Sega and Sports Interactive have revealed plans to incorporate women’s soccer in their popular Football Manager franchise today.

Unfortunately, there’s no concrete release date for this inclusion. For soccer fans, this has been a highly requested feature that’s finally getting its proper time to shine.

Miles Jacobson, Studio Director at Sports Interactive, said this about the inclusion:

“We have NO interest whatsoever in making a standalone women’s football version of FM. What we are doing is adding women’s football to FM... one sport, one game.

We know that adding women’s football to FM is going to cost in the millions and that the short-term return it delivers will be minimal. But that’s not the point. There’s no hiding that there’s currently a glass ceiling for women’s football and we want to do what we can to help smash through it. We believe in equality for all and we want to be part of the solution.

We want to be a part of the process that puts women’s football on an equal footing with the men’s game. We know that we’re not alone in this – the historic TV deal that Sky and the BBC recently agreed with WSL in England is proof of that – but we intend to do everything we can to get women’s football to where it deserves to be.”

Chelsea FC Women manager, Emma Hayes, who won the 2020–21 FA WSL Manager of the Year award, also said:

“Women's football is capturing the imagination of fans across the globe and we're making huge strides in terms of attendance figures and broadcast deals. For the women's game to get to the next level, though, it needs to be recognised as an integral part of the world of football, not something separate and different. We want future generations to grow up in a world where football isn't divided into 'women's' and 'men's'... it's just football. The ambitious plan that the Sports Interactive team have for Football Manager will play a huge part in getting us there.”

Detailed information about this new project can be read here.