Celebrating The Global Game! eFootball™ Achieves 950 Million Downloads Worldwide

Commemorating this milestone, Manchester United legends join the squad, and a special campaign begins with in-game events and valuable login bonuses

Windsor, UK – January 16th, 2026 – Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. (KONAMI) announces today eFootball™ has surpassed 950 million cumulative downloads worldwide. 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.

A club pack featuring Manchester United’s 11 and Big Time & Epic legends are now available

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.

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Chance to win up to 1,000 eFootball™ coins

During this campaign, simply logging in to the game rewards users with eFootball™ coins. 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.

The Official esports World Championships ‘eFootball™ Championship 2026’ In-game qualifiers to determine Manchester United‘s representative have commenced

The online qualifiers for the Club Event ‘eFootball™ Championship 2026 Manchester United’ have now commenced. 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. Available publicly, users first participate in the Round 1 Championship Club Event.

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.

Play on the newly reborn stage of ‘Spotify Camp Nou’ on eFootball™ mobile version

The newly renovated home stadium of FC Barcelona, ‘Spotify Camp Nou’ is now available in the mobile version eFootball™ from today. Home console and PC versions are scheduled to receive this in the next version update.

*“Spotify Camp Nou” can be used by downloading stadium data from within the game.: TOP Menu ⇒ Extras ⇒ Game Settings ⇒Download Data ⇒ Download Stadium Data

You can find more information on the website here: https://www.konami.com/efootball/en/

About “eFootball™”

“eFootball™” was the rebranding of KONAMI’s popular gaming series “PES”. The change marked a great leap forward as the branding changed alongside the addition of a new football game engine, advancements in gameplay, and the remodelling of the title as ‘free-to-play’ across all compatible devices.

“eFootball™” is an ever-evolving platform with over 950 million downloads worldwide to date.

“eFootball”, “e-Football” and “eFootball logo” are registered trademarks or trademarks of Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Japan and other countries or regions.

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About Konami Group

Konami Group was established in 1973, starting as an amusement machine manufacturer for arcades. Over the years, the company has grown to include different business units across various markets. Currently, KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION includes the Digital Entertainment, Amusement, Gaming & Systems, and Sports Businesses. The company went public on the Osaka Securities Exchange in 1984, the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1988, and the London Stock Exchange in 1999. For more information, visit: www.konami.com/en.

About Konami Digital Entertainment

Konami Digital Entertainment, which is the core company of Konami Group, develops entertaining content for mobile, console and card games. The company is known for global franchises such as eFootball™, Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Contra, as well as the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game series. www.konami.com/games/corporate/en/