Football Manager 24 will not be updated with 2024/25 season data
A couple of weeks ago, Sports Interactive announced Football Manager 25 had been delayed to March 2025, pushed right back from its November release date and towards the end of the 2024/25 season. This prompted some calls from the community to update Football Manager 24 with the data from the 2024/25 football season. Sports Interactive has now responded to this request, and has had to rule out such an update.
In a statement, Sports Interactive said, “Following the announcement of the delay of FM25, many of you have called for an official FM24 update with season 2024/25 data. This is something we have been exploring since the initial internal conversation about postponing the game’s release. Having now scoped the work that would be required, and despite a good initial response from many of our licensors, we cannot lift assets that we are using in FM25 and make them work in FM24 without recreating them in full. The same applies to many competition rules, translations, and database changes that cannot be back ported. The updated assets and data would both be required to obtain licensor approval-they cannot be separated.
This is a substantial undertaking which would take critical resources away from delivering FM25 to the highest quality, which we simply cannot compromise on. If you have pre-purchased FM25 and wish to seek a refund please contact your retailer. We sincerely thank you for your patience. We are passionately committed to delivering the best game possible when we release in March 2025.”
It is still not clear what impact this will have on the release schedule of future Football Manager games, as it is unlikely that Football Manager 26 will be ready by the end of 2025, unless that is database update only. The switch to a new engine and fundamental changes to the gameplay has already seen features stripped from Football Manager 25 including, international management, which should return in future games, touchline shouts, create a club, challenge mode, and
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