FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) lets players build their dream squad and through playing matches, earn FUT coins and use the Transfer Market to buy and sell Player Items.

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Heroes and ICONS, TOTW and Ones To Watch cards are all up for grabs in the all-encompassing mode, but FIFA fans who're serious followers of the sport outside of the game should be looking into Road to the Knockouts (RTTK) cards in particular.

RTTK cards tie into the biggest leagues in the sport and change based on club performance, giving players the opportunity to see huge potential upgrades if they take a gamble.

Before you try your hand at them, here are RTTK cards explained and how to track them.

FIFA 23 RTTK explained

Road to the Knockouts cards are special FUT cards of players whose teams are competing in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.

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However, much like in last year's FIFA 22, RTTK cards can earn two upgrades throughout the season that will improve stats - but these upgrades are dependent on the club's real-life performance in the above tournaments, the requirements being:

  • Wins upgrade: The player's team wins at least two of the next three group stage games.
  • Qualification upgrade: The player's team qualifies for the Knockout Stage.

Win upgrades will be updated every week (the first ones will come into effect on 21st October), while Qualification upgrades will begin on Friday 4th November after all group matches of the European tournaments have concluded.

RTTK began on Friday 7th October with the release of the following cards:

Read more on FIFA:

FIFA 23 RTTK upgrade tracker

We've already seen a few big results that will impact the RTTK cards. Here's the full list of players along with their club, remaining matches and current wins:

  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Chelsea FC, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 1
  • Niklas Süle, Borussia Dortmund, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 0
  • Thomas Lemar, Atletico Madrid, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 0
  • Lionel Messi, Paris Saint-Germain, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 0
  • Federico Valverde, Real Madrid, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 0
  • Raphinha, FC Barcelona, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 0
  • Thomas Müller, FC Bayern Munich, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 1
  • Phil Foden, Manchester City, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 0
  • Patrik Schick, Bayer Leverkusen, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 0
  • Zambo Anguissa, Napoli, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 1
  • Ibrahima Konate, Liverpool FC, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 1
  • Dejan Kulusevski (SBC), Tottenham Hotspur, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 1
  • Robin Gosens (Objective), Inter Milan, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 0
  • Ismaël Bennacer (SBC), AC Milan, Matches Remaining: 2, Wins: 0
  • Martin Ødegaard, Arsenal FC, Matches Remaining: 4, Wins: 0
  • Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Manchester United, Matches Remaining: 3, Wins: 0
  • Martin Terrier, Rennes, Matches Remaining: 3, Wins: 0
  • Moses Simon, FC Nantes, Matches Remaining: 3, Wins: 0
  • Gerard Moreno, Villarreal, Matches Remaining: 3, Wins: 0
  • Lucas Paqueta, West Ham United, Matches Remaining: 3, Wins: 0
  • Jonathan Ikoné, Fiorentina, Matches Remaining: 3, Wins: 0

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