January is a big month for FIFA and EA Sports FC every year. While the promo teams and players gradually get better between release in September and the end of the year, nothing comes close to Team of the Year. But when exactly does Team of the Year start in EA Sports FC 25?
The event celebrates the best players in the world of football over the past 12 months. While the Ballon d’Or award and nominees give us a good indication of who’ll be part of the squad, the decision process for the team in-game is actually completely different. Sometimes, the players in the squad are a bit of a surprise.
EA Sports FC 25 TOTY Start Date
In FC 24, Team of the Year was released into packs in Ultimate Team on January 15. The players were released in batches, with the male and female attackers being released on that day, before midfielders and defenders were released later in the week. The full squad was then available between the following Tuesday and Friday.
While the date is yet to be officially confirmed, TOTY should be released into packs in EA Sports FC 25 on Friday, January 17, 2025. That would be the equivalent Friday to the release date over the last few years. The first players that will be released should be the male and female attackers, with three being part of each team. As soon as that is confirmed by EA Sports, we’ll be sure to update you.
EA Sports TOTY Vote
Before you can even try to get the players, you will need to vote for who you think deserves to be in the Team of the Year squad.
Roughly a week before the players are due to be released into packs, EA Sports will release a way to vote for your picks out of around 100 nominees. Then the community votes will play a small percentage role in deciding on the final team that is released.
The vote changes structure every year, with a twelfth player being voted for entirely by the player base in-game, so it’ll be interesting to see how it is done this year. Whatever form the vote takes, it should begin a week before the promo begins, on January 10. Keep an eye on EA Sports’ socials for the latest on the vote.
How To Get Team Of The Year Players
Once the team is out, there will be two ways to reliably get the players: from packs or the transfer market.
Any pack that contains gold or special players will have the chance to contain TOTY players. However, that percentage chance will be very, very small. EA Sports will tell you that it’ll be less than 0.1 percent. In reality, it’ll be significantly less than that percentage.
Alternatively, you can buy the players from the transfer market if you’re rolling in coins. Those of you who play occasionally probably won’t be able to afford them, but they’ll be available for any of you who have the funds. It’s unlikely that more than one or two of the players cost below a million coins, and those will be the goalkeepers or defenders. You may need over 10 million coins for the best players in the two squads that will be released.
Either way, best of luck getting the Team of the Year players in FC 25 once they’re released. In the meantime, check out how the new free-to-play football game, UFL, compares to FC 25.
Published: Dec 24, 2024 02:49 pm