Championship Manager 17 Strategy Guide 6 Tips for Tactics and Training

A little more than a month ago, we had covered a wealth of soccer games for mobile devices, ranging from titles for hardcore management gamers, to titles for those who want a more casual experience. Square Enix’s Championship Manager 17 is definitely more for the former group of players. For those who aren’t familiar with the series, this is the management game that started it all, way back in the ‘90s when it was still being developed by Eidos for PC. Now, it’s available for mobile courtesy of Square Enix, and this year’s version comes with over 450 clubs across 15 countries and 25 leagues. All the major European football leagues are here, all with real-life players whom you can train and develop, as you choose your formations and lineups, and come up with your own general training goals.

All told, this is a title with a much, much steeper learning curve than your typical casual soccer game for mobile, where it’s common for all playable characters to play the same way. In here, every player and every team is unique, and all are modeled based on their real-life counterparts. So let’s cut to the chase as we now bring you our complete and comprehensive Championship Manager 17 strategy guide. For this first part, we shall deal with the absolute basics of the game, meaning the process of choosing teams, lineups, and formations.