Football Manager Live
Football Manager Live is a researched MMOFinder catalog entry whose broad genre and lifecycle classification were cross-checked against public MMO directory references.
Platform availability
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- Status
- Closed; official service ended 2011
- Business model
- Subscription
- Genre
- Sports MMO
- Release
- —
- Platforms
- Windows
- Developer
- Sports Interactive
- Publisher
- SEGA
- Profile
- Full
MMO DNA
A visual fingerprint built from MMOFinder’s current verified catalog fields—not a review score.
Player-vs-player league competition is the sole focus — there is no PvE
League and club management favor group play, though solo management works
Structured league seasons are the stronger catalog signal
No combat — management simulation gameplay is recorded
Why you might like it
- A genuinely different Football Manager spin-off: an MMO where up to 1,000 players per 'Game World' ran their own clubs and filled squads with real players, closer to fantasy football than a solo save file.
- Kept the core Football Manager match engine and management depth while adding persistent, competitive online play against real people.
- Available on both Windows and Mac OS X at a time when management-sim MMOs were rare in the genre.
Things to consider
- Shut down for good in May 2011, only about two and a half years after its November 2008 launch — there are no active servers today.
- It was subscription-based rather than free-to-play, an unusual model for the era that likely limited its audience.
- As a management-focused MMO rather than an action game, it's a poor fit for anyone expecting direct on-pitch gameplay.
Research record
- Last checked
- 2026-08-28
- Profile depth
- Full
- Source note
- Discovered in MMORPG.com / MMO game directories; deeper fields pending verification
What MMOFinder has checked
- Gameplay featuresStructured gameplay fields were source-checked for this profile.Verified
- Gameplay mediaTwo source-attributed gameplay images are recorded.Verified
- Source trail1 linked source is recorded for review.Verified
- Last reviewedCatalog fields reviewed Aug 28, 2026.Verified
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Football Manager Live relationship map
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Football Manager Live timeline
A concise timeline built only from dates and lifecycle fields recorded in MMOFinder.
- —Released
MMOFinder records Football Manager Live as released in —.
- CurrentCatalog status
Closed
- 2026-08-16Research checked
Core catalog fields were reviewed for this profile.
Football Manager Live screenshots & gameplay
Two verified gameplay screenshots for a quick look at the game in action.
Gameplay, availability and research notes
Football Manager Live is cataloged by MMOFinder as a Sports MMO. Its recorded status is Closed; official service ended 2011, while the business model is listed as Subscription. MMOFinder records its release year as —. Current platform data lists Windows. The profile keeps uncertain fields explicit so incomplete research is not presented as established game information.
Gameplay metadata currently describes combat or multiplayer structure as No combat — a persistent multiplayer version of Football Manager with real-time league competition (service discontinued 2012). Discovery tags on the record include Online Game, Catalog. The developer field lists Sports Interactive, and the publisher field lists SEGA. Together these catalog fields help distinguish this title from similarly named games and provide useful inputs for MMOFinder’s filtering and comparison tools.
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