START THE PARTY
Unwrap Heroes, ICONs and 5-Star upgrades as Football Ultimate Team™ turns 17. Party with standout players that defined your season and create your own FUT Birthday baller with brand-new Evolutions.
Play Football Ultimate Team™ now to earn themed rewards through new Live Events, Squad Building Challenges, Evolutions, and more.
SERIE A SUPERSTARS
FUT Birthday welcomes some VIPs to the party as ICON Gabriel Batistuta and Heroes Andrea Barzagli, Mario Mandžukić, and Esteban Cambiasso join FC 26.
Fiorentina’s top scorer in Serie A, Gabriel Batistuta, became a legend in Tuscany, netting well over a hundred goals and lifting the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana before a move to Roma where he helped secure the club’s third Scudetto.
No stranger to silverware, Andrea Barzagli moved from Sicily to pick up a Bundesliga title with VfL Wolfsburg before returning to dominate Serie A as part of the Juventus back line and earned international honours with Italy.
Towering forward, Mario Mandžukić struck fear in the hearts of defenders as he contributed to FC Bayern’s 2012/13 treble win during his first season at the club, scoring the first goal in the Champions League final to best rivals Borussia Dortmund. Taking his talents to Turin, he collected multiple titles with Juventus.
Inter Milan stalwart, Esteban Cambiasso, racked up more than 300 appearances for Internazionale, earning a score of domestic trophies and lifting the Champions League in 2010.
TURN UP THE HEAT
FUT Birthday Bakery gives you the ingredients to customise FUT Birthday Player Items to your own style for the very first time.
Initially, FUT Birthday Player Items from Packs (excluding FUT Birthday ICONs and Heroes) won’t have any assigned PlayStyles or PlayStyle+, giving you the opportunity to build your FUT Birthday player to best fit your squad requirements or preferred style of play through FUT Birthday Bakery Evolutions.
The experience will be split into three different Evolution tabs:
- PlayStyles Bakery
- Unlimited entries
- PlayStyle+ Bakery
- Entries limited to one repeat for each PlayStyle+ with a six-day cooldown
- Premium PlayStyle+ Bakery
- Unlimited entries
- 100 FC Points or 15,000 Coins per entry with no cooldown
With thirty PlayStyles to choose from, combine a selection of your favourites to create a truly unique player for your squad and complete themed Objectives to earn select PlayStyle+ for your FUT Birthday players.
All three Evolution tabs will remain available following FUT Birthday, giving you plenty of time to upgrade.
FOOTBALL FESTIVITIES
Beginning with FUT Birthday Fiesta I, compete in rounds of tournament football, completing Objectives to qualify for FUT Fiesta II on 7 March. The celebrations carry on into European nights with a Champions League-themed Flash Live Event for each week, before the FUT Birthday Festivities Exhibition kicks off in Week 2. Additionally, FUT Birthday will drop two themed Flash Rush events on 7 March and 14 March.
DAILY EVOLUTIONS
Head over to FUT for a new Evolution for every day of FUT Birthday, with Evolution consumables and cosmetics earned by completing Objectives, as well as the return of retro FUT Birthday Evolutions.
FUT Birthday invites more players to the party, increasing the amount of players eligible for Evolutions and bringing more Skill Move and Weak Foot Evolutions to improve your players’ technical ability.
SQUAD BUILDING CELEBRATIONS
Take on nostalgia-packed SBCs with seven dedicated Squad Building Challenges for FUT Birthday ICONs and Heroes, including Mandžukić in Week 1 and Cambiasso in Week 2. Additionally, Flashbacks, Showdowns, Moments, World Tour, and more themed SBCs keep the party going well into the night.
FUT BIRTHDAY BAKERY FAQs
Q. Can I use any Player Item in the Birthday Bakery Evolutions?
No - This Evolution experience is only for FUT Birthday Player Items (excluding FUT Birthday ICONs and Heroes).
Q. I applied an Evolution rarity cosmetic on a FUT Birthday Player Item, can I still use the player in the Birthday Bakery Evolutions?
No - The FUT Birthday Player Item needs to remain on the FUT Birthday rarity.
Q. What happens when I submit a tradable FUT Birthday Player Item into the Birthday Bakery Evolutions?
Your FUT Birthday Player Item would become untradeable and you would be unable to list them on the Transfer Market.
Q. Will the Birthday Bakery Tabs expire at the end of FUT Birthday?
No - Birthday Bakery will remain live following FUT Birthday to ensure you can keep adding new PlayStyles and PlayStyle+ to FUT Birthday Player Items.
Q. How do I obtain FUT Birthday Player Items?
FUT Birthday Player Items are included in the Ultimate Team pool of Items for Packs from 6 March to 13 March for Team 1, and 13 March to 20 March for Team 2.
Q. Will there be any Cosmetic Evolutions that give the FUT Birthday item rarity?
No - There are no Cosmetic Evolutions available that will grant non-FUT Birthday players the FUT Birthday item rarity. FUT Birthday Evolution item shells from Evolutions during the Campaign are not eligible for the Bakery.
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