FM24 Player and Staff Updates

The ‘No Date Changes’ update does include the newly-created players. You are also correct that it hasn't been updated for some time. Please see the post a few replies up for a fuller explanation of the timelines associated with the ‘No Date Changes’ update: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/862984.

It has always been a ‘secondary’ offering and it will be updated; although there are more pressing issues at the moment. For full clarity, the content of the ‘No Date Changes’ update is simply the main ‘contracts’ file, which contains transfers and newly-created players. It does not include any updates to any league structures/promotions/relegations, age offsetting, transfer bans or anything like that.

It is the ‘simple’ file that people may want to use when using custom, future start dates. It will still not enable someone to start in-game in Summer 2025 with a real set of 2025/26 league structures. But it does provide the option to not have player ages and so on offset, so it may be your preferred option.

As mentioned in the post earlier, this used to be updated daily when there was a requirement to manually publish the update. Since we moved to an automated creation of the ‘main’ update, the ‘No Date Changes’ has fallen by the wayside a bit. I believe it requires some data to be processed manually by the Site Admin, so it isn't something I can personally assist with updating more immediately.

Hey, I want to ask if any of you reading this: I have encountered an age difference in new wonderkids such as Kai Rooney, Cristiano JR-WHEN I use the 25/2 real fixtures and started in Jan 2026. Any solutions to keep the new wonderkids ages when I want to start in 2026 with the latest date?

Thanks!

Hey, realise a few people have commented on the staff issues, but are they likely to be updated? Ownerships seem to be the problems for me (Ratcliffe not at Man Utd and Staveley still at Newcastle etc). thanks

Possible Duplicate Player 

Francesco Cacciappoli & Francesco Caccioppoli - Listed with slightly different spelt surname but same DOB etc 

ID - 2000465484 (This seems to be correct one) - Francesco Caccioppoli

ID - 2000507666 (This is the duplicate) - Francesco Cacciappoli

https://www.transfermarkt.com/francesco-caccioppoli/profil/spieler/1078785

Hello, good day! I would like to know if there is any way to download the ‘Dynamic Attributes’ feature again? When I download the data update, it does not appear.

Hi, Sorry, is it just me or do you also have Oskar Pietuszewski in the 2024 update still in Jagiellonia Białystok? Can I fix this?

I am not able to replicate this. I have downloaded the latest version, earlier today, and started a new game. He shows up in FC Porto, which is in-line with what the data on the website shows too.

In the FM24 file, is Daniel Skaarud of Ajax missing? Also cant find Paul Pogba.

enjoying the updates one thing i notcied for SERIE A, dunno how it goes for other leagues as i only ever manage Juventus… the homegrown status of playeres arent updated. 

it's kinda important when choosing uefa competition players, for eg Kenan Yildiz of Juve with the 2 year addon to age is now 20 and he wil now miss the opportunity to become homegrown for juve.

are the community looking into that or at least can someone tell me how to adjust my players as homegrown? (can that be done in the editor?)

thanks

Editor:
Person data > Days at club/In nation, add 730 days to the time stated in there.

Another way is: Player data > Trained in nation/Trained at club. not sure which parameters Serie A uses for those two though.

The latter can also be adjusted in the in-game editor, if you'd prefer doing that instead. Not sure about the Days at club/In nation though.

Hallo 

ich habe dieses Datenbank update gekauft und heruntergeladen. ist es möglich mit aktualisierten Spielerattributen aber ohne dynamischen Attributen zu starten?

Die Dynamischen Attribute passen bei den meisten Spielern nicht. Dadurch wirkt es unrealistisch. Am besten wäre es, wenn man die die aktuellen Spielerattribute aus dem FM26 im FM24 hätte. Das wäre Top.

Is it just me or are the transfer values really high? 

It seems the Tottenham staff reverted a while ago to having Daniel Levy as Chairperson in the FM24 database, can this be rectified? https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/the-club/investor-relations/club-directors/

In real life Spurs' board members are:

Peter Charrington - Non-Executive Chairman

Vinai Venkatesham - Chief Executive Officer (down as Managing Director in current Data Update)

Matthew Collecott - Operations and Finance Director (down as Director in current Data Update)

Jonathan Turner - Lead Independent Director

Eric Hinson - Non-Executive Director

To be removed in current Data Update:

Daniel Levy

Donna-Maria Cullen

Rebecca Caplehorn

Had a look to see if I could contribute changes for this but couldn't see an option anywhere, thanks!

Hi guys,

Does anyone know why Paul Pogba doesnt appear on any of my saves?

Another player is Garbriel Veneno of Atletico Mineiro and Tian Nai Koren from Brugge I think

Thank you

Skaarud missing for me also. 

Those players are missing because they did not exist in the FM24.3 database and they don't currently have any active newly-created versions for the purpose of them appearing in FM24.

I know both Pogba and Skaarud, historically, were created, but their entries have been purged/deleted for whatever reason. I think the solution is for them to be re-created and then the FM ID linked (to prevent them showing twice in the FM26 Data Update).

Any Chance we can sort out wages in league 1 & 2?

Owen Collinge (2000117440) and Dominic Hoppe (2000380373) and Mackenzie O'Neill (222732)  and Ethan Van-Aston (2000050231) and Harry Rimmer (2000207422) all play for FC St Helens. 

https://www.nwcfl.com/lineups.php?id=21334 

https://www.nwcfl.com/lineups.php?id=21243

https://www.nwcfl.com/lineups.php?id=21252

https://www.nwcfl.com/lineups.php?id=21261

etc.

There are a couple of newly created players in the “New People” file who are aged 100….

Jean Mambuka should be around 16-17 and Keven Garrett should be around 38-39 (according to the world wide web).

Issue looks to be with their birth year showing as a single digit in DOB, therefore born over 2000 years ago 😂

I have submitted Keven Garrett's correction on here but can't seem to alter Jean Mambuka's DOB?!

Yeah, these are nothing more than typos/errant submissions slipping through the moderation process. I've approvedthe Keven Garrett one, now, so that should be taken care of.

I think the Jean Mambuku one is one of those scenarios where the front-end search isn't presenting the created player instance, thus it's a bit hard to ‘get to him’ to submit the change. We'll take care of it, one way or another.

I noticed some existing staff roles have mysteriously changed in game, even though their data submission is correct.

For example the data submission correctly has Jim O'Brien (5209579) as the Under 18's Manager. However in-game (FM24 Update) he has become a First Team Coach. This has happened with multiple staff members across different clubs, which causes Youth Squads to have little or no staff and the First Team to have surplus coaches.

Just jumping onto this. This is what it shows (Attached) on the editor for Jim OBrien - 5209579

hola buenas, esta ultima actualización del día 9 de febrero me dado cuenta que el jugador del Sevilla futbol club Neal Maupay que esta cedido no esta.

Sigue todavía en el Olympique de Marsella.  arreglarlo porfavor.  Gracias y un saludo.

I downloaded and installed the latest FM24 Data Update available on the site and noticed a possible issue related to the Italian Serie C. In my save, five specific clubs (SPAL, Rimini, Brescia, Union Brescia and Turris) appear with no valid players in their squads. There are no contracted senior players available, only very young/unattached players. All other Serie C clubs have correct and fully updated squads, so the issue seems isolated to these teams.

For clarity, here is my setup: I am using only the Data Update files provided by the site / I am not using any other mods, transfer packs, wonderkid files or league edits / The save was created using Original mode / Italy was loaded with the default league structure, without any additional custom databases

I have attached a screenshot of SPAL’s squad to better illustrate the issue.

I would like to know whether: this is a known issue with the current update / there is a specific file I should remove or replace / or if this is a bug that may be addressed in a future version

Thank you very much in advance for your time and for the great work on the Data Update.

Hello - not sure if this has been mentioned already (mainly as I haven’t looked back through the thread) but there seems to be a fair few staffing inconsistencies within the “Contracts” file.

Some are due to incorrect “Job” assignments (e.g. set as “Coach First Team” when they should be “First Team Physio”) and some job assignments have not successfully applied in the DB (aka have a ‘No’ in the success column) therefore reverting to the default job of “Coach Firem Team”.

I don’t want to list them all, but as I mainly play in the English Premier League, I have scanned through the staff pages and noticed some odd assignments and the same for the UK national teams (England, Wales etc…)

One simple example in the English Premier League is Arsenal – Lewis Kinsella and Colin Kazim-Richards are listed as “Coach First Team” but they should be “Scout” and “Coach (U18 Team)” respectively – but when looking in the editor their job assignment is listed as an unsuccessful change (aka No).

Another example Jack Chaloner at Everton and Joe Staunton and Tottenham should be “Physio (U18 Team)” and “Manager (U18 Team)” respectively.

Also, the England National side has about ten or so “Coach First Team” members of staff, which on investigating should be “Physios”, “Analysts” (although I know Analysts don't show for national teams)…etc…. similar for the Wales National Side (although not as many).

Although I appreciate the time and effort that goes into the thousands of changes that are applied to the FM24 db, I do feel, when it comes to staff/non-players, it is a little “gung-ho” – and personally, on some level, I do think it is as important as the level of detail that goes into the player updates when it comes to real world accuracy.

Then again, that’s my opinion, and I’m a sucker for realism. Like I said I haven’t looked back in the thread to see if this has been discussed before, and there may be a valid reason as to why job assignments are randomly defaulting to “Coach First Team” (my guess is some sort of export/import/xml scenario). Personally, I do think standalone files for “Players” and “Non-Players” might help manage the load a little – but again that’s just my opinion and there may be a valid explanation I’ve missed 😊

Acknowledging your post - and, rest assured, we're aware of the issue. I'm pretty sure you're playing FM24, which is where we believe this issue is present.

Alas, this is a challenge that has been tricky to permanently resolve. What I can assure you is that it is not about there not being care taken around submissions approvals, or anything like that - in fact, it stems from a more fundamental position, which is that the range of Jobs in FM26 has changed (from FM24) and therefore trying to manage a single data-set that then feeds both Data Updates is what this boils down to.

You can see that it is not due to incorrect submissions data, as if you look up Colin Kazim-Richards (for example, via https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-data-update/person/5004690, he is correctly listed as ‘Coach (U18 Team)’. I don't want to simplify, or make this sound more straightforward than it is, but ultimately what is happening is that when that change fails, it defaults to ‘Coach First Team’ as you have observed.

The cause is something to do with the logical mappings/data structure differences between the two games (FM24 and FM26). I think the equivalent job/role in FM24 and in FM26 has a different back-end ID/enumeration in the database for each game, which results in things being misaligned. Where it probably gets nuanced/even more messy is that some of the FM26 job/role enumerations likely correspond to valid, but different, enumerations in FM24…which perhaps results in one job/role being selected but a different (non-default) one being applied.

At different points, the Site Admin has had it working (we believe), but I feel it may have recurred…and whether that is due to further changes by SI (perhaps triggered by an update), or somethig else, I am not sure.

Thank you for your response @M.C and as always very informative.

Oh and yes, my bad, I am referring to FM24 and it makes sense there being a cause between the two games!

I imagine it's a little like when SI / FM24 incorpotrated the “Set Piece Coach” role, but due to their mappings/structure, the pre-game editor shows their role as a Chairman, but showed up as “Set Piece Coach” in-game lol (which initially through me at first).

Nevertheless, thanks again for your response 👍

A fix was pushed earlier today, targeting a resolution for the ‘incorrect staff roles’ that we have been seeing in the FM24 Data Update.

I have done some quick spot-checks and tests and I believe we are now in the correct state again. I must caveat that with the fact that I have only had a chance to check a few, individual examples.

From everything we could establish - including the examples, which have been very useful from those who shared them - we believe this was affecting non-playing staff who were originally playing staff (in the FM24.3 database). The result was that many of them were being set as first-team coaches (incorrectly).

Since the fix was pushed out, I am now correctly seeing non-playing staff in the correct roles in all cases I have been able to spot-check. Those with access to the Enhanced Data Update will have access to the resolved version right now, whilst those with access to the free Data Update may need to wait until the overnight release.

Apologies for the inconvenience this has caused - but I think it's been cracked now.

Awesome stuff, hope it sorts that issue out!

Any chance the owners of clubs are fixed by this? Or can be fixed? 

Hello everyone,

I noticed an issue in the current database update regarding Julian Schuster. At SC Freiburg, he is currently listed as the U19 coach instead of being assigned as the head coach of the first team. This should probably be corrected.

Additionally, I have a question concerning AC Milan and Inter Milan. In my current database, they are displayed as Casciavit Milano (AC Milan) and Blu-neri Milano (Inter Milan). Is this intended behavior, or is this a bug? If it’s a bug, is there a way to fix it?

Furthermore, I’m experiencing an issue with the Germany national football team, where the current staff members are either missing or not correctly assigned.

I have attached screenshots of all the mentioned issues.

Additionally, I noticed an issue concerning Mario Vušković of Hamburger SV. Vušković is suspended until 15 November 2026.

In September 2024, Vušković and HSV mutually agreed to terminate his contract, which was originally valid until 30 June 2025. At the same time, he signed a new performance-based professional contract that will only become valid from 15 September 2026, provided he is allowed to return to team training (two months before the end of his suspension).

However, in the current database he is immediately available and can be selected and used without restrictions. Is this something that will be corrected in a future update?

Thank you very much in advance for your help and support.

Best regards
Nille91