EA Sports FC Mobile

EA Sports FC Mobile (commonly known as EA FC Mobile and formerly known as FIFA Mobile until 25 September 2023) is an association football simulation video game developed by EA Mobile and EA Vancover and published by EA Sports for global version, Tencent Games for Chinese version and Nexon for Japanese and Korean versions for iOS and Android. It was released on 10 December 2011 as a replacement to the FIFA Ultimate Team mobile games, for iOS and Android. Microsoft Windows was also included until 2017. It was announced on 16 August 2016, during Gamescom 2016.^[2]

The player begins by creating a personal team, in which the players correspond to real players whether present or past. Players are obtained by competing in and completing daily quests, games, or events, or can be purchased on the transfer market, exchange market, or in-game store. Alongside these ways of obtaining players; the in-game currency of coins, gems, and seasonal tokens can all also be obtained, which can be spent in the previously mentioned markets. The personal team is used for PvP matches in Division Rivals and some Live Events. Other Live Event matches and Tournament matches have the player use a real team to play.

There are different types of Division Rivals matches, with them being VS Attack, Head to Head, and Manager Mode.

VS Attack The game has a "VS Attack" mode, better known as VSA, in which players play the different offensive stages of a match only, and the difficulty level of the chances is decided by the team OVR. The VS Attack mode features an asynchronous turn-based multiplayer. Apart from VS Attack, there are also other Division Rivals multiplayer gamemodes, being Head to Head and Manager Mode.

Head to Head Head to Head, or more commonly known as H2H, is a PVP match in which a player plays a full 90-minute match. However, the time is sped up, so fulltime will take about six to eight minutes. If the score is tied by the end of the match, the game will not go into extra time. The only gamemode where it is possible to go into extra time is when the player is playing against the AI or another player in Tournaments or PVP.

Manager Mode Manager Mode(MM) is a gamemode where the AI will play against each other instead of the player manually controlling the players on the pitch. The idea of MM is more focused on tactics than skill.

VS Friends There is also another section called VS Friends, where the player can play a VSA or H2H match against a friend.

As the name suggests, there are different divisions in Division Rivals. This is so as to split the players of different levels of gameplay. When the player reaches a certain number of stars, the division will increase. Every 28 days, the divisions will reset.

With VS Attack, Head to Head, and VS Attack, as of the 11th June 2025 a new Rivals update has changed the way the ranking system works.^[3] A new UI has been made, with loads of new features such as rewards. A brand new star ranking system has been introduced to make promotion more easy^[4]

The game features events, some being in the real world that includes the following:

• UEFA Champions League (since FIFA Mobile 19),
• CONMEBOL Libertadores (since FC Mobile 24),
• FIFA World Cup (appeared only in FIFA Mobile 18 and FIFA Mobile 23),
• UEFA European Championship (since FC Mobile 24),
• Copa América (since FC Mobile 24)
• Premier League
• La Liga

• and other different leagues throughout the world.^[5][6]

Premier League, La Liga and Copa Libertadores also have club challenge mode, in which players can select one of the participating teams (only those teams can appear in Copa Libertadores whose licenses are obtained by EA) and play H2H matches against other users, for which they earn tokens exchangable for various rewards.

The UEFA Champions League event generally comes in two parts. First players are launched for Group Stages (FC Mobile 24) (Store Pack only for FC Mobile 25) and their OVRs are impacted according to their real life performances. Later on as the Knockout Stages begin, another event called Road to the Final is launched, where in-game cards get an OVR boost according to their team and/or individual performances. They are generally exchanged for shards or tokens. After the tournament ends, the game releases the Best XI of the tournament.

Best XI for the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League

• Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) Paris Saint Germain
• Achraf Hakimi (RB) Paris Saint Germain
• Marquinhos (CB) Paris Saint Germain
• Alessandro Bastoni (CB) (Lombardia FC) FC Internazionale Milano
• Nuno Mendes (LB) Paris Saint Germain
• Declan Rice (CM) Arsenal
• Vitor Machado Ferreira (CM) Paris Saint Germain
• Desire Doue (RW) Paris Saint Germain
• Lamine Yamal (RW) FC Barcelona
• Ousmane Dembele (ST) Paris Saint Germain
• Raphinha (LW) FC Barcelona

Current Events in-game include:

• Icon Chronicles: Hexad (Until 31 December 2025)
• Icon Chronicles (Until 31 December 2025)
• Hero Chronicles (Until 31 December 2025)
• Icon Chronicles: Beckham (Until 31 December 2025)

These events have been based on leaks by EA or any other sources.

Generally events last 28 days, but some big events like TOTY or TOTS last 42 days, and tournament based events like Libertadores and UCL last up to 1 or 2 weeks after the tournament ends in real life. On the other hand, smaller events generally last 14 days.

The events reset on Thursdays every week, however some events can launch early in the game, for example TOTY was launched on 21 January 2025 this year, which fell on Tuesday. Similarly TOTS was launched on 29 April 2025 this year, which fell on Tuesday again.

Events like LA LIGA and UCL: Road to the Final are not listed here, separate info will be given for it.

The events are sorted after the FC Mobile Anniversary (September 24 2024 - October 23 2024)

Recent/Past Events:

• Trick or Treat (24 October 2024 - 21 November 2024)
• Día de Muertos (31 October 2024 - 21 November 2024)
• CONMEBOL Libertadores (17 October 2024 - 12 December 2024)
• Ballon D'or (19 November 2024 - 19 December 2024)
• Trophy Titans (12 December 2024 - 26 December 2024)
• Winter Wonders (19 December 2024 - 23 January 2025)
• Thunderstruck (9 January 2025 - 23 January 2025)
• TOTY 25/Team Of The Year (21 January 2025 - 6 March 2025)
• Carnival (27 February 2025 - 13 March 2025)
• Code: Neon (6 March 2025 - 3 April 2025)
• Pitch Beats (3 April 2025 - 1 May 2025)
• Songkran Festival (10 April 2025 - 24 April 2025)
• TOTS 25/Team Of The Season (April 29 2025 - 19 June 2025)
• Aqua vs Inferno (12 June 2025 - 10 July 2025)
• Ragnarok: Mighty Winter (10 July 2025 - )
• Ragnarok: After Daybreak (31 July 2025 - )
• Grassroot Great (TBA)
• Captains (TBA)

Starting from FIFA Mobile 23, the game featured Tournament Mode, themed on several real life football events, such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Euro 2024 (the latter two events appeared in EA Sports FC Mobile 24).

EA announced the game on 16 August 2016, during Gamescom 2016 and the game was released worldwide on 11 October 2016, for iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows.^[7][8] In November 2017, EA ended support for FIFA Mobile on Windows devices.^[9] China (Tencent Games) – Chinese version released in 2018. Korea (Nexon) – Korean version launched on 9 June 2020 on iOS/Android.^[10]

On 23 June 2016, EA Sports announced that the J1 League and J.League Cup would be featured in the game for the first time.<ref>"Japan J1 League to Feature in FIFA 17". EA Sports. Electronic Arts. Retrieved 1 October 2019.</ref> On 4 September 2016, EA Sports announced at Brasil Game Show 2016 that 19 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A teams will be featured in their respective league (Corinthians and Flamengo, who signed an exclusivity deal with Konami for Pro Evolution Soccer, do not appear). Five Série B teams are also in the game. The Brazilian teams in the game have generic player names which the user cannot change.^[11]

FIFA Mobile 18 was announced by EA Sports for Global version in 2017 and Tencent Games for Chinese version in 2018. It features the third tier of Germany's Bundesliga, the 3. Liga,^[12] and has again included the Turkish Süper Lig after EA renewed its licence with them.^[13][14]

FIFA Mobile 19 introduces the UEFA Champions League.^[15] It was confirmed that the game would have a licensed Serie A.^[16] The game will include the CSL, the first FIFA title to do so.^[17][18][19] However, it was confirmed that the game will not include the Russian Premier League, as it did in FIFA Mobile 18 and previous FIFA Mobile versions.^[20] The Russian Premier League teams PFC CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow, and Lokomotiv Moscow were kept, while Dinamo Zagreb, Dynamo Kyiv, Slavia Praha, and Viktoria Plzen were added to the game. Boca Juniors appears as Buenos Aires FC in the game since the club signed a deal with Konami;^[21] for the same reasons, Colo-Colo appears as CD Viñazur. Once again, due to Konami securing deals with certain Brazilian clubs, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A is featured in an incomplete form, this time with only 15 clubs, with the notable omissions of São Paulo, Palmeiras, Corinthians, Flamengo and Vasco da Gama, all of which are Konami partners. The remaining Brazilian clubs, while appearing with licensed branding, do not have any of their players licensed due to an ongoing judicial dispute over image rights, which are negotiated individually with each player, unlike other countries.

The game featured more than 30 official leagues, over 700 clubs and over 17,000 players. It included for the first time the Romanian Liga 1 and its 16 teams and also the Indian Super League (ISL) with all of its 11 clubs, as well as UAE club, Al Ain, who were added following extensive requests from the fans in the region.^[22][23][24]

FIFA Mobile 21 was released on 2 November 2020. This season of FIFA Mobile saw the addition of the League Matchups mode.^[25] The Chinese, Japanese and Korean version also have another major changes in terms of graphics and new Impact Engine gameplay, which later adopted to FIFA Mobile 22 Global version.

EA Sports announced the arrival of FIFA Mobile 22 for Android and iOS devices. This season of FIFA Mobile made more changes in terms of graphics and gameplay similar to the Chinese, Japanese and Korean version of FIFA Mobile 21. A new market system was introduced. Regions were also added based on location, with players only being able to play with others in their region. The 2022 update also saw the removal of 'Stamina'. Clubs such as Ferencvárosi TC, Hajduk Split, Wrexham FC, and APOEL FC were added to the game. EA released its FIFA Mobile 22 on 18 January 2022.^[26]

In November 2022, FIFA Mobile 23 (the final season until the game was changed as EA Sports FC Mobile) was released as a season update of FIFA Mobile 22, with several changes such as Advanced Passing and the Squads would not be reset after season update. FIFA Mobile 23 was the first and only version that featured the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament mode.

In 2023, EA Sports FC Mobile succeeded the FIFA Mobile game series in the launch of EA Sports FC Mobile 24 on 21 September for the Chinese version, 22 September for the Korean version, 23 September for the Japanese version, and 25 September for the global version. Following the split between EA and FIFA, features included cross-regional play, power shots, new skills, the return of a global market, and a new UEFA Champions League tournament mode.^[27] FC Mobile also included CONMEBOL Libertadores for the first time as a Live Event.

In April 2024, the game had another major update, which included a gameplay graphics improvement and new Spectator Mode.^[28]

On 11 June 2024, the game had another new update, which featured UEFA Euro 2024 tournament mode and Live Event.^[29] Later, FC Mobile also included 2024 Copa América for the first time as a Live Event.^[30]

EA Sports FC Mobile 25 is the season update of EA Sports FC Mobile 24 to celebrate first anniversary since FIFA Mobile was renamed as EA Sports FC Mobile, launched on 24 September 2024. Just like FIFA Mobile 23, the Squads would not be reset after season update. This season saw the addition of new mode called Club Challenge, in which player compete against other users in head to head matches like Head to Head mode, except with clubs from several leagues around the world, such as Premier League, La Liga and CONMEBOL Libertadores.^[31]