Glory Hunters goes live on Friday, June 26, 2026 at 6 PM BST / 10 AM PT, and it's the most flexible promo FC 26 has shipped this cycle. Every Team 1 card launches with no preset PlayStyles, leaving you to slot any PlayStyle of your choice through the PlayStyles Lab in the Evolution menu, free of charge and with no cooldown. Neymar Jr. headlines a 39-player lineup that includes Lionel Messi, Ousmane Dembélé, Bruno Fernandes, and Virgil van Dijk. Team 2 follows on July 3. Here's the full FC 26 Glory Hunters Team 1 release breakdown, the customisation mechanic, and where the promo fits in the Festival of Football calendar.
When does FC 26 Glory Hunters release?
Team 1 launches Friday, June 26, 2026 at 6 PM BST / 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. Team 2 follows exactly one week later on Friday, July 3, at the same slot. Both teams stay live in packs for the full Festival of Football window, so cards from Team 1 don't rotate out when Team 2 drops.
After Glory Hunters wraps on July 10, the calendar moves to Phenoms (one-week promo, July 10) and Summer Stars (one-week promo, July 17), then FUTTIES takes over for the closing stretch of the cycle. The full late-cycle layout sits in our FC 26 promo schedule before FC 27, which forecasted the Glory Hunters slot with the exact date back on June 11.
All leaked FC 26 Glory Hunters Team 1 players
The full 39-name Team 1 leak, grouped by position so you can see where the customisable PS+ slots actually land in a squad:
Headline forwards and wingers
Neymar Jr.
Lionel Messi
Ousmane Dembélé
Marcus Rashford
Marko Arnautović
Noah Okafor
Crysencio Summerville
Garry Rodrigues
Roberto Alvarado
Julian Quiñones
Ayase Ueda
Bilal El Khannouss
Eom Ji Sung
Midfielders
Bruno Fernandes
Federico Valverde
Fabián Ruiz
Moisés Caicedo
N'Golo Kanté
Ryan Gravenberch
Weston McKennie
Mohammed Kanno
Sander Berge
Andrés Cubas
Jesper Karlström
Hamdy Fathy
Defenders
Virgil van Dijk
João Cancelo
Kalidou Koulibaly
John Stones
Piero Hincapié
Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Çağlar Söyüncü
Josip Stanišić
Kieran Tierney
Kevin Danso
Jovo Lukić
Gideon Mensah
Richie Laryea
Goalkeeper
Thibaut Courtois
Yassine Bounou
The Brazilian and Portuguese national-team contingents carry the headliners (Neymar, Bruno Fernandes, Cancelo, Garry Rodrigues), and Messi gets his expected swansong card for what's leaked to be his final World Cup. The midfield is the deepest position by leaked count, with 11 names. The goalkeeper slot is thin at two names — Courtois being the obvious meta pick.
How customisable PlayStyles work in Glory Hunters
This is the structural change worth pausing on. Every Glory Hunters card launches with the stats but no PlayStyles. You then open the PlayStyles Lab inside the Evolution menu and add any PS or PS+ of your choice. The Lab costs zero coins, has no cooldown between uses, and lets you reshuffle the chosen PlayStyles at will.
The mechanic is the same model that FUT Birthday used with its PS Bakery this season, but with the cost stripped out. The Bakery let you swap PS but only for FUT Birthday items and only at a coin cost per swap. Glory Hunters opens the same mechanic with no spend and no rotation limit. The follow-on detail in the source: the Bakery has been retired entirely for FUT Birthday this season, replaced by the broader PS Lab system that all Festival of Football promos (Star Performer, National Pride, National Pride Champion, and now Glory Hunters) feed into.
The meta implication is bigger than the cost change. A card with customisable PS+ is fundamentally a single-player squad-definer rather than a five-player TOTS wave. You don't pick the card for its stat profile and accept whatever PlayStyles ship with it — you pick the card for the position you need, then slot the PS+ that the meta currently rewards at that position. For PS+ priority by position, the essential PlayStyles guide for every position maps which abilities matter most at each role, which is the call you'll be making for every Glory Hunters card.
What to expect from SBC and Objective drops
The 39-name Team 1 pool is the pack list. SBC and Objective cards drop on top of this, typically over the first 48 hours of the promo, and they follow the same customisable-PS rule as the pack cards. Based on the cadence EA has run for the past three Festival of Football promos, expect two named SBCs and four to five Objective cards across the Team 1 week, with similar volume on Team 2.
The promo lands in a coin-pressure window. Greats of the Game ICON SBCs from June 19 are still live for another day, and the Greats of the Game SBC and Objective leaks covered the Kempes and Rivellino chases that ate most of the available FOF coin budget this week. Glory Hunters SBCs will land on top of that, which puts most squads in the position of having to pick one ICON OR one Glory Hunters card rather than chasing both.
If you're prepping the fodder pool for the Team 1 SBC chase before Friday's drop, you can top up your PS5 club to keep the 86s and 87s stocked for both Greats of the Game closers and the new Glory Hunters submissions.
FAQ
When does FC 26 Glory Hunters release?
Friday, June 26, 2026 at 6 PM BST / 10 AM PT. Team 1 launches first; Team 2 follows on July 3 at the same slot.
Who is on FC 26 Glory Hunters Team 1?
39 leaked players, headlined by Neymar Jr., Lionel Messi, Ousmane Dembélé, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford, Virgil van Dijk, Federico Valverde, and Thibaut Courtois.
How do customisable PlayStyles work in Glory Hunters?
Every card launches with stats only and no PlayStyles. You add any PS or PS+ of your choice through the PlayStyles Lab in the Evolution menu, with no coin cost and no cooldown between swaps.
Is FC 26 Glory Hunters worth completing?
For position-specific squad upgrades, yes. A customisable-PS card lets you target the exact PS+ the meta rewards at that position. For five-of-a-kind league sweeps, the customisation matters less.
When does Glory Hunters Team 2 release?
Friday, July 3, 2026 at 6 PM BST. Team 1 cards stay in packs after Team 2 drops; both pools share the Festival of Football window through July 10.
Final word
FC 26 Glory Hunters is the strongest customisable-PS promo this cycle, and the 39-name Team 1 roster has the depth to fill almost any position-need in a squad. The PlayStyles Lab does the heavy lifting: pick the card for the position, slot the PS+ for the meta. Two-team layout, no cooldown, no spend on customisation — that's the headline.
If you're locking in the coin reserve before Team 1 hits packs tonight, visit FUTCOIN to grab FC 26 coins and have the SBC fodder ready when the Glory Hunters requirements drop.
