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).
mons
20 years ago
2 minutes ago
101,347
@Rob, any idea on how to get round this issue pls?
Ashley Tromans
10 years ago
1 year ago
4
Tried it again on a new download and still with the same issue...

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/vvskeHk2HOmdCxaOgyAMFmiajMQDjgVvrMoUS39T.png
this is my exact problem aswell it keeps on saying download forbidden
svendcarr17
10 years ago
6 days ago
5
Premium
Not allowing me to install the file.. everytime it says network error. someone help.
HansMaulwurf
8 years ago
1 year ago
2
this is my exact problem aswell it keeps on saying download forbidden


I have the same issue with the "Cut Out Player Faces Megapack".
Tried it with different computers, in different networks and different browsers.
Download breaks up, with no chance to continue.
Swedie
14 years ago
2 months ago
5,777
Premium
I have the same issue with the "Cut Out Player Faces Megapack".
Tried it with different computers, in different networks and different browsers.
Download breaks up, with no chance to continue.
Just tried downloading the full pack myself. No problem what so ever, using Chrome.
Footygamer
20 years ago
4 months ago
981,621
Can you try again? It should come from a different url now.

Can you also tell me the exact file size it failed at? You said around 85% but I need the actual size
HansMaulwurf
8 years ago
1 year ago
2
Now it works for me.
Thanks for the fast support.
Ashley Tromans
10 years ago
1 year ago
4
It now works fine for me thank you for your help
nimster1980
8 years ago
5 years ago
7
Can you try again? It should come from a different url now.

Can you also tell me the exact file size it failed at? You said around 85% but I need the actual size


Fixed! Thanks very much for your help.
Malarko156
8 years ago
8 years ago
2
Hello,

I´m missing a lot of japanese players faces of J1 League, especially young talents.

Who can help me!?
mons
20 years ago
2 minutes ago
101,347
Hello,

I´m missing a lot of japanese players faces of J1 League, especially young talents.

Who can help me!?

Due to licensing reasons, there are no players at Japanese clubs in the FM database. Any players you may have in your game will have been added by a user-made editor data file which you have downloaded. The player UIDs (used to map cutouts to the correct player) are therefore not fixed like they are in the default database but depending on the combination of editor data files the user has in place. For this reason, this pack has never (knowingly) included players not in the official FM database.
Zac Bell
8 years ago
7 years ago
1
Hi All, i tried to downlaod player faces after payng 10 pounds but t keeps saying failed?? any ideas? so disappointed
mons
20 years ago
2 minutes ago
101,347
Hi All, i tried to downlaod player faces after payng 10 pounds but t keeps saying failed?? any ideas? so disappointed

Moved this to the right place.

Can you take a screenshot of the error message you're seeing?
Seizaburou
19 years ago
5 months ago
1
Do I need to download 10.1 ... 10.6 to update my megapack 10.0 ?
Or i just need to download the latest one?
mons
20 years ago
2 minutes ago
101,347
Do I need to download 10.1 ... 10.6 to update my megapack 10.0 ?
Or i just need to download the latest one?

If you have downloaded 10.0, you then need to download all the update packs released since then, and apply them in chronological order
Yobbo
16 years ago
6 months ago
3
Hi, tried 3 times today to download the facepack, with extremely slow download speeds (between 2KBs to 50KBs) with it eventually stopping for the 3rd time at 1.4GB downloaded so far.
It wont let me resume, saying "server unreachable".
I'm using Google Chrome if that helps at all.
Any ideas?
mons
20 years ago
2 minutes ago
101,347
Hi, tried 3 times today to download the facepack, with extremely slow download speeds (between 2KBs to 50KBs) with it eventually stopping for the 3rd time at 1.4GB downloaded so far.
It wont let me resume, saying "server unreachable".
I'm using Google Chrome if that helps at all.
Any ideas?

I'm tagging @Rob, the site owner and administrator who'll be in a better position to assist.

He's Down Under so it may be a wee while till he replies if he's already tucked himself in

Edit: Just noticed you appear to be from that neck of the woods as well
Yobbo
16 years ago
6 months ago
3
I'm tagging @Rob, the site owner and administrator who'll be in a better position to assist.

He's Down Under so it may be a wee while till he replies if he's already tucked himself in

Edit: Just noticed you appear to be from that neck of the woods as well

Yep, it's only 10:15pm, plenty of daylight left
shizer12
8 years ago
7 years ago
1
Banned
Good luck in downloading all the updates with that speed, lmao. I better have black faces than wasting time to download this shite
mons
20 years ago
2 minutes ago
101,347
So shite you felt the need to create a new account and hide your user name for trolling purposes
ReDHaWk27
16 years ago
5 years ago
89
id: 601709 not seem in game
https://resmim.net/f/QuWGFJ.jpg
mons
20 years ago
2 minutes ago
101,347
id: 601709 not seem in game
https://resmim.net/f/QuWGFJ.jpg

For some reason, looks like it was taken out of the megapack at some point Will be included again in the 10.07 update pack
Yobbo
16 years ago
6 months ago
3
I'm tagging @Rob, the site owner and administrator who'll be in a better position to assist.

He's Down Under so it may be a wee while till he replies if he's already tucked himself in

Edit: Just noticed you appear to be from that neck of the woods as well

Any update? Still going at a snails pace....
Footygamer
20 years ago
4 months ago
981,621
Hi, tried 3 times today to download the facepack, with extremely slow download speeds (between 2KBs to 50KBs) with it eventually stopping for the 3rd time at 1.4GB downloaded so far.
It wont let me resume, saying "server unreachable".
I'm using Google Chrome if that helps at all.
Any ideas?

That's very unusual have you tried with another browser?
Calan10
10 years ago
3 weeks ago
316
Very dumb question here, but how do I install the updates?? Do I need to overwrite the repeated files and then save both of the config.xml files?? I have always installed the complete megapack from torrent, but it is my first time installing the little update packs
SniperScoutHD
10 years ago
3 days ago
369
Very dumb question here, but how do I install the updates?? Do I need to overwrite the repeated files and then save both of the config.xml files?? I have always installed the complete megapack from torrent, but it is my first time installing the little update packs
Exactly, but use FM Graphics Configurator.
mons
20 years ago
2 minutes ago
101,347
Exactly, but use FM Graphics Configurator.

This is not really necessary. All @Carlos Garza needs to do is place the files in each update pack (i.e. the cutouts AND the config file) in the megapack folder, accepting the overwrite when prompted. Repeat for each update pack and you should be up-to-date.
Calan10
10 years ago
3 weeks ago
316
This is not really necessary. All @Carlos Garza needs to do is place the files in each update pack (i.e. the cutouts AND the config file) in the megapack folder, accepting the overwrite when prompted. Repeat for each update pack and you should be up-to-date.


Will do that, thanks Mons
Panna
13 years ago
3 months ago
563
There are 2 Christian Kouan in the database for Perugia on the website:

https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-2018/player/43392808/christian-kouan
https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-2018/player/43392798/christan-oulai-kouan

The first one is the wrong one but has the face. The second one is in the right one.
mons
20 years ago
2 minutes ago
101,347
There are 2 Christian Kouan in the database for Perugia on the website:

https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-2018/player/43392808/christian-kouan
https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-2018/player/43392798/christan-oulai-kouan

The first one is the wrong one but has the face. The second one is in the right one.

Good spot! Thanks, I'll add it in 10.08

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