EA Sports has confirmed the EA FC 26 release window, giving players an idea of when to expect its release.

The series has had a bumpy start. , the first instalment of ' newest game series, received a mixed reception from the community. After receiving we've seen at launch, started to find its feet in 2025 thanks to a handful of .

With the promo now live in FC 25 Ultimate Team, it's a sign that we're approaching the end of the EA FC 25 lifecycle, and with the latest EA Sports FC release improving in the latter months, players are starting to feel more optimistic about the upcoming release. There were rumours earlier this year of the EA FC 26 release date being , but EA has now confirmed the EA FC 26 release window.

No new details regarding EA FC 26 have been published by EA officially, but we do now know what quarter of the year the game will be hitting shelves.

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EA recently published its , where, as well as its "strong finish" to the year financially, the new releases for the upcoming quarter were published. Alongside other games like College Football 26, Madden NFL 26 and NHL 26, EA confirmed that EA FC 26 will be released in Q2 of the publisher's financial year, meaning it will be released sometime between July 1, 2025 to September 30, 2025.

If we had to predict when EA FC 26 will be released, we would expect the game to receive a worldwide release on September 26, 2025, the last Friday of September, which has been the trend that EA has followed in recent years. The rumours of an August release date seemed very ambitious.

If EA FC 26 were to be released a month in advance, then we'd probably have seen the EA FC 25 Ultimate Team release schedule start slowing down by now. Also, with being , the huge panic of clashing with this gargantuan release may have cooled down, so we don't expect EA to rush the release of EA FC 26.