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).
Umar9000
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By mons 05 December 2021 - 14:52 PM UTC 

Why do you have a config file directly in the graphics folder? 

 

 

Remove it and see if the pack works. It's 12MB big, whereas the one in your faces folder is 24MB. The latter is correct, and I have no idea where you got the former from.

 

 

 

Most probably the file didn't fully download. Try downloading it again, and make sure the file size downloaded is the same as the one listed on the download page.

Removed it and tried. Did nothing sadly

 

Umar9000
4 years ago
10 months ago
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It's weird because obviously if very very few faces are loading in it is working but not completely

mons
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By Umar9000 05 December 2021 - 18:38 PM UTC 

It's weird because obviously if very very few faces are loading in it is working but not completely

 

You've clearly not installed it correctly, or only partly so, but we've hit a brick wall on how I can spot whatever it is that's stopping you from getting the pack to work. 

 

I sent you a private message about this a couple of hours ago, proposing a way forward - would help if you read it 😉

Umar9000
4 years ago
10 months ago
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Ah nevermind my previous two comments what you said was right, launched the game a few moments ago and I the cut outs have all loaded in. Thank you so much for your help.

lutfi alwan
9 years ago
2 weeks ago
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Hi, It keeps telling me that it is unable to download the cut out megaface pack. ik my network is fine because I tried downloading a game on steam and it works fine.

I tries downloading a file from another site and it works fine.

its just the cut out face pack and the standard logo pack.

mons
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By lutfi alwan 05 December 2021 - 21:13 PM UTC 

Hi, It keeps telling me that it is unable to download the cut out megaface pack. ik my network is fine because I tried downloading a game on steam and it works fine.

I tries downloading a file from another site and it works fine.

its just the cut out face pack and the standard logo pack.

 

What is the error message displayed?

lutfi alwan
9 years ago
2 weeks ago
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Download Failed due to network issues.

Again, im only running into this issue when I download this pack all other downloads are working normally.

mons
20 years ago
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By lutfi alwan 05 December 2021 - 22:16 PM UTC 

Download Failed due to network issues.

Again, im only running into this issue when I download this pack all other downloads are working normally.

 

Follow the advice in point 13 of the main post 👍

lutfi alwan
9 years ago
2 weeks ago
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By mons 05 December 2021 - 22:17 PM UTC 

Follow the advice in point 13 of the main post 👍

 

looks like it solved it thanks.

Hugo McGuire
6 years ago
3 days ago
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Hi! I downloaded the complete file (all 15GB) but sadly I am missing some key players. It's quite random, in the PSG squad, Messi has a face, but Mbappe doesn't. Looked at Arsenal out of interest and most of their squad is missing. But then in my current save with Bastia-Borgo, I have quite a lot of my team, despite a lot of the players being relatively unknown.

 

Do I need to download the changes? I sort of assumed the complete file would have all of those in it.


Thanks a lot!

mons
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By Hugo McGuire 08 December 2021 - 15:28 PM UTC 

Hi! I downloaded the complete file (all 15GB) but sadly I am missing some key players. It's quite random, in the PSG squad, Messi has a face, but Mbappe doesn't. Looked at Arsenal out of interest and most of their squad is missing. But then in my current save with Bastia-Borgo, I have quite a lot of my team, despite a lot of the players being relatively unknown.

 

Do I need to download the changes? I sort of assumed the complete file would have all of those in it.


Thanks a lot!

 

I've moved this to here - I'd have thought the technical support in capitals in the title would have given a clue 😛

Have a look at the first post of this thread and, if that doesn't help, upload a screenshot of your faces folder and your in-game preferences 👍

J.Watson#2546
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By mons 04 December 2021 - 19:57 PM UTC 

Can you please post screenshots of where you've placed them, showing clearly the full path, as well as of the amount of images contained within that folder?

Retrodoge
7 years ago
3 days ago
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Hi,

 

Is it just for me or is the link to part 13 of 17 broken. I Can't download this part. All others were no problem.

 

Cheers

mons
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By J.Watson#2546 09 December 2021 - 16:09 PM UTC 

 

 

 

It mentions you have two folders. What are they - and what's included in the one with the least amount of images?

 

By Retrodoge 09 December 2021 - 16:41 PM UTC 

Hi,

 

Is it just for me or is the link to part 13 of 17 broken. I Can't download this part. All others were no problem.

 

Cheers

 

Look at point 10 of the first post 👍

mons
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By J.Watson#2546 09 December 2021 - 16:55 PM UTC 

i

 

And how many images in total do you have in each of your faces folder and in your iconfaces folder?

J.Watson#2546
4 years ago
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in total '338,625 files

mons
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By J.Watson#2546 09 December 2021 - 17:05 PM UTC 

in total '338,625 files

 

Again, I ask:

 

How many images in total do you have in each of your faces folder and in your iconfaces folder?

 

Not in total, how many are in each folder?

J.Watson#2546
4 years ago
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oh ok, sorry about that

iconfaces- 331,544 Files

faces- 7,081 Files

mons
20 years ago
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By J.Watson#2546 09 December 2021 - 17:17 PM UTC 

oh ok, sorry about that

iconfaces- 331,544 Files

faces- 7,081 Files

 

Not sure how that happened but you have nowhere near the correct amount of images in your faces folder. It should be 330k+. Either the download didn't fully extract or it didn't fully complete.

J.Watson#2546
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By mons 09 December 2021 - 17:30 PM UTC 

Not sure how that happened but you have nowhere near the correct amount of images in your faces folder. It should be 330k+. Either the download didn't fully extract or it didn't fully complete.

 

ok thanks for your help ill redownload it now!
 

Hoàng Thọ
4 years ago
2 years ago
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Hi guys. I'm just downloading Megapack 20.00 ( the torrent one with 15.62GB). I'm curious, do i need to download 20.03 changes again?

 

mons
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By Hoàng Thọ 11 December 2021 - 09:17 AM UTC 

Hi guys. I'm just downloading Megapack 20.00 ( the torrent one with 15.62GB). I'm curious, do i need to download 20.03 changes again?

 

Look at points 1 and 7 of the FAQ in the first post 👍

 

P.S. It's 22.00 not 20.00 😉

Hoàng Thọ
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By mons 11 December 2021 - 09:18 AM UTC 

Look at points 1 and 7 of the FAQ in the first post 👍

 

P.S. It's 22.00 not 20.00 😉

 

Sorry just one more question. Well i have FM2021, can use the Mega pack + 22.03 on Fm21? Is back compatibility ?

mons
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By Hoàng Thọ 11 December 2021 - 10:25 AM UTC 

Sorry just one more question. Well i have FM2021, can use the Mega pack + 22.03 on Fm21? Is back compatibility ?

 

You should be able to use it without any problems at all 👍

Hoàng Thọ
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By mons 11 December 2021 - 10:26 AM UTC 

You should be able to use it without any problems at all 👍

 

Thanks you so much. I love you and this community xD. It work indee. 😀 

 

Papillon422
4 years ago
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The file 13,16 and 17  for FM22 on uploaded is corrupted

mons
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By Papillon422 11 December 2021 - 11:51 AM UTC 

The file 13,16 and 17  for FM22 on uploaded is corrupted

 

Read point 10 of the FAQ in the first post.

Papillon422
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By mons 11 December 2021 - 12:04 PM UTC 

Read point 10 of the FAQ in the first post.

 

I take that back it is not corrupted is just bad download, try with another premium get link download the file have to be exact  976,563 MB

 

can i ask is this face repack work with saves? or should i play from beginning?

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