Football Manager 16 gives you the chance to – as its title clearly indicates – manage your football team from top to bottom, making your best effort at winning whichever league and tournament you have the skill to compete in along the way.
In addition to playing some of the top clubs and roll to victory like Barcelona, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Arsenal and Bayern Munich, there are a number of clubs you can pick to play as a personal challenge of your football skill.
Here we break down the nine best Football Manager 16 teams to manage that you absolutely must at least give a try when you pick up your copy:
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9. Liverpool
It’s been an eternity since the Reds won the Premier League, and with an over-powered Man City, Arsenal and Chelsea (talent-wise) on the slate, you’d have your work cut out for you.
8. Bayer Leverkusen
Take on the challenge of slowing down Bayern Munich with the distant second-best team in Bundesliga.
7. Sevilla FC
Can you knock off Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid AND Valencia in one year?
6. Chelsea
Surely someone who has never actually managed a football game can do a better job with this Chelsea roster than Jose Mourinho has!
5. Nottingham Forest F.C.
Try and take this legendary club back to European glory – they haven’t been relevant since 1999.
4. Juventus
Go ahead, try and have the same kind of success this year without Tevez, Pirlo or Arturo Vidal – we dare you.
3. F.C. Internazionale
Bring an Italian giant back to glory, and play with those cool kits all season.
2. AFC Bournemouth
If you like underdog stories then Bournemouth are about as good as it gets: It’s their first year in the Premier League and they have never won a major English tournament, much less a competition in Europe.
1. Your favorite club
There’s nothing more satisfying than conquering Europe with your favorite team.