Gafferino
Gafferino
The football manager for people with a life. Pick a club, set the team, watch every match live, and play a whole season in an evening.
Gafferino keeps what made the classic text managers addictive and cuts the busywork. Every screen is one key away, every decision shows you what it costs, and a full round plays out in seconds when you want it to.
See what you controlA match engine that thinks in lineups, not dice. Formations meet formations, tactics change the shape of a game, and every shot carries an expected-goals value. Same seed, same match — every time.
Live commentary with a scoreboard, xG and stats. Or press N and the round is done.
Ten formations, mentality, style, tempo and line. Change them at half time and feel it.
Bid, get countered, walk away. AI clubs trade with each other and come knocking for your stars.
Promote academy kids, watch them develop, and earn stars with a Golden Boot season.
All 38 rounds of the 2026/27 calendar with real dates and kick-off times. Points, goal difference, head-to-head. Top scorers, assists and cards update after every round.
| # | Club | P | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIVLIV | 7 | +11 | 17 | |
| 2 | MCIMCI | 7 | +8 | 15 | |
| 3 | CHECHE | 7 | +6 | 14 | |
| 4 | ARSARS | 7 | +5 | 13 | |
| 5 | NEWNEW | 7 | +3 | 12 | |
| 6 | AVLAVL | 7 | +1 | 11 |
Sort by anything: overall, potential, age, wage, value, contract, morale, fatigue. Injuries and suspensions are flagged before you pick the team, not after.
| Pos | Player | Age | Ovr | Morale | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Lindqvist | 29 | 84 | Fit | |
| CB | Hartley ★ | 27 | 87 | Fit | |
| CM | Okafor | 24 | 81 | Tired | |
| CM | Bakker | 31 | 79 | Injured · 2 | |
| ST | Ruiz | 26 | 83 | Fit | |
| ST | Adeyemi | 17 | 62 | Academy |
Set ticket prices and watch the crowd react. Expand the stadium, take a bank loan, keep the wage bill honest. Tickets, TV, sponsors and prize money all land in one ledger.
Borrow a striker for half a season, send a kid out to play, split the wages. Clubs only lend who they can spare, and they tell you why when they say no.
A season review with the champion, your rating against expectation, awards for the Golden Boot and player of the season, every club's finances and who's about to decline.
We ran hundreds of full seasons and tuned the engine against fourteen seasons of real top-flight results, so the table at the end of May looks like football.
Your club, on your desk. No account, no ads, and your saves never leave your computer.
Apple silicon and Intel · macOS 13 Ventura or later
Download for macOS .dmg disk imageWindows 10 and 11 · 64-bit Intel, AMD or ARM
Download for Windows .exe installerGafferino isn't signed by Apple yet. The first time on macOS: open Gafferino, click Done on the warning, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. On Windows, choose More info → Run anyway. You only do this once. Why?
A fast, text-first football manager for your desktop, inspired by the classic Brasfoot and Elifoot games. You pick a club and run it for a season: lineups, tactics, transfers, loans, finances, youth, injuries and the board.
One full season of the 2026/27 English top flight: 20 clubs, more than 500 players, and the real fixture list with real dates. Cups, Europe and seasons after the first aren't in yet.
As long as you want. Watch every match live with commentary and make substitutions, or press N to play a round instantly. A whole season fits in an evening.
No. Gafferino runs entirely on your computer. It autosaves after every round, and you get three save slots on top. Nothing is uploaded.
Gafferino isn't signed by Apple yet. The first time: open Gafferino, click Done on the warning, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. You only do this once.
Windows may say "Windows protected your PC". Click More info, then Run anyway.
Not yet. Gafferino is built for a keyboard and a big screen: macOS and Windows for now.
No. Gafferino is an independent game, not affiliated with or endorsed by any club, league or publisher. Club names and crests belong to their clubs. And there is no betting content of any kind.
Twenty clubs. Thirty-eight rounds. One job.