Are you looking for FIFA 16 controls ? You can find here all the FIFA 16 controls for Playstation and XBox.
Short cut
The controls we show in this page are the the classic ones
If you want to play with the alternative ones, please just change X by B (XBox) and ■ by ● (Playstation)
Introduction
It is the first time you play FIFA ? Are you used with PES controls ? Do you always make confusion between cross and shot buttons ? You don’t know how to sprint ? We are here to help you. This short guide has all the FIFA 16 controls you will need to play the game.
Don’t forget that you can change the button configuration to match with your preferences. You can either choose between three controller configurations (classic, alternate and two buttons) and select which one do you want to use before each match with an easy LT/RT or L2/R2 move.
There is also a video at the end of this guide that shows you all the FIFA 16 controls.
FIFA 16 Controls for Playstation and XBox
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| FIFA 16 CONTROLS | ||
| XBOX | PLAYSTATION | |
| MOVEMENT | ||
| Move Player | L | LS |
| First Touch / Knock-On | RT + R + direction | R2 + RS + direction |
| Sprint | RT + direction | R2 + direction |
| Stop and Face Goal | LB + no direction | L1 + no direction |
| Protect / Slow drible / Jockey | LT + direction | L2 + direction |
| Face Up Dribbling | LT + RT | L2 + R2 |
| Skill Moves | R | RS |
| Stop Ball | RT + no direction | R2 + no direction |
| ATTACKING (SIMPLE) | ||
| Short Pass / Header | A | X |
| Lob Pass / Cross / Header | X | ■ |
| Through Ball | Y | ▲ |
| Shot / Volley / Header | B | ● |
| Trigger Player Run | LB | L1 |
| Chip Shot | LB + B | L1 + ● |
| Finesse Shot | RB + B | R1 + ● |
| Fake Shot | B then A + direction | ● then X + direction |
| Fake Pass | X then A + direction | ■ then X + direction |
| ATTACKING (ADVANCED) | ||
| Hard Stop Protect (when dribbling) | LT | L2 |
| Hard Stop | RT + LT + no direction | R2 + L2 + no direction |
| Lobbed through ball | LB + Y | L1 + ▲ |
| Bouncing lob pass | RB + X | R1 + ■ |
| Low Cross | X (double tap) | ■ (double tap) |
| Ground Cross | X (triple tap) | ■ (triple tap) |
| Early Cross | LB + X | L1 + ■ |
| Dummy a Pass | RB (press and hold) | R1 (press and hold) |
| Cancel | LT + RT | L2 + R2 |
| Flair Pass | LT + A | L2 + X |
| Flair Shot | LT (hold down) + B | L2 (hold down) + ● |
| Driven Ground Pass | RB + A | R1 + X |
| TACTICS | ||
| Offside Trap | ↑, ↑ | ↑, ↑ |
| Team Press | ↑, ↓ | ↑, ↓ |
| Swap Wings | ↑, ← | ↑, ← |
| CB Joins Attack | ↑, → | ↑, → |
| Change Mentality | ← or → | ← or → |
| DEFENDING | ||
| Change Player | LB | L1 |
| Switch Player (manual) | R + direction | RS + direction |
| Tackle / Push or Pull (when chasing) | B | ● |
| Pull and Hold (when chasing) | B (press and hold) | ● (press and hold) |
| Sliding Tackle | X | ■ |
| Clearance | B | ● |
| Jockey | LT (hold down) | L2 (hold down) |
| Contain | A (press and hold) | X (press and hold) |
| Team mate Contain | RB (press and hold) | R1 (press and hold) |
| Running Jockey | LT + RT (hold down) | L2 + R2 (hold down) |
| Quick Get Up | X | ■ |
| Fake Tackle | A Tap | X Tap |
| GOALKEEPER | ||
| Drop Kick | B or X | O or ■ |
| Throw / Pass | A | X |
| Charge / Drop Ball | Y | ▲ |
| Stay on Goal Line | Y (double tap) | ▲ (double tap) |
| Pick Up Ball | RB | R1 |
| Switch to GK | BACK | SELECT |
| FREE KICK (SIMPLE) | ||
| Ground Pass | A | X |
| High Pass / Cross | X | ■ |
| Curled Shot | B | ● |
| Driven Shot | LB + B | L1 + ● |
| Wall Jump (when defending) | Y | ▲ |
| Wall Charge | A | X |
| Move Wall | LT or TR | L2 or R2 |
| Wall Creep | RB | R1 |
| FREE KICK (ADVANCED) | ||
| Call 2nd Kick Taker | LT | L2 |
| 2nd Kick Taker Curled Shot | LT + B | L2 + ● |
| 2nd Kick Taker Layoff Pass | LT + A | L2 + X |
| 2nd Kick Taker Layoff Chip | LT + X | L2 + ■ |
| 2nd Kick Taker Run Over Ball | LT + B then A | L2 + ● then X |
| Call 3rd Kick Taker | RB | R1 |
| 3rd Kick Taker Curled Shot | RB + B | R1 + ● |
| 3rd Kick Taker Run Over Ball | RB + B then A | R1 + ● then X |
| CORNERS AND THROW INS | ||
| Corners (Lob Pass) | X | ■ |
| Corners (Low Cross) | X (double tap) | ■ (double tap) |
| Corners (Ground Cross) | X (triple tap) | ■ (triple tap) |
| Corners (Cross) | A | X |
| Short Throw In | A | X |
| Short Throw In (manual) | Y | ▲ |
| Long Throw In | X | ■ |
| Move Throw In Receiver | LB | L1 |
| PENALTIES | ||
| Shoot | B | ● |
| Finesse Shot | RB + B | R1 + ● |
| Chip Shot | LB + B | L1 + ● |
| Goalkeeper Dive | R + direction | RS + direction |
| Goalkeeper Move Side to Side | L + direction | LS + direction |
| BE A PRO: GOALKEEPER (ATTACKING OFF THE BALL) | ||
| Call for or suggest pass | A | X |
| Suggest Through Ball | Y | ▲ |
| Suggest Cross | X | ■ |
| Suggest Shot | B | ● |
| Toggle Camera Target | Back | Select |
| BE A PRO: GOALKEEPER (DEFENDING OWN BOX) | ||
| Dive | R + direction (hold) | RS + direction (hold) |
| Dive | A + direction (hold) | X + direction (hold) |
| Autopositioning | LB press and hold | L1 press and hold |
| Slow movement facing ball | LT + L | L2 + L |
| Charge / Punch | Y press and hold | ▲ press and hold |
| Dive at feet | X | ■ |
| Anticipation save | B | ● |
| 2nd Defender Contain | RB press and hold | R1 press and hold |
| Toggle Camera Target | Back | Select |
If you don’t know what are LS, RS, LT, just check the following picture that shows the buttons of XBox and Playstation controllers:
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FIFA 16 Controls Video and Tutorials
If you want some help to perform any of these FIFA 16 controls, take a look to this video:
(this is for FIFA 15 but most of the controls are the same ones)
New Stuff
Let’s see which controls are new in FIFA 16:
FUT 15 >> FUT 16
Added the following controls:
Hard Stop
Flair Pass
Driven Ground Pass
Quick Get Up
Fake Tackle
Other cool FIFA 16 stuff:
Skill Moves
Celebrations
All the controls of previous FIFA video games:
FIFA 15
FIFA 14