EA Officially Reveals EA Sports FC Which Launches in 2023

Written by Brandon Hofer on May 10, 2022

News: This year will be the last year we see EA working with FIFA with them launching their new franchise beginning in 2023.

Today, Electronic Arts announced its world-famous football games will move forward under a new EA Sports FC brand in 2023. The move will enable EA to deliver the world’s biggest interactive sports experience for its growing community in collaboration with 300+ partners across the world of football.

EA Sports FC will bring more areas of the sport to life, harness the collective strength of more than 150 million players across EA Sports global football games - and reach hundreds of millions of new fans in the years to come.

“Our vision for EA Sports FC is to create the largest and most impactful football club in the world, at the epicenter of football fandom,” said Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson. “For nearly 30 years, we’ve been building the world’s biggest football community - with hundreds of millions of players, thousands of athlete partners, and hundreds of leagues, federations, and teams."

“EA Sports is a long-term and valued partner of the Premier League, and we look forward to continuing to work together in the new era of EA Sports FC,” says Richard Masters, Premier League Chief Executive.

EA Sports FC brings the strength of more than 300 individual licensed partners, giving players access to more than 19,000 athletes across 700 teams, in 100 stadiums and over 30 leagues around the world. Through EA Sports FC, EA will further grow the reach and power of its football licensing portfolio by retaining and expanding the licensed football content, scaling to new experiences, and increasing access through more platforms. EA will also build on a foundation of inclusivity and innovate in new areas around both women’s and grassroots football for the global community.

“EA Sports represents the pinnacle of interactive football experiences today and for the future, and we’re honored to continue working with them, as we have for more than 20 years,” said Javier Tebas, President of LaLiga. “We are committed to partnering with EA Sports FC to provide an innovative and authentic experience and to grow the love of football together, around the world and for years to come.”

The introduction of EA Sports FC will not impact any current EA Sports global football games. What this means is that EA and FIFA will still work together to release a game in 2022. The final FIFA product will also include more game modes, features, teams, leagues, players, and competitions than any previous edition. Fans will be able to experience these innovations across the full EA Sports FIFA ecosystem including FIFA Mobile, FIFA Online 4, and eSports.

Andrew Wilson continued: “We’re thankful for our many years of great partnership with FIFA. The future of global football is very bright, and fandom around the world has never been stronger. We have an incredible opportunity to put EA Sports FC at the heart of the sport, and to bring even more innovative and authentic experiences to the growing football audience.”

EA has developed the most extensive and comprehensive network of partnerships and licenses in the sport. EA Sports FC will be the only place fans can play in the iconic UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, CONMEBOL Libertadores, Premier League, Bundesliga, LaLiga, Serie A, and MLS, among many others.

“With a shared commitment to serve football fans around the world, we look forward to our continued partnership with EA Sports FC to provide players with authentic in-game experiences featuring the club competitions they love,” says Guy-Laurent Epstein, Director of Marketing, UEFA

More information on EA Sports FC will be made available in Summer 2023.