How to Create Custom Kits For Football Manager - FM Kit Creator
Apr 22, 2025, by Chris
- FM Kit Creator Purpose: A free online tool to easily design and implement custom 2D and 3D kits for Football Manager without graphic design skills.
- Key Features: Offers an intuitive visual editor with extensive customization options, including templates, brands, sponsors, and patterns, and automatically generates the necessary configuration file.
- Simple Implementation: The tool simplifies adding custom kits to the game by automatically integrating team IDs and providing an easy download and placement process into the Football Manager graphics folder.
Tired of the generic default kits in Football Manager? Want to give your lower-league team a bespoke look or to have a new kit set for the, e.g. 2031-32 season? A powerful web-based tool, fmkitcreator.com, has become a go-to resource for FM players wanting to design and implement their own custom kits directly into the game.
Design your own FM Manager kits now
As highlighted creator like Clayts (@claytsfm) and discussed widely in the FM community (like on the r/footballmanagergames subreddit), FM Kit Creator offers an incredibly user-friendly way to design detailed kits and, crucially, get them working both in the menus (2D kits) and within the 3D match engine.
What is FM Kit Creator?
FM Kit Creator is a free-to-use (with optional paid premium features) online tool specifically designed for creating Football Manager kits. It simplifies a process that previously required graphic design skills and manual configuration file editing, especially for the tricky 3D kit textures.
Key Features Making It a "MUST" for FM Players:
Here's why FM Kit Creator stands out:
- Intuitive Interface: A visual editor allows you to easily select designs, colours, logos, and patterns.
- 2D & 3D Kit Creation: Automatically generates both the 2D menu kits and the corresponding 3D textures players wear in the match engine.
- Extensive Customization: Templates: Choose from numerous real-world kit templates (many free, some premium) or design from scratch.
- Automatic Config File: Generates the necessary `config.xml` file automatically, telling FM which kit belongs to which team ID.
- Team ID Integration: Search for your team within the tool to automatically fetch its unique ID, simplifying the setup.
- Easy Export & Import: Download your creations as a simple Zip file ready to be placed in your FM graphics folder.
Brands & Sponsors: Includes a vast library of real kit manufacturers (Nike, Adidas, Puma, etc.) and sponsor logos, or upload your own.
Team Logos: Search for your team or upload custom crests.
Patterns & Details: Apply various patterns, adjust opacity, customize collars, sleeves, side panels, and add league sleeve patches.
How to Create and Import Your Custom Kits
Clayts' video provides a great walkthrough, but here’s the basic process:
- Go to fmkitcreator.com: Select the Football Manager section.
- Select Team: Search for your club to get the unique ID and basic info.
- Design Your Kit: Choose a base template (optional).
- Download: Once happy, download the kit (Home, Away, or Third) as a Zip file.
- Extract: Unzip the downloaded file into your Football Manager graphics folder. The typical path is: `Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\graphics\kits`. It's recommended to create a subfolder within 'kits' for your team (e.g., `graphics\kits\GuangzhouKits`).
- Load in FM: Go to FM Preferences -> Interface.
- Enjoy: Your custom kit should now appear on the team profile screen (2D) and be worn by players in the match engine (3D).
Select brand, team crest (upload if needed), sponsors, sleeve patches.
Define base colours, patterns, collar styles, etc. Use the visual preview (adjust lighting and kit style like FC12/SS if desired).
Click "Clear Cache" (recommended).
Ensure "Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences" is ticked OR untick "Use caching to decrease page loading times".
Click "Reload Skin".
For many FM players, visual details significantly enhance immersion. Replacing placeholder kits with unique, custom designs – especially for your own team – adds a layer of realism and personalization that makes the game world feel more alive. The ease with which FM Kit Creator achieves this, particularly with the 3D kits, makes it an invaluable tool for the community.
Design your own FM Manager kits now
Have you used FM Kit Creator? Share your experiences or favourite creations in the comments below!
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The FC Gütersloh 26-27 home shirt features a deep blue base with alternating tonal stripes, separated by vivid green vertical pinstripes. Incorporating a local connection, the darker blue bands contain a subtle watermark pattern based on the spinning wheel from the Gütersloh city coat of arms. A white V-neck collar and bright green shoulder panels provide contrast, with supplier, sponsor, and back printing appearing in crisp white.
The new home kit debuted on pitch during Gütersloh's Westfalenpokal victory over SC Wiedenbrück. It is currently available for purchase in the official club fanshop priced at €69.50.
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Meanwhile, the leaked 26-27 goalkeeper shirt showcases a bright light blue base paired with dark blue ribbed elements and collar. It is a streamlined look.
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While slight manufacturing tolerances are common in sportswear, seeing such obvious alignment differences across retail stock is an unusual sight for a major Adidas launch. Fans picking up the new 26-27 Legia kit in person may want to inspect multiple hangers in the store to find the exact placement they like best.
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