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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mons
I recommend downloading the torrent file and then the subsequent update packs - it'll take less time that way...
luizcldo
There is a little problem here. I have 130491 files on my Football Manager 2013\graphics\faces folder (megapack 5.8). A few faces don't appear on the game (Pato, Thiago Silva etc ) I have re-generated the config.xml file (9,40MB) with FMXML , but the problem persists. I have checked those players IDs and they are all correct. Can anyone could help me with this issue?
P.S. Forgive my terrible english.
mons
That's because you missed some update packs along the way. The full megapack with all update packs released should contain 160,000 images or thereabouts not 130k...
luizcldo
Ok, i see. But those faces that i have mentioned (Pato and Thiago Silva) are in the folder and in the config.xml file. Why they don't appear?
mons
luizcldo
oko030
Ah yeah, that was it! Thanks for that. I'd installed it before, but extremely incorrectly lol.
Cheers mate.
mons
Could you upload a screenshot of your megapack folder please?
Marius Hansen Grøtta
luizcldo
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/585/h48z.jpg
mons
The correct location for the megapack folder is within Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2013 > graphics. This last folder may need to be created. As long as it's in that path, it will display correctly - you would be well advised to create another folder (name it what you want) and put the megapack in there.
scraff
piotro21
I picked Gloucester City to play and I couldn't help thinking that faces in my laptop FM (without facepack installed - not enough HDD space
Is there a non-manual way of excluding those outdated (or even all of them) megapack faces from ID's that have their own faces in a clean version of the game? In other words, I'd prefer to have original faces overwriting megapack faces, not the other way around (yes, yes, I know the MP faces are supposed to be better than the original
Cheers
Side Splitting Pass
Sorry if that sounds like a rant but I spent a LOT of time checking through thousands of SI's cut-outs last year, largely for nothing.
If you want to add the images to your game you'll need to use the resource archiver to extract SI's cut-outs for Gloucester then rename them to their correct ID numbers & add them to your megapack.
piotro21
Can anybody confirm the same situation?
LukeyMe
Anyway I can fix this?
FD
mons
LukeyMe
Thank you very much
Ashveer
I have never downloaded any of these facepacks before.
I am not sure about which base pack to download V5.0 or V4.0
Any help would be welcomed.
Sorry if i posted this in the wrong forum.
mons
Hi there and welcome to our forums. As the number indicates, v5.0 is the most recent base pack version - it was released in October 2012. You can either choose to download it via split files or via torrent. Once that large download is completed, I suggest that you download all the 9 update packs released since then to be fully up-to-date with all the new and improved images cut since that date.
Ashveer
Thank you very much. I have downloaded the V5.0 and now I am downloading the updates now
Side Splitting Pass
Start with update 5.1. Move all the contents of that folder into your megapack base pack folder then delete the (now empty) 5.1 folder. Do exactly the same thing with the 5.2 folder. Keep doing this in numerical order with all the updates finishing with the just released 5.9 update.
JayJay777
I've checked the id multiple times (29086005) it doesn't even come up in windows windows asking me to replace it like it normlly does.
Every other face in the game shows up apart from this one?
any ideas?
mons
Will Hughes' image was part of the licensed images included by SI when the game came out, which is what you are seeing. His image was "officially" included in the megapack in 5.04, as can be seen here.
This leads me to think that either you are still with the base 5.0 megapack (and are therefore missing the MP image) or that you have not downloaded from update pack 5.04 onwards (and the config line for the player therefore does not exist).
Either download and apply all the missing update packs in order, or generate a new config file using fmXML.
JayJay777
I then decided to delete the config altogether and checked in game before i made a new one, but the faces are still showing up in the game even without it.
How is this even possible?
blackmetalboon
Either you have a second config file somewhere (although this is unlikely) or the faces you are seeing are the ones included by SI with the game.
mons
Can you upload your config.xml file?
JayJay777
I've used the windows search box and checked myself (multiple times) there is no config file in my megapack folder.
I only updated my megapack up to 5.1 as i lost patience with the amount of times i lost connection during the downloads.
My internet is slow and regularly cuts off during downloads unless it's a torrent.
I've just been going through the improvement and team pack release threads, updating the megapack myself.
I currently have 118,282 images in my megapack and no config, yet it is still working in the game.
This is the config i have just made using fmXML, but don't need as it's working even without it.
mons
How can you have no config in your megapack folder, when you have just posted one? To be absolutely crystal clear, there is no way that the megapack is working if you don't have a config file in the MP folder. It's a bit like saying my car is working without an engine, it's simply not possible. If the MP's working, there's a config file in there somewhere.
The windows search box sometimes does not find all the files within a non-indexed folder, which is possibly why you're not finding the config file in there.
The config file you've attached includes the line respective to the person in question, so it's not the problem.
I suspect there's something wrong in your folder set-up. Perhaps you could take a screenshot so we can gauge what the problem might be...
JayJay777
I didn't have a config file in my megapack as i deleted it, but you asked me to upload one, so i edited my post to include a copy of the one i was using (If that makes sense).
As i stated, the config i posted is one i've just made using fmXML, which i made to drop into the megapack folder to see if it would ask me to overwrite the one that should be in there somewhere (that i can't find)
Apologies if i have confused you, thats my fault. I appreciate your help on matter.
I understand how crazy it sounds by the way, as i know it should not work without the config file in there.