Major Update: Youth Camps, Trial Days, Awards & Academy Overhaul

New Feature: Youth Camps

Youth Camps allow you to establish a long-term presence in different countries and continuously develop local talent.

Highlights

• Build youth camps in countries around the world

• Assign Head Scouts to improve camp performance

• Discover and develop players over time

• Monitor morale, progression and development

• Sign camp players once they reach signing age

• Compete with other clubs for the best prospects

• Monthly operating costs and camp progression systems

The default database now supports 20 countries, including: Russia, Japan, Mexico, Croatia, Nigeria, Colombia, Serbia, Morocco, Senegal, and Saudi Arabia.

New Feature: Academy Activities

A brand-new Activities section has been added to the academy.

Trial Days

Organize Regional and National Trials where players will attend based on your academy's prestige.

You can:

• Invite players to academy trials

• Evaluate prospects for up to 14 days

• Gather additional scouting information

• Decide whether to offer them a contract

Additional activity types are planned for future updates.

Awards System

Players can now earn awards throughout their careers, including:

• Top Scorer

• Assist Leader

• Player of the Match

• And more

Awards increase player visibility, attract transfer interest, and can boost market value.

Academy Improvements

The academy system has been expanded with:

• Monthly upkeep costs based on academy and facility levels

• Improved academy information visibility

• More detailed player archives

• Better staff generation variety

• Trial invitations for players requesting to join the academy

Additional Improvements

• Match lineups can now be viewed before attending matches

• Talent Match view can filter starters and substitutes

• Starting year can now be selected from 1900 to the current season

• Academy information is now always visible in the sidebar

• Transfer status icons added to team views

• Scout reports older than 12 months are now clearly marked

• Workshop description limit adjusted to 1000 characters

• Numerous UI improvements and missing translations added

Fixes

This update also includes a large number of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements, including:

• Staff generation issues after loading save games

• Scouting report sorting issues

• Contract negotiation issues

• League name conflicts across countries

• Window navigation issues

• Transfer agreement edge cases

• Various UI and gameplay fixes

New Achievements

• 7 new achievements have been added, focused on the Youth Camps feature.

Steam Football Fiesta

Football Academy Manager is participating in Steam Football Fiesta and will be available at a discounted price from June 11th to June 25th.

Thank you for supporting Football Academy Manager during Early Access. More features and improvements are already planned for future updates.