Football Manager, new official supplier of AS Monaco

AS Monaco and Sports Interactive, through Football Manager, are delighted to announce their partnership for the next two seasons.

Football Manager is the world’s leading football management simulation title and our iconic, award-winning series has captivated a global pool of players for two decades. With more than 50 of the top footballing nations and a database of more than 750,000 active players and staff from around the world of football, the game offers tasks players with making the key decisions at their club offers an unrivalled simulation experience.

Football Manager 26 recently released

This partnership, Sports Interactive’s first with a club competing in French football, will see the club and studio collaborate on a number of social and digital activations involving players and coaching staff. AS Monaco will also receive access to the Football Manager database (FMDB Pro).

As a football hotbed and one of our key markets, working with a club competing in French football was a priority for us and AS Monaco were standout candidates because of their history, strong identity on and off the field and state-of-the-art facilities.

Richard TraffordSports Interactive’s Business Development Director

Football Manager 26 was released worldwide on November 4 across platforms from 4 November, refreshing the entire managerial experience and setting a bold new standard in the history of the franchise.

Thibaut Chatelard, AS Monaco’s Marketing & Revenue Director: “We are delighted to be partnering with Football Manager, a true benchmark in football video games. Like AS Monaco, Football Manager attaches great importance to excellence and innovation. We look forward to starting this collaboration and offering original content to our respective communities of passionate football fans.”

Richard Trafford, Sports Interactive’s Business Development Director: “We’re delighted to welcome AS Monaco to our family of club partners. As a football hotbed and one of our key markets, working with a club competing in French football was a priority for us and AS Monaco were standout candidates because of their history, strong identity on and off the field and state-of-the-art facilities. We wish them all the best for this season domestically and in Europe and look forward to seeing what we can achieve together.”

About Sports Interactive

Sports Interactive is the world’s leading developer of sports management simulations. From their home at Here East, Stratford, SI creates immersive alternate realities that don’t just emulate sport, but shape it. The SI team are tenaciously passionate creators, bringing talented, ambitious people together to craft gaming experiences that forever stretch the possibilities of sports entertainment. It’s this ethos that caught the attention of SEGA®, who brought SI onboard as a subsidiary in 2006.

Football Manager (FM) is the world’s leading football management simulation title and our iconic, award-winning series has captivated a global pool of players for two decades. FM takes players to the heart of the beautiful game and lets them create their own football story as manager of their favourite club. With more than 50 of the top footballing nations to manage in and a database of more than 750,000 active players and staff from around the world of football, the game offers tasks players with making the key decisions at their club offers an unrivalled simulation experience. FM has grown to become more than just a game and is now deeply embedded in the football industry with the FM database now powering the recruitment strategies of professional clubs around the world of football. The game has become an integral part of modern fan culture, shaping the discourse around the professional game. It has been the inspiration for several books, a stand-up comedy show and even a feature-length documentary.