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).
Gunbuster903
14 years ago
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By mons 08 November 2023 - 06:12 AM UTC 

If it were just the one image, you could use the browse function to download it manually. But given it seems to be widespread, I would suggest you download the megapack again.

 

 

 

 

I'm at a loss. The only thing I can think of is that the images aren't in the One Drive Documents folder, but in the Documents folder on your hard drive.

 

 

 

 

Delete what you have, and download the torrent file.

 

@mons  - fixed it! 

 

Had to move the FM24 Folder directly onto the C: Drive

 

"C:\FM24 Data"

 

Everything works now, not sure how or why this has happened with FM24, like I said before, never had a problem with any of the older versions. Thanks for the advice - much appreciated. 

mons
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By Gunbuster903 08 November 2023 - 19:58 PM UTC 

@mons  - fixed it! 

 

Had to move the FM24 Folder directly onto the C: Drive

 

"C:\FM24 Data"

 

Everything works now, not sure how or why this has happened with FM24, like I said before, never had a problem with any of the older versions. Thanks for the advice - much appreciated. 

 

I didn't actually do anything though 😆

xinvictusxplayx
11 years ago
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By mons 08 November 2023 - 18:05 PM UTC 

Not sure what to say, it's supposed to be 11.38 GB 😕

 

What program are you using to extract the files? Try Winrar.

 

 

 

 

There should be around 440k+ in the faces folder and same again in the iconfaces folder. Perhaps you could leave it to install overnight?

 

 

 

 

I don't know what to say, but it's supposed to be there 😢

 

 

 

 

Here's a post on why doing so might not be as easy as it might seem to be, and here's another post as to why it might not even be worth the time to do so…

 

9 hours, 47 minutes. that is how long it took to unpack in the end! will have to look at installation instructions etc tomorrow. Got the newgan facepack still to go!

jdedwards1
3 years ago
5 months ago
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I am also having issues with the face pack not working properly. Kits, logo packs, backgrounds and trophies all work fine. Had no issue downloading the file. I put the faces and icon faces files in the graphics folder. I cleared the cache and reloaded the skin and am only seeing a few faces. Not sure what is causing the issue. I've never had troubles in previous versions of the game when installing the face packs.

 

Any help is appreciated.

mons
20 years ago
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By jdedwards1 09 November 2023 - 00:26 AM UTC 

I am also having issues with the face pack not working properly. Kits, logo packs, backgrounds and trophies all work fine. Had no issue downloading the file. I put the faces and icon faces files in the graphics folder. I cleared the cache and reloaded the skin and am only seeing a few faces. Not sure what is causing the issue. I've never had troubles in previous versions of the game when installing the face packs.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

Given there's a blank space instead of the default black silhouette, I'd say you have another config file in a different folder to that shown in your screenshot of the faces folder.

 

You seem to have downloaded the 2024.01 update pack. If it's installed elsewhere, please remove it completely.

Shippaz
4 years ago
2 years ago
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EDIT : solved my issue, couldnt find a delete post button, sorry! 

chile
13 years ago
6 months ago
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Problem solved! Unpacked with latest Winrar, and iconfaces folder is there.

Marrccc
3 years ago
1 month ago
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When I try Downloading the facepack following page shows up:
Anyone who knows why and might be able to help?

CMQ
16 years ago
1 month ago
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Hi there

Long time reader first time poster 🙂

I've never come across this issue before, I downloaded the the updated full facepack but have noticed that in the game some pictures are not showing, for example there no image for Nicky Butt at Salford. There is literally no image there, not even the black generic outline. Has anyone else noticed or experienced this? Is it something I am doing wrong?

Many thanks guys.

jdedwards1
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By mons 09 November 2023 - 06:27 AM UTC 

Given there's a blank space instead of the default black silhouette, I'd say you have another config file in a different folder to that shown in your screenshot of the faces folder.

 

You seem to have downloaded the 2024.01 update pack. If it's installed elsewhere, please remove it completely.

 

It was the config file. There was one in my graphics folder that I moved and replaced the one that was in the faces folder. It's working now.

 

Thanks!

Martin Forster
3 years ago
10 months ago
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By Marrccc 09 November 2023 - 13:42 PM UTC 

When I try Downloading the facepack following page shows up:
Anyone who knows why and might be able to help?

 

I get the same as this as well.  No idea why though.

feeliixx98
12 years ago
3 months ago
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Just downloaded the latest update of the megapack today, had my youth intake a bit later and about one third of my newgens already have a photo. I believe those photos are from the latest update since the date of one of the photos is November 5th 2023. I haven't checked all of them but here is the ID of one of the photos which is the same as one of my newgens: 2000208305. I have no idea who this guy is but I doubt that it's my 15 year old newgen 😉

mons
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By feeliixx98 09 November 2023 - 22:02 PM UTC 

Just downloaded the latest update of the megapack today, had my youth intake a bit later and about one third of my newgens already have a photo. I believe those photos are from the latest update since the date of one of the photos is November 5th 2023. I haven't checked all of them but here is the ID of one of the photos which is the same as one of my newgens: 2000208305. I have no idea who this guy is but I doubt that it's my 15 year old newgen 😉

 

It's a known bug with the game, unfortunately, and has got nothing to do with this download 😢

 

In fact, that UID is of a player already in the game.

feeliixx98
12 years ago
3 months ago
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Oh man, yet another bug… Thanks for the quick answer!

Didi63
11 years ago
2 years ago
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Could you please check the download, I got always an error message when trying to download the complete cut out player faces package.

 

Thanks

ConnorM00
5 years ago
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I don’t know if it’s a mac problem but when I download the file it only brings the faces folder, not the icon faces one so when I boot the game up all my players end up with blank spaces rather than the black silhouette or real face. I’ve downloaded 3 times from the website on one torrent and it never moves over. 

 

Any advice? 

mons
20 years ago
2 hours ago
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By ConnorM00 10 November 2023 - 11:56 AM UTC 

I don’t know if it’s a mac problem but when I download the file it only brings the faces folder, not the icon faces one so when I boot the game up all my players end up with blank spaces rather than the black silhouette or real face. I’ve downloaded 3 times from the website on one torrent and it never moves over. 

 

Any advice? 

 

Download directly from the site instead of through the torrent.

kinny887
3 years ago
2 months ago
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I have correctly installed the face pack which and saved it in my graphics folder but the player faces are not showing and there is just a blank space where they should be on the game

ConnorM00
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By mons 10 November 2023 - 11:59 AM UTC 

Download directly from the site instead of through the torrent.

 

i’ve downloaded through the site 3 times and it doesn’t come across

mons
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By kinny887 10 November 2023 - 12:42 PM UTC 

I have correctly installed the face pack which and saved it in my graphics folder but the player faces are not showing and there is just a blank space where they should be on the game

 

Then you haven't installed it correctly, buddy 😉

 

Can you give us screenshots of your megapack folder, showing clearly the full path it’s located in as well as how many images are in that folder?

 

 

By ConnorM00 10 November 2023 - 12:43 PM UTC 

i’ve downloaded through the site 3 times and it doesn’t come across

 

How strange, can you give me screenshots of the contents of the downloaded files?

Thorsten1974
6 years ago
2 months ago
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i think many times you had the same silly questions - the same silly solutions but i does not get it managed so far:

 

I tried everything with Flut Dark Skin or SAS24.NOV.

But graphic packs were not loaded at all:

 

 all the graphics were not loaded! as you can see in the Finder screenshot : the “graphics” folder is present and the pictures in the sub folders as well.

 

 

 

the screen is in German language but you can see that i followed the instructions how to enable all the pictures within the sub folders.

 Please advise what i maybe do wrong. thank you very much for your answers.

Hayes Humphreys
3 years ago
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By mons 06 November 2023 - 21:14 PM UTC 

and @darrendazman:

 

Try using Winrar - tell me if it works then.

 

Winrar did, in fact, solve the problem. I have faces! Thank you for the troubleshoot.

DannyLCFC1
16 years ago
3 weeks ago
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By Thorsten1974 10 November 2023 - 13:20 PM UTC 

i think many times you had the same silly questions - the same silly solutions but i does not get it managed so far:

 

I tried everything with Flut Dark Skin or SAS24.NOV.

But graphic packs were not loaded at all:

 

 all the graphics were not loaded! as you can see in the Finder screenshot : the “graphics” folder is present and the pictures in the sub folders as well.

 

 

 

the screen is in German language but you can see that i followed the instructions how to enable all the pictures within the sub folders.

 Please advise what i maybe do wrong. thank you very much for your answers.

 

I have the same problem with Flut Skin but only with all back grounds, faces and icons working fine

JamesDavies10
6 years ago
9 months ago
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Probably a daft question but do I need to download every single individual update since I last downloaded the complete pack?

 

SaintOfSelhurst
2 years ago
6 hours ago
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The link to use getfiles isn't working and the other link is just way too slow to even consider. Any update on a fix?

Sawcrot
3 years ago
2 weeks ago
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Hi, i just downloaded the facepack. But several players in my club didnt have any face. Can someone help me? 

josephdot
6 years ago
1 week ago
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By JamesDavies10 10 November 2023 - 20:53 PM UTC 

Probably a daft question but do I need to download every single individual update since I last downloaded the complete pack?

 

 

this is what im wondering too as its about 36gb and over 2m pictures or just the 1st over im over my fresh hold now on my laptop 

XScorpionX06
5 years ago
2 years ago
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By Didi63 10 November 2023 - 10:48 AM UTC 

Could you please check the download, I got always an error message when trying to download the complete cut out player faces package.

 

Thanks

Yes me too. Metallic logo pack and cut out face pack I got XML error on getfiles.co.uk link fix pls

 

mons
20 years ago
2 hours ago
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By JamesDavies10 10 November 2023 - 20:53 PM UTC 

Probably a daft question but do I need to download every single individual update since I last downloaded the complete pack?

 

 

As a premium member, it's easier for you to delete what you have, and just download the entire 2024.01 pack from scratch.

 

 

By josephdot 11 November 2023 - 07:51 AM UTC 

this is what im wondering too as its about 36gb and over 2m pictures or just the 1st over im over my fresh hold now on my laptop 

 

Download the 2024.00 torrent file, and then download the 2024.01 update pack afterwards.

 

 

By XScorpionX06 11 November 2023 - 07:52 AM UTC 

Yes me too. Metallic logo pack and cut out face pack I got XML error on getfiles.co.uk link fix pls

 

@Footygamer, is there anything we can do about this pls?

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