Electronic Arts have announced that UEFA Euro 2024, the 17th edition of the European Championship is being added to EA Sports FC 24 for all platforms and EA Sports FC Mobile in a free update next year, ahead of the actual event.

Players who have played EA Sports FC 24 by January 16, 2024 will be given one of six UEFA Euro 2024 Ultimate Team player items, which will start to be distributed on December 18. Below is the list of players:

• Jack Grealish (England)

• Ousmane Dembélé (France)

• Federico Chiesa (Italy)

• Florian Wirtz (Germany)

• Virgil Van Djik (Netherlands)

• Alvaro Morata (Spain)

EA SPORTS FC will also be the platform for UEFA's official eEURO Esports programme – an immersive new tournament which will feature Europe's best EA SPORTS FC players representing UEFA national teams.

This year's inaugural eEURO will be the first of an annual tournament programme featuring qualification phases culminating in a live final, the first of which will be contested in Winter 2024.

More details about the eSports side of thing will come out next year, but no timeframe has been given yet.