Fortnite Is Adding New Football Skins For 23 Famous Soccer Clubs

Following skins based on NFL teams, Fortnite is adding a series of skins and an emote based on another form of football, known as soccer to some. The new Kickoff Set and Pele's Air Punch emote are coming to the battle royale game on January 23.

A total of 23 professional football teams are bringing their jerseys to Fortnite, and they're all included with the Kickoff Set. There are 10 variants of male and female skins, too.

The participating football clubs include:

• Manchester City FC
• Juventus
• AC Milan
• Inter Milan
• AS Roma
• Seattle Sounders FC
• Atlanta United
• Los Angeles FC
• Santos FC
• Wolves
• West Ham United FC
• Sevilla FC
• Sporting CP
• Borussia Mönchengladbach
• FC Schalke 04
• VFL Wolfsburg
• Rangers FC
• Celtic FC
• Cerezo Osaka
• Melbourne City FC
• Sydney FC
• Western Sydney Wanderers
• EC Bahia

As for the new emote, Pele's Air Punch recreates the iconic football player Pele's famous celebration, and it will be available starting January 23. You can see it in action in the video above.

You may be able to get the Air Punch emote earlier, however, by participating in the Pele Cup inside Fortnite. This event kicks off on January 20, and taking part in the event provides you with a chance to get the skins early and potentially other prizes. Full details about the Pele Cup are available through the official rules.

Additionally, Epic has rolled out a new football-themed Creative island where players can take part in a special 4v4 bracket-style game mode focused around football.