Ahead of the FIFA 23 TOTY release date, the Team of the Year has now been revealed, with the Final XI being confirmed after the largest community vote in the franchise's history — over 10 million fans voted for it!

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EA said in the announcement: "Once again millions of fans voted for their TOTY XI, and from these votes we saw Kylian Mbappé have the highest percentage of votes for attackers with 23 per cent."

Elsewhere on the pitch, EA notes: "Kevin De Bruyne had the highest percentage out of the midfielders vote with 21 per cent, Achraf Hakimi for defenders with 15 per cent and Thibaut Courtois took the top spot for goalkeepers with 56 per cent."

So, what does the Final 11 look like this year and when will these new cards be added to FIFA Ultimate Team? Keep on reading to find out!

When is the FIFA 23 TOTY release date?

EA has now confirmed that the FIFA 23 TOTY release date will span across several dates, with Friday 20th January being the first of them.

The full breakdown of what's happening when looks like this:

  • Friday 20th - Saturday 21st January: Attackers appear in packs
  • Sunday 22nd - Monday 23rd January: Midfielders in packs
  • Tuesday 24th - Wednesday 25th January: Defenders and goalkeepers in packs
  • Thursday 26th January: Full XI available

On each of those days, we'd expect the relevant cards to be released into Ultimate Team at 6pm GMT as is tradition.

FIFA 23 TOTY Final XI revealed: See all cards here!

Did your favourites make the cut? EA has revealed this line-up for the FIFA 23 TOTY Final XI:

The official FIFA 23 Team of the Year, as revealed by EA.
The official FIFA 23 Team of the Year, as revealed by EA. EA Sports

Attackers:

  • Karim Benzema (France) - Real Madrid
  • Kylian Mbappé (France) - Paris Saint-Germain
  • Lionel Messi (Argentina) - Paris Saint-Germain

Midfielders:

  • Jude Bellingham (England) - Borussia Dortmund
  • Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) - Manchester City
  • Luka Modrić (Croatia) - Real Madrid

Defenders:

  • Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) - Paris Saint-Germain
  • Éder Militão (Brazil) - Real Madrid
  • Theo Hernández (France) - AC Milan
  • Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) - Liverpool

Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois (Belgium) - Real Madrid

When is the FIFA 23 TOTY 12th Man vote?

The FIFA 23 TOTY 12th Man vote will start on Monday 23rd January, with players able to have their say within FIFA Ultimate Team itself.

Your options for this final addition to the squad will be Erling Haaland, Federico Valverde and João Cancelo, so cast your vote wisely!

Full list of FIFA 23 TOTY nominees

If you're wondering which players didn't make the cut, or simply who else was nominated for the TOTY, you can see the full list below.

Goalkeepers

  • Thibaut Courtois
  • Gregor Kobel
  • Mike Maignan
  • Alisson
  • Ederson
  • Wojciech Szczęsny
  • Kevin Trapp
  • Yassine Bounou
  • Hugo Lloris
  • Emilino Martínez

Defenders

  • Marcos Acuña
  • Marquinhos
  • Cristiano Biraghi
  • João Cancelo
  • Jonathan Clauss
  • Thiago Silva
  • Alphonso Davies
  • Jeremie Frimpong
  • Éder Militão
  • Rúben Dias
  • Grimaldo
  • Achraf Hakimi
  • Theo Hernández
  • Reece James
  • Kalidou Koulibaly
  • Nicolás Otamendi
  • Gleison Bremer
  • Niklas Süle
  • Fikayo Tomori
  • Kieran Trippier
  • Virgil van Dijk
  • Joško Gvardiol
  • Jules Koundé
  • Cristian Romero
  • Dayot Upamecano

Midfielders

  • Nicolò Barella
  • Jude Bellingham
  • Steven Berghuis
  • Marcelo Brozović
  • Bernardo Silva
  • Kevin De Bruyne
  • Moussa Diaby
  • Nabil Fekir
  • Seko Fofana
  • Pedri
  • Vincenzo Grifo
  • Rodri
  • Daichi Kamada
  • Joshua Kimmich
  • Filip Kostić
  • Toni Kroos
  • Merino
  • Sergej Milinković-Savić
  • Luka Modrić
  • Martin Ødegaard
  • Parejo
  • Lorenzo Pellegrini
  • Declan Rice
  • Bukayo Saka
  • Aurélien Tchouaméni
  • Sandro Tonali
  • Federico Valverde
  • Casemiro
  • Sofyan Amrabat
  • Bruno Fernandes
  • Ritsu Doan
  • Enzo Fernández
  • Ivan Perišić
  • Adrian Rabiot

Attackers

  • Iago Aspas
  • Wissam Ben Yedder
  • Karim Benzema
  • Rafael Leão
  • Neymar Jr.
  • Vinicius Jr.
  • Ousmane Dembélé
  • João Félix
  • Gabriel Jesus
  • Phil Foden
  • Cody Gakpo
  • Erling Haaland
  • Borja Iglesias
  • Ciro Immobile
  • Harry Kane
  • Randal Kolo Muani
  • Dejan Kulusevski
  • Robert Lewandowski
  • Sadio Mané
  • Lautaro Martínez
  • Kylian Mbappé
  • Lionel Messi
  • Christopher Nkunku
  • Darwin Núñez
  • Victor Osimhen
  • Mohammed Salah
  • Heung Min Son
  • Martin Terrier
  • Dušan Vlahović
  • Olivier Giroud
  • Antoine Griezmann

When did voting close for FIFA 23 TOTY?

Voting closed on Thursday 19th January at 8am GMT. Players had just over a week to decide who should make it onto the all-important TOTY, but the time to cast your votes on the FIFA 23 Ultimate Team Website has now ended. All that's left now is the release!

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