⚽ 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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DashingDaz8
Question was already answered by myself mate!!
mackboss
Hi,
Anybody knows the official balls match of different leagues of Turkey and Greek for this season ???
Thank you….
DashingDaz8
Greece ball, I made earlier if you look on the thread, as for Turkish Super lIg, I cant find any images for 25-26 ball, so impossible to make.
This is the one in the pack….
DashingDaz8
mackboss
1989666
hy! Can you make for Hungarian OTP bank liga and Merkantil bank liga and Magyar Kupa?
GeeSee
New ball, Nike Control. I saw this ball in national team matches (Ned vs Pol)
DashingDaz8
Some sort of idea of what it looks like would be good, need an image my friend to make the balls from.
DashingDaz8
BabaYaga89
SEPTEMBER 2025 UPDATE RELEASED
What's New:
2025/2026 Season:
Australia: A-League
Cyprus: Cyprus League
England: Enterprise National League - Enterprise National North - Enterprise National League South - FA Community Shield
Germany: Franza Beckenbauer Supercup
Greece: Stoiximan Superleague
Malta: Malta Leagues
Norway: OBOS Ligaen
Romania: Superliga Romaniei
Turkey: Turkey League
Brands: Nike Control (3 versions)
All the balls NOT mentioned in the list, but still in the package V1.5, are from last season competitions, they will be updated in the future according to the beginning of domestic leagues
TO USE THIS UPDATE CORRECTLY:
JUST COPY, PASTE AND OVERWRITE ALL THE FILES INSIDE THE FOLDER (OR SIMPLY THE FOLDER) , DO NOT DELETE THE PREVIOUS FOLDER OR FILES
YOU SHOULD FIRSTLY DOWNLOAD THE VERSION 1.5, THE SUMMER UPDATE AND THEN OVERWRITE WITH THIS UPDATE
THANKS to @Daz8
wed kiss
can you use the official premier league ball instead of that orange striped one?
Bielsa is a legend
The new purple one is what is in the pack
BabaYaga89
my bad, it wasn't renamed correctly
download this file and overwrite the 4 Premier League balls
wed kiss
cheers 🙂
fmilln7
Could you very kindly please make the FA Cup Ball which has been released this morning (pic attached). Many thanks
Jeff50
Here you go its the best i can do
Jeff50
English prem winter ball no doubt it be in fm26 but for people who still playing fm24
Jamesb_15
Hi, would you possibly be able to create this football for me ?
Much appreciated
DashingDaz8
Jamesb_15
Thank you
Aleri0n
Is this planned for FM 26? THX
BabaYaga89
Yes, even if a lot of matchballs are already included in the game
RisingStarKiller
Adidas Trionda World Cup 2026
RisingStarKiller
La Liga El Classico
William Charles
hi, do these work in fm26?
darimuler93
unfortunately not
kad38
Hello, does this work on FM 26?
evoking
The ball suddenly appeared in my game 😄 Maybe after install the balls pack we have to quit the game first then it will be loaded to the game at the next start.
Merdasolo
Hi, Do your fan banners work at the stadiums? I installed ads banners like I did in previous FMs, but they don't work here. It still only displays the FM sector banners, not the fans' banners. Specifically, I'm referring to this: https://sortitoutsi.net/content/51652/club-banners-adboards-for-fm20
Thanks in advance for your reply.
mackboss
Hi,
I'm playing the demo, and the balls works in the matches but in the main screen before the load my save, my avatar disappear…
I don't know because happens…
BIG Chromer
Hey, not sure if its meant to be this way, but I found the polish 1st league ball wouldn't load until I changed the config from
<!-- Poland - 1Liga -->
<record from="POL-1liga" to="graphics/pictures/balls/129559/no"/>
to
<!-- Poland - 1Liga -->
<record from="POL-1liga" to="graphics/pictures/balls/129559/default"/>
This was for FM26, so perhaps it had to be no for 24? I am an absolute amateur really so no idea, but thought worth a post in case others having this issue! 🙂