Here’s an overview of the EA FC 24 UEFA Euro 2024 promo campaign, including what’s to come in both FUT and outside the marquee game mode.
Last November, the franchise formerly known as FIFA celebrated the 2022 FIFA World Cup with a campaign filled with new Football Ultimate Team cards, as well as national tournaments and the addition of the event itself.
This year, the UEFA Euro 2024 will take center stage. EA Sports confirmed in November 2023 that the UEFA Euro 2024 and the “full UEFA Euro 2024 tournament experience” will be added later in the game’s lifecycle. But, that’s not all that will be coming to EA FC 24.
Here’s a closer look at what’s to come with the EA FC 24 UEFA Euro 2024 promo.
UEFA Euro 2024 promo launch date
EA Sports confirmed on November 23 that the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament will be added to EA FC 24. Electronic Arts confirmed that Euro 2024 content will launch in FC 24 on June 6, 2024.
Get ready for a festival of football.UEFA EURO 2024 is coming to #FC24 on June 6. pic.twitter.com/5GjVcfefBW
— EA SPORTS FC (@EASPORTSFC) June 4, 2024
Additionally, the partnership between EA Sports and the UEFA will the title become the official platform for UEFA’s official eEURO esports program. This will be a new, annual tournament that will pit Europe’s best EA Sports FC players against one another.
Content
On June 5, 2024, EA Sports revealed what content would come with the upcoming Euro 2024, both in and out of Football Ultimate Team.
Users will be able to play in Euro 2024 kickoff action, online friendlies, and play the match of the day, as well as participate in the official tournament mode.
Additionally, players will also have the option to control a real player or create their own in a single-player experience.
Football Ultimate Team
For Football Ultimate Team, Icons and special cards will be released. Path to Glory cards will be eligible for upgrades.
Additionally, Greats of the Game Icons can receive a +1 OVR if their nation scores two goals and an additional PlayStyle+/99 OVR if four goals are scored.
On June 6, EA FC 24 released Season 7 of FUT. It came with several Euro Path to Glory cards, including Viktor Tysgankov (Level 8), Guglielmo Vicario (Level 10), Elseid Hysaj (Level 15), Marcelo Brozovic (Level 17), Kieran Tierney (Level 19), Jonathan Clauss (Level 25), Bernando Silva (Level 29), Memphis Depay (Level 33), End of an Era Toni Kroos and Steven Gerrard (Level 34), and Ferenc Puskas (Level 35).
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And on June 7, additional FUT content was released. Ruben Diaz, Jan Oblak, Bukayo Saka, Pedri, William Saliba, and Marcel Sabitzer were among cards released on the UEFA Euro side of things.
More Path to Glory cards were added on July 5. Cristiano Ronaldo (97 OVR), Kai Havertz (97 OVR), Antoine Griezmann (96 OVR), Camavinga (96 OVR), and Leroy Sane (96 OVR) were among the notable cards released.
The Quarter-Finals have arrived and with that so has Path to Glory: The Knockouts.New Dynamic Special Players that receive upgrades the further they go in their respective competition.#FC24 pic.twitter.com/YHmdpuKHLf
— EA SPORTS FC (@EASPORTSFC) July 5, 2024
Make Your Mark
A week later on June 14, EA released Make Your Mark Cards. These items will get a dynamic boost, based upon real-life performances in the Euro 2024, including goals, debuts, and clean sheets.
Bolstering their legacies or announcing their presence on the international stage in a big way. Make Your Mark has arrived in #FC24: Dynamic Special Items that get boosts based on debuts, goals, assists or clean sheets, and total appearances in the summer's biggest tournaments. pic.twitter.com/1tT2Qkr1gt
— EA SPORTS FC (@EASPORTSFC) June 14, 2024
EA released the second week of Make Your Mark on June 21 for both the Euro and Copa America. Florian Wirtz, Jeremy Doku, Ferland Mendy, Carvajal, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Ibrahima Konate, Filip Kostic, and Trent Alexander-Arnold were among the cards added for Week 2.
All eyes on the prize.A new round of Make Your Mark has arrived in #FC24: Dynamic Special Items that get boosts based on debuts, goals, assists or clean sheets, and total appearances in the summer's biggest tournaments. pic.twitter.com/KIbDn2L6F0
— EA SPORTS FC (@EASPORTSFC) June 21, 2024
Greats of the Game
Throughout Euro 2024 and Copa America 2024, EA has released special Icons of players who’ve starred for their national team.
On June 28, 2024, the likes of Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, and Roberto Carlos were released on the Copa side. As for the Euro players, Xavi, Johan Cruyff, Ruud Gullit, Fernando Torres, Zinedine Zidane, and Wayne Rooney were among the special Euro-themed Icons released.
Remarkable talent that changed the game.More Greats of the Game have arrived in #FC24: ICONs & Heroes who receive upgrades based on goals scored by their countries during their respective tournaments. pic.twitter.com/gfg99Lgbbo
— EA SPORTS FC (@EASPORTSFC) June 28, 2024
How to get a free EA FC 24 UEFA Euro player
EA Sports gave players the opportunity to receive a free Football Ultimate Team (FUT) card in EA FC 24 and EA FC Mobile.
In order to get the free card in the console game, one had to play EA FC 24 at any point by January 16, 2024, at 11:59 PM PT.
Those who do this will receive a card of one of the featured European players:
- Jack Grealish – England
- Ousmane Dembele – France
- Federico Chiesa – Italy
- Florian Wirtz – Germany
- Virgil van Dijk – Netherlands
- Morata – Spain
Cards were sent out beginning on December 18, 2023. We should note that EA FC Mobile players could claim their card in-game beginning on November 23.