Football Manager 2021

Football Manager 2021
	Football Manager 2021
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Developer	Sports Interactive
Publisher	Sega
Series	Football Manager
Date released	24 November 2020
Modes	multiplayer (turn-based)
Platforms	Microsoft Windows; OS X; Linux

General

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Football Manager 2021 (officially abbreviated as FM21) is a football-management simulation video game developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was released worldwide for iOS, Android, macOS and Windows on 24 November, 2020. The streamlined version of the game titled Football Manager 2021 Touch was released on 1 December, 2020 for the same platforms, and for Nintendo Switch on 15 December, 2020. The similar version titled Xbox Edition was released on December 1, 2020 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Windows 10 via the Microsoft Store. It will be the first game in the series to appear on an Xbox platform since Football Manager 2008.

Features

FM21's headline features cover a number of key areas of the game including the interaction system, matchday experience and the recruitment module. There are new communication methods, including gestures, and new interaction options between the manager, their players and the media. There are new presentation elements before, during and after a match and an overhaul to the match engine AI. Expected goals (or xG) makes its debut in the series as part of a wider suite of data analysis changes through an xG model, built by Sports Interactive in partnership with SciSports. Trophy presentations have been revamped too.

Managers can also take more control of their club's recruitment strategy with a new recruitment meeting.

Playable leagues

FM21 features 117 leagues from 52 nations across five continents: Africa, Asia (including Australia), Europe, North America and South America. Coverage is heavily slanted towards European teams, with 34 of its 51 constituent countries having playable leagues, while South Africa is the only country of Africa's total 54 that is covered.

Europe

Austria

Belarus

Belarusian Premier League
Belarusian First League

Belgium

Belgian First Division A
Belgian First Division B
Belgian First Amateur Division

Bulgaria

Croatia

Croatian First Football League
Croatian Second Football League

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar

Gibraltar National League

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Úrvalsdeild karla
1. deild karla

Israel

Israeli Premier League
Liga Leumit

Italy

The Netherlands

Northern Ireland

Norway

Eliteserien
1. divisjon
2. divisjon
3. divisjon

Poland

Portugal

Primeira Liga
LigaPro
Campeonato de Portugal

Republic of Ireland

Romania

Russia

Scotland

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Slovenian Second League

Spain

Sweden

Allsvenskan
Superettan
Division 1
Division 2

Switzerland

Turkey

Süper Lig
TFF First League
TFF Second League

Ukraine

Wales

Asia

Australia

A-League

China

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Premier League

India

I-League

Indonesia

Liga 1
Liga 2

Malaysia

Malaysia Super League
Malaysia Premier League

Singapore

Singapore Premier League

South Korea

South America

Argentina

Argentine Primera División
Primera B Nacional

Brazil

Chile

Chilean Primera División
Primera B de Chile

Colombia

Categoría Primera A
Categoría Primera B

Peru

Peruvian Primera División

Uruguay

Uruguayan Primera División
Uruguayan Segunda División

North America

Canada

Canadian Premier League

Mexico

Liga MX
Liga de Expansión MX

United States

Major League Soccer

Africa

South Africa

South African Premier Division
National First Division

Licensing

29 leagues (across 14 countries) were fully licenced for the game, as was KNVB ("Team Holland"). Italy's Serie A has licences for all its clubs except Juventus, who appear as Zebre once again. The German national team was not licenced, however, having been reintroduced in FM20.

The licenced leagues:

Australia

Hyundai A-League

Canada

Canadian Premier League

Denmark

Superliga

England

EFL Championship
EFL League One
EFL League Two
Vanarama National League

France

Germany

Gibraltar

Gibraltar national team
Gibraltar National League

The Netherlands

Northern Ireland

Poland

Ekstraklasa

Scotland

South Korea

United States

MLS

Wales

Xbox edition

Football Manager 2021 saw the series return to Xbox consoles for the first time since 2007. Modelled on Football Manager Touch, the game's user interface has been designed to work with the Xbox controller and the game will take advantage of Microsoft's Smart Delivery and Play Anywhere technology to enable cross-play across Xbox One, Xbox One X|S, Xbox Series X|S and FM21 Xbox on Windows 10.

FM21 Xbox will be enhanced on Xbox Series X with matches displaying in native 4K and up to 10 nations can be loaded up at any one time.

The game released on 1 December 2020.

Mobile

Football Manager 2021 Mobile introduced three new nations to the game: Argentina, Canada and Mexico, which took the total number of playable nations to 24.

Tactical templates have been introduced for the first time that replicate the most popular styles of play in world football and managers can now develop their own set-piece routines. The Dynamics module has new displays of social groups, player relationships and squad hierarchy while the way that human managers can communicate with their players has been redefined.

Other features include the ability to set up links with feeder clubs and arrange pre-season friendlies.

FM21 Mobile was released on iOS and Android on 24 November 2020.