FC 26 – Team Management: Player change no longer auto-filters by position

Hi everyone,

I’m facing an issue in EA FC 26 Team Management and wanted to check if others are experiencing the same thing.

When changing a player in Team Management → Change Player, the game no longer auto-filters players by the selected position.

Expected behavior (older FC versions):

If I select a CB, only CBs from my club should appear automatically.

Current behavior in FC 26:

The player list defaults to Club: Any

It shows all players from the club, regardless of position

I have to manually open Filters and select the position every single time

This happens consistently and makes squad editing very slow, especially in:

Career Mode

Kick-Off / Edit Teams

I haven’t changed any settings, and this feels like either:

a UI regression, or

a bug where position filtering no longer auto-applies

Workaround:

Manually opening filters and selecting the position, but this does not persist and has to be repeated each time.

Platform: PC

Mode: Career Mode / Team Management

Is this intended behavior in FC 26, or a known bug?

Would be great if EA could restore auto position filtering like previous versions.

Thanks.