FUT Birthday Anniversary Celebration was created to celebrate the success of the FIFA Ultimate Team game mode and it currently is one of the best FIFA promotions. This event is released every year in late March and lasts for about a week. During FUT Birthday Anniversary event, great offers are shared with the FIFA fans, including free packs and exclusive squad building challenges. In this guide you can know everything about the FIFA 17 FUT Birthday 8th Anniversary, including how it affects the market, how it was in previous years and an updated promotional offers list.
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- Introduction
FUT Birthday Date
Offers of Previous Years
Available Offers
How the Market is Affected
Frequently Asked Questions
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FIFA 17 FUT Birthday Promotions Introduction
What is the FIFA 17 8th Anniversary promotion?
FIFA Ultimate Team was first introduced in FIFA 09 on March 19th 2009. Since then, it has been the most successful and profitable game mode in EA Sports FIFA’s history. To celebrate it’s anniversary and the birth date of the game mode, EA release the FUT Birthday event. FUT Birthday Anniversary Celebration was first introduced by Electronic Arts in FIFA 14 and since then, it has been one of the best FIFA promotions. This event is released every year in late March and lasts for about a week. During FUT Birthday week, great offers are shared with the FIFA fans.
On the FUT 8th anniversary, Electronic Arts will probably give away daily free packs for all FUT players and make available new and exclusive squad building challenges.
Details on FIFA 17 FUT Birthday offers will be updated below.
FIFA 17 FUT Birthday 8th Anniversary Date
When FIFA 17 FUT Birthday promotion will be released?
The FUT Birthday promotion has been going since FIFA 14.
For FIFA 17 Ultimate Team, the FUT 8th Anniversary event dates are:
FIFA 17 FUT Birthday
31 March (Friday) to 8 April 2017 (Saturday) CONFIRMED
In the following table you can see the FUT Birthday Anniversary release dates of previous years:
Promotions Date | |
FIFA 17 | 31 March – 08 April 2017 |
FIFA 16 | 21-28 March 2016 |
FIFA 15 | 23-29 March 2015 |
FIFA 14 | 19-24 March 2014 |
FIFA Anniversary Offers of Previous Years
How was the FUT Birthday in FIFA 16?
These were the offers available during the 7th anniversary of FUT.
FUT Birthday offers were amazing in FIFA 16:
FUT Packs Offers
New FUT pack offer available on the FUT store every 8 hours: 1.8k Premium Bronze Players Packs, 7k Premium Silver Players Packs, 25k Premium Gold Players Packs, 25k Rare Gold Pack, 35k Mega Packs, 50k Rare Players Packs and 100k Jumbo Rare Players Packs.
Free FUT Packs
One untradeable pack each day, per account: 5k Gold Pack, 7.5k Premium Gold Pack, 15k Jumbo Premium Gold Pack, 25k Rare Gold Pack, 25k Premium Gold Players Pack, 35K Mega Pack and 50k Rare Players Pack.
FUT Featured Tournament
‘FUT Birthday Cup’, available during the promotion (a week), with ever-increasing rewards for both single player and online game mode:
Online:
First win – Exclusive Ultimate Team Kit
Second win – 7,000 coins
Third win – 25k Rare Gold Pack
Fourth win – 8,500 coins
Fifth win – 35k Mega Pack
Sixth win – 10,000 coins
Seventh win – 100k Jumbo Rare Players Pack
Single Player:
First win – 7.5k Premium Gold Pack
Second win – 3,000 coins
Third win – 25k Rare Gold Pack
Fourth win – 5,000 coins
Fifth win – 25k Premium Gold Players Pack
Sixth win: 7,000 coins
Seventh win – 50k Rare Players Pack
Player’s International Positions Cards
EA Sports released 21 cards with the player’s international positions, including Cristiano Ronaldo, David Silva, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale.
FIFA 17 FUT Birthday Offers
What you can win with the FIFA 17 8th Anniversary Promotion?
FUT Birthday Squad
Turn back time and celebrate the history of FUT with the FUT Birthday Squad! Featuring 23 current players who were fan favorites in previous versions, each FUT Birthday Squad member has upgraded ratings reminiscent of their past FUT item and a brand-new item type.
Here is the full FIFA 17 FUT Birthday squad:
GOALKEEPERS AND DEFENDERS
GK: Salvatore Sirigu (CA Osasuna) – 82->85
CB: David Luiz (Chelsea) – 84 -> 87
CB: Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) – 80 -> 83
RB: Ignazio Abate (AC Milan) – 78 -> 84
LB: Ashley Cole (LA Galaxy) – 73 -> 86
MIDFIELDERS
CAM: Stephan El Shaarawy (AS Roma) – 81 -> 84
RM: Jakub Błaszczykowski (VfL Wolfsburg) – 79 -> 83
LM: Nani (Valencia CF) – 83 -> 87
FORWARDS
ST: Seydou Doumbia (FC Basel) – 79 -> 84
ST: Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) – 84 -> 86
ST: Fernando Torres (Atlético Madrid) – 81 -> 88
ST: Luis Muriel (Sampdoria) – 76 -> 84
ST: Darren Bent (Derby County) – 72 -> 83
ST: Emmanuel Emenike (Fenerbahçe SK) – 76 -> 84
ST: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) – 73 -> 81
ST: Alexander Esswein (Hertha Berlin) – 74 -> 81
ST: Adrián Ramos (Granada CF) – 78 -> 82
Free Packs
Every year, during the FUT Birthday event, Electronic Arts offers FUT packs to everyone. This year, they will continue to offer free packs but only for who completes the daily SBCs.
Playing FUT every day could be very rewarding during FUT Birthday! Come back every day to complete a new Daily FUT Birthday SBC. In addition to the regular rewards you get for completing the SBC, you will become eligible for additional tiered rewards if you complete 3 or more Daily Birthday SBCs. The more Daily Birthday SBCs you complete, the higher your reward! The extra rewards will be distributed after the event ends and before April 14th, but will still include a chance to receive FUT Birthday Squad items. The extra Daily Birthday SBC rewards are untradeable and do not stack. You can see the list of free packs here:
Exactly 3 Daily Birthday SBCs completed – Mega Pack
Exactly 4 Daily Birthday SBCs completed – Prime Player Pack
Exactly 5 Daily Birthday SBCs completed – Rare Players Pack
Exactly 6 Daily Birthday SBCs completed – Rare Mega Pack
Exactly 7 Daily Birthday SBCs completed – Jumbo Rare Players Pack
Exactly 8 Daily Birthday SBCs completed – Ultimate Pack
Promo Packs
EA knows that these big events are the perfect time to sell packs and for that reason they release the most wanted packs on the FUT 17 store.
The most likely promo packs are these ones:
15k Premium Gold Jumbo packs
25k Premium Gold Players packs
25k Rare Gold packs
35k Mega packs
50k Rare Players packs
100k Jumbo Rare Players packs
125k Ultimate packs
You can see the List of Promo Packs available on the FUT 17 store here:
March 31 (Friday)
125k Ultimate packs | Global Limit | 9pm ??
125k Ultimate packs | Global Limit | 8pm ??
100k Jumbo Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 7pm ??
50k Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 6pm ??
45k Prime Gold Players Pack | Limit: 20 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
April 01 (Saturday)
125k Ultimate packs | Global Limit | 8pm ??
100k Jumbo Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 7pm ??
55k Rare Mega packs | Global Limit | 6pm ??
50k Rare Players packs | 24 hours | 6pm ??
125k Ultimate packs | Global Limit | 3am ??
100k Jumbo Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 2am ??
50k Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 1am ??
April 02 (Sunday)
125k Ultimate packs | Global Limit | 9pm ??
125k Ultimate packs | Global Limit | 8pm ??
100k Jumbo Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 7pm ??
50k Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 6pm ??
45k Prime Gold Players Pack | Limit: 20 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
125k Ultimate packs | Global Limit | 3am ??
100k Jumbo Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 2am ??
50k Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 1am ??
April 03 (Monday)
50k Rare Players packs | Limit: 5 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
25k Rare Gold Pack | Limit: 10 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
125k Ultimate packs | Global Limit | 3am ??
100k Jumbo Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 2am ??
50k Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 1am ??
April 04 (Tuesday)
12.5k Premium Electrum Players packs | Limit: 5 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
45k Prime Gold Players packs | Limit: 20 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
April 05 (Wednesday)
25k Premium Gold Players packs | Limit: 20 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
55k Rare Mega packs | Limit: 20 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
April 06 (Thursday)
100k Jumbo Rare Players packs | Limit: 10 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
35k Mega packs | Limit: 10 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
April 07 (Friday)
100k Jumbo Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 8pm ??
50k Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 8pm ??
55k Rare Mega packs | Limit: 10 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
Prime Gold Players Pack | Limit: 15 | 24 hours | 6pm ??
April 08 (Saturday)
125k Ultimate packs | Global Limit | 3am ??
100k Jumbo Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 2am ??
50k Rare Players packs | Global Limit | 1am ??
Global, Premium and Daily Squad Building Challenge
Introducing brand new SBC Premium Items for the first time in FUT! Three FUT favourites get an extra special Premium SBC version! Released as individual SBCs and available for the duration of the event, these unique items will be upgraded even more than their FUT Birthday Squad version. Completing one or more of these SBCs will also reward a unique SBC Kit.
To celebrate the FUT Birthday, play the special SBCs with the chance to earn unique rewards. Hurry though, it’s only available for a limited time!
DAILY SBCs
Birthday Day 8
Day 8 of 8. Exchange a squad of players before time expires!
Requirements:
Min. 8 Gold Players
Min. Team Rating: 8
Min. Team Chemistry: 8
Number of Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Gold Players pack + 1 Classic Kit
Estimated Price: 3k
Repeatable: No
Start: 07/04/2017 6pm ??
End: 08/04/2017 6pm ??
Birthday Day 7
Day 7 of 8. Exchange a squad of players before time expires!
Requirements:
Leagues: Min 6
Nationalities: Min 3
Gold Players: Min 4
Team Chemistry: Min 90
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Gold pack
Estimated Price: 3k
Repeatable: No
Start: 06/04/2017 6pm ??
End: 07/04/2017 6pm ??
Birthday Day 6
Day 6 of 8. Exchange a squad of players before time expires!
Requirements:
Same Nation Count: Max 4
Squad Rating: Min 70
Team Chemistry: Min 90
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Premium Silver Players pack
Estimated Price: 3k
Repeatable: No
Start: 05/04/2017 6pm ??
End: 06/04/2017 6pm ??
Birthday Day 5
Day 5 of 8. Exchange a squad of players before time expires!
Requirements:
Min. 5 Gold Players
Min. 2 Silver Players
Max 6 Players from the same League
Min. Team Chemistry: 90
Number of Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Electrum Players pack
Estimated Price: 3k
Repeatable: No
Start: 04/04/2017 6pm ??
End: 05/04/2017 6pm ??
Birthday Day 4
Day 4 of 8. Exchange a squad of players before time expires!
Requirements:
Same Nation Count: Exactly 11
Squad Rating: Min 60
Team Chemistry: Min 95
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Rare Consumables pack
Estimated Price: 2k
Repeatable: No
Start: 03/04/2017 6pm ??
End: 04/04/2017 6pm ??
Birthday Day 3
Day 3 of 8. Exchange a squad of players before time expires!
Requirements:
Same League Count: Max 4
Squad Rating: Min 66
Team Chemistry: Min 90
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Silver Players pack
Estimated Price: 3k
Repeatable: No
Start: 02/04/2017 6pm ??
End: 03/04/2017 6pm ??
Birthday Day 2
Day 2 of 8. Exchange a squad of players before time expires!
Requirements:
Same Nation Count: Max 6
Gold Players: Min 3
Silver Players: Min 3
Team Chemistry: Min 90
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Premium Gold pack
Estimated Price: 3k
Repeatable: No
Start: 01/04/2017 6pm ??
End: 02/04/2017 6pm ??
Birthday Day 1
Day 1 of 8. Exchange a squad of players before time expires!
Requirements:
Same League Count: Exactly 11
Squad Rating: Min 62
Team Chemistry: Min 95
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Jumbo Premium Silver pack
Estimated Price: 2k
Repeatable: No
Start: 31/03/2017 6pm ??
End: 01/04/2017 6pm ??
GLOBAL SBCs
TOTW Tradeable
Exchange a squad for a guaranteed player from the active TOTW (when pack is opened)!
Requirements:
Squad Rating: Min 84
IF Players: Min 2
Team Chemistry: Min 30
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x TOTW player
Estimated Price: –
Repeatable: Yes
Start: 31/03/2017 6pm ??
End: 08/04/2017 6pm ??
TOTW 28 Guarantee
Exchange a squad for a TOTW player from TOTW 28 (untradeable)!
Requirements:
Squad Rating: Min 84
Team Chemistry: Min 30
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x TOTW 28 player
Estimated Price: –
Repeatable: Yes
Start: 31/03/2017 6pm ??
End: 05/04/2017 6pm ??
82+ Rated Guarantee
Exchange a squad for a guaranteed Rare Gold player rated 82 or higher (untradeable)!
Requirements:
Player Level: Exactly Gold
Rare Players: Min 7
Team Chemistry: Min 30
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x 82+ Rated player
Estimated Price: –
Repeatable: Yes
Start: 31/03/2017 6pm ??
End: 08/04/2017 6pm ??
PREMIUM SBCs
Stephan El Shaarawy
Earn a Premium SBC El Shaarawy with his FUT 12 position (untradeable)!
1) Challenge ‘Rare Items’
Requirements:
Squad Rating: Min 87
Team Chemistry: Min 40
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Prime Gold Players Pack
2) Challenge ‘Special Items’
Requirements:
Non Rare + Rare Players: Max 3
IF Players: Min 4
Squad Rating: Min 87
Team Chemistry: Min 40
FUT-CHAMP Players: Max 6
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Rare Players Pack
Repeatable: No
Start: 31/03/2017 6pm ??
End: 08/04/2017 6pm ??
David Luiz
Earn a Premium SBC David Luiz with his FUT 13 position (untradeable)!
1) Challenge ‘Rare Items’
Requirements:
Squad Rating: Min 89
Team Chemistry: Min 40
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Prime Gold Players Pack
2) Challenge ‘Special Items’
Requirements:
Non Rare + Rare Players: Max 3
IF Players: Min 5
Squad Rating: Min 88
Team Chemistry: Min 40
FUT-CHAMP Players: Max 4
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Rare Players Pack
Repeatable: No
Start: 31/03/2017 6pm ??
End: 08/04/2017 6pm ??
Fernando Torres
Earn a Premium SBC David Luiz with his FUT 10 position (untradeable)!
1) Challenge ‘Rare Items’
Requirements:
Squad Rating: Min 88
Team Chemistry: Min 40
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Prime Gold Players Pack
2) Challenge ‘Special Items’
Requirements:
Non Rare + Rare Players: Max 2
IF Players: Min 6
Squad Rating: Min 88
Team Chemistry: Min 40
FUT-CHAMP Players: Max 3
Players in the Squad: 11
Rewards: 1x Rare Players Pack
Repeatable: No
Start: 31/03/2017 6pm ??
End: 08/04/2017 6pm ??
Daily Gitfs
Also make sure you log-in the Web and Companion Apps to receive daily rewards for the duration of FUT Birthday.
How the Market is Affected by the 8th FUT Birthday
What happens to the cards’ prices during this promotion?
The FUT Birthday promotion has a medium impact on the FUT 17 market, especially on days when the best free packs are released. Usually the prices drop more than 15%, which means that you can buy cards and sell them shortly after by a small profit margins.
FIFA 17 FUT Birthday Frequently Asked Questions
What you need to know about FIFA 17 8th Anniversary
Q: What is the FIFA 17 FUT Birthday?
A: FIFA 17 FUT Birthday is an event that Electronic Arts organises to celebrate the Ultimate Team 8th anniversary. It includes very interesting offers .
Q: When is the FIFA 17 FUT Birthday?
A: The promotion runs between 31 March (Friday) and 08 April 2017 (Saturday).
Q: Why do EA release the FUT Anniversary promotion after March 19th?
A: That’s because St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated every year on March 17th, which is two days prior to FUT’s birthday.
Q: What can we expect from FIFA 17 FUT Birthday?
A:Promo packs, daily free packs and new squad building challenges.
Q: Can we expect 100k Jumbo Rare Players Packs?
A: Yes. These packs are usually released during the FUT Anniversary promotions.
Q: Can we expect a featured tournament related with the FUT Birthday?
A: No. The FUT Birthday Tournament was one of the most important FUT tournaments in previous years. However, because of the FUT Champions, this year EA is not releasing online themed tournaments.
Q: Will EA Sports release free packs to everyone during FIFA 17 FUT Birthday?
A: Yes, but only for who completes at least three daily SBCs.
Q: What do I have to do to get these free packs?
A: You need to complete a minimum of three daily SBCs.
Q: How many free packs can we expect?
A: Up to six packs.
Q: When will the best free packs be released?
A: The best packs are only available for who completes all the daily FUT Birthday SBCs.
Q: Where I can see which offers are assigned for each FIFA 17 FUT Birthday day?
A: You can check in this page the complete program.
FUT Birthday History
FIFA 16
FIFA 15
FIFA 14