Championship Manager 3 is a game in the Championship Manager series or football management computer games, the first in the third generation of the series. It was developed by Sports Interactive and released exclusively for the PC in the spring of 1999.
As was becoming customary, the number of playable leagues grew again in this instalment. This time, the league systems of fifteen nations were selectable and, more importantly, all fifteen could be run simultaneously (if the user had a computer powerful enough to allow this). Another major milestone was the inclusion for the first time of playable leagues outside of Europe. All of this created a level of depth never seen before in a management game. Below is a full list of the playable leagues included.For the first time, the Football Conference in England was included, and the player now had the opportunity to manage a club at this level.
- Europe
- Belgium
- Denmark
- England
- France
- Germany
- Holland
- Italy
- Norway
- Portugal
- Scotland
- Spain
- Sweden
- South America
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Asia
- Japan
This version marked the debuts of playable leagues from Argentina, Brazil and Japan.