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Sayonara, Football
	Cover of Sayonara, Football volume 1 by Kodansha
さよならフットボール; (Sayonara Futtobōru)
Genre	Sports
Manga
Written by	Naoshi Arakawa
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha USA;
Magazine	Magazine E-no
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 20, 2009 – August 20, 2010
Volumes	2
Anime film
Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch
Directed by	Seiki Takuno
Written by	Natsuko Takahashi
Music by	Masaru Yokoyama
Studio	Liden Films
Licensed by	Crunchyroll SEA: Muse Communication;
Released	June 11, 2021
Runtime	104 minutes
Other
	Farewell, My Dear Cramer (sequel);

Sayonara, Football (Japanese: さよならフットボール, Hepburn: Sayonara Futtobōru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's Magazine E-no from June 2009 to August 2010, and collected in two tankōbon volumes. The series is published in print and in digital in North America by Kodansha USA. A sequel, Farewell, My Dear Cramer, was published from 2016 to 2020.

An anime film adaptation of the series by Liden Films, titled Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch, premiered in June 2021.

Media

Manga

The series is written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's Magazine E-no from June 20, 2009, to August 20, 2010.^[2]^[3] Its chapters were compiled into two tankōbon volumes.^[4]^[5]

Kodansha USA is publishing the series digitally and in print.^[6]

Volumes

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	February 17, 2010^[4]	978-4-06-375872-6	September 15, 2020^[7]	978-1-63236-963-5
2	October 15, 2010^[5]	978-4-06-375977-8	November 24, 2020^[8]	978-1-63236-964-2

Film

An anime film adaptation of the series, titled Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch (さよなら私のクラマーファーストタッチ, Sayonara Watashi no Kuramā Fāsuto Tatchi), was announced in September 2020.^[9] The film is animated by Liden Films and directed by Seiki Takuno, with Natsuko Takahashi writing the script, and Masaru Yokoyama composing the music.^[10] It was originally set to premiere on April 1, 2021,^[11] but it was delayed to June 11, 2021.^[12] The staff said it was due to "unforeseen circumstances", but they also expressed hope of the new coronavirus getting contained.^[13] Crunchyroll streamed the film outside of Asia.^[14] In Southeast Asia, Muse Communication licensed the film.^[15]

Reception

The series was nominated for the Mangawa award in the shōnen category in 2017.^[16]

Caitlin Moore from Anime News Network praised the series, praising it for its "highly technical soccer action" and treatment of gender issues in sports, while criticizing the art for faces.^[1] Koiwai and Takato from Manga News also gave the series praise, calling it "finely presented".^[17]