FC 26 PROMOS & EVENTS
An Ultimate Team promo is a time-limited, themed event that usually features special items and other offers.
Promos
Throughout the FC 26 lifecycle, Electronic Arts launches multiple events aimed at boosting community engagement. FC 26 promos are time-limited and usually include special player items and other offers such as objectives, evolutions, and SBCs.
From the initial Promo through Pre-Season, expect new FC 26 promos almost every week. While EA Sports generally does not provide an exact schedule for when specific promos will occur, several recurring staples return annually, making their appearance highly likely.
FC 26 Promo Schedule
Our vast experience allows us to predict the calendar of FC 26 promos with a high degree of success.
Iconic Ultimate Team events such as FUT Birthday, Winter Wildcards, Road to the Knockouts, Future Stars, Team of the Year, and Team of the Season are expected to return to Football Club 26 around their usual times, featuring special items. However, some events might launch on different dates, under new names, or sometimes not be released at all.
This year, since the World Cup is taking place, several related events will be held during June and July, extending the period of engagement with the game.
| Promo | FC 26 | FC 25 | FC 24 |
| Road to the Knockouts 5 | 26/09 10/10 | 27/09 11/10 | 29/09 13/10 |
| New Promo 1 | 10/10 24/10 | ||
| New Promo 1 | 24/10 07/11 | ||
| Ballon d’or 5 | 07/11 10/11 | 08/11 11/11 | |
| Centurions 4 | 07/11 14/11 | 08/11 15/11 | 27/10 10/11 |
| New Promo 1 | 14/11 21/11 | ||
| FC Pro 3 | 21/11 28/11 | 22/11 29/11 | 17/11 22/11 |
| Black Friday 12 | 28/11 02/12 | 29/11 03/12 | 24/11 28/11 |
| Ultimate Succession 2 | 05/12 12/12 | ||
| Winter Wildcards 5 | 19/12 02/01 | 20/12 03/01 | 22/12 01/01 |
| New Promo 2 | 02/01 13/01 | 03/01 14/01 | |
| Team of the Year 14 | 16/01 30/01 | 17/01 31/01 | 19/01 02/02 |
| Future Stars 8 | 30/01 13/02 | 31/01 14/02 | 09/02 23/02 |
| New Promo 1 | 13/02 27/02 | ||
| Fantasy UT 5 | 27/02 13/03 | 21/02 07/03 | 23/02 08/03 |
| Ultimate Birthday 13 | 13/03 27/03 | 07/03 21/03 | 15/03 29/03 |
| Road to the Final 7 | 22/05 03/06 | 02/02 09/02 | 17/02 24/02 |
| Team of the Season 15 | 24/04 12/06 | 25/04 13/06 | 19/04 07/06 |
| Shapeshifters 5 | 12/06 26/06 | 13/06 27/06 | |
| Road to WC 2 | 03/07 10/07 | ||
| WC Path To Glory 2 | 10/07 24/07 | ||
| FUTTIES 11 | 31/07 21/08 | 18/07 15/08 | 19/07 16/08 |
| Pre-Season 7 | 28/08 18/09 | 29/08 19/09 | 30/08 20/09 |
Road to the Knockouts
The first event of Football Club 26 celebrates the league stages of UEFA Champions League, Women’s Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League. It is mainly known for its dynamic items, upgraded based on the teams’ results (2 wins; goals in 4 matches; two top positions).
Ballon D’Or
The Ballon d’Or promo is a four-day promotion that highlights the standout players from the gala of the same name, granting loan themed items to those who log in.
Centurion
Centurions is a promo that celebrates longevity in football, combining more than 100 caps, goals, assists, or clean sheets. The special items released during this event include the first new Icon versions of the season.
Pro Live
FC 26 Pro Live is a promotional event centered around an e-sports competition, where dynamic items linked to each Pro player receive upgrades based on their real-life tournament performance.
Black Friday
Black Friday is one of the shortest yet most profitable events of the year. It features hourly promo packs (including 250k and 125k packs for the first time), lightning rounds, flash SBCs, re-released top TOTW items, and various other offers.
Radioactive
The Radioactive promo introduces special cards into the game that make a greater contribution to chemistry. They automatically get two Chemistry points when starting in their preferred positions without needing any links from other players.
Ultimate Succession
Ultimate Succession is a promo in Ultimate Team showcasing player items associated with family connections. These special items are released in groups that share a degree of kinship, whether it’s siblings or parent/child relationships.
Winter Wildcards
Winter Wildcards, Freeze, and FUTMas are different names for an Ultimate Team event designed to celebrate the holiday season. The event features three squads of special items, upgraded versions of Heroes and Icons, and daily player SBCs.
Team of the Year
Team of the Year is one of the oldest and most popular events in Ultimate Team. It celebrates the best eleven players of 2025 with special items featuring exciting upgrades.
Future Stars
The Future Stars event focuses on promising young talents, released through packs, objectives, SBCs, and swaps. These players receive special items reflecting the potential ratings they could achieve at the peak of their professional careers.
Fantasy FC
The Fantasy FC promo focuses on games from the top domestic European leagues. A selection of players, including Heroes, made available through packs, SBCs, and objectives, may receive upgrades based on personal performance and their team’s performance, particularly in terms of bookings, goals, assists, clean sheets and final results.
Ultimate Birthday
Ultimate Birthday is a two-weeks event created to celebrate the Ultimate Team game mode anniversary. It includes many offers, but the most interesting ones are the special items with boosted ratings and 5* weak foot/skills changes released in two teams (incuding Icons and heroes), objectives, and daily SBCs.
Road to the Final
Road to the Final is a replica of the RTTK event, but in this case, player items receive upgrades if their teams win or advance at select times during the knockout stages of the competitions. Instead of following the usual event format, RTTF is released through SBCs and the release of the winners from the four UEFA competitions in packs.
Team of the Season
Released annually since FUT 12, the TOTS event features multiple squads of special items over seven weeks, celebrating the best players of the football campaign across Europe and around the world.
Shapeshifters
The Shapeshifters promo is one of the final and longest-running events of the FUT cycle. It features special items given to select players who receive unique position changes and significant attribute boosts.
Road to the World Cup
The Road to the World Cup is the first promo of the most important football competition, that celebrates the tournament with special dynamic items, including Icons, representing players aiming to qualify or shine on the world stage.
WC Path to Glory
Path to Glory is a Football Club promo that highlights players participating in the World Cup qualifiers, featuring dynamic items that upgrade based on their performance and progress.
FUTTIES
The FUTTIES event celebrates the best of everything in Ultimate Team 26 by bringing back some of your favorite content, including SBCs, objectives, and ‘Best Of’ items. It also features new special items voted on by the community.
Pre-Season
Pre-Season is the last event of the Football Club 26 cycle. The offers list includes rewards for the next title you can win by completing squad building challenges and objectives in FC 26.
Frequently Asked Questions
FC 26 promos are limited-time events launched by Electronic Arts to enhance community engagement. They typically include themed offers such as special player items in packs, Squad Building Challenges (SBCs), and objectives.
Throughout the Football Club 25 lifecycle, many events take place. You can find out which one is coming next by checking the table published on this page.
The lineup of Ultimate Team events changes each year, but some promos are consistently released annually. For FC 26, we expect a variety of promos, including Black Friday, Road to the Final, Future Stars, Birthday, Team of the Season, and Pre-Season.
The later an event occurs, the better the rewards tend to be. The final promos of the game’s lifecycle usually feature high-rated cards, although many players may have stopped participating by then.
FC 26 promos can be as short as four days, as is the case with Black Friday, or as long as five weeks, as seen with Team of the Season. However, most UT events typically last for two weeks.
Team of the Season and Team of the Year are among the longest-running promos in Ultimate Team history. They have been released every year since FIFA 12 and FIFA 13, respectively.
Except in rare cases, FC 26 promos are released on Fridays.
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