FC 26 WINTER WILDCARDS

FC 26 Winter Wildcards event celebrates the holiday season with many offers.

Winter Wildcards

Winter Wildcards, Freeze, and FUTMas are different names for an Ultimate Team event celebrating the holiday season.

This promo features three teams of special items that add a festive touch to your squad. These cards receive permanent upgrades inspired by past, present, or potential future UT Campaign boosts.

Release Dates

The Winter Wildcards event was released for the first time in FIFA 22.
Release dates for FC 26 are estimated.

Start	19/12/2025 18:00 Fri
End	02/01/2026 18:00 Fri

Start	20/12/2024 18:00 Fri
End	03/01/2025 18:00 Fri

Start	22/12/2023 18:00 Fri
End	01/01/2024 18:00 Fri

Start	23/12/2022 18:00 Fri
End	06/01/2023 18:00 Fri

Start	17/12/2021 18:00 Fri
End	31/12/2021 18:00 Fri

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Winter Wildcard cards?

FC 26 Winter Wildcard cards are a special item category given to a limited selection of players, temporarily replacing their regular cards. These items come with boosted ratings and stats and can be obtained through packs, objectives, and SBCs.

What are the ratings of Winter Wildcard items?

FC 26 Winter Wildcard items are released with upgraded ratings and boosted stats, similar to most other special cards. With Winter Wildcards, anything is possible — keep an eye out for position changes, skill move or weak foot upgrades, 99-rated stats, new playstyles, and even PlayStyle+ or ++ assignments.

How does Winter Wilcard items get upgraded?

Winter Wildcard items cannot be upgraded, and their stats remain permanent, without any changes until the end of the game.

How can I get one of these cards?

You can get FC 26 Winter Wildcard items just like any other card, either in packs or on the transfer market. If you’re trying your luck with packs, head to the store and purchase them using coins or FC Points. These items can appear in any pack that includes player cards, including free ones.

You may also earn Winter Wildcard items by completing SBCs and specific objectives.

Winter Wildcard Items

During the event, three teams of themed players and one of re-releases are released on the following dates:

Best of Winter Re-Release: 18/12 to 02/01
Team 1: 19/12 to 26/12
Team 2: 24/12 to 02/01
Team 3: 26/12 to 02/01

Best of Winter Re-Release
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Team 1
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Team 2
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Team 3
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Icons & Heroes – Team 3
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Squad Building Challenges and Objectives
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Best of Winter Re-Release
RB	Diogo Dalot	86
CB	Marquinhos	90
CB	Micky van de Ven	86
LB	Selma Bacha	89
CAM	Rodrigo	92
CM	Federico Valverde	91
CM	Luka Modrić	89
CAM	Florian Wirtz	90
RM	Michael Olise	89
RM	Trinity Rodman	87
RW	Caroline G Hansen	92
RW	Ousmane Dembélé	88
RW	Federico Chiesa	86
LW	Vinícius Jr	92
LW	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia	89
ST	Kylian Mbappé	92
ST	Viktor Gyökeres	90
ST	Mayra Ramírez	87
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Team 1
RB	Pedro Porro	89
CB	Erling Haaland	94
CB	Parejo	88
CB	Dominique Janssen	88
CB	Marc Guéhi	87
CB	Vivian	87
LB	Rose Lavelle	89
LB	Sergio Gómez	87
CDM	Frenkie de Jong	91
CDM	Declan Rice	90
CDM	Willi Orban	87
CDM	Branco van den Boomen	86
CM	Frenkie de Jong	91
CAM	Ademola Lookman	89
CAM	Malik Tillman	88
RM	Eren Dinkçi	86
RW	Caroline G Hansen	93
LM	Salem Al Dawsari	89
LM	Osame Sahraoui	86
LW	Vinícius Júnior	93
ST	Erling Haaland	94
ST	Vinícius Júnior	93
ST	Alexandre Lacazette	89
ST	Mauro Icardi	88
ST	Deniz Undav	87
ST	Liam Delap	86
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Icons & Heroes – Team 1
CB	Carlos Alberto Torres	92
CB	Javier Mascherano	89
CDM	Carlos Alberto Torres	92
CDM	Yaya Touré	90
CDM	Javier Mascherano	89
CM	Xavi	91
CM	Paul Scholes	89
CAM	Gheorghe Hagi	89
RW	Saeed Al Owairan	87
LM	Eden Hazard	91
LW	Antonio Di Natale	89
ST	Ronaldo Nazário	95
ST	Ronaldo Nazário	90
ST	Antonio Di Natale	89
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Team 2
RB	Saud Abdulhamid	87
CB	Antonio Rüdiger	89
CB	Dávid Hancko	87
CDM	Kobbie Mainoo	88
CDM	Niklas Süle	86
CM	Florian Wirtz	91
CM	Bernardo Silva	89
CAM	Florian Wirtz	91
CAM	Neymar Jr	91
CAM	Rafa	87
CAM	Santi Cazorla	87
CAM	Sem Steijn	86
RM	Václav Černý	86
RW	Beth Mead	89
LM	Callum Hudson-Odoi	87
ST	Neymar Jr	91
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Icons & Heroes – Team 2
RB	Steve McManaman	88
CB	Vincent Kompany	90
CM	Gianluigi Buffon	91
RM	Steve McManaman	88
LW	Rivaldo	92
ST	Mia Hamm	94
ST	Carlos Tévez	90
ST	Mia Hamm	89
ST	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	88
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Team 3
RB	David De Gea	88
RB	Danilo	88
RB	Bryan Mbeumo	87
CB	Sara Doorsoun	87
CB	Vanessa Gilles	87
CB	Aleksandar Mitrović	87
CB	Manuela Vanegas	86
LB	Fridolina Rolfö	89
LB	Zuriko Davitashvili	86
CDM	Fred	87
CM	Fridolina Rolfö	89
CM	Vitinha	89
CM	Nadiem Amiri	86
CAM	Juan Mata	88
RM	Jarrod Bowen	88
RM	Moussa Diaby	88
RW	Sophia Smith	91
RW	André Onana	87
LM	David Neres	87
LM	Bryan Gil	86
LW	Heung Min Son	90
LW	Daizen Maeda	86
ST	Sophia Smith	91
ST	Heung Min Son	90
ST	Loïs Openda	88
ST	Alexander Sørloth	88
ST	Aymeric Laporte	88
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Icons & Heroes – Team 3
RB	Alex Scott	88
CB	Diego Milito	89
CB	Nemanja Vidić	88
LB	Alex Scott	88
CDM	Carles Puyol	90
CM	Homare Sawa	92
CM	Dirk Kuyt	87
CAM	Homare Sawa	92
CAM	Dirk Kuyt	87
ST	Kenny Dalglish	93
ST	Birgit Prinz	93
ST	Kenny Dalglish	88
ST	Jorge Campos	88
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Squad Building Challenges and Objectives
RB	Przemysław Frankowski	86
LB	Nuno Mendes	88
CDM	Claude Makélélé	88
CM	Gavi	88
CAM	Robert Pirès	89
CAM	Klara Bühl	87
RW	Thorgan Hazard	86
LM	Zé Roberto	90
ST	Sócrates	90
ST	Andriy Shevchenko	89
ST	Cody Gakpo	89
ST	Diego Forlán	89
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Best of Winter Re-Release
CB	Bremer	87
LB	Sakina Karchaoui	88
LB	Alphonso Davies	86
LB	Theo Hernández	86
CDM	N’Golo Kanté	89
CM	Federico Valverde	90
CM	Joelinton	86
CM	Conor Gallagher	85
RM	Jeremie Frimpong	85
RW	Kadidiatou Diani	92
RW	Caroline Hansen	91
LW	Vinícius Júnior	92
LW	Kylian Mbappé	92
LW	Jack Grealish	88
LW	Ivan Perišić	86
LW	Wilfried Zaha	86
ST	Erling Haaland	92
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Team 1
GK	Ruud van Nistelrooy	91
RB	Álex Baldé	86
CB	Virgil van Dijk	91
CB	Éder Militão	88
CM	Alexia Putellas	92
CM	Alejandro Grimaldo	88
CM	Ian Rush	88
CM	Enzo Fernández	87
CM	Georginio Wijnaldum	85
CAM	Marco van Basten	92
CAM	Marco Reus	89
CAM	Eberechi Eze	85
CAM	Rayan Cherki	84
RW	Raphinha	87
LM	Michael Owen	89
LW	Gary Lineker	91
LW	Marcos Llorente	87
CF	Paulo Dybala	89
ST	Pelé	96
ST	Didier Drogba	91
ST	Cristiano Ronaldo	91
ST	Alex Morgan	90
ST	Fernando Torres	89
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Mini-Release 1
RW	Denzel Dumfries	85
RW	Domenico Berardi	89
LW	Ryan Kent	84
ST	Alexander Isak	85
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Team 2
RB	Nordi Mukiele	87
CB	Fernando Hierro	90
CB	Kyle Walker	86
CB	Edmond Tapsoba	86
CDM	David Alaba	88
CDM	Ellyes Skhiri	87
CDM	Denis Zakaria	87
CM	Deyna Castellanos	87
CAM	Hristo Stoichkov	90
RM	Oyarzabal	88
RW	Jérémy Doku	86
LM	Filip Kostic	86
LW	Emilio Butragueño	90
CF	John Barnes	89
ST	Juan Román Riquelme	89
ST	Christopher Nkunku	90
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Team 3
GK	Skelly Alvero	85
RB	Michael Laudrup	90
RB	Tariq Lamptey	86
CB	Lev Yashin	93
CB	William Saliba	87
CB	Jawad El Yamiq	84
LWB	Jonjo Shelvey	84
CDM	Miroslav Klose	90
CDM	Jules Koundé	89
CM	Dennis Bergkamp	92
CM	Leon Goretzka	88
CM	Renato Sanches	86
CM	Alexis Claude-Maurice	85
CAM	Alan Shearer	91
CAM	Debinha	89
RW	Garrincha	93
LM	Karim Adeyemi	86
LW	Hugo Sánchez	91
CF	Giacomo Raspadori	85
ST	Raúl González	92
ST	Mohamed Salah	92
ST	Thibaut Courtois	91
ST	Casemiro	90
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Mini-Release 2
CB	Eric Curbelo	84
CM	Adrien Rabiot	87
CM	Erick Lamela	86
ST	Sheraldo Becker	86
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Daily Items
04/01	David Trezeguet	88
03/01	John Stones	89
02/01	Roy Keane	88
01/01	Krépin Diatta	86
31/12	Davor Šuker	89
30/12	Alisson Becker	90
29/12	Ian Wright	90
28/12	Ciro Immobile	88
27/12	Bobby Moore	91
26/12	Kevin Mbabu	85
25/12	Alessandro Del Piero	91
24/12	Kai Havertz	87
23/12	Luís Hernández	88
22/12	Gabriel Martinelli	89
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Squad Building Challenges and Objectives
CB	Yerry Mina	86
LW	Jonathan Bamba	86
ST	Mario Balotelli	86
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Seasons
LW	Elye Wahi	86
ST	Lukas Podolski	86
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Team 1
GK	Jack Butland	89
RB	Jeremy Toljan	86
CB	Fikayo Tomori	88
CB	Lukas Klostermann	86
LB	Ferland Mendy	87
CDM	N’Golo Kanté	91
CM	Kevin De Bruyne	93
CAM	Giorgio Chiellini	87
RW	João Félix	89
RW	Daniele Verde	85
LM	Tahith Chong	84
LW	Jadon Sancho	90
LW	Justin Kluivert	86
ST	Alexandre Lacazette	89
ST	Ousmane Dembélé	87
ST	Alexandre Pato	86
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Mini-Release 1
LB	Ismaily	85
CM	Gravenberch	87
RM	Hernâni	85
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Team 2
GK	Milinkovic-Savic	88
RB	Jordan Amavi	87
CB	Raphael Varane	88
CB	KP Boateng	87
CB	Wout Weghorst	87
LB	Andrew Robertson	89
CDM	Joshua Kimmich	91
CDM	Jon Garrido	84
CM	Karim Benzema	92
CM	Marcelino Moreno	85
CAM	Florian Wirtz	87
CAM	Brahim Díaz	86
RW	Gabriel Jesus	89
LW	Saint-Maximin	87
ST	Adama Traoré	86
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Mini-Release 2
RB	Fábio	86
CM	Ander Herrera	00
LW	Nicolas Pépé	87
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Daily Items
05/01	Matteo Politano	88
04/01	André Hahn	86
03/01	Noah Fadiga	86
02/01	Jonjoe Kenny	87
01/01	JR Bellegarde	86
31/12	Silas	85
30/12	Eric Bailly	87
29/12	Maxim Gullit	86
28/12	Noble Okello	85
27/12	Reece Oxford	86
26/12	Toni Kroos	91
25/12	Dimitri Payet	89
24/12	Mesut Özil	86
23/12	Rodrigo De Paul	87
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Squad Building Challenges and Objectives
CDM	Felix Passlack	74
CAM	Reinier	85
RW	Ahmed Musa	86
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Team 1
RWB	Nelson Semedo	86
CB	Pau Torres	86
CB	Moussa Niakhaté	85
CB	Axel Tuanzebe	85
LWB	L Spinazzola	87
CM	Paul Pogba	90
CM	Milinkovic-Savic	88
CM	Adel Taarabt	86
RW	Jordan Graham	84
LW	F Acheampong	85
CF	Fabinho	89
ST	Neymar Jr	93
ST	Kingsley Coman	89
ST	Breel Embolo	85
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Mini-Release 1
CM	Luka Modric	90
RM	Dodi Lukébakio	85
ST	Jonathan David	86
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Team 2
RB	A Florenzi	85
CB	Çağlar Söyüncü	86
CB	Nnamdi Collins	85
LB	Kieran Tierney	86
CDM	Mattéo Guendouzi	86
CAM	Lucas Moura	88
RW	Raheem Sterling	90
LW	Eden Hazard	88
ST	Anthony Martial	88
ST	José Morales	86
ST	R Alessandrini	86
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Mini-Release 2
GK	Mike Maignan	88
RWB	Azpilicueta	87
CB	Jordan Teze	85
LB	Álex Moreno	85
LWB	Thomas Delaine	85
LW	Embarba	86
ST	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	91
ST	Mehdi Taremi	86
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Daily Items
26/12	Nicolas Cozza	85
25/12	Philippe Coutinho	88
24/12	Florian Kainz	84
23/12	Riccardo Orsolini	85
22/12	O Etebo	86
21/12	Houssem Aouar	87
20/12	Tyler Magloire	84
19/12	Goran Pandev	88
18/12	Djibril Sow	86
17/12	Wilfried Zaha	86
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