This FM Legend has created the Ultimate Mod Guide for Football Manager 2024, and it’s all you’ll ever need

Whether you’re a long-time Football Manager addict or someone just dipping into Football Manager 2024 for the first time, the sheer volume of available mods can feel overwhelming. Especially with the delay of Football Manager 2025 and the overwhelming amount of mods that people have made.

In the past few months alone, we’ve had mods that turn the game into absolute chaos, mods that bring the 2025 season roster to the game, and awesome kit mods to make the game more realistic. It’s a hell of a lot of keep track of.

Thankfully, an absolute legend on Reddit has made a guide to every single mod for Football Manager you could ever possibly need. This guide breaks everything down into easy-to-navigate categories, from visual upgrades to gameplay realism tweaks, with direct links so you can tailor your save exactly how you like it.

Let’s get into it:

Graphics Enhancements:

Mods that improve the look and feel of your game world, from player faces to competition trophies.

Face Packs

• Cut-Out Faces (Sortitoutsi): The classic transparent background look.
• DF11 Faces (Sortitoutsi): Features portrait-style faces with backgrounds.
• LuckyLukeFM Patreon Pack: Paid option with alternative face styling.

Kits

• FC’12 Kitpack 2024/25 (FMSlovakia): Updated kits for the latest season.

Trophies

• Trophy Megapack (Sortitoutsi): Adds real-life trophies for hundreds of competitions.

Logos

• Standard Logos (Sortitoutsi): Clean, traditional logos.
• Metallic Logos (Sortitoutsi): Adds a sleek, shiny effect to all club and competition logos.
• Button Logos (Sortitoutsi): Round logos for a fresh visual style.

Backgrounds & Stadiums

• Background & Stadium Megapack (Sortitoutsi): Vast selection of club, stadium, and city backgrounds to enhance immersion.

Skins & Interface:

Custom skins allow you to tweak the layout, fonts, and visuals of your game interface.

Recommended Skins

• DoubleX Custom Skin (MediaFire): A mix of the best elements from several top skins.
• WTCS Skin (FMScout): Widely used, clean and functional.
• SAS Skin (FMScout): Sleek, minimalist design.
• More Skins (FMScout): Browse dozens of alternatives to suit your playstyle.

Game File Tweaks:

Gameplay and data edits that increase realism, fix licensing issues, and update the game world.

Essential Mods

• Real Name Fix (FMScout): Corrects fake names for clubs, competitions, and awards.
• Match Tweak File & Training Overhaul (FM Match Lab): Improves match engine realism and refines training logic.
• FM24 → FM25 Transition File (FMScout): Keeps your save in line with future DLC changes.
• Latest Results Update (FMScout): Includes real-life results up to April 2025.
• Realistic Transfer Budgets (FMScout): Adjusts budgets to mirror real club finances.

Database Expansions:

Take your FM save even further with new leagues, throwback seasons, or wonderkid packs.

• Realism Overhaul (Daveincid): A wide-reaching realism mod, touching everything from player data to international reputations.
• New Leagues Pack by Timo (FMScout): Adds hundreds of playable leagues from across the world.
• Retro Career – 2013/14 Season (FMScout): Step back in time and manage iconic teams from the past.
• Next Gen Wonderkids Database (Passion4FM): Adds future stars not yet in the base game.

Final note on compatibility:

• Graphics mods (faces, kits, logos, etc.) can be added to existing saves.
• Data and gameplay mods (tweaks, league packs, etc.) typically require a new save to take effect.
• Always back up your saves before installing new mods — especially databases or match engine tweaks.

Final Thoughts

With the right setup, Football Manager 2024 can be transformed from a spreadsheet simulator (which we still love, don’t get me wrong) – into something which is even more visually rich, deeply immersive, and genuinely lifelike. This guide gives you everything you need to customise the game exactly how you want it. Let the save-building begin. And long live Reddit.