FIFA 23 - When will Icon Swaps 1 be released in Ultimate Team?

The promotional events continue to come in FUT but FIFA 23 players are wondering where on earth Icon Swaps have gotten to!

Of course, EA has brought us a World Cup Swaps program, Winter Wildcards Swaps program and now Future Stars Swaps too, but nothing compares to Icon Swaps.

Icon Swaps is a promo that runs multiple times during the FUT calendar, allowing players to earn tokens through gameplay objectives that can be used to claim Icons and pack rewards via SBCs.

So, find out when the first set of Icon Swaps will be released in FUT 23 below.

Release Date

FUT 23's Icon Swaps 1 release date has not yet been confirmed, but we have an idea of when it could arrive, judging from the previous years' releases.

The first set of Icon Swaps arrived in previous FIFAs on the following dates:

• FIFA 22 - December 15
• FIFA 21 - December 12

However, with the arrival of multiple different swaps programs, Icon Swaps 1 seems to have been delayed.

Perhaps FIFA 23's Icon Swaps 1 will be released on Monday, 6 March 2023.

How to prepare for Icon Swaps 1

Now that we’ve seen what EA released for Icon Swaps in FIFA 22, we can predict how best to prepare for the objectives this year.

First Owned Requirement was brought back in for FUT 22, with Icon Swaps Objectives being tailored towards Friendlies with various squad restrictions, so make sure you:

• Save good players from the Top 5 Leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A & Ligue 1)
• Save good players from popular Nations (Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium)
• Complete Loan SBCs for usable meta cards from Top 5 Nations & Top 5 Leagues