Due to licensing issues some important competitions and clubs do not have their real names displayed in Football Manager 2017, and also some national teams don’t have real players selected. That can be fixed with this download though, it’s fairly easy and you will enjoy real names in FM 2017 for your favourite clubs, competitions and also real players in national teams like Germany, South Korea, Japan or China.
You can see some examples in the screen shots below (click on image to expand):
There is an extensive list of changes included in this fix, I will name just a few:
- Real names for Premier League, Champions League, Europa League, UEFA Youth League
- Real international award names
- Real names for German clubs and leagues
- Real names for Brazilian clubs in Serie A, Serie B and Serie C
- Real players in national teams of Germany, South Korea, Japan, China (the real players will appear only after a squad is selected for a match)
- Real names of various playable leagues
FM 2017 Real Names Fix Download
You can download the file by clicking the image below:
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FM 2017 Real Names Fix Installation
1. Navigate to Program Files>Steam>steamapps>common>Football Manager 2017>data>db>1700 and delete the following folders: “lnc”, “dbc” and “edt”. (Make a backup of it in case you want to revert to the original fake names at some point). Do the same thing with the same folders in Program Files>Steam>steamapps>common>Football Manager 2016>data>db>1712.
2. Download our file, which is a zip archive, then you will have to extract it to this folder: Program Files>Steam>steamapps>common>Football Manager 2016>data>db>1700> and also to Program Files>Steam>steamapps>common>Football Manager 2016>data>db>1712.
For Mac users, the respective folders should be in / Users / (username) / Library / Application Support / Steam / SteamApps / common / Football Manager 2017 / data / db / 17XX.
3. That’s it, start or re-start your game and enjoy!
If you spot any more teams or competitions in FM 2017 that need name changing, please let me know and I will release a new version of this download to fix them.
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fix la liga clubs.
Fixed now, please download the fix again to apply the new version.
Thanks for the fix… by the way Real Hispalis in La Liga should be Real Betis Balompie
I think I just called it “Betis”, it’s the name everybody in the international environment knows.
Actually there’s something weird with Betis. The name change is included in the fix along with the others, all the other names change in the game except this one. Can’t figure it out yet.
Oh cmon!…. It’s the team I chose!!!! Cant u fix it?
Unfortunately not at the moment, can’t figure out why its name doesn’t change along with the others.
It’s fixed now! Please download the file again and also check out the updated instructions. I can guarantee it works now.
It’s fixed now! Please download the file again and also check out the updated instructions.
Anyone have any idea of where the files to replace would be hiding on a mac? I’ve had a look for them but nothing doing. Thanks
Launch Steam. Head to your library. Right click on FM17. Properties. Local files. Browse local files. Data. DB. Voila!
i did all the things you say and the german league was correct fixing the names, but the germany still have the grey players
Real players should appear as soon as they select a squad for a match.
INTER name needs to be fixed to FC Internazionale or just Inter Milan and Olympiakos SF Piraeus to Olympiacos CF Piraeus
Yes, thanks for the heads up. I’ll let you know when I’ll have a new version of the fix available.
Actually Olympiakos seems to be correct, the original name of the club in Greek is Olympiakós Sýndesmos Filáthlo̱n Peiraió̱s, so it’s Olympiakos SF.
Check it on wikipedia, it has been Olympiacos CF Piraeus since 2004 (It is the club i support so i kinda know these things)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympiacos_F.C.
I did, that is where I found that info. Please read more than the title of the article on Wikipedia. CFP is the English abbreviation, SFP is reflecting the original Greek name.
I know, the main change was from Olympiakos to Olympiacos back in 2004. In any case, CF or SF makes little difference as long as the club’s name is Olympiacos as it appears in every major European tournament (UEL,UCL etc). Really appreciate your work and your time to answer, hope there is not any misanderstanding. Let me know if u fix it to Olympiacos along with Inter Milan :)
I remember that I was in Athens last summer and went to see the Olympiacos stadium :) Anyway, I will start working on the new version today, hopefully it will be ready in a few hours. I’ll let you know.
Done. Please download and install again.
The Holland national team manager is still called Jan Jansen instead of Danny Blind
You might have an earlier version of the fix, please download and install the current version.
Turns out I did. Excellent, thanks!
I dunno if I’m doing it wrong but its making no difference for me at all
You’re most likely doing it wrong. Take some time to read the instructions and it will be fine.
Is there a YouTube video out there of it because I’m 90%sure I’ve done it right
No, I don’t have a video unfortunately.
Turns out it had worked, I thought it had the Spanish league badges in it
I did everything mentioned above, but it seems to have no effect on my mac. Any idea why?
There can be quite a few possible explanations. Maybe you didn’t replace both folders mentioned in the instructions?
Hmm strange, this seems to work for most leagues and teams, but for some reason the Brazilian football clubs still don’t have the correct names.
Not entirely sure but I think the Brazilian names work only when you start a new save, they might not change in a save that was started before installing the fix.
Hi, I’m about to attempt to do this for my new save. Does this give clubs the real badges too?
No, it just fixes the names where needed.
Thanks, ive downloaded the premier league pack no problem and I’ve followed the instruction’s for this but it doesn’t seem to work.
i have 17.1.2 patch installed but i dont have 1712 folder what to do?
It should be there. If you have the patch installed the folder should be there, but maybe you are not looking in the right place?
hello, i did all the step you gave but in my save the japan and germany national team player are still grey even after the latest call up.
i replaced the original files from : Program Files>Steam>steamapps>common>Football Manager 2017>data>db>1700> and also 1712 with the files i get from here, but still nothing happened.
do i need to replace the files from the other 17xx too?
Thanks before
Yes, try to replace the others as well. It should work.
Hi Johnny, first thanks for the effort. I have downloaded the file and followed the steps you’ve mentioned but when i try to start a new game, the non-licensed teams still showing with their fantasy names. Iam missing something?
Hi, thanks for your work, could you update the NYCFC in MLS to New York City FC? NYCFC is more like a 6 letter name than a football club name. Thanks
i dont have fm2016 but i do have 2015, does it affect in the fix of the names? i ask this, because i did what is said and didnt change anything. or maybe im doing something wrong :P