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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Macon
mons
Then it's probably a config issue since the sizes are the same as intended. Can you look into the respective configs and post a screenshot from each?
mons
Started my earlier post before you made your last comment.
Try swapping the configs around and see if that works...
Macon
giftedgiggsy11
mons
Cymro
In the config file, change all where it says portrait to icon.
giftedgiggsy11
oO SioS Oo
I have just transferred my old faces from FM15 to FM16 along with logos and flags etc but my faces dont seem to be working ?
I have a feeling the config file may be missing, please can someone supply me with the mega pack config file so I can try that an see what happens without having to download it ?
Many Thanks
Michael
vonHolzminden
mons
If you have transferred over everything from your FM15 to your FM16 folder, then your config file should be included. It's pretty easy to check whether it's there or not, just open the FM16 megapack folder and search for a file named config.xml.
If it's not there, you can always download the 8.0 update pack and thus ensure you have the latest images and the latest config file.
Did the rar file download fully? What is the size of the file which you have downloaded?
We're working to fix this oversight. In the meantime, you can manually replace all the instances of "portrait" with "icon" in the iconfaces config file.
f18ter
Are you sure that you have downloaded the full file? How many images do you have in your megapack folder?
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Yeah I have 163,029 items in the folder. So I'm not sure what is going wrong
mons
I'm not sure what your issue is then. I'll need more details to hopefully be able to pinpoint the problem; "it's not working" doesn't really give me enough info to work with.
What is the date modified of your config file? Have you modified the preferences to look like the ones in the OP?
Perhaps uploading screenshots of (a) your megapack folder [showing clearly the location and amount of images included] and (b) an example of a player who has an image in the megapack folder yet does not appear in game, would help me further...
f18ter
Perhaps uploading screenshots of (a) your megapack folder [showing clearly the location and amount of images included] and (b) an example of a player who has an image in the megapack folder yet does not appear in game, would help me further...
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Date modified for config file is 10/27/2015 6:01pm . Yeah the preferences are the same. Shaqiri was a player i found while scrolling through the megapack that didnt show up in the game. Heres the screenshots
mons
Everything looks absolutely fine there
Looks like a config issue, however, because there is a blank space where the face should be, rather than the default no cut-out black image.
Tell you what, try creating the config yourself; it's really very easy. Literally a drag-and-drop job. Download this file and follow the steps outline in this video
james muir
its saying that it will take 6 hours. Is that the normal time it takes?
thanks
mons
It really depends on your bandwidth and the server load. It's a 7.5GB file, so it's bound to take a while...
Try using Winrar.
f18ter
Downloaded, made the config file, and unfrotunately didn't ned up fixing anything, just the couple faces that did work are gone also now
It's so frusturating because I feel like I've tried everything and it's been over 10 hours tryign to tget this to work! It's worked so past couple iterations so I don't get whats going so wrong now!
mons
Let's speak via PM, I may be able to offer a solution...
Soilmate
luka1612
Please if I missed it somewhere and it already been mentioned, I downloaded the new 8.0 pack, installed it correctly, but all the players pictures are very blurry, is there something I am doing wrong?
Thank you in advance for help,
BR
mons
How large is the file that you are downloading? And did you download the full file or just the update pack? Either way, it looks like you have downloaded the icons pack instead of the main pack, or that the config files have been somehow swapped.
luka1612
Hello Mons,
I have downloaded the full pack(I like to download from scratch for every new FM version), and the file is all ok, it is the exact 163029 images like it is written in OP. But yes I also downloaded small icons pack as well, and put all of them as usual, graphics folder in FM16 folder in Documents. If you can help regarding the config file issue you r mentioning, I would be much grateful.
Thank you
mons
caaz7
luka1612
Dear Mons, yeah that is what is causing the problem, only that both Megapack and icon pack have the same config file whit all the lines ending in portrait.
Thanx for help,
BR,
mons
You don't need to wait. Go to the config.xml in the icons folder and open it with notepad. Click the edit button then choose replace. Replace /portrait with /icon. Job done
luka1612
You r the best... thanx a lot Mons...