⚽ Ultimate Matchball Megapack – FM24 / FM26
Hello FM Community!
I’m proud to present my Ultimate Matchball Megapack for Football Manager 2024–2026, featuring 130+ custom 3D matchballs designed to enhance realism and immersion in your saves.
This megapack includes a wide variety of competition-specific matchballs, complete with winter versions and special knockout-stage designs for major tournaments — giving decisive matches the atmosphere they deserve.
🔹 What’s Included
130+ custom 3D matchballs
Competition-specific designs
Winter editions where applicable
Unique templates for knockout stages of major competitions
Each ball has been carefully crafted to improve authenticity and visual variety throughout your season.
All textures are HD wherever possible.
If anyone has access to higher-resolution references that could improve certain balls, contributions are always welcome!
🔹 Highlights
This project builds upon the fantastic work of @bartdude and @JakDevlin , whose original 3D Balls Match Pack inspired this expansion.
I’ve refined, updated, and extended their work with additional leagues, details, and variations.
Special thanks to @DashingDaz8 for the go-ahead, valuable files, and continuous support.
This megapack is a community-driven effort — feedback, suggestions, and requests are always appreciated!
🔧 Installation Instructions
Download the megapack file.
Extract the balls zip file.
Move the balls folder to:
Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 20XX\graphics\
(Create any missing folders if necessary and overwrite all the existing files.)
Restart Football Manager (FM26).
If playing on FM24, reload your skin.
⚠️ Important – Clean Installation Required
Please make a clean installation by deleting your old balls folder before extracting this new version.
Starting from this release, the pack uses a new folder structure, organised by continents and nations, with subfolders for better organisation and easier future updates.
Keeping old files may cause conflicts or prevent certain balls from loading correctly.
🔁 Alternative & Brands Folder Instructions
If you want to use a ball inside the alt or brands folder:
Rename the original ball by adding -OLD at the end
(Example: ENG-premierleague → ENG-premierleague-OLD)
Copy the new ball into the appropriate folder
Rename it with the original file name
(Example: ENG-premierleague)
If you want to use a clubs or nations ball inside the 0-Generic Balls folder, simply rename the xml file from config_alt.xml to config.xml
🎮 FM26 Users
For an even better experience in some top-tier leagues, it is possible to use the balls included in the “FM26 3D Stadium Megapack” made by @BassyBoyYT .
⚠️ Important Notice
This megapack is and will always remain completely free.
Recently, I’ve been informed that some people are redistributing this pack while asking money for access. Please note that this project is shared freely with the community and must never be sold, monetized, or placed behind any kind of paywall.
A huge amount of time, research, and passion goes into creating and maintaining these matchballs. I do this for the community and for the love of the game.
Starting from this version, small and almost invisible details have been embedded within some files. These will help me identify unauthorized redistributions if necessary.
If you appreciate the work and would like to support it, you’re very welcome to offer me a coffee — but that’s entirely optional and never required.
Thank you for respecting the spirit of this project.
While many balls have been tested in-game, I haven’t had the chance to test every single one.
If you encounter issues or inconsistencies, please report them — your feedback helps improve future updates.
I wish you all the best in your managerial adventures! ⚽🔥
- Date Created
- 16 Sep 2024 21:22:25
- Date Updated
- 28 Apr 2026 19:04:28
- Last Comment
- 03 Jun 2026 00:16:32
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BabaYaga89
List of the competitions covered with the Version 1.0
🇦🇹 Austria:
- Bundesliga
🇦🇺 Australia:
- Australian A League
🇦🇷 Argentina:
- Premier Division
- Copa
- Superleague Cup
- Supercopa
🇧🇪 Belgium:
- Belgian Pro League
- Challenger Pro League
🇧🇷 Brazil:
- Brazil Serie A
- Brazil Serie B
- Brazil Serie C
- Brazil Serie D
- Brazil Cup
- Brazil SuperCup
🇨🇦 Canada:
- Canadian Premier League
🇨🇳 China:
- Chinese Super League
- Chinese FA Cup
- Chinese National First
- Chinese FA Super Cup
🇭🇷 Croatia:
- SuperSport Hrvatska Nogometna Liga
- SuperSport Prva Nogometna Liga
- SuperSport Hrvatski Nogometni Kup
- SuperSport Hrvatski Nogometni Superkup
🇨🇿 Czech Republic:
- Fortuna Liga
- Second Division
- MOL Cup
🇩🇰 Denmark:
- Danish Superliga
- Sydbank Pokal
🇬🇧 England:
- Premier League
- EFL Championship
- EFL League One
- EFL League Two
- EFL Trophy
- EFL Carabao Cup
- National League
- National League North
- National League South
- U21 Premier League Cup
- U18 Premier League
- U18 Premier League Cup
- U18 PDL
- U23 PDL
- Premier League 2 Division One
- Premier League 2 Division Two
- Premier League International Cup
- EFL Youth Alliance
- EFL Youth Alliance Cup
- FA Cup
- FA Trophy
- FA Youth Challenge Cup
- FA Community Shield
🇫🇷 France:
- Ligue 1
- Ligue 2
- Trophee des Champions
- Coupe de France
- Championnat National
- Championnat National 2
🇩🇪 Germany:
- Bundesliga
- 2. Bundesliga
- 3. Liga
- Supercup
- DFB Pokal
🇬🇷 Greece:
- Superleague
🇳🇱 Holland:
- Eredivisie
- Eerste Divisie
- Beker
- Super Beker
🌍 International Nations Competitions:
- Africa:
- Africa Cup of Nations
- Asia:
- AFC Asian Cup
-
South America:
- Copa America
-
Europe:
- UEFA Euros
- Euro Nations League
- World:
- World Cup Qualifying Stage AFC
- FIFA World Cup
- Olympic Games
🌍 International Club Competitions:
- Asia:
- Asian Champions League
- Africa:
- African Champions League
- South America:
- Copa Libertadores
- Europe:
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Europa League
- UEFA Europa Conference League
- UEFA Super Cup
- World:
- FIFA Club World Cup
- UEFA-CONMEBOL Club Challenge
🇮🇪 Ireland:
- SSE Airtricity Premier League
- SSE Airtricity First Division
🇮🇹 Italy:
- Serie A
- Serie B
- Serie C
- Serie D
- Serie D Poule Scudetto
- Coppa Italia
- Coppa Italia Serie C
- Coppa Italia Serie D
- Super Coppa
- Super Coppa Serie C
🇯🇵 Japan:
- J League
- J League 2
- J League 3
- JFL (Japan Football League)
- Regional 1
- Regional 2
- Prefectural Leagues
- Emperor’s Cup
- League Cup
- Youth Leagues (Takamado Trophy)
🇰🇷 Korea:
- K League 1
- K League 2
- K League 3
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan:
- Kyrgyz Premier League
🇲🇹 Malta:
- Premier League
- Challenge League
- Amateur League
- Super Cup
- FA Trophy
🇲🇽 Mexico:
- Liga MX (Apertura)
- Liga MX (Clausura)
- Mexican Cup
🇳🇴 Norway:
- Eliteserien
- OBOS-ligaen
- PostNord-liga
Northern Ireland:
- NIFL Premiership
- CW Irish Cup
🇵🇱 Poland:
- Ekstraklasa
- 1 Liga
🇵🇹 Portugal:
- Liga Portugal
- Taça de Portugal
- Portuguese Super Cup
- Portuguese League Cup
🇷🇺 Russia:
- Russian Premier League
- Russian First League
- Russian Cup
San Marino:
-Campionato Sammarinese
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia:
- Saudi Pro League
Scotland:
- SPFL Premiership
- SPFL Championship
- SPFL League 1
- SPFL League 2
- Challenge Cup
- Scottish League Cup
🇷🇸 Serbia:
- Mozzart Bet Superliga
🇪🇸 Spain:
- La Liga
- La Liga 2
- 1ª RFEF
- 2ª RFEF
- 3ª RFEF
- Tercera
- Copa del Rey
- Supercopa de España
🇸🇪 Sweden:
- Allsvenskan
- Superettan
🇨🇭 Switzerland:
- Swiss Super League
- Swiss Cup
- Challenge League
🇹🇷 Turkey:
- Super Lig
🇺🇸 USA:
- MLS
- USL Super League
- MLS Cup
Wales:
- Cymru Premier
- Cymru North
- Cymru South
- Welsh Cup
- Welsh League Cup
🌍 National Teams Balls:
- Argentina National Team
- England National Team
- Mexico National Team
Tommy Hughes
@BabaYaga89 This pack is fantastic work, thank you very much!
BabaYaga89
Thank you Tommy, I really appreciate that!
Bielsa is a legend
good work, really refreshing to see the acknowledgements to people like @DazS8 @bartdude and @JakDevlin for all the previous hard work and dedication
good to see the pack updated, a small glimmer of hope in the despair that is FM25 and SI
bartdude
Well done for keeping and enhancing the concept.
JakDevlin
@BabaYaga89 Thanks for the shout out and credit man, appreciate it.
Great work on updating the balls for the new season. Let's see what FM25 brings on what we can do on it to get these balls into the new game. I'm sure it will be a challenge but hopefully figure a way to do it.
giggsxbr
Will it change the colour of balls in 2D mode?
DashingDaz8
Hi,
The clue is in the title (3d balls) mate.
You will need a seperate pack of……2d balls to display in that mode, which there is little options around the commumity at this point.
The only pack I know of is by a guy called Crack Victor, his 3d balls pack does include a 2d balls pack also.
https://crackvictorfm.com/index.php/ball-2d-3d/
giggsxbr
Thanks
Thank you .
fmilln7
Could you please make the premier league winter ball as attached. Many Thanks
JakDevlin
Attached pal
BabaYaga89
Thanks @JakDevlin
I am going to add it, in the next release
BabaYaga89
VERSION 1.1 RELEASED
What's New:
All the previous balls, enhanced by @JakDevlin
CONMEBOL: Copa Libertadores Final Stage
England: Premier League Winter - FA Cup - FA Cup Winter
Italy: Serie A Winter - Serie B Winter
Malaysia: Liga Super
Portugal: Liga Portugal Winter
Spain: La Liga Winter - Tercera Castilla y La Mancha - Primera Preferente Leagues
Ukraine: Premier Liha - Premier Liha Winter
DashingDaz8
Good work mate
fmilln7
Could you please add the SPFL Winter ball as attached. Thanks for all your work
BabaYaga89
Just add it inside the balls folder, it's already in the config file, rename the pic in: SCO-spfl_w.png
bartdude
Improved (alternative) EPL Summer and Winter match balls. Simply rename the balls to match the config file entry in whatever ball pack you are using.
Inside 7
Hi, thanks for the pack. I want to ask how to find the licensed ball picture like ucl. I extracted the graphics.fmf from the game file and I found the logos and portrait pictures but no 3d balls pictures. Thanks!
Maxbe
Thank you so much for your hard work guys 🙂 this amazing
jamie mcaleenan10
Hi, can anyone make the winter EFL ball? I have attached a photo. Thanks
BabaYaga89
i am going to add it this week, in the next release, but meanwhile you can download the file attached, just rename it in: ENG-efl_w
Bielsa is a legend
Splendid work
hariz zakwan
New Adidas RFEF ball is out
https://www.r-gol.com/en/ball-adidas-spain-2024-pro-size-5-white,p-189825
mcminn
Apologies if theres is a simple fix and i'm just being daft but in the scottish leagues when its a cup game the ball is just grey and its hard to see watching the 3D highlights how do I fix this.
BabaYaga89
Going to check the config, thanks for the info. Do they use, in real life, the same matchballs for both leagues and cups matches?
A new version will be released in a couple of hours,
BabaYaga89
VERSION 1.2 RELEASED
What's New:
All the previous balls
Albania: Abissnet Superiore
Bulgaria: eFbet Liga - Vtora Liga - Treta Liga
Denmark: Superliga Winter
England: Carabao Cup Winter - EFL Competitions Winter
Greece: Super League
Ireland: LOI Competitions
Italy: Serie C Winter
Scotland: Scottish Competitions Winter
USA: MLS - USL Championship - USL League One - USL League Two
FIFA: Club Intercontinental Cup
UEFA: Champions League Winter
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
destino32
This is the match ball for this season's Japanese league. 25 seasons. League match on the left. The one on the right is planned to be used for the Levain Cup. I look forward to your next update!
ömercan bülbül
tanks
BabaYaga89
Thanks a lot, i'll try to release them in the next update, this week.