Retro Manager - Football Sim
Retro Football Management Sim
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Retro Manager is now free to play! Unlock additional active leagues and editors with in-app purchase.
Retro Manager is a modern football management game inspired by the classic management sims of the 1990s.
Take control of your club, manage transfers, set tactics, develop young talent, and guide your team through league and cup competition in a streamlined retro-style experience built for quick and addictive play sessions.
FEATURES
• Retro-inspired football management gameplay
• Fast-paced seasons and match simulation
• Tactical adjustments and squad management
• Transfers, contracts, and player development
• Club finances and board expectations
• Detailed statistics and league tables
• Classic-inspired interface with modern usability
• Designed for both short sessions and long-term saves
Whether you're building a lower league underdog or chasing top-flight glory, Retro Manager delivers the feeling of classic football management with a clean modern presentation.
more New Freemium version of the app. App is free to play, in app purchases unlock additional active leagues and editors.
3.24 1d ago
Scout search from the assistant showing popup player cards
Board confidence broken out on the manager profile
Playable Scottish and Swiss leagues
Sweden, Switzerland, Mexico, Japan, Nigeria, Morocco nationalities (Switzerland is also a playable pack; the others are nationality pools only)
Processing data overlay
Auto-apply assistant recs / Auto XI before kickoff (Club → Settings)
Subbed player scoring fix
Placeholder Manager of the Month name fix
Tighter spacing (iOS is compact by default)
Office manager profile / legacy / records tabs
Hide tactical presets
Tactics summary under the pitch
Market YTH filter
Contract fix
Redesigned office screens
MOTM popup celebration
Compare in player profile
Scout report in the profile header
Job vacancies show weeks open
Playing a team unlocks that side’s player stats
Tapping the league name in Top 5 opens the table
Injury updates as high priority
Extra manager shouts
Tooltips on profile/history stats
Manager of the Month celebration includes the manager name
Totals line in player history
Starting database retune
Manager reputation tweaks
AI transfer improvements
3.23 Sep 22
## New Features
* Added hidden player attributes.
* Added the player’s age to the profile top bar.
* Player attributes are now visible on player cards.
* Added the **MF** player role.
* Added a Windows desktop fullscreen option in Settings.
* The **Top 50 U21** list now includes players from all active leagues.
* Added live team balances to the save-game editor and exported JSON files.
## Sandbox Cheats
* Added per-save options for an **unsackable manager** and **all players interested**.
* Once a cheat is used, achievements and leaderboards are permanently disabled for that career.
## Match and Gameplay Improvements
* Improved the performance of players in active leagues that you are not managing.
* Opposition players’ overall ratings are now hidden on the match screen.
* Match commentary now lightens dark team colors for improved readability.
## Interface and Visual Fixes
* Made the shortlist heart icon more visible.
* Improved the layout of the elite badge on player cards.
* Fixed circular club crests being incorrectly clipped.
* Fixed blue eyes in player-image templates changing to match the team’s shirt color.
3.20 Sep 9
- Improved staff screen - abilities, slots, roles etc
- Improved best xI layout
- Easily swap between player profiles
- Increased star size in profiles
- Adjusted fixtures to give more of a home/away balance
- Removed pointless assistant shouts
- Improved alignment of manager shouts in game
- Filters added to fixtures screen
- Added venue to match day screen
- Improved alignment of half time screen
- Color coding on match day player ratings
- Added attendance to match day screen
- Assistant recommendation improvements
- Italian language support added
- Fixed player match ratings in other active countries
- Prevented game from pausing on opposing team’s injuries
- Fixed too many yellow card bug
- Added player stats view to squad screen
- Adjusted match transparencies
- Reduced toast popup duration.
- Finally resolved drag to swap bug
- Added facilities news category in news
- Youth players no longer show up in market
3.19 Sep 2
-Fixed easy loan bug
-Hid release and transfer status for loan players
-Added on/off options for weekly results and transfers
-Improved auto XI bench and intelligence
-Added interested players toggle to market screen
-Fixed bug where top 50 players only shows players from my team not the leagues active in the game
-Fixed substitution bugs - players subbed in can change position, confirm substitution renamed to confirm changes
-Fixed manager stats not updating in real time
-Auto XI always selects a bench GK
-Negotiations for transfers/contracts/loans break down after continued disagreement
-Review of toast popup messages performed with unnecessary removed
-Undo button on substitutions
-Fixed bug where youth team would show under expiring contracts
-Fixed pitch turning black on the tactics editor screen
-Fixed lag on formations when lineup is empty
-Fixed outdated “assign to” bar in squad selection. Now just shows empty team positions.
-Auto XI improvements.
-Team tabs (Squad / Tactics / Youth) stay at the top when you scroll, so it’s easier to jump between them.
-Player profile will be easier to find from the squad list
-Sponsor offers will show up on the hub when they’re waiting, not only buried in Finance.
-5-star potential on player cards won’t hide under the portrait.
-Save tactics between careers, plus download/upload so you can share setups on Discord.
-Auto shirt color option for custom player images
-Change data column view on squad selection screen
-Fixed transparency on the assistant dashboard header
-Academy player top up bug fix
-Substitutes bug fix
-Removed clear team from match day screen
-Increased clickable player, team and country names across the entire UI
-In match pause button renames to pause/tactics
-Increased font size in player lists on match screen
-Additional filters and views on the market screen
-In Squad screen/general view, contract is replaced by average rating.
-Financial adjustments so that lower league teams don't just hemorrhage money
-Fixed interested teams where unlikely teams would be interested in top stars
-Contract Negotiation Console now stands out a little better on contract tab
-Fixed issue with loan duration and payment dropdown options
-Tried to cut some assistant verbiage
-Fix bug where DM was comfortable as AM
3.18 Aug 26
-Multiple leagues simulated in the background
-Match ×¼ speed (plus pause/overlay polish); assistant shout dismiss
-General Game Smoothness
-Career boot screen + full-width start menu
-Additional assistant career tips
-Transfer/UI polish (country column, filters, card layout)
-In-game Guide & Changelog — Office hub for guide, FAQ, editor help, and patch notes (stay in-career)
-Fonts — IBM Plex Sans , Source Sans 3, RM0102; optical size normalized across faces
-Assistant discovery — min potential filter (1 Star–5 Star)
-Active Leagues — foreign active countries get Youth Academy intakes at career start
-Canvas backgrounds — custom upload (device-local) + customizable plain background
-Quality of life fixes
-Player Overall Added to column squad view
-Enhanced Manager and Coach profiles
3.17 Aug 11
Custom club creator — replace an existing club slot from Start → Create club
Career texture — cup-draw inbox, yellows-to-ban countdown, remaining fixtures calendar, quiet-week friendlies
Continental — Active League country top 3 into continental (fill to 16); table zone top 3
Playoffs — SF legs weeks 43–44, final week 45 (aggregate + away goals)
Cup — 64 teams (all Div 1–3 + 4 Div4 wildcards by REP); R64 → F
AI club strategy modes + soft transfer interest
FA signings, auto-renewals, interest → hard bids
Richer board confidence; renegotiate targets after promo/results
Season-end free agency + renewal walk-away
Club records book (big win/loss, rivals, honours, Greatest XI v0)
Generated squads feel more realistic: ability and potential match the division, youth prospects roll more sensibly, and international flavour is weighted by nationality instead of feeling random.
Living club/manager REP; Ballon d’Or across Active Leagues; Golden Boy rename
Tactics pitch: natural position under portrait (DC, DR, etc.)
Match summary font improvements
3.16 Jul 26
New in this update
• Career-start Active Leagues presets — Classic / Balanced / Expanded, with a workload meter so you can see sim cost up front
• Foreign leagues keep moving — schedule, results, and season rollover for active countries (not just dormant stubs)
• World tiers labeled — clearer League / World market and scouting tiers
• Broader AI transfers across the active world
• Smoother big saves — debounced autosave and capped archive growth for multi-league careers
• Generated players can appear with the full world-leagues setup
• Stability — foreign club labels/squads healed; start-menu confirms use in-app dialogs (no browser popups)
• USA & Australia country packs
• Hall of Fame, custom faces, richer database editor fields
• Custom formations, weekly transfer summary, match reports from World
• Multi-country world at career start with lighter memory use
3.14 Jul 21
Added top 50 players/youth players list.
Added scout recommended toggle in market screen.
Improved affordability of players in lower leagues.
Fixed bug where players could not be moved into the position of a sent off player.
Fixed bug where in game lineup changes would persist to the next week.
3.11 Jul 9
Fixed bug that would see certain big teams always relegated
3.10 Jul 1
Updated player profiles to show player card in place of area chart.
Improved player images.
Added Argentinian teams.
Improved backgrounds
General Polish
3.09 Jun 24
New Campus System
Added a brand new Campus management screen.
Training facilities, youth academy, and commercial infrastructure are now managed from a single hub.
New ability to set Youth Academy intake focus.
Provides clearer long-term club development and progression.
Stadium Overhaul
Completely redesigned stadium rendering system.
Stadiums are now built from multiple layers:
Stadium bowl
Terraces & seating
Roofs
Floodlights
Construction overlays
Stadium upgrades are now visually reflected in-game.
Stadium seating is dynamically tinted using club colours.
Added dozens of new HD pixel-art stadium assets.
Team Crest Improvements
Refreshed a large number of club crests.
Higher-quality HD artwork.
Cleaner white backgrounds.
Smaller file sizes for improved performance.
Added missing crests for many clubs, particularly from the newly added countries.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the game could become stuck when advancing after transfer window negotiations.
Improved season progression stability.
3.08 Jun 21
- Portuguese language support added
- Half speed matches option added
- Additional Save Slots added
- Player side position filters added
- Sacking and Substitution bug fixes
- Match Event Tweaks
3.06 May 28
New Freemium version of the app. App is free to play, in app purchases unlock additional active leagues and editors.
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