Football Manager 26 Pushes Out a Second Consecutive Beta Hotfix - Patch Notes

Another Football Manager 26 Advanced Access Beta hotfix has arrived, a day after the previous update went live. This is the second of what is intended to be three rounds of hotfixes for the beta ahead of the game’s full launch on November 4.

Sports Interactive says the rapid pace of patches reflects the sheer volume of community feedback, with over 200,000 players logging in daily — nearly twice the engagement of prior FM betas. This new update zeroes in on crash prevention, interface polish, and minor graphical quirks that slipped through launch. Among the highlights are fixes for misaligned icons, soft locks in trial offers, and missing or low-resolution club logos. The team has stated that it will continue to work through community reports.

Below are the full patch notes for the latest hotfix. If you wish to view the source yourself, check it out here.

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FM26 Advanced Access Beta Hotfix 26.0.1.2227341 – Patch Notes

• Various Crash and Stability Fixes 
• Fixed club logos for unlicensed teams appearing in low resolution 
• Fixed an issue where players that were set to be bald in the database, had hair when playing matches 
• Fixed Player Report attributes not alphabetically listing when changing languages 
• Fixed screen corruption on staff report when in mid or low resolution 
• Fixed issue where player names overlap with each other in Opposition Instructions 
• Fixed issue where Bans had an empty state display 
• Fixed an issue where the match sometimes would pause when changing instructions. 
• Fixed issue in matches where shirt icons were misaligned when a player was subbed or scored or assisted 
• Fixed issue where the wrong symbol was used for red cards on the full-time report 
• Added missing club logos on home screen when loading the game 
• Do It button in pre-match flow now works as expected 
• Red card icon now appears on the match events tile when a player is sent off after a second yellow 
• Key attributes for staff now highlighted when role is selected 
• Windowed mode not working on Mac now fixed 
• Fixed soft lock when offering a player for a trial 
• Fixed soft lock when adding youth player to first team training units