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).
Francesco Videtta
11 years ago
4 hours ago
2
Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but I've spent about an hour looking... but is there a way to have the default FM faces override the ones in the facepacks? I love having faces instead of the 'shadow' pics, but would also much prefer to have official updated player pics. Good examples are Rugani, Dybala, Sturaro at Juventus. The default images on FM without the facepack are updated, but when I install my facepack, they go back to older pictures. Spent all of yesterday making sure I was updated with the right packs and updates. Cheers!
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but I've spent about an hour looking... but is there a way to have the default FM faces override the ones in the facepacks? I love having faces instead of the 'shadow' pics, but would also much prefer to have official updated player pics. Good examples are Rugani, Dybala, Sturaro at Juventus. The default images on FM without the facepack are updated, but when I install my facepack, they go back to older pictures. Spent all of yesterday making sure I was updated with the right packs and updates. Cheers!

There is a way, but it'll take you a bit of time. Read this thread and follow the steps outlined inside. Although they refer to FM13, the steps are broadly similar.
Francesco Videtta
11 years ago
4 hours ago
2
There is a way, but it'll take you a bit of time. Read this thread and follow the steps outlined inside. Although they refer to FM13, the steps are broadly similar.


Thanks
panosab
13 years ago
4 years ago
3
panosab
13 years ago
4 years ago
3
i have an account but i dont have the option to download with torrent
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
i have an account but i dont have the option to download with torrent

The torrent file can be downloaded from the torrent tab at the bottom of this page.
seanceltic67
12 years ago
9 years ago
2
Downloaded the full pack from the site and put it into the graphics folder with my other stuff and changed the required preferences, but it didn't work. I'm on a macbook if that makes any difference, any ideas of how to fix it? Cheers
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
Downloaded the full pack from the site and put it into the graphics folder with my other stuff and changed the required preferences, but it didn't work. I'm on a macbook if that makes any difference, any ideas of how to fix it? Cheers

Are you sure you downloaded the full pack? You should have just over 165,000 images in your megapack folder...
seanceltic67
12 years ago
9 years ago
2
Are you sure you downloaded the full pack? You should have just over 165,000 images in your megapack folder...


Yeah, it was the full pack. It was just under 8GB storage. Deleted and re-download it and it's working fine now so no issues anymore
CampingForGoals
10 years ago
10 years ago
3
I subscribed to the site and then downloaded the player facepack so it will download quicker like it said if I subscribed. However it says my download will take 23 hours. Anybody know a fix or why it is saying that?
Swedie
14 years ago
2 months ago
5,777
Premium
Downloading at 3Mb/s so no problem here. What is your internet connection speed? Go to speedtest.net and post your result.
CampingForGoals
10 years ago
10 years ago
3
I have 21 Ping. 22 Download Speed and 5 Upload Speed. Is that why it is taking so slow? I also live in America.
Swedie
14 years ago
2 months ago
5,777
Premium
Then you should definitely get higher speeds, do you have anything else running that uses your bandwidth? Try once again and see if it get higher speed.
dalemarshall
11 years ago
10 years ago
17
I have a problem , I downloaded an update for the face pack and after i finished downloading the update, i added them to were the normal face pack is stored, now it's not working, all the faces are gone. Any help ??

mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
I have a problem , I downloaded an update for the face pack and after i finished downloading the update, i added them to were the normal face pack is stored, now it's not working, all the faces are gone. Any help ??

Hi there.

When you say the faces are gone, do you mean that the default blank face is displayed or that there is a blank space where the face should be?

If the latter, then it's an installation issue. I suspect that you have placed the update pack folder inside the main megapack folder. This would be wrong; you should have one folder and one folder ONLY, with ALL the images contained within it. When transferring the new images into the main megapack folder, you should accept all overwrite warnings when prompted.

Hope this helps...
dalemarshall
11 years ago
10 years ago
17
Hi there.

When you say the faces are gone, do you mean that the default blank face is displayed or that there is a blank space where the face should be?

If the latter, then it's an installation issue. I suspect that you have placed the update pack folder inside the main megapack folder. This would be wrong; you should have one folder and one folder ONLY, with ALL the images contained within it. When transferring the new images into the main megapack folder, you should accept all overwrite warnings when prompted.

Hope this helps...





It's the default blank space , i also realized that the new ones i downloaded are showing but the older ones aren't.
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
It's the default blank space , i also realized that the new ones i downloaded are showing but the older ones aren't.

Looks like it's a config issue then. How large is your config file?

Also, can I have a screenshot of your megapack folder?
dalemarshall
11 years ago
10 years ago
17
dalemarshall
11 years ago
10 years ago
17
Looks like it's a config issue then. How large is your config file?

Also, can I have a screenshot of your megapack folder?


It's around 7gb .
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
There's a file within that folder named config.xml. That's the one I want to know the size of. Also, if possible, I'd like to see the contents of the megapack folder...
dalemarshall
11 years ago
10 years ago
17
There's a file within that folder named config.xml. That's the one I want to know the size of. Also, if possible, I'd like to see the contents of the megapack folder...



The config file is 11.0 MB. How do i show you the contents of the megapack folder? Thanks.
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
Just go into the folder itself and take a photo of it, like you did in the above photos
dalemarshall
11 years ago
10 years ago
17
Just go into the folder itself and take a photo of it, like you did in the above photos


OK. Here it is
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
Nothing looks out of the ordinary there
dalemarshall
11 years ago
10 years ago
17
Nothing looks out of the ordinary there



They're not showing up in game , they were until i downloaded the updated pack ??
Swedie
14 years ago
2 months ago
5,777
Premium
They're not showing up in game , they were until i downloaded the updated pack ??
Have you reloaded your skin? (shift+r)
dalemarshall
11 years ago
10 years ago
17
Have you reloaded your skin? (shift+r)



Yeah
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
And have you unticked the use skin cache tickbox?
dalemarshall
11 years ago
10 years ago
17
And have you unticked the use skin cache tickbox?



Yeah
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
Can you try using this config file and tell me if the issue persists?

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