Football Manager

Football Manager is a series of football management simulation games developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game began its life in 1992 as Championship Manager. However, following the break-up of their partnership with original publishers Eidos Interactive, Sports Interactive lost the naming rights and re-branded the game Football Manager with their new publishers Sega.

Football Manager Handheld
FMH was first released on 13 April 2006 on the PSP. This was Sports Interactive's first ever game for a handheld console.
It was designed to be a separate game and play somewhat differently to the PC/Mac versions of the game due to the different nature of the handheld consoles. The game was designed to be more similar in feel and play to earlier Sports Interactive products - being much faster in nature, while retaining the feeling of being a realistic simulation.
In April 2010 the game became available on the iOS products. The iOS version of the game is very different in nature to that on the PSP and it contains a wholly new UI because of the touch screen nature of those devices.
In April 2012 the game was also made available on Android devices. The Android version of the game is very similar in nature to the iOS version.

Below is a list of leagues that are playable within FMH 2012.
-Australia - A-League
-Belgium - Jupiler Pro League, Division II
-Brazil - Série A, Série B
-England - Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, Blue Square Premier, Blue Square -North, Blue Square South
-France - Ligue 1, Ligue 2, National
-Germany - Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, 3. Liga
-Netherlands - Eredivisie, Eerste Divisie
-Italy - Serie A, Serie B, Serie C1, Serie C2
-Portugal - Liga Sagres, Liga Vitalis
-Scotland - Premier League, First Division, Second Division, Third Division
-Spain - La Liga, Segunda División, Segunda División B
-Wales - Welsh Premier League


Football Manager has been recognized by real-life football clubs as a source for scouting players. In 2008, Everton FC signed a deal with Sports Interactive allowing them to use the game's database to scout players and opposition.
A video documentary entitled "Football Manager: More Than Just A Game" was produced by journalism graduate and MA student Stephen Milnes and released in October 2010.
Football Manager celebrated its twentieth birthday in the summer of 2012, and to celebrate this remarkable milestone Back Page Press released a book including interviews with the creators and players that became legends in-game. Another part of the book will include stories about how the game has taken over one's life.
On November 2012, Azerbaijani student Vugar Huseynzade was promoted to manager of FC Baku’s reserve team based on his success in Football Manager.



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