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 šŸ‘
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
26 minutes ago
101,346

Can I see inside the faces folder?

Also, can I see your preferences in-game?
Stuart Bouglas
10 years ago
2 months ago
4
Can I see inside the faces folder?

Also, can I see your preferences in-game?


Here you go.

Very strange, I've cheked and most players do have faces, but Messi doesn't... is that a thing?
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346
Here you go.

Very strange, I've cheked and most players do have faces, but Messi doesn't... is that a thing?

Can I see a screenshot of the whole folder please? including the bit where it shows how many files are in there

Messi should definitely have a cut-out.
Stuart Bouglas
10 years ago
2 months ago
4
Can I see a screenshot of the whole folder please? including the bit where it shows how many files are in there

Messi should definitely have a cut-out.
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346

You haven't got the full megapack somehow, as I suspected. You have 250k images but this pack should include 279k+.

I'm afraid you may have to re-download the pack.
Wessiaans
6 years ago
2 days ago
15
Premium
Hello Mons, I just added the Ajax technical staff. But I do not have their faces after downloading the mega cutout pack.. Do you have an idea what specific file I need to download to get them?

Much apreciated!
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346
Hello Mons, I just added the Ajax technical staff. But I do not have their faces after downloading the mega cutout pack.. Do you have an idea what specific file I need to download to get them?

Much apreciated!

Read this šŸ‘
JoshaHosha
6 years ago
3 months ago
3
Hi, is there a solution for the stop after 40mb download? I want to download the player faces but its always interrupted after 40mb. Got Premium membership today.
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346
Hi, is there a solution for the stop after 40mb download? I want to download the player faces but its always interrupted after 40mb. Got Premium membership today.

Once the site owner and administrator comes online, I'm sure he'll give it his utmost attention.
FƔbio LK Simoes
10 years ago
1 month ago
8
Premium
Don`t show faces in the France national teams
hariz zakwan
6 years ago
2 hours ago
402
Do you guys have Facepack for fm mobile 2021?
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346
Don`t show faces in the France national teams

Download the real name fix. It's a licensing issue and nothing to do with this file.


Do you guys have Facepack for fm mobile 2021?

If you have sufficient space, then this one should work.
hariz zakwan
6 years ago
2 hours ago
402
Download the real name fix. It's a licensing issue and nothing to do with this file.

If you have sufficient space, then this one should work.

Oh. Right.
fmjl99
5 years ago
1 year ago
1
can't find the torrent option, have downloaded the regular version and it's taking hours to extract (using winrar) any ideas?
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346
can't find the torrent option, have downloaded the regular version and it's taking hours to extract (using winrar) any ideas?

Reboot your computer, so you are sure the computer is not running an over load of programs. Then just unzip the file... sometimes with such a big file the computer gets the calculation of extraction time wrong and it speeds up after a while.
Krafturinn
19 years ago
1 month ago
57
Premium
Why are you asking for help in the cut-out faces megapack forum when you have the Scope Facepack? Can't help you much there šŸ˜•

Preferences seem fine but you don't seem to have the right number of images in your megapack folder. The megapack contains 279,000+ cut-outs and the same amount of iconfaces, so the total should be in the region of 559,000 not 524,000. Looks to me like you didn't extract the full megapack.


I managed to fix this. Thanks alot for your help šŸ™‚
alisimpson
13 years ago
11 hours ago
3
HI, i'm having a problem with the facepack. i have managed to download it and put it all in the correct places. images load but they are all really blurry. is this an easy fix?

thanks in advance
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346
HI, i'm having a problem with the facepack. i have managed to download it and put it all in the correct places. images load but they are all really blurry. is this an easy fix?

thanks in advance

Can I see screenshots of your faces folder? You should have a faces and an iconfaces folder in separate sub-folders. Is this the case?
Riccardo5Firenze
10 years ago
1 week ago
7
Premium
Hi guys, got a problem with this download, when it ends i can extact the fil with any programm, 7zpi or win rar, the extraction doesn't even start or if starts the percentage of completion never goes up remains to 0.
Now i noticed downloading the background megapacks that the format of file is .zip instead of .rar as this file.
The fact is that the background megapack extraction was perfect instead the other files with .rar formats doesn't work, can anyone help me please.
thanks
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346
Hi guys, got a problem with this download, when it ends i can extact the fil with any programm, 7zpi or win rar, the extraction doesn't even start or if starts the percentage of completion never goes up remains to 0.
Now i noticed downloading the background megapacks that the format of file is .zip instead of .rar as this file.
The fact is that the background megapack extraction was perfect instead the other files with .rar formats doesn't work, can anyone help me please.
thanks

Are you sure the whole file has downloaded? The downloaded file should be 17.7GB. If it doesn't then it will not have fully downloaded, which is why you may have issues in extracting it.
Cristianamado90
6 years ago
2 years ago
14
El paquete grande que descargo por torrent sigue teniendo 17,3 gigas, no los 17,7 que deberia de tener
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346
El paquete grande que descargo por torrent sigue teniendo 17,3 gigas, no los 17,7 que deberia de tener

This is an English language forum.

The torrent pack is for the base 13.0 pack. To be fully up-to-date, you have to download all packs released after 13.0. For now, it's just update pack 13.01, but as we move forward, then more update packs will be released.
110specops
5 years ago
7 months ago
3
Where are the older facepack base torrents. I need one for FM15 and can't find one?
alisimpson
13 years ago
11 hours ago
3
Can I see screenshots of your faces folder? You should have a faces and an iconfaces folder in separate sub-folders. Is this the case?


i only have an iconface pack there isnt a second one.
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346
i only have an iconface pack there isnt a second one.

Have another look at the file you downloaded and make sure to extract both the faces and iconfaces folder. If the download you've downloaded doesn't have both folder and isn't 17.7GB in size, then you'll need to download it again, I'm afraid.
alisimpson
13 years ago
11 hours ago
3
Have another look at the file you downloaded and make sure to extract both the faces and iconfaces folder. If the download you've downloaded doesn't have both folder and isn't 17.7GB in size, then you'll need to download it again, I'm afraid.


ok, it was 17.7 but it only has one folder. ill download it again
snow_uk
6 years ago
2 years ago
30
I have the faces in the correct files, however when I follow the How to Install pathway the faces don't load in game.
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346
I have the faces in the correct files, however when I follow the How to Install pathway the faces don't load in game.

Let me have screenshots of your faces folder, showing the path clearly, and of your in-game preferences.
mons
20 years ago
26 minutes ago
101,346
Here are the screenshots

I asked for the faces folder itself, not the folder containing it. And that is not the in-game preferences either šŸ˜‰

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