Squad Building Challenges: An essential area of FUT from Nevill's blog

Division Rivals: Play against human opposition to FC 24 Coins climb the ranks, earning better weekly and monthly rewards based on your final standing. This year, reaching Division 2 or higher will bring better rewards. This mode doesn’t appear to be changing too much this season.

The most competitive mode in Ultimate Team, you need to qualify for FUT Champions (also known as Weekend League), then have a few days to play 20 games against human opposition, with more wins getting you a higher rank and better rewards. The classic Red Picks are changing too. 

“In Champions we’ll update rewards throughout the year to make sure that they feel meaningful, whether you are playing in October, February, or June. The most notable change you’ll see right away at launch is that Ultimate Team Champions Player Items (sometimes referred to as Red Picks) will be replaced by rewards of equivalent value in-game.” Got it? Good.

Friendlies: A variety of game modes with restrictions and rules, with no impact on contracts or match records. Usually used for completing objectives. Play against the CPU or a human opponent. Build a squad through player picks, then see if you can make a four-game winning streak for big rewards. 

Squad Building Challenges: An essential area of FUT, trade-in players from your club that meet squad building requirements to earn rewards such as special player items and packs. There will be 12 evolutions to choose from in the opening season in Ultimate Team. 

This year in FC Ultimate Team, you will be able to boost your own players within your club. Using the new Ultimate Team Evolutions, you can “create your own club legends by upgrading players via Evolutions objectives.” Here is the official word from EA on the matter:

Pick a player that fits the requirements, complete the corresponding gameplay challenges, then permanently upgrade your player! Upgrades can cheap EA FC 24 Coins include overall stats, specific attributes, skill moves, weak foot ability, work rates, PlayStyles, and alternative positions.