Football Manager 2024 is a football management simulation game that strives for realism, so, it’s a shame when that immersion is broken due to issues such as licensing. 

Licensing is an issue that has plagued Football Manager for years, seeing Juventus being renamed Zebre, Napoli renamed to Parthenope, Roma renamed to Capitalone, and Bayern Munich managers renamed to a whole host of things. 

Although some of these issues will be addressed in Football Manager 2025 as the game introduces Premier League licensing for the first time ever, that doesn’t mean it will go away in Football Manager 2024.

However, there are things you can do in order to get the correct names in Football Manager 2024. For this, you will need the Football Manager Real Name Fix, which you can find on sortitoutsi.net.

In this complete guide for the Football Manager 2024 Real Name Fix, we’ll tell you what it actually does and how to install it.

What is the Real Name Fix for Football Manager 2024?

The Real Name Fix for Football Manager 2024 is an essential tool that all Football Manager players should download. It takes a little bit of time to install, and involves you edited some of the game files, but it makes playing the game a lot nicer. 

Not only does the Real Name Fix fix the names of the aforementioned Italian clubs, it also makes Manchester United appear by their real name instead of ‘Man UFC’ as well as given Brazilian clubs their full names.

Even better, the Real Name Fix for Football Manager 2024 will make it so German players actually play for their national team. Without it, Germany will use generated players until regens become good enough to play for the team.

How to install the Real Name Fix for Football Manager 2024

Installing the Real Name Fix for Football Manager 2024 couldn’t be easier. It will take five minutes or so, but once it’s done you will only ever have to do it again if there is a sizeable update to the game.

Here is how to download and install the Real Name Fix for Football Manager 2024:

1. Head to sortitoutsi.net.
2. Find the ‘Real Name Fix’ on their homepage.
3. Download the file.
4. Open your Football Manager files. The file route you require is as follows: Program Files > Steam > steamapps > common > Football Manager 2024 > data > database ? db.
5. Locate the 2300, 2330, and 2340 files. Open these and delete the dbc, edt, and lnc folders.
6. Please note: If you are doing this for newer versions of the game, you will also have to do so for the 2400 and 2430 folders.
7. Copy the edt, dbc, and lnc folders from the Real Name Fix you have previously downloaded.
8. Paste them into each folder mentioned in step 5.
9. Copy the nine files located in the EDITOR DATA FILES folder from the downloaded pack.
10. Paste them into your editor data folder, you find this by going to: Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2024 > editor data.

From then, you will now have the Real Name Fix in your Football Manager 2024 save. However, please note that this only works when starting a new save as editor data can not be changed once a save has been started.