The RTTF (Road to the Final) promo will be coming to FIFA 23 this week, and some of the players set to feature are already being leaked.
After a two-week-long stint in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team, the Future Stars promo will be making way for the RTTF event this week, with EA Sports confirming via a FUT loading screen that the new promo will be released on Friday. The RTTF features a bunch of live player items being released into FUT, with these cards upgrading depending on how far the player's clubs go in each competition.
Three different card types will be released as part of the promo, a Champions League RTTF, a Europa League RTTF and a Europa Conference League RTTF. Some of these players have been leaked on social media ahead of the release later this week, whilst EA Sports has introduced a new upgrade system for the RTTF cards.
The FIFA 23 RTTF promo will be released into FUT on Friday, February 17 at 6pm GMT / 1pm ET / 10am PT. Here's the latest RTTF leaks, as well as some predictions on who could feature.
FIFA 23 RTTF (Road to the Finals) latest leaks
The ever-reliable leaker @FutSheriff has announced a handful of players to feature in the upcoming RTTF promo. Each player is reportedly dropping as part of Team 1 of the promo.
Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli and Manchester United's Anthony Martial are the standout name of the leaks so far, with the Premier League stars expected to be two of the higher-rated players on release. The Gunners and United are tipped to go far in the competition, meaning they could be worth a pretty penny on release due to their potential to increase.
Here's the list of players leaked to feature in FIFA 23's RTTF Team 1 squad. These players are yet to be confirmed by EA Sports, meaning we won't know if they will be included until the official release.
- UCL: Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
- UCL: Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City)
- UCL: Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig)
- UCL: Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich)
- UCL: Wesley Fofana (Chelsea)
- UCL: Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan)
- UCL: Lucas Moura (Tottenham)
- UEL: Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal)
- UEL: Anthony Martial (Manchester United)
- UEL: Erik Lamela (Sevilla)
- UEL: Ferran Torres (UEL)
- UEL: Federico Chiesa (Juventus)
- UEL: Kevin Volland (AS Monaco)
- UEL: Juan Miranda (Real Betis)
- UEL: Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen) - SBC
- UEL: Brais Mendez (Real Sociedad) - Objective
- UECL: Felipe Anderson (Lazio)
- UECL: Youcef Atal (Nice)
The official UEFA Champions League page also confirmed three players set to feature in the RTTF promo in an early reveal, with Liverpool's Roberto Firmino announced with an attractive card. These are the players confirmed.
- UCL: Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)
- UCL: David Alaba (Real Madrid)
- UCL: Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund)
@FutSheriff has also announced that another RTTF card type will be coming to FUT during the promo called RTTF Rewind. This new card will be to celebrate knockout shocks and comebacks from past Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League seasons.
FIFA 23 Road to the Finals (RTTF) upgrade system
EA has introduced a new upgrade system for RTTF in FIFA 23, including skill moves and weak foot upgrades, similar to the 2022 World Cup Path to Glory upgrade system earlier in FIFA 23. All three competitions follow the same upgrade guidelines.
According to @FutSheriff, here's how the upgrades will work for each competition:
- Win 1st knockout game after campaign launch - +1 in-form upgrade
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Quality for Quarter-Finals - +1 in-form upgrade
- Qualify for Semi-Finals - +1 in-form upgrade and three new traits
Qualify for Final - 5-star weak foot upgrade
Win Final - +1 in-form upgrade and 5-star skill moves upgrade
Players will receive upgrades based on their team's performance, so once they are eliminated from the competition, they can no longer receive upgrades. A player does not need to feature in the game in any way to receive the upgrade.
Each RTTF upgrade will occur at the end of each week when the stage of the competition has concluded. Here are the dates that upgrades should be made in-game, according to the leaker.
- 1st upgrade: Friday, February 24
- 2nd upgrade: Friday, March 17
- 3rd upgrade: Friday, April 21
- 4th upgrade: Friday, May 19
- 5th upgrade: Friday, June 12
