FIFA 21 is an   video game published by  as part of the . It is the 28th installment in the FIFA series, and was released on 9 October 2020 for , ,  and . Enhanced versions for the  and  were released on 3 December 2020, in addition to a version for  in March 2021.

Ultimate Team features 100 icon players, including 11 new names: , , , , , , , , , , and  all feature as icons for the first time.  was not featured as an icon in FUT 21 compared to previous games.

Ultimate Team sees the addition of a  feature in the form of Division Rivals, Squad Battles and Friendlies with a friend online to unlock objectives and rewards. FUT was surrounded by controversy due to it being classified as a  and a source of online gambling. In January 2019, EA agreed to stop selling FIFA points in , following government pressure. Petitions to ban the points elsewhere began in June 2020, with the points' legality being debated in the  and , the latter via the UK's . Similarly, a Dutch judge decided that EA should be fined €0.5 million per week until the loot boxes were removed. The players can customize their own FUT stadium with tifos, pyrotechnics, trophies, music, statues and stands as their FUT club grows. In-game stats can now be upgraded individually for special cards (the example given is if  scored a free-kick for a TOTW in-form item, the free-kick accuracy can be much higher than his other in-form items). Live FUT friendlies combines house rules with squad rules to create different match types that change throughout the year. Redesigned menus allow the access to their squad and stadium directly from anywhere in the main menu. In new FUT events, the players can pick sides and compete against the FUT community to unlock packs, coins, club items or players in Team Event Objectives. The players can work together with the entire community and earn shared rewards by completing objectives as a collective.