In EA FC 25, Squad Building Challenges (SBCs) offer you the opportunity to unlock unique players in Ultimate Team. However, not every SBC has a good cost-benefit ratio. At MeinMMO, we show you popular SBCs and give you reasons for their popularity.
What are Squad Building Challenges? In Squad Building Challenges, you can build teams with the cards from your club that you can then exchange for rewards. Some SBCs guarantee you strong special cards from players.
The following rules apply to all player SBCs:
- Cards you exchange in the SBC are irreversibly removed from your club
- Loan players cannot be used for SBCs
- Player SBCs are always subject to certain requirements that you must meet
- Player SBCs can consist of multiple sub-SBCs
- Player SBCs have an expiration date
- Player SBCs can only be completed once and are non-exchangeable
8 strong player SBCs: Here’s why they might be so popular
Which SBCs are particularly popular? For our list, we referred to the service page Futbin . There you can find all current SBCs for Ultimate Team in EA FC 25. All Futbin account holders have the option to cast an up or down vote.
From this, it can be deduced which SBCs are particularly popular. To make it onto our list, an SBC must have accumulated over 2/3 (at least 67%) positive ratings on Futbin. (As of January 30, 2025).
1. Future Stars Icon George Best (RF, CAM, LF, RM) – Northern Ireland: 76% positive ratings
Here’s why the SBC might be so popular:
- Strong upgrades to PlayStyles
- additional PlayStyle+: Key Pass
- Curled Shot as best goal PlayStyle
- Calmness and through ball pass perfect for his new player roles in CAM
- with new player roles (Motor+ and Shadowstorm-Pro+) he can also be used in central midfield
- already one of the strongest dribblers in the game before the upgrade
How long does the SBC run? You can complete Future Stars Icon Best until March 29, 2025.
2. TOTY Honorable Mentions Federico Dimarco (LB, LM) – FC Lombardia (Inter Milan): 72% positive ratings
Here’s why the SBC might be so popular:
- Strong update to the base gold card
- +10 Shooting
- +8 Pace and Defense
- +7 Dribbling and Physicality
- +6 Passing
- Very good price (about 130,000 coins) for a strong full-back
- With the new role (Midfield Motor++) he can also function very well as a midfielder
- Strong alternative to Théo Hernández in Serie A
How long does the SBC run? You can complete TOTY HM Dimarco until March 1, 2025.
3. TOTY Honorable Mentions Harry Kane (ST) – FC Bayern: 77% positive ratings
Here’s why the SBC might be so popular:
- One of the strongest strikers in FC 25
- Universal attacker who excels in shooting, passing, and heading
- Strong speed upgrade to the base card: +20 Pace
- Strong new PlayStyles:
- First Touch+ for better ball control after passes
- Calmness for better ball retention and tighter dribbling
- In the Air for better assertiveness in aerial duels
- Only truly playable striker from Bundesliga at this time in FC 25
How long does the SBC run? You can complete TOTY HM Kane until February 24, 2025.
4. Flashback João Cancelo (LB, RB, RM) – Al Hilal: 89% positive ratings
Here’s why the SBC might be so popular:
- Good upgrades to the base card:
- +9 Pace
- +8 Physicality
- +7 Defense
- +7 Shooting
- Strong new PlayStyles:
- Interception+ for greater range and better control when intercepting balls
- Speedster+ for more sprint speed
- Calmness for stronger ball control
- Versatile to be used in both full-back positions (LB, RB)
- Good linkability to Cristiano Ronaldo (same league, same nation)
- Very good price (about 130,000 coins) for a strong full-back
How long does the SBC run? You can complete Flashback João Cancelo until February 21, 2025.
5. TOTY Icon Camille Abily (CM, CAM) – France: 74% positive ratings
Here’s why the SBC might be so popular:
- SBC nearly 500,000 coins cheaper than the base card
- With new player roles for CAM (Motor++/Shadowstormpro++) the card can play more offensively
- Strong new passing PlayStyle+ (Key Pass) for perfect through balls
- Strong linkability: gives players 1 chemistry point for all leagues and 2 chemistry points for France
How long does the SBC run? You can complete TOTY Icon Abily until March 23, 2025.
6. TOTY Icon Gareth Bale (ST, LF, RM, RF) – Wales: 83% positive ratings
Here’s why the SBC might be so popular:
- Even the base icon has long been among the best offensive players
- Can also be played in the striker position with the new player role Striker-Pro++
- Good upgrades for skill moves (5★) and weak foot (4★)
- Can assert himself on the ground (speed, physicality) and in the air (heading strength)
- As a new icon (only since FC 25) Bale still enjoys a lot of hype
How long does the SBC run? You can complete TOTY Icon Bale until March 20, 2025.
7. TOTY Icon Iker Casillas (GK) – Spain: 93% positive ratings
Here’s why the SBC might be so popular:
- One of the best goalkeepers in the game
- Strong linkability: gives players 1 chemistry point for all leagues and 2 chemistry points for Spain
- All goalkeeper PlayStyles
- Large Reach+ compensates for his relatively small height for a GK (1.85 m)
- 2 passing PlayStyles for building play
- Fair price (330,000 coins) for a card that can keep up with the power curve for a long time
How long does the SBC run? You can complete TOTY Icon Casillas until March 16, 2025.
8. Thunderstruck Icon Patrick Vieira (CM, CDM) – France: 80% positive ratings
Here’s why the SBC might be so popular:
- One of the best defensive midfielders in FC 25
- Possesses the key defensive PlayStyles for his position
- Interception+
- Anticipation
- Strength
- Matching PlayStyles for building play: through pass and calmness
- Massive body type and great reach due to 1.92 m height
- Strong linkability: gives players 1 chemistry point for all leagues and 2 chemistry points for France
How long does the SBC run? You can complete Thunderstruck Icon Vieira until March 14, 2025.
The upgrades for Vieira and all other Thunderstruck players and icons can be viewed in the tracker on MeinMMO.
Now you have an overview of the currently most popular player SBCs. We will continuously update this list, so it’s worth checking back regularly. Additionally, we will show you on MeinMMO which players are best suited for the upgrades of the new EVOs.
