Today, FUT Birthday starts in Ultimate Team for FIFA 19. There are gifts, many new player cards, SBCs, and the FUT Birthday squad.
This is FUT Birthday in FUT 19: On March 19, 2019, the Ultimate Team mode in FIFA 19 turned ten years old. EA Sports is celebrating this event in FUT 19 – for ten days.
Start and end of FUT Birthday:
- FUT Birthday begins in FUT 19 on March 22 (Friday) at 7 PM
- FUT Birthday ends ten days later – that should be on April 1
FUT Birthday Squad now available in Packs
The highlight of the event: EA Sports releases a “FUT Birthday Squad”. This means that 30 new FUT Birthday player cards are introduced in FUT 19. 21 FUT Birthday players will be available through packs, the remaining 9 can be obtained through SBCs and tasks (probably weekly tasks).
The special thing about the FUT Birthday team: The players in this team not only receive substantial boosts to their stats. They also get new positions assigned. Either they have played this position in the past or on the national team – or they get a completely different position that fits well with their stats.
Update, March 22, 7 PM: The FUT Birthday Squad is live! The following players are now available in packs:
- ST: Gareth Bale, 93, Real Madrid
- ST: Virgil van Dijk, 89, FC Liverpool
- ST: Anthony Martial, 87, Manchester United
- RF: Antoine Griezmann, 93, Atletico Madrid
- RF: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 91, FC Arsenal
- RF: Heung-min Son, 88, Tottenham Hotspur
- LF: Kylian Mbappe, 91, Paris Saint-Germain
- ZOM: Phillipe Coutinho, 91, FC Barcelona
- ZOM: Leroy Sane, 90, Manchester City
- ZOM: Douglas Costa, 90, Juventus Turin
- RM: Marcelo, 90, Real Madrid
- RM: David Alaba, 89, FC Bayern
- RM: Quincy Promes, 87, FC Sevilla
- ZDM: Kalidou Koulibaly, 92, SSC Napoli
- ZDM: Thomas Meunier, 87, Paris Saint-Germain
- LV: Mohamed Salah, 90, FC Liverpool
- IV: Kyle Walker, 88, Manchester City
- IV: Axel Witsel, 88, Borussia Dortmund
- IV: Theo Hernandez, 86, Real Sociedad
- IV: Jordan Lukaku, 86, Lazio Roma
- RV: Benjamin Pavard, 86, VfB Stuttgart
Position changes are noticeable: The player positions have been significantly rearranged. Particularly striking: One of the best center-backs in the game, Virgil van Dijk, gets a striker card.
You can let Mo Salah defend on the left or deploy Koulibaly in midfield. Real defender Marcelo, celebrated for his offensive qualities, could meanwhile play in the right midfield.
All content related to the FUT Birthday event in Ultimate Team
These are the gifts: You will receive rewards in FUT 19 depending on the days you have logged into FUT 19 so far.
- 1 – 8 days: A jersey
- 9 – 55 days: A Jumbo Premium Gold Pack + jersey
- 56 – 115 days: A Prime Gold Player Pack + jersey
- 116 – 162 days: A Rare Mega Pack + jersey
- 163+ days: An Ultimate Pack + jersey
You can find out what can be in these packs here.
All further content from FUT Birthday:
- Anniversary players: Players will be released who have earned a good reputation in the community over the last 10 years. 7 of these “FUT favorites” will be released during the event both through SBCs and tasks – as Flashback, Premium SBC or FUT Birthday item type. The first SBC players are Flashback David Villa, Timo Werner, and Prime Icon Moments Gerrard.
- A total of 21 players will be available through SBCs during the FUT Birthday – including 10 Prime Icon Moments, 6 FUT Birthday players, and 5 anniversary players
- Through tasks, you will receive a total of 6 players – including 4 Birthday players and 2 anniversary players. The first three players are Gervinho, Ibrahimovic, and Naldo – the second half will come in a week.
- There will also be daily puzzle SBCs
- Twitch Drops will also take place. To receive these rewards, you need to link your Twitch account to your EA account and watch the Twitch channel of proownez between 7 PM and 11 PM on Friday. Among them are 50K and 100K packs, Birthday cards, and Prime Icon Moments, like Ronaldinho’s:
This means for you: You will receive gifts and can earn some players. Therefore, you do not have to invest real money and buy loads of packs in the hope of earning one of the new player cards. Many fans wished for this from FUT Birthday:
