
With the exception of Brazilian clubs and Juventus.
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This is an essential add-on for FM 2020. Due to licensing issues, FM20 contains fake names for a number of competitions, clubs and awards. With this add-on, you can fix that and enjoy FM 20 with real names.Updated on March 1st, 2020.
FM20 Real Names Corrected
- All playable clubs names from all continents
- All major leagues names
- All non-playable Europe Top Leagues club names
- Almost all minor leagues names
- All Continental, National and National Cups names
- Continental awards
- Some stadium names
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If you find errors in translation / names or need a fix for other club / league / competition names, please post a comment below and I'll try my best to update these files.Real Names Fix Instructions
How to fix fake competition and club names in FM 2020
- Quit the game (if it's open).
- Extract the contents of the pack you downloaded from here to a temporary location. You'll need them for step 6.
- Find the 2040 folder.
Windows:
\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2020\data\database\db\2040\
Mac:
/Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2020/database/data/db/2040/
- Open the lnc folder and then enter the all sub-folder.
- Delete all files you can find in there, particularly the following 3 files:
- fake.lnc
- lic_dan_swe_fra.lnc
- nleague.lnc
- Move FM20 Fix by FMScout.lnc and FM20 Club Names by FMScout.lnc inside this all folder.
- Go 2 folders back to find the edt folder.
Open it and then enter the permanent sub-folder. - Delete the file "fake.edt".
This will fix Niko Kovač from getting renamed to Max Freund, and Oliver Kahn from getting renamed to Jens Freund. - Again go 2 folders back, this time to find the dbc folder.
Delete the following 3 files:
- zebra award.dbc
- zebra turin fake staff.dbc
- zebra turin new.dbc
- Now enter the permanent sub-folder.
Delete the following 4 files:
- brazil_kits.dbc
- forbidden names.dbc
- Licensing2.dbc
- Licensing2_chn.dbc
- Open the game and enjoy Football Manager 2020 with real names.
For reference, the folder structure of the path you need to apply the fix is as follows:
- 2040
- 2040_fm
- dbc
- zebra award.dbc
- zebra turin fake staff.dbc
- zebra turin new.dbc
- ...
- permanent
- brazil_kits.dbc
- forbidden names.dbc
- Licensing2.dbc
- Licensing2_chn.dbc
- ...
- temp league fixes
- edt
- permanent
- fake.edt
- ...
- permanent
- lnc
- all
- fake.lnc
- lic_dan_swe_fra.lnc
- nleague.lnc
- ...
- all
I want to help with proper real names for my country.
We welcome everyone to suggest and contribute changes to this name fix. Feel free to send a PM to Stam or to pr0.Brazilian clubs have three-letter names and Juventus is called Zebre in my game. How to fix?
Even though Brazilian club names are fixed in our files, the game will continue to show the 3-letter name instead of the full name. That is due to certain dbc files that affect them when you save your game for the first time. The same applies to Juventus. You need to start a new save AFTER applying this fix (in full), for Brazilian team names to be correct.I applied the fix, but I'm still seeing some wrong club names.
During career game set up, you will still see incorrect names for three Spanish clubs, but once you select your club and start playing, the names will be correct.Where is Application Support folder on Mac OS X
Mac users who have trouble locating their Application Support folder, please follow these steps:- Open a Finder window
- Press CMD + Shift + G on your keyboard to open the “Go to folder” window
- Type: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 20xx and press “Go” or hit enter
Don't agree with a name? You can change it.
If your opinion for a name change isn't widely accepted, it's advised to change the name yourself.Open the fix file in a text editor such as Notepad, search for the name you want to change, change it, and save. It's really that simple. The fix will apply the next time you start FM20.
Discussion: Football Manager 2020 Real Names Licence Fix
207 comments have been posted so far.
@Alexdf, once again, Juventus is causing problems.. I have the same issue with Juve kits too.
I suggest doing the following changes to be more accurate:
#Spain
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 68 "LaLiga SmartBank" ""
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 68 "LaLiga 2" ""
(Important: LaLiga123 is dated, currently, Spanish 2nd division is referred as LaLiga SmartBank)
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 1750 "Deportivo Aragón" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1750 "Deportivo Aragón" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 4203036 "Deportivo Betis Balompié" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 4203036 "Deportivo Betis" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 67040821 "Recreativo Granada" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 67040821 "Recreativo Granada" ""
(Important:
- Real Zaragoza B team is called Deportivo Aragón
- Real Betis B team is called Deportivo Betis Balompié
- Granad B team is called Recreativo Granada)
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 1744 "Real Sporting de Gijón" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1744 "Sporting Gijón" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 1745 "Real Sporting de Gijón B" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1745 "Sporting de Gijón B" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 2093 "Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 2093 "Cultural Leonesa" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 4212111 "Real Balompédica Linense" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 4212111 "Linense" ""
The following teams would need to be added as they don't appear in the fix:
#Spain
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 67023731 "Club de Fútbol Internacional de Madrid" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 67023731 "CF Internacional" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 1740 "Real Oviedo Vetusta" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1740 "Real Oviedo Vetusta" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 4200564 "Club Atlético Osasuna B" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 4200564 "CA Osasuna B" ""
(Important: - Real Oviedo B team is called Real Oviedo Vetusta
- Osasuna B team is called like that, not Atlético Pamplona
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 1723 "Pontevedra Club de Fútbol" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1723 "Pontevedra" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 102029 "Arenas Club de Getxo" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 102029 "Arenas de Getxo" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 4200542 "Club Deportivo Calahorra" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 4200542 "CD Calahorra" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 67243415 "Unionistas Salamanca Club Fútbol" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 67243415 "Unionistas CF" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 1690 "Club Deportivo Castellón" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 1690 "CD Castellón" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 814907 "Club Deportivo Ebro" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 814907 "CD Ebro" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 814909 "Sociedad Deportiva Ejea" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 814909 "SD Ejea" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 7442999 "Associació Esportiva Prat" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 7442999 "AE Prat" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 67180027 "Club Deportivo Badajoz" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 67180027 "CD Badajoz" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 6706375 "Club Deportivo Don Benito" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 6706375 "CD Don Benito" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 4212284 "Mérida Asociación Deportiva" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 4212284 "Mérida AD" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 67070379 "San Fernando Club Deportivo" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 67070379 "San Fernando CD" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 4212406 "Atlético Sanluqueño Club de Fútbol" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 4212406 "Atlético Sanluqueño" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 4203018 "Club Yeclano Deportivo" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 4203018 "Yeclano Deportivo" ""
Some of them are just a matter of taste, but some other really need to be fix.
Thanks! And hope the post isn't too long.
About bmg names.dbc, I assume it must be related to Borussia Mönchengladbach. The other 2 files, I'm not sure yet.
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 107206 "Clube Athletico Paranaense" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 107206 "Athletico Paranaense" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 317 "Clube Atlético Bragantino" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 317 "Bragantino" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 328 "Clube Náutico Capibaribe" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 328 "Náutico" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 301208 "Botafogo FC" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 301208 "Botafogo (PB)" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 104750 "Fortaleza Esporte Clube" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 104750 "Fortaleza" ""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 900678 "Londrina (PR)" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 900678 "Londrina"""
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 107240 "Volta Redonda (RJ)"""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 107240 "Volta Redonda""
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 102415 "Copa Bridgestone Libertadores" "Portuguese"
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 102415 "Copa Libertadores da América" "Portuguese"
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 19158846 "Copa Movistar Libertadores Sub-20" "Portuguese"
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 19158846 "Copa Libertadores da América Sub-20" "Portuguese"
"COMP_LONG_NAME_CHANGE" 317567 "Copa Total Sul-Americana" "Portuguese"
"COMP_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 317567 "Copa Sul-Americana" "Portuguese"
bmg names.dbc
JMac.dbc
removed.dbc?
For Juventus Stadium appearing as Zebre Turin Stadium, even though we added the name fix in our pack, it ignores that. Still looking for a solution there.
@jankri99 @andrewcoates77: Yes, will add this in our next update.
@Ralph1996: Thanks for spotting this, will fix for next update.
@The Shape: You have to start new save after you delete as explained above.
In my game, Sarri's name is ok.
They are named Fflint Town United in the Game.
Just add in your club names file
"CLUB_NAME_CHANGE" 43457016 "Juventus B" ""
"CLUB_SHORT_NAME_CHANGE" 43457016 "Juventus U23" ""
Just downloaded the last updated version, start a new game but Juventus Stadium name remains Zebre stadium
- Minor additions to Club Names
- Dozens of additions to Fix (mainly England U23 and U18) // thanks to spskeen
- Added Juventus stadium name
U23 is still called Zebrau23 after the name fix