Division Rivals in FC 26 sees some interesting changes being made to the system we've all become so accustomed to in recent years.

Still, just like Squad Battles and FUT Champs, Rivals remains one of the best ways to earn rewards every week in Ultimate Team.

The biggest new addition is that of Bounties, a mechanic to help you quickly make your way up the divisions, even if you lose the odd game.

So, for an overview of how it all works, as well as when Division Rivals rewards are released, read on!

What day are Division Rivals rewards released?

Division Rivals rewards are released every Thursday at 8am BST.

This is much the same as it was in FC 25 and FC 24 before it. Fortunately, with the new Bounty system, you won’t have to wait another seven days if you’re none too happy about the rewards you receive.

FC 26 Division Rivals Ultimate Team rewards

Ultimate Team Rewards in FC 26 Divisions Rivals come from the usual weekly Rival Awards on Thursdays, like in FC 25, as well as the Bounty and Duel rewards.

Here are the full rewards for each Tier in FC 26 Division Rivals:

Elite Division

• Weekly Reward
  • x1 1 of 3 82+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x2 1 of 3 84+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 81+ TOTW Player Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Premium Gold Pack (Untradeable)
  • 11,000 Coins
• Reward Upgrade
  • x2 1 of 3 83+ Rare Gold Players Pick
  • x2 1 of 3 85+ Rare Gold Players Pick
  • x1 81+ TOTW Player Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Mega Pack
  • 25,000 Coins

Division 1

• Weekly Reward
  • x2 1 of 3 84+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 TOTW Player Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Premium Gold Pack (Untradeable)
  • 9,000 Coins
• Reward Upgrade
  • x1 1 of 3 83+ Rare Gold Players Pick
  • x1 1 of 3 84+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 81+ TOTW Player Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Mega Pack
  • 20,000 Coins

Division 2

• Weekly Reward
  • x3 1 of 3 83+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Premium Gold Pack (Untradeable)
  • 7,000 Coins
• Reward Upgrade
  • x1 1 of 3 81+ Rare Gold Players Pick
  • x2 1 of 3 84+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Mega Pack
  • x1 81+ TOTW Player Pack (Untradeable)
  • 15,000 Coins

Division 3

• Weekly Reward
  • x2 1 of 3 83+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Premium Gold Pack (Untradeable)
  • 5,500 Coins
• Reward Upgrade
  • x1 1 of 3 81+ Rare Gold Players Pick
  • x2 1 of 3 83+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 Mega Pack
  • x1 TOTW Player Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • 10,500 Coins

Division 4

• Weekly Reward
  • x2 1 of 3 82+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Premium Gold Pack (Untradeable)
  • 4,500 Coins
• Reward Upgrade
  • x1 1 of 3 81+ Rare Gold Players Pick
  • x2 1 of 3 83+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 83+ Rare Gold Player Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Mega Pack (Untradeable)
  • 9,000 Coins

Division 5

• Weekly Reward
  • x2 1 of 3 80+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Premium Gold Pack (Untradeable)
  • 4,000 Coins
• Reward Upgrade
  • x1 1 of 3 80+ Rare Gold Players Pick
  • x2 1 of 3 83+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Mega Pack (Untradeable)
  • 8,000

Division 6

• Weekly Reward
  • x2 1 of 3 80+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 5x Common Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • 3,500 Coins
• Reward Upgrade
  • x1 1 of 3 80+ Rare Gold Players Pick
  • x2 1 of 3 82+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Mega Pack (Untradeable)
  • 7,000 Coins

Division 7

• Weekly Reward
  • x2 1 of 2 78+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 7x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 5x Common Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • 3,000 Coins
• Reward Upgrade
  • x1 1 of 3 80+ Rare Gold Players Pick
  • x2 1 of 3 82+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Premium Gold Pack (Untradeable)
  • 5,500 Coins

Division 8

• Weekly Reward
  • x2 1 of 2 75+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 7x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • 2,000 Coins
• Reward Upgrade
  • x2 1 of 3 80+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Premium Gold Pack (Untradeable)
  • 4,500 Coins

Division 9

• Weekly Reward
  • x1 x3 Common Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 7x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • 1,500 Coins
• Reward Upgrade
  • x1 1 of 2 75+ Rare Gold Players Pick (Untradeable)
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • x1 Premium Gold Pack (Untradeable)
  • 3,000 Coins

Division 10

• Weekly Rewards
  • x1 86+ Rare Gold Player Pack (Untradeable)
• Reward Upgrade
  • x1 75+ 10x Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable)
  • 2,000 Coins

Bounty rewards can be:

• Rivals Points
• Champions Qualifications Points
• Coins
• Packs
• Season XP
• Stage Skips

How Division Rivals works in FC 26 Ultimate Team 

Divisions Rivals in FC 26 works a bit differently compared to FC 25, namely, by being less grindy and not as punishing. This is down to the new Bounties system, which can net you Rivals Points, Champions Qualifications Points, Coins, Packs, Season XP and even Stage Skips, and Duels, which allow you to net points even if you lose.

Bounties are similar to daily quests in Fortnite, in that they are small challenges that will net you rewards that are typically larger than the sum of their parts.

On the official Ultimate Team Deep Dive page, EA gives the following as examples of the kind of Bounties we can expect:

• Score the first goal
• Score the last goal
• Win by two or more
• Keep a clean sheet

Duels are special Bounties that can only be achieved by one player, such as scoring the first or last goal. Even if you lose the match, if there was an active Bounty on scoring the last goal, you would still receive rewards, making for a much less grindy experience.

With more rewards and Stage Skips, you’re likely to progress far quicker than you did in FC 25, and have more fun while you’re at it.

Can you be relegated in Division Rivals?

Yes, you can be relegated in FC 26 Division Rivals.

New to FC 26 are Limited Checkpoints, which are breakable checkpoints that will track how many losses you’ve had and will enable relegation if you lose too many matches.

Once you pass the threshold, you will drop a stage. This is intended to make sure you don’t get stuck in matchmaking purgatory, facing off against opponents who perhaps haven’t broken as many controllers in their time…

Read more on FC 26:

• FC 26 wonderkids: Best young players
• FC 26 best formations: Our favourite tactics to use
• FC 26 strikers: Best forwards to use
• FC 26 defenders: Best CB, RB and LB
• FC 26 cheap players: Top bargains to use

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Whether you're years into a Career Mode save or tearing it up in FUT Champs, it's important to make sure you have the best formations and tactics in FC 26.

No matter your style of play, be that fast and aggressive, or defensive and counter-attacking, these tactics cater for everyone.

Of course, any tactic is only as great as the players using it, so make sure you load your team with some high-rated players and wonderkids.

But before that, we'll take you through our picks for the very best FC 26 formations and tactics for you to use in your own games.

Best FC 26 formations and tactics codes

Below are what we reckon are the best FC 26 formations and tactics to use:

• 5-2-1-2 — code: hs6DE6JnsjB
• 4-1-2-1-2 Narrow — code: pwCtqtBxznF5
• 4-2-1-3 — code: BZdBinRRLHdR
• 3-4-2-1 — code: f46F?txvpfzc
• 4-2-3-1 Wide — code: 8ZUmCsUEGA4e

Clicking on each of those will take you to the formations and explain what they’re good for.

5-2-1-2

One of the best tactics in last year's game, the 5-2-1-2 is just as powerful in FC 26.

Giving you five at the back to defend with (and sometimes six, if you count your Holding CM), this tactic focuses on solid defensive play followed up with lightning-fast counters.

Your three CBs defend narrowly, giving your marauding full-backs more opportunity to dart down the wings, supporting your forwards with crosses from out wide or through balls down the middle.

A two-man strike partnership up top with a Shadow Striker CAM in behind them gives you plenty of attacking threat, with the trio making attacking runs and playing off each other to create clear-cut changes to score.

• Tactical Preset: Custom
• Code: hs6DE6JnsjB
• Formation: 5-2-1-2
• Build-up Style: Counter
• Defensive Approach: Balanced
• Goalkeeper: Defending, Keeper
• Left and Right Back: Attacking Wingback, Balanced
• Centre Backs: Defenders and Defend, Ball-Playing Defender and Defend
• Central Midfielder: Holding, Defend
• Central Midfielder: Playmaker, Attack
• Center Attacking Midfielder: Shadow Striker, Attack
• Striker: Poacher, Attack
• Striker: Advanced Forward, Attack

4-1-2-1-2 Narrow

The key to the 4-1-2-1-2 Narrow formation is its flexibility. It offers great potential for build-up play, with your midfielders pinging passes up the field, but thanks to their Player Roles, you can have them play a bit wider if you prefer to stretch defences.

Again, just like the previous formation, it utilises two strikers up top, but this time with a Half-Winger in behind, adding a bit of width in the final third. Alternatively, you could change your CAM to a Shadow Striker if you feel like you need a bit more presence in the box.

Depending on how you want to play, you could swap any of the CMs for a Half Winger, inverting one or both of your full-backs to overload the centre of the pitch and catch your opponents out.

• Tactical Preset: Custom
• Code: pwCtqtBxznF5
• Formation: 4-1-2-1-2 Narrow
• Build-up Style: Counter/Short Passing
• Defensive Approach: Balanced
• Goalkeeper: Defending, Keeper
• Left and Right Back: Fullback, Balanced
• Centre Backs: Defender and Defend
• Central Defensive Midfielder: Holding, Roaming
• Central Midfielders: Box-to-box, Balanced
• Center Attacking Midfielder: Half Winger, Balanced
• Striker: False 9, Build Up
• Striker: Advanced Forward, Attack 

4-2-1-3

This unique formation makes full use of Player Roles, defending as a 4-2-1-3, but transforming into a 3-3-3-1 with the ball. One midfielder drops back into defence, while your full-backs invert to fill the space.

Up top, your wingers act as Inside Forwards, offering space out wide while still being able to cut inside to shoot or provide crosses and through balls to your central striker, who will play as an Advanced Forward.

While you have to rely heavily on your front three and the CAM in behind on attack, the two lines of three behind them mean when you lose the ball, you can often steal it back immediately, or safely transition into a strong defensive wall should you fail to.

• Tactical Preset: Custom
• Code: BZdBinRRLHdR
• Formation: 4-2-1-3
• Build-up Style: Counter
• Defensive Approach: Balanced
• Goalkeeper: Defending, Keeper
• Right back: Falseback, Balanced
• Left back: Falseback, Balanced
• Defensive midfielder: Holding, Defend
• Defensive midfielder: Centre Half, Defend
• Central Attacking Midfield: Playmaker, Balanced
• Right Winger: Inside Forward, Balanced
• Left Winger: Inside Forward, Balanced
• Striker: Advanced Forward, Attack

3-4-2-1

The key to the 3-4-2-1 is defending from the front. A four-man midfield offers plenty of attacking support, and helps keep you safe centrally, but does leave your flanks somewhat exposed, so you want to force the ball into the centre of the park when you're on the back foot.

Up front, a Deep-Lying Playmaker and Box-to-Box CM offer some attacking threat from deep, while a more advanced Playmaker CAM is there to provide through balls to a Shadow Striker CAM and a Poacher ST who will hang around the box looking for a tap-in.

Because of the defensive shortcomings of this formation, you want pacy CBs who can quickly track back, as well as midfielders with great passing to ping through balls quickly up the pitch for your attacking trio to get in behind on the counter.

• Tactical Preset: Custom
• Code: f46F?txvpfzc
• Formation: 3-4-2-1
• Build-up Style: Counter
• Defensive Approach: Deep
• Goalkeeper: Defend
• Defenders: Defender, Defend
• Defenders: Stopper, Balanced
• Right Midfielder/ Left Midfielder: Wide midfielders, defend
• Central Midfielders: Box-to-box, Balanced / Deep Lying Playmaker, Defend
• Center Attacking Midfielder: Shadow Striker, Attack
• Center Attacking Midfielder: Playmaker, Balanced
• Striker: Poacher, Attack

4-2-3-1 Wide

You can't go wrong with a classic. The 4-2-3-1 Wide is the most balanced formation here, offering as much defensive stability as it does attacking threat.

Your back four hang back with two Holding CDMs in front, making your team both hard to break down and protected from counter-attacks.

A Playmaker CAM combines with two Inside Forwards at RM and LM, who will make progressive runs both down the wing and cutting inside, dragging defenders out of position for your Advanced Forward ST to exploit the space and score some goals.

• Tactical Preset: Custom
• Code: 8ZUmCsUEGA4e
• Formation: 4-2-3-1
• Build-up Style: Short Passing
• Defensive Approach: High
• Goalkeeper: Defending, Keeper
• Left back: Fullback, Balanced
• Right back: Falseback, Defend
• Centre Backs: Defender, Defend
• Central Defensive Midfielder: Holding, Defending
• Central Defensive Midfielder: Holding, Defending
• Center Attacking Midfielder: Playmaker, Balanced
• Right Midfielder / Left Midfielder: Inside Forward, Balanced
• Striker: Advanced Forward, Attack

Best manager tactics in FC 26 Ultimate Team

If you hold a particular manager in reverence, you can literally take a page out of their book by using the exact formations and tactics they use:

If you lose a match, you’ll know exactly who to blame! We wouldn’t go invoicing Pep Guardiola for a broken controller though…

Here are some of the best manager tactics you can currently use in the game:

• Mikel Arteta
• Hansi Flick
• Xabi Alonso
• Unai Emery
• Antonio Conte
• Ruben Amorim
• Arne Slot

How to enter tactic codes in FC 26

It’s not inherently obvious how to import codes in FC 26, so we’ve got how to do just that listed below!

• Go to your squad in Ultimate Team
• Push the left stick in to bring up the Squad Actions
• Now head to Team Management
• Scroll over to the Use Code screen
• Press X/A to import code and then you're good to go

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I may have just been reminded to never judge a book by its cover, but sometimes the cover is so bad that I can't help it.

A few years back EA Sports and FIFA, who had collaborated for decades on the globe-conquering FIFA series of video games, split. EA now makes its own series, EA Sports FC, and FIFA--when not engaging in blatant corruption and cronyism with some of the worst people on Earth--had to find a new partner if they wanted to make some money in the video game space (which they do, all FIFA cares about is making money, see earlier comments).

I’m Taking It As A Bad Sign That Two Big Games Were Announced With No Screenshots

One game overthought it, the other knew exactly what it was doing

AftermathLuke Plunkett

Late last year, it was announced they'd found one! As I said in December:

Earlier today Netflix announced that Delphi, a company you've likely never heard of (they're relatively new, and their only public credit is as support on IO's upcoming 007 game) will be both developing and publishing a new FIFA game.

That was all we knew at the time, but now, courtesy of an interview Delphi recently conducted with GI.biz, we know more. And what we know sucks.

"Delphi has evolved into a full-fledged developer and publisher," [executive producer] Tang-Peronard says. "We believe in a lean, highly experienced core team, supported by best-in-class co-development and outsourcing partners." For FIFA, that includes Refactor Games, based at Delphi's LA headquarters, part-owned by Delphi and backed by venture capital giant A16z's Speedrun fund. Founded in 2021, it launched physics-heavy American football title Football Simulator into Early Access in 2022. The studio employs alumni of VR dev Survios and blockchain dev N3TWORK.

A16z is Andreessen Horowitz, a terrible company even by venture capital's vampiric standards, run by some of the most overt technofascists operating in Silicon Valley today. Refactor's site boasts of hires from rights licensing company OneTeam (whose partners are currently under investigation by the FBI) and N3TWORK (a blockchain studio), and their single published sports game, Football Simulator, is not exactly a smash hit.

None of that guarantees anything! For all we know a new FIFA could turn out to be the sleeper hit of the decade, a true middle finger to complacent AAA sports gaming, a rebirth of the FIFA brand and a reward for the millions of gamers exhausted by EA's near-monopoly on the sport.

Or, you know, it could show FIFA have no idea what they're doing, and they're going to get exactly the game they deserve for it.

I don't want to be the Game Announcement Police here, ACAB, but over the last month there have been two big, new video games revealed that were notable not for what they showed off, but for what they didn't.

First up was Total War: Medieval III, which was announced via a live-action trailer (below) and blog post:

Amazing news! There hasn't been a proper historical Total War release since Three Kingdoms (I'm not counting Pharaoh's mea culpa), and Medieval is a long-time fan favourite, so this should have got people excited. Only problem is that there wasn't any gameplay shown. There weren't any screenshots. There wasn't even much art for the game, aside from a single piece shown at the top of a follow-up blog.

Only days later, Creative Assembly announced a second upcoming Total War game coming out much sooner, this time set in the Warhammer 40K universe, and its debut trailer was packed with gameplay footage, right down to giving us a look at the menus and interface.

I'm not drawing a very long bow here to speculate that the Medieval announcement was made a few days prior in an attempt to head off any uproar over the 40K announcement. For those unfamiliar with the franchise, there's a kind of uneasy divide among some in the community, with Total War's longest-serving fans (going back to 1999's Shogun) preferring the series' historical focus over the wilder, more fictional stuff that has featured in the Warhammer (and now 40K) entries. They look at how much money and effort has been poured into the Creative Assembly collab, then look at the relative neglect shown to the historical games (from ending Three Kingdoms support early to whatever the hell happened with Pharaoh), and get pretty mad.

While getting Medieval III out in front like that probably made diplomatic sense to publishers Sega and developers Creative Assembly, I dunno, I think I'd rather a game be announced on its own merits and with something genuine to show off and talk about, rather than shoot a clip and write a blog just so you make some of your own fans less angry. Medieval III is clearly years away (they didn't even hint at a broad window for it to come out), and you went and announced a whole other game a few days later– you didn't have to Elder Scolls VI-ify your next big game!

The Elder Scrolls 6 Announcement Is Now as Old as Skyrim Was When The Elder Scrolls 6 Was Announced - IGN

The Elder Scrolls 6 announcement is now as old as predecessor Skyrim was when The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced, and developer Bethesda hasn’t shared another snippet since.

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The second game I wanted to talk about is even funnier. Earlier today Netflix announced that Delphi, a company you've likely never heard of (they're relatively new, and their only public credit is as support on IO's upcoming 007 game) will be both developing and publishing a new FIFA game. You might remember that back in 2022 EA Sports (developers of the long-running series) and FIFA (the world governing body for football) split, and ever since EA's series has been called EA Sports FC, or EAFC for short.

Netflix's announcement contains zero images or video of the game. And there's probably a good reason for that: the press release says stuff like "All you need is Netflix and your phone", and "We want to bring football back to its roots with something everyone can play with just the touch of a button", suggesting that whatever Delphi is cooking up, it'll be a lot closer to a casual mobile experience than the blockbuster simulation football fans have long come to expect from series like FIFA (now EAFC) and Pro Evo (now called eFootball).

That obfuscation has paid off handsomely, though, with a ton of mainstream coverage of the announcement hitting today with headlines like:

Fifa video game to return after four years in Netflix exclusive

The game will be made by Delphi Interactive and released in time for the 2026 World Cup.

BBC News

There's a small mention of what I've just said above at the bottom of that BBC article, but as a mainstream article intended for a mainstream audience, I guarantee Delphi and FIFA will be thrilled at the number of water cooler and group chat conversations this week that will revolve around the talking point "Boys, did you hear FIFA is coming back?"

I should point out that this isn't the first FIFA game to "return" since the body split with EA; there's already a game called FIFA Rivals, which is basically an antique NFT scam with a playerbase best summed up by the fact the game's official site has a Telegram account.

It's finally time for FC 26 TOTY, and the voting is now open!

The promo has players vote for the best players in the world from the previous year, with the winners receiving hugely upgraded promo cards.

You can now vote, so here's what you need to know about the promo release date, how to vote and the full list of nominees.

2025 is over, and you know what that means – FC 26 TOTY is about to arrive!

The yearly promo sees players vote for their Team of the Year, with the very best players in both the men's and women's games getting huge promo cards.

With voting about to start, here's what you need to know about the FC 26 TOTY voting and when the promo might begin.

When will FC 26 TOTY be released? Our speculation

We would predict that FC 26 TOTY cards will start being released on or around Friday 16th January 2026.

Again, we’ve based this prediction on last year’s drop, which saw the first set of cards (attackers) being released two Fridays after the voting began.

We would expect to see a number of different drops on consecutive Fridays. Last year, the first week saw the attackers, the second week gave us the full men’s and women’s squads, and the fourth week unleashed the 12th Man and 12th Woman.

As for UK launch times, it tends to be 6pm GMT on Fridays for FC drops. Of course, EA could buck tradition at any point, but we’d be surprised to see that happen with such a reliable promo as this.

FC 26 TOTY voting and nominees

Voting for FC 26 TOTY began on 7th January 2026, and you can vote now on the EA Sports FC website.

As ever, the nominees are split between men's and women's teams, and by positions.

Here is the full list of FC 26 TOTY nominees:

Men's TOTY nominees

Goalkeeper

• Alisson
• Thibaut Courtois
• David Raya
• Gianluigi Donnarumma
• Manuel Neuer
• Jan Oblak
• Mile Svilar

Defenders 

• Alessandro Bastoni
• Denzel Dumfries
• Gabriel
• Marc Guéhi
• Dean Huijsen
• Jules Koundé
• Marc Cucurella
• Marcos Llorente
• Marquinhos
• Maximilian Mittelstädt
• Nuno Mendes
• Willian Pacho
• Andre Rațiu
• David Raum
• Amir Rrahmani
• William Saliba
• Nico Schlotterbeck
• Jonathan Tah
• Micky van de Ven
• Virgil van Dijk

Midfielders

• Maghnes Akliouche
• Salem Al Dawsari
• Nicolò Barella
• Jude Bellingham
• Bruno Guimarães
• Moisés Caicedo
• Frenkie de Jong
• Luis Díaz
• Ritsu Doan
• Evander
• Ryan Gravenberch
• Grimaldo
• Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
• João Neves
• Joshua Kimmich
• Lamine Yamal
• Riyad Mahrez
• Scott McTominay
• Jamal Musiala
• Nico Paz
• Nico Williams
• Felix Nmecha
• Michael Elise
• Riccardo Orsolini
• Cole Palmer
• Pedro
• Raphinha
• Declan Rice
• Mohamed Salah
• Angelo Stiller
• Corentin Tolisso
• Federico Valverde
• Vitinha
• Kenan Yıldız
• André-Frank Zambo Anguissa

Attackers

• Julián Alvarez
• Antony
• Ayoze
• Bradley Barcola
• Karim Benzema
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Ousmane Dembélé
• Désiré Doué
• Anders Dreyer
• Emanuel Emegha
• Serhou Guirassy
• Viktor Gyökeres
• Erling Haaland
• Harry Kane
• Moise Kean
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
• Robert Lewandowski
• Romelu Lukaku
• Lautaro Martínez
• Jean-Philippe Mateta
• Kylian Mbappé
• Bryan Mbeumo
• Lionel Messi
• Christian Pulisic
• Patrik Schick
• Heung-min Son
• Vini Jr.

Women's TOTY nominees

Goalkeepers

• Christiane Endler
• Hannah Hampton
• Lorena
• Chiamaka Nnadozie
• Constance Picaud

Defenders

• Selma Bacha
• Millie Bright
• Lucy Bronze
• Ellie Carpenter
• Emily Fox
• Vanessa Giles
• Giulia Gwinn
• Lauren
• Katie McCabe
• Tara McKeown
• Nerea Nevado
• Olga Carmona
• Wendie Renard
• Izzy Rodriguez
• Kayla Sharples
• Leah Williamson

Midfielders

• Aitana Bonmatí
• Alexia Putellas
• Bernadette Amani
• Sandy Baltimore
• Klara Bühl
• Delphine Cascarino
• Sam Coffey
• Erin Cuthbert
• Kenza Dali
• Fiamma Benítez
• Taylor Flint
• Laura Freigang
• Vanessa Fudalla
• Manuela Giugliano
• Pernille Harder
• Yui Hasegawa
• Lindsey Heaps
• Svenja Huth
• Sakina Karchaoui
• Chloe Kelly
• Rose Lavelle
• Mariona
• Marta
• Janina Minge
• Olivia Moultrie
• Patri Guijarro
• Trinity Rodman
• Georgia Stanway
• Ella Toone
• Vicky López
• Selina Vobian
• Keira Walsh
• Caroline Weir

Attackers

• Alba Redondo
• Lineth Beerensteyn
• Mathilde Bourdieu
• Linda Caicedo
• Sofia Cantore
• Selina Cerci
• Tabitha Chawinga
• Temwa Chawinga
• Claudia Pina
• Kadidiatou Diani
• Melchie Dumornay
• Elena Julve
• Esther
• Cristiana Girelli
• Caroline Graham Hansen
• Edna Imade
• Clara Mateo
• Manaka Matsukubo
• Larissa Mühlhaus
• Ewa Pajor
• Alexandra Popp
• Géraldine Reuteler
• Alessia Russo
• Emma Sears
• Khadija Shaw

Voting should last for about a week – looking back at last year, it ended on Sunday 12th January, and the voting will take place on the official EA Sports FC website.

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Perhaps feeling festive, EA has announced a new free FC 26 preview mode, alongside ten Classic XI Teams for Kick Off and Kick Off Rush, featuring teams with legendary players.

The preview mode lets players dip their toes into EA FC 26 without having to pay a penny, and have access to a limited selection of modes and clubs to try out:

• Kick-Off Mode with a limited set of top clubs.
• Clubs Rush with limited progression.
• Learn to Play.

If you do decide to purchase the full game, you can carry over your stats progression, meaning you won’t have to start from scratch all over again.

The press release states that “EA SPORTS FC 26 Showcase will be available to play on PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox Series X|S, Amazon Luna, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One”, but curiously makes no mention of Nintendo Switch or Switch 2.

The ten classic XI Teams are comprised of Icon, Hero and standout players of today for a number of different teams from famous leagues. Check them out below:

Classic XI: Bayern Munich

• Manuel Neuer | GK
• Philipp Lahm | DF
• Franz Beckenbauer | DF
• Lúcio | DF
• Bixente Lizarazu | DF
• Bastian Schweinsteiger | MF
• Lothar Matthäus | MF
• Jamal Musiala | MF
• Michael Olise | FW
• Thomas Müller | FW
• Franck Ribéry | FW

Classic XI: Chelsea

• Petr Čech | GK
• Reece James | DF
• Marcel Desailly | DF
• Ricardo Carvalho | DF
• Ashley Cole | DF
• Claude Makélélé | MF
• Gianfranco Zola | MF
• Frank Lampard | MF
• Cole Palmer | FW
• Didier Drogba | FW
• Eden Hazard | FW

Classic XI: Juventus

• Gianluigi Buffon | GK
• Lilian Thuram | DF
• Fabio Cannavaro | DF
• Giorgio Chiellini | DF
• Gianluca Zambrotta | DF
• Manuel Locatelli | MF
• Andrea Pirlo | MF
• Zinedine Zidane | MF
• Roberto Baggio | FW
• Gianluca Vialli | FW
• Alessandro Del Piero | FW

Classic XI: Liverpool

• Alisson Becker | GK
• Jeremie Frimpong | DF
• Virgil van Dijk | DF
• Jamie Carragher | DF
• John Arne Riise | DF
• Mohamed Salah | MF
• Xabi Alonso | MF
• Steven Gerrard | MF
• John Barnes | MF
• Kenny Dalglish | FW
• Ian Rush | FW

Classic XI: Real Madrid

• Iker Casillas | GK
• Dani Carvajal | DF
• Fabio Cannavaro | DF
• Fernando Hierro | DF
• Roberto Carlos | DF
• Toni Kroos | MF
• Claude Makélélé | MF
• Jude Bellingham | MF
• Zinedine Zidane | FW
• Raúl González | FW
• Kylian Mbappé | FW

Classic XI: Bundesliga

• Oliver Kahn | GK
• Philipp Lahm | DF
• Franz Beckenbauer | DF
• Jürgen Kohler | DF
• Bixente Lizarazu | DF
• Lothar Matthäus | MF
• Tomáš Rosický | MF
• Toni Kroos | MF
• Jay-Jay Okocha | FW
• Thomas Müller | FW
• Zé Roberto | FW

Classic XI: La Liga

• Iker Casillas | GK
• Carles Puyol | DF
• Fernando Hierro | DF
• Ronald Koeman | DF
• Luís Figo | MF
• Xabi Alonso | MF
• Andrés Iniesta | MF
• Paulo Futre | MF
• Johan Cruyff | FW
• Raúl González | FW
• Zinedine Zidane | FW

Classic XI: Ligue 1

• Petr Čech | GK
• Lilian Thuram | DF
• Marcel Desailly | DF
• Laurent Blanc | DF
• Bixente Lizarazu | DF
• Robert Pirès | MF
• Blaise Matuidi | MF
• Eden Hazard | MF
• Zlatan Ibrahimović | FW
• Ronaldinho | FW
• Thierry Henry | FW

Classic XI: Premier League

• Peter Schmeichel | GK
• Jamie Carragher | DF
• Vincent Kompany | DF
• Rio Ferdinand | DF
• Ashley Cole | DF
• Patrick Vieira | MF
• Frank Lampard | MF
• Steven Gerrard | MF
• Alan Shearer | FW
• Wayne Rooney | FW
• Thierry Henry | FW

Classic XI: Serie A

• Gianluigi Buffon | GK
• Cafu | DF
• Paolo Maldini | DF
• Fabio Cannavaro | DF
• Gianluca Zambrotta | DF
• Ruud Gullit | MF
• Andrea Pirlo | MF
• Zinedine Zidane | MF
• Alessandro Del Piero | FW
• Ronaldo Nazário | FW
• Diego Maradona | FW

And that’s that! You can check out the Pitch Notes from the official page to see all the new changes made.

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