It began serialization in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine in December 2009.

Written and illustrated by Yuki Otake, Football Nation began serialization in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine on December 11, 2009.

[1] The series went on hiatus on August 28, 2020 due to Otake's recovery from breast cancer surgery.

which are also published by Shogakukan in the magazines Big Comic Spirits and Weekly Shōnen Sunday respectively.

[4] The series has been recommended by Japanese footballers like Hideto Takahashi,[13] Kengo Nakamura,[24] Yasuyuki Konno,[16] Wataru Endō,[18] Daisuke Matsui,[19] Kento Hashimoto,[20] Shinji Okazaki,[22] and Shūichi Gonda.