On the one hand, there's eFootball.Open (formerly the PES League), and on the other, eFootball.Pro, a new competition for players with a professional contract with some of the biggest football clubs in Europe.

Now, since 2023 efootball.pro was cancelled, efootball.open 2023 world finals was the first edition open for amateur and professional players since 2019, settling the new format of world finals as before, but this time it is organized in the home of this video game Tokyo, Japan for the first time, in the renovated Konami headquarters, in its new esports stadium created to host esports events.

Consist of a professional league created by konami under a franchise format held in Barcelona, Spain by some of the best European football clubs as FC Barcelona, FC Bayern Munich, Manchester United F.C., Arsenal F.C, among others, who signed PES players, becoming professionals to represent them in this competition, initially competing with a 3v3 team competition structure offline and it was supposed to be the successor of the PESLeague series.

For the eFootball.pro 2019–2020 season, the competition format was completely revamped with the inclusion of the Co-op 3vs3 format which provided more excitement between players and more spectacle between matches, also they added the elimination of the players' pass support level, looking for the purest essence of competition.

This big step meant the entry into esports of several of the most important clubs in Europe who wanted to crown their triumph in efootball.pro 2020.

Everything changed in the middle of the season, when the arrival of the covid pandemic caused the pause and then the definitive cancellation of efootball.pro 2020 in its on-site format in Barcelona.

A total of €250,000 is awarded, plus the individual prizes of Best Goal of the Matchday, MVP of the day, during group stage and Playoffs.

For this edition AS Roma and Gatalasaray were added as new participating teams, providing new opportunities for players to enter the professional scene.