Guinness World Records just recognized the longest-ever match of Football Manager — a light back and forth that lasted more than four centuries is all
As reported by GamesRadar, UEFA Grassroots C football coach Pawel Sicinski from Poland spent 416 years and 134 days in a single game of Football Manager — which the Guinness World Records committee now recognizes. The match ran from Jan. 4, 2018, through May 18, 2434, on the in-game calendar, with only 260 days off. As a frame of reference, if an actual soccer game took this long ended today, it would’ve begun back in 1606. All the players would’ve been dust ages ago.
Guinness World Records even highlighted Sicinski’s achievement on Twitter.
New record: Longest single game of @FootballManager – 416 years and 134 days.
Pawel played on Football Manager 2018 and managed teams from the 4th January 2018 up until the 18th May 2434 and only took 260 days off!
𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 🙌
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) April 22, 2022
According to the official Guinness World Records page, Sicinski accomplished this staggering feat on Sept. 28, 2021, in Football Manager 2018. This peculiar category is more active than you might think too. Sepp Hedel, the prior record-holder, played a single game of Football Manager for 333 in-game years, which equals roughly 1,940 hours in the real world.
Sadly, there are no precise details on how many real-world hours Sicinski’s record would translate to, but upwards of a couple of thousand hours for sure. So if you’re bored and hyper-competitive, you might as well try and dethrone the reigning champ. Good luck with that!
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
