Academy Soccer Manager released on Steam on October 9, 2026 at $7.99, developed by TENZO.
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News · academy-soccer-manager · 2026-10-09
Academy Soccer Manager Out Now at $7.99: Run a Youth Team in Five Countries
Academy Soccer Manager is out now at $7.99 - manage a youth football team in Japan, Korea, England, Spain or Germany and develop your players.
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Choose where you start: a high school club in Japan or Korea, or the academy of a professional club in England, Spain or Germany, picking the parent club's division from first to fourth.
VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 5284460), checked 2026-10-13
Each week you choose a training session - technique, physical work, tactical understanding, set pieces, a practice match or rest - and players who build up fatigue get injured more easily while those who rest too much stop improving.
VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 5284460), checked 2026-10-13
FAQ
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Which countries can you manage in Academy Soccer Manager?
Japan, Korea, England, Spain and Germany - high school clubs in the first two, pro academies in the rest.
How does player development work?
Each player has a growth curve and ceiling, with weekly training choices and one-to-one coaching shaping which attributes rise.
What happens when players graduate?
Strong players sign professional contracts with the first team; nicknamed players stay in the club's records.
How much is it?
$7.99 on Steam.
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What the game is
Academy Soccer Manager is a youth football management game released October 9, 2026 at $7.99.
You manage a youth team and develop your players across five countries, each with its own calendar, competitions, school years, player names and venues.
In Japan and Korea you run a high school club through prefectural leagues, the summer tournament and the winter championship; in England, Spain and Germany you run a professional club's academy.
Training and growth
Every player has his own growth curve - early, normal or late - and his own ceiling.
In one-to-one coaching you either bring on a whole group of attributes or narrow it to a single one.
Players pick up special abilities that show up in matches, and some have an ability of their own that earns them a nickname kept in the club's records after they graduate.
Matches and who it is for
Eleven players move on the pitch by themselves, guided by your tactics and team selection, with free kicks building a wall according to distance and angle.
Watch from broadcast, overhead or dynamic camera angles.
Strong players sign professional contracts with the first team, and the academy's budget rises and falls with the parent club's results - it suits youth-development obsessives (BOUNDED: official Steam description, checked 2026-10-13).
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