FOOTBALL MANAGER 27 / 59 COUNTRIES

FM27 Global & Country Squad Rules

Choose country files for foreign quotas, or the Global alternative for broader player-selection freedom across leagues and tournaments. Squad limits remain.

One ZIP contains the original 59 country FMFs, one new Global FMF and English/Turkish guides.

Download ZIP package60 FMF + 2 README · 1.99 MB Installation guide ↓

FM27-No-Foreign-Player-Limits.zip

GameFootball Manager 27

Database27.0.0

Package59 countries + 1 Global FMF

SetupNew career

GLOBAL / NEW ALTERNATIVE

All competitions. One v3 FMF.

FM27 - Global - Mens Competitions Squad Freedom v3.fmf

v3 includes a fix for the 1 November simulation crash. It applies to men’s football only; women’s competition rules are unchanged. Disable older Global files and start a new career with v3 alone. Existing saves cannot receive this correction.

Age, youth, nationality, foreign, domestic, homegrown, goalkeeper-count and other selection subquotas are removed from registration, match squads and starting elevens. Work-permit conditions are removed too. Native men’s country, domestic cup and international competition rules are combined in one file.

Only the total squad cap remains

Only existing total registration squad maximums remain in selection quotas; men’s UEFA club competitions use a 25-player maximum. This is not Squad 99. National-team representation, fixtures, discipline and injuries remain unchanged.

Choose either Global or country files. Do not combine Global with country files, Turkish rule options or lower-league/continental rule mods. It does not unlock additional leagues or cover competitions added by another patch.

01 / WHAT CHANGES?

Foreign quotas removed. Country by country.

The files change league rules directly. Player nationalities stay the same. Use files for England, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Turkey and the other included countries in the same career.

Country files: other requirements remain

Homegrown requirements, work permits, general squad-size limits and goalkeeper registration counts remain unchanged. Existing fixtures and league coverage are preserved. UEFA competition rules are also unchanged.

Country and league coverage

The league names below show each country file’s existing playable division levels in database 27.0.0. This does not mean that every listed league had a foreign quota to remove. Only explicit foreign-quota records are removed where they exist.

Direct foreign-quota records changed in 47 country files. No such record was found in the examined rules for 12 countries; these files are marked below and do not need to be enabled. Domestic-player minimums may still indirectly limit foreign players.

See all 59 country files and their leagues

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59 country files

ArgentinaFM27 - Argentina - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Argentine Premier Division · Argentine Second Division
AustraliaFM27 - Australia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
A-League Men
AustriaFM27 - Austria - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Austrian Premier Division · Austrian First Division
BelarusFM27 - Belarus - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Belarusian Highest League · Belarusian First League
BelgiumFM27 - Belgium - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Jupiler Pro League · Belgian Challenger Pro League · Belgian First National Division
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.
BrazilFM27 - Brazil - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Brazilian National First Division · Brazilian National Second Division · Brazilian National Third Division
BulgariaFM27 - Bulgaria - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Bulgarian First League · Bulgarian Second League
CanadaFM27 - Canada - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Canadian Premier League
ChileFM27 - Chile - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Chilean First Division · Chilean First Division B
ChinaFM27 - China - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Chinese Super League · Chinese National First Division
ColombiaFM27 - Colombia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Colombian First Division · Colombian Second Division
CroatiaFM27 - Croatia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Croatian First League · Croatian Second League
CzechiaFM27 - Czechia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Czech First Division · Czech Second Division
DenmarkFM27 - Denmark - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
3F Superliga · Betinia Liga · CampoBet 2. Division · CampoBet 3. Division
EgyptFM27 - Egypt - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Egyptian Premier Division
EnglandFM27 - England - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Premier League · Sky Bet Championship · Sky Bet League One · Sky Bet League Two · Enterprise National League · Enterprise National League North/South
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.
FinlandFM27 - Finland - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Finnish Premier League · Finnish First Division Championship · Finnish First Division
FranceFM27 - France - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Ligue 1 McDonald's · Ligue 2 BKT · French Division 3 · French National
GermanyFM27 - Germany - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Bundesliga · Bundesliga 2 · 3. Liga
GibraltarFM27 - Gibraltar - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Gibraltar Football League
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.
GreeceFM27 - Greece - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Greek Super League 1 · Greek Super League 2
HondurasFM27 - Honduras - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Hong Kong Premier League
HungaryFM27 - Hungary - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Hungarian Division I · Hungarian Division II
IcelandFM27 - Iceland - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Icelandic Premier Division · Icelandic First Division
IndiaFM27 - India - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Indian National Football League
IndonesiaFM27 - Indonesia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Indonesian Super League · Indonesian Championship
IrelandFM27 - Ireland - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Irish Premier Division · Irish First Division
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.
IsraelFM27 - Israel - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Israeli Premier League · Israeli National League
ItalyFM27 - Italy - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Italian Serie A · Serie BKT · Italian Serie C
JapanFM27 - Japan - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
J1 League · J2 League · J3 League
LatviaFM27 - Latvia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Tonybet Virsliga
LithuaniaFM27 - Lithuania - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
TOPLYGA
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.
MalaysiaFM27 - Malaysia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Malaysian Super League · Malaysian A1 Semi-Professional League
MexicoFM27 - Mexico - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Mexican First Division · Mexican Expansion League
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.
NetherlandsFM27 - Netherlands - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
VriendenLoterij Eredivisie · Keuken Kampioen Divisie
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.
Northern IrelandFM27 - Northern Ireland - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
BOYLE Sports Premiership · BOYLE Sports Championship · National Conference Premier League
NorwayFM27 - Norway - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Norwegian Premier Division · Norwegian First Division · Norwegian Second Division · Norwegian Third Division
PeruFM27 - Peru - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Peruvian First Division
PolandFM27 - Poland - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa · Polish First Division
PortugalFM27 - Portugal - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Portuguese Premier League · Portuguese Second League · Portuguese Third Division · Portugal Championship
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.
RomaniaFM27 - Romania - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Romanian First League · Romanian Second League · Romanian Third League
RussiaFM27 - Russia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Russian Premier League · Russian First Division
Saudi ArabiaFM27 - Saudi Arabia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
ROSHN Saudi League
ScotlandFM27 - Scotland - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
William Hill Premiership · William Hill Championship · William Hill League 1 · William Hill League 2
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.
SerbiaFM27 - Serbia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Serbian SuperLeague · Serbian First League
SingaporeFM27 - Singapore - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Singaporean Premier League
SlovakiaFM27 - Slovakia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Slovak First Division · Slovak Second Division
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.
SloveniaFM27 - Slovenia - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Slovenian First League · Slovenian Second League
South AfricaFM27 - South Africa - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
South African Premier Soccer League · South African National First Division Championship
South KoreaFM27 - South Korea - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Hana Bank K League 1 · Hana Bank K League 2
SpainFM27 - Spain - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Spanish First Division · Spanish Second Division · Spanish Federation First Division · Spanish Federation Second Division
SwedenFM27 - Sweden - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Swedish Premier Division · Swedish First Division Elite · Swedish First Division · Swedish Second Division
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.
SwitzerlandFM27 - Switzerland - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Swiss Super League · Swiss Challenge League
TurkeyFM27 - Turkey - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Turkish Super League · Turkish 1. League · Turkish 2. League
UkraineFM27 - Ukraine - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Ukrainian Premier League · Ukrainian First League
United Arab EmiratesFM27 - United Arab Emirates - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
ADNOC Pro League
United StatesFM27 - United States - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Major League Soccer
UruguayFM27 - Uruguay - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Uruguayan First Division · Uruguayan Second Professional Division
WalesFM27 - Wales - No Foreign Player Limits.fmf
Novira Cymru Premier · Novira Cymru North/South
No direct foreign-quota edit in this file. Enabling it is not necessary.

02 / INSTALLATION

Extract. Choose Global or countries. Start fresh.

Download and extract
Extract the ZIP using “Extract All” on Windows. The package contains an FMF folder, README.txt in English and BENIOKU.txt in Turkish. Do not place the ZIP itself in editor data.
Copy Global alone, or chosen country files
Open FMF. Copy only the Global file for full selection freedom, or choose country files for foreign quotas only. Copy your choice here:
```
Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 27\editor data
```
Use your OneDrive or custom user-data location if it differs from the default.
Enable them in a new career
Open the database/editor-data selection screen. Enable the countries you want, disable conflicting rule files for those same countries, then select your leagues.
Check your league registration rules
After starting, check both league and cup registration rules. Country files retain work permits and homegrown requirements; Global removes these conditions.

03 / FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Before you start

How does the single Global FMF differ from country files?

Global v3 applies to men’s football only; women’s competition rules are unchanged. Global Mens Competitions Squad Freedom v3 removes player-selection subquotas in country and international competition rules with only total registration squad maximums retained in selection quotas; men’s UEFA club competitions use a 25-player maximum. Country files remove explicit foreign quotas only. Select the Global file alone, without country files or other competition-rule patches.

Can I select files for several countries together?

Yes. Files for different countries can be selected together. Enable only one country-rules file for each country.

Can I put the ZIP directly into editor data?

No. Extract the ZIP and copy the country files you want from the FMF folder into editor data. FM27 cannot load this pack directly from the ZIP.

Can I combine this with a lower-league patch?

Do not select it alongside a separate lower-league rules file for the same country. Both changes must be included in a single country file. Rule files for different countries can be used together.

Are domestic-player minimums, work permits and homegrown requirements removed too?

For country files, no; the new Global alternative removes these selection restrictions. In country files, domestic-player minimums, work permits, club-trained and nation-trained requirements, general squad sizes and goalkeeper registration counts remain in place. Domestic-player requirements may still indirectly limit foreign players. The patch changes explicit foreign-player and non-EU quotas only; UEFA competition rules are unchanged.

Does it work in an existing save?

No. Start a new career with the country FMF files you want enabled.

Does this pack unlock lower leagues?

No. Existing league coverage and fixtures are preserved. This download removes foreign-player quotas; it does not include a lower-league unlock.

Created by: Burak Karaca · 9 November 2026