The start of January is a really exciting time for football fans as transfer windows open across the globe. It's also one of the most anticipated months for fans of FIFA 20 as the annual Team of the Year is released in FIFA Ultimate Team.
In the past, this was tied to the FIFA World XI, but now it is decided by a fan vote from the FIFA community. The most popular 11 players will then make up a special Team of the Year squad, which will include the highest-rated players in the game.
These players will remain the highest-rated players, even after Team of the Season squads are released in May and June.
Contents
- When does Team of the Year start?
- Which players made the Team of the Year?
- Which players were nominated for Team of the Year?
- How was Team of the Year decided?
- What pack offers are available during Team of the Year?
- Will Team of the Year players be in Squad Building Challenges?
- How do you get the Team of the Year kit?
When does Team of the Year start?
FIFA 20 Team of the Year began on Monday January 6, 2020 and will last the entire week.
During the week, various batches of players will be released in position groups e.g. attackers, midfielders, defenders and goalkeeper.
These specific position groups will be in packs for one day before being replaced by the next position group. Forwards were released on Monday, followed by midfielders on Tuesday.
On Friday January 10, 2020, all 11 Team of the Year players will be available in packs for the duration of the weekend.
Which players made the Team of the Year?
Set up in a 4-3-3 formation, the FIFA 20 Team of the Year is as follows:
Alisson Becker (Liverpool) - GK, 97
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) - RB, 95
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) - CB, 99
Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) - CB, 96
Andy Robertson (Liverpool) - LB, 94
Kevin De Bruyne (Man City) - CAM, 98
Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) - CM, 94
N'Golo Kante (Chelsea) - CDM, 97
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - RW, 99
Kylian Mbappe (PSG) - ST, 98
Sadio Mane (Liverpool) - LW, 97
Which players were nominated for Team of the Year?
In December, EA Sports released the 55 nominees for the FIFA 20 Team of the Year. The full list is below.
Goalkeepers:
Alisson (Liverpool) – 89
Ederson (Manchester City) – 88
Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) – 91
Andre Onana (Ajax) – 82
Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona) – 90
Defenders:
Jordi Alba (Barcelona) – LB, 87
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) – RB, 83
Leonardo Bonucci (Piemonte Calcio) – CB, 86
Jose Maria Gimenez (Atletico Madrid) – CB, 85
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund) – CB, 87
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) – RB, 86
Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) – CB, 89
Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) – CB, 87
Matthijs de Ligt (Piemonte Calcio) – CB, 85
Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain) – CB, 86
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) – CB, 89
Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) – LB, 85
Alex Sandro (Piemonte Calcio) – LB, 85
Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) – CB, 87
Milan Skriniar (Inter) – CB, 86
Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax) – LB, 82
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – CB, 90
Jan Vertonghen (Spurs) – CB, 87
Midfielders:
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – CAM, 91
Paulo Dybala (Piemonte Calcio) – CAM, 88
Christian Eriksen (Spurs) – CAM, 88
Fabinho (Liverpool) – CDM, 85
Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen) – CAM, 84
Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) – CDM, 83
Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) – CM, 85
N’Golo Kante (Chelsea) – CDM, 89
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) – CM, 90
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) – CAM, 88
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) – RM, 84
David Silva (Manchester City) – CAM, 88
Dusan Tadic (Ajax) – CAM, 84
Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain) – CM, 86
Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) – CM, 84
Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) – CAM, 85
Attackers:
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) – ST, 89
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) – ST, 88
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – CF, 87
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) – CF, 86
Eden Hazard (Real Madrid) – LW, 91
Harry Kane (Spurs) – ST, 91
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) – ST, 89
Sadio Mane (Liverpool) – LW, 88
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) – ST, 89
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – RW, 94
Neymar Jr (Paris Saint-Germain) – LW, 92
Cristiano Ronaldo (Piemonte Calcio) – ST, 93
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – RW, 90
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) – RW, 87
Heung-min Son (Spurs) – CF, 87
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) – RW, 88
How was Team of the Year decided?
The FIFA 20 Team of the Year was decided by a fan vote. Voting opened on the same day as the UK general election - Thursday, December 12, 2019 - and lasted eight days until Friday, December 20, 2019.
Fans picked 11 players from the shortlist of 55 players with this vote counting for 60 per cent of the overall selection and EA Sports themselves deciding the remaining 40%.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are usually guaranteed to make the team every year, although this year Ronaldo - who is assigned to the fake club Piemonte Calcio as EA Sports no longer have the rights to use Juventus's team name or logo - failed to make the cut.
There is also a fan vote to add a 12th player to Team of the Year. When gamers log into their console, they can pick one of five one-game loan items to vote for the 12th player.
The nominees for the 12th player are Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Hakim Ziyech, Raheem Sterling and Eden Hazard. The winner of this vote will be revealed and added to packs on Friday, January 10.
What pack offers are available during Team of the Year?
Team of the Year players are only available in packs. As a result, lots and lots of packs will be sold through the Store.
There will not be any discounted packs on sale during the Team of the Year period, but special limited edition packs will be available in the Store. These include Mega Packs, Rare Player Packs and the Ultimate Pack.
These are available in limited quantity offers, where it's first come, first served, as well as special timed offers where the packs are only available for a limited period.
Will Team of the Year players be in Squad Building Challenges?
The 11 players named in the FIFA 20 Team of the Year are not available through Squad Building Challenges (SBCs).
However, EA Sports will release some special SBCs to coincide with TOTY, featuring Flashback TOTY players from previous teams of the year. The first Flashback TOTY SBC released was Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, while Flashback TOTY Andres Iniesta is available by completing seasons objectives (such as assisting eight goals with Spanish players).
Flashback David Luiz was released on Tuesday, January 7, with an overall rating of 90 and a pace score of 83.
The Flashback Card is assigned to the player's current club, rather than the club they played for when they were in the old team of the year, meaning Iniesta's Flashback TOTY version is for Vissel Kobe in Japan's J1 League.
How do you get the Team of the Year kit?
The Team of the Year Tuxedo Kit was initially released when the nomination process opened on December 12, 2019.
Players could get the kit by logging into their FIFA Ultimate Team account, where they would be gifted an untradeable version of the kit.