FIFA 23 FUT Birthday Team 1 release: all players
Update (31.03.2023: Check this article for Team 2's release.
Update (28.03.2023): AS Monaco's Axel Disasi (87 OVR) is the newest FUT Birthday player available via SBC.
Update (27.03.2023): Rivaldo (93 OVR) is now available via SBC and the FUT Birthday Team 1 mini-release brought the Twin versions of Koke (88 OVR), Oleksandr Zinchenko (90 OVR), and Darwin Núñez (89 OVR) into the game. Alex Iwobi (89 OVR) is another SBC reward.
Original (24.03.2023): FIFA 23 FUT Birthday Team 1 is finally out and available through FUT packs. The FUT Birthday Token Swaps have already been going for a while, but the wait for Team 1’s release was still a long one despite that. At least we had a pretty substantial amount of leaks to keep us company, right?
Team 1 of FUT Birthday once again proves that the FIFA 23 leaker community is well-informed about what’s going on behind the scenes, and we expect the players mentioned in leaks but not included in Team 1’s release to follow during the next couple of days in the form of mini-releases. These are often scheduled for the Sunday after the promo, meaning you can expect the next batch of cards to arrive on March 26, 2023. These are likely going to be the Twin cards from the leaks.
First things first, though: Here are all FIFA 23 FUT Birthday Team 1 players and Icons available in packs right now.
FIFA 23 FUT Birthday Team 1: all players
Regular FUT Birthday Team 1 players:
- Bernardo Silva (93 OVR) – Manchester City
- João Félix (89 OVR) – Chelsea FC
- Thomas Müller (91 OVR) – FC Bayern München
- Emerson Royal (88 OVR) – Tottenham Hotspur
- Djibril Sow (86 OVR) – Eintracht Frankfurt
- Alban Lafont (89 OVR) – FC Nantes
- Marquinhos (91 OVR) – Paris Saint-Germain
- Samuel Chukwueze (87 OVR) – Villarreal CF
- Yeray Álvarez (86 OVR) – Athletic Bilbao
FC Barcelona’s Pedri is available as Squad Building Challenge (SBC) reward, while Espanyol Barcelona's Joselu can be claimed via Objectives.
FUT Birthday Team 1 Icons:
- Jairzinho (93 OVR) – Brazil
- Eric Cantona (94 OVR) – France
- Lothar Matthäus (94 OVR) – Germany
- George Best (94 OVR) – Northern Ireland
- Ferenc Puskás (95 OVR) – Hungary
- Rui Costa (91 OVR) – Portugal
- Ian Rush (92 OVR) – Wales
- Ronald Koeman (92 OVR) – Netherlands
Aside from the mini-release on Sunday, we expect a Team 2 for FUT Birthday to be released on Friday, March 31, 2023.