Football Manager 2017

• Title — Football Manager 2017 • Developer — Sports Interactive • Publisher — Sega • Series — Football Manager • Platforms — Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux • Released — 4 November 2016 • Genre — Sports management • Modes — Single player, multiplayer

Football Manager 2017 features similar gameplay to that of the Football Manager series. Gameplay consists of taking charge of a professional football team (the game also includes semi-professional, amateur, and international teams) as the team manager. Players can sign football players to contracts, manage finances for the club, and give team talks to players. The Football Manager series is a simulation of real world management, with the player being judged on various factors by the club's AI owners and board.

After the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (EU) on 23 June 2016, Football Manager 2017 featured a form of Brexit, with three possible scenarios: "business as usual" with no additional work visas needed; current players would be grandfathered but new players would need work visas; or a "hard Brexit" in-game scenario, which has Scotland voting for independence in a second referendum and remaining in the EU, whilst EU players would require working visas to play in any English, Welsh, or Northern Irish teams. Football Manager 2017 also featured a new social media view, which would show a Twitter-themed view of fans and players thoughts that would change after events that transpired in game. A new face scanning option allowed the player's in-game avatar to be customised to show a 3D view of the player's real life face by use of a webcam, or brought from a picture.

On 21 August 2017, PC Games Insider published that Football Manager 2017 had sold its one-millionth copy. This was the fifth time in succession that the Football Manager game had sold one million copies or more. Miles Jackobson of Sports Interactive also stated that Football Manager 2017 had sold one million copies, and the series had "5(th) game(s) in a row".