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This file will need to be re-applied if/when official patches/updates are released to ensure full compatibility. This is due to the fact that some files which are removed when installing this file are automatically re-installed by Steam when official patches come out.
Some of these changes, ESPECIALLY THE CLUB NAMES, do NOT apply in existing save-games. There's a workaround for that in the first post.
The sortitoutsi real names fix changes the instances of fake names in Football Manager 2022 to the proper, real life names for awards, cities, stadiums and competitions, in cases where the actual name is not licensed, such as Champions League, Europa League and Premier League displaying instead of EURO Cup, EURO Vase and Premier Division respectively. It will also fix the fact that the German and Japanese National teams don't call up real players. These are all fully save-game compatible.
There is also a club name changes file, which changes the names of clubs in a way which ensures that any nicknames entered in the default database are retained. This file includes the proper names for Brazilian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (including Juventus) and French clubs, as well as Manchester Utd, to circumvent licensing restrictions. It also adds real-life media and journalists, encompassing most major footballing nations and continents. Brazilian clubs' text colours are also changed through an editor data file. Another editor data file creates the Ajax non-playing staff and the German national team manager missing from the database due to licensing restrictions. Finally, it includes a small file which corrects the 3-Letter competition names to correspond with any changes made in the lnc files. For all the files in this paragraph to work, however, you will need to start a new game.
Follow the below instructions to install this version of this file
You may find this (windows) Video Tutorial useful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHrhgEG2YbM
STEP 1.
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2200
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2201
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2210
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2230
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2240
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
Notes: \Program Files (x86)\
could be \Program Files\
depending on your set up.
Equivalent folders for PC players on Gamepass
Before being able to operate these files, you need to get Gamepass to enable mods - thanks to @MrGizMo for help on the below guide on how to do so
Click on the game in Gamepass and enable mods as per the below:
![](https://i.imgur.com/a7J64q0.png)
When you click “Enable Mods”, this is what comes up:
![](https://i.imgur.com/AF5utS6.png)
When you click “Enable Mods”, you'll be notified that mods are now enabled:
![](https://i.imgur.com/1myR02N.png)
And when you click “Open Mods Folder", it'll take you to the location where the game is installed:
![](https://i.imgur.com/hXnUBS8.png)
OPEN
Program Files\ModifiableWindowsApps\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2200
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files\ModifiableWindowsApps\Football Manager 2022\data\database\db\2201
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files\ModifiableWindowsApps\Football Manager 2022\data\databasee\db\2210
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files\ModifiableWindowsApps\Football Manager 2022\data\databasee\db\2230
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files\ModifiableWindowsApps\Football Manager 2022\data\databasee\db\2240
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
Equivalent folders for PC players on Epic Games
Epic Games Installation
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2022\data\database\db\2200
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2022\data\database\db\2201
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2022\data\database\db\2210
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2022\data\database\db\2230
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2022\data\database\db\2240
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
Notes: \Program Files (x86)\
could be \Program Files\
depending on your set up.
Equivalent folders for Mac users
Mac
OPEN
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2022 / data / database / db / 2200
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2022 / data / database / db / 2201
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2022 / data / database / db / 2210
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2022 / data / database / db / 2230
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
OPEN
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2022 / data / database / db / 2240
DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
You can find these folders by clicking, in the Finder, the Go menu in the menu bar, then choose Go to Folder and type the folder path name (obviously inserting your username), then click Go.
You can get to the Library folder by simply selecting Go from the top bar and holding "alt" key - The Library folder suddenly appears on the drop down menu
For Mac Lion users, the Library folder will be hidden. Use this link to find out how to show it.
For those struggling to find the Steam and Steam Apps folder etc using Mac with the new OS High Sierra, this link below shows how you can unhide your Library folder which will then let you find the other folders.
STEP 2:
COPY the dbc, edt and lnc folders from the downloaded pack
STEP 3:
PASTE them into each of your respective folders mentioned in step 1.
These are what the respective folder structures should look like in the 2240 folder:
dbc:
![](https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/media/sTSdUViuU03DRkqYYMiQAYtlQdx67rHMTlfFwrGW.png)
dbc/permanent:
![](https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/media/qa2Z2i02E0gBnOLyhwjwfBERoeMhQV9vOYzSIgqO.png)
edt/permanent:
![](https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/media/B0OvNUegFHcaAdkpsYFvIh6CbXMAN9QQbkTlYZ3v.png)
lnc:
![](https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/media/3isbqpICAW7ocqABDe2gZrnI6JGcKT1SYUSvqaSW.png)
STEP 4:
COPY the 11 files located in the EDITOR DATA FILES folder in the downloaded pack
STEP 5
PASTE to \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2022\editor data
This is also the same folder to be used for Gamepass.
As stated by SI themselves, for Gamepass, however:
You are not able to change the user data location as such but you can use the user data folder in Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2022 to store facepacks and graphics.
Equivalent folder for Mac
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive
By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:
Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 2022’[/spoiler]
This should be what your editor data folder looks like now. There may initially be a config.xml file in this folder and it can be safely overwritten; it is generated by FM every time the game starts.
This should be what your editor data folder looks like now. There may initially be a config.xml file in this folder and it can be safely overwritten; it is generated by FM every time the game starts.
![](https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/media/SbWtrqLwqO33bMaMZY4fW0c8xYWYkrjzifahJSsW.png)
To make sure the files have been applied correctly, go to the Champions Cup and EURO Vase in your saved game, and they should be renamed to Champions League and Europa League respectively. If you are in the middle of a save-game, Japanese and German national teams will be populated in the next instance that players are called up, and not immediately. Do keep in mind that this file does not add Japan-based players, who are not in the official database and will need a third-party add-on to be created and added.
Club names are only changed if you apply the editor data files before starting a new game. For a workaround if you've already started a new save-game, then please read the opening post of this thread.
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Yevgeniy Mishchenko
Great response. I like it. Could you tell me if I start a save now will I be able to change the name when fix comes out or should I wait until then?
enziocosta
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000107326 "C.F. Fuenlabrada C" ""
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7443191 "C.D. Atlético Tordesillas" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7443191 "Atlético Tordesillas" ""
I hope you enjoy the video. 🙂
Carsie
90% of Linfield fans would still call it that but the rest of Northern Ireland would call it the National Stadium
Bielsa is a Legend
Never known anything other than Windsor park
CoffeeKittyGrey
Website is hammered tbf. 500Kbs is all I'm getting on a 1Gb/1Gb connection. Lots of people downloading full megapacks and Sortsi's upload capacity being what is affordable and practical. I've left it for now, I don't need all the addons until I've played in the editor after full release.
@mons Does this resolve Ajax staffing at all?
Adsleeder
Should there be an editor data file? I've tried the ingame fix but not sure if I need to load a file etc?
thiagobumba87
The Juventus Stadium still has the wrong name “Zebre Stadium”;
thiagobumba87
Im also wondering why 😢
kingrobbo
the editor isnt out yet it wont be until full game release, so after that there will be extra files to use
kizawski
Can you guys please read a bit? It has been answered at least five times in this thread.
mons
Thanks for these 👍
Thanks for this 👍
Cheeky bugger 😀
It's a 260kb file, even on shitty internet speed, it shouldn't take too long to download 😕
As explained in the first post and multiple times within the thread, the Ajax staffing issue can only be resolved when the full game and the editor are released on 9 November.
wfm18
@mons
I've been looking into the issue with the French teams. It seems that you need to add the secondary teams as well, since those are now not being translated. The short name for Paris Saint-Germain is changed to PSG for all languages, but the second team still uses the ‘Paris SG’ default. For me it works to delete all lines for France, I don't know how these teams show up in English? Otherwise, fix would be to replace
“”
with“English”
to only apply the effect to the English database for these English teams only.Please add Qarabag to Azerbaijan (line 1329), named wrong in Dutch short name (Karabagh) and Agdam is not part of the full name (all languages):
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 127787 "FK Qarabağ" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 127787 "Qarabağ" ""
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 127787 "FK Qarabağ" "Dutch"
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 127787 "Qarabağ" "Dutch"
Please also replace Crvena Zvezda on line 4468 (Serbia) with the following lines:
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 1955 "FK Crvena Zvezda" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1955 "Crvena Zvezda" ""
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 1955 "FK Crvena Zvezda" "Dutch"
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1955 "Crvena Zvezda" "Dutch"
nikolaosaek
Nice but dont change the Greek teams and comp…
nikolaosaek
How does the Manutd logo appear??
mons
As luck would have it, I'm checking the French reserve team issue right now again and it seems they've all changed from FM21, so I think I'll need to manually rename all B/second teams accordingly.
Thanks for the other suggestions. The z in zvezda is intentionally in lower case based on feedback I received in the past from Serbians so I won't dare amend that 😉
There are 442 Greek competition name changes - which other ones do you think need changing? These kind of comments serve no purpose whatsoever 😕 If you think something needs to be changed, you need to tell me exactly what and why…
That's an issue with the logopack you're using, not this file, so please ask the creator(s) of that logopack.
SGDynamite
i can not find the Juventus Editor Data file from the last years?
mons
Read the main post of the thread to see why this cannot be available until the full game is released.
SGDynamite
thx but can i not use the file from last year?
mons
You can try, it won't work. Which is why I didn't include it in this release…
Greentrunk
Huge thanks for this file being available so swiftly! Really appreciate the fine work and time thats being put into this.
teddypicker90
Fix is good so far! However, why does it get rid of club nicknames? Is there a future fix for this? 🙂
mons
Read the main post.
mons
A new version of the file is now available for download. It contains the activation of the Dutch national team, club name changes for French reserve teams, fixes to Spanish and French lower division competition names, as well as all the other proposals posted in this thread 👍
mons
FAQ
Why does Ajax have no non-playing staff apart from Marc Overmars?
Reason: Licensing restrictions forbid it.
Solution: Once the full game and the pre-game editor are out on 9 November, this can be resolved with a new version of this download. Due to the nature of the fix. this will need a new save game to be started.
Why doesn't the Juventus stadium have the correct name? Why do Juventus kits not display correctly in the match engine?
Reason: Licensing restrictions forbid it.
Solution: Once the full game and the pre-game editor are out on 9 November, this can be resolved with a new version of this download. Due to the nature of the fix. this will need a new save game to be started.
Teams who have name changes don't have a nickname any more. Can this be fixed?
Reason: When club name changes are done via lnc files, this removes the clubs' nickname, which is not the case if editor data files are used. Since editor data files don't work with the FM22 beta, club name changes have been done via lnc files.
Solution: Once the full game and the pre-game editor are out on 9 November, this can be resolved with a new version of this download. Due to the nature of the fix. this will need a new save game to be started.
Why are Brazilian kit colours wrong?
Reason: Licensing restrictions forbid the display of the right colours for Brazilian teams.
Solution: Once the full game and the pre-game editor are out on 9 November, this can be resolved with a new version of this download. Due to the nature of the fix. this will need a new save game to be started.
Why are there no editor data files with the download?
Reason: Editor data files don't work in the FM22 beta.
Solution: Once the full game and the pre-game editor are out on 9 November, this can be resolved with a new version of this download. Due to the nature of the fix. this will need a new save game to be started.
Why does Manchester United's logo not appear?
Reason: Due to possible licensing issues, some logopacks do not include this. This has nothing at all to do with this download, which includes no graphics at all.
Solution: Speak with the creator(s) of the logopack that you're using.
Why isn't the file working properly?
Reason: You haven't installed it correctly.
Solution: Read the installation instruction carefully, and follow them. Make sure the folders on your system match what's in the screenshots in the main post.
I've noticed a mistake. How can it be fixed?
Reason: We're only human 😉
Solution: Point out which are the bits which need changing and/or removing, and propose an alternative or correction accordingly.
uGlc
A few updates;
line 587:
"STADIUM_NAME_CHANGE" 70023831 "Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi Türk Telekom Stadyumu" ""
to
"STADIUM_NAME_CHANGE" 70023831 "Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi Nef Stadyumu" ""
line 5943:
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 130378 "Helenex Yeni Malatyaspor" ""
to
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 130378 "Öznur Kablo Yeni Malatyaspor" ""
line 5694:
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 458631 "Fatih Karagümrük A.Ş." ""
to
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 458631 "VavaCars Fatih Karagümrük" ""
line 5599:
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 1868 "Yukatel Denizlispor" ""
to
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 1868 "Altaş Denizlispor" ""
line 5904:
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70028001 "Menemen Spor" ""
to
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70028001 "NasaDoge Menemenspor" ""
line 5696:
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70002930 "Karacabey Belediye Spor A.Ş." ""
to
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70002930 "TECO Karacabey Belediye Spor A.Ş." ""
uGlc
Competition name changes:
line 8231:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 130286 "Süper Lig" ""
to
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 130286 "Spor Toto Süper Lig" ""
line 8235:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 463479 "TFF 1. Lig" ""
to
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 463479 "Spor Toto 1. Lig" ""
line 8237:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 463481 "Misli.com 2. Lig" ""
to
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 463481 "TFF 2. Lig" ""
line 8239:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 463485 "Misli.com 2. Lig Beyaz Grup" ""
to
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 463485 "TFF 2. Lig Beyaz Grup" ""
line 8241:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 463486 "Misli.com 2. Lig Kırmızı Grup" ""
to
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 463486 "TFF 2. Lig Kırmızı Grup" ""
line 8249:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 130277 "Misli.com 3. Lig" ""
to
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 130277 "TFF 3. Lig" ""
line 8253:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70043162 "Misli.com 3. Lig 1. Grup" ""
to
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70043162 "TFF 3. Lig 1. Grup" ""
line 8255:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70043163 "Misli.com 3. Lig 2. Grup" ""
to
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70043163 "TFF 3. Lig 2. Grup" ""
line 8257:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70043164 "Misli.com 3. Lig 3. Grup" ""
to
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70043164 "TFF 3. Lig 3. Grup" ""
line 8259:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70043165 "Misli.com 3. Lig 4. Grup" ""
to
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70043165 "TFF 3. Lig 4. Grup" ""
line 8261:
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70043166 "Misli.com 3. Lig 5. Grup" ""
to
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 70043166 "TFF 3. Lig 5. Grup" ""
mons
Thanks for those @uGlc, all added for the next version, whenever that may be 👍
P.S. If you have any more to add, best to make them in a new post rather than edit one already created because I might well not realise you've done so
uGlc
Thank you. Didn't want to spam posts but you're right, next time I won't edit them.
enziocosta
OLD
NEW
REMOVE
Primera División RFEF Grupo I
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 4212151 "Real Racing Club de Santander B" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 4212151 "Racing B" ""
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 4212151 "Rayo Cantabria" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 4212151 "Rayo Cantabria" ""
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 4212243 "Zamora C.F." ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 4212243 "Zamora" ""
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 1512262 "Zamora C.F. B" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1512262 "Zamora B" ""
Primera División RFEF Grupo II
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7446390 "C.E. Santanyí" """CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 7446390 "C.D. Santañí" """CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7446390 "Santañí" """CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 4203033 "Algeciras C.F." ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 67034843 "Algeciras B" ""
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000112551 "U.E. Costa Brava" ""
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 2000112559 "U.E. Costa Brava B" ""
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 67228203 "Linares Deportivo B" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1675 "Sabadell" ""
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 814086 "U.E. Cornellá S.A.D." ""
"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 814086 "U.E. Cornellà" ""
PinkHoverboard
@mons I don't know if/how the Xbox Edition will be different to Touch, but is it likely that the everything that's available now will work in it based on last year?
(I know certain editor files won't work, and the nickname situation)