FIFA 22 Team of the Year release date rumours & full squad revealed

It feels like only yesterday that EA Sports revealed the FIFA 22 TOTY winners, because it was! The lineup was unveiled by David Beckham in the video below.

While we wait for more information, everything we do know at the moment about FIFA 22 TOTY is included below for your perusal.

FIFA 22 TOTY release date

When will FIFA TOTY players start showing up in FUT packs? That's the big question at the moment.

The FIFA 22 TOTY release date is expected to fall on Friday, 21st January 2022, with FIFA 22 players hoping to see TOTW players in FUT packs from that date onwards – at least the first wave of them! After all, Friday is a common day for FUT drops to occur, and EA Sports has been promoting Team of the Year very heavily over the last few days.

That being said, the developers have not officially confirmed that date, even though we'd be very surprised if the TOTY players did not appear in FUT packs starting on 21st January. Once an official date and time is confirmed, we'll let you know.

FIFA 22 TOTY release time

If we had to guess the FIFA 22 TOTY release time, we'd predict that 6pm BST on 21st January is when it all goes down. At that time, we wouldn't be surprised to see the first set of TOTY players showing up in FIFA 22 FUT Packs. However, it's worth stressing again that EA hasn't confirmed it yet.

FIFA 22 TOTY squad revealed in full

In case you didn't watch the video at the top of this page, you can check out the full winners squad for FIFA 22 TOTY below!

FIFA 22 TOTY attackers

Kylian Mbappé (FRA) - Paris Saint Germain

Robert Lewandowski (POL) - Bayern Munich

Lionel Messi (ARG) - Paris Saint Germain

FIFA 22 TOTY midfielders

Kevin De Bruyne (BEL) - Manchester City

Jorginho (ITA) - Chelsea

N’Golo Kanté (FRA) - Chelsea

FIFA 22 TOTY defenders

João Cancelo (POR) - Manchester City

Rúben Dias (POR) - Manchester City

Marquinhos (BRA) - Paris Saint Germain

Achraf Hakimi (MAR) - Paris Saint Germain

FIFA 22 TOTY goalkeeper

Gianluigi Donnarumma (ITA) - Paris Saint Germain

How to vote for the 12th Man in FIFA 22 TOTY

EA Sports normally hosts a 12th Man vote after the TOTY is revealed, allowing fans to pick one more player to add to the roster, usually from a choice of three players that very nearly made the cut.

EA Sports has not confirmed when the FIFA 22 TOTY 12th Man vote will occur, but fans have been predicting that it could start very soon indeed. When we know more, we'll let you know.

As for how to vote for the 12th Man, this selection process normally takes place within FIFA 22 itself, in the FIFA Ultimate Team mode (of course). Once the 12th Man promo is alive, you should be prompted to pick a player next time you try to open a pack. We'll keep you posted on all that when we learn more.

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How to vote in FIFA 22 TOTY

Voting has now closed in FIFA 22's Team of the Year poll, which took place on EA Sports' official FIFA 22 website.

There were 80 nominees in total for players to choose from, so you might have had to make some tricky decisions. Plenty of people were expected to take part in the vote – apparently there were 10 million votes last year!

When was the FIFA 22 TOTY vote deadline?

Voting for the FIFA 22 TOTY started at 4pm GMT on Monday 10th January 2022. There was a deadline to be aware of, though: voting for the FIFA 22 TOTY ended at 7:59am GMT on Tuesday 18th January 2022.

Full list of FIFA 22 TOTY nominees

As EA Sports revealed on the FIFA 22 Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, the full list of FIFA 22 TOTY nominees looks like this:

FIFA 22 TOTY goalkeeper nominees:

• Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)
• Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
• Ederson (Manchester City)
• Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)
• Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
• Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)

FIFA 22 TOTY defender nominees:

• Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
• Kyle Walker (Manchester City)
• Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
• Achraf Hakimi (PSG)
• Jesus Navas (Sevilla)
• Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United)
• Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
• Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
• Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea)
• Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Marquinhos (PSG)
• Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
• Giorgio Chiellini (Piemonte Calcio - Juventus)
• Leonardo Bonucci (Piemonte Calcio - Juventus)
• Simon Kjaer (AC Milan)
• Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan)
• David Alaba (Real Madrid)
• Jules Kounde (Sevilla)
• Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
• Reinildo Mandava (Lille)
• Christian Gunter (Freiburg)
• Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)
• Theo Hernandez (AC Milan)
• Jordi Alba (Barcelona)
• Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma)

FIFA 22 TOTY midfielder nominees:

• N'Golo Kante (Chelsea)
• Declan Rice (West Ham)
• Fabinho (Liverpool)
• Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
• Manuel Locatelli (Piemonte Calcio / Juventus)
• Casemiro (Real Madrid)
• Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
• Jorginho (Chelsea)
• Marco Verratti (PSG)
• Lucas Paqueta (Lyon)
• Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich)
• Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
• Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan)
• Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid)
• Pedri (Barcelona)
• Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
• Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
• Phil Foden (Manchester City)
• Mason Mount (Chelsea)
• Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
• Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig)
• Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
• Nabil Fekir (Real Betis)
• Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt)
• Luis Diaz (FC Porto)

FIFA 22 TOTY attacker nominees

• Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
• Federico Chiesa (Juventus)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
• Jonathan David (Lille)
• Gerard Moreno (Villareal)
• Jack Grealish (Manchester City)
• Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
• Ciro Immobile (Lazio)
• Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli)
• Harry Kane (Spurs)
• Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
• Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea)
• Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
• Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
• Lionel Messi (PSG)
• Neymar Jr. (PSG)
• Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad)
• Dimitri Payet (Marseille)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
• Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid)
• Dusan Tadic (Ajax)
• Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina)

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