FM24 to FM26 DLC

Our Season 2024/25 DLC for FM24 was a massive success and significantly helped the FM community extend the lifecycle of FM24 for nearly an entire year.

Putting together a downloadable pack made sense right after FM25 was delayed initially, as we were forced to wait several months until we could get our hands on the next FM.

It was our first ever downloadable DLC. The raving reception it had, convinced me to continue with more seasonal packs going forward.

To kick-start the Season 2025/26 DLC for FM24, I provided you with specific file picks from individual packs which are already available on our FM24 downloads area.

The reason behind not creating a downloadable pack at once, was to keep the spotlight on the individual packs as the transfer window had just closed in the main leagues.

With less than 2 weeks before FM26 Early Access kicks off, it's time to put together the downloadable pack.

You'll get almost everything ready for the 2025/26 season, including updated squads, promotions / relegations, new wonderkids, player ability changes and more.

Updated: 10 October 2025

What's included in the FM24 to FM26 DLC

Transfer Update
by FMTransferUpdate.com

Hands down the best transfer update in the Football Manager scene. All data edits are 100% clean and accurate. No empty, no duplicate, no unnecessary changes.

Published: October 1st

Total Changes: 262,761

People Updated: 95,130

Promotions, Relegations & Competition Changes by TheNotoriousPr0

Clubs will be competing in the correct league for the 2025/26 season. It covers all the top European leagues and then some. You will find several files instead of just one because the FM24 pre-game editor doesn't allow merging files in case there are also competition changes involved. Sadly there's a limitation that makes it impossible to re-create the new format of EU competitions 100% correctly.

New Wonderkids
by FM Scout

This file contains more than 210 new U21 players on high potential ability. That essentially means new wonderkids.

Ability Changes
by SirTAVARES

Current Ability (CA) and Potential Ability (PA) changes have been applied to numerous players who already exist in the FM24 database. These changes should reflect the players' real life performance during the 2024/25 season.

Transfer Budgets Mega Fix
by Mcfchazza

43 leagues & 800 clubs have seen a change in their budgets.

+2 Ages, -2 Contract Expiry Dates
by FM Scout

A custom start date two years later wasn't a great option for us because all the key data files featured here wouldn't have the intended effect. So we opted for the next best thing. Make people 2 years older and their contracts expiring 2 years sooner.

There are 2 files for the age hack (1 for existing players in the database and 1 for new wonderkids), and 1 for the contract expiry hack. The contract mod is made to specifically work with the transfers file in this DLC.

No Injuries & No Suspensions at Start
by SirTAVARES

Begin your managerial journey with a clean slate and a fully fit squad, eliminating the initial hurdles of player injuries and suspensions which applied at the start of the 2023/24 season but no longer do a year later.

There's 1 file for each 'action'. It's up to you, should you wish to use these or not. We reckon using them makes things more akin to real life.

Credits

At this point, I would like to thank TheNotoriousPr0 and SirTAVARES for making this kick-start pack of the 2025/26 season possible. You can find their original data packs linked below.

FM24 Transfers & Data Update

The best Football Manager 2024 transfer update all-around. Created by pr0 & FMTU.

FM2024 Data Tweaks by SirTavares

Corrected details for players/teams, added missing players/staff. Does NOT include transfer updates.

Installation Instructions

In a nutshell:
This DLC contains 22 .fmf files that need to be placed in your "editor data" folder. Then you must start a new FM24 save, ensuring all files are selected from the database drop down menu at the top.


Step by Step

1. Extract the contents of the pack you downloaded from here to your editor data folder.
   Windows:
   

   \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\editor data\

   Mac:
   

   ~/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/editor data

   Most likely you didn't place the files in the appropriate folder. Since FM20 the files are stored elsewhere. Previously the files would automatically be generated in the Documents folder here: Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive Now the files will instead appear in the following location: Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows: Open Finder Click ‘Go’ from the menubar Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 2024’

   The location of the "editor data" folder should be the same on Steam, Epic and Gamepass. If for some reason you can't find it there, go to the Preferences screen in-game and type the word location in the search field at the top. You will see the folder there and change it if you prefer.


2. Fire up FM24, pick START A NEW GAME, then select CAREER mode.


3. On the CAREER GAME SETUP window, hit the DATABASE drop down menu and ensure you are on the 24.3.0 Update and all 17 files of this DLC have a check mark next to them. As explained above, there are 5 optional files you may choose to not enable.


4. Hit the Choose Game Mode > button, select ORIGINAL, then hit the Advanced Setup button.


5. You're almost there. You might need to wait a bit until the next screen loads up. Once it does, select the leagues you wish to load and set any custom database size options you prefer. And finally hit the Start Game button.

Addons to Safely Combine

As a general thumb of thumb, any addon that's potentially altering the same data as the files included in this DLC might cause conflict and corrupt your save.

You will find a few recommended addons below.

FM24 Real Names License Fix

Fix fake name of competitions, clubs and awards with their real names in Football Manager 2024.

FM24 Leagues Mega Pack by @Timo@

Expand the playable leagues and manage teams in new nations.

FM24 Trophies Megapack

More than 1230 real trophies to add in Football Manager 2024.

Nik33's FM24 Agents Pack

Adds about 1,025 real life agents and their connections to over 13,000 players / clients.

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