Football Manager portable 2012 is the eighth annual entry in the football (soccer) management simulation series. Improvements over the 2011 version include more options for contracting and transferring players, realistic scouting reports, new cameras in 3D matches, a tone option to determine the way things are communicated, a new interface, and the option to add or remove playable nations in a saved game. There is also a revamped tutorial aimed at new players. The game database includes 40,000 teams, 50 playable nations, 2,600 competitions and about 40,000 profiles between players, managers, referees and staff members.