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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MusicboySam
Still getting the same issue with text, tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no joy. HELP please
garyh
Not sure how anyone in this thread can help you mate this is for cutouts, if its the skin that comes with the game and not one you downloaded, this includes mods? then maybe report it to SI its maybe a bug..
Jack Hodder
Jack
mons
Hmm, that's strange, it's working fine for me
What happens when you try downloading it? Do you get an error message, for example?
b28937
I downloaded the whole megapack, no problems, all the faces show up, etc. The problem is simply getting a player image not in the megapack but which I've created to show up in the game.
For my team, like to add my own action images. So I download the images I like, crop them to 180x180 png files, copy to my faces folder and replace original megapack image, do the reload skin under preferences, and the new images show up, no problem.
However, for the player Craig Sutherland noted above, he doesn't have an image in the megapack or its updates. He has the generic face cutout. So I grabbed a pic of him, 180x180 png, copied it into the faces folder, reloaded the skin, etc., but his image doesn't show up. I've tried doing it the same as I always doe (described above) and everything else I can think of - opening closing game, clearing cache, reloading skin before loading the saved game, reloading the skin after loading the saved game,
My interface preferences settings are untick use caching, tick reload skin, untick allow display of custom background, tick show screen id, tick show pictures of real players/staff, tick show pictures of generated players/staff, using default light skin SI 1.0. I've also tried FMXML, not even being sure what it does, but it won't run on my windows 7 comp because it says it's missing some .dll file.
I know there's nothing wrong with my picture of the omitted player because I tested by giving the picture the id of another player and replaced the other player's original picture, and the new picture of Craig Sutherland shows up for the other player.
It's driving me crazy and because I'm nuts I can't play the game until I get that damn generic face replaced with a proper image. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. THANKS!
blackmetalboon
1. The easiest is to use FMXML or FM Graphics Configurator, the chances are that you're getting "MFC70.DLL is missing" when you attempt to run it. If so, this can be downloaded (just Google search for a site to download the file) to fix the problem.
or;
2. Open the config file in your megapack with Notepad and insert this line to it;
<record from="UID" to="graphics/pictures/person/UID/portrait"/>
Just replace the parts in red with the players UID.
b28937
I had success using your latter suggestion (i.e., using notepad to edit the config.xml file located in the faces directory). I didn't try the the other suggestion with the FMXML program.
garyh
Bit in bold is worth downloading mate, takes seconds to use..
mons
jojobuffon
I've downloaded the megapack,moved the zip files into my graphics folders in the fm2013 bit then extacted it, done what iam meant to do in preferences ,but no faces have loaded up but its made all of my own players who's faces were on the game already disapear?
Has this happened to anyone else?
Many thanks in advance
mons
Make sure you've placed them in the correct place, all in one folder, i.e. within Documents > SI > FM13 > graphics and NOT within the installation folder.
jojobuffon
Thanks for responding so quick mons, but I've put them in there and extracted them into a file it called itself sortitoutsi is that right,I don't know if its because i moved the downloaded folders into my graphics folder and then extracted them instead of extracting them into it first.
I don't unnderstand why my Celtic players faces have dissapeard the rest of the Spl players still have their faces?
mons
jojobuffon
It was the megapack 5.02 and it was in 16 parts (14 plus the two update/changes)
mons
ampalaea
/graphics/person/
/graphics/pictures/person
I always cut/paste so there are all photos in one folder and they are in My Documents/SI/.... not in game install folder.
EDIT: I didn't unzip all the parts..I was confused because it say part1, part2, e.t.c. and I thought that unzipping the part1 will unzip them all...so now I will unzip all folders
jojobuffon
ive got loads of folders,i mustve extracted them wrong,iam atm moving the faces over into the one folder
jojobuffon
Eds
However, I've tried to download them three times and each time the download stops after 1.4GB of the 5.4GB with a "Network Error". Any ideas?
Rowan
Sounds like an issue with your connection. Try downloading a Download Manager (lots of free ones off google) and paste this download link into it:
(Make sure you're signed in to this site as well.)
By using a download manager it ensures that should there be any disruption to the download it will continue where it left off, most internet browsers can't do this.
Eds
Rowan
Eds
And I've downloaded [large] files recently too, downloaded a logo megapack a few days ago which worked fine (not from this site, though).
jojobuffon
I went on to play the game tonight and moat of the players faces have dissapeard? Has this happened to anyone else or do u have to do sumthing every time u load it up?
mons
I'm not sure what it is, but you're evidently doing something wrong
jojobuffon
everything is the ec=xact same as the above,ive changed onto the darker skin but i did that last night and every thing was working fine
jojobuffon
i tried to download kits today,and was messing about with the DB steam folder,dont think i did that right but i restored the files from the recyclying there but its still not working?
blackmetalboon
Do you have blank spaces where the players faces should be or are they the default black ones?
If they are the default black faces you probably have the wrong config file in your folder. The config file in your Megapack folder should be over 8mb in size.
jimjam26
Rowan