This year too, the ballet of the rights for the names of soccer clubs and players is back: Juventus FC, AS Roma, SS Lazio and Atalanta BC have made agreements only with Konami, that’s how they will be called on FIFA 22.
This year too, the problem of the rights to exploit the names of some soccer clubs in video games is back. In this case on FIFA 22, coming very soon with a lot of news but without the official names of Juventus FC, AS Roma, SS Lazio and Atalanta BC.
The problem is always the same: the top soccer clubs “sell” their name exclusively to a single game developer, usually with a multi-year agreement (and, in fact, on FIFA Juve is no longer called Juve since FIFA 20). So, according to the agreements, the clubs are found with their real name either on FIFA or on Pro Evolution Soccer (which from this year, in turn, changes its name). La cosa si complica ulteriormente, perché mentre queste quattro squadre italiane non compaiono ufficialmente in FIFA 22, perché hanno stretto accordi singoli con Konami e non con Electronic Arts, la Lega Serie A ha scelto proprio EA come Official Video Game Partner. E, come se non bastasse, i giocatori di Juventus, Roma, Lazio e Atalanta su FIFA 22 ci saranno, con nome, cognome e fattezze reali.
Juve, Roma, Lazio e Atalanta: i nomi
In virtù degli accordi presi dai singoli club con Konami e EA Juve, Roma, Lazio e Atalanta saranno presenti con i nomi ufficiali solo su PES, cioè su eFootball. Su FIFA 22, invece, questi club si chiameranno rispettivamente:
- Piemonte Calcio
- Roma FC
- Latium
- Bergamo Calcio
I giocatori di FIFA 22
Come detto, però, al contrario dei club i giocatori ci saranno anche su FIFA 22 in virtù di un altro accordo sui diritti: the one between Electronic Arts and FIFPro, that is, the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels, which represents the interests of professional footballers around the world.
Consequently, every player of the four Italian clubs will be present on FIFA with his name, surname and face, but without the logos of the club he plays for.