Introducing the Art of Football: A Month of Creativity on FIFA Collect
Football is more than just a sport - it's a canvas for artistic expression, a medium for storytelling, and a platform to celebrate passion. This November, FIFA Collect invites you to experience "The Art of Football" - a month-long event that explores the intersection of the beautiful game and unique artistry, beginning with a celebration of football's most iconic venues.
Art of Football – What is it?
Throughout the month, four artists will showcase four unique drops, leading up to a grand finale challenge where you can unlock incredible rewards. Each artist brings their own distinctive vision to the beautiful game, creating pieces that celebrate football's past, present, and future.
What’s in it for me?
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Collect unique art pieces to add to your collection
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Get rewarded with RTBs to buy at least 480 tickets for the group phase of the FIFA World Cup 26™
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Get rewarded with 100 rare tickets memorabilia from previous World Cups
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More rewards will be added in the coming weeks
Most of the rewards will be given based on leaderboard ranking in the grand finale, and the top 5 will be featured in a FIFA email reaching millions of fans
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Week 2: Football Unites Everyone
Imagined by the renowned artist and cartoonist Omar Momani, week 2 of the Art of Football brings you a very powerful theme: Football Unites. It unites people and culture, all of them getting around an essential element: football.
Follow the ball as it moves through the different continents, cherished by the different cultures that make our planet and this sport so special. The ball is an essential element of
the game, and we wanted to make it the protagonist of this drop and this challenge. Collect the balls designed by the artist and complete them with existing moments played with 5 iconic balls from past editions of the FIFA World Cup™: Azteca, Fevernova, Teamgeist, Jabulani, Al Rihla. In "The Art of Football" month, owning a ball in FIFA Collect becomes essential to building your personal collection and participating in exclusive challenges leading to the grand finale challenge.
The launch of this new drop will put to the test collecting skills of our users, and reward them with an additional batch of RTBs to tickets for the FIFA World Cup 26™, there is a total of 500 tickets available in the challenge of this week.
Week 2: Football Unites Everyone – RTBs to 500 tickets are up for grab
Imagined by the renowned artist and cartoonist Omar Momani, week 2 of the Art of Football brings you a very powerful theme: Football Unites. It unites people and culture, all of them getting around an essential element: football.
Follow the ball as it moves through the different continents, cherished by the different cultures that make our planet and this sport so special. The ball is an essential element of the game, and we wanted to make it the protagonist of this drop and this challenge. Collect the 7 balls designed by the artist and complete them with existing moments played with 5 iconic balls from past editions of the FIFA World Cup™: Azteca, Fevernova, Teamgeist, Jabulani, Al Rihla. In "The Art of Football" month, owning a ball in FIFA Collect becomes essential to building your personal collection and participating in exclusive challenges leading to the grand finale challenge.
The launch of this new drop will put to the test collecting skills of our users, and reward them with an additional batch of RTBs to tickets for the FIFA World Cup 26™, there is a total of 500 tickets available in the challenge of this week.
Challenge: Football Unites everyone
The Football Unites drop is also coming with its own challenge, and there is an additional batch of RTBs allocated to this challenge for a total of 500 tickets. Collect all 7 footballs and complete them with 5 existing moments from the platform, one for each of the historical footballs selected: Azteca, Fevernova, Teamgeist, Jabulani, and Al Rihla. You can shop for them on the marketplace if you don’t already own them in your collection. These virtual footballs will be central to future virtual matches on the platform, starting with the grand finale challenge.
About the artist:
Omar Momani (born April 25, 1981) is a Jordanian cartoonist and animator known for his football-themed editorial cartoons featured on platforms such as Goal, Bundesliga, and Bleacher Report. Starting in 2010, he gained recognition for his humorous takes on football, leading to collaborations with major outlets. He was nominated for Best International Football Blog multiple times and spoke at TEDx in 2024.
Week 1: Introducing Interstellar Stadiums of the Future
Step into the timeless stadiums that breathe life into the beautiful game, the stages where legends are made, and fans connect as one.
Imagine where football could take place one day. In our inaugural drop, the artist Felipe Sarmiento transports you beyond Earth to imagine where the beautiful game might be played in centuries to come. His visionary stadium designs span cosmic realms - from Mars to Venus, the Moon, and even worlds yet undiscovered.These stadiums are a piece of art that will play a key role in your collection. Starting with this week's challenge around stadiums, continuing with the Grand Finale challenge where it will be one of the needed elements, and then in future activations and challenges.
Challenge: Insterstellar Stadiums of the future
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Collect one of the new Interstellar Stadiums
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Complement it with moments that took place in the historical stadiums selected: Rose Bowl, Azteca, San Siro, Bernabeu and Lusail Stadium.
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You can shop for them on the marketplace if you don’t already own them in your collection
- Complete the challenge and get a reward card with a chance of getting of 20 RTBs for 2 tickets to the FIFA World Cup 26™ group stages matches or $10 and $50 reward cards.
Ready to become part of football’s artistic legacy?
About the Artist:
Felipe Sarmiento is a multidisciplinary artist and designer with a passion for exploring the intersections of technology and society. With a background in emerging technologies and experience in both traditional and digital media, Felipe creates thought-provoking works that challenge conventional perspectives on human interactions. This visual essay created for FIFA narrates and visualizes a plausible evolution of football beyond Earth.Upcoming Drops
- Week 3 - Coming Soon
- Week 4 - Coming Soon
The Grand Finale: A Unique Showdown with Incredible Rewards
UPDATE: NEW REWARDS HAVE BEEN ADDED FOR THE LEADERBOARD
As the event reaches its climax, we'll unveil a truly unique grand finale challenge that will put your FIFA Collect collecting skills to the test. Prepare for an epic challenge where you'll create your ultimate team from the FIFA Collect platform moments. Imagine the thrill of selecting your lineup. With incredible rewards at stake, including additional RTBs and rare memorabilia, this showdown is not to be missed.
What’s in it for me:
It’s not just about the art; it’s about glory and prizes. Compete to claim your place in FIFA Collect history:
- The top 10 leaderboard spots will receive an RTB for 2 tickets to the opening match in Mexico.
- Those ranked 11-20 will get an RTB for 2 tickets for the opening match for Canada
- The other users ranked in top 150 leaderboard spots will be awarded RTBs for 2 tickets to the group phase of the next World Cup 26™.
Ranked 151-250? You’ll receive rare historic tickets from previous World Cup finals, delivered straight to your door.Top 5 leaderboard spots will gain special recognition with a feature in a FIFA email reaching millions of fans worldwide.
We are working on adding more rewards to this list, stay tuned for more updates. The more support we get during the drops, the more rewards we will be able to add.
How does it work?
Own one or more pieces from each of the four art drops to complete level 1 (more details will be shared in the coming weeks)
Put together a fantasy 11 from your collectibles for the strongest possible team. Women collectibles are included and player positions will be tagged, so you'll have clear options for building your team.
1 goalkeeper, 3 defenders, 4 midfielders, and 3 forwards. Player positions will be tagged in the collectibles.
Every choice you make matters because player rarity and edition will directly impact your score. Scoring is determined by both the rarity and the edition count of the collectibles.
While we recommend against using duplicates in challenges, the platform will not prevent you from doing so.
Rank high in the leaderboard in order to secure your reward
Ready to become part of football’s artistic legacy?
Start building your collection today and get ready for a month of creativity and competition!
Terms & Conditions:
- By completing a collection on FIFA Collect, users will receive a random reward card.
- Please note that Reward Packs are limited, and will be given on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
- Some of the reward card grants the user the right to purchase two tickets for a specific FIFA World Cup 26™ group phase game, as detailed on the card.
- To claim this right, users must burn the reward card on FIFA Collect. Burning means permanently removing the card from the user's digital wallet. This process is irreversible and is done to claim the associated benefit.
- Burning the card does not provide free tickets; it only allows the right to purchase two tickets for the specified match.
- Tickets must be purchased within the provided time after burning the card, or the right will be forfeited.
- All ticket purchases are final, and specific seating is not guaranteed.
- Reward cards can be traded or sold, but only the current holder at the time of burning can claim the right to purchase tickets.
- Once a reward card is burned, it can no longer be transferred or traded.
- Each user can claim tickets for only one group phase game per card.
- Reward cards are limited and randomly distributed; there is no guarantee of receiving cards for specific matches.
- FIFA Collect reserves the right to suspend or terminate the program at any time, which may void any unused cards.
- By participating, users agree to these terms, which may change at FIFA’s sole discretion.
- All tickets are subject to FIFA’s standard ticketing terms and conditions.
- All reward cards and collections are subject to the FIFA Collect Terms of Service.
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