It was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X on 5 November 2010.

[7] On 11 August 2010, Sports Interactive published a video announcing a number of new features that would be included in Football Manager 2011.

[10] Football Manager 2011 also featured improvements to match analysis, with information regarding different plays being shown in-depth.

[19] In February 2011, Sega announced that Football Manager 2011 was the company's third-highest-grossing game of the financial year, with the Microsoft Windows and PlayStation Portable versions combined selling 690,000 units.

[18] Despite this, Sega called the game's sales "slow", alongside PlatinumGames like Vanquish and Sonic Colors.