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
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.
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.
Contrary to previous versions of the game, there is no need to change any settings in the preferences in FM26.
*awaiting feedback from Mac users on this
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.
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.
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 👍
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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).
It's a licensing issue. Download this file (or the equivalent for your version of FM) to resolve it.
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Johno
Same here.
ahmed_baky
now old pics are not showing
sergi_ads
I downloaded the changes file but new faces added in this version aren't on the file
M.C
Please note: staff team are aware of the issue with 2026.01 not adhering to the new naming convention of the image files and/or config.xml. Apologies for the inconvenience - it'll get resolved as soon as we are able (with a replacement version uploaded).
In the interim, for anyone who has overridden their original config.xml with the version that comes with 2026.01 and no longer has access to the one they downloaded as part of the 2026.00 complete pack, my recommendation is to grab the config.xml file that was shared in the first comment of the following thread and use that (for now):
https://sortitoutsi.net/content/75605/important-breaking-changes-to-the-cut-out-player-faces-megapack
This should get all of the contents of 2026.00 working. It won't make the ones added by 2026.01 work, but it will get those most affected most of the way there.
stevotrueblue
Hey Guys. Haven't been on here in ages so apologies if wrong thread. I have mainly played on/off on the desktop but am currently away from home right now and have two weeks bored and thought would try get a save going on the laptop. I still have FM24. I have it running with facepacks, logos etc on the desktop and did not think would have any issues as have played with downloaded stuff for years. Perhaps I have forgot something obvious. I have downloaded the multipack and extracted it into Documents/sportsiinteractive/FM24/Graphics.. I created the graphics folder as there was none. I have gone back into game preferences and found the section with use catching to decrease player loading - unticked and ticked the reload skin option. Game takes few mins like it is reloading the skin - but then nothing. Just default FM skin. Dont even have the little blacked out faces either,, just a space where the players pic is usually displayed. I have even tried installing a FM24 skin from here to see if another skin would make difference but thats not getting picked up either. Stumped.. anyone any idea>?
stevotrueblue
Hey Guys.. I have mainly played on/off on the desktop but am currently away from home right now and have two weeks bored and thought would try get a save going on the laptop. I still have FM24. I have it running with facepacks, logos etc on the desktop and did not think would have any issues as have played with downloaded stuff for years. Perhaps I have forgot something obvious. I have downloaded the multipack and extracted it into Documents/sportsiinteractive/FM24/Graphics.. I created the graphics folder as there was none. I have gone back into game preferences and found the section with use catching to decrease player loading - unticked and ticked the reload skin option. Game takes few mins like it is reloading the skin - but then nothing. Just default FM skin. Dont even have the little blacked out faces either,, just a space where the players pic is usually displayed. I have even tried installing a FM24 skin from here to see if another skin would make difference but thats not getting picked up either. Stumped.. anyone any idea>?
Kho-Kho
After downloading (2026.01) the latest update for FM 26, the profile pictures of regen players and the default profile pictures of players without profile pictures stopped appearing. Is there a solution to this?
boatbie
I tested resizing the image — if I remember correctly, to 251×251 — and the line at the top disappeared. I only tried it with one image though. It would be difficult for me to convert more than 100,000 images.
Simon Gallantree
Hi, I have the below structure, but am not seeing the faces in my game (I can see the PNGs in ‘faces’) - any help please?
C:\Users\sigal\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\graphics\pictures\players\sortitoutsi\faces
69hp69
Hello,
I have decided to come back to FM24, but now I have some women faces on newgen staff for example, do you know how can I fix it please ? Thanks
76locke
I had all the faces and logos in the correct folder, but now I have neither faces nor logos in the game... I deleted them and copied them back in, but nothing works anymore... Does anyone have any advice? Has something changed?
76locke
Lewis Adam Grindrod
I have paid for a premium membership, but it still asks me to subscribe for one when trying to download the megapack.
76locke
Wait a few minutes and reload; it should work then, it did for me too.
Lewis Adam Grindrod
I bought the membership in November, though.
mons
What you bought was access to the enhanced data update - which isn't the same as premium membership.
Lewis Adam Grindrod
Okay, thank you, I shall purchase the premium membership now.
CazzaNevs
Help! Tried to add a few new players images (e.g. Max Dowman) and got no where in terms of loading them in the game despite editing on config file in the new format. Decided to give up and now no faces from the Megapack will load at all. Tried reloading the latest config, deleting the images I added to the Faces folder and playing around with in game settings, but no faces loads up now.
Any ideas?
mons
Get the most recent update pack and use the config from there for the megapack images.
If you're adding new people, you should do so in a separate folder with a distinct config.
CazzaNevs
Thanks for your response - I had tried this already - I feel like it's messed something up in the game now… config is the most up to date
CazzaNevs
Further to my comment, some have come back - possibly only the ones with the prefix face_?
ASSE25
So if I understand correctly, every time we want to add photos, we have to create a new folder within the main folder.
Andrey Pinilla
Hi, does anyone know how to add faces to created players? I downloaded a file that adds Wonder Kids, and I downloaded Max Downman's face from here. I did it with the ID the game gives me, I exit, close everything, and log back in, but the face doesn't load. I manually entered the ID in the config file, and nothing. I also tried using fmXML, and still nothing. Please help!
Fatan Malik
Hello, is there a download file just for the "config"? Because mine got replaced with another one, so the 500 thousand images in the game are not being read. The megapack I downloaded is 13 GB.
merengue59
Hi everyone, the 14GB Cut-Out Player Faces megapack I downloaded for FM26, I need to put it in the folder located in the Graphics folder, that is, in the original "Sortitoutsi" folder and then in Faces, right? Sorry for my approximate English.
Thanks a lot! 😉
merengue59
Hi everyone, apparently the names of the face-cutout photos for players have changed for FM26, so all the face-cutout photos for older FM games are obsolete, right? Sorry for my approximate English and thank you in advance for your replies 😉
Dmitri-K
I noticed that all portraits in recent packs have transparency artifacts.
You can check it yourself:
Download https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/download/change/1246
Open any portrait in Photoshop, e.g. face_29.png
Apply Color Overlay effect on the layer, with black color - this will recolor all opaque areas into black, and you will see the transparency better
Similar artifacts are present on all portraits.
I randomly found this when I wanted to create a sillouette image from a photo from megapack.
What I also tested: if you find the same image on the website and download it as png, you won't see such artifacts.
mons
@Dmitri-K, I'm not sure what exactly it is that you're saying.
Fuki
Hello everyone, could someone help me by explaining how to install the Facepack for New Wonderkids that comes with the data update? I have currently downloaded and installed the complete facepack, but it’s not clear to me how to install this small update, since the filenames are different.
oskailand
Does the FM 26 Cut-Out Megapack also work with FM 24?