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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mons
Maybe it's a Mac thing, but I know plenty of people using Macs who are running the MP without any issue at all.
Everything both of you are describing appears to be in order. Either there's something minute which is stopping the pack from working or somehow you've not installed it correctly, but it doesn't look like it to me, I have to say
laboratory
Yeah, unless I just got stupid and can't remember how to do something I have been doing for years (and correctly as recently as Wednesday), I don't get it. I have had no problems with the whatever packs were before 10.02. A new save did not help. I am downloading a different Facepack to see if it works. Still waiting for 10.02 to unarchive with a different app (I originally used The Unarchiver and I am on macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 in case anyone is curious).
mons
I always recommend using Winrar to extract the file as that's what it was built in. But the cuts appeared correctly in the previous user's screenshots and they were still weren't appearing, so I doubt it's that.
Btw,do you get the default black face or is it a blank space?
laboratory
I can try Winrar in a few hours.
I get the default black silhouette.
All of the images seem to be fine, so my next guess is that something is happening to the config file during the extraction.
Is it possible to post that file by itself (uncompressed) or just the code and I can cut-and-paste it into a new xml file?
Thanks for your help.
mons
I can't because I don't have access to my computer for a couple of days
Swedie
There you go.
@laboratory
laboratory
Thank you. Using your config.xml file did work (as did using a complete set of files that were expanded using WinRAR on a PC and then moved back to the Mac). So it would seem like something is happening to the config.xml file during the compression and/or extraction process if you try to use a Mac and The Unarchiver. I believe I have been able to do this successfully before, so something in the process has changed.
Swedie
leynaldo
Need some help please:
I bought a new computer and installed steam + Fm 17 on it. After i've run the game for the first time, i took a memory stick on which my graphics, editor files and save games of my old computer where saved and pasted them into the new documents/sports interacive/fm17 folder. When i go again to my game, i cleared my cache, ticked the 2 needed options and reloaded my skin. After that, i went to my saved game and there it crashed with an fm 17.3.2 XXXXXX (dont remember exactly) code.
Now when i went back to the game after the crash, and i loaded my game, it started. After a few hours of trial and error, my game goes like it supposed to be, my saves games are on it, my editor files (the claasen package) are loaded in the game and the Logos are showing up. Also my downloaded shirts packs are correctly in the game. The only thing what isn't in my games are my player pics. I tried about everything at the moment, but every time i reload cache, and try to load my game, it crashes. If i load cache from within my game, it crashes. I tried renaming it, splitting it in a few folders, ... nothing seems to work to get my player pics in the game.
Someone that can give me tips what i can do? Are is it maybe best to just redownload the pack from here? Or is there something i have to adjust or create? I just copied the pics from my old Pc to a memory stick, and from the stick into the folder on my new pc. Don't know if i should do something else to make this working.
A lot of thanks allready for reading my problem, hope someone can help me out. oh, and excuse me for faults in my englisch, i'm not a native english speaker.
mons
Can I have a screenshot of your megapack folder? How many images in total do you have in there? Do you have a file named config.xml?
leynaldo
I'm at work at the moment so cant send a screenshot.
I do not have the config file, i checked yesterday, only the pics are in there.
I have version 7.1 i think, so about (dont know for sure) 156000 pictures are in the map.
So probably this config file is missing. Any idea how to fix this?
mons
The config file is what makes the game read the images. If you don't have it, the pack won't work.
I would suggest downloading the 10.0 torrent, then the subsequent 10.01 and 10.02 update packs to be up-to-date
leynaldo
I will follow your advice. Thanks mate !!!
Greentrunk
mons
You can either use the methods outlined here to make sure the cut displays in your saved game, or wait for the next update pack to be released
led wonsaz
After starting from scratch 3 or 4 times and carefully going through all required steps I am still unable to get the pack to be applied in game.
Judging by another user having the exact same problem I think it is safe to deduce that it is not myself making an error in the setup process, therefore I feel I am entitled to ask for a refund as I bought the membership upon the promise that I would have access to this.
I understand you have tried helping me and it is not your fault, but it is unacceptable that I have not received what I payed for.
Thanks.
mons
While you are perfectly entitled to request a refund, I am also perfectly 100% sure it is some sort of user installation issue, as the file demonstrably works on all systems and configurations, if installed properly. It's a pity as I think it's something really small which is stopping you from enjoying this file.
It's been a while since we last spoke, so you'll have to remind me but
a) Did you check that your preferences in-game are as shown in the screenshot in the first post?
b) Do you have a file named config.xml in both the faces and iconfaces folder?
c) Have you downloaded (and applied) the latest 10.02 pack?
d) In-game, if you check (specifically) Tottenham's Harry Kane and Ajax's Mitchell Dijks, what faces do you see?
Please contact @Rob re your refund request...
Swedie
Footygamer
georgel
mons
Can you post a screenshot of your megapack folder please? And how many images do you have in your megapack folder?
Irish Dave
georgel
about 65.000 files. What can be done? I can not play without the players' faces
mons
You haven't downloaded the full megapack; you should have just over 197,000 images. Download it again and make sure it downloads fully...
georgel
but it was not supposed to be the ones that are there? at fm 2017 I had no problems like this. Is it possible not to make a connection with the images? what's strange is that logo and kits works
mons
It doesn't work because you have less than one third of the images. Download the WHOLE pack and it should work.
georgel
I found the error. the config file was missing to make the connection. I think the antivirus has deleted this file. can you give me this file please.
mons
I won't be on a pc till tomorrow morning. You can find the latest config in the 10.03 update pack, but if you're missing 132,000 cuts, then you'll have a lot of players without cuts...
georgel
you can upload config files. it's good tomorrow. I can not download the patch because Internet speed is low. thank you very much.
mons
Here you go. Just extract it with Winrar and place it directly in your megapack folder.