Buriram United Joins EA FC 26, Bringing Thai Commentary and Asian Representation

Thai-language commentary is coming to EA FC 26. The game's next squads update will add Buriram United to the Rest of World league and to EA Sports FC Mobile simultaneously, and tucked inside that licensing deal is something the franchise has never delivered before: Thai narration, handled by Fluke Theerayut and Chai Sarut.

The partnership had been telegraphed since October 2025, when analyst account @eafcwitcher spotted Buriram United's club ID quietly entered into the EA FC 26 database. Football gaming specialist Soccer Gaming subsequently verified the full scope of the deal, with the official App Store page for EA Sports FC Mobile providing additional detail on the confirmed assets.

On the squad side, Guilherme Bissoli, Theerathon Bunmathan, and Supachai Chaided headline the player additions, all expected to carry strong starting OVR ratings. Authentic Buriram United kits have been confirmed alongside improved player facial features. EA Sports' own statement suggests at least some players could receive star heads or high-quality Cranium faces, though that piece remains unconfirmed.

Rest of World placement means Buriram United will surface primarily in Career Mode, either when the club qualifies for a continental competition in real life or when a player manually drops them into a league before starting a save. It is the same structural category housing clubs from competitions outside EA's fully licensed leagues, and it follows a pattern EA has been building on: Botafogo and Bahia joined FC Mobile in February 2025 as part of the Ginga Campaign, bringing Brazilian clubs from underrepresented leagues into the fold.

Buriram United is not a token addition to fill a regional quota. Taken over in December 2009 by politician Newin Chidchob and relocated from Ayutthaya to his home province of Buriram in northeastern Thailand, the club has become the most dominant side in Thai football history. Their record stands at 11 Thai League 1 titles, including the 2024/25 crown, 7 Thai FA Cups, and 8 Thai League Cups. They play at Chang Arena, a 32,600-seat stadium, and carry a current squad market value of approximately €12.83 million across 30 players, 15 of them foreign.

The trophy cabinet holds a few genuine landmarks. Buriram United won the domestic treble in 2011, the first Thai club to do so, and has repeated it five times total. In 2015, they became the first club in Asia to win the Quintuple, sweeping all five available domestic trophies in a single calendar year, including two unbeaten league campaigns. Japanese head coach Masatada Ishii, appointed in December 2021, then drove back-to-back trebles in 2021-22 and 2022-23, the latter finishing at 23 wins, 5 draws, and 2 losses for 74 points.

For Southeast Asian football fans who have watched European and South American clubs receive preferential treatment across two decades of FIFA and EA FC titles, the specific detail of hearing Fluke Theerayut and Chai Sarut call a match in Thai is what will actually register. That is the part no amount of Rest of World fine print can diminish.