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.

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  • 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).
juralegend
9 years ago
2 years ago
14
This was maybe adressed, but is it enough to download complete pack and then update above for all pictures to be updated to this season?
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
This was maybe adressed, but is it enough to download complete pack and then update above for all pictures to be updated to this season?

Yes, that's it 🙂

There'll be an another update soon to bring you even more up-to-date, and another one after that, and so on and so forth 😉
Deleted Account #304702
Hey @mons I've just got home and installed FM and I've created the graphics and faces folder, just extracting them now but I haven't played FM on PC for years so was wondering how long should it take to extract? I'm on 1% after 10 minutes and says it will take 10 hours. It's been about 6 years since I played on PC but I'm pretty sure it didn't take that long, unless I did something wrong.
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
Hey @mons I've just got home and installed FM and I've created the graphics and faces folder, just extracting them now but I haven't played FM on PC for years so was wondering how long should it take to extract? I'm on 1% after 10 minutes and says it will take 10 hours. It's been about 6 years since I played on PC but I'm pretty sure it didn't take that long, unless I did something wrong.

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.
Deleted Account #304702
Hey @mons after I messaged you it started to pick up and I've now got it sorted, thanks anyway!
riccardoditommaso
10 years ago
2 months ago
1
Hi guys I have a problem with the cut cut, I don't know what I did but not but the game doesn't show me the smileys anymore, (of some) I use the skin polish, but also changing skin following all the procedures in the non ni options he reads the smilies, which until recently he read to me. I also tried to remove the various editors but nothing changes.
(I use last year's cut cut)
Tips
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
Hi guys I have a problem with the cut cut, I don't know what I did but not but the game doesn't show me the smileys anymore, (of some) I use the skin polish, but also changing skin following all the procedures in the non ni options he reads the smilies, which until recently he read to me. I also tried to remove the various editors but nothing changes.
(I use last year's cut cut)
Tips

I'm sorry but I really can't understand what your issue is.

If you could post some screenshots, that would help. It's important that you make sure that the preferences in-game look like the screenshot in the first post of this thread.
Deleted Account #304702
hi @mons I've noticed an error in the megapack Kyran Clements has Charley Barker face, not sure if barker has Clements as he's not in my game

EDIT: Just checked both have swapped unique ID on here so been saved wrong.
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
hi @mons I've noticed an error in the megapack Kyran Clements has Charley Barker face, not sure if barker has Clements as he's not in my game

EDIT: Just checked both have swapped unique ID on here so been saved wrong.

Seems like both were saved correctly in update pack 12.11 but were swapped around in 12.16. I'll be sure to get them the right way round in 13.02 👍
FOTIS TSORONIS
6 years ago
11 months ago
9
Do i have to download all the parts of the faces for fm21 or just the torrent ?
Stevie W
13 years ago
2 months ago
2
Premium
Can you try using Google Chrome in incognito mode? You should have less chance of it being interrupted by a conflicting extension this way, and you should be able to resume downloads should that happen anyway.

Plus the less items being downloaded in the background, the less likelihood there'll be that your download gets interruped.


Thanks mate. That worked perfectly!
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
Do i have to download all the parts of the faces for fm21 or just the torrent ?

If you download the torrent and the 13.01 update pack, you should be up-to-date 👍
FOTIS TSORONIS
6 years ago
11 months ago
9
If you download the torrent and the 13.01 update pack, you should be up-to-date 👍


So,what i have to download is only the torrent file and not all from 1 to 19 ?
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
So,what i have to download is only the torrent file and not all from 1 to 19 ?

Yes 👍
FOTIS TSORONIS
6 years ago
11 months ago
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Bridgbum
7 years ago
11 months ago
2
Hi, I seem to have a couple of problems;

1. The faces added seem to be blurry
2. Some players/managers missing faces still

Attached some images as well as where the file is placed.
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
Hi, I seem to have a couple of problems;

1. The faces added seem to be blurry
2. Some players/managers missing faces still

Attached some images as well as where the file is placed.

1. The folder structure is right but you're using the iconfaces with the config for the main faces folder. God knows how you've managed it, but it's obviously not correct.
2. You probably haven't downloaded the full megapack, but just the 13.01 update pack.

Delete whatever is in your sortitoutsi folder and download the full megapack again.

At the end of the process, you should have a faces folder with 283k+ files in it, and an iconfaces folder with the same amount of files in that one.
wauterss
5 years ago
1 month ago
1
Premium
So i recently bought a premium membership for downloading the cut out facesmega pack but for some reason the game only shows me several players in the ajax team but nobody else. I've done everything you would normally do: My pc - documents - SI - fm21 - made a graphics folder and put the facepack in there (also tried with maps called faces or sortitoutsi in the graphics folder) but it just doesn't work properly. i have most of the ajax main squad that works properly but not a single player outside the ajax team has a face. Could someone please help me with this because it's really frustrating and i don't enjoy a game when there are these silhouettes instead of players faces
Bridgbum
7 years ago
11 months ago
2
1. The folder structure is right but you're using the iconfaces with the config for the main faces folder. God knows how you've managed it, but it's obviously not correct.
2. You probably haven't downloaded the full megapack, but just the 13.01 update pack.

Delete whatever is in your sortitoutsi folder and download the full megapack again.

At the end of the process, you should have a faces folder with 283k+ files in it, and an iconfaces folder with the same amount of files in that one.


That is wierd seems like it never extracted the faces folder, will try again! Thanks!
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
So i recently bought a premium membership for downloading the cut out facesmega pack but for some reason the game only shows me several players in the ajax team but nobody else. I've done everything you would normally do: My pc - documents - SI - fm21 - made a graphics folder and put the facepack in there (also tried with maps called faces or sortitoutsi in the graphics folder) but it just doesn't work properly. i have most of the ajax main squad that works properly but not a single player outside the ajax team has a face. Could someone please help me with this because it's really frustrating and i don't enjoy a game when there are these silhouettes instead of players faces

Have you changed the preferences as per the screenshot in the main post of this thread?

If yes and it still ain't working, please upload a screenshot of your faces folder.

I believe Ajax has some default faces with the game so you're probably seeing them rather than anything from this pack.
Hristu13
14 years ago
1 week ago
13
Premium
Have you changed the preferences as per the screenshot in the main post of this thread?

If yes and it still ain't working, please upload a screenshot of your faces folder.

I believe Ajax has some default faces with the game so you're probably seeing them rather than anything from this pack.



I have the same problem. I only get a few pictures of some players
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
I have the same problem. I only get a few pictures of some players

And have you tried changing the preferences as I suggested in the post you quoted?
Hristu13
14 years ago
1 week ago
13
Premium
And have you tried changing the preferences as I suggested in the post you quoted?


yes. the same thing happens...
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
yes. the same thing happens...

Can I see a screenshot of the preferences?
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346

That looks fine.

In the faces folder, do you have a file titled config.xml?
mamede
14 years ago
4 months ago
4
Hello, i lost all of my cut-out facepacks, so now i downloaded the torrent "complete pack (17.7GB).

My question is, this complete pack includes all the other packs from the beginning, to the last update version (13.01)?

Thanks
mons
20 years ago
6 hours ago
101,346
Hello, i lost all of my cut-out facepacks, so now i downloaded the torrent "complete pack (17.7GB).

My question is, this complete pack includes all the other packs from the beginning, to the last update version (13.01)?

Thanks

The torrent is for the 13.0 pack. To be fully up-to-date, you'd have to download update pack 13.01 as well 👍
mamede
14 years ago
4 months ago
4
The torrent is for the 13.0 pack. To be fully up-to-date, you'd have to download update pack 13.01 as well 👍


But the 13.0 includes all the previously packs right?

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