950million PS5 and Xbox players across the world are enjoying being teams like Arsenal and Man Utd in the title
14:10, 19 Jan 2026
England celebrate in eFootball
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Soccer game eFootball has hit 950million global downloads as gamers enjoy the sports sim’s free-to-play access.
Makers Konami are delighted that the hit simulation title is heading towards the one billion threshold and that PS5 and Xbox players across the world are enjoying being teams like Arsenal and Man Utd in the title.
They’re offering fans a special campaign to celebrate their latest milestone featuring Michael Carrick’s resurgent Red Devils.
A spokesman said: “Celebrating this significant milestone, users can earn renowned Manchester United legends and take part in a special campaign featuring in-game events and earn distinct rewards, as well as login bonuses of eFootball coins.
“Users can earn a club pack featuring Manchester United’s starting 11 players.
“Additionally, distinguished legends of this historic club such as Big Time: George Best, Epic: Peter Schmeichel and Epic: Bryan Robson are now available to add to the squad.”
Those taking Martin the unique campaign can win up to 1,000 eFootball coins to spend on players in-game for their team.
The spokesman said: “During this campaign, simply logging in to the game rewards users with eFootball coins.
You can now get the Manchester United pack in the game
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“Furthermore, progressing in the in-game events and earn special goal effects as well as tickets offering the chance to win up to 1,000 eFootball coins.”
Konami is also looking for a player to represent United in the esports World Championships ‘eFootball Championship 2026’ tournament.
“The online qualifiers for the Club Event ‘eFootball Championship 2026 Manchester United’ have now commenced.
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“This event will determine a representative of Manchester United for the official esports World Championship ’eFootball Championship 2026’ which saw 36.42 million participants’ last season.
“The ’eFootball Championship 2026’ comprises of two tournaments: the ’eFootball Championship 2026 Open’ which is available to all users and the ‘eFootball Championship 2026 Club Event’ which determines the No.1 fan of each official partner club.
“Top users advancing from these events compete aggressively for the title of ‘World’s Best eFootball player’ at the ‘eFootball Championship 2026 World Finals’ scheduled in the summer of 2026.”