FIFA 23 RTTF: start date and leaks for Road to the Final
The ongoing FIFA 23 Future Stars promo is on its final stretch, so FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) players are naturally asking themselves what’s next on the agenda. While nothing has been confirmed officially, one look at the soccer calendar for 2023 should clear everything up: Europe’s three big international soccer tournaments – Conference League (UECL), Europa League (UEL), and Champions League (UCL) – are about to start their playoffs.
Traditionally, EA Sports accompanies this occasion with a promo dubbed Road to the Final, or RTTF for short. RTTF highlights the teams fighting to reach the finals of these three important tournaments, featuring their players on upgraded FUT cards.
The interesting thing about RTTF is that most of the player items will be dynamic, which means that they can become even stronger over time, depending on how well their teams do on the actual pitch. The closer a team gets to the final of its respective competition, the better the RTTF cards of players from that team will become.
Here’s everything you need to know about FIFA 23 RTTF.
FIFA 23 RTTF: Road to the Final start date
EA Sports has officially confirmed the start date for FIFA 23 RTTF, conforming with the real-life soccer calendar.
Future Stars is set to last until February 17, 2023, at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT / 7pm CET, which is when FIFA 23 RTTF will begin.
This is almost exactly the same date as for FIFA 22, where RTTF began on February 18.
FIFA 23 RTTF: Road to the Final upgrades
Here is how the upgrades for UCL, UEL, and UECL cards work this time around, according to reliable leaker Fut Sheriff.
UCL
- Player’s team wins first knock-out game after campaign launch: +1 OVR
- Player’s team qualifies for quarterfinals: +1 OVR
- Player’s team qualifies for semifinals: +1 OVR and three new traits
- Player’s team qualifies for finals: 5-star weak foot rating
- Player’s team wins the finals: +1 OVR and 5-star skill move rating
UEL
- Player’s team qualifies for round of 16: +1 OVR
- Player’s team qualifies for quarterfinals: +1 OVR
- Player’s team qualifies for semifinals: +1 OVR and three new traits
- Player’s team qualifies for finals: 5-star weak foot rating
- Player’s team wins the finals: +1 OVR and 5-star skill move rating
UECL
- Player’s team qualifies for round of 16: +1 OVR
- Player’s team qualifies for quarterfinals: +1 OVR
- Player’s team qualifies for semifinals: +1 OVR and three new traits
- Player’s team qualifies for finals: 5-star weak foot rating
- Player’s team wins the finals: +1 OVR and 5-star skill move rating
Upgrades seem to be scheduled weekly after the conclusion of each tournament stage:
- February 24
- March 17
- April 21
- May 19
- June 12
FIFA 23 RTTF: Road to the Final leaks
Champions League has revealed three RTTF UCL cards already:
- David Alaba – Real Madrid (89 OVR)
- Roberto Firmino – Liverpool FC (91 OVR)
- Donyell Malen – Borussia Dortmund (87 OVR)
Some players likely included in the promo have also been leaked:
- (UCL) Nuno Mendes – Paris Saint-Germain (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UCL) Lucas Moura – Tottenham Hotspur (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UCL) Leon Goretzka – FC Bayern München (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UCL) Wesley Fofana – Chelsea FC (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UCL) Nicoló Barella – Inter Milan (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UEL) Gabriel Martinelli – Arsenal FC (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UEL) Federico Chiesa – Juventus (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UEL) Kevin Volland – AS Monaco (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UEL) Miranda – Real Betis Sevilla (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UEL) Anthony Martial – Manchester United (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UEL) Erik Lamela – FC Sevilla (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UEL) Ferran Torres – FC Barcelona (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UECL) Youcef Atal – OGC Nice (unknown OVR) via Team 1
- (UEL) Moussa Diaby – Bayer 04 Leverkusen (unknown OVR) via SBC
We’ll immediately let you know once we’ve seen more credible information or EA Sports has confirmed something new about RTTF, so keep checking back for the latest.
