Manager Creator

Football Manager 27's Manager Creator lets you build a far more personal manager: Sports Interactive lists body morphs, more ethnicity options, updated skin and facial features, better facial hair, hair physics, woolen hats and caps, a shirt-and-jumper combination, scarves, gloves and the returning color picker. Hats, long requested by players, are the headline. A manager can also use an electric wheelchair, shown from the start screen to the touchline. The same deep dive of Oct 15, 2026 gives computer-generated players (newgens) more distinct faces and adds accessibility options. All of it comes from development builds before the Nov 10, 2026 release.

Quick facts

Sources: SI, personal and accessible deep dive, Oct 15, 2026; FM Scout, Oct 27, 2026.

What can you change in the FM27 Manager Creator?

SI's list covers the body, the face and the clothes:

• Body: body morphs, so a manager need not share one build.
• Face: more ethnicity options, updated skin and facial features, and better facial hair.
• Hair: more styles, with hair physics.
• Clothes: woolen hats and caps, a shirt worn with a jumper, scarves and gloves.
• Colors: the color picker returns, so clothing is not limited to presets.

7:02 SI calls the hats long requested. SI's tips for a first save group the creator's choices as hair, body, attire and accessories, next to the bio. Your manager walks out on match day, so the look shows in the 3D cutscenes described on Match Day Experience. The clip is WorkTheSpace's Oct 30, 2026 beginner's guide, played on FM27 before launch.

Can you change your manager's look mid-save?

Yes, per FM Scout, which gives the path Career > My Profile > Actions > Edit Manager. SI has not said whether every option, such as body morphs, can be changed after the save starts.

The manager profile behind the face

9:02 The creator sits beside the profile that shapes your career. You enter playing and non-playing achievements, coaching badges, management style and personality, which help set your managerial ability, reputation, style and attributes. How that affects which jobs you can get is on How to Get a Job Without Coaching Badges.

The "Favourite Club" option returns, with up to four favorite clubs chosen before a career.

Newgen faces

24:38 Newgens, the players the game generates in youth intakes and to fill squads, get better skin, colorization and hair, better camera angles and lighting, and more facial poses, so they look more distinct from each other. More on Youth Development and Newgens. In the clip Zealand (Oct 21, 2026) shows SI's newgen faces looking off at new angles, and finds them still not that good.

Accessibility

24:00 The same deep dive brings accessibility into the game's characters and settings: In the clip Zealand notes that one type of wheelchair is offered.

• A wheelchair user. A manager can use an electric-powered wheelchair, shown from the start screen to the touchline and match-day cutscenes, with trophy-lift plinths reconfigured for access.
• Larger fonts across the game.
• Fewer animations. SI adds an option to remove certain interface animations, in a dedicated section of Preferences.
• Color and text. FM Scout lists an Accessibility section, a color-blind mode and black-and-white commentary text.
• Layout sizes. Large, Medium and Small scaling modes on monitors of 1440p and above; see Interface and Navigation.

Steam lists Adjustable Text Size, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input and Save Anytime among the game's features.

What is not known

As of Nov 1, 2026: whether every Manager Creator option is in FM27 Console, FM27 Mobile and FM27 Touch, and whether FM27 adds more clothing after release.

Frequently asked questions

Can your manager wear a hat in FM27? Yes. FM27's Manager Creator adds woolen hats and caps, along with scarves, gloves and a shirt-and-jumper combination.

What is new in the FM27 Manager Creator? FM27's Manager Creator adds body morphs, more ethnicity options, updated skin and facial features, better facial hair, hair physics, new clothing and the returning color picker.

Can I edit my manager's appearance during an FM27 save? Yes. FM Scout reports FM27 lets you edit your manager from Career > My Profile > Actions > Edit Manager.

Can my FM27 manager use a wheelchair? Yes. FM27 lets a manager use an electric-powered wheelchair, shown from the start screen to the touchline and in cutscenes, with accessible trophy-lift plinths.

Do FM27 newgens look better? SI says FM27 newgens have better skin, colorization and hair, better lighting and more facial poses, so they look more distinct.

Sources

• FM27: More Personal, Accessible and Yours, Sports Interactive, Oct 15, 2026
• What we know about Football Manager 2027, FM Scout, Oct 27, 2026
• FM27 New Features Guide, FM Scout, Oct 27, 2026
• Top Tips for Starting Your First FM27 Save, Sports Interactive, Oct 30, 2026
• Football Manager 27, Steam, as of Nov 1, 2026
• How to Play Football Manager 2027 | The Ultimate FM27 Beginner's Guide, WorkTheSpace, Oct 30, 2026 (video)
• Everything You Need To Know About FM27, Zealand, Oct 21, 2026 (video)