football, is defined by iconic on-pitch events and memories spanning more than three decades. Behind each memorable moment was a football manager… The same is true of every great Football Manager story. Now, thanks to a multi-year partnership, you’ll be able to create your own iconic Premier League moments and history in future editions of Football Manager. From the 2024/25 season, all 20 Premier League clubs will be fully licensed in future FM releases with official logos, kits, and player photos featuring across our suite of titles. So, whether you’re attempting to mastermind the futures of Liverpool or Arsenal, chase European football with Crystal Palace, or maximise Ipswich Town’s return to the big time, you’ll be immersed in English top-flight action like never before. Further information on the Premier League’s in-game integration with…
- Mastering Positional Play In Football Manager 2024 - 7 June 2024
Developing tactics and recreating the styles of football’s leading coaches is one of the most enjoyable aspects of playing Football Manager. In Football Manager 2024, you have more creative tools for expressing your tactical philosophy thanks to the player rotation changes that have been added.. These rotations see players take up a different position while in possession than they occupy while defending, such as an Inverted Full-Back tucking in as an additional central defender or Central Midfielders pushing forward to join the attack. Making the most of these rotations will allow you to implement positional play principles in your tactics and become a more dynamic attacking team in every career. In this blog, Dan Gear explains which roles trigger these positional rotations and shows them in action. WHICH ROLES TRIGGER POSITIONAL ROTATIONS? Positional rotations are largely reserved for…
- Using Different Tactics For Home And Away Matches In FM24 - 3 June 2024
Being tactically flexible is one of the most important characteristics any manager can have. Having the insight to change your approach mid-game when things aren’t working or employing different game plans for different opponents stops you from being predictable and can keep the positive results coming. One of the best ways to do this is by setting up different tactical approaches for home and away matches. Here, Rock’s End FM dives deep to show how you can do it in your latest FM24 careers to gain that extra edge with a newly-promoted team. THE LOGIC BEHIND HAVING DIFFERENT TACTICS So, at this point, you’re probably thinking: why should I use different tactical approaches for home and away matches? Surely my team should just focus on one approach in training? Well, the idea between using two separate tactics depending on where your team is playing is that it allows you to make the most…
- Football Manager 2024 Now 40% Off - 16 May 2024
Take inspiration from this season's big winners and step into the managerial dugout in Football Manager 2024, now 40% off across platforms. The discount for FM24 (PC/Mac) and FM24 Console (Xbox) runs until 3:00pm BST on Thursday, 23rd May. Exact sale periods for FM24 Console (PS5) and FM24 Touch (Nintendo Switch™) vary by platform and territory – full information is indicated in the table below. FM24 gives you all the tools to create your own football story, whether that's setting an unprecedented unbeaten run or making history in continental competition. There’s an edition of FM24 tailored to every type of manager. Visit our Compare Games page to discover which version is right for you. *The sale ends at midnight (00:00am) local time in each region on Tuesday, 21st May. **The sale ends at midnight (00:00am) local time in each region on Thursday, 23rd May. https://store.steampowered.com…
- How To Use Wingers In Football Manager 2024 - 13 May 2024
The role of the Winger in football has changed dramatically over the years. No longer are they just expected to hug the touchline and whip in lofted deliveries for tall, old-school centre forwards. Now, just like their teammates in other positions, they have to be much more versatile. Modern wingers now serve a variety of roles across the pitch, something reflected in the growth in attacking and defensive outputs delivered by top wingers year after year. Here, SteinkelssonFM uses Brighton & Hove Albion to break down all of the different winger roles in Football Manager 2024 and how you can effectively build your tactics around getting the most from them. KAORU MITOMA – A TRUE MODERN WINGER Kaoru Mitoma has been nothing short of sensational for Brighton since joining the south coast club from his native Japan in 2021. What makes him so special? Like most players, it’s a unique combinatio…
- Mastering The Segundo Volante In Football Manager 2024 - 7 May 2024
In football, it's about being at the right place at the right time - and few players are better at that than a Segundo Volante. One of several roles to be impacted by Football Manager 2024’s new positional play changes, the Segundo Volante can perform a range of duties, from long-range passes to darting runs and shots from distance. In this guide, we’ll be taking an in-depth look into the role, what makes it so good, and how you can make the most of it in your latest FM24 career. A DYNAMIC ROLE STEEPED IN HISTORY Originating from the 4-2-4s that revolutionised football in the 1950s and 60s, the Segundo Volante was a player typically deployed as the more creative outlet in a midfield two alongside a defensive pivot. In modern times, the Segundo Volante is still used as part of a double pivot, often in a 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2 or 3-5-2. Often paired with a pure ball-winner, the Segundo Volante wi…
- Mastering Wing-Backs In Football Manager 2024 - 18 April 2024
In recent years, Brighton & Hove Albion have been widely heralded for their style on the pitch and strategy off it. Many other clubs in Europe have taken note of their innovations and sought to replicate them. What makes the Seagulls’ approach so special is their knack for matching the right players with the right roles to accelerate their development and help the club achieve an exciting playing style. Here, MaddFM dives deep on the Wing-Back role in Football Manager 2024, using Brighton’s stars to showcase how best to deploy the role in your tactics. BRIGHTON’S EVOLVING USE OF THE WING-BACK Since being promoted from the Sky Bet Championship in 2017, Brighton have gone from strength to strength; 17th in their second top-flight season (2018) to a sixth-place finish in 2023 that secured them UEFA Europa League football for the first time. One of the most impressive aspects of Brighton’s…
