EA FC 25 Team of the Year revealed: Mbappe, Salah, Bellingham, more

The fan-favorite Team of the Year event is officially returning in EA FC 25, giving players the chance to vote for the standout performers in 2024.

Of all the events on the Ultimate Team promo calendar, few are as prestigious or popular as Team of the Year. This campaign lets you have your say on who the best players were over the last 12 months, awarding them with powerful TOTY cards.

EA have revealed the players who made the cut in the EA FC 25 Team of the Year, but there are some big names missing from the squad. Here’s everything you need to know.

EA FC 25 Men’s TOTY

Goalkeeper

• Emi Martinez (Aston Villa)

Defenders

• Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
• William Saliba (Arsenal)
• Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
• Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)

Midfielders

• Rodri (Manchester City)
• Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
• Cole Palmer (Chelsea)

Attackers

• Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
• Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)

While many of those in the leaked team will come as no surprise, such as Mohamed Salah and Vinicus Jr, there are some notable omissions.

Arguably the biggest is Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, who misses out in favor of Kylian Mbappe. While City struggled towards the end of 2024, the Norweigan still finished the year with 49 goals for club and country — 10 more than Mbappe. Meanwhile, the Real Madrid star has struggled for form since arriving in Spain, which many thought would cost him a place in the squad.

Another player who might feel hard done by is Florian Wirtz, who played a starring role in Bayer Leverkusen’s unbeaten Bundesliga-winning season. Instead, Cole Palmer was awarded a spot after a breakout campaign, but you could argue that the Englishman, despite impressive numbers, didn’t take Chelsea to any silverware.

EA FC 25 Women’s TOTY

Goalkeeper

• Ann-Katrin Berger (NJ/NY Gotham)

Defenders

• Lucy Bronze (Chelsea)
• Wendie Renard (Lyon)
• Irene Paredes (Barcelona)
• Sakina Karchaoui (PSG)

Midfielders

• Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
• Aitana Bonmati (FC Barcelona)
• Guro Reiten (Chelsea FC)

Attackers

• Caroline Hansen (Barcelona)
• Lauren James (Chelsea)
• Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)

When is EA FC 25 TOTY start date? Leaked schedule

The EA FC 25 TOTY promo gets underway on Friday, January 17, 2025, as confirmed by EA SPORTS.

But, as is tradition, not all of the TOTY cards will be released right away. Individual positions will have their time in packs before the entire squad comes at a later date, with attackers up first.

• Attackers: January 17
• Midfielders: January 19
• Defenders + goalkeeper: January 21
• Full team: January 23
• 12th man: January 24th

What to expect during EA FC 25 TOTY

The main draw of EA FC 25 Team of the Year will be the two fan-voted TOTY squads. The men and women who rack up the most votes will be handed heavily upgraded blue cards, which are often some of the best items in all of Ultimate Team and remain meta for the rest of the season.

There is also a 12th Man and 12th Women vote that takes place towards the end of the event. This gives you the chance to hand out a card to one of the players who narrowly missed out on the main squad, but still deserves recognition as one of 2024’s biggest stars.

On top of all that, leaks have revealed that TOTY Icons are set to return. These will be released into packs alongside the other TOTY items, but they’re likely to be extremely rare, so expect them to be very expensive if you try to buy one from the market.

Is EA FC 25 TOTY voting still open?

Voting for the EA FC 25 Team of the Year closed on January 12, so you’ve missed your chance if you haven’t already picked your squads. All that’s left to do now is wait for the winners to be officially revealed.

EA FC 25 TOTY nominees

Men’s nominees

Goalkeepers

• Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)
• Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund)
• Peter Gulacsi (RB Leipzig)
• Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
• Unai Simon (Athlelic Bilbao)
• Diogo Costa (Porto)

Defenders

• Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City)
• William Saliba (Arsenal)
• Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
• Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
• Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
• Marquinhos (PSG)
• Wilfred Singo (Monaco)
• Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
• Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Maximilian Mittelstadt (Stuttgart)
• Theo Hernandez (AC Milan)
• Bremer (Juventus)
• Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli)
• Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan)
• Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
• Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
• Miguel Gutierrez (Girona)

Midfielders

• Rodri (Manchester City)
• Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
• Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
• Declan Rice (Arsenal)
• Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
• Vitinha (PSG)
• Mahdi Camara (Brest)
• Edon Zhegrova (Lille)
• Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
• Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund)
• Xavi Simmons (RB Leipzig)
• Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan)
• Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta)
• Paulo Dybala (Roma)
• Riccardo Orsolini (Bologna)
• Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
• Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
• Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao)
• Pedri (Barcelona)
• Dani Olmo (Barcelona)
• Alex Baena (Villareal)
• Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad)
• Angel Di Maria (Benfica)
• Salem Aldawsari (Al Hilal)
• N’Golo Kante (Al-Ittihad)

Attackers

• Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
• Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
• Phil Foden (Manchester City)
• Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)
• Heung Min Son (Spurs)
• Bradley Barcola (PSG)
• Jonathan David (Lille)
• Ousmane Dembele (PSG)
• Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon)
• Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
• Omar Marmoush (Entracht Frankfurt)
• Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund)
• Deniz Undav (Stuttgart)
• Lois Openda (RB Leipzig)
• Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
• Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
• Adam Lookman (Atalanta)
• Christian Pulisic (AC Milan)
• Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan)
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)
• Artem Dovbyk (Roma)
• Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
• Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
• Raphinha (Barcelona)
• Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)
• Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
• Antoinne Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
• Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting Lisbon)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr)
• Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)

Women’s nominees

EA FC 25 women’s TOTY nominees

Goalkeepers

• Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC)
• Merle Frohms (Wolfsburg)
• Lola Gallardo (Atletico Madrid)
• Anna Moorhouse (Orlando Pride)
• Ann-Katrin Berger (NJ/NY Gothams)

Defenders

• Alex Greenwood (Manchester City)
• Lucy Bronze (Chelsea)
• Katie McCabe (Arsenal)
• Lotte Wubben-Moy (Arsenal)
• Wendie Renard (Lyon)
• Sakina Karchaoui (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Ellie Carpenter (Lyon)
• Selma Bacha (Lyon)
• Jade Le Guilly (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Giulia Gwinn (Bayern Munich)
• Sara Doorsoun (Eintracht Frankfurt)
• Glodís Perla Viggosdottir (Bayern Munich)
• Lisa Karl (Freiburg)
• Irene Paredes (Barcelona)
• Nerea Nevado (Athletic Bilbao)
• Olga Carmona (Real Madrid)
• Kaleigh Kurtz (North Carolina Courage)
• Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave)
• Emily Sams (Orlando Pride)

Midfielders

• Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)
• Sjoeke Nusken (Chelsea)
• Jill Roord (Manchester City)
• Guro Reiten (Chelsea)
• Grace Clinton (Manchester United)
• Lindsey Horan (Lyon)
• Grace Geyoro (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Clara Mateo (Paris FC)
• Gaetane Thiney (Paris FC)
• Klara Buhl (Bayern Munich)
• Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich)
• Svenja Huth (Wolfsburg)
• Laura Freigang (Eintracht Frankfurt)
• Natasha Kowalski (SGS Essen)
• Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
• Vilde Boe Risa (Atletico Madrid)
• Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
• Sandie Toletti (Real Madrid)
• Karen Araya (Madrid CF)
• Laura Perez (Granada)
• Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current)
• Croix Bethune (Washingston Spirit)
• Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit)
• Rose Lavelle (NY/NJ Gothams)
• Mallory Swanson (Chicago Red Stars)
• Marta (Orlando Pride)

Attackers

• Khadija Shaw (Manchester City)
• Lauren Hemp (Manchester City)
• Lauren James (Chelsea)
• Mariona (Arsenal)
• Mayra Ramirez (Chelsea)
• Tabitha Chawinga (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Kadidiatou Diani (Lyon)
• Marie-Antoinette Katoto (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Melchie Dumornay (Lyon)
• Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg)
• Lea Schuller (Bayern Munich)
• Vanessa Fudalla (RB Leipzig)
• Kristin Kogel (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona)
• Ewa Pajor (Barcelona)
• Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona)
• Alba Redondo (Real Madrid)
• Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid)
• Nerea Eizagirre (Real Sociedad)
• Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride)
• Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)
• Asisat Oshoala (Bay FC)

That was everything we know about EA FC 25 Team of the Year so far. We’ll be updating this page with all the winners from the women’s vote and more, so be sure to check back here to stay up to date on the biggest promo of the season.

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