EA Sports has officially released the FIFA 23 World Cup Stories promo, celebrating the best players and moments from the World Cup group stages.
The abundance of World Cup -themed content continues in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team, with the brand-new World Cup Stories replacing the Road to the World Cup promo. The squad is stacked with big names and high-rated players, with Liverpool and Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk being the highest-rated player in the squad.
With the group stages of the World Cup concluding today, the World Cup Stories promo has dropped, featuring players who had big moments during the group stages of the tournament. Marcus Rashford has been one of the best players so far and has been rewarded with a spot in the World Cup Stories squad.
Meanwhile, players like Gareth Bale made the cut based on iconic moments that will go down in football history, with the forward scoring Wales' first World Cup goal since 1958. We've got the full line-up for the World Cup Stories squad below.
FIFA 23 World Cup Stories squad
Van Dijk headlines the World Cup Stories squad, with the Netherlands defender rated 92 overall. Bale, Marco Asensio, Bale and Leroy Sane are some of the other high-rated players in the squad, whilst Manchester United duo Bruno Fernandes and Rashford also feature.
- CB: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool and Netherlands) - 92 OVR
- RW: Gareth Bale (LAFC and Wales) - 91 OVR
CAM: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United and Portugal) - 90 OVR
- ST: Marco Asensio (Real Madrid and Spain) - 89 OVR
- LW: Marcus Rashford (Manchester United and England) - 88 OVR
- CAM: Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich and Germany) - 88 OVR
- ST: Edinson Cavani (Uruguay) - 88 OVR
- LW: Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich and Canada) - 87 OVR
- CB: Simon Kjaer (AC Milan and Denmark) - 86 OVR
- CM: Adrien Rabiot (Juventus and France) - 86 OVR
- CDM: Axel Witsel (Atletico Madrid and Belgium) - 85 OVR
- CM: Lovro Majer (Rennes and Croatia) - 85 OVR
Along with the World Cup Stories squad, EA has also released a second set of World Cup Icons into FUT – a special, boosted version of Icons that celebrates their greatest World Cup moments.
World Cup Stories is the fourth World Cup-themed promo to be released in Ultimate Team, also running alongside a World Cup Swaps event that features World Cup Stars player items as rewards.
