Following in the footsteps of German managers like Jürgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel, GOAL! The Club Manager is destined to be a fan favorite when it will be released later this year. Published by Toplitz Productions and 2tainment, GOAL! is the international version of the latest entry in the long-running successful ANSTOSS-franchise.

GOAL! offers depth and realism and confronts you with the complexity of being a manager without getting lost in micromanagement and spreadsheets. You are the coach, the manager, sports director and club CEO in one. You take care of the team, tactics, lineup, transfer market, club grounds, finances and much more. Create your dream team – if you can afford it!

GOAL! is designed not only to reflect the modern demands of an all around club boss, but also to cater to the gamer’s needs. GOAL! respects the time you have at your disposal: Whether you want to enjoy your gaming experience in depth, optimizing every aspect of your team down to the smallest detail or prefer to play a whole season in one afternoon - GOAL! is the flexible football manager that caters towards your preferences.

Additionally you will enjoy the tongue-in-cheek humor, taking a poke at the sometimes all-too-serious affair that is today’s football, making GOAL! The Club Manager a worthwhile alternative to more time-consuming manager games. Regardless of this, a career with an in-depth skill system, finances, sponsoring, squad management, contract negotiations and extensive statistics give GOAL! everything managers need to dive in, including stadium environment and expansion, transfer market, scouting and youth work. You could even become the head coach of your favorite national team. Are you ready to lead your squad to victory?

GOAL! The Club Manager is available through Early Access on Steam and GOG.com, marking the first new entry of the renowned franchise (known as “Anstoss” in Germany) for more than 16 years.

"We are very excited to celebrate the season opening for GOAL! together with 2tainment" explains Matthias Wünsche, CEO Toplitz Productions. "The spirit of the franchise can already be felt everywhere in Early Access and will only become more intense with the next updates and features."

Stefan Weyl, CEO of 2tainment, is also delighted: "It was a long way from the first concept to the current release in Early Access. But we didn't let the stumbling blocks along the way stop us and are proud to have launched a worthy successor to the glorious series together with the loyal community and Toplitz. And we are far from finished. The roadmap is filled to the brim and we can't wait to give the fans more and continue down this path with them."

“For Early Access we focus on delivering the core of the single-player experience. We plan on adding many more features like national teams and international cup competitions as soon as possible. Also the balancing will be constantly checked and finetuned, if needed.

“New features such as the online multiplayer mode or the option to train national teams will be added in the course of the next weeks and months. In addition, some areas of the game will be visually enhanced. Voice-overs will be added in all supported languages and much more. Of course, we will also be bug-fixing and further optimizing GOAL! The Club Manager. The roadmap is full to the brim.”

“The duration of the Early Access phase can’t be defined in terms of time necessarily. The deciding factors will be that A) we have included all the content we have in mind and B) we are working closely with the community to ensure that this content fulfills its potential.”

The following roadmap gives a brief overview of the most important milestones on the agenda until version 1.0. In addition, the 2tainment team is working on bug fixes, match day enhancements as well as further features and optimizations, which will be released at regular intervals.

First released in 1993, the series is considered a milestone for realistic sports management mixing tactical depth with deep involvement in all areas of the club from finances to stadium extensions and a deep youth system, while adding a healthy dose of humor. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, 2tainment and Toplitz Productions are looking forward to work together on this title to deliver a memorable experience as a club manager to the gamers.

By Fans. For Fans. With Fans.

This creed sums up perfectly what GOAL! The Club Manager means for everybody involved. The development team 2tainment consists of die-hard football fans and fervent players of the older franchise entries. Their goal: To deliver a gaming experience that evokes the spirit of Anstoss 3 (for many fans not only the best entry in the series, but until today considered one of the best football managers of all time), while incorporating all the modern challenges and achievements that make the beautiful game what it is today. You are not limited to deciding the squad, training or tactics. With GOAL! you are involved in finances, take care of spotting the next talents in your youth system, are responsible for transfers and the overall financial health of your club – all while managing your personal career as well.

This is the game for the fans, who devotedly follow their team every weekend, eagerly awaiting who will be picked for the starting 11. For the fans, who celebrate with every win, who lament every loss and full-throatedly tell everybody why their team is not successful and what should be done differently.

The community feedback plays a vital role in development: The team is aware of the expectations and responsibility that comes with a re-boot of this classic franchise. Which is why they rely not only on Kickstarter backers, but the German football manager community as a whole to get their input and feedback.

Key Features:

• The tactics engine unites classic management gameplay and the latest development, methods and rule changes in modern football.
• With the heatmap you can analyze and evaluate both the teams‘ and the individual players‘ performance. Make changes, optimize tactics and directly see the impact of your decision.
• Scouting and data analytics are the key to every club’s long term success. Develop a world-wide network and discover new talents.
• They are personalities: Each player has dozens of abilities and a multitude of character traits influencing their development and playstyle. Know them to improve them.
• Your character’s abilities as a coach and manager are enhanced via an extensive skill tree, giving you more options and choices to specialize. Are you a football scientist or an old-school manager relying on the hairdryer treatment?
• Optional 3D scenes bring the text mode to life
• Simple and intuitive: The new edition of the beloved franchise offers a slick user interface with a clear and efficient menu structure.
• Help is only a click away: Tutorials and tooltips offer help and advice for all newcomers to the challenging job as a club manager (*will be implemented during Early Access)
• Become the coach of your favorite national team (*will be implemented during Early Access)
• Multiplayer mode: There’s nothing like the Old Firm or the Classico with your online buddies. (*will be implemented during Early Access)

GOAL! The Club Manager is coming to PC (Steam) in 2023.