For a full squad building guide, with examples and an in-depth explanation, please visit https://e.premierleague.com/important-information#squad-building-guide
Squad Building Restrictions
During the Online Qualifiers, each Player must adhere to the following squad building
restrictions which apply to each Players starting 11 and their substitutes, excluding
goalkeepers:
● Only select footballers for their squad who are included on the List of Eligible
Players, ie, Premier League footballers or on the List of Eligible ICONS and
Heroes. The League will provide all Players with the List of Eligible Players and
the List of Eligible ICONS and Heroes in advance of each Online Qualifier;
● A maximum of one Premier League ICON item;
● A maximum of one Premier League Hero item;
● A maximum of three non-ICON Premier League footballers with an OVR rating
of, or between, 88 and 91;
● All other players must be 87 rated or lower;
● Loan items are permitted.
List of Eligible Premier League Items
Premier League items registered with the League available on EA SPORTS FC 26 that
may be included within each Player’s squad as shown at
List of Eligible ICON and Heroes
● The following footballers are eligible to use in any type of item. If not listed, the
footballer is not eligible for use during the Competition
ICONs
● Alan Shearer
● Andriy Shevchenko
● Ashley Cole
● Bastian Schweinsteiger
● Claude Makélélé
● David Beckham
● Davor Šuker
● Dennis Bergkamp
● Didier Drogba
● Edwin van der Sar
● Emmanuel Petit
● Eric Cantona
● Fernando Hierro
● Fernando Torres
● Frank Lampard
● Gareth Bale
● Gianfranco Zola
● Henrik Larsson
● Hernan Crespo
● Ian Rush
● Ian Wright
● John Barnes
● Juan Sebastián Verón
● Laurent Blanc
● Marcel Desailly
● Michael Ballack
● Michael Essien
● Michael Owen
● Nemanja Vidić
● Patrick Kluivert
● Patrick Vieira
● Paul Scholes
● Peter Schmeichel
● Petr Cech
● Rio Ferdinand
● Robert Pires
● Robin van Persie
● Roy Keane
● Ruud Gullit
● Ruud van Nistelrooy
● Samuel Eto’o
● Sol Campbell
● Steven Gerrard
● Thierry Henry
● Wayne Rooney
● Xabi Alonso
● Zlatan Ibrahimović
Heroes
● David Ginola
● Fernando Morientes
● Hidetoshi Nakata
● Freddie Ljungberg
● Jerzy Dudek
● Joe Cole
● Ole Gunnar Solskjær
● Robbie Keane
● Tim Cahill
● Ricardo Carvalho
● Yaya Toure
● Park Ji Sung
● Diego Forlàn
● Javier Mascherano
● Peter Crouch
● Dirk Kuyt
● Harry Kewell
● Jay-Jay Okocha
● Clint Dempsey
● Dimitar Berbatov
● Steve McManaman
● Carlos Tevez
● Nwankwo Kanu
● Tomas Rosicky
● John Arne Riise
● Jari Litmanen
● Paulo Futre
● Vincent Kompany
● Ramires
● Gervinho
● DaMarcus Beasley
● Eden Hazard
● Jamie Carragher
● Jaap Stam
● Tim Howard
● Maicon
● Victor Ibarbo
● Miguel Ángel Salgado Fernández