Championship Manager 2009 Express is the

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version of

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's best-selling football management PC title, developed by

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-based, BAFTA award-winning mobile games developer

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Premise

The

Championship Manager ''Championship Manager'' is a series of association football, football-management simulation video games, the first of which was released in 1992. The ''Championship Manager'' brand and game was conceived by brothers Collyer brothers (game desig ...

series lets players assume managerial control over their favourite

football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...

in a bid for both league and tournament victory. The series has always featured real-life clubs and players adding a degree of authenticity to how well certain teams and players perform.

Features

As with each new entry into the handheld series developed by

2009 Express expands both the managerial options available to the player and new aesthetic qualities, allowing better ease of control and menu navigation. Individual player training is new to this version and allows users to focus specific training routines on key players to give them a competitive edge in crucial matches, while past installments offered full-team routines only. Like past entries to the series, matches play out in 2D on-screen and can be sped up or slowed down to suit the player's preference. This version allows users to view matches in real-time and change tactics or make substitutions at any time if they feel their current strategies are not working.

Board members A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervise the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiza ...

will influence investment into the player's chosen club. Managers can set themselves targets throughout each season that will affect the level of funds provided by the board. Full promotion and relegation means that managers can be completely relegated out of their chosen league and dropped into the non-leagues or, if the board decides, sacked from their team.

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take players to task for their actions if performance is poor. Users may be put on the spot and asked to explain their managerial decisions.

External links

Official Website

Launch Announcement

Official Championship Manager Homepage

References

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