After a break in 2025, the Football Manager World Cup will be back next year. FIFA is inviting the best clubs to compete for the global title in 2026.
“How about us?” Tery Whenett asked the eSports department of Hannover 96 on Monday on X. The assistant coach of the 2024 World Cup runners-up, Sven Goly, clearly wants to win the World Cup crown next year. This time, however, he will not be representing his country, but a club.
After a one-year hiatus, FIFA has announced the FIFAe Club World Cup ft. Football Manager for 2026 and opened the registration phase for online qualification. Professional and semi-professional clubs can look for a player to represent them – or vice versa.
Introducing the FIFAe Club World Cup featuring @FootballManager
From press conferences to transfers and tactics, represent your club on the global stage and become the first-ever champion of this new competition
Clubs are invited to register on https://t.co/RbZGyED9VD to… pic.twitter.com/9gM6o1raCw
— FIFAe (@FIFAe) December 23, 2025
“From press conferences to transfers to tactics, represent your club on the world stage and become the first champion of this new competition,” FIFA touts on X. Exact deadlines and timeframes for registration, qualifiers, and the final round will be announced in the new year.
Further inquiries to HSV and Düsseldorf
Whenett created iconic moments alongside head coach Goly at the 2024 World Cup premiere – and, together with ‘Svonn’, almost secured the title for the DFB. Only in the final did Indonesia stop the German duo’s winning streak. 2026 will be the next opportunity to become FM world champions.
Jonas Gehrmann, alias ‘Jonukas’, is another well-known content creator who has already positioned himself for Football Manager: in FIFA’s announcement post, he is applying to represent Hamburger SV. Meanwhile, ‘NorsemanLP’ has already inquired with Fortuna Düsseldorf on X.
