Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack
Our Cut-Out Faces Megapack is the biggest collection of Football Manager Player Faces available. All players are available in the default cut-out style. When you download our Cut-Out Faces Megapack, you'll receive just under 550,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 548,701
- 2026.06 - Released on 10 May 2026
Installation Instructions
1. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Steam on Windows?
Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. You need to use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract the downloaded file.
Contrary to previous versions of the game, there is no need to change any settings in the preferences in FM26.
2. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using a Mac OS?
*awaiting feedback from Mac users on this
Frequently Asked Questions
If you've never downloaded the pack before, you should just download the larger "complete pack".
If you're not a premium member, it is recommended that you download the base megapack via torrent by going to our cut-out megapack download page. After which, you should then download all the update packs released to date and apply them chronologically.
If you're a premium member, just download the most recent complete pack.
If you already have a version of our Cut-Out Faces Megapack installed, then click "Download Latest Changes" and you'll be presented with a list of all the updates we've released since you've last downloaded a file. Simply download any you might have missed, applying the oldest first and continuing to apply update packs in the chronological order in which they were released.
If you're not a premium member, it is recommended that you download the base megapack via torrent by going to our cut-out megapack download page. After which, you should then download all the update packs released to date and apply them chronologically.
If you're a premium member, just download the most recent complete pack.
If you already have a version of our Cut-Out Faces Megapack installed, then click "Download Latest Changes" and you'll be presented with a list of all the updates we've released since you've last downloaded a file. Simply download any you might have missed, applying the oldest first and continuing to apply update packs in the chronological order in which they were released.
Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. You need to use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract the downloaded file.
Contrary to previous versions of the game, there is no need to change any settings in the preferences in FM26.
Contrary to previous versions of the game, there is no need to change any settings in the preferences in FM26.
*awaiting feedback from Mac users on this
You need to copy and overwrite the faces and the new config file from the update pack into the faces folder.
If done correctly, you should be asked if you want to overwrite files – accept. You should have one folder for faces and another folder for iconfaces, and no sub-folder whatsoever in them.
These steps are to be repeated for every update pack downloaded, and they are to be installed chronologically.
Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. It might be for FM24, but the steps are exactly the same.
If done correctly, you should be asked if you want to overwrite files – accept. You should have one folder for faces and another folder for iconfaces, and no sub-folder whatsoever in them.
These steps are to be repeated for every update pack downloaded, and they are to be installed chronologically.
Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. It might be for FM24, but the steps are exactly the same.
It's a known issue with FM26 - read this. We're assuming this issue will get resolved in upcoming official patches/updates.
The new players were added before FM26 was released and didn't have the right UID yet. We've started the process of mapping them to the correct person's UID.
When you have a blank space instead of a cut-out, it means there is a config file pointing to a folder in which an image with that UID is not present. This generally happens when an update pack is installed in a separate folder and not part of the overall faces folder, or there is a rogue config file somewhere. It could also be that you have somehow not downloaded the full megapack but only part of it. Search within the graphics folder for the UID of this person, and you will probably find the secondary image. Delete that folder, and it should be fine.
Otherwise, follow the steps in this comment and post the results so that we can assist you.
Otherwise, follow the steps in this comment and post the results so that we can assist you.
In line with guidance on the official SI forums, At present, FM26 cannot handle multiple files with the same name. For example, if you have two files with the name "kit.png", it will not load both. and Player Faces: These work fine. You do not need the icon files anymore, and they can cause issues with the note above. Delete them.
As a result, the iconfaces are no longer available for download because they're not needed. You should also delete the iconfaces folder manually from your system too 👍
As a result, the iconfaces are no longer available for download because they're not needed. You should also delete the iconfaces folder manually from your system too 👍
You need to change your user data location. Simple steps on how to do so can be found here.
It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
The torrent file includes the base megapack uploaded just before that year’s FM version is released. Any and all subsequent update packs are to be downloaded separately.
For those who have never used torrents, in the vast majority of cases, it's just a question of downloading the client program (a small file, less than 1MB) and then downloading the megapack torrent file (a tiny file, around 20k) and then letting the program do the job.
Torrent files need a torrent client to be downloaded. I personally use µTorrent but other common clients are BitTorrent, Vuze and Deluge. For those using torrents for the first time, here is a general walk-through on how to download torrents and a specific guide for µTorrent.
Be aware that it will take a substantial amount of time to download the file due to its sheer size and that other people depend on you hosting the file to get it so please leave your torrent client on after you have fully downloaded it. The etiquette is generally accepted to be to upload as much as you download, although this might not always be possible. The older the torrent file, the less likely it is that there will still be users seeding it.
Torrent files need a torrent client to be downloaded. I personally use µTorrent but other common clients are BitTorrent, Vuze and Deluge. For those using torrents for the first time, here is a general walk-through on how to download torrents and a specific guide for µTorrent.
Be aware that it will take a substantial amount of time to download the file due to its sheer size and that other people depend on you hosting the file to get it so please leave your torrent client on after you have fully downloaded it. The etiquette is generally accepted to be to upload as much as you download, although this might not always be possible. The older the torrent file, the less likely it is that there will still be users seeding it.
Please report this so that they can be reuploaded. Since the files are hosted outside our pages, there isn't much we can do about this unfortunately. You could try downloading the pack via torrent and get it this way.
Extracting the file will take a while, but it shouldn't take the hours and hours that the program extracting will sometimes say it will. To speed it up, it is recommended that you have as few programs running as possible so that the system can dedicate as many resources to the extraction as it possibly can.
Secondly, for files as large as this, the calculation of the extraction time will be wildly incorrect at the start. After a while, it'll show a more realistic timeframe, which shouldn't be more than an hour or two if you have a good setup and few programs running at the same time.
Secondly, for files as large as this, the calculation of the extraction time will be wildly incorrect at the start. After a while, it'll show a more realistic timeframe, which shouldn't be more than an hour or two if you have a good setup and few programs running at the same time.
You might have a poor internet connection or your browser might have some extensions which interrupt this download. Having loads of downloads ongoing and/or streaming may also de-prioritise this download.
Try using Google Chrome in incognito mode (or the equivalent mode for other browsers) and you should be able to resume the download from the point it was interrupted, if that happens.
Try using Google Chrome in incognito mode (or the equivalent mode for other browsers) and you should be able to resume the download from the point it was interrupted, if that happens.
The most recent update pack will include the most recent config file, so you can choose to download it and use it from there.
Alternatively, you can download fmXML and generate a config yourself. There's a video on YouTube on how to use it but it's really easy and the instructions are quite straight-forward.
Alternatively, you can download fmXML and generate a config yourself. There's a video on YouTube on how to use it but it's really easy and the instructions are quite straight-forward.
Down the years, after an update pack was released, it was noted that some images included therein where of the wrong person, with a wrong extension or duplicated. Due to the way the download system is structured, these cannot be removed from the download, so there may well be a couple of hundred images’ worth of difference, depending on the version you download.
Our megapack covers 25,000 teams and it's impossible to cater for these kind of requests since players and staff get transferred or sacked or retire etc and recreating and reuploading 25,000 different smaller packs would be an impossible task. That's why we have all the images in a megapack so that everything is captured therein.
These persons do not appear in the default database for licensing reasons. This means that they only appear in your save-game because they were added via a custom file, generally the real name fix file. However, this means that their UID (which is what is used to map a person's image to the right individual) is different, and so the game cannot assign the image to them from your existing facepack.
To get them to show, you should individually download any previously available cut-out faces from here (or use the UID to find them in your existing facepack if you don't use the cut-out megapack), put them in a separate folder to your existing facepack and create a config file just for them using the method outlined in here (which works for all facepack styles, not just the cut-out megapack).
To get them to show, you should individually download any previously available cut-out faces from here (or use the UID to find them in your existing facepack if you don't use the cut-out megapack), put them in a separate folder to your existing facepack and create a config file just for them using the method outlined in here (which works for all facepack styles, not just the cut-out megapack).
It's a licensing issue. Download this file (or the equivalent for your version of FM) to resolve it.
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wizz289
User/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2014/Graphics this is the folder i have put them in.
done the usual clear cache
reload skin when confirming changes in preferences is ticked
use cache to decrease page loading times is unticked
ShaunyB
Earlier I got all the player pics out of resource archiver that are Wolves faces because they are much more up to date and cleaner than the current Wolves ones.
I simply swapped them with the ones in the Player pics in C:\Users\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014\graphics
However, since then only the pics from resource archiver appear.
Very, very, very few others appear. From searching through I have found one or two in every 50.
I am bitterly disappointed as this is very important to me.
I have done all the usual checks (cache, every in preferences etc) and all is fine. Baring in mind all I did was a simple "swap" I cannot understand why in game it doesnt seem to like this.
Can somebody please help?????
Milloy11
Box Of Frogs
When I try to extract it with Unarchiver (I'm using a Mac) it says the contents cannot be extracted with this program.
Have I not got the right file or have I not got the right program?
Now trying to download via torrent, see if that is any better.
mons
If you want to try to re-download the file, then the issues we were having previously and which did not permit the full downloading of the megapack have now been solved.
In one of the SI folder, there should be a games folder containing your save game(s). This is the path that your graphics should be placed in.
How many images in all do you have in your cut-otu faces megapack folder?
If you were slightly more observant, you would have noticed that the Wolves images which you copied over were named as the person's name rather than their UID. You also copied the config attached to it. Therefore, the game is only reading the Wolves images that you transferred into the megapack folder, alongside the other SI-included images and ignoring "our" cut-outs.
To correct this, delete the files you transferred over plus the config file. Re-download the 6.02 update pack and use the config file therein. If you want to use SI's Wolves images, re-extract them using the resource archiver and rename the filenames as UIDs (this can be done using fmXML if you don't want to do it manually. Some images may still need to be done manually, but at least it won't take that long). Once you do that, replace the existing cut-outs in our megapack with the ones you want to add. DON'T REPLACE the config file...
Box Of Frogs
Trouble is I cannot find any instructions as to how to do it on a Mac!
Can anyone give me an idiot guide please?
Oh and once I have installed that I presume I can follow a similar procedure to get updates 6.1 and 6.2?
Happy New Year!!
Thanks
mons
You should extract the rar file using winrar, which I understand has a Mac version. Once that is accomplished, I believe that the user data folder path for FM14 on a Mac is the same as that on a PC, i.e. Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2014 - just create a graphics folder in there and place the megapack therein.
I don't use a Mac so I'm not 100% sure that this works tbh...
Richard Shaw
even though it is better, I still cannot download the complete Pack. It says it is the file is 6.23Gb and from various locations, and various browsers it always stops exactly at 4.88Gb.
regards
Richard
Box Of Frogs
Can't get it to work for me :-(
Lord Albrecht
imndgoh
My game :
Version 14.2.1
Steam app game
I have tried all methods but still cannot get megapack 6.0 to load faces
This is what i did.
1) Torrented the file, RAR 6.05GB
2) unzipped full contents into this folder >>>> C:\Users\owner\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014\graphics\....(134.585 files inside)
3) Start FM, clicked pref > interface> clear cache > tick reload skin...> untick use caching...> confirm
4) Used FMxml to redo the config file but no help
5) repeated steps 1 to 4 for 3x just in case i missed something out...but to no avail
For logos also same issue, cannot show....did the steps above except unzipped into this folder >>> C:\Users\owner\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014\graphics\pictures\logos
However....i managed to get skins working...
eg: DarkBase Skin 2014 by michaeltmmurray worked, the only difference was that this time the folder was to be saved in Steamapps instead of documents
D:\SteamGames\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2014\save\skins
Any help appreciated.
=======================SOLUTION===============
Put them into the PUBLIC directory.
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014
marconizi
Sorry for my English. Thank you very much.
O'Leary's Trainee
mons
Can both of you try imndgoh's solution to see if it helps?
If it doesn't could you please post a screenshot of your Documents > SI > FM2014 folder or wherever it is you're trying to place these files?
Greentrunk
Will try again this afternoon and report back with results!
I'm placing these files into documents\SI\FM 2014\graphics
mons
Box Of Frogs
Worked for me!!
Many thanks
EricsRightFoot
EricsRightFoot
kristofken23
Ruich
Rendra Bhatara
Metz
You sure you haven't only just installed the 6.3?
Get the 6.0 torrent and add the 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 on it to make sure.
Deicide
example: for the england squad some players like rooney, baines and smallings appear while others like walcott do not.
fyi i downloaded the 6.0 Pack via torrent and 3 updates (6.1, 6.2 and 6.3) via rapidshare, and unzipped to: user\mydocuments\sportsinteractive\fm14\graphics\faces
the file size is 6.61 GB, 144,496 faces
-edit
i moved them to C:\Users\Public\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014
and still nothing.
pls help
mons
Yes, that's correct.
Have you changed the preferences a per the screenshot in the opening post? How large is the config.xml file in your megapack folder?
Deicide
yes i have. i even deleted and re-installed (unzipped) the megapack torrent and updates in order thinking i had done something wrong but i still have the same problem. i am supposed to click yes to all when it asks me if i want to overwrite files, right?
the xml file is 9.70 MB (10,177,479 bytes).
dont know what is the problem, this is the first time i have had any issues with a megapack file.
mons
Are you sure that you've downloaded the whole megapack and not the update pack? You should have just over 139,000 images in one folder, together with a config.xml file.
Have you changed the preferences as per the screenshot in the opening post?
mons
From what you're saying, there doesn't seem to be much wrong with your set-up, but there will inevitably be a little something awry which is the cause for your troubles.
In order to check, can I have a screenshot of your megapack folder, showing CLEARLY (a) the folder path and (b) the amount of images in there?
mons
The icons megapack contains 18x20 versions of the main cut-out faces megapack. The faces megapack makes your player faces look like this:
I don't know if you've perhaps confused them, but if you want to download the faces megapack, I suggest you download the 6.0 torrent from the bottom of this page and then download the subsequent 6.1 - 6.3 update packs in order to be fully up-to-date.
Can I have a screenshot of your megapack folder, displaying CLEARLY (a) the folder path and (b) the amount of images in there?
Are your preferences as displayed in the screenshot in the opening post?
Deicide
http://gyazo.com/5556fc73bd64362efff48d381a318bbb
http://gyazo.com/5c99421d1162dee3f0e3d6eaf0b8d87d
like that?