Football Manager 2009

November 14, 2008 Sports Interactive Sega
Sport Strategy
PC Mac
About

Football Manager 2009 (abbreviated to Football Manager 09 or FM09) is a football manager simulation video game. It was released on PC, Mac and PlayStation Portable on 14 November 2008 in Europe and on 18 November 2008 in North America. As in the case of other recent releases in the Football Manager series, the game is sold as Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 in the United States and Canada.

The demo of the game was released on 2 November via the News of the World, BitTorrent and Steam. An Arsenal-branded version of the game has also been released.
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Game Info

Release Date November 14, 2008
Developer Sports Interactive
Publisher Sega
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective Side view