Sports Interactive have released some details of their highly anticipated Football Manager 2005 game. As usual Sports Interactive look to have made their latest game bigger and better than anything they have done before. Just take a look below at the staggering statistics for FM 2005.

FM 2005 Statistics

• Playable countries 51
• Playable first-team divisions 158
• Playable first teams 2,351
• Playable reserve-team divisions 70
• Playable reserve teams 1,000
• Youth-team divisions 117
• Youth teams 1,651
• Total league divisions 345
• Total league teams 5,002
• Maximum number of playable international teams 94
• Levels of international team (First, Under-21, Under-19) 3
• Under-23 teams (Olympics) 16
• Total of playable international teams 298
• Total number of playable teams 5,300

Due for release later this year, FM 2005 will feature teams from 158 divisions in 51 countries. With the inclusion of reserve and youth teams, the number of league teams available to players of the game exceeds 5,000, while the international teams (with the senior squads augmented by their under-19, under-21 and under-23 counterparts) brings the total to 5,300.

"Our games have always been known for their attention to detail, but FM 2005 goes beyond anything that we've achieved before," says Miles Jacobson, Managing Director of Sports Interactive. "For example, where our previous games included teams from the Football Conference, we have now added the Northern and Southern divisions, increasing the depth of our football universe."

FM 2005's scope easily exceeds that of Sports Interactive's previous most comprehensive football management game, which showcased teams from 42 nations. FM 2005 includes leagues from a number of countries which have not featured in Sports Interactive's previous titles, including Belarus, Bulgaria, Chile, Iceland, Malaysia, Peru, Romania, Slovenia and Uruguay.

Win a copy of Football Manager 2005

It gets even better though as we have a competition, courtesy of SEGA, to win a copy of what should be the greatest sports management game ever, Football Manager 2005.* All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is answer three simple questions. The answer to these questions can all be found in the above text.

Q1. How many playable teams will there be in Football Manager 2005?

Q2. Name 3 countries whose leagues have never before appeared in a Sports Interactive title?

Q3. Who is Sports Interactive's Managing Director?

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The competition will close on November 5th 2004 and the winner will be announced on November 6th 2004. The winner will receive their copy of Football Manager 2005 upon the game's release. Good luck!

*We regret that the competition is open to UK residents only.