EA Sports has secured 14 exclusively-licensed Serie A teams in a deal that kicks off with FIFA 22.
EA’s partnership with Serie A means these teams will not appear in rival football game eFootball (what was once PES).
The deal also includes the authentic integration of Serie A into FIFA Ultimate Team’s Team of the Week and FUT Serie A Team Of The Season promotions, and an all new EA SPORTS Player of the Month award.
The partnership runs both ways. EA Sports is now the main sponsor of the Italian Supercup, which is renamed EA Sports Supercup beginning with the 2022-23 season.
EA provided Eurogamer with a list of the 16 licensed Serie A teams in FIFA 22:
- Bologna F.C. 1909
- Cagliari Calcio
- Empoli F.C.
- ACF Fiorentina
- Genoa C.F.C.
- Hellas Verona F.C.
- FC Internazionale Milano
- A.C. Milan
- S.S.C. Napoli
- U.S. Salernitana 1919
- U.C. Sampdoria
- U.S. Sassuolo Calcio
- Spezia Calcio
- Torino F.C.
- Udinese Calcio
- Venezia F.C.
Konami currently has four Serie A teams flying under its exclusive banner, so FIFA 22 rounds out Serie A with Piemonte Calcio (Juventus), Bergamo Calcio (Atalanta), Latium (Lazio), and Roma FC (Roma). (Napoli is exclusive to eFootball from next season.) The names and likenesses of authentic players from all 20 Serie A clubs will continue to be playable throughout FIFA 22, though.