Quick and easy guide on how to load custom tactics you've downloaded from the Internet in Football Manager 2023 games.
Here's a quick guide on how to insert custom-made Football Manager 2023 tactics into your game.
Unfortunately, we can't load the tactics that served us well in earlier versions of Football Manager, but there's a great community around the game that provides us with countless tactics available to download straight from the Internet.
There are two ways to add a custom tactic to your game;
Download the Football Manager 2023 tactic you wish to your hard drive. The tactic file should be a .fmf extension.
Move the tactic file to these paths, depending on your OS:
Windows users paste the folder to;
Mac users do the following;
There are two ways to add a custom tactic to your game;
- If you downloaded a tactic from the Internet
- If you subscribed to a tactic via Steam
1. Adding tactics from the internet
Move the tactic file to these paths, depending on your OS:
Windows users paste the folder to;
- C:\Users\\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2023\tactics\
Mac users do the following;
- Open finder
- Go – Go to folder – type in the path: Library/Application Support
- Click on Sports Interactive – Football Manager – Tactics
- [message]
- NOTE
- If the "tactics" folder is not there, create one with this name and place the tactic file in it.
Go to 'Tactics' >> click on the '+' sign >> 'Load Tactic' >> now select the tactic you've downloaded from the internet. That's it.

2. How to load the tactic from the Steam workshop
From the Football Manager start screen window, click on the 'More...' button, then on 'Download'. This will give you access to all the extra content that is uploaded on Steam Workshop.
Click on Steam Workshop >> Download add-ons directly from Steam

Browse the Steam Workshop until you find the right tactic.

Once you've found the right tactic for you, hit the green + Subscribe button on the tactics page.


Once you've found the right tactic for you, hit the green + Subscribe button on the tactics page.

Once you're in Football Manager 2023 save, follow these steps.
Navigate to 'Tactics' >> click on the '+' button >> 'Load Tactic' >> Select Tactic >> your selected tactic is now the default one.
Navigate to 'Tactics' >> click on the '+' button >> 'Load Tactic' >> Select Tactic >> your selected tactic is now the default one.