Virtua Pro Football, known in Japan as , is a PlayStation 2 football simulation video game, released by Sega in 2006.
Gameplay
The game featured a rock-paper-scissors like system for both 1-on-1 situations, and set pieces. It also had a player career mode which allowed completed players to be exported to Let's Make a Soccer Team! for use as youth players, as well as importing teams from the game to use in games and custom competitions.
Teams & Competitions
Licenses
The game covers the top 6 European Leagues from the 2005/06 season but mainly featured with unlicensed competitions & teams. The only fully licensed leagues are the Spanish La Liga & Segunda Division, the Dutch Eredivisie & Eerste Divisie, while the Italian League name is unlicensed but with 32 clubs of 42 from Serie A & Serie B being licensed.
Leagues
Premiership
League Championship
League 1
League 2
Division 1
Division 2
1. Liga
2. Liga
Calcio A 1
Calcio B 2
La Liga L
Segunda Division L
Eredivisie L
Eerste Divisie L
1 : League name unlicensed, with licensed teams except Cagliari, Palermo & Siena
2 : League name unlicensed, with licensed teams except Avellino, Bologna, Cesena, Cremonese, Mantova & Rimini
L : Full license
Competitions
European League (32 team groups + knockout cup) Europa Cup (knockout cup with 24+8 teams) English Cup (32 team knockout cup) French Cup (32 team knockout cup) German Cup (32 team knockout cup) Italian Cup (24 team knockout cup) Spanish Cup (32 team knockout cup) Dutch Cup (26 team knockout cup)
World Cup (32 team groups + knockout cup) European Cup (16 team groups + knockout cup) American Cup (12 team groups + knockout cup) African Cup (8 team knockout cup) Asian Cup (8 team knockout cup)
Other Clubs
This list features the teams from the other leagues of the world, all of them are unlicensed
Rest of Europe
Athens G
Athens YB
Basel
Belgrade BW
Belgrade RW
Besiktas
Brondby
Brugge
Brussels
Copenhagen
Donetsk
Glasgow City
Glasgow FC
Maccabi G
Maccabi YB
Istanbul F
Istanbul G
Kyiv
Moscow L
Lisbon R
Lisbon G
Piraeus
Porto
Prague
Moscow RB
Moscow S
Trondheim
Zagreb
Rest of the World
Al Hilal
A Nacional
America
Auckland
Avellaneda
Boston
Chicago
Corinthians
Cruzeiro
Dallas
Flamengo
Fluminense
Guadalajara
Independiente
Internacional
Iwata
Kansas City
Kashima
La Boca
Los Angeles
Nagoya
Necaxa
O Asuncion
O Caldas
Palmeiras
Pumas
Quito
R Plate
Santos
San Jose
São Paulo
Tigres
Urawa
Vasco da Gama
Viñeazur
Yokohama
Washington
National Teams
Europe
Americas
Africa
Asia & Oceania
1
1 : licensed only in the Japanese version
Stadiums
Many of the stadiums that feature in the game appeared are based on real stadiums, but have unlicensed names.
Abbey Road Stadium
Edmond Park
Stanley Road Stadium
Bridge Road Stadium
Stade de Toulon
Stade de Eiffel
Stade Olympique
Stade Tricoroll
Ludwig Stadion
Parkstadion
Stadio Colosseum
Stadio Garbaldi
Stadio San Carlo
Estadi St. Jerez
Estadio de Cefiro
Estadio do Lavender
Estadio do Lisboa
Estadio do Galore
Benelux Arena
Vanguard Stadium
Twillight Stadium
Egbert Stadium
Hill Valley
Trivia
The former Italian footballer Roberto Baggio endorsed the Japanese version, having appeared in the TV commercial, flyer and merchandising.
See also
Let's Make a Soccer Team!, a sister title by Sega which used the same engine.