Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. has announced today that its popular game eFootball be hosting a major Manchester United-focused competitive campaign. Players around the world will have the chance to compete in order to become the official Manchester United representative in the eFootball Championship 2026.

For interested fans, the online qualifiers for the event are now live for the in-game Club Event “eFootball Championship 2026 Manchester United.” Participating in the event will give players the chance to represent the Red Devils on the global esports stage, which in turn determines the official Manchester United representative for the eFootball Championship 2026.

KONAMI says that in the previous season, 36.3 million players competed in Club Events, with the journey starting all over again this year. All players need to do to have a chance is download eFootball for free and enter the “Match” hub to potentially start your future eFootball legacy.

Two tournaments are slated for fans to compete in: the ’eFootball Championship 2026 Open’ and the ‘eFootball Championship 2026 Club Event.’ The former is for all users, and the latter is used to determine each eFootball partnered club’s number one fan. If you manage to succeed in these events, you will be able to compete for the title of ‘World’s Best eFootball player’ at the ‘eFootball Championship 2026 World Finals’ expected for the summer of 2026.

Surpassing 950 million downloads, the game’s reach has been cemented since its days before its rebranding as PES. In celebration of that fact and to support the current campaign, eFootball has added the Manchester United Club Pack featuring the club’s starting XI, as well as legendary players from the club’s past. Big Time player George Best has been added, along with Epic’s Peter Schmeichel and Bryan Robson.

Players can also enjoy a fresh stadium, FC Barcelona’s newly renovated home, Spotify Camp Nou. The stadium is so far only available for mobile players, but PC and console players will soon be able to play a match in the Barcelona icon in a coming update. Using the new stadium, players can experience more of what the game has to offer by participating in the campaign, where daily log-ins and progressing through in-game events can unlock special goal effects and tickets offering the chance to win up to 1,000 in-game coins.

Compete, play, and enjoy yourself in eFootball’s newest campaign, and maybe even try to get that spot representing Manchester United. 

The beautiful game is expanding its horizons once more and in a significant move for the eFootball franchise, Konami has officially announced the signing of a partnership agreement with the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

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One of the biggest complaints with eFootball is the online experience. It’s been a pain point for the entire community. But things are going to get better, if Konami is to be believed.

Konami has dropped a fresh update on what they’re doing to finally improve the online experience in eFootball, and it’s definitely something fans have been waiting to hear. The studio posted a full thread on X talking about connection upgrades, input lag fixes, and even new ways for players to give feedback directly in-game. Here is the thread for context:

[Efforts underway to improve the online match environment]

eFootball is undertaking various measures in order to provide a smoother and more enjoyable online match environment.

Based on the number of matches and connection quality in each location, we are expanding the amount…

— eFootball (@play_eFootball) December 3, 2025

With online play still being the biggest issue for a lot of the community, this update gives a clearer idea of what’s changing and what players can actually expect in the coming weeks.

What Konami Is Changing To Fix eFootball’s Online Issues

According to the thread, Konami is expanding the number of server sites around the world. This means more server locations around the globe. This should help resolve the connection issues caused by a server being too far away from the player or being overloaded. Simply put, the ping issues should start to get better as there are more servers to connect to.

It’s one of the most requested improvements from players who’ve been dealing with lag spikes and random delays during competitive matches.

Then, they went on to talk about the server updates they rolled out on October 29th for both consoles and mobile. According to them, the data shows that these updates have been successful. They have helped reduce input delays, which was also a major problem with online play. For a title where timing literally decides goals, tackles, and wins, every millisecond matters.

To continue to improve the online play experience, they are implementing an in-game survey. Basically, after a few matches, you might see a short survey asking for feedback about things like connection quality or responsiveness. This helps Konami get direct feedback from the community instead of relying on technical metrics behind the scenes.

The thread then wraps up by saying that the development team is working diligently to improve the online play experience and appreciates players for their patience. The community has been very vocal about connection problems, so these steps are at least a sign that Konami is listening.

eFootball is one of the biggest football games after EA FC, and has a small but dedicated community behind it. These steps should make the experience better for them and allow them to enjoy online play more.