Championship Manager 2006 is a football management simulator developed by Beautiful Game Studios, released in 2006 for Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and PC. Covering the 2005/2006 season, the game places players in the role of manager for clubs drawn from leagues around the world, with the objective of guiding chosen teams to success. As with the management genre broadly, the focus falls on tactical decisions, squad oversight, and the organizational responsibilities of running a football club rather than direct on-pitch control. The multi-platform release made the title accessible across home consoles and portable hardware, with the PSP version offering a handheld take on the experience. The game represents one entry in the long-running Championship Manager series, which established itself as a prominent franchise within football management simulation.
