FUT Birthday is an annual event in FIFA and it is back in FIFA 23. It is a celebration marking the original release of the game’s most popular mode FIFA Ultimate Team which was first implemented on March 19, 2009.
This promotion has been a mainstay ever since FUT 14. It is a fan-favorite event across the community due to the weak foot and skill move boosts for the players selected for the promo squad.
FIFA 23 FUT Birthday Team 2 End Date
FUT Birthday Team 2 will come out of packs at the end of the event on April 7, 2023, at 10 A.M. PT / 1 P.M. ET/ 6 P.M.
- FUT Birthday will end in:
If you haven’t already seen it, you can check out the players from FUT Birthday Team 1 here!
Read More: Fantasy FUT Upgrade Tracker

FIFA 23 FUT Birthday Team 2
Here all the players chosen for FUT Birthday Team 2 and have been given a 5-star weak foot or 5-star star skill moves along with an upgrade to their stats:
- CM: Bruno Guimarães 81 → 91 – 5* Skill Moves (Newcastle & Brazil)
- LW: Vinícius JR 86 → 92 – 5* Weak Foot (Real Madrid & Brazil)
- RW: Antony 82 → 88 – 5* Weak Foot (Manchester United & Brazil)
- LB: Alex Telles 80 → 89 – 5* Skill Moves (Sevilla & Brazil)
- CB: Mats Hummels 86 → 90 – 5* Weak Foot (Borussia Dortmund & Germany)
- ST: Timo Werner 82 → 89 – 5* Weak Foot (RB Leipzig & Germany)
- LW → CF: Stephan El Shaarawy 77 → 89 – 5* Skill Moves (Roma FC & Italy)
- GK: Andre Onana 82 → 88 – 5* Skill Moves & Weak Foot (Inter Milan & Cameroon)
- RWB: Joakim Mæhle (Atalanta B.C & Denmark)
- CB: Simon Kjær 82 → 88 – 5* Skill Moves (AC Milan & Denmark)
- CAM: Matteo Pessina (Monza & Italy)
- CF: Christopher Nkunku 86 → 89 – 5* Weak Foot – SBC (RB Leipzig & France)
- CB: Piero Hincapie 78 → 87 – 5* Weak Foot (Bayer Leverkusen & Ecuador)
- LM: Jonathan Bamba 76 → 87 5* Skill Moves (LOSC Lille & France)
Twin Release – Players receive two versions with the same stats but one has 5* Weak Foot and one has 5* Star Skills:
- CM: Matteo Guendouzi 80 → 88 (Marseille & France)
- CAM: Matteo Pessini 77 → 87 (AC Monza & Italy)
- RWB: Joakim Mæhle 76 → 86 (Atalanta B.C & Denmark)

FIFA 23 FUT Birthday ICON Team 2
Here are the ICONs releasing as part of Team 2:
- CF: Eusébio – 94 Overall – 5* Skill Moves & 5* Weak Foot (Portugal)
- CB: Paolo Maldini – 95 Overall – 5* Skill Moves (Italy)
- ST: Wayne Rooney – 92 Overall – 5* Skill Moves(England)
- CAM: Kaká – 93 Overall – 5* Skill Moves & 5* Weak Foot (Brazil)
- ST: Patrick Kluivert – 93 Overall – 5* Weak Foot (the Netherlands)
- CB: Marcel Desailly – 92 Overall – 5* Weak Foot (France)
- CM: Juan Sebastián Verón – 92 Overall – 5* Weak Foot (Argentina)
- LW: John Barnes – 90 Overall – 5* Skill Moves (England)
- CDM: Gennaro Gattuso – 92 Overall – 5* Skill Moves (Italy)

FIFA 23 FUT Birthday Team 1
The players chosen for this promo will be given a 5-star weak foot or 5-star skill moves upgrade along with upgrades to their overall stats. Here are all the players released as part of FUT Birthday’s Team 1:
- CAM: Bernardo Silva 88 → 93 – 5* Weak Foot (Man City & Portugal)
- CB: Marquinhos 88 → 91 – 5* Weak Foot (PSG & Brazil)
- CAM: Thomas Muller 87 → 91 – 5* Skill Moves (Bayern Munich & Germany)
- CF: João Félix 84 → 89 – 5* Weak Foot (Chelsea & Portugal)
- GK: Alban Lafont 80 → 89 – 5* Skill Moves (Nantes & France)
- RWB: Emerson Royal 78 → 88 – – 5* Skill Moves (Tottenham & Brazil)
- RM: Samuel Chukwueze 79 → 87 – 5* Weak Foot (Villarreal & Nigeria)
- CB: Yeray 80 → 86 – 5* Skill Moves (Athletic Club & Spain)
- CM: Djibril Sow 80 → 86 – 5* Weak Foot (Eintracht Frankfurt & Switzerland)
- CDM: N’golo Kante 89 → 92 – 5* Weak Foot – SBC (Chelsea & France)
- CM: Pedri 85 → 91 – SBC – 5* Weak Foot (FC Barcelona & Spain)
- CAM: Gregore 72 → 85 – 5* Skill Moves – Objective (Inter Miami & Brazil)
- RW: Jesse Lingard 78 → 86 – 5* Weak Foot – Objective (Nottingham Forest & England)
- CB: Axel Disasi 77 → 87 – 5* Skill Moves- SBC (AS Monaco & France)
- ST: Romain Alessandrini 75 → 87 – 5* Skills – Objective (Shenzhen FC & France)
- ST: Joselu 80 → 88 – 5* Skill Moves – Objective (RCD Espanyol & Spain)
- ST: Michail Antonio 79 → 89 – 5* Weak Foot – SBC (West Ham & Jamaica)
- LB: Alex Sandro 80 → 89 – 5* Skill Moves – SBC (Juventus & Brazil)
- CAM: Alex Iwobi 75 → 89 – 5* Skill Moves – SBC (Everton & Nigeria)
Twin Release – Players receive two versions with the same stats but one has 5* Weak Foot and one has 5* Star Skills:
- LB: Oleksandr Zinchenko 80 → 90 (Arsenal & Ukraine)
- LW: Darwin Núñez 82 → 89 (Liverpool & Uruguay)
- CM: Koke 83 → 88 (Atletico Madrid & Spain)

FUT Birthday ICONs Team 1
Here are all the FUT Birthday ICONs released as part of this promotion:
- CF: Ferenc Puskás – 95 OVR – 5* Weak Foot (Hungary)
- CM: Lothar Matthäus – 94 OVR – 5* Weak Foot(Germany)
- RW: George Best – 94 OVR – 5* Skill Moves (Northern Ireland)
- CF: Eric Cantona – 94 OVR – 5* Weak Foot (France)
- LW: Rivaldo – 93 OVR – SBC – 5* Weak Foot (Brazil)
- RW: Jairzinho – 93 OVR – 5* Weak Foot (Brail)
- ST: Ian Rush – 92 OVR – 5* Skill Moves (Wales)
- ST: Alan Shearer – 92 OVR – 5* Skill Moves – Swaps Reward (England)
- CB: Ronald Koeman – 92 OVR – 5* Weak Foot(The Netherlands)
- CAM: Rui Costa – 91 OVR – 5* Skill Moves (Portugal)

FUT Birthday Swaps
FUT Birthday Swaps has returned in this promo. The Swaps events in FIFA are extremely popular, and now there is a themed event for FUT Birthday.
Players will have to complete SBCs and Objectives to earn tokens. FUT users can then trade these tokens in for high-value rewards in the Swaps tab in Squad Building Challenges.
Here are the full set of rewards for FUT Birthday Swaps:
- 81+ X11 Rare Players Pack – 1 Token
- World Cup Icon Crespo – 2 Tokens
- FUT Birthday Team 1 Player Pack – 3 Tokens
- 82+ X20 Rare Players Pack – 5 Tokens
- 85+ X10 Rare Players Pack – 10 Tokens
- 87+ RTTF, FUT Fantasy, FUT Fantasy Hero, FUT Birthday Team 1 Player Pick – 15 Tokens
- Prime Icon Rio Ferdinand – 17 Tokens
- Two 84+ X20 Rare Players Pack – 20 Tokens
- FUT Birthday ICON Alan Shearer – 20 Tokens
- 90+ Prime Icon Player Pick – 27 Tokens

Of course to obtain some of these FUT Birthdays Swaps Tokens, you will need to play and win some FUT matches.
Check out these tips to help you win more games: