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If you are having trouble installing our Football Manager Transfer Update or any other Football Manager Database then please read everything below.
The guide is split into two sections, the basic installation instructions, which should be very simple for 99% of users and some common mistakes and issues. Please make sure to read the guide in full and check you're not making any of the common mistakes before commenting asking for help.
Extra: What to do if you're missing January transfers like Ronaldo, Enzo Fernandez etc
If you're missing transfers from January that means your copy of FM isn't up to date. Update it through Steam or whatever other platform you're using. When starting a new save make sure that it says 23.4 in the top right.
If you are using a cracked or pirated version of FM our update will not work, there is no way to make it work, do not ask for help with a cracking or pirated version you will be banned.
How to download and extract the Football Manager Data Update
- First download the Data Update. You will then be presented with a “zip” file to save somewhere on your computer
- Extract the zip file
- Mac: Usually you can just double click on it.
- Windows: Right click on the file and click “Extract All”
- You should then be presented with a folder that contains files named “.fmf”. In some cases you might be presented with just a single “.fmf” file not in any folders.
- Move the “.fmf” files to your “editor data” folder. See below for where this folder is located on different systems
- Make sure to put the “.fmf” files themselves directly in the “editor data” folder. You cannot have any sub folders within the “editor data” folder.
Windows: Where to put Football Manager Data Updates on Windows
The default path on Windows is:
Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/editor data
Obviously change the year to whatever version of the game you're playing.
Mac: Where to put Football Manager Data Updates on Mac
The default path on Mac is:
/Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/editor data
Obviously change the year to whatever version of the game you're playing.
This can be difficult to find on Mac using Finder, use the following steps to easily find this folder:
a) Open Finder
b) Click “Go” from the menubar and select “Go to Folder” (alternatively press Shift+CMD+G)
c) Copy in the following: ~/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/
d) Open the folder for you game e.g: “Football Manager 2023”
e) Open the “editor data” folder (or create it if it doesn't exist)
f) Move the “.fmf” files into the ”editor data" folder
By default in Finder the path is not shown. Click “View” > “Show Path Bar” in Finder and the full path will now be shown at the bottom of every Finder window.
How to find and change your “editor data” folder in Football Manager
Below you will find the default paths, but not everyone's installation is the same. The easiest way to be sure is to check in Football Manager itself.
- Open Football Manager and click “Preferences”
- Search “Location” at the top and you should see a path, stupidly FM has bad UI and you can't read the whole path.
- Click “Change Folder” and click the dropdown at the top and it should display the whole path.
- If you do wish to change the location you can do so here, but if you're struggling to install a file and asking for help this may confuse the situation.
- There is a reset button to the right of where it says “Change Folder” click this if you're unsure if you've changed it.
Common Mistakes
Not extracting the zip
The “.zip” file should not be in your “editor data” folder. You must extract the zip file. If you are seeing a .zip file in your editor data folder instead of .fmf files then you're doing it wrong.
Do not use sub folders
Your “editor data” folder should never have sub folders.
Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/editor data/new leagues/France.fmf BAD
Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/editor data/France.fmf GOOD
Sometimes when you download a file it will be organised in sub folders like “Football Manager 2023/editor data” already. Make sure to copy just the “.fmf” and not all the sub folders.
Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/editor data/Football Manager 2023/editor data//Data Update.fmf BAD
Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/editor data/Data Update.fmf GOOD
Having “public” folders
For some reason some people have duplicate folders under a parent folder called “public”. I'm not sure why this is, but sometimes it can cause problems. Check if you have the files under a folder folder called “Public” or “Public Documents” and move them to the correct path instead.
Here's some examples.
Windows
Users/Public/Public Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/editor data BAD
Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/editor data GOOD
Mac
/Users/yourname/Public/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/editor data BAD
/Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2023/editor data GOOD
- Date Created
- 07 Feb 2023 08:37:48
- Date Updated
- 18 Aug 2023 15:24:10
- Last Comment
- 01 Apr 2024 18:04:21
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Footygamer
No i'm afraid not. They are not compatible.
hovnovole
Hello, can you please correct the SK Slavia Prague rosters, they are not up to date even after updating.
Oscar Jennings
Hi, when I'm setting up a new save it says that the English league is unavailable. Is there any reason or fix for this?
Ivan245125125421
My game says the version is 23.00, is this compatible with that update because it's not working
JBoyd33641
How do I use the England files? When I try starting my game it says can only use one file per country, is there a way I can use both?
Crimson Washington
Please help, on my macbook i have the files as it is supposed to be but when I go into fm23, i don't have the options in game.
Scott_MacRae
Same as the above problem. All the files downloaded and instructions followed etc but not showing up in-game?!
Hablo
I'm up to date with the updates, but all leagues are still the same for me. There have been no climbers or relegators. All clubs (example German 1st Bundesliga) are still in this league. Schalke and Hertha, although they have been relegated.
Fuat Akıllı
Icardı zu Galatasaray ?
ViVaLaVeRnOn
Hello, I started a save with Leeds United and all of their players contract are still at what they were in the premiership which is causing ffp problems, should this have been implemented in the patch?
Jorgen
Is there a list available with explanations of what every file in the data update does?
I want to use this file with the Realism update, but don't want to have conflicts with the league fixes from Susie and David.
le chi dung
I have encountered this error. Anyone else?
JTM2105
I would like to start the 23/24 season in Germany but this only seems to be possible when I do the Seychelles trick as for Germany I cannot choose a starting date in 2023. However even though I installed the data update, when I start the game for 23/24, I find a final table for the Bundesliga which is mixed up. In reality, the teams Darmstadt and Heidenheim just promoted to the Bundesliga last month and in the game they are visible in the last season like this:
So shortly said, the table has already simulated the season 23/24 even though the game stands at June 2023.
Any idea how I can fix this? I just want to start the game from "today".
Mehmetcanatc
I can't choose a team from Türkiye super amateur league
svennos
Hello
I would like to start a new save in Italy. When can we expect the new league composition? Thank you for your great work.
greeting
Sven
Hablo
VfB Oldenburg is not in the Regionalliga Nord, but in the Regionalliga Süd.
Keith Batcheltor
I have downloaded the latest updates, started a new game and none of the players who've gone from Birmingham City, have gone. All players from the start of the season, including the loanees are all still there. Checked with other teams, and its still the same. Only change is the promotions and relegations, these have worked.
Tintin Borg
How do I make the albanian league playable? it does not come up as playable when I start a new game.
Crimson Washington
I found a fix for it. It's very inconvenient but its the only way I've found. Open up the editor and load the 23.4.0 update. Then click on File, Load Editor DB, and then load whatever update you want. Then just keep doing that.
ahmed_baky
Hi, why Havertz still in Chelsea, I restarted the game 3 times and he's still there
ahmed_baky
Yes same here
Footygamer
Havertz hasn't been officially announced by Arsenal yet. We only add confirmed transfers not rumours.
Footygamer
Have you checked the Birmingham page on the site? Unless you're more specific about what players aren't updated I can't help you. When asking for help try to be considerate of who you're asking and make it as easy as possible for them e.g. giving exact player names rather than expecting others to go and look up what players have left themselves.
Footygamer
Our update is not designed to work with a custom start date. For example if you start with a custom start date Harry Kane will be 30 and his contract will expire immediately. Obviously you don't want that. With our update he'll be 29 and his contract will expire in 1 year, just like in real life.
XThomas03
Hello, I already have a saved game to which I want to add the new players. Is there any way to do that without having to start a new game?
Jonas Grauslund
Great job - its so nice with these updates, thank you.
I've got som players in Denmark which is not transferred yet in the updates and its been a long time since they moved club.
Mohamed Buya Turay -→ Odense BK
Rami El Hajj -→ Odense BK
After this transfer window I think many people are going to play with Odense BK because they had such a busy window this summer so hopefully you see this and make the changes 🙂
Zangor
Are you sure you applied the update correctly? Both players are already in Odense in our Data Update 🙂
https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-data-update/person/93060130#submission_688623
https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-data-update/person/93099931#submission_702464
tal sherer
i just cant see new transfers liek bellingham,mac alister,messi….
none fo the confirmd tranfers show up even when i simmed forward none of the irl transfers showed up
Keith Batcheltor
Sorry for not providing full details
I have cleared previous update downloads from my editor in the game, and downloaded the latest update. Started the game, and the following players had the wrong contract end dates in game, despite the updates being correct on the Birmingham City page on this site; J.Ruddy, K.Long, M.Oakley, M.Dance, N.Gordon, O.Basey, P.Williams, T.Campbell.
On the Birmingham page on site, all of the above have a contract end date of 2024, in the game it's 2023.
Jonas Grauslund
What the ..??
They are both on free transfer when I start up a new save.
Everything else is working fine? That's weird.