Party like it is 1999 with this amazing retro database for Football Manager 2023! A unique FM23 database by The Mad Scientist!
Relive the Champions League victory of Manchester United, play with former stars like Zinedine Zidane, David Backham and Andrey Shevchenko. This add-on for Football Manager 2023 is insanely accurate and gives you access to a full 1998 - 1999 database in FM2023.
Everything in this FM23 database has been reverted back to 1998. All the leagues are as they where back in 1998, with all the teams and players from back then. The player attributes is copied manually from the original Championship Manager 3 1998/99. So now you have the chance to manage all the legends from the late 90s, in the modern Football Manager match engine. To get the full experience please read the instructions below.
So jump into the FM Time-machine and travel back to 1998.
Season 1998/99 Database - 7 Playable Nations
- England (Premier League, 1. Division, 2. Division)
- Italy (Serie A & Serie B )
- Scotland (Premiership)
- Spain (La Liga)
- France (Ligue 1)
- Germany (Bundesliga)
- Portugal (Primera)
- Thousands of created players
1998 - 1999 database Download Options
Fully set up, only need to load the file in your FM23
Set up the database yourself and only use what you want
Older logos that clubs used back in 1998
A retro kitpack with the kits clubs used in 1998
1998 - 1999 Teaser Trailer
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How to install 1998 - 1999 retro FM23 database
With Save-game
- Move the downloaded file to your "games" folder:
Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/games - Open Football Manager 2023 > Load Game > Select the 1998-99 DB.
Add your manager and select the club you want to manage.
With Database file
- Move the downloaded file to your "editor data" folder:
Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/editor data - Open Football Manager 2023 > Start a new career > Select the "1998 99 DB" option from the top right drop down button with database version (23.0.0 Update)
- Click on the "Advanced Setup" button to select the leagues of choice and database size settings.
Logopack instructions
- 1. Extract the contents of the 1998-99 Logos Patch.rar file to the "logos" subfolder of the "graphics" folder:
Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/graphics/logos
Important: If you have other logopacks installed, you need to remove them to avoid conflicts. - Open FM23 > Preferences > Interface, and hit the "clear cache" button - then return on the same screen and "reload skin".
Kitpack instructions
- 1. Extract the contents of the .zip file to the "faces" subfolder of the "graphics" folder:
Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/graphics/faces
Important: If you have other facepacks installed, you need to remove them to avoid conflicts. - Open FM23 > Preferences > Interface, and hit the "clear cache" button - then return on the same screen and "reload skin".