Subscribe to this thread (by following these steps) so you get notifications whenever a new version is released. 

 

If you have any issues, first read the FAQ.

 

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 2023 to the proper, real life names for awards, cities, stadiums and competitions, in cases where the actual name is not licensed, such as  Premier League displaying instead of Premier Division. 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 Napoli) 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

 

STEP 1.
OPEN 

Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2300


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 


OPEN 

Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2330

 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 


OPEN 

Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2340

 

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

PC players on Gamepass

 

I am led to understand that mods are enabled by default this year, so nothing needs to be done other than the below

 

OPEN 

Xboxgames\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2300
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

Xboxgames\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2330
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

Xboxgames\Football Manager 2023\data\database\db\2340
 

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\FootballManager2023\data\database\db\2300


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
 

OPEN 

Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2023\data\database\db\2330


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders
 

OPEN 

Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\FootballManager2023\data\database\db\2340


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 installation

 

OPEN 

/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2300 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2330 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Steam / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2340 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

The easiest way to get to these folders is by going to Finder > Go > Go to Folder and copy and paste these exact paths and you will be taken to the right places  ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2023/data/database/db/2300/

AND

 ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2023/data/database/db/2330/

AND

 ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2023/data/database/db/2340/

 

Alternatively 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.

 

Equivalent folders for Xbox players on Gamepass

Xbox on Gamepass installation

 

OPEN 

navigate to drive it was installed in (C: or D🙂

Xboxgames>Football manager 2023>content>data>database>db>2300

 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

navigate to drive it was installed in (C: or D🙂

Xboxgames>Football manager 2023>content>data>database>db>2330

 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

navigate to drive it was installed in (C: or D🙂

Xboxgames>Football manager 2023>content>data>database>db>2340

 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

If you can't find where your Xboxgames folder is, you can find it by clicking on “More actions” button (three dots that appears when you move your mouse cursor over Football Manager 2023 on Xbox app), then “Manage” → “Files” tab → “Browse…” button.

 

Equivalent folders for FM TOUCH 23 on Mac users

FM TOUCH 23 Mac Os installation

 

OPEN 

/ Applications / fm.app / Contents / Resources / data / database / db / 2300
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

/ Applications / fm.app / Contents / Resources / data / database / db / 2330
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

/ Applications / fm.app / Contents / Resources / data / database / db / 2340
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

Equivalent folders for Steam Deck users

Steam Deck installation

 

if game is store on external micro SD card

OPEN 

devices / rootfs / run / media / mmcblk0p1 / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2300 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

devices / rootfs / run / media / mmcblk0p1 / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2330 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

devices / rootfs / run / media / mmcblk0p1 / steamapps / common / Football Manager 2023 / data / database / db / 2340 
 

DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

 

if game is stored on internal storage

OPEN 

devices  / home  / deck  / .local  / share  / Steam  / steamapps  / common  / Football Manager 2023  / data  / database  / db  / 2300


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

devices  / home  / deck  / .local  / share  / Steam  / steamapps  / common  / Football Manager 2023  / data  / database  / db  / 2330


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc folders

 

OPEN 

devices  / home  / deck  / .local  / share  / Steam  / steamapps  / common  / Football Manager 2023  / data  / database  / db  / 2340


DELETE only the dbc , edt and lnc 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 2340 folder:

 

dbc: 

dbc/permanent: 

edt/permanent: 

lnc: 

 

STEP 4:
COPY the 9 files located in the EDITOR DATA FILES folder in the downloaded pack

 

STEP 5
PASTE to \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2023\editor data

 

This is also the same folder to be used for Gamepass.

 

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 2023’

 

Equivalent folder for Steam Deck

devices / home / deck / .local / share / Steam / steamapps / compatdata / 1904540 / pfx / drive_c / users / steamuser / My Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2023 / editor data

 

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.

 

 

To make sure the files have been applied correctly, go to English Premier Division in your saved game, and it should be renamed to Premier League. If you are in the middle of a save-game when you install this download, 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.

Comments
mons
18 years ago
28 minutes ago
90,885

Thanks for the previous award name changes 👍

 

By pereiraagb 02 October 2023 - 08:39 AM UTC 

Does anyone know were I can convert TXT doc to LNC doc please?

 

Click save as, and in the drop-down menu for save as type, choose all files.

 

Name file whatever you want to, and add .lnc at the end.

 

pereiraagb
4 years ago
1 day ago
63
Premium
By mons 03 October 2023 - 19:41 PM UTC 

Thanks for the previous award name changes 👍

 

 

Click save as, and in the drop-down menu for save as type, choose all files.

 

Name file whatever you want to, and add .lnc at the end.

 

Okay thank you very much 🫡

 

Grant MacDonald
12 years ago
3 weeks ago
45

Hello guys! It's that time of the year again.

off_side
18 years ago
6 months ago
1
Premium

waiting for this update to start my save 😀

Curtains2720
3 years ago
21 hours ago
40
Premium
By off_side 19 October 2023 - 17:20 PM UTC 

waiting for this update to start my save 😀

 

Hello all. Same, impossible to start my save without this fix

Blizniak
5 years ago
1 week ago
15
Premium

I am playing my fm 23 save, with last Real Name fix. Everything works well. 

Deleted Account #454659
By mons 20 October 2022 - 16:14 PM UTC 

If you have already started a save-game and wish to change German, Spanish, Italian and French club names to the correct ones, there is a workaround. However, you will lose the club nicknames.

 

Open the City, Club and Stadium Names.lnc file with Notepad (on Windows) and TextEdit (on Mac). All the changes I've made in the editor data file are included in this file, however they are preceded by a hashtag (#) which makes the lnc file ignore any text following it.

 

You can remove the hashtags from in front of any of the "CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" and "CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" codes which you wish to change, and this will ensure these changes are displayed in your save game.

 

For Notepad, all you need to do is: Select the edit menu, click the replace option, type #"CLUB in the first field and "CLUB in the second and click replace all. Then save and close. Shouldn't take more than 3 seconds if you do it right 🙂

 


Instead of


#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern München" ""
#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern" ""

 

you should have


"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern München" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern" ""


Basically:
Using an lnc
Pro: Can be used (and disabled) after a save game has been started
Con: Removes club nicknames for those teams whose name has been edited


Using the editor data file
Pro: Retains club nicknames
Con: Needs to be applied before starting a new game

 

Hey mons 20,

 

I've downloaded the the FM 23 Real Name Fix file, but I can't seem to find the file you mention above. If everything is installed correctly, where should it be?

 

Edit: I hadn't started a save before I posted this. I have now, and it works just fine :-)

 

 

 

MR DION K MAYHEW
11 months ago
11 months ago
1

Hey,

 

Downloaded and everything looks as per the posted screenshots only issue is I still have English First Division, Spanish First Division etc

but Napoli is now are correct and shows as under Serie A. The EPL team names are correct e.g. Manchester United, Germany national team now correct and on Brazil the clubs are correct, just not sure why main European leagues still arent when everything else is ?

mons
18 years ago
28 minutes ago
90,885
By MR DION K MAYHEW 26 November 2023 - 00:47 AM UTC 

Hey,

 

Downloaded and everything looks as per the posted screenshots only issue is I still have English First Division, Spanish First Division etc

but Napoli is now are correct and shows as under Serie A. The EPL team names are correct e.g. Manchester United, Germany national team now correct and on Brazil the clubs are correct, just not sure why main European leagues still arent when everything else is ?

 

That's because you haven't installed the lnc files correctly. Make sure the folders on your system are the same as shown in the screenshots in the main post.

sortitoutsi
15 years ago
2 weeks ago
20
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mons
18 years ago
28 minutes ago
90,885
By sortitoutsi 03 December 2023 - 20:15 PM UTC 

I don't have an editor and I have some data files which need to be verified. Can any one help me, pls. I can't change the menu background, some advice on how to do it. Players and couches attributes are not improving. CA and PA are way too low, does any one know how to fix it. Here are the files which need to be verified for db 23.2. Thank you !

 

What on earth does that have to do with this thread?

sortitoutsi
15 years ago
2 weeks ago
20
Banned

Does anyone know were I can find FM 23.4 database ?

themog
14 years ago
10 months ago
1

Perfect, thank you 🙂

kingrobbo
15 years ago
40 minutes ago
11,503
By sortitoutsi 12 December 2023 - 19:53 PM UTC 

Does anyone know were I can find FM 23.4 database ?

 

stop spamming this thread I have given you a warning as its not the first time 

Camponotus
10 months ago
10 months ago
1

Hello, I am on mac and I was able to get the name fixes but I do not see the correct club badges as they are still the default-in game badges. I found that the 2300, 2330, and 2340 folders were not under the data folder but instead in the Preferences folder. (in the Finder Library) Additionally, there are two sets of the 2300,2330 and 2340 folders. I've deleted the original three folders and replaced them with the modded 2330,2330 and 2340 folders and I am still not getting the mod to work. What am I doing wrong? 

mons
18 years ago
28 minutes ago
90,885
By Camponotus 28 December 2023 - 05:12 AM UTC 

Hello, I am on mac and I was able to get the name fixes but I do not see the correct club badges as they are still the default-in game badges. I found that the 2300, 2330, and 2340 folders were not under the data folder but instead in the Preferences folder. (in the Finder Library) Additionally, there are two sets of the 2300,2330 and 2340 folders. I've deleted the original three folders and replaced them with the modded 2330,2330 and 2340 folders and I am still not getting the mod to work. What am I doing wrong? 

 

a) If you can't get the club badges to show, that's an issue you should take up with the creator(s) or administrator(s) of the logopack you're using.

b) The first screenshot is the user data folder, which is not the right place for the dbc, edt and lnc files to be placed in. I have no idea of the location of the second screenshot because you've cropped it out.

digimagpie88
11 years ago
1 day ago
11
Premium

Which of the editor file controls the competition names? I'm wanting to use a custom database but there is an override to the real names of the competitions 

mons
18 years ago
28 minutes ago
90,885
By digimagpie88 19 March 2024 - 10:08 AM UTC 

Which of the editor file controls the competition names? I'm wanting to use a custom database but there is an override to the real names of the competitions 

 

None of them, it's the Competitions lnc file.

Florinmax
8 years ago
3 months ago
1
By mons 20 October 2022 - 16:14 PM UTC 

If you have already started a save-game and wish to change German, Spanish, Italian and French club names to the correct ones, there is a workaround. However, you will lose the club nicknames.

 

Open the City, Club and Stadium Names.lnc file with Notepad (on Windows) and TextEdit (on Mac). All the changes I've made in the editor data file are included in this file, however they are preceded by a hashtag (#) which makes the lnc file ignore any text following it.

 

You can remove the hashtags from in front of any of the "CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" and "CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" codes which you wish to change, and this will ensure these changes are displayed in your save game.

 

For Notepad, all you need to do is: Select the edit menu, click the replace option, type #"CLUB in the first field and "CLUB in the second and click replace all. Then save and close. Shouldn't take more than 3 seconds if you do it right 🙂

 


Instead of


#"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern München" ""
#"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern" ""

 

you should have


"CLUB_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern München" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 915 "FC Bayern" ""


Basically:
Using an lnc
Pro: Can be used (and disabled) after a save game has been started
Con: Removes club nicknames for those teams whose name has been edited


Using the editor data file
Pro: Retains club nicknames
Con: Needs to be applied before starting a new game

>>Open the City, Club and Stadium Names.lnc file with Notepad (on Windows)<<
Where do I find this file?

 

mons
18 years ago
28 minutes ago
90,885
By Florinmax 19 August 2024 - 09:38 AM UTC 

>>Open the City, Club and Stadium Names.lnc file with Notepad (on Windows)<<
Where do I find this file?

 

In the downloaded file 😕

fruction
2 months ago
2 months ago
1
Banned
My FM 2023 is cracked and i dont have FM23 in steam. how can i apply this into cracked fm 2023 with 23.4.0 version?
mons
18 years ago
28 minutes ago
90,885
By fruction 01 September 2024 - 14:30 PM UTC 

My FM 2023 is cracked and i dont have FM23 in steam. how can i apply this into cracked fm 2023 with 23.4.0 version? 

 

👋🏻👋🏻

nicolomaria
1 month ago
1 month ago
2
Banned

hi I would like to download the no fake version for fm23 but this version FM2023 Licensing and Real Name Fix File v2.0 but there is version 5.0 I want to download the old one how do I do it

mons
18 years ago
28 minutes ago
90,885
By nicolomaria 05 October 2024 - 14:32 PM UTC 

hi I would like to download the no fake version for fm23 but this version FM2023 Licensing and Real Name Fix File v2.0 but there is version 5.0 I want to download the old one how do I do it

 

If you can prove that you have an original copy of the game and not a cracked/pirated version, I'll send it over 👍

nicolomaria
1 month ago
1 month ago
2
Banned

why can't you have a cracked version?

mons
18 years ago
28 minutes ago
90,885
By nicolomaria 05 October 2024 - 14:36 PM UTC 

why can't you have a cracked version?

 

This is a forum dedicated to FM. Promoting or engaging in piracy is illegal. Our terms of service explicitly prohibit illegal activities. Encouraging pirated or cracked versions of the game on this site would therefore be bloody stupid, apart from being unethical.

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