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.

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  • 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).
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
thx but i wanna a main megapack 7.03 so did you have a torrent? it's to many limit when i download for hosting sites/

Download the 7.0 torrent, then download the 7.01 - 7.03 update packs separately and apply them in chronological order
Cizzu
18 years ago
7 hours ago
14,093
Hi all

I've already installed all the packs, but I can't see Guus Hiddink ... how is it possible?

the image is inside the folder. There are some errors in the config file?

thanks
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
Hi all

I've already installed all the packs, but I can't see Guus Hiddink ... how is it possible?

the image is inside the folder. There are some errors in the config file?

thanks

When seen from the respective national team pages, persons in the Dutch and French national teams do not have their images displayed for licensing reasons. You can solve this issue by applying the real names fix file...
Cizzu
18 years ago
7 hours ago
14,093
When seen from the respective national team pages, persons in the Dutch and French national teams do not have their images displayed for licensing reasons. You can solve this issue by applying the real names fix file...


Thanks mons, but I can see properly all players. I have already applied the real name fix file.
For example, Didier Deschamps appears as the rest of the staff.
The problem concerns only Guus Hiddink.
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
I have no idea, it all seems fine in my game
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
Rob has made this video for those struggling to install the megapack files
George M Thompson
13 years ago
10 years ago
4
Excuse my ignorance but I am 65 and not very PC adept. Anyway I downloaded and installed the Megapack v7.0 and followed the instructions and all went well. I imported them into the game via the instructions given and they all appear in my game now. I have now downloaded updates v7.1,7.2 and 7.3 but am unsure how I add them to the megapack folder in the graphics folder. Do I just unzip them then cut and paste the pics into the main folder in order or is there another way?. I have looked for a how to here but although the install instructions for the main pack are there I am unsure how to add the update packs.
kingtut313
12 years ago
2 years ago
36
What I do is copy the contents of the update folders into my main folder.
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
Good morning Mr Thompson. Basically it's as kingtut says. Just copy the contents of the update packs into the main megapack folder and overwrite all when prompting. At the end of the whole process you should have all 155,000+ images in one folder only. Do remember to change your preferences in-game as per the screenshot in the OP as well
KoloToure96
11 years ago
10 years ago
2
Hi,

Although I'm not new to football manager games, I am new to adding in-game graphics and skins.

Yesterday I downloaded the near 7GB cut-out faces megapack. Today when I used WinRAR to extract the file, I got diagnostic messages saying "The file directory is corrupted and unreachable" for approximately 20,000 of the images. However, I was still able to successfully extract 6GB of the 6.84GB file, but when I put it in the correct directory in my graphics folder and did the preferences settings in-game, the faces still weren't active.

I extracted the file again, but still got the same error messages and therefore the same missing images.

After searching the file, I've found that unlike my logos pack, there is no config file - which was probably one of the 20,000+ files that weren't successfully extracted.

My questions are - would the pack still work if I could simply download the config file on its own, and if so, is there actually a link for that?
Maybe somebody else using this pack could upload the config file?

Any help and advice would be much appreciated.
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
I'm afraid it looks like the file either did not download fully or was somehow corrupted along the way.

I would definitely recommend that you retry to download the whole file again, ideally via torrent, to ensure that you have the whole thing and that you have a solid base to build on. After downloading the torrent, download the 3 update packs released since then to be fully up-to-date.

You can always use fmXML to generate a config file for the images you have.
MrMVP91
14 years ago
2 years ago
98
Has Martin Odegaard's face been removed? I'm 99% sure that I had it in my megapack but now I've started up a new save after not playing FM for a few weeks and he doesn't have a face. I thought that maybe I needed to download the latest update pack so I did that but still nothing.

I then searched his player ID with the ID search tool and it says that no images are available. Was his face really never included in the packs? I could've sworn I had it in my previous save.
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
Has Martin Odegaard's face been removed? I'm 99% sure that I had it in my megapack but now I've started up a new save after not playing FM for a few weeks and he doesn't have a face. I thought that maybe I needed to download the latest update pack so I did that but still nothing.

I then searched his player ID with the ID search tool and it says that no images are available. Was his face really never included in the packs? I could've sworn I had it in my previous save.

It's definitely not been removed and is still there afaik. However the UID is dynamic since he was added after the game was released and I'm led to understand that it can differ from one save game to the other depending on what editor data files you have. He also has a new UID in 15.3.0 and this will be added in the megapack update 7.04, and the old UID will of course also be retained.

What is his UID in your game, out of curiosity?
MrMVP91
14 years ago
2 years ago
98
It's definitely not been removed and is still there afaik. However the UID is dynamic since he was added after the game was released and I'm led to understand that it can differ from one save game to the other depending on what editor data files you have. He also has a new UID in 15.3.0 and this will be added in the megapack update 7.04, and the old UID will of course also be retained.

What is his UID in your game, out of curiosity?

His UID in my game is 53095137.
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
That's his new UID. He's in 7.04 which'll be out in the coming days...
MrMVP91
14 years ago
2 years ago
98
That's his new UID. He's in 7.04 which'll be out in the coming days...

Cool, thanks.
thagaffer
11 years ago
2 days ago
22
how do you resize a player picture to use as an icon? The aspect ratio keeps messing up in paint
Moe Odeh
11 years ago
7 months ago
4
Premium
Ok so i have tried to download the complete pack of the cut out player faces megapack and when i do download and open it using winrar my computer tells me unexpected end of archive. So i open the folder and i only see like 30 or 40 player faces and at times only 20. Can someone please help because i alos cant download the DF11 facepacks either because i am getting the same problem. By the way the icons pack downloaded just fine.
gary_human
17 years ago
4 years ago
32
Hey I just tried to download the complete file too and it just downloads a small piece and I keep getting a connection was lost problem in my download manager and the file only gets up to 40 mb max, could i get the link to the individual parts rather than the torrents ?
gary_human
17 years ago
4 years ago
32
also nothing wring with my connection as i mistakenly downloaded a 7.04 changes file no problem
jamesbrady
14 years ago
8 years ago
4
For some reason when i try download the facepack it just cancels straight away?
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
There appear to be some issues with downloads at the moment. Rob, the site owner and administrator, will be investigating to get to the root of the problem, but in the meantime I guess you'll just have to be patient...
Tincy
15 years ago
8 years ago
7
Having real difficulty downloading this, ive never had a facepack on my game before so i click the download complete pack, i think it's going to take quite a while to download as there are so many images, which is fine, but nope it downloads within 10-20 secs i think ok thats great, i open up winzip to extract file to my game and the file i have downloaded only contains 300 odd images, bearing in mind i have clicked downloaded complete pack, i unzip it anyway and just before the unzipping ends i get some kind of message saying about a corrupt file?

Anyone help me out it would be much appreciated, all i want is players faces on my game, i also bought a premium membership so feel like ive wasted my money on that as i cant get the players faces to download correctly

Thanks
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
It appears there's been a temporary issue with premium member downloads in the past couple of days. Never fear, though. Rob, the site owner and administrator, is aware of the issue and will hopefully solve it shortly. I'm afraid I can't tell you anything else than ask for your patience till the matter is brought to a conclusion, perhaps even later today...
Tincy
15 years ago
8 years ago
7
It appears there's been a temporary issue with premium member downloads in the past couple of days. Never fear, though. Rob, the site owner and administrator, is aware of the issue and will hopefully solve it shortly. I'm afraid I can't tell you anything else than ask for your patience till the matter is brought to a conclusion, perhaps even later today...


Thank you for getting back to me.

I look forward to when the issue is fixed and i can see my players faces lol!
Forsaken
15 years ago
3 years ago
33
I can download the facepack, but it only takes up 7,11 MB, and contains 252 images... Surely that can't be right?
I'm a premium member and am downloading the complete 7.04 pack...
maavro
16 years ago
11 years ago
2
hi i downloaded this megapack + metallic logopack but they don't work in game. I put them into graphics folder in unticked skin cache and clicked reload skin but nothing happens
mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
For all those who had issues in downloading the megapack yesterday or earlier today, the matter is now solved, and you should be able to download freely again.

maavro, not sure if your issue is related but do make sure you have downloaded the respective whole packs and not just partial incomplete downloads or update packs...
abcde123
13 years ago
9 years ago
1
hi, i can't download Complete Pack - 7.0 - torrent (can't connect to peers)...Can someone to help me??? Thanks
gcs
16 years ago
1 week ago
1
same, just reformated my pc, torrent seems to be dead

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