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).
Victor Marinho
6 years ago
11 months ago
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By mons 01 April 2025 - 16:21 PM UTC 

Moved this to here, because it's the right place for it.

 

a) as explained, you shouldn't just download the 2025.04 update pack. You should download the 2025.00 update pack, and then the 2025.01 to 2025.04 update pack and install them chronologically. After downloading the full 2025.00 pack, you downloaded the 2025.00 update pack (which you didn't need) and just the 2025.04 update pack.

b) 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.

 

Can you make a search in the graphics folder of 1431 (the UID of this guy)?

 

Before you take a screenshot, can you sort the results in the manner outlined below?

 

This can be achieved by posting the UID in the red circle, choosing the view tab via the blue circle, the details option in the black circle and making sure the folder column in the green circle is long enough to display the full path.

 

When you run the search, can you change the below search options?

 

This will help me see if there is one or more other folders in your user data folder which contains one or more other facepacks, and where that image is coming from within your files…

 

It's funny cuz this only guy have a face. All of them not.

I only have the megapack here. I tried to download the updates but I couldn't because I live in Brazil, and there was an IP limit problem, btw.

Here are the prints:

And when I put only the "faces" graphics, the results for the Belgium staff was none:

I put other ID and I find this:

And yes, is all 480k faces over there:

Victor Marinho
6 years ago
11 months ago
101

You know what's funny? If I download the face via "Submission Search" and replace the file in the folder: BOOM.

But I'm not going to do that for 480 thousand faces. I've wasted the whole day trying to solve this problem. I'm really disappointed. I want to know where the error is, since I did everything right.

FMStrawzy
4 years ago
6 hours ago
3,788
By Victor Marinho 02 April 2025 - 00:22 AM UTC 

You know what's funny? If I download the face via "Submission Search" and replace the file in the folder: BOOM.

But I'm not going to do that for 480 thousand faces. I've wasted the whole day trying to solve this problem. I'm really disappointed. I want to know where the error is, since I did everything right.

 

can you attach your config file from the faces megapack please so I can make sure there are no errors inside it

Victor Marinho
6 years ago
11 months ago
101
By FMStrawzy 02 April 2025 - 00:38 AM UTC 

can you attach your config file from the faces megapack please so I can make sure there are no errors inside it

 

I'll put two here: The original from MegaPack and the one I made just now.

FMStrawzy
4 years ago
6 hours ago
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By Victor Marinho 02 April 2025 - 00:43 AM UTC 

I'll put two here: The original from MegaPack and the one I made just now.

 

try this attached one, and make sure you do this after changing the config (should be the same in fm18)

Victor Marinho
6 years ago
11 months ago
101
By FMStrawzy 02 April 2025 - 00:53 AM UTC 

try this attached one, and make sure you do this after changing the config (should be the same in fm18)

The problem still. (I changed the skin for the default).

Nicklas ba
2 years ago
11 months ago
1

Hi everyone. I just downloaded the complete Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack. Most of the player faces are there but some are missing, including Endrick, Griezmann Oblak etc. They are completely blank. What could be the problem? I had 22 gb left before I downloaded the face pack, now I have 230 mb left, if that makes any difference.

mons
20 years ago
45 minutes ago
101,346
By Nicklas ba 12 April 2025 - 02:42 AM UTC 

Hi everyone. I just downloaded the complete Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack. Most of the player faces are there but some are missing, including Endrick, Griezmann Oblak etc. They are completely blank. What could be the problem? I had 22 gb left before I downloaded the face pack, now I have 230 mb left, if that makes any difference.

 

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. 

 

You should have 491,000+ images in your faces folder - is that the case? If not, you haven't the full megapack. If you think you're OK, can you make a search in the graphics folder of 2000220941 (the UID of Endrick)?

 

Before you take a screenshot, can you sort the results in the manner outlined below?

 

This can be achieved by posting the UID in the red circle, choosing the view tab via the blue circle, the details option in the black circle and making sure the folder column in the green circle is long enough to display the full path.

 

When you run the search, can you change the below search options?

 

This will help me see if there is one or more other folders in your user data folder which contains one or more other facepacks, and where that image is coming from within your files…

Qvordrup
18 years ago
1 hour ago
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BenR14
11 years ago
2 months ago
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Premium

Hi, When im downloading the megapack it isnt downloading as a zip file, what can i do to change this?

 

mons
20 years ago
45 minutes ago
101,346
By BenR14 13 April 2025 - 08:38 AM UTC 

Hi, When im downloading the megapack it isnt downloading as a zip file, what can i do to change this?

 

It's a rar file, and you need Winrar to extract it. Get the free version, and you'll be fine.

Caecer Salad
1 year ago
10 months ago
1

When i'm extracting the sortitoutsi cutout megapack. it keepos asking to replace files is this normal?

mons
20 years ago
45 minutes ago
101,346
By Caecer Salad 14 April 2025 - 03:17 AM UTC 

When i'm extracting the sortitoutsi cutout megapack. it keepos asking to replace files is this normal?

 

Just accept all the prompts, and you should be fine.

FMStrawzy
4 years ago
6 hours ago
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hi @mons just wondering I have a few cuts from last year that still haven't been made active in the megapack, is this because they aren't good enough an I should cut them again or is there another reason. Thanks. 

For example: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/browse/1/1576682/timeline#submission_3378482 I have a higher quality source so was going to update it anyway, some of that pack are active some aren't, is it worth replacing the whole pack with sources that I found with a lot higher quality?

mons
20 years ago
45 minutes ago
101,346
By FMStrawzy 15 April 2025 - 11:26 AM UTC 

hi @mons just wondering I have a few cuts from last year that still haven't been made active in the megapack, is this because they aren't good enough an I should cut them again or is there another reason. Thanks. 

For example: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/browse/1/1576682/timeline#submission_3378482 I have a higher quality source so was going to update it anyway, some of that pack are active some aren't, is it worth replacing the whole pack with sources that I found with a lot higher quality?

 

I can't for the life of me understand how I either (a) downloaded only part of the pack or (b) considered images in 250x250 not improvements on 180x180 cuts. Sorry! I've added the 4 cuts not added from that pack to my folder to be added into the next update pack 👍

FMStrawzy
4 years ago
6 hours ago
3,788
By mons 15 April 2025 - 12:10 PM UTC 

I can't for the life of me understand how I either (a) downloaded only part of the pack or (b) considered images in 250x250 not improvements on 180x180 cuts. Sorry! I've added the 4 cuts not added from that pack to my folder to be added into the next update pack 👍

Perfect cheers mate, I have found better sources for alot of those that are also newer, is it worth updating them in one big pack?

 

archi metcalf
1 year ago
10 months ago
1

i am experiencing an issue with downloading sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2025.00.part04.rar as it doesnt exist when opening https://frdl.io/8q1k38kxdcvl/sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2025.00.part04.rar and when i use the second file my browser is flagging the website as unsafe and is suggesting against downloading from it, i have downloaded all other parts of the cut out mega pack with the first linked website except for part 4, 

can anyone please support me?

mons
20 years ago
45 minutes ago
101,346
By archi metcalf 15 April 2025 - 16:48 PM UTC 

i am experiencing an issue with downloading sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2025.00.part04.rar as it doesnt exist when opening https://frdl.io/8q1k38kxdcvl/sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2025.00.part04.rar and when i use the second file my browser is flagging the website as unsafe and is suggesting against downloading from it, i have downloaded all other parts of the cut out mega pack with the first linked website except for part 4, 

can anyone please support me?

 

It'll be a false positive as the file isn't a virus.

 

If you're unwilling to consider that, you might wish to download the torrent file…

vladimirjeger
16 years ago
1 year ago
6

Hello. I have downloaded the newest cut out faces for FM24, It is not the first Time I use this, I know how to set it up, and it has always been working flawlessly. But In my Arsenal save in the FM24 The game isn't showing Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri faces. And I see they are in the faces folder. I have reloaded the skin a few times but still no success. Can someone help? I am playing FM24 on Epic games

PoorJack
15 years ago
5 hours ago
276
By vladimirjeger 16 April 2025 - 22:38 PM UTC 

Hello. I have downloaded the newest cut out faces for FM24, It is not the first Time I use this, I know how to set it up, and it has always been working flawlessly. But In my Arsenal save in the FM24 The game isn't showing Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri faces. And I see they are in the faces folder. I have reloaded the skin a few times but still no success. Can someone help? I am playing FM24 on Epic games

 

You've gone this far in checking their photos in the folder… so, there's just one more step: Open the config.xml file, and fix/edit/add the entries of those players. 

 

If, for some reason, the entries in the config.xml file are wrong or missing, then reloading the skin many times doesn't change anything. 

 

P.S. I have created a new game (Steam), and found both players have their photos… so the original config.xml file from the facepack should be good to go. 

 

vladimirjeger
16 years ago
1 year ago
6
By PoorJack 17 April 2025 - 02:28 AM UTC 

You've gone this far in checking their photos in the folder… so, there's just one more step: Open the config.xml file, and fix/edit/add the entries of those players. 

 

If, for some reason, the entries in the config.xml file are wrong or missing, then reloading the skin many times doesn't change anything. 

 

P.S. I have created a new game (Steam), and found both players have their photos… so the original config.xml file from the facepack should be good to go. 

 

I have never tampered with config file, how do I know if it's wrong?

PoorJack
15 years ago
5 hours ago
276
By vladimirjeger 17 April 2025 - 12:53 PM UTC 

I have never tampered with config file, how do I know if it's wrong?

 

Well, if you're positive that the config.xml is alright, then you may leave it… Sorry, can't tell what else may go wrong. 

 

Or, if you want to check the file anyway, then for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1KMbdGXMJQ …this is about how things work in a facepack, better than explaining in words. 

 

vladimirjeger
16 years ago
1 year ago
6
By PoorJack 17 April 2025 - 13:54 PM UTC 

Well, if you're positive that the config.xml is alright, then you may leave it… Sorry, can't tell what else may go wrong. 

 

Or, if you want to check the file anyway, then for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1KMbdGXMJQ …this is about how things work in a facepack, better than explaining in words. 

 

I have added the two lines with their ID's in config file. started new game, with updated database and the other with old database from release of the game…still nothing. All players from first team have pictures, but non from the youth team has. I have no idea what is wrong.

Do I maybe need to download the update files for facepack?

mons
20 years ago
45 minutes ago
101,346
By vladimirjeger 17 April 2025 - 14:37 PM UTC 

I have added the two lines with their ID's in config file. started new game, with updated database and the other with old database from release of the game…still nothing. All players from first team have pictures, but non from the youth team has. I have no idea what is wrong.

Do I maybe need to download the update files for facepack?

 

How many files do you have in your faces folder?

 

For the players you don't get a cut, is it the default silhouette you see, or an empty space?

vladimirjeger
16 years ago
1 year ago
6
By mons 17 April 2025 - 14:39 PM UTC 

How many files do you have in your faces folder?

 

For the players you don't get a cut, is it the default silhouette you see, or an empty space?

It's default black silhouette. I have 20000035949 files or pics to be exact in the faces folder. Both of those players faces are there, but don't show in game

 

mons
20 years ago
45 minutes ago
101,346
By vladimirjeger 17 April 2025 - 14:43 PM UTC 

It's default black silhouette. I have 20000035949 files or pics to be exact in the faces folder. Both of those players faces are there, but don't show in game

There's 8 billion people on earth, it'd be a bit hard to have 20 billion cuts in the megapack! 🤣

 

You cropped out the most important bit of that screenshot - the bottom left corner where it says how many files that folder contains. Can you post it please?

vladimirjeger
16 years ago
1 year ago
6
By mons 17 April 2025 - 14:47 PM UTC 

There's 8 billion people on earth, it'd be a bit hard to have 20 billion cuts in the megapack! 🤣

 

You cropped out the most important bit of that screenshot - the bottom left corner where it says how many files that folder contains. Can you post it please?

 

oh you're right xD 480 826 files xD didnt think of it that way 

PoorJack
15 years ago
5 hours ago
276
By vladimirjeger 17 April 2025 - 14:49 PM UTC 

oh you're right xD 480 826 files xD didnt think of it that way 

 

Regardless of whether you've the most updated version of facepack (may download the full pack again and start over… if you've the time), but the thing is: 

 

  1. You've photos of Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri.
  2. You've their IDs from the game.
  3. You've added them in the config.xml file. (So, the entries weren't there, before you edited? Never mind, as you've added them anyway.)

The photos still aren't showing. Mmm… you reloaded the skin, but did you clear cache? 

 

vladimirjeger
16 years ago
1 year ago
6
By PoorJack 17 April 2025 - 14:58 PM UTC 
  1. You've photos of Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri.
  2. You've their IDs from the game.
  3. You've added them in the config.xml file. (So, the entries weren't there, before you edited? Never mind, as you've added them anyway.)

The photos still aren't showing. Mmm… you reloaded the skin, but did you clear cache? 

 

Did everything but clear cashe. I just added the first update after the complete pack and it worked

 

PoorJack
15 years ago
5 hours ago
276
By vladimirjeger 17 April 2025 - 15:05 PM UTC 

Did everything but clear cashe. I just added the first update after the complete pack and it worked

 

 

Anyway, remember to clear cache after making changes: 

https://www.videogamer.com/guides/football-manager-2024-fm24-how-to-clear-cache/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PntxsezYyss 

 

 

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