Today, Electronic Arts revealed that it’ll be expanding the EA Sports FC 26 global footprint by announcing a series of new and exclusive multi-year partnerships and in-game integrations.
EA Sports FC 26 will feature over 300 partners, resulting in 20,000+ athletes across 750+ clubs and national teams, 120+ stadiums, and 35+ leagues. Some of those partnerships include a new marketing partnership with the English FA, a renewed license with the Women’s and men’s national teams, and a new partnership with FC Bayern.
FC Bayern Womens and Chelsea Womens will be joining as partners, as the soccer simulator will once again feature the Barclays Women’s Super League, Arkema Première Ligue, UEFA Women’s Champions League, and UEFA Women’s EURO. When speaking of these additions, EA Sports FC Director of Football Partnerships James Taylor had the following to say:
“Everything we’ve added to FC 26 has been shaped by the voices of our community,” said Taylor. “From the return of iconic stadiums and clubs fans have called for, to expanding representation in women’s football at the highest level — every new addition reflects our commitment to authenticity and to celebrating the incredible diversity of the world’s game.”
Some of the iconic stadiums coming in the next installment in the franchise include the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Allianz Arena, home of FC Bayern, and Tüpraş Stadyumu, the stadium of Beşiktaş. Other more recent stadiums that will be present in EA Sports FC 26 for the first time include Hill Dickinson Stadium (Everton), Holstein-Stadion (Holstein Kiel), Stade de la Beaujoire (FC Nantes), Son Moix Stadium (RCD Mallorca), Red Bull Arena (RB Salzburg), Wankdorf Stadium (BSC Young Boys), St. Jakob Park (FC Basel), just to name a few.
EA Sports FC 26 will be released on September 26, 2025, for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, Amazon Luna, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2, and will also be available worldwide to play on with early access through the Ultimate Edition beginning September 19, 2025.
