Finally the long wait is over: The FIFA 21 TOTY (Team of the Year) is here and brings some of the best FUT cards of the year. At EarlyGame you get the overview of all players, SBCs & cards of the new event.

Voting for the TOTY ended on Monday and we really hope you’ve amassed as many card packs as possible. The Team of the Year, one of the hottest events in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team, has started! In this article we summarize all info, players, SBCs & FUT cards – the article will be updated regularly.

The FIFA 21 Team of the Year

Here the whole FIFA 21 TOTY at a glance:

• TW: Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern Munich) – 96 OVR
• LV: Alphonso Davies (FC Bayern Munich) – 93 OVR
• IV: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) – 96 OVR
• IV: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool FC) – 96 OVR
• RV: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool FC) – 94 OVR
• ZOM: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) – 97 OVR
• ZDM: Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern Munich) – 96 OVR
• ZOM: Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City) – 96 OVR
• ST: Cristiano Ronaldo (Piemonte Calcio) – 98 OVR
• ST: Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern Munich) – 98 OVR
• ST: Kylian Mbappé (Paris St. Germain) – 97 OVR
• RF: Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) – 98 OVR

Messi in FIFA 21 TOTY, Honourable Mentions published

The Argentine superstar Lionel Messi has made it as 12th player into the FIFA 21 Team of the Year. Messi secured the 12th TOTY spot via community voting, beating out Heung-min Son (Tottenham Hotspur) and Thiago (Liverpool FC). His TOTY card has a total value of 98, which is the same rating as TOTY Cristiano Ronaldo and TOTY Lewandowski.

At the same time EA Sports launched the TOTY Honourable Mentions, a first in FIFA 21, featuring a total of six players who were part of the TOTY vote but didn’t make it into the Team of the Year. More players will be available as part of tasks and presumably Squad Building Challenges.

Some of the cards look really damn strong – Ciro Immobile (Lazio Roma), for example, has almost the same stats as Cristiano Ronaldo – but costs a fraction of his price.

The FIFA 21 TOTY Honourable Mentions

• LF: Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) – 93 OVR
• ST: Ciro Immobile (Lazio Roma) – 91 OVR
• LV: Andrew Robertson (Liverpool FC) – 91 OVR
• IV: Marquinhos (Paris St. Germain) – 89 OVR
• RV: Jesus Navas (Sevilla FC) – 88 OVR
• ZOM: Nabil Fekir (Betis Sevilla)- 88 OVR

What is the Team of the Year?
With the Team of the Year EA Sports and the FIFA community honor the best players of the past year, in this case of the year 2020. Nominated were the kickers who could draw attention to themselves in the past and current – Season with exceptional performances.

Within the FIFA 21 TOTY the eleven players, who were voted by the community, can look forward to especially strong cards in the FUT mode. The total value of the players is beyond the 94 mark, some cards might even reach 99 OVR.

In addition, there will probably be a 12th TOTY player again this year as part of a Squad Building Challenge.

FIFA Squad Building Challenges (short SBC)

The FIFA Squad Building Challenges (SBC for short) are about putting together a team according to certain specifications. They are an important part of FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) and bring coins, valuable packs or special cards when fulfilled.

For the most part, you’ll have to line up eleven players that you have in your club and then send this squad off. These players will then disappear from your club. In return, you’ll receive a reward, such as a pack or a special card. As with FIFA 19, FIFA 20 and FIFA 21 we will report about the latest SBCs for FIFA 22 here and help you to judge if it is worth to complete a challenge.

START WITH THE SQUAD BUILDING CHALLENGES

In Squad Building Challenges (SBCs), you can use your player items to build unique teams based on various challenge conditions. You can then submit these to receive bonuses.

Here’s how:

• From the FIFA 22 main menu, select the FIFA Ultimate Team section.
• In the home page section, select Squad Building Challenges and call them up.
• Select the challenge you want to complete. They are grouped by category.

Create a team.

• Using items from your club or from the transfer market, build a team that meets the challenge conditions. Usually this is a mix of player quality, team chemistry, team value, nationalities, leagues and clubs.

Master the Challenge to submit your team and receive bonuses.

• All SBC submissions cannot be undone. Once you complete an SBC, the submitted items will be permanently removed from your club in exchange for bonuses. Our consultants cannot restore submitted items.
• For some SBCs, you will only have a limited amount of time to complete them. Once a challenge has expired, you will no longer be able to submit a team.

More details about SBCs

1. Some SBCs consist of multiple challenges with individual bonuses and a larger overall completion bonus. Other challenges are single challenges.
2. Some SBCs are repeatable. You have a chance to get different bonuses for each team submission, but you might also get the same bonus.
3. SBCs are available in all FIFA 22 versions, but they can vary depending on the platform. Bonuses can also vary from platform to platform.