FIFA 23 Ultimate Team: World Cup Phenoms Have Arrived

The World Cup campaign continues in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team with the Phenoms promo.

The latest FUT promo celebrates former Future Stars who managed to represent their country at this year’s World Cup in Qatar. The most talented wonderkids at the 2022 World Cup can now be found in FUT 23 with boosted attributes and stats.

Moreover, throughout the week of the biggest FIFA World Cup knockout matches, you’ll also be able to add Phenom player items to your squad via Squad Building Challenges and Objectives. Now let’s dive into the Phenoms team!

World Cup Phenoms Team

The World Cup Phenoms team features no less than 18 of the most promising young players in the world, including the likes of Pedri, Leao, Bukayo Saka and plenty of other big names. Here’s the lineup:

• ST: Rafael Leao – 91 OVR (AC Milan & Portugal)
• CM: Jude Bellingham – 90 OVR (Borussia Dortmund & England)
• ST: Lautaro Martinez – 89 OVR (Inter & Argentina)
• CM: Pedri – 89 OVR (Barcelona & Spain)
• CB: Eder Miliato – 88 OVR (Real Madrid & Brazil)
• RM: Bukayo Saka – 88 OVR (Arsenal & England)
• CDM: Youri Tielemans – 88 OVR (Leicester City & Belgium)
• RB: Achraf Hakimi – 87 OVR (Paris Saint-Germain & Morocco)
• RW: Rodrygo – 87 (Real Madrid & Brazil)
• CM: Eduardo Camavinga – 87 OVR (Real Madrid & France)
• CAM: Giovanni Reyna – 86 OVR (Borussia Dortmund & USA)
• CDM: Matteo Guendouzi – 86 OVR (Marseille & France)
• CB: Jules Kounde – 86 OVR (Barcelona & France)
• CAM: Takefusa Kubo – 86 OVR (Real Sociedad & Japan)
• LB: Lisandro Martínez – 86 (Manchester United & Argentina)
• LM: Mikkel Damsgaard – 85 OVR (Brentford & Denmark)
• ST: Daniel James – 85 OVR (Fulham & Wales)
• CB: Thilo Kehrer – 85 OVR (West Ham United & Germany)

With all these talents, it’s no wonder that the 2022 World Cup is one of the finest World Cup editions that football fans have witnessed in their lifetime. This is also an opportunity to use the BetMGM Ohio Bonus Code and bet on your favourites.

These special players items will be available in packs until next Friday, December 16th.

World Cup Phenoms SBCs & Objectives

Players can also unlock more Phenoms in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team by completing various themed Squad Building Challenges and Objectives. One of the Player Objectives is World Cup Phenoms Jonathan David.

You can get the 86-rated Canadian forward in your club by performing the following tasks in FIFA 23:

• Finessed Finishing – Score with a Finesse shot in four separate matches in Squad Battles on min. Semi-Pro difficulty (or Rivals)
• Qualifying Assists – Assist six goals with Ligue 1 players in Squad Battles on min. Semi-Pro difficulty (or Rivals)
• Setting the Pace – Score six goals using players with min. 80 PAC in Squad Battles on min. Semi-Pro difficulty (or Rivals)
• Canadian 8 – Win eight separate matches in Squad Battles while having at least three Canadian players in your Starting Squad on min. Semi-Pro difficulty (or Rivals)

This challenge is set to expire on December 16th.

In addition to the Objectives, you can also complete and unlock the next themed player SBCs:

• FIFA World Cup Phenom Jeremie Frimpong – 86 OVR
• FIFA World Cup Phenoms Gonçalo Ramos – 87 OVR

World Cup Icons Team 3

The third batch of World Cup Icons is now live in FUT 23 and features the next legendary players:

• RW: Garrincha – 93 OVR (Brazil)
• CDM: Lothar Matthaus – 92 OVR (Germany)
• ST: Kenny Dalglish – 91 OVR (Scotland)
• CB: Fabio Cannavaro – 91 OVR (Italy)
• ST: Gary Lineker – 90 OVR (England)
• CAM: Gheorghe Hagi – 90 OVR (Romania)
• ST: Davor Suker – 88 OVR (Croatia)

Absolute gamechangers who made The World's Game their palette. 🎨⚽️

A third release of FIFA World Cup ICONs is now available in #FIFA23.#FUT pic.twitter.com/bRdlfcKHyh

— EA SPORTS FC (@EASPORTSFC) December 9, 2022

These cards will be available in Rare Gold Packs such as those found in Upgrade SBCs or FIFA World Cup Swaps Rewards.

Similar to Campaign Heroes, World Cup Icons will replace their Base & Mid version while available in packs. Some World Cup Icons may only be available as Player SBC or Objectives rewards such as Hristo Stoichkov or Carles Puyol.

Campaign Icons that are available in packs may have that version released as an ICON SBC at least 2 months after they are first made available. For example, FIFA World Cup ICON Bobby Moore may receive an SBC starting January 25th.

The next World Cup promo will celebrate the World Cup Team of the Tournament and will go live two days before the 2022 World Cup final on December 16th.