FIFA 23 officially releases on Friday 12 July 2025, with some already having early access to the game throughEA Playor by pre-ordering the Ultimate Edition.
Those only just starting out will find a few new features and extras to get used to, including the addition ofTed Lassoand his team, AFC Richmond, from the hitApple TV+show. However, we’ve been asked a few times where he’s hiding in the game - some players can’t find him or the team to play as.
That’s why we’ve put together this quick and easy guide.
FIFA 23: How to play as Ted Lasso and AFC Richmond
Ted Lasso and the entire AFC Richmond team are available across multiple game modes in FIFA 23. As are themed items in Ultimate Team and the Nelson Road stadium (which is based on Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park, as that’s where the show is filmed. But they aren’t that easy to find.
Here’s how to select them.
Career Mode
Sadly, while you can play as Ted Lasso in a manager career and take control of his on-screen team, you cannot play as Roy Kent or any of the AFC Richmond players in a player career.
Quickplay, Pro Clubs, Seasons
You can also play as AFC Richmond in the multiple other single-player and online modes, including Quickplay, Pro Clubs and Seasons.
When selecting your team, you just need to scroll the country to “Rest of World” and you’ll find AFC Ricmond there.
Ultimate Team
You can find Ted Lasso-themed items inObjectivesand the newMomentsmodes.
An AFC Richmond objective is available to earn the club badge and a stadium theme. Called “Ted Lasso’s Story”, it presents four objectives that must be completed in matches, Squad Battles, Division Rivals, and the transfer market. Note, two of them need the club badge equipped to achieve, so you’ll need to do the one with that as the reward first.
To have Ted Lasso or, in fact, Coach Beard as your Ultimate Team manager, you’ll have to head to the new FUT Moments mode. This is a series of small on-pitch challenges that you complete to win stars, earn enough stars (four apiece) and you can swap them for Lasso and Beard. They can be found inPlay>Moments>Star Gallery(on the far left) >Seasonal.
