Smokepatch Football Life 2026
version 1.00 (15.Oct.2025)
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what is football life
SP football life is our attempt to update and continue the offline career modes found in the beloved and retired PES series, FL26 is updated for the new season 2025/2026.
SP football life is our attempt to update and continue the offline career modes found in the beloved and retired PES series, FL26 is updated for the new season 2025/2026.
this version have a lot of small updates and enhancements and fixes that all add up to a fresh feel of the game, graphics and sound effects, ball physics and gameplay all received updates and upgrades along with enhancements in the core game and launcher.
Teams and players
FL26 is updated for season 2025/26, promoted teams has replaced the relegated ones and a new teams selection is included.
see full players/teams list with ID in the database reference pagethe edit mode is fully functional, there are three fully editable teams in the game for user creation (Ceres Negros, Zalgiris Vilnius, Zamora FC), the database is unlocked for the community, however changing bin files might result in serious errors, and will clash with future database updates.
Game updates:
we perform periodic scans of the database for squads and attributes changes and import new players from konami live database, the game will receive frequent updates depending on the urgency and progress, updates also includes more updated graphics that would be ready by then and any small corrections or enhancements discovered while playing.
the game will show update notification if available upon launching the game.
national squads are updated but still pending the official world cup team list in November.
Future new season upgrades:
this version is built with future seasons upgrade in mind, this will allow to have a full version and an upgrade version in the future.
Addons:
- Commentary v8
FL26 includes the all new English commentary v8, it includes new call names for many players and new commentary dialogues, for other v8 languages see the commentary addon/coming soon
- Real Faces
the players/staff faces are available as a separate addon due to the large size, it is highly recommended to download and install the new facepack 26-27 as it would add a lot of immersion to the game.
the new facepack is tailor made for FL26 and will receive future updates throughout 2026 and 2027. /coming soon
- Stadiums
36 stadiums installed by default in the game, more stadiums are available per region in the stadiums addon page.
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Installation:
1- Extract all the installer files then run (SPFL26_setup.exe)
2- Select a directory (do not install over an existing game)
3- Start Football Life from (FL_2026 start.exe) or desktop shortcut.
- Detailed instructions and video tutorial HERE
- Extract the archive parts using a recent version of winrar- Frequently asked question please see the FAQ section
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Requirements:
- the default render settings is medium, can be decreased or maximized:
(game menu/settings/system settings/video settings)
- compatible with all modern CPU/GPU (as of oct.2025)
Minimum System Specs:
Windows 7 SP1/8.1/10 (64 bit)
Intel Core i5-3470, AMD FX 4350
10GB RAM
NVIDIA GTX 670, AMD Radeon HD 7870
2 GB VRAM
DirectX 11.0
40 GB available disk space
1280 x 720 screen resolution
Recommended System Specs:
Windows 11 (64 bit)
Intel Core i7-9700, AMD 7 3700X
10GB RAM
NVIDIA GTX 980, AMD Radeon R9 390X
6 GB VRAM (10 for 4k)
DirectX 11.0
40 GB available disk space
1920 x 1080 screen resolution
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- thanks to SP Patreons sponsors for the continuous support.
- thanks to (zlac, juce, Hawke, Predator002, Dragovic) for various sider lua
- thanks to GeppettoGreece for Greek league kits, Cosmos for 2nd div kits, Ixcel for various 3rd kits)
- thanks to anyone who supported SP directly or indirectly, love and freedom for all <3