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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rogeriofza
Just checked the winrar file it shows both…I think the uncompression is acting up
rogeriofza
OK found the culprit. For some reason there was a 2025.00 change pack in another directory with my kits. This was throwing it out. Removed that and it all worked.
mons
Most likely, the fill has not fully downloaded yet. In fact, the icon it's showing is one which is unfamiliar to me, and isn't of WinRar files. Try downloading it again, and making sure the file size is the same as that indicated on the download page.
Good to see you resolved that @rogeriofza, but if you'd initially searched in the graphics folder like I specifically asked you to (and not the sortitoutsi one you looked in), you'd have found that stray folder earlier 😉
rogeriofza
Fair enough. i understand what you mean now, but I wasn't following earlier. Apologies for wasting your time.
mons
No apologies needed, as you managed to solve it before I even saw any of your replies 🙂
Jack Brisen
yes, my question is: i have installed the 2024 version for faces, do i download the 2025 and then replace the files in windows file explorer or i simply delete the 2024 version and copy the 2025?
mons
Going by your download history, you haven't downloaded all the 2024 update packs.
So I would suggest deleting your current folder, and installing the full 2025 pack (and not the smaller update pack).
Sinski
Ok I finally downloaded the 2025 pack as suggested and deleted my previous installed files. I now get all the icon faces but still not the main ones and still show a blank space where the face should be. Any ideas?
Sinski
Don't worry about this now. Seem to have found the problem and have them working now.
Connor16
I'm on Mac and am using the Unarchiver to process the face pack. Right when it is about to finish extracting, the Unarchiver crashes and the rar download is left unchanged. Tried it twice, took around 45min each time and didn't work. Any suggestions? Think it's the file or the Unarchiver program as the issue? Appreciate your help!
mons
Use Winrar 👍
Connor16
Thank you, I couldn't find a Mac version though? I've tried 4 different extracting programs, from Unarchiver to Keka. Each has failed to extract the rar file. Keka is the only one that gave me an error message, but it doesn't make sense as I have enough storage space and it never said there was a permission issue.
Connor16
I was able to download the kit and logo packs and install them perfectly fine, not sure what the issue is with the cutout face pack here. Every attempt at rar extraction has crashed.
Connor16
Nvm lads I got it all up and running. Great pack!
kayaesmer
Hey mate, I am having the same issues on mac. What did you do to fix it?
mons
Use Winrar 👍 There is a Mac version.
Connor16
I realized I needed more space to extract the file, because extracting it creates a new file. I'm probably off on the exact technical specifics, but to download and extract the 13gb file, you need like 26gb of space. So I went in and cleared a bunch of space on my hard drive. The biggest thing was deleting the partially-extracted files of the cutout pack in my fm 24 graphics folder (the ones that failed to fully extract are still on your drive, you have to delete them before trying again). Once I deleted those partial extractions and cleared other things I didn't need on my drive, and had like 35gb of space, it worked fine. I used Keka instead of the Uninstaller because it had way faster extraction speed (15min vs 45min), and was easier to select the extraction location (directly to the graphics folder). It's $5 on the app store. Hope this helps!
kayaesmer
Thanks for the detailed response. I have tried keka, but it just freezes at ¾ of the way through. I have over 1tb free space, so that's not the issue. I even tried using WinRAR on my old computer, and it still crashes. I have re downloaded the torrent, and it is still not working. GRRR
kingrobbo
I have noticed some players without images in game however when I check the config file using their unique id there is an entry for them eg
2000217978 but no image in my facepack
I have added the missing image/s I have found manually
my question is have I ballesed up an update somewhere, and is there a way to find how many images might be missing
this is the details of the faces folder-[it should have 480,827 images]
there seems to be 16k+ images missing so I may just do a fresh install, but looking at my timeline I seem to have updated the pack and not missed anything, no big deal but I have must have messed up somewhere
kingrobbo
I have done a full install now, still a couple of issues-
players I had to manually update an image to included 2000288694/ 2000257651
I searched the new faces file using those IDs and again found only config entries -[no image/s were shown for either entry
however when I manually added those missing images I got a message saying -
mons
@kingrobbo, I can't tell what you've done wrong - but it seems you must have missed around 4 or 5 packs with all those missing images. The images in question are both in the files of the update pack they're contained in, and the config also includes them.
Qvordrup
@kingrobbo The most appropriate cause of action is to delete what you have and download and apply the most recent complete pack 👍
kingrobbo
Hi
yes mate as said that is what I did a total full install
kingrobbo
Hi mate
yes lots of images missing I have gone back to the download history and cant see how,I downloaded the full pack 4.11 and have updated everyone since then
but never mind I have done a full install
cheers
Andi Malvinex
I recently added the update packs for the faces, and that caused about 80% of all faces to stop showing at all. So I deleted all the updates and previous files, and started anew with the 25.00, but the faces are still not showing up.
And yet when I check the folder the images are there, and when I check the config file they are properly mapped, but no matter how much I reload the skin, all of the regen faces work fine, but only a few of the real faces appear. Does anyone have a solution for this?
Peter77Luca
Hey hab ne Frage, kommt demnächst ein neues update?
mons
Do you get a blank space, or the default silhouette?
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 files somewhere.
Can you make a search in the graphics folder of the UID of a person who's not showing in your game?
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…
This is an English-language forum, please post in English 👍
Marie Barraclough
Hi, Im having an issue extracting from winRAR (also tried 7zip).. for some reason its taking ALOT longer than usual. iv used this torrent file before and had no problems originally now im having to start fresh due to needing a new pc and the first time i left it extracting over night only to come back to it the next day still going and saying 200+ hours left till extraction, iv tried a couple more times and from the off it slows down gradually increasing time to extract.
iv got a new motherboard, improved graphics card, better RAM, and a 1tb HD so i dont understand the issue? as it ran fine on my older set
Oli13287
I have the same problem, were you able to solve it?
Marie Barraclough
I wouldn't say i solved it but i googled a couple of tricks and not sure it helped or not but it sped up the process.. (if it had anything to do with it ) i went into my system settings and knocking down the processor state under power management to 99% and also right clicking the RAR folder file and clicking the unblock box. My first extraction was still abit slow but i don't think i did said above before hand. the big face pack file however ended up extracting in about an hour which was a big improvement..