

The People's Republic of China has long claimed these regions as part of its territory and their reason for banning the game was that it " threatened its content harmful to China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Manageable national teams FIFA Member Non-FIFA Member įootball Manager 2005 was banned in China when it was found that regions such as Tibet and Taiwan were included as separate countries in imported releases. List of leagues included in Football Manager 2005 Country

1 List of leagues included in Football Manager 2005.The Macintosh version of the game comes on the same dual format disk as the PC version, so its sales are also included. On the February 12, 2004, after splitting from publishers Eidos Interactive it was announced that Sports Interactive, producers of the Championship Manager series, had acquired the brand and would henceforth release their games under the "Football Manager" name Championship Manager series would go on, but it would no longer be related to, or use the information and databases developed by, Sports Interactive.Ĭommonly known as "FM 2005", it competed directly with Championship Manager 5, the severely-delayed and widely slated effort from Eidos-funded Beautiful Game Studios.įootball Manager 2005 included an updated user interface, a refined game engine, updated database and competition rules, pre- and post-match information, international player news, cup summary news, 2D clips from agents, coach reports on squads, job centre for non-playing positions, mutual contract termination, enhanced player loan options, manager "mind games" and various other features.įootball Manager 2005 was released in the UK on Novemclosely followed by releases in many other countries around the world - and it became the 5th fastest selling PC game of all time (according to Eurogamer). It was developed by Sports Interactive and released on November 5, 2004, published by SEGA. Football Manager 2005 is a video game in the Football Manager series.
