Sega has announced Sega Football Club Champions 2025, a new free-to-play football management game set to launch in 2025 for PC (Steam), PS5, PS4, iOS, and Android. This comes after Sega-owned Football Interactive cancelled Football Manager 2025 in February 2025, marking the first time the Football Manager franchise had skipped a season since its inception in 2005.
Sega Football Club Champions 2025 will feature over 10,000 professional football players and offer two game modes: Career Mode and Dream Team Mode. The Dream Team mode includes PvP options like Event Matches, Room Matches, and an Arena. The game also holds licensing deals with Manchester City, the J-League, the K-League, and FIFPro. Sega states on its website that the game is “powered” by Football Manager, suggesting it may incorporate elements from the long-running simulation series.
Sign-ups for the closed beta of Sega Football Club Champions 2025 are open until June 13, 2025, with the testing period running from June 19 to June 30, 2025. Players can also pre-register to receive Manchester City-themed in-game rewards.
This new title, alongside Sifu developer Sloclap's arcade football game Rematch (releasing June 19th, 2025), the return of Football Manager, and the annual EA Sports FC release (around September), indicates a promising year for football game enthusiasts.
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