Back to the future

A 90s football manager, rebuilt for your phone

In the early 90s we sat in front of a CRT monitor and dragged clubs to the title with nothing but numbers, text and imagination. The 90s football manager games had no 3D engine, and they never needed one: the cinema ran inside your head. Anpfiff is a love letter to that era — built for the phone you carry today.

“Just one more matchday” — and suddenly it was three in the morning.

Know the feeling? The season hangs in the balance, the transfer window is closing, your rival is level on points. That exact pull, the one that made the management games of the 90s immortal, is the core of Anpfiff.

The best of back then

What the 90s got right

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Text beats graphics

The live ticker narrates every match like a radio reporter. Off the bar, a red card, a last-minute winner — your imagination does the rest.

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Short sessions

A matchday in a few minutes — perfect for the bus, the train or the sofa. And still: “just one more…”

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Transfers with a pulse

Negotiate fees, counter their counter-offers, watch the transfer ticker. All 54 clubs trade on their own.

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Stadium & finances

Five expansion tiers, sponsors, TV money — and when things get tight, the bank helps out. Balancing the books like back then, only fairer.

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A newspaper after every matchday

Match reports, headlines, a scouting report on your next opponent — football feels like Saturday again.

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Develop your talents

Youth players knock on the door of the first team. Who becomes tomorrow's star? Plan across seasons.

A look inside

This is what it looks like

Anpfiff — match report as a 90s-style newspaper

Newspaper after the matchday

Anpfiff — half-time team talk in the dressing room

Half-time team talk

Ready?

Play the first season for free

34 matchdays, everything included. After that a one-time €6.99 — no subscription, no pay-to-win.

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