Be the Manager 2026: Football is a classic football manager game built for players who love tactics, transfers, deep stats, and long-term progression. Play a full offline career or challenge others in real-time 1v1 multiplayer as you build your club, optimize your eleven, and fight for every Championship.
If you love football manager games, this is your chance to enjoy a deep and rewarding football 2026 experience with strategy, squad building, and full control of your team — all in one game.
• REAL-TIME 1v1 MULTIPLAYER
Challenge friends or rivals in head-to-head online matches.
Multiplayer requires internet; the core career remains fully offline.
• FOOTBALL MANAGEMENT
Start your football career as the manager of one of the world's legendary teams or create your own club from scratch. Buy and develop your favorite stars, choose your winning formation, implement your strategy, and make the right substitutions. Make crucial decisions, adjust your tactics, build your ideal eleven, and turn your team into a true Championship contender while becoming the greatest football manager.
• CLASSIC AND EMOTIONAL SIMULATION
Relive the excitement of classic football manager simulators. The simulation is fun, strategic, and rewarding. Tactics, player attributes, and decisions determine every result. Watch closely how your lineups perform, study the numbers, and master styles like gegenpressing, catenaccio, tiki-taka, or your own football identity. Everything you need to build your dream team is here.
• BUILD YOUR CLUB AND YOUR LEGACY
In Be the Manager 2026: Football, you control every part of your club, from improving key facilities to managing merchandising and sponsors. Upgrade training, increase your stadium capacity, and grow your revenue sustainably.
• DETAILED DATABASE AND ADVANCED STATS
Track your progress with a complete database. The game records transfers, goals, assists, and goals conceded across the seasons, allowing in-depth analysis of your performance. Every decision shapes your legacy as a football manager.
• UPDATED 2025/2026 DATABASE
Compete worldwide with an updated 2025/2026 database, detailed ratings, and strong performance data for long-term career analysis. A deep and competitive football manager experience.
• PLAY WHERE AND WHEN YOU WANT
Be the Manager 2026: Football is completely offline in career mode. You can play anytime, anywhere, without needing an internet connection.
• CREATE YOUR OWN TEAM
Create and customize your own football club and lead it through the divisions to the top of the Championship.
Be the Manager 2026: Football also features an improved player aging and training system, the long-awaited dark mode, a sophisticated loan system, and many other exciting features.
Played since 2012, the Be the Manager franchise has earned millions of downloads worldwide, and this is the 15th season. Download now and start your journey to become the greatest football manager of all time.
LEAD YOUR CLUB TO GLORY IN FOOTBALL 2026
Have fun!
Hey, I really enjoy this game, but I enjoyed the older version and I would like to experience Nostalgia with BTM 16,17,18,19,20… could you add them please?
The loan system has been updated.
- Clubs offering loans now require minimum training facilities
- UI improvements
App stability improvements
Version 2026.2.2
The developer, Miguel Cardoso, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Supported Features
Dark Interface
Sufficient Contrast
Information
Size
85.3 MB
Category
Sports
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.