EA FC 24 TOTY release date, launch time and full team leaks
Everything we know about Team of the Year.
The start of a new year can only mean one thing for EA FC 24 fans, and that's the Team of the Year release is just around the corner. Historically, when the footie series was known as FIFA, the new TOTY cards always launched in January for Ultimate Team.
And this hasn't changed for EA FC. It has been confirmed that the next Team of the Year promotion is launching in January 2024, with the full list of over 140 nominees revealed. There is one big change this year though, which sets EA FC 24 apart from previous FIFA games. For the first time in the franchise's history, there will be TOTY cards released for the women's game as well as the men's.
If you can't wait for the new EA FC 24 TOTY cards then we've rounded up everything you need to know. We've got details on the release date and start time for Team of the Year along with potential leaks for some of the new Ultimate Team cards, plus much more.
When is TOTY out in EA FC 24?
It has been confirmed that the EA FC 24 TOTY release date and time is 6pm GMT on Friday 19 January 2024. For those in other regions that's 8am PT, 11am ET and 7pm CET.
While we've got a date to mark down in our diaries, it hasn't been revealed yet whether EA will stagger the release of TOTY cards like with past Team of the Year promotions. All we know for certain is that's when the 2024 TOTY promotion will launch, with men's and women's cards announced then and released in packs at the same time.
With previous FIFA games, the TOTY cards were released in stages - with cards for attackers launched first, then midfielders and then defenders and goalkeepers together.
After that came the TOTY XI and then 12th players and Honorable Mentions cards. These cards were released over a seven day period, with launches separated by a few days.
How to vote for Team of the Year
If you wanted to have your say on which players got included in the Team of the Year promotion then we've got some bad news. Voting for the next TOTY cards is now closed. Voting began on Monday 8 January 2024 and finished a week later, with millions of people selecting who they'd like included in the TOTY men's and TOTY women's squads.
Team of the Year predictions
While we'll have to wait and see who gets voted in for the next Team of the Year from EA, chances are there will be some crossover with the starting 11s announced at the The Best FIFA Football Awards. These teams feature players from the men's and women's games who put in standout performances during the past year. The squads were announced at the recent awards ceremony in London, and were voted for by over 28,000 professional footballers from around the world.
As you'd expect, in the men's game there are plenty of players from treble winners Manchester City, including Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne. While the women's team includes players that shone at last year's World Cup, including Lionesses like Mary Earps and Lucy Bronze, and Spanish players that led their country to glory like Aitana Bonmati and Olga Carmona.
Here's the full line-ups for the FIFA and FIFPRO Men's and Women's World 11:
Men's World 11: Thibaut Courtois, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Kyle Walker, Jude Bellingham, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi, Vinicius Jr
Women's World 11: Mary Earps, Lucy Bronze, Olga Carmona, Alex Greenwood, Aitana Bonmati, Ella Toone, Keira Walsh, Lauren James, Sam Kerr, Alex Morgan, Alessia Russo
Ahead of the official reveal of the FC 24 TOTY squad, EA heavily hinted that Erling Haaland will be included in the Team of the Year promotion. A video was shared on the EA Nordic YouTube channel promoting the upcoming release, with Haaland etched into Norwegian landscapes. If Haaland does get included in Team of the Year, it would be the first time a male player from Norway received this honour from EA.
You can watch the Haaland-centric teaser for Team of the Year below:
TOTY cards and ratings leaks
In the lead-up to the official Team of the Year reveal, some of the cards coming in the latest EA FC 24 promotion could have been leaked. The FutSheriff account on Twitter appeared to leak the Ultimate XIs for the men's and women's game.
It's unclear whether this squad will be the only TOTY release this year, or whether EA will replicate previous Team of the Year schedules which spread multiple TOTY card launches out over the space of a week. Past TOTY releases began with attackers, before culminating in the Ultimate XI launches as well as the 12th player and Honorable Mentions cards.
According to the alleged leak, in the men's squad the highest rated cards will go to Manchester City duo Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne, as well as Inter Miami's Lionel Messi. This trio are tipped to get overall 98 rated cards. In the women's squad, the highest rated cards could go to Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmatí. The Spanish midfield maestros - who both play for Barcelona and lifted last year's World Cup - could also be getting overall 98 rated cards.
Here's a full list of the allegedly leaked TOTY cards:
Men's Ultimate XI: Alisson (97), Theo Hernández (94), Virgil van Dijk (96), Rúben Dias (97), Jeremie Frimpong (94), Kevin De Bruyne (98), Rodri (97), Jude Bellingham (96), Kylian Mbappe (97), Erling Haaland (98), Lionel Messi (98)
Women's Ultimate XI: Mary Earps (95), Sakina Karchaoui (95), Millie Bright (94), Wendie Renard (96), Ona Batlle (94), Alexia Putellas (98), Lena Oberdorf (96), Aitana Bonmatí (98), Sam Kerr (97), Sophia Smith (96), Caroline Graham Hansen (97)
Who are the TOTY nominees?
In total there are 146 nominees for the EA FC 24 Team of the Year promotion. For the men's TOTY squad there are 85 nominees while for the inaugural women's TOTY cards there's 61 nominees.
You can find the full list of nominees below:
Men's nominees
Goalkeepers
- Alisson: Liverpool
- Brice Samba: Lens
- Ederson: Manchester City
- Gregor Kobel: Borussia Dortmund
- Jan Oblak: Atletico Madrid
- Marc-Andre Ter Stegen: Barcelona
- Mike Maignan: AC Milan
- Wojciech Szczesny: Juventus
Defenders
- Alex Grimaldo: Bayer Leverkusen
- Alessandro Bastoni: Inter Milan
- Dante: Nice
- Federico Dimarco: Inter Milan
- Gaya: Villarreal
- Giovanni Di Lorenzo: Napoli
- Gleison Bremer: Juventus
- Jeremie Frimpong: Bayer Leverkusen
- Jesus Navas: Sevilla
- John Stones: Manchester City
- Jonathan Clauss: Marseille
- Jules Kounde: Barcelona
- Kim Min Jae: Bayern Munich
- Lucas Martinez Quarta: Fiorentina
- Marquinhos: PSG
- Mats Hummels: Borussia Dortmund
- Nicolas Otamendi: Benfica
- Ruben Dias: Manchester City
- Theo Hernandez: AC Milan
- Trent Alexander-Arnold: Liverpool
- Virgil van Dijk: Liverpool
- William Saliba: Arsenal
Midfielders
- Adrien Rabiot: Juventus
- Aleix Garcia: Girona
- Alexandr Golovin: AS Monaco
- Aurelien Tchouameni: Real Madrid
- Bernardo Silva: Manchester City
- Bruno Guimaraes: Newcastle United
- Bukayo Saka: Arsenal
- Declan Rice: Arsenal
- Domenico Berardi: Sassuolo
- Federico Valverde: Real Madrid
- Fedreico Cheisa: Juventus
- Florian Wirtz: Bayer Leverkusen
- Granit Xhaxa: Bayer Leverkusen
- Heung-Min Son: Tottenham
- Ilkay Gundogan: Barcelona
- Jack Grealish: Manchester City
- Jamal Musiala: Bayern Munich
- Jarrod Bowen: West Ham
- Jude Bellingham: Real Madrid
- Julian Brandt: Borussia Dortmund
- Kaoru Mitoma: Brighton
- Kevin De Bruyne: Manchester City
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia: Napoli
- Lee Kang-in: PSG
- Leroy Sane: Bayern Munich
- Luka Modric: Real Madrid
- Martin Odegaard: Arsenal
- Mohamed Salah: Liverpool
- Nicolo Barella: Inter Milan
- Ousmane Dembele: PSG
- Pedri: Barcelona
- Rafael Leao: AC Milan
- Riyad Mahrez: Al-Ahli
- Rodri: Manchester City
- Sergej Milinkovic-Savic: Al Hilal
- Takefusa Kubo: Real Sociedad
- Toni Kroos: Real Madrid
- Vincenzo Grifo: Freiburg
- Vinicius Jr: Real Madrid
Attackers
- Alvaro Morata: Atletico Madrid
- Antoine Griezmann: Atletico Madrid
- Cristiano Ronaldo: Al-Nassr
- Erling Haaland: Manchester City
- Gerard Moreno: Villarreal
- Harry Kane: Bayern Munich
- Karim Benzema: Al-Ittihad
- Kylian Mbappe: PSG
- Lautaro Martinez: Inter Milan
- Lionel Messi: Inter Miami
- Lois Openda: RB Leipzig
- Mehdi Taremi: Porto
- Randal Kolo Muani: PSG
- Robert Lewandowski: Barcelona
- Serhou Guirassy: Stuttgart
- Victor Osimhen: Napoli
Women's nominees
Goalkeepers
- Chiamaka Nnadozie: Paris FC
- Christiane Endler: Lyon
- Jane Campbell: Houston Dash
- Mary Earps: Manchester United
- Merle Frohms: Wolfsburg
Defenders
- Amanda Ilestedt: Arsenal
- Ellie Carpenter: Lyon
- Fridolina Roflo: Barcelona
- Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir: Bayern Munich
- Irene Paredes: Barcelona
- Jenna Nighswonger: NJ/NY Gotham
- Katie McCabe: Arsenal
- Mapi Leon: Barcelona
- Mille Bright: Chelsea
- Naomi Girma: San Diego Wave
- Niamh Charles: Chelsea
- Olga Carmona: Real Madrid
- Ona Batlle: Barcelona
- Sakina Karchaoui: PSG
- Selma Bacha: Lyon
- Wendie Renard: Lyon
Midfielders
- Aitana Bonmatí: Barcelona
- Alexia Putellas: Barcelona
- Barbara Dunst: Frankfurt
- Caroline Weir: Real Madrid
- Clara Mateo: Paris FC
- Debinha: Kansas City
- Estefania Banini: Atletico Madrid
- Frida Maanum: Arsenal
- Gaëtane Thiney: Paris FC
- Georgia Stanway: Bayern Munich
- Grace Geyoro: PSG
- Janina Minge: Freiburg
- Keira Walsh: Barcelona
- Kerolin Nicoli: North Carolina Courage
- Leicy Santos: Atletico Madrid
- Lena Oberdorf: Wolfsburg
- Patri Guijarro: Barcelona
- Sam Cofffey: Portland Thorns
Attackers
- Alba Redondo: Levante
- Alexandra Popp: Wolfsburg
- Bethany England: Tottenham
- Caroline Graham Hansen: Barcelona
- Chloe Kelly: Manchester City
- Eugénie Le Sommer: Lyon
- Ewa Pajor: Wolfsburg
- Guro Reiten: Chelsea
- Kadidiatou Diani: Lyon
- Khadija Shaw: Manchester City
- Lauren Hemp: Manchester City
- Lea Schuller: Bayern Munich
- Linda Caicedo: Real Madrid
- Lynn Williams: NJ/NY Gothams
- Melissa Kossler: Hoffenheim
- Racheal Kundananji: Real Madrid
- Rachel Daly: Aston Villa
- Salma Paralluelo: Barcelona
- Sam Kerr: Chelsea
- Sophia Smith: Portland Thorns
- Tabitha Chawinga: PSG
- Trinity Rodman: Washington Spirit
That's it for our round-up of everything we know about Team of the Year. For more on EA FC 24, head to our pages on the EA FC 24 cheap players, EA FC 24 wonderkids, and the best strikers to sign in Career Mode.