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Football Chairman Pro Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About Football Chairman Pro

Build your own football empire!

Create a football club from scratch, starting as a tiny non-league team, and see if you can make it through seven divisions to the very top.

See your players win play-offs, cup competitions and eventually conquer Europe!

Hire and fire managers, develop your stadium, negotiate transfers, contracts and sponsorship deals... while keeping the fans and the bank manager happy.

Over three million users have downloaded the Football Chairman games since launch, and they have won multiple app store awards, including the Apple Editor’s "Best of 2017", "Best of 2016", "Best of 2014" and "Best of 2013".

Football Chairman Pro is the newest and most in-depth version of the game, which is updated every season free of charge with the very latest data!

The Pro app retains the fast-paced, addictive gameplay that made the earlier versions so popular, while adding a whole host of new features, including:

- Take over other clubs: become the chairman of your favourite team
- All domestic and European cup competitions
- Load datapacks featuring teams from all over the world
- Or use the free online data editor to create your own!
- No time limits or adverts, and all in-app purchases are 100% optional
- Manage merchandise sales, pitch condition and backroom staff
- Sign superstar players and boost your club's worldwide reputation
- Pick your club's local 'derby' rivals
- Full youth squad; watch your young players develop
- Players have personalities, playing styles, and happiness and fitness
- Managers use different formations and playing styles
- Offer win bonuses, promotion bonuses, and fine players for indiscipline
- New challenge scenarios to test your skills
- 50 achievements to aim for, including 15 brand new ones
- New club records to beat
- Improved 3D stadium graphics
- Pre-season friendlies
- Redesigned interface
- Plus thousands of tiny improvements to the gameplay.

Good luck... you'll need it!

- Want to try a free version of the game before downloading this one? Search the app store for 'Football Chairman'.

What's New in the Latest Version 1.8.2

Last updated on Jul 31, 2023

Old Versions

- New datapack for the 2023-24 season!
- To use the datapack follow these steps:
1, Save your current game to our servers from the Settings page
2, From the Settings page again, start a new game
3, You should see the new datapack at the start of your new game

Version History

1.8.2

Jul 31, 2023

1.7.2

Mar 2, 2023

- Various bug fixes and third-party software updates

1.6.4

Apr 15, 2022

- Turkish language pack added
- Changes to names of in-app investments

1.6.3

Feb 22, 2022

- Updated game data
- Various bug fixes and third-party software updates

* Please note, if you're in the middle of a game, we'd advise saving your game to our servers before installing any update.

1.5.3

Aug 13, 2020

* Please note, if you're in the middle of a game, we'd advise saving your game to our servers before installing any update.

- Technical improvements to ensure compatibility with future operating system updates.

1.5.2

Apr 15, 2020

* Please note, if you're in the middle of a game, we'd advise saving your game to our servers before installing any update. Click the "wrench" icon at the top right and enter your email and password.

- You can now boost your club's finances free of charge by watching rewarded videos. Visit the Money > Investments screen.
- Latest English datapack.
- Technical updates to ensure the app works on the latest devices and operating systems.

1.3.9

Apr 28, 2018

- Updated layout to fill iPhone X screen
- Improved layout on 12.9" iPad Pro
- Moved wage payments to the weekend to make weekly financial summary clearer
- "Profit/loss this year" on Money page now shows "live" amount instead of updating weekly
- Other minor bugfixes and technical improvements

1.3.8

Apr 24, 2018

- Updated layout to fill iPhone X screen
- Improved layout on 12.9" iPad Pro
- Moved wage payments to weekend to make weekly financial summary clearer
- "Profit/loss this year" on Money page now shows "live" figure instead of updating weekly
- Other minor bugfixes and technical improvements

1.3.7

Jan 9, 2018

- Fixes issue with iOS deleting app data when storage gets low.
- New languages available: German, French, Portuguese and Italian (along with English and Spanish).
- Other minor bugfixes and technical amendments.

1.3.2

Oct 23, 2017

Technical updates for latest Apple software/hardware.

1.3.1

Sep 18, 2017

- Technical updates for iOS 11
- Minor amendments the new English datapack for the 2017-18 season. To play with the new datapack, you'll need to start a new game from the Settings menu ("wrench" icon, top right)
- Tweaks to value of newly-signed players
- Selected transfer budget highlighted on "Money > Transfers" page
- Other minor bugfixes and technical improvements

1.3.0

Aug 7, 2017

- New default English datapack for the 2017-18 season! All teams updated and re-rated. To play with the new datapack, you'll need to start a new game from the Settings menu ("spanner" icon, top right).

- Spanish language option. To play in Spanish, choose this language either at the start of the game or from the Settings menu.

- Auto-save functionality. Once you've entered an email and password, the game will auto-save once per season. This won't count towards your "one save per season" total.

- Minor bug fixes and technical improvements.

1.2.2

Jul 16, 2016

- New default English datapack for 2016/17: to play with this, you'll need to start a new game
- Two additional 'Popular datapacks' listed on startup (currently Italian and Spanish teams 2016/17)
- Can now load or import an old game from the initial 'Welcome' screen instead of having to create a club
- Fixed bug which caused the app to crash for some people on Stadium/Money pages
- Fixed issue which caused some users to lose data when their phone storage was low
- Updated all third-party software to provide greater stability and security

1.2.1

Jul 12, 2016

- New default English datapack for 2016/17: to play with this, you'll need to start a new game
- Two additional 'Popular datapacks' listed on startup (currently Italian and Spanish teams 2016/17)
- Can now load or import an old game from the initial 'Welcome' screen instead of having to create a club
- Fixed bug which caused the app to crash for some people on Stadium/Money pages
- Updated all third-party software to provide greater stability and security

1.2.0

Jul 8, 2016

- New default English datapack for 2016/17: to play with this, you'll need to start a new game
- Two additional 'Popular datapacks' listed on startup (currently Italian and Spanish teams 2016/17)
- Can now load or import an old game from the initial 'Welcome' screen instead of having to create a club
- Fixed bug which caused the app to crash for some people on Stadium/Money pages
- Updated all third-party software to provide greater stability and security

1.1.5

Apr 18, 2016

- You can now see how some of your chairman records compare to the very best scores from other users round the world: go to the Chairman page and click the 'Highscores' button!

- A new option on the Settings > Preferences page allows you to turn off the vector stadium graphics. This should help if your device has low memory or crashes the app when displaying the stadium.

1.1.4

Mar 17, 2016

- Sound effects added to matchday screen. These are turned off by default, to turn them on, go to "Settings" (spanner icon, top right), then "Preferences".
- Fix for bug where you couldn't downgrade training/youth facilities if your club was over its overdraft limit.
- Other minor bugfixes and gameplay improvements.

1.1.3

Jan 20, 2016

- Fix for unresponsive match buttons
- You can now import saved games from Football Chairman Lite
- Fix for Turkish connectivity problems

1.1.2

Jan 11, 2016

- Reduced "button lockout" time
- Fixed bug which was incorrectly setting player transfer status
- Fixed bug which was triggering "back to back promotions" after winning Prem

1.1.1

Jan 7, 2016

- Other teams in the game fluctuate more
- Fewer injury messages
- Fix for "double-press" duplicate result/match-skip issues
- Fix for datapack issue affecting teams with zero stadium capacity
- Fix for "Five trophies in one season" bug
- Fix "undefined" cup history after taking over Champ club
- Correct cup abbreviations on chairman history page

1.0.9

Nov 13, 2015

- Hundreds of new datapacks now available at http://football-chairman.net/data-editor/datapacks.php
- Fix for game crashing occasionally when taking over a new club
- Fix for graphical issues with "zero capacity" stands
- Fix for scrolling issues on a small number of devices
- Other minor tweaks and improvements

1.0.8

Oct 26, 2015

- First game of the season alternates between home and away
- Super Stadiums now start with 99-rated pitch
- Plus updates to fix issues with custom datapacks:
* Teams not progressing to European knockout stages
* Some European competition names and venues hard-coded into datapack

1.0.6

Sep 1, 2015

- Three more new kits to choose from
- More code and database updates in preparation for the data editor
- Minor bugfixes

1.0.5

Aug 17, 2015

This update has some background code changes and new features in preparation for the future launch of the data editor, including:

- Nine new kits based on some top European clubs
- Ability to change the in-game currency
- Personality and style of youth players shown on contract offer page

Also some important bugfixes, including:

- Really bad youth team goalkeepers
- Incorrect manager assigned to trophy win
- Worldwide popularity going up to 11

1.0.2

Jul 8, 2015

This version has the following new features:

- Penalties during matches and in goal descriptions
- You might get the chance to buy on-loan players when the summer transfer window opens
- You can change your chairman avatar by clicking the photo on the 'Chairman' page
- Includes 12 new female avatars
- You can now rename the stands of a Super Stadium

The update also fixes a number of minor bugs:

- Incorrect compensation payouts for managers sacked or resigning
- "Bid of £0 turned down" during transfer negotiations
- Trophies on imported games being assigned to the wrong manager
- Fans complaining about food and drink queues even with maximum outlets open
- Incorrect fan expectations and team ratings on 'Relegation Fodder' challenge
- Game freezing when trying to offer a contract to a player who's already left

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