Zlatan Ibrahimovic caused something of a stir at the end of 2020 when he asked who had given EA Sports permission to use his name and face on FIFA 21.
It served to demonstrate that the question of image rights is a serious one for footballers and football teams, with financial considerations associated.
In many cases, video game companies such as EA Sports, Sports Interactive and Konami must negotiate agreements with various parties in order to gain permission to reproduce likenesses in virtual media.
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- Missing Kits in FIFA 21. Also all second/third division clubs will not have third strips again will create plenty of clashes. Only a few National Teams have their new Kits for EURO 2020-21 while Germany/Spain still have their 2018 World Cup kits. Portugal National Team and Italy National Teams are now generic.
- When FIFA 21 launched last month, it launched without the third kits for most teams, including most of the teams in the Premier League. However, with the new update, this is no longer a problem.
While Juventus are not officially in FIFA 21, it is in appearance only - EA Sports says 'generic kits and crests' are used. Real-world players, including the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul.
EA Sports' FIFA franchise is one of the most extensive and realistic football games on the market, but even it has been impacted.
Here, Goal takes a look at the clubs that are not officially in FIFA 21.
Which clubs are not officially in FIFA 21?
The most high-profile 'absence' from FIFA 21 in terms of official nomenclature and team badges is undoubtedly Juventus - known as 'Piemonte Calcio' in the EA Sports game.
Juve's absence is the result of an exclusive deal the Italian club has with Konami, which has been in place since FIFA 20.
Fifa 21 Missing Kits
While Juventus are not officially in FIFA 21, it is in appearance only - EA Sports says 'generic kits and crests' are used. Real-world players, including the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Dybala, are still included.
A number of other clubs from Serie A are also not officially represented in FIFA 21, including Roma (Roma FC), Spezia (La Spezia) and FC Crotone (Crotone).
| Club | Name in FIFA 21 |
|---|---|
| Boca Juniors | Buenos Aires |
| Corinthians | Oceanico FC |
| Juventus | Piemonte Calcio |
| River Plate | Nunez |
| Roma | Roma FC |
| Spezia Calcio | La Spezia |
| FC Crotone | Crotone |
Argentine behemoths Boca Juniors and River Plate are known as 'Buenos Aires' and 'Nunez' in the game, meaning the Superclasico will have a different feel to it in the latest edition of FIFA.
One Brazilian club appears in altered form in FIFA 21 is Corinthians - donning the moniker 'Oceanico FC'.
A number of other major Brazilian clubs only appear in the game in the Copa Libertadores tournament: Sao Paulo, Vasco da Gama, Flamengo, Palmeiras, Sport Recife and Red Bull Bragantino.
According to EA Sports, Brazilian clubs launch with generic player names and are not included in Ultimate Team.
It is also somewhat complicated when it comes to international teams on FIFA 21, with a number of teams playing in generic kits and flags used in place of official badges.
Juventus is no more in FIFA! ☠
Long live Piemonte Calcio! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/3qQ4JYIVlZ
The following international teams have generic kits, badges and players on FIFA 21:
- Ecuador
- India
- Uruguay
The following international team has authentic kit and badge, but generic players on FIFA 21:
- Brazil
The following international teams have generic kits and badges but real players on FIFA 21:
- Bolivia
- Bulgaria
- Cameroon
- Colombia
- Cote D'Ivoire
- Egypt
- Hungary
- Italy
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Venezuela
Some features of the mod include:
1. Licenced Kits:
Roma ( with crowd colours, banners and flags)
Juventus ( with crowd colours, banners and flags)
River Plate (Home and GK)
Boca Juniors
Many national Teams
Credits for all the kits goes to Reisscar
2. Licenced completely many leagues and competitions across Europe.
( Credits to Macc for providing many files for this)
3.Fully Branded Preseason competitions. The games include some fictitious and realistic ones such as:
Emirates Cup
Audi Cup
Hyundai Cup (fictitious)
Copa ESPN (fictitious)
Copa Euroamericana
Rakuten Cup
International Champions Cup
Allianz Cup (fictitious)
Florida Cup
4. Added many banners, flags and static adboards for many competitions and teams.
(I collected most of them on soccergaming. Thanks to all those many great guys)
5. Added specific dynamic adboards to many leagues and tournaments including:
Serie A
Premier league
Eredivisie
La liga
Liga Nos
Taca de Portugal
Community shield
EFL League One
EFL League Two
EFL Championship
Papa John’s Trophy
EFL Playoffs
Copa del Rey
Coppa Italia
Carabao Cup
FA Cup
PS5 Suppercup
Champions League
Europa League
Euro Championship
World Cup
6. Added dynamic adboards to specific teams including:
All EPL Teams
Real Madrid
Athletico Madrid
Barcelona
About 15 Serie A teams including Juventus,AC Milan, Inter, Napoli, Atalanta, Roma etc
Bayern Munich
Ajax
Vitesse
PSV
Porto
Benfica
PSG
Monaco
Lille
Marseille etc.
7. Made sure no team or competition plays with EA adboards.
8. Created tens of beautiful dynamic adboards from scratch including Hublot, Monster Energy, PS5, Tim, Heineken, etc
9. Added broadcasting overlays for England and Spain careers. ( Credits to KO2018 for creating the EPL sky sports TV overlay)
2021/22 Season Update
- ALP 22 version updated to version 1.0
- Added 21/22 transfers
- Updated the UCL and UEL group & sponsors for 21/22
- Scrapped the away goal rules in UEL and UCL
- Updated league teams
- Many many new kits, balls, comp graphics, adboards etc.
How To Use
1. Import the mod into FIFA Editor Tool
2. Put the accompanying squadfile into Documents/FIFA 21/Settings and load in-game.
3. If you want to use your own squadfile or career file then import the Competition, Teamsponsorlink, Competitionsponsorlink
and Teams into your squadfile with RDBM.
4. Compatible with Adioz bootpack. Put my mod under his bootpack to get the intended experience!
8. Created created broadcasting overlays for England and Spain careers. Will add more upon request.
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