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Reply FM2008

The FM2008 Classic Database for FM26 Mobile

Ever wanted to boot up FM26 Mobile (Netflix) and find yourself in July 2007? This free fan mod ports the complete FM2008 (PC) database onto the FM26 Mobile engine — the rosters, the transfer market, the club reputations of the 2007-08 season.

⇩ Download database

41MBClassicRatings exactly as they were in 2007-08 41MBHistoryPotential of players who made it big raised to FM26 values

👤 Download facepack

342MBLite (recommended)Key players only — enough for almost everyone 886MBFullIncludes lower leagues and youth players

💾 Save files ⭐ Wonderkid list

Google Drive · The facepack is separate from the database. The game works fine without it.

Man Utd 2007-08 lineup — Man Utd's opening lineup — Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez, and Ji-Sung Park. Giggs and Scholes on the bench.

What gets ported

160,000+ players and staff — 2007-08 clubs, attributes and contracts (birthdates shifted +18 years, so everyone plays at their 2008 age)
Managers and coaching staff — Ferguson at United, Wenger at Arsenal, the class of 2008
Club reputations as of 2008 — the old giants and the old underdogs
Wages and transfer fees revalued by the engine to modern levels

EPL table — The league structure is 2008 too — Middlesbrough, Reading and Derby County in the Premier League, Man City in 14th.

The managers are where they belong — Ferguson at Old Trafford, Wenger at the Emirates.

Faces of the era

Note: the player photos below come from a separate facepack. With the database alone, the game shows its own auto-generated faces.

Cristiano Ronaldo, 22, Man Utd's number 7 — the very season he ran toward the Ballon d'Or.

Messi at 20 — still on a "wonderkid" card.

Kaká of AC Milan, the 2007 Ballon d'Or winner.

Choosing a version

File	What it is
`reply2008-classic.zip`	Classic — FM2008's original ratings, untouched. Play with 2008 eyes.
`reply2008-history.zip`	History — potential ability and positions of 1,014 players who made it big (De Bruyne & co.) raised to their FM26 values.
`wonderkids`	Sortable list of all 1,368 wonderkids (based on the History edition)
`reply2008-faces-lite.zip`	Facepack (Lite) — period-correct player photos, 18,991 people · 342MB
`reply2008-faces.zip`	Facepack (Full) — includes lower leagues and youth, 49,704 people · 886MB

Install only one of the two. Want the authentic 2008 scouting experience? Classic. Enjoy knowing what happens next? History.

wonderkid dream team — A squad built in the History edition — Neymar, Hazard, De Bruyne, Lewandowski, Coutinho, Alaba, ter Stegen. All available young and cheap. Full list on the wonderkids page.

Install

Install 3uTools on your PC and connect your iPhone (no jailbreak needed)
Delete and reinstall FM26 Mobile on the phone (old saves stop working anyway)
3uTools → Apps → FM26 Mobile → Browse
Open the Documents folder — it is meant to be empty
Drag in the db_archive_2623 folder from the zip (76 files)
Launch the game → start a new career

The facepack installs differently: drop the replyfaces folder from its zip into a graphics folder, then hit Settings → User Interface → Reload Skin in game.

📖 Read the full install guide

Step by step, both platforms, plus what to do when it doesn't work.

Known quirks

New-game loading occasionally fails — restart the app and try again.
Lower leagues that don't exist in FM2008 keep their FM26 squads, so a few 2025 players remain in the world (yes, you can still find Son Heung-min at LAFC). The major leagues and the transfer market are fully 2008.
Saves are not compatible between the two versions.
Install instructions are iPhone only for now — we haven't been able to verify an Android procedure.

Credits & legal

Built by extracting 160,000+ people from the original FM2008 database and converting them to the FM26 Mobile data format with a custom pipeline.

Free, unofficial fan project. Not affiliated with Sports Interactive, SEGA or Netflix.
Please only use this if you legally own both FM2008 and FM26 Mobile. Not for resale.
Built with some help from AI (Anthropic Claude).