FM27 — GLOBAL SQUAD SELECTION RULES
59 country FMFs + 1 Global FMF | Database 27.0.0
Created by Burak Karaca | Updated 9 November 2026

TWO ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO PLAY
A) COUNTRY FILES: The original 59 FMFs are unchanged. Select countries
to remove explicit foreign-player quotas only. Their original guide
and retained-restriction descriptions are below.

B) GLOBAL v3 — MEN’S FOOTBALL:
Women’s football rules are unchanged. Use this version in careers with
men’s football only. Includes a fix for the 1 November simulation crash.
Disable the old Global file and use the v3 file below.
The correction requires a new career; it cannot update an existing save. Select ONLY
FM27 - Global - Mens Competitions Squad Freedom v3.fmf
from the FMF folder. Do not enable the separate country files too.
It combines native country, domestic cup and international competition
rules in one FMF. Foreign, nationality, age, youth, domestic, homegrown,
goalkeeper-count and other selection subquotas are removed from
registration, match squads and starting elevens. Work-permit conditions
are removed too. Only total squad maximums remain in selection quotas, retaining native
values; men's UEFA club competitions use a 25-player maximum.
This is not a 99-player squad option.
National-team citizenship/representation, fixtures, league structures,
transfer windows, disciplinary bans and injuries are unchanged.
“All restrictions” refers to player selection, not every football rule.
It does not unlock lower leagues or automatically cover competitions
added by other patches. Do not combine it with separate country,
lower-league or continental competition rule FMFs. Independent staff
or injury database edits may be selected if they do not conflict.
Start a new career.

ORIGINAL GUIDE FOR THE 59 COUNTRY FILES
Retained-restriction statements below apply to the country files only.
The Global alternative has the broader scope described above.

FM27 - No Foreign Player Limits
59 country files | Football Manager 27 | Database 27.0.0
Created by Burak Karaca

WHAT THIS PACK DOES
Removes foreign-player and non-EU player quotas from domestic league
rules. Each country has its own FMF, with an English filename and title.
Player nationalities are not changed.

Domestic-player minimums, homegrown requirements, work permits, wage
budgets, general squad-size
limits and goalkeeper registration counts remain in place. The pack
keeps the existing league coverage and fixtures. It does not unlock
lower leagues or change UEFA competition rules.

SCOPE NOTE
Domestic-player minimums may still indirectly limit foreign players.
This pack does not guarantee an entirely foreign squad.
Direct foreign-quota records changed in 47 of the 59 country files.
No explicit foreign-quota records were found in the examined rule sets
for the following 12 countries, so no such rule was removed. Their files
do not need to be enabled; domestic-player requirements still apply:
Belgium, England, Gibraltar, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands,
Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, Wales.

INSTALLATION
1. Download and extract FM27-No-Foreign-Player-Limits.zip.
   FM27 cannot load this pack directly from the ZIP.
2. Open the extracted FMF folder. Copy the country FMF files you want to:
   Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 27\editor data
   If you use OneDrive or a custom user-data location, use that location.
3. Start a new career and enable the files in the database/editor-data
   selection screen. These changes do not apply to an existing career.
4. Select your leagues and check the registration rules in the new save.

COMPATIBILITY
Files for different countries can be selected together.
Select only ONE country-rules file for each country. Do not combine a
country FMF from this pack with another file that changes that country's
league rules, including a separate lower-league rules file. To use both
features, use a single country file that already contains both changes.
Database-only patches, such as injury or staff changes, can be selected
separately if they do not contain conflicting country rules.

CONTACT, FEEDBACK AND UPDATES
X: https://x.com/burakkaraca
Email: iletisim@burakkaraca.com.tr
Website: https://www.burakkaraca.com.tr/projelerim/
Patch page: https://www.burakkaraca.com.tr/en/projects/game-patches/fm27-no-foreign-player-limits/

For an issue report, include your game/database version, country FMF
filename, a short description and a screenshot of the relevant rule.

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