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
Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 👍
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Speedo
12 years ago
1 year ago
4
Yes. Else you don't get the missing that's been added. Just replace the old config.


Cheers man. Might download your hair pack while I'm at it
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
I've downloaded the new 6.03 and 6.04 face packs I've reloaded the skin in many different ways. This is not my first time doing this however, the faces don't sync...


What's odd is when I left click on their profiles the new updates pics appear. (Will post pics when on PC) for now could you guys please help.

Maybe I have to alter the configuration files?

Thanks in advance.

You should have one folder and one folder ONLY with all the images in there, i.e. circa 140,000. You also need to untick the use skin cache option in the preferences. If you do, and it's still not working, can you post a screenshot of your megapack folder?
Speedo
12 years ago
1 year ago
4
If I'm downloading the icon folder as well, should that just be in with the normal images, or in a separate folder? At the moment the directory of the icons file is this:

.../Football Manger 2014/graphics/faces/sortitoutsi/iconfaces/example.png
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
If I'm downloading the icon folder as well, should that just be in with the normal images, or in a separate folder? At the moment the directory of the icons file is this:

.../Football Manger 2014/graphics/faces/sortitoutsi/iconfaces/example.png

This is my main megapack folder: C:\Users\Student\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014\graphics\players\1. Cutouts\MEGAPACK 6.0

This is the folder I put the icons is: C:\Users\Student\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014\graphics\players\1. Cutouts\myiconfaces

As you can see, they are in the same path, but within separate folders.
Darkmagicx12
18 years ago
11 years ago
9
I've followed all the steps: Download, unzipped the folder (to my desktop first, then moved to graphics folder) and cleared cache, ticked and unticked the right boxes. But when I load up my game, there are no pictures, not even the default black ones. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
Can you post a screenshot of your megapack folder please? Make sure that the folder path AND the amount of images included are clearly displayed.
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
Everything looks fine there. Can you confirm that you have a file in that folder named config.xml?

Also, are your preferences set up like this?

http://s23.postimg.org/ve5p5k3gb/instructions.jpg]
Darkmagicx12
18 years ago
11 years ago
9
Do you mean this?

http://imageshack.com/a/img801/430/o91k.png

And yes, I clear the cache and have only reload skin ticked.
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
Strange

Do you have any other graphic files installed somewhere else?

I assume you've tried to reload the skin again and that you've tried to switch Steam on and off.
Darkmagicx12
18 years ago
11 years ago
9
Yeah i've got the regen hair pack one, but i've tried this megapack before I had that and had the same results as this time :/ And yes, i just tried that now. I don't know if this helps, but it happens with the logo megapack as well? takes all teh logos away, even the default ones so there's just a blank space? (I don't have that installed at the minute.
Darkmagicx12
18 years ago
11 years ago
9
Would it be a problem that i've left the read me file and the megapack picture in there?
Darkmagicx12
18 years ago
11 years ago
9
And i've just got this message pop up now?

http://imageshack.com/a/img853/1541/yz2t.png
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
Yeah i've got the regen hair pack one, but i've tried this megapack before I had that and had the same results as this time :/ And yes, i just tried that now. I don't know if this helps, but it happens with the logo megapack as well? takes all teh logos away, even the default ones so there's just a blank space? (I don't have that installed at the minute.

I suspect that you've somehow managed to install the file incorrectly But I can't tell what you did wrong now...




Would it be a problem that i've left the read me file and the megapack picture in there?

I have them in my folder and the megapack works perfectly fine.







Try restarting your PC and loading up Steam/FM.

Do you have a lot of programs running on Windows Startup perchance?
genuwino
15 years ago
3 hours ago
1,489
Hey,

I have a question: Why can not I see the face of Rondon (ID 67063933)?
Whenever I add new photos to my Megapack I create a new XML file for the new faces, and after that I go to "Preferences" and click on "Reload Skin When confirm changes in preferences", but never appeared.

I already checked the image and everything is fine. Example: 180x180, format .png

I appreciate your answers. Thanks.
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
You need to reload skin rather than ticking/unticking that particular box.

Also, are you creating a separate folder when you add images or using the main MP folder?
genuwino
15 years ago
3 hours ago
1,489
I use a single folder. I add new pictures to that folder and when i see that i don't have some picture i create a new XML file.
This happen to me since FM10 or FM11. I never saw the face of that player in the game.
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
Where are you getting your images from and how are you creating your config file?
genuwino
15 years ago
3 hours ago
1,489
i get the images from this site and i create de config file like this (find attached)
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
I'll need a screenshot of your megapack folder and contents, then...
genuwino
15 years ago
3 hours ago
1,489
mons,

Find attached the screenshot. This only happen with this player.
dafo_llyr
13 years ago
2 years ago
2
I've downloaded megapack 6.0.. do i need to download megapack 4 and 5 or just 6.1, 6.2 etc?
bakizp
19 years ago
1 day ago
37,772
mons,

Find attached the screenshot. This only happen with this player.

Check if image has space character before .png
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
I've downloaded megapack 6.0.. do i need to download megapack 4 and 5 or just 6.1, 6.2 etc?

You will need to download all subsequent update packs, i.e. 6.1-6.5...
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
mons,

Find attached the screenshot. This only happen with this player.

Adding to what baki said, the smiling version of that player's cut-out is included in the latest update pack, so check if that solves it.

By the way, I didn't ask - are you downloading any update packs at all? If yes, are you installing them within the MP folder or in a separate folder.

Moreover, do you have any other player faces megapacks downloaded?
genuwino
15 years ago
3 hours ago
1,489
I put all the images in the same folder.
When there are new improve I replace.

In this folder I have about 140,000 images.

When I found a picture that i don't have, I create a new xml file and the new player face appears in the game.
The problem only happens with Salomon Rondon.

I have seen that the problem is only mine. Anyway, this happens in 1 player. No problem!

Thank you a lot for your comments.
reeceaitken
12 years ago
5 months ago
12
sorry if im being silly, ive downloaded the pack and got it into the game and lot of faces are coming up but there seems so many missing? like suarez rooney gerrard? any idea?
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
sorry if im being silly, ive downloaded the pack and got it into the game and lot of faces are coming up but there seems so many missing? like suarez rooney gerrard? any idea?

How many images do you have in total? If you have the latest version, you should have just over 143,000...
reeceaitken
12 years ago
5 months ago
12
Thanks for getting back to me! Where would I find out? Is there a link for the full file?
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,347
Thanks for getting back to me! Where would I find out? Is there a link for the full file?

The full file is available from here - Download Complete Pack 6.5

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