PES 2020: All confirmed Teams, Stadiums, League Licenses & Legends

This week, PES 2020 sent shockwaves around the football world by announcing an exclusive deal for Juventus’s rights. That means that EA Sports are forbidden from using Juve’s kits, badge or real name in FIFA 20. Consequently, Juventus will be replaced with ‘Piemonte Calcio’ in the upcoming edition of EA franchise.

It is a reversal in an age-old debate between the two games, where EA has consistently held all the major club licences, adding the Champions League last year, but fans of PES has claimed that it has better gameplay, despite using fake names for many of its teams. Juventus, for example, were ‘PM Black White’ in last year’s edition of Pro Evo.

In light of the news, RealSport has taken a look at the confirmed clubs, stadia and leagues in the upcoming, newly-dubbed eFootball PES 2020.

Juventus

You will know this one already – the famous black-and-white kit and Allianz Stadium can only be found in PES this year. This means that, although he will be available to use on FIFA 20, PES is the only place where you can play as Cristiano Ronaldo in an authentic Juventus strip.

What’s more, they are using a full-body 3D-scanning process on each player from their partner clubs, creating an ultra-realistic image of stars such as CR7.

Pavel Nedved represents the Old Lady as one of the official MyClub legends.

Barcelona

Another significant facet of Konami’s Juventus deal is that they now have both Messi and Ronaldo’s club rights, meaning neither will be on the FIFA 20 cover. Only once since Fifa 13 has this happened.

Barcelona and Konami have signed a renewed agreement which gives them exclusive usage of the legendary Camp Nou, Europe’s biggest stadium. There will also be a PES 2020 Barcelona edition.

Both Andres Iniesta and Ronaldinho are PES ambassadors, and they will both feature in the MyClub legends alongside other former Barca greats Johann Cruyff, Diego Maradona and Romario. Cruyff and Maradona are also available as manager avatars in Master League.

Manchester United

Another summer scalp for Konami is a deal to bring Manchester United to PES. Previously, the Red Devils were known as the slightly underwhelming ‘Man Red’.

It is worth noting that we won’t see a Juventus-style Manchester United FIFA exclusion – EA have a partnership with the Premier League that guarantees them usage of all Premier League club names, badges, kits and stadia.

Gamers will also be able to play as various Manchester United legends; David Beckham and Park Ji-Sung are the first of which to have been confirmed. Scott McTominay has also signed on the official PES 2020 ambassador, and will feature on the official PES 2020 cover.

Bayern Munich

Bavarian giants Bayern Munich are the final big addition to this year’s game. They have signed a platinum partnership with Konami, confirming that their authenticity will be present for the first time since PES 2016. Their Allianz Arena will also be exclusive to the new game, another loss for FIFA 20.

Serge Gnabry will be the Bayern Munich ambassador, featuring on the cover, and available legends will include Oliver Kahn.

Arsenal

Konami continue their partnership with Arsenal; therefore Emirates Stadium will also be included. Patrick Vieira and Andrey Arshavin show the Gunners influence with both players in PES 2020 as legends.

One notable exclusion is Liverpool, who, after appearing in PES 2019, will revert to an unlicensed team, complete with a fake name.

Boca Juniors and River Plate

Outside of Europe, PES players can recreate one of the world’s most bitter rivalries: the Superclasico. Both Boca Juniors and River Plate are fully licensed, so gamers can play in both Boca’s La Bombonera and River Plate’s El Monumental – both as impressive as they sound.