For all its apparent troubles in securing licences for football teams, Konami has nevertheless managed to get 150 national and international ball-kicking squads to sign up for Pro Evolution Soccer 2013.
Clubs from the Italian league Serie A feature alongside the entirety of the Spanish league. This is in addition to individual deals with the following teams: Manchester United, Bayern Munich, FC Porto, AEK Athens, Galatasaray Istanbul, Shahktar Donetsk, FC Kopenhagen, Zenit St Petersburg, CSKA Moscow, RSC Anderlecht, Dinamo Kyiv and Dinamo Zagreb, among others.
England, Italy, Germany and France are a couple of the 17 national teams that have been secured for the footballing sim, and Konami also announced that it is keeping its exclusive licence with UEFA to include the Champions League and Europa League for 2013 too.