Sidelines Football Manager

In-app purchases
4.8
2.4K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this game

Choose your initial players, buy a small stadium, start out in Division 8, upgrade and build your club and squad, and work your way up to Division 1.

Very easy to pick up, casual game.
Gradually introduced depth that has kept many playing for years.

No ads, no subscriptions, no purchase nags, no gimmicks.
This game is created and continually updated by a solo developer who is dedicated to making it as entertaining as possible.

Key features:
- Very helpful and friendly community — easy to get help, or just chat.
- Compete in the League, daily and ~weekly cups, and in challenges.
- Hire trainers and develop your players with personalized training. Want a playmaker midfielder to feed your strikers, or a dribbler that wants to do it all himself? No problem! GK always wanted to become a striker? Train him in Shooting and have him learn the role. 👍
- Choose between different sponsorships, from easy money to big bonuses requiring league domination.
- Unlock more formations and find your style and tactics.
- Expand and upgrade your stadium, and optimize ticket pricing to maximize income.
- Manage player transfers and youth player scouting.
- Endless rewarded achievements and merits to explore and pursue.
- Set up friendly matches against other managers to test strategies or get tips on how to further improve your squad.
- Lots of stats!

Hope to see you on the Sidelines! :)
EJay, game creator
Updated on
Aug 19, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App info and performance
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity, and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.8
2.3K reviews
Paul Thomas
August 21, 2025
Get this game! Now played nearly 3 years, absolutely fantastic. I played CM2 as a teenager & this has the same feel, the aim is to win matches by a large goal difference, if you don't understand this premise you can get frustrated. Game is online only but doesn't use much data, beyond basic tutorial you're expected to interact through the 'pubs' to gain insight & understanding. Ejay has done a phenomenal job, it's free to play & no adverts to frustrate you, he's a legend 👏.
15 people found this review helpful
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Cephron Games
January 4, 2023
Thanks for the review, Paul! Good old CM2 ☺️ In addition to getting insight from others in the chat room, I can recommend checking out all the (?) icons :)
Joe Switek (Vertijoe)
July 2, 2025
Compared to most other football manager games, this one stands out as one of, if not the best. Top Eleven is extremely pay-to-win. You have to purchase tokens to buy players. Some others have extremely long wait times for building. So far I am enjoying the game as a whole. There are maybe a few things that could be added, like hiring a physiotherapist for quicker injury recoveries. Building of training facilities to enhance the rate of player improvement.
9 people found this review helpful
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M G (Markoolio70)
September 30, 2025
I just started playing the game a few days ago, really enjoying it so far, plenty of interaction within the game, deciding what tactics etc to use to climb your way up through the leagues, there are always other players around to ask advice from too, im definitely going to stick with it. I would recommend giving it a go.
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