Winter Wildcards Team 3 — the ninth Ultimate Team promo of the season — has leaked in full, and it's shaping up to be one of the strongest squads of the holiday period. Here's the confirmed release window, the complete Icons and Heroes list, and every notable player card.
With Icons, Heroes, and meta regular cards all dropping in the same window, packs and the market will move fast once Team 3 goes live. If you want to be ready to spend the moment it drops, you can buy FC 26 coins from the MrGeek store ahead of the release.
Winter Wildcards Team 3 Release Date
Team 3 is expected to go live on Friday, December 26 at 6:00 PM (10:00 AM PT at the daily Ultimate Team reset). Combined with Team 2, that puts more than 60 promo cards into packs at once — one of the biggest pack-opening windows of the year.
What's New in This Year's Winter Wildcards
Winter Wildcards keeps its holiday tradition of position-swapped cards and boosted stats, but this year adds a few new twists:
- Two special Zico cards, similar in concept to Shapeshifters
- Multiple position-swapped variants across the squad
- Boosted PlayStyles+ on several standout cards
- The return of the FUT Advent Calendar
Winter Wildcards Team 3 Icons (Leaked)
Team 3's Icon lineup is headlined by Arsenal legends:
- Thierry Henry (Prime & Baby)
- Patrick Vieira (Prime & Baby)
- Puskás
- Cafú
- Fabio Cannavaro
Leaks indicate both Henry and Vieira's Prime versions carry two PlayStyles+, with Henry's lower-rated card getting the highly rated Low Driven Shot+.
Winter Wildcards Team 3 Heroes (Leaked)
Heroes get several dual-position cards this round:
- Nadine Kessler
- Sidney Govou
- Jaap Stam (CB & CM)
- Ramires (CM & CDM)
- Capdevila
The CM version of Jaap Stam stands out as a genuinely new way to use the Dutch icon further up the pitch.
Winter Wildcards Team 3 Players (Leaked)
Beyond the Icons and Heroes, Team 3 brings a strong mix of attackers, midfielders, and repositioned defenders:
- Marcus Rashford (Barcelona) — 90 OVR LM with Finesse Shot+
- Patri Guijarro — available as both CDM and ST
- Nico Williams — two versions, LM and ST
- João Neves — CDM and CM variants
- Khéphren Thuram — all-round CM option
- Omar Marmoush (Man City) — Technical+ striker
- Luke Shaw — repositioned to CB
- Patrik Schick — physical Bundesliga striker option
The squad links well across Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A, Bundesliga, and women's football, making chemistry-building straightforward even for hybrid squads.
Complete Stat Breakdown
Leakers ASY FUT, FutScoreboard, and WetDesign have revealed all 40 cards in Team 3, including full stats and PlayStyles+. The standout ratings include:
- Thierry Henry (93 OVR) — Finesse Shot+ & Rapid+
- Patrick Vieira (90 OVR) — Intercept+ & Long Ball Pass+
- Puskás (93 OVR) — Finesse Shot+
- Cafú (92 OVR) — one of the best right-backs in the game
- Cannavaro (90 OVR) — Anticipate+
Final Thoughts
Winter Wildcards Team 3 rounds out one of the strongest promo periods of the FC 26 calendar, mixing elite Icons, flexible Heroes, and genuinely useful meta cards. Whether you're grinding Division Rivals or stocking up on SBC fodder, this is a squad worth planning around.
