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).
Kevin Swain
9 years ago
2 years ago
7
How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder?

That looks fine. How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder?

I'm not on my PC right now so can't take a screenshot, but it's in the interface section.

That looks fine. How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder?


3,377 in the faces
3,376 in the iconfaces

That sounds like a problem. Let me try downloading it again because I think it should be more.
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
3,377 in the faces
3,376 in the iconfaces

That sounds like a problem. Let me try downloading it again because I think it should be more.

Absolutely. Looks to me like you download the 10.0 update pack, whereas you should have download the full megapack. It's about 8.5GB big and contains 192,000+ images....
petedabest55
8 years ago
8 years ago
5
Hi I Have just downloaded the megapack 10.0 tried to extract the files and the file that has been created there are no pictures?!? Tired to extract the file again and it says that part of the file is corrupt
Please help as just have become a premium member and want to get all the graphics ready for when I get the game on the 10th of November
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
Hi I Have just downloaded the megapack 10.0 tried to extract the files and the file that has been created there are no pictures?!? Tired to extract the file again and it says that part of the file is corrupt
Please help as just have become a premium member and want to get all the graphics ready for when I get the game on the 10th of November

In files this large, it's not unusual for the download to be interrupted mid-way. Try downloading it again - you need to get the whole 8.whatever GB file size.
petedabest55
8 years ago
8 years ago
5
In files this large, it's not unusual for the download to be interrupted mid-way. Try downloading it again - you need to get the whole 8.whatever GB file size.


Will try again and let you know what happens... fingers crossed
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
Will try again and let you know what happens... fingers crossed

Using Chrome, it should be possible to resume the download at the point it stopped rather than from the beginning
petedabest55
8 years ago
8 years ago
5
Using Chrome, it should be possible to resume the download at the point it stopped rather than from the beginning


It didn't stop downloading to my knowledge it download fine. It when it came to the extracting from the rar file that it went wrong but don't mind trying again tbh
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
It didn't stop downloading to my knowledge it download fine. It when it came to the extracting from the rar file that it went wrong but don't mind trying again tbh

What program you using the extract the rar file? I recommend winrar as that's the file it was created with.

Also, what's the file size of the (old) file you downloaded that you're trying to extract?
Luca Di Giacomo
14 years ago
4 weeks ago
379
Premium
UPDATE ONLY CHANGES 10.00 DOESNT WORK WITH DEPOSIT FILES!!!
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
UPDATE ONLY CHANGES 10.00 DOESNT WORK WITH DEPOSIT FILES!!!

Non scrivere in caps lock per favore; è considerato come grida ed è abbastanza scortese. Cosa intendi per "non funziona"? Un po 'più di info ci aiuterebbe ad aiutarti...
Luca Di Giacomo
14 years ago
4 weeks ago
379
Premium
Tutti gli altri file me li fanno scaricare, nel momento in cui scarico quello invece non mi fa passare avanti e mi da errore come se non mi si fosse caricata la pagina, solo per quel file mi succede, per tutti gli altri no invece, presi da depositfile
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
Tutti gli altri file me li fanno scaricare, nel momento in cui scarico quello invece non mi fa passare avanti e mi da errore come se non mi si fosse caricata la pagina, solo per quel file mi succede, per tutti gli altri no invece, presi da depositfile

English please from now on.

Can you not try using another mirror site? Is there another mirror site available?
Luca Di Giacomo
14 years ago
4 weeks ago
379
Premium
The other one doesn't work. i usually use depositfile but after i wait the 99 seconds the file doesn't download
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
The other one doesn't work. i usually use depositfile but after i wait the 99 seconds the file doesn't download

And how/why does the other mirror site not work?
Luca Di Giacomo
14 years ago
4 weeks ago
379
Premium
I talk about uploaded.net. My computer says "Impossibile raggiungere il sito", ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
I talk about uploaded.net. My computer says "Impossibile raggiungere il sito", ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

uploaded.net has been blocked in Italy. There's various methods through which you can access it nevertheless. If this does not work, I suggest you wait a little bit before trying again on the other site, or maybe even trying from a different system/PC.
petedabest55
8 years ago
8 years ago
5
What program you using the extract the rar file? I recommend winrar as that's the file it was created with.

Also, what's the file size of the (old) file you downloaded that you're trying to extract?


Used Winrar and looks like it is working fine now
Kevin Swain
9 years ago
2 years ago
7
Absolutely. Looks to me like you download the 10.0 update pack, whereas you should have download the full megapack. It's about 8.5GB big and contains 192,000+ images....



Ugh. That was exactly it. I hate it when I make such stupid mistakes. Thanks a lot for your help
bilinmeyen23
9 years ago
1 year ago
32
thank you for face patch. I downloaded 9 gb. But I cant download the latest changes . I saw error. you can upload in mediafire for me. just 161 mb.
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
thank you for face patch. I downloaded 9 gb. But I cant download the latest changes . I saw error. you can upload in mediafire for me. just 161 mb.

If the file you downloaded is 9GB and you have 192,600 images, then you are up-to-date and you don't need to download the latest changes
bilinmeyen23
9 years ago
1 year ago
32
If the file you downloaded is 9GB and you have 192,600 images, then you are up-to-date and you don't need to download the latest changes


Thank you so much
TCM Bison
10 years ago
6 months ago
5
Premium
I'm trying to extract the file (I think just straight into the Football Manager 2018 folder??) And everytime the file doesn't load and it comes up with the error 'error opening archive, check disk space, password or archive is not damaged'....any help?
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
I'm trying to extract the file (I think just straight into the Football Manager 2018 folder??) And everytime the file doesn't load and it comes up with the error 'error opening archive, check disk space, password or archive is not damaged'....any help?

Is it possible the file did not download fully? The file you downloaded should be 9.02GB in size - is this the case please?
TCM Bison
10 years ago
6 months ago
5
Premium
My computer says that it has it down as 9.01 GB
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
My computer says that it has it down as 9.01 GB

Which seems to be the right size, there or thereabouts. What program are you using to extract it? I suggest winrar as that's the program which was used to compress it.
TCM Bison
10 years ago
6 months ago
5
Premium
Which seems to be the right size, there or thereabouts. What program are you using to extract it? I suggest winrar as that's the program which was used to compress it.


Yes I've solved it now thanks! Was a program issue, I was using RAR Opener but Winrar is much better
Sam Hemple
13 years ago
1 year ago
2
Hello everyone, so I just subscribed for the £10 a year but when I download the Megapack it gets through somewhere between 3 and 4GB then stops and it says error: forbidden.

Say's Forbidden and doesn't let me resume the download. Tried multiple times now.

Any advice?

Cheers!
mons
20 years ago
1 hour ago
101,346
Hello everyone, so I just subscribed for the £10 a year but when I download the Megapack it gets through somewhere between 3 and 4GB then stops and it says error: forbidden.

Say's Forbidden and doesn't let me resume the download. Tried multiple times now.

Any advice?

Cheers!

@Rob, any idea?
Swedie
14 years ago
2 months ago
5,777
Premium
Hello everyone, so I just subscribed for the £10 a year but when I download the Megapack it gets through somewhere between 3 and 4GB then stops and it says error: forbidden.

Say's Forbidden and doesn't let me resume the download. Tried multiple times now.

Any advice?

Cheers!
Where does it say forbidden? In the webiste or as a system message? If it's always the same size it almost sounds as if the disk is full or you've got FAT32 on the disk, which has a size limit of 4GB.
Michele frisoli
10 years ago
6 years ago
17
does anyone know if clicking on the cutouts on fm18 indivudally has been removed becuase when i try to do so the faces dont appear in the game which was the case in fm17. thanks

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