With the skinning Community modding Football Manager 26 faster than SI are able to provide UI bug fixes, the ability to download and install skins on FM26 might have saved this game. Today we’re proud to present a Football Manager 26 dark skin by MrTini23. Originally a retro database creator and Football Manager modder, MrTini23 FM26 skin is a wonderful addition to giving your Football Manager 26 game world a fresh, new look!
Whether you’re simply bored of the current layout and colour theme of FM26, or loath the user interface of Football Manager, the MrTini23 FM26 skin could quickly become your favorite addition!
Giving you the ability to change the entire experience of Football Manager, this brand new Football Manager 26 dark skin may provide you with everything you desire in a new layout. Clean, dark and vastly improved!
So let us take a closer look at the MrTini23 FM26 skin.
Last Updated: 29 May 2026
Filesize: 1.1Gb
Watch the video below to get a deeper insight into this new FM26 skin and how it transforms the game, or learn how to install the skin on Football Manager by following ZimsMula’s tutorial.
About the MrTini23 FM26 Skin
The MrTini23 FM26 skin is available for both Windows and MacOS users and arrives in two different versions: one dark version with dark greyish background color and one with the default colours.
Although it changes colours and font type, this FM26 skin by MrTini23 features some drastic visual changes to some of the most important screens in Football Manager 26. By re-designing the layout of FM26, with the aim to remove clutter and make the game more playable, the MrTini23 skin is one of the best skins on the market!
Here I’ll showcase some of the best features of the MrTini23 FM26 skin!
Best Features of MrTini23 Dark Skin
Re-Designed Player Profile
One of the biggest enhancements made to the skin since its launch is the work gone into re-designing the player profile!
Featuring the player profile polygon, better visuality of pros and cons directly on the player overview along with a more visually appealing coach report, the re-designed player profiles in MrTini23 skin makes it an absolutely must-have FM26 skin!
Re-worked Player Performance Screen
The re-work also extends to the Player Performance screen – coupling performance and statistics alongside fitness and training progress – providing you with a wonderful all-in-one screen relating to make the necessary adjustments to try to get the most out of your players, or analyze their performance or development.
A similar improvement has been made to the Player Career screen – giving you a better overview of their career progress and records, their current season statistics as well as milestones and which national team they are representing.
Enhanced Club Site Screen in FM26
Whether you like to learn more about clubs around you and their key players, the managers’ preferred playing style or just quickly access their staff to try to poach coaches or scouts, the enhancements made to the Club Site within the MrTini23 skin is amazing!
Easier to find key information or move around within your club, the Club Site is a all-in-one screen for both learning about your next opposition or get to know your new club!
How the Club Site is layed out in the MrTini23 skin is one reason alone to download this skin!
More Screenshots
Images may differ slightly due to further updates after v3.1 release.
Be aware!
The MrTini23 FM26 skin is a dark skin build on my personal preferences. In the creation process, I’ve worked alongside Darkside and Luke to provide you with a more visually appealing skin for Football Manager 26. Since the initial launch, the skin has been frequent updated – providing better clarity in screens to find important information, and further updates will arrive!
Changelog
v6.0 & hotfix
– Fixed an error that saw the player’s face cut off on the default skin player popup
– Fixed an issue on MAC where the continue button would get stuck during a match
– v26.3.1 now supported
– Next match widget added (Thanks to MW90)
– Player faces added to multiple screens
– Edits to new National Team layouts
v5.2
– Processing widgets now include colour changes
– Player profile has been reverted to small images as per numerous requests
– One-off Blue version added
v5.1
– v26.3 hotfix now supported
– Scrollable player profile version has been removed and the polygon has been added to the normal version. Pros and cons are now accessed via a selector (still looking for a better solution)
– Some Mac issues have been fixed
v5.0 – 5.0.2
– Fixed an issue where the tooltip wasn’t appearing on the tactics screen
– Mac version and dark colours scrollable fixed
– Fixed an issue where player pictures weren’t working properly on IP and OOP screens
– Patch v26.3 now supported
– Added match viewer to the latest scores stack
– Fixed an issue with the processing panel
– Reverted the youth setup to use the new default page
– Slightly modified portal
– Added Mac support for the previous v4.1 update
– Updated the low-res version with multiple new layouts to suit
v4.1
– Alternate non-scrollable player profile (No polygon or Pros and cons)
– Player images on the tactics menus
– Match scoreboard left-aligned
– Player images in the bottom match bar
v4.0
– Renamed to 4.0 to avoid patch-related confusion– Fixed a bug that saw player profile images being duplicated
– Fixed a bug that saw staff images being cut off
v3.4.1 & 3.4
- Fixed two bugs related to the player profile (had to rework the layout)
- Modified Portal to include news (Replaced tiles now in a stack with the data hub)
- Player profile modified with larger player images and working polygon switch
v3.3.1
– Player profile edited to readd Pros and cons and polygon as standard
– Added a 1 tile spacing to stop the top of the scrollable layout from showing on the overview page.
v3.3
– v26.2 patch now supported
– Edited new fixtures panel to remove some blank spacing
– Reverted player profile attributes block to default (Tom is working on a Skin Builder fix)
– Added scrollable player profile option as default whilst also keeping in other tiles for those who prefer not to scroll (best of both)
v3.2
– Fixed bug with role selector panel and font in default colours mode
– Added option for scrollable player profile as standard
– Reworked player profile tooltip
– Additional stacked tiles added thanks to Darkside
– Personal and Performance layouts added for loaned out players
v3.1
– Player profile rework
– Changes to the individual training screen to readd some unintentionally removed features and fix some issues
– Some small bug fixes to various pages
v3.0 & 3.0.1
- Fixed an issue where edit search was failing to load correctly
- v26.1.3 hotfix patch now supported
- Added new version for those on low res setups !IMPORTANT! Only use low res if high res tile layouts don’t show
- Individual training screen reworked to add weak foot and pros and cons
- New portal and squad layouts to include more information
- Removed purple colour from club vision
- Removed circle background from behind player faces
- Player profile reworked to have more info, plus additional pros and cons toggle
- Passmap pages in Data Hub have been enlarged
- New club site layouts with thanks to WorkTheSpace
- Transfer history layout reworked so In and Out have their own page
- 2d match viewer option added to in-match screen
- Fixed issue where training tile would leave a blank space on players not at user club – now shows transfer status
- Fixed issue where the scout report and traits tiles weren’t appearing correctly on player tooltip
- Fixed issue where agent offers weren’t appearing on deadline day
- Fixed colour of familiarity lines and some graphs
- Fixed issue where icons weren’t displaying correctly on the staff page
- Fixed issue where reputation segments weren’t displaying correctly
v2.0
- support for v26.1.3 patch (Let me know of any issues)
- Pass maps and other patch-specific things should now be added
- I’m hoping the new build will fix crashes related to the previous version being a pre-patch build
- Staff page now works again
- Notification icon colour changed to make it more noticeable
- Border colours changed to make them a little bit more subtle
- Fixed an issue with overlapping text within the team talk section
- Fixed League Table view when clicking live league table in match
- Added a coach report tile to individual training to allow pros and cons to be viewed properly.
- Changed shape of header buttons which thanks to MW90 on Discord
- Various other bug fixes (I’m rubbish at taking notes)
How to Install the MrTini23 FM26 skin
As revealed in our guide on how to install custom skins on Football Manager 26, there are two methods to import the MrTini23 FM26 skin but first click the download button above. This will take you to MrTini23’s Patreon where you can download this Football Manager 26 skin for free!
Step 1: Please verify your game files BEFORE downloading: Steam Support :: Verify Integrity of Game Files. Don’t do this after installing the skin!
Step 2: Download the skin from MrTini23’s Patreon.
Once downloaded, unzip the content and open it – leaving you with two folders:
- Copy + Paste (for manual installation)
- Skin Builder Version
Step 3: Find the user location of the game files for Football Manager 26. You can find it by going on the Steam’s Games Library – right-click the cog on Football Manager 26, select Manage: ‘Browse through local files‘
- PC Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26\fm_Data\StreamingAssets\aa\StandaloneWindows64
- macOS: Find the Football Manager folder, right-click the FM icon and click ‘show package contents‘. The files will then show up.
It is a good practice to make a backup of anything you replace before installing, although the FM Skin Builder enables you to restore the default bundles without any hassle.
Method 1: Using the FM Skin Builder
This is probably the easiest method. It’s important to download the latest version of FM Skin Builder app – even if the latest is a beta version.
- Configure the settings of the app. Set the correct game bundles directory (as provided above).
- Move the folder inside Skin Builder Version of MrTini23’s skin to the newly created skins folder in: Your Documents / FM Skin Builder
- Inside the FM Skin Builder click Explore and Open Skins
- Select the MrTini23 skin. Click Build in the left sidebar menu: Apply to Game.
- Wait a few minutes until the skin is installed
- Open Football Manager 26 and enjoy the new dark skin.
MPORTANT
Whenever a patch is announced, restore to the original game files before the patch is rolled out and downloaded. This will mean the Skin Builder tool always uses the most up-to-date default files.
Method 2: Copy & Paste: Modify default Game files
For those who don’t want to make any changes to the skin, there is the option for a copy-and-paste install. Here you got the opportunity to manually install the bundle files. One set of bundles is for the dark skin and the other is for the default colours with the changed layouts.
Choose which one you want to use and copy all of the bundle files. Then paste them into the location where your default game’s files are located.
You can find it here:
- Windows Steam
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26\fm_Data\StreamingAssets\aa\StandaloneWindows64
1. Copy the files inside the ‘Copy+Paste’ folder of MrTini23’s skin.
2. You will be prompted to replace the files. Do this!
3. Open Football Manager 26 and enjoy the game with an updated appearance!
Tutorial Videos
PC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS6WxOCH27Y
MAC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BFzmJZ02cY
Social Medias
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Patreon: MrTini23
Credits
Massive thanks to Darkside, Luky Luke, Sic and MW90 who have been crucial to me being able to make this skin. You can check out some of their work at the following links:
TinyHips and Ferrigi97 for sharing their pre-match lineups
Lotsgon for his excellent tool, which has changed the skinning game
Sasmaz for allowing me to use his excellent scouting table templates
Special shoutout to Daniel Quinn for helping me fix the MAC version!!
Everyone else at the Match Lab Discord who has helped with the discovery of new features
