# Football Manager 26 FM26 Update (26.2) Now Live - Product: Football Manager 26 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/football-manager-26) - Vendor: Sports Interactive - Date: 2026-03-09 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3551340/view/498348220977514954 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/football-manager-26/releases/2026-03-09-fm26-update-26.2-now-live What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Added ability to change player roles from the Tactics Visualiser - **added** — Added ability to view the Tactics Visualiser from the Team Shape tab within In and Out of Possession tabs - **added** — Added preference for Fixtures and Results screens to be automatically shown before and after matches in competitions the user is participating in - **added** — Added Club Profile and Best XI tabs on the club Welcome Pack - **added** — Added Kit Editor tile to the Club Edit card in the In-Game Editor - **added** — Implemented Dynamic Aging for Newgen Portraits - **changed** — Redesigned fixtures and results page to be full screen - **changed** — Increased the prominence of AI manager sackings being shown on the News screen - **changed** — Opposition Instructions screen will now default to Predicted Lineup instead of All Positions - **changed** — Player listed in the Squad Registration screen are now sorted by position by default - **changed** — Lowered the brightness of the pitch when playing matches at Night - **changed** — Flamboyancy and Goalkeeping non-player attributes can now be edited in the Pre-Game Editor - **fixed** — Fixed an issue causing the opposition formation visuals to inaccurately reflect the actual formations on the pitch after the AI makes a formation change during a match - **fixed** — Fixed an issue causing injury indicators to remain after clearing the position in Tactics - **fixed** — Game no longer soft locks when attempting to progress to a penalty shootout in certain competitions - **fixed** — Fixed an issue preventing the Director of Football to sign players that were recently on trial with the club - **fixed** — Fixed an issue causing distorted models to appear at the start of a match - **fixed** — Resolved a rare issue causing the weather to snow during matches played in Saudi Arabia - **fixed** — Players under armour should now always match the colour of their kit shorts - **fixed** — Under pitch heating should now work when on Low and Very Low graphics settings FM26 Update (26.2) is now live across platforms. This update contains transfers from the January Transfer Window, Current Ability, Potential Ability and Attribute changes for thousands of players and staff, as well as several game additions and upgrades. For PC players, this update sees a change to make the Fixtures and Results card full-screen and introduces the ability to change player roles from the Tactics Visualiser. These changes will apply to all existing save games. To experience the data and competition changes in this update, you will need to start a new career*. The full changelist is available below, alongside platform-specific updates. This update should take effect automatically but if you have any issues, please visit our dedicated (https://support.sega.com/hc/en-gb/articles/40392673567633-FM26-How-to-Install-and-Update). The update is scheduled for release on March 10th for FM26 Mobile (Netflix). A larger update for FM26 Touch (Nintendo Switch) will follow later in the month, subject to the submissions process. _* Rosters for certain licensed leagues whose seasons run to the calendar year will only be reflective up until the end of the 2025 season and will not include incoming and outgoing transfers made for 2026._ ##### **FM26 - 26.2 Changelist (non-exhaustive) ** **Database ** - Five million+ database changes since the initial release of FM26 - Updated licenced headshots **Technical Issues** - Various Crash and Stability fixes - Game no longer soft locks when attempting to progress to a penalty shootout in certain competitions - Improved the User Interface (UI) responsiveness in Online Lobbies with large number of users **User Interface (UI)** - Redesigned fixtures & results page to be full screen - Added a preference for the Fixtures and Results screens to be automatically shown before and after matches in competitions the user is participating in - User is now able to change Player Instructions & Roles from the Tactics Visualiser - User is now able to view the Tactics Visualiser from the Team Shape tab from within the In and Out of Possession tabs - Fixed an issue causing the opposition formation visuals to inaccurately reflect the actual formations on the pitch after the AI makes a formation change during a match - Added Club Profile and Best XI tabs on the club Welcome Pack - Tactics - Quick Pick will no longer include players who aren’t in First Team unless you have a filter selected - Tactics – Fixed an issue causing injury indicators to remain after clearing the position - Tactics – "Hide players" option no longer filters out empty slots - Tactics - Tactic name no longer overlaps with the overall Familiarity if the name of the tactic was too long - Opposition Instructions screen will now default to Predicted Lineup instead of All Positions - Player listed in the Squad Registration screen are now sorted by position by default - User can now sort the personality column on the Squad page - You are now able to sort players by Squad Number on the Squad Numbers screen - Resolved an issue where the user could duplicate the spoken languages selected during the Manager Creation process - Fixed an issue causing the hierarchy induction pyramid graphic to display in low resolution - The text displayed in the ‘last club’ column is no longer too large when on the Squad screen **Gameplay** - Increased the prominence of AI manager sackings being shown on the News screen - Players should no longer illogically get upset with manager when a transfer was cancelled due to work permit issues - Fixed an issue preventing the Director of Football to sign players that were recently on trial with the club - Fixed an issue causing some News items to incorrectly display a capital “S” after the player's name - Fixed a rare issue where some players would illogically be considering options at the end of their contract when playing at the lower levels in England - Resolved a very rare issue wher _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3551340/view/498348220977514954]_