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Football Manager is the world’s best-selling football management simulation allowing players to experience what it’s like to be in the hot-seat doing the greatest job on earth.
Football Manager 2011 returns for the new season, bigger and better than ever. Sports Interactive have added to and improved the world’s bestselling football management series, bringing more realism and immersion to your quest for glory. With over 50 playable countries to manage in and full control of all aspects of the club, it’s time to put your opinions to the test.
NEW FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS:
- Contract Negotiations – making its debut in Football Manager 2011 is a new live contract negotiation system, with a host of new contract clauses. Learn to deal with different types of agents as you try to secure your next big signing.
- Re-vamped training system – including more basic training schedules and individual training focus where players can be in trained in 14 different skill areas. Plus, a new match preparation area, where you can get your team to concentrate on special focus areas, and train in specific tactics, in the lead up to a match.
- Improved Interaction – new board request and backroom advice options as well as a new player interaction module allowing you to have private conversations with your players, including lots of options never seen before, taking interaction to a whole new level.
- News subscription service – expanded to make the way that news and mail is distributed even more user friendly and immersive. Dozens of additional news items and a new module written to add more intelligence in the news items themselves.
- Match View – The 3D match view has been massively improved, with over 100 new animations, including new goal celebrations and player emotions, plus improved graphics and lighting including new player models, new stadiums, night matches and much, much more. Not forgetting the improvements to what was already the best match simulation on the market.
- Dynamic League Reputation – a new feature meaning as teams get stronger and perform better on a continental level, the league they play in will also get stronger, attracting more players to want to play in the league and a more accurate modeling of the changing face of world football.
Game Discussion
Steam User 3
Football Manager 2011 is, in many ways, the definitive iteration of Sports Interactive’s long-running series - at least for its era. It’s a game that doesn’t simply simulate football; it simulates the psychology, politics and minutiae that underpin the sport. The new “interaction” system, for example, allows managers to converse more dynamically with players, agents and the press. While these exchanges can feel formulaic after extended play, they add a welcome veneer of personality to the managerial experience.
The match engine has received a noticeable refinement, with more fluid animations and subtler player decision-making. While it won’t be mistaken for a broadcast-quality presentation, the added realism makes tactical adjustments more satisfying. The expanded training modules and revamped contract negotiations give the player more levers to pull - sometimes too many, as the game can feel overwhelming for newcomers or those unwilling to devote hours to each in-game week.
In terms of depth, FM 2011 borders on obsessive. Every attribute, from a player’s composure under pressure to the financial stability of your club, demands attention. For the football purist, this is nirvana. For the casual gamer, it can feel like drowning in data. The learning curve is as steep as a Champions League away fixture in the snow.
Yet, the reward for perseverance is unmatched. Guiding a non-league side to top-flight glory over several seasons feels genuinely earned: every training tweak, every transfer gamble, every pre-match pep talk contributing to the story.
Football Manager 2011 doesn’t court instant gratification. It demands patience, strategic thinking and a willingness to live with your decisions. It is, ultimately, less a “game” and more a career simulator; one that, for the right player, becomes utterly addictive.
For those who crave control over every blade of grass on the pitch, this remains an enduring classic of the genre.
Steam User 1
the football engine was excellent. the future engine became bad as SI concentrated on interface visuals rather than football proper. 2014 was deplorable. numerous GK and Def errors per game. allowing the computer AI to win regardless of the team stature. stupid MF passing and shooting. amaturesh ST that is not able to beat the GK one on one despite being worldclass ST.
Steam User 0
Football Manager 2011 was a landmark entry in the series, introducing dynamic player interactions, improved contract negotiations, and a more realistic match engine. The addition of agents added depth to transfers, making squad building feel more lifelike. While the learning curve was steep and the interface could feel overwhelming, it set a new standard for football management sims at the time.
Steam User 1
Its my first FM. My friend gave me a retail code for this game, and its really addicting. Spent lot of hours in just 2 weeks. Maybe i'll try newer version of FM series in the future. We'll see :)
Steam User 0
The best FM game there has been, simple compared to what you would need to do in FM20 or later
Steam User 1
I took Woking from the Conference to the Champions League in six seasons
Steam User 0
class football manager but all are good