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).
mons
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By emiliano_7 12 July 2022 - 17:37 PM UTC 

HI, I CANT DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE FACES MEGAPACK, ANYONE KNOWS WHY??. YESTERDAY I COULD

 

I've moved this to here.

 

Nobody else has reported any issues, so you'll have to give us a bit more information. Which version of the megapack are you trying to download and what method? Are you getting an error message?

seamusdonnelly05
3 years ago
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Hi, when I go to download the players face cut out megapack it tells me there are free mirrors at the bottom but there are no free mirrors there

 

mons
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By seamusdonnelly05 12 July 2022 - 23:56 PM UTC 

Hi, when I go to download the players face cut out megapack it tells me there are free mirrors at the bottom but there are no free mirrors there

 

Can we have a screenshot of the page you're trying to download from, as well as the full URL please?

mons
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By jamieboi34 13 July 2022 - 05:10 AM UTC 

Can’t download for free 

 

Can I have the full URL please?

seamusdonnelly05
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By mons 13 July 2022 - 04:15 AM UTC 

Can we have a screenshot of the page you're trying to download from, as well as the full URL please?

 

Hi, I’m not at home right now so the screenshot is from my phone, though I assure you it’s the exact same on pc. The link: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/1/download/complete

mons
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By seamusdonnelly05 13 July 2022 - 07:49 AM UTC 

Hi, I’m not at home right now so the screenshot is from my phone, though I assure you it’s the exact same on pc. The link: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/1/download/complete

 

Thanks - allow us to investigate and we'll get back to you as soon as we can 👍

Footygamer
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By seamusdonnelly05 13 July 2022 - 07:49 AM UTC 

Hi, I’m not at home right now so the screenshot is from my phone, though I assure you it’s the exact same on pc. The link: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/1/download/complete

Should be fixed now 

 

Witisan Suwannatat
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By mons 10 July 2022 - 07:05 AM UTC 

It seems like you somehow aren't downloading the full file. 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. If that doesn't work, try using a download manager to avoid the download stopping before it's completed.

 

Thank you so much for the help!

seamusdonnelly05
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By Footygamer 13 July 2022 - 10:35 AM UTC 

Should be fixed now 

 

Thank you so much 

D O
4 years ago
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Hi,

I have followed all of the steps correctly yet some of the faces including Messi doesn't show up. I downloaded the full 17GB pack and not in parts. Need help please

mons
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By D O 13 July 2022 - 15:38 PM UTC 

Hi,

I have followed all of the steps correctly yet some of the faces including Messi doesn't show up. I downloaded the full 17GB pack and not in parts. Need help please

 

Have a look to see whether any of the FAQs at the top of the thread help.

 

If your issue is not addressed, please help us to help you by explaining clearly what the issue is and accompany it with screenshots of your megapack folder, showing clearly the full path it’s located in as well as how many images are in that folder.

D O
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By mons 13 July 2022 - 15:48 PM UTC 

Have a look to see whether any of the FAQs at the top of the thread help.

 

If your issue is not addressed, please help us to help you by explaining clearly what the issue is and accompany it with screenshots of your megapack folder, showing clearly the full path it’s located in as well as how many images are in that folder.

 

I just realised that it doesn't contain all of the files. I downloaded the whole pack and not in parts. Why did this happen and how can I make sure it contains every file? 
mons
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By D O 13 July 2022 - 16:06 PM UTC 
I just realised that it doesn't contain all of the files. I downloaded the whole pack and not in parts. Why did this happen and how can I make sure it contains every file? 

 

I can't possibly know what might have happened at your end, unfortunately, but it might be worth trying to download it again. In the next day or so, the next update pack will be released, so you might as well wait till then to get the latest full pack then 👍

D O
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By mons 13 July 2022 - 16:13 PM UTC 

I can't possibly know what might have happened at your end, unfortunately, but it might be worth trying to download it again. In the next day or so, the next update pack will be released, so you might as well wait till then to get the latest full pack then 👍

Hi, I decided that I wanted to just download the latest one as of right now. I deleted and downloaded it again and now the file says it has 17GB in total. Is that everything?

 

mons
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By D O 13 July 2022 - 17:27 PM UTC 

Hi, I decided that I wanted to just download the latest one as of right now. I deleted and downloaded it again and now the file says it has 17GB in total. Is that everything?

 

Looks like it, yeah:

 

D O
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By mons 13 July 2022 - 16:13 PM UTC 

I can't possibly know what might have happened at your end, unfortunately, but it might be worth trying to download it again. In the next day or so, the next update pack will be released, so you might as well wait till then to get the latest full pack then 👍

it's asking me to replace files, do I click yes?

 

mons
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By D O 13 July 2022 - 17:42 PM UTC 

it's asking me to replace files, do I click yes?

 

Sure.

D O
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By mons 13 July 2022 - 17:59 PM UTC 

Sure.

I clicked “yes to all” last time but lots of faces were still missing. I clicked “No to all” this time, what does that do?

 

mons
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By D O 13 July 2022 - 18:15 PM UTC 

I clicked “yes to all” last time but lots of faces were still missing. I clicked “No to all” this time, what does that do?

 

No idea, buddy. How many images in total do you have in your sortitoutsi folder now? If it's just under 740k, you're fine 👍

Jamie O'Sullivan
3 years ago
3 years ago
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Thanks mate, I am in the process of downloading a logos one! Managed to find it. 

 

One last question and I will leave you alone lol 

 

There only seem to be 3 face packs all of which are around 10-12Gbs! Do you know if there are face packs that don't have ALLL the faces? 

mons
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By Jamie O'Sullivan 19 July 2022 - 14:21 PM UTC 

Thanks mate, I am in the process of downloading a logos one! Managed to find it. 

 

One last question and I will leave you alone lol 

 

There only seem to be 3 face packs all of which are around 10-12Gbs! Do you know if there are face packs that don't have ALLL the faces? 

 

I'm not sure what this is in relation to 😕

 

What you're asking would require a team of people to manually sift through the thousands of images to hand-pick individual images from individual teams/nations/leagues, and update the collection as their real-life equivalents move club, get relegated/promoted etc. You will appreciate that such a pack is unlikely to be in place…

Jamie O'Sullivan
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Yes that's a fair point lol I thought they may have done Premier League faces or SerieA similar to how you do kits but I guessed wrong. Thanks for all your help

Womaz
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Hi

There used to be a page where I could see what facepacks I needed to add to stay up to date. It showed me the packs I have downloaded and which ones were new.

I cant seem to locate this page anymore…….can anyone help?

Thanks

mons
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By Womaz 19 July 2022 - 21:24 PM UTC 

Hi

There used to be a page where I could see what facepacks I needed to add to stay up to date. It showed me the packs I have downloaded and which ones were new.

I cant seem to locate this page anymore…….can anyone help?

Thanks

 

Still there, cunningly hidden in the download page 😉

Womaz
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By mons 20 July 2022 - 06:00 AM UTC 

Still there, cunningly hidden in the download page 😉

 

Thank you , Its weird as on my Ipad I could not access this page, but on my laptop there it is :-)

Freke
6 years ago
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Is it possible that Endrick and Jobe Bellingham are not in the pack yet? They have no face in my game. 😢

mons
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By Freke 21 July 2022 - 06:30 AM UTC 

Is it possible that Endrick and Jobe Bellingham are not in the pack yet? They have no face in my game. 😢

 

Neither player is in the official database, since both are under 16 at the start of the game and thus too young to be included.

 

They will have been added in a custom editor data file you will have downloaded. As the megapack only includes players in the official database, both therefore cannot have cut-outs. It might be the case that both have had cut-outs added in the most recent pages of this thread. If so, you can add them to your game by using the steps outlined in this thread 👍

Jerry Balderas
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By BramNUFC 08 July 2022 - 06:09 AM UTC 

That looks good, can you now do one of what's inside the ‘faces’ folder?

So I have Hansen-Aaron from United and I reloaded the skin and everything and it doesn’t update it

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By Jerry Balderas 24 July 2022 - 05:04 AM UTC 

So I have Hansen-Aaron from United and I reloaded the skin and everything and it doesn’t update it

 

That's the image that is currently in the megapack for him, I don't see the problem

https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/browse/1/1235561/timeline

 

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