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.

  • 548,701
  • 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).
Jordon Marden
7 years ago
1 month ago
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By mons 18 September 2025 - 05:33 AM UTC 

I'm not seeing a question in there 😕

 

In the above screenshot, you cropped out the most important bit - the amount of images within it, shown in the bottom left. Moreover, there's an error in the path and you seem to have it on One Drive.

 

When you have a blank space instead of a cut-out, it means that the cut itself isn't within the folder (or the game isn't finding it).

 

a) You should have over 500k images in your faces folder. If not, you should delete what you have and download the entire megapack from scratch.

b) Remove the FM user data folder from OneDrive, because syncing issues might be behind this.

 

This is what I have 

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
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By Jordon Marden 21 September 2025 - 18:21 PM UTC 

This is what I have 

 

You have the full complement of images in there, so the issue isn't the megapack itself.

 

Your download history says you downloaded this file. Remove it, if it's still within your graphics folder.

EchoesDrystone
5 years ago
3 weeks ago
3
Premium

As the title states, I am unsure where to put these files as I have already downloaded a ton of cut out faces with a config.xml file in it. Do I keep it in the Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack - New Players for FM24 folder or copy it to the graphics/faces and edit the original config.xml and add the information to it?

Pelado250
2 years ago
14 hours ago
36

Copy the new faces to the existing folder, some will surely be repeated so it will ask you to replace existing ones and you say yes and then edit the config.xml

Sajmy
12 years ago
4 days ago
778

How to contribute with cut-out player faces for newly added players to the FM24 Data Update?

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346
By Sajmy 27 September 2025 - 05:55 AM UTC 

How to contribute with cut-out player faces for newly added players to the FM24 Data Update?

 

Use the submission forum, same as always.

Sajmy
12 years ago
4 days ago
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By mons 27 September 2025 - 05:57 AM UTC 

Use the submission forum, same as always.

I've tried that. But I could not find the players on the list.

 

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
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By Sajmy 27 September 2025 - 06:34 AM UTC 

I've tried that. But I could not find the players on the list.

 

Then we're working to add him, so please be patient.

Jordon Marden
7 years ago
1 month ago
5
By mons 21 September 2025 - 18:24 PM UTC 

You have the full complement of images in there, so the issue isn't the megapack itself.

 

Your download history says you downloaded this file. Remove it, if it's still within your graphics folder.

 

Removed the file but no luck

 

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
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By Jordon Marden 27 September 2025 - 18:36 PM UTC 

Removed the file but no luck

 

Do you preferences look like this?

 

https://sortitoutsi.b-cdn.net/uploads/mirrored_images/ddxsJBZ1AGXdLpBKoLPUMRzid79j9iur1rCL2yIN.png

 

If yes, can you make a search in the graphics folder of 27160181(the UID of Hojlund)?

 

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…

Jordon Marden
7 years ago
1 month ago
5

Yes that's my settings I'm currently extracting the files now. I've gotten this while trying to.

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
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By Jordon Marden 27 September 2025 - 19:11 PM UTC 

Yes that's my settings I'm currently extracting the files now. I've gotten this while trying to.

 

I've no idea what you're doing there and why. That's got nothing to do with what I asked you to do, and you already have the megapack, so what are you extracting the download again for?

arkinerdi
1 year ago
16 hours ago
4
Premium

Hello, after downloading the new Facepack for New Wonderkids all of the faces changed to blank,

 

Did anyone had this issue? The issue is fixed after dowloading the previous config file, I assume something went wrong with new files config?

 

arkinerdi
1 year ago
16 hours ago
4
Premium

I've also noticed that only players included in Facepack for New Wonderkids has changed faces, all of the other players have default blank faces please help

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
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By arkinerdi 28 September 2025 - 09:19 AM UTC 

Hello, after downloading the new Facepack for New Wonderkids all of the faces changed to blank,

 

Did anyone had this issue? The issue is fixed after dowloading the previous config file, I assume something went wrong with new files config?

 

The file should be installed in a separate folder to the existing megapack.

arkinerdi
1 year ago
16 hours ago
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By mons 28 September 2025 - 09:42 AM UTC 

The file should be installed in a separate folder to the existing megapack.

 

Thank you, can you guys clarify this in the description as well? So others can benefit

spursy84
6 years ago
3 days ago
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Premium

hello chaps, need some technical advice. i downloaded the new face pack and popped it in the usual spot, and now pretty much all existing faces are blacked out. Please help ! i'm not sure what i did and how to fix it  

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
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By spursy84 28 September 2025 - 14:48 PM UTC 

hello chaps, need some technical advice. i downloaded the new face pack and popped it in the usual spot, and now pretty much all existing faces are blacked out. Please help ! i'm not sure what i did and how to fix it  

 

The file should be installed in a separate folder to the existing megapack.

spursy84
6 years ago
3 days ago
2
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By mons 28 September 2025 - 15:08 PM UTC 

The file should be installed in a separate folder to the existing megapack.

 

ahh ok got it thank you ! do you know if there is an easy way to extract these from where i put them 

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
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By spursy84 28 September 2025 - 15:56 PM UTC 

ahh ok got it thank you ! do you know if there is an easy way to extract these from where i put them 

 

Fraid not 😢

kolarov84
14 years ago
11 hours ago
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Good morning everyone!! @mons , a general question that also concerns the future of the faces package. Will the IDs for faces, stadiums, logos, etc., be the same as in previous editions for FM26? Or will we need to check first?

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
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By kolarov84 29 September 2025 - 11:08 AM UTC 

Good morning everyone!! @mons , a general question that also concerns the future of the faces package. Will the IDs for faces, stadiums, logos, etc., be the same as in previous editions for FM26? Or will we need to check first?

 

Nobody can answer that for sure before the game is released, but you'd have to think the UIDs will remain the same.

 

Will all graphic add-ons still work? You'd like to think so, but who knows for sure.

jeremydk1
8 years ago
3 days ago
333

Good morning. 

Will cut-out faces for women's football be available like for men's?

 

 

 


 

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
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By jeremydk1 22 October 2025 - 15:16 PM UTC 

Good morning. 

Will cut-out faces for women's football be available like for men's?

 

Not from launch, because we don't have any yet. But the plan is certainly to have them, yes.

needlad0b
9 years ago
1 day ago
14

Is there a torrent option planned for the FM26 cutout face pack? 

dadrunk
3 years ago
3 days ago
2
By needlad0b 22 October 2025 - 19:43 PM UTC 

Is there a torrent option planned for the FM26 cutout face pack? 

 

Yeah, i hope we get torrent back

 

no way im spending 5 hours to dl this megapack …. 

mons
20 years ago
3 hours ago
101,346

That's certainly the plan, but I can't give an exact timeframe on its availability right now.

Francisco Garcia
10 years ago
1 week ago
3
Premium

Hi

Please let me know if you could imstall face cuts in FM 26 Beta? i can not find clear cache option there

bigpole
14 years ago
9 hours ago
9,596
By Francisco Garcia 23 October 2025 - 21:00 PM UTC 

Hi

Please let me know if you could imstall face cuts in FM 26 Beta? i can not find clear cache option there

 

Yes, you can install the faces. And there's no option to clear cache anymore. Just copy and paste in graphics folder and restart the game.

JBFM
13 years ago
5 days ago
4
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By bigpole 23 October 2025 - 21:29 PM UTC 

Yes, you can install the faces. And there's no option to clear cache anymore. Just copy and paste in graphics folder and restart the game.

Hi - am i able to use FMs PL faces as they are more upto date and use SISI graphics pack for everyone else? or use FMs faces for everyone they have a license for and SISI for all unlicensed/blank faces? 

 

 

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