FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Squad Guide

 
 

For all those players who plan to build a FIFA 17 Ligue 1 squad, we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best players.

Here is our guide to the top French league in FIFA 17 Ultimate Team.

 
 
 
 

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Introduction to the FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Squad Guide

 

Building a team is the biggest challenge in FIFA 17 Ultimate Team. It doesn’t need to be the best team, this is because the budget may not allow it, but it needs to be the player’s stature for him to obtain success.

When choosing which players to play with, you will have to look carefully at their attributes. Choosing a team based on ratings is one of the most common mistakes on FUT 17. It’s precisely this aspect that this guide focuses on. For each position, and focusing on the truly important attributes, we’ll show you who are the best athletes to choose.

It’s also important that the player checks to see if the player he chooses fits the formations he likes to play in. For example, a good full back will be useless if the player only uses a formation with three defenders. According to these formations, the player must be cautious and look at the work rate. Try to relate them with the ones we advise in our Formations Guide.

Last but not least, it’s mandatory that you tune all of your team so that the individual and team chemistry will be as high possible. For this last step to be easier, the majority of the players start to define the type of team they’re building. Some choose to gather players of the same nationality, while others decide to form a team of players from the same league. There are also more experienced players that can form hybrid teams without damaging team chemistry a lot.

All of these steps are necessary to have; or it could mean that the team is not always well built as it could be. This article aims to help those that want to form a FIFA 17 Ligue 1 squad. Even the players that already have a team based in this league, could take out some valuable conclusions from this guide that could help you make your team even better.

We received thousands of comments about similar guides that we have published in previous years. Most of them have asked us to help improve their teams and the players they had. It’s important that the readers understand that this guide is simply guidance. It’s a theme too vast and the player combinations are almost infinite. Besides, there are various factors that influence the choices, like one’s style of play, the formations used, the available budget, the preferences or even the time spent playing. There’s still one uncertain component: a good player for someone might not be for another. If there was a better team everyone would fight to get it. Part of the fun of FIFA 17 Ultimate Team is this: everyone has their personal club and players.

Another important point and that must stay very clear is that whoever is reading this guide, it’s about some criteria we chose and should be of everyone’s knowledge:

Only Gold Players
In this guide we didn’t consider silver or bronze player. Most players don’t assume them to be a better option than gold players, so to simplify the guide’s analysis we didn’t include them. In the future we may come to publish guides exclusively talking about these qualities.

Only Regular Players
In this guide we didn’t consider In Forms (IF). They’re extremely expensive and in most cases are not considered good value for money. They should only be used by players with generous budgets, that already have the best team possible and that want small upgrades.

Only Normal Players
In this guide we didn’t consider players that have been transferred to other clubs or that have been reviewed (UP). Only players that started their season in the Ligue 1 and with their original attributes were considered.

Only Original Attributes
In this guide we didn’t consider changes made on a players performance such happens when applying training or chemistry styles cards.

Position analysis
To make the comprehension of this guide easier we divided the players in nine distinct groups in order of their original position: Goalkeeper (GK), central backs (CB), right backs (RB and RWB), left backs (LB and LWB), central defensive midfielders (CDM) central midfielders (CM and CAM), right midfielders (RM, RW and RF), left midfielders (LM, LW and LF) and forwards (CF and ST).

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Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Goalkeepers

GK
 

Goalkeepers are the players that are used least on the field. Because of this they are also first ignored when building a team. Most players start their purchases with a forward, later they strengthen the midfield, the defence and only later the goal. The truth is a good goalkeeper may be worth a lot of goals. They are a good investment because they are normally the most economically accessible players.

Ruffier is the most popular Ligue 1 goalkeeper.

 

MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPERS
Stéphane Ruffier	85	ASSE	FRA
Vincent Enyeama	83	LOSC Lille	NIG
Kevin Trapp	83	Paris-SG	GER
Anthony Lopes	83	OL	POR
Danijel Subašić	83	AS Monaco	CRO
Benoît Costil	82	Stade Rennais	FRA
Cédric Carrasso	81	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Alphonse Areola	81	Paris-SG	FRA
Benjamin Lecomte	79	FC Lorient	FRA
Morgan De Sanctis	78	AS Monaco	ITA

 

When choosing a good goalkeeper it’s not only down to his rating. There are two fundamental attributes for choosing a good goalkeeper: reflexes and diving.

Enyeama is the goalkeeper with best reflexes in the world. Nobody is better than him.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Vincent Enyeama	90	LOSC Lille	NIG
Stéphane Ruffier	87	ASSE	FRA
Anthony Lopes	87	OL	POR
Kevin Trapp	85	Paris-SG	GER
Alphonse Areola	85	Paris-SG	FRA
Benoît Costil	84	Stade Rennais	FRA
Danijel Subašić	83	AS Monaco	CRO
Benjamin Lecomte	83	FC Lorient	FRA
Cédric Carrasso	82	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Jean-Louis Leca	81	SC Bastia	FRA

 

Diving is a fundamental attribute when choosing a goalkeeper. It measures the capacity for a goalkeeper to make a save when jumping.

In this attribute, it is Anthony Lopes the best one.

 

GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING
Anthony Lopes	86	OL	POR
Alphonse Areola	84	Paris-SG	FRA
Kevin Trapp	83	Paris-SG	GER
Stéphane Ruffier	82	ASSE	FRA
Danijel Subašić	82	AS Monaco	CRO
Benoît Costil	82	Stade Rennais	FRA
Benjamin Lecomte	81	FC Lorient	FRA
Geoffrey Jourdren	80	Montpellier HSC	FRA
Vincent Enyeama	78	LOSC Lille	NIG
Cédric Carrasso	78	Girondins de Bx	FRA

 

The most experienced Ultimate Team players know that another leaning factor on a goalkeeper’s performance without considering the remaining four attributes: height. The more tall a goalkeeper is, better his chances of having a clean sheet.

Danijel Subašić is the tallest goalkeeper, 11cm taller than Jean-Louis Leca, the shortest one.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Danijel Subašić	191 / 6′3″	AS Monaco	CRO
Alphonse Areola	191 / 6′3″	Paris-SG	FRA
Morgan De Sanctis	190 / 6′3″	AS Monaco	ITA
Kevin Trapp	189 / 6′2″	Paris-SG	GER
Rémy Riou	189 / 6′2″	FC Nantes	FRA
Stéphane Ruffier	188 / 6′2″	ASSE	FRA
Benoît Costil	188 / 6′2″	Stade Rennais	FRA
Cédric Carrasso	187 / 6′2″	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Benjamin Lecomte	186 / 6′1″	FC Lorient	FRA
Rémy Vercoutre	185 / 6′1″	SM Caen	FRA

 

In our opinion, Ruffier is the best goalkeeper of Ligue 1. He has the best handling and positioning stats of this league.

Anthony Lopes is also a good choice. He is almost as good as Ruffier.

Areola, Trapp and Enyeama are all decent choices for low budget teams. Areola is much taller than Enyema and that can make a big difference in-game. Subašić and Costil are the next goalkeepers of our list.

GOALKEEPERS

Best Players
#1 Stéphane Ruffier
#2 Anthony Lopes
#3 Alphonse Areola
#4 Kevin Trapp
#5 Vincent Enyeama

Economic Choice
Anthony Lopes

 
 

Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Goalkeeper
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Centre Backs

CB
 

A goalkeeper task is made easier if in front of him are quality central backs. Their function is to stop the opponent from getting dangerously close to your team’s goal.

Thiago Silva is the centre back with best reputation in Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE BACKS
Thiago Silva	89	Paris-SG	BRA
Kamil Glik	83	AS Monaco	POL
Marquinhos	82	Paris-SG	BRA
Loïc Perrin	82	ASSE	FRA
Nicolas Nkoulou	81	OL	CAM
Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa	81	OL	FRA
Dante	80	OGC Nice	BRA
Hilton	79	Montpellier HSC	BRA
Paul Baysse	78	OGC Nice	FRA
Andrea Raggi	78	AS Monaco	ITA
Mexer	78	Stade Rennais	MOZ
Renato Civelli	78	LOSC Lille	ARG
Milan Biševac	77	FC Metz	SRB
Nicolas Pallois	77	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Marko Baša	77	LOSC Lille	MON

 

On a centre back, two attributes assume particular importance on their performance: defending and physical, which represents strength, stamina, aggression and jumping.

A player with good at defending will have an easier chance of dispossessing the opponent and avoid him reaching your box.

Thiago Silva is the player with best defending stat in the world.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Thiago Silva	90	Paris-SG	BRA
Kamil Glik	85	AS Monaco	POL
Marquinhos	84	Paris-SG	BRA
Loïc Perrin	84	ASSE	FRA
Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa	81	OL	FRA
Dante	80	OGC Nice	BRA
Hilton	80	Montpellier HSC	BRA
Nicolas Nkoulou	79	OL	CAM
Mexer	79	Stade Rennais	MOZ
Paul Baysse	78	OGC Nice	FRA
Andrea Raggi	78	AS Monaco	ITA
Renato Civelli	78	LOSC Lille	ARG
Romain Thomas	78	Angers SCO	FRA
Damien Da Silva	78	SM Caen	FRA
Jemerson	78	AS Monaco	BRA

 

The physical attribute shows the old heading capability but also how likely the players are to win game with their body. This is a crucial attribute when looking for the best centre back.

In this chapter Florentin Pogba is the strongest one.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Florentin Pogba	85	ASSE	GUI
Kamil Glik	82	AS Monaco	POL
Nicolas Pallois	82	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Loïc Perrin	80	ASSE	FRA
Thiago Silva	79	Paris-SG	BRA
Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa	79	OL	FRA
Renato Civelli	79	LOSC Lille	ARG
Maxime Le Marchand	79	OGC Nice	FRA
Wesley Lautoa	79	FC Lorient	NCA
Diego Carlos	79	FC Nantes	BRA
Marko Baša	78	LOSC Lille	MON
Mexer	77	Stade Rennais	MOZ
Paul Baysse	77	OGC Nice	FRA
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo	77	FC Nantes	VEN
Marquinhos	76	Paris-SG	BRA

 

Defending and heading may be useless against fast opponents. It’s necessary to fight fire with fire. No one likes feeling impotent when seeing you get overrun by extremely fast players. Even though, in a way, centre backs aren’t that fast, every team needs one of these players with a high pace attribute.

Only Maxime Le Marchand and Nkoulou are faster than Thiago Silva.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Maxime Le Marchand	77	OGC Nice	FRA
Nicolas Nkoulou	76	OL	CAM
Thiago Silva	74	Paris-SG	BRA
Marquinhos	73	Paris-SG	BRA
Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa	72	OL	FRA
Tomáš Hubočan	71	OM	SVK
Loïc Perrin	70	ASSE	FRA
Mexer	69	Stade Rennais	MOZ
Diego Carlos	69	FC Nantes	BRA
Christophe Kerbrat	68	EA Guingamp	FRA
Florentin Pogba	67	ASSE	GUI
Jemerson	67	AS Monaco	BRA
Paul Baysse	65	OGC Nice	FRA
Nicolas Pallois	64	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Wesley Lautoa	64	FC Lorient	NCA

 

Thiago Silva is the obvious first choice for this position. He is one of the best centre backs in the world. His weakness is the high attacking work rate.

Now that David Luiz is not in Ligue 1 anymore, Perrin is our second choice. He’s fast, has good defensive skills and a great physical.

Marquinhos, Yanga-M’Biwa, Le Marchand and Nkoulou are all decent choices for low budget squads.

CENTRE BACKS

Best Players
#1 Thiago Silva
#2 Loïc Perrin
#3 Marquinhos
#4 Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa
#5 Maxime Le Marchand

Economic Choice
Loïc Perrin

 
 

Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Centre Backs
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Right Backs

RB | RWB
 

Full backs have the role of troubling the job of wingers. In addition, good full backs also support their team mates on offensive manoeuvres.

Serge Aurier is the most popular right back playing in Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Serge Aurier	83	Paris-SG	IVC
Christophe Jallet	79	OL	FRA
Rafael	78	OL	BRA
Ricardo Pereira	78	OGC Nice	POR
Thomas Meunier	77	Paris-SG	BEL
Sébastien Corchia	77	LOSC Lille	FRA
Romain Danzé	75	Stade Rennais	FRA
Youssouf Sabaly	75	Girondins de Bx	FRA

 

There are very important attributes for any right back: defending and pace.

Since they’re defenders they should have good defending capacities. This reduces a team’s risk of conceding.

In France, no one defends as well as Aurier.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Serge Aurier	80	Paris-SG	IVC
Christophe Jallet	77	OL	FRA
Romain Danzé	77	Stade Rennais	FRA
Ricardo Pereira	76	OGC Nice	POR
Sébastien Corchia	76	LOSC Lille	FRA
Rafael	74	OL	BRA
Youssouf Sabaly	74	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Thomas Meunier	73	Paris-SG	BEL

 

A flanked game tends to be faster than a game based in the middle of the field. The players that fill these spaces are obligated to be fast, both penetrating defensive and attacking moves of the team. Pace is one of the most important requirements for a good full back. Even in FIFA 17.

In Ligue 1, only Ricardo Pereira is faster than Aurier.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Ricardo Pereira	86	OGC Nice	POR
Serge Aurier	85	Paris-SG	IVC
Rafael	80	OL	BRA
Youssouf Sabaly	77	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Thomas Meunier	76	Paris-SG	BEL
Sébastien Corchia	75	LOSC Lille	FRA
Christophe Jallet	74	OL	FRA
Romain Danzé	68	Stade Rennais	FRA

 

Serge Aurier is undoubtedly the best right back playing on Ligue 1. He has the best defensive and physical stats.

Ricardo Pereira is the best alternative to him. He is the fastest right back and also our economic choice.

Rafael, Meunier and Jallet are the three decent choices for low budget teams.

RIGHT BACKS

Best Players
#1 Serge Aurier
#2 Ricardo Pereira
#3 Rafael
#4 Thomas Meunier
#5 Christophe Jallet

Economic Choice
Ricardo Pereira

 
 
Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Right Backs
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Left Backs

LB | LWB
 

Left backs have exactly the same role of their team mates on the other flank. In other words, they try to make a winger’s job hard and participate in the team’s offensive manoeuvres.

Kurzawa is the most used Ligue 1 left back by Ultimate Team fans.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
Layvin Kurzawa	81	Paris-SG	FRA
Maxwell	79	Paris-SG	BRA
Djibril Sidibé	79	AS Monaco	FRA
Henri Bedimo	77	OM	CAM
Jérémy Morel	76	OL	FRA
Marçal	76	EA Guingamp	BRA
Cheikh M’Bengue	75	ASSE	SEN
Julian Palmieri	75	LOSC Lille	FRA
Afonso Figueiredo	75	Stade Rennais	POR
Ludovic Baal	75	Stade Rennais	FRA

 

If you need someone to defend, you need to pick Kurzawa.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Layvin Kurzawa	79	Paris-SG	FRA
Djibril Sidibé	77	AS Monaco	FRA
Jérémy Morel	77	OL	FRA
Maxwell	76	Paris-SG	BRA
Henri Bedimo	76	OM	CAM
Cheikh M’Bengue	75	ASSE	SEN
Afonso Figueiredo	74	Stade Rennais	POR
Ludovic Baal	73	Stade Rennais	FRA
Benjamin Mendy	72	AS Monaco	FRA
Julian Palmieri	71	LOSC Lille	FRA

 

Ludovic Baal is faster than any other left back.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Ludovic Baal	82	Stade Rennais	FRA
Layvin Kurzawa	79	Paris-SG	FRA
Marçal	79	EA Guingamp	BRA
Julian Palmieri	79	LOSC Lille	FRA
Djibril Sidibé	78	AS Monaco	FRA
Afonso Figueiredo	78	Stade Rennais	POR
Benjamin Mendy	77	AS Monaco	FRA
Henri Bedimo	76	OM	CAM
Jérémy Morel	75	OL	FRA
Cheikh M’Bengue	74	ASSE	SEN

 

Kurzawa is again, in our opinion, the best left back playing in Ligue 1. He’s fast, good dribbler and defends well. Just like Djibril Sidibé, he is a very balanced player.

Maxwell and Bedimo are both decent choices for low budget squads.

LEFT BACKS

Best Players
#1 Layvin Kurzawa
#2 Djibril Sidibé
#3 Maxwell
#4 Henri Bedimo
#5 Afonso Figueiredo

Economic Choice
Djibril Sidibé

 
 
Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Left Backs
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Defensive Midfielder

CDM
 

Many of the FIFA 17 Ultimate Team formations require some midfielders that have a natural aptitude to defend. Central defensive midfielders distinguish themselves for being especially aimed to help the more retreated line of their teams. According to their attributes and their work rates, they can also be useful for starting attacks. They are players that occupy a very strategic position in the field.

Matuidi is clearly the most popular central defensive midfielder in Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Blaise Matuidi	86	Paris-SG	FRA
Grzegorz Krychowiak	84	Paris-SG	POL
Lassana Diarra	83	OM	FRA
Jérémy Toulalan	83	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Thiago Motta	82	Paris-SG	ITA
Maxime Gonalons	81	OL	FRA
Mathieu Bodmer	79	OGC Nice	FRA
Fabinho	79	AS Monaco	BRA
Rio Mavuba	77	LOSC Lille	FRA
William Vainqueur	77	OM	FRA

 

There are a variety of attributes in a central defensive midfielder that you have to give attention: defending, so that the first defender of team works; strength, so that you win all brawls in a prone area of the field; heading, to win possession in aerial moves like goal kicks; pace, so that you cover the most terrain on the field as possible; stamina, so they can equally participate in offensive and defensive moves (especially useful for players with high/high work rates); passing and possession so that he can properly start attacks. In our opinion the two first are the most important.

Normally using a central defensive midfielder is associated with having a deficit of elements in your defence. So, it makes sense that when you search for a player to occupy this position you’d want players that can defend.

Matuidi and Gonalons are really good choices for teams that want to complicate an opponent’s game in the space between the midfield and the defence.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Blaise Matuidi	83	Paris-SG	FRA
Maxime Gonalons	82	OL	FRA
Grzegorz Krychowiak	81	Paris-SG	POL
Lassana Diarra	81	OM	FRA
Jérémy Toulalan	79	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Fabinho	79	AS Monaco	BRA
Thiago Motta	76	Paris-SG	ITA
Mathieu Bodmer	76	OGC Nice	FRA
Rio Mavuba	76	LOSC Lille	FRA
Jérémy Clément	76	ASSE	FRA

 

The area of the field occupied by the central defensive midfielders is the one where most ball disputes happen. Strong players will have a higher probability of winning the ball.

Krychowiak is the best on this side.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Grzegorz Krychowiak	87	Paris-SG	POL
Blaise Matuidi	84	Paris-SG	FRA
Thiago Motta	82	Paris-SG	ITA
Maxime Gonalons	82	OL	FRA
Jérémy Toulalan	81	Girondins de Bx	FRA
William Vainqueur	81	OM	FRA
Gelson Fernandes	81	Stade Rennais	SUI
Fabinho	79	AS Monaco	BRA
Younousse Sankharé	79	LOSC Lille	SEN
Lassana Diarra	77	OM	FRA

 

Blaise Matuidi is our first choice for this position. He is a very balanced player, who has the best defending stats, an amazing stamina (94) and a good work rate to play everywhere.

The strengh of Krychowiak is crucial to make him the best alternative to Matuidi. Diarra is also a very interesting player.

Thiago Motta and Toulalan are too slow to be seletecd to this top 5.

CENTRE DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
#1 Blaise Matuidi
#2 Grzegorz Krychowiak
#3 Lassana Diarra
#4 Maxime Gonalons
#5 Fabinho

Economic Choice
Grzegorz Krychowiak

 
 
Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Central Defensive Midfielders
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Centre Midfielders

CM | CAM
 

A lot of games are decided in the midfield and not close to the goals. The players that play in these zones are the ones that should create the game and define its rhythm.

Verratti and Pastore are the two most popular midfieldes in Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE MIDFIELDERS
Marco Verratti	85	Paris-SG	ITA
Javier Pastore	85	Paris-SG	ARG
Hatem Ben Arfa	84	Paris-SG	FRA
João Moutinho	83	AS Monaco	POR
Rémy Cabella	80	OM	FRA
Ryad Boudebouz	79	Montpellier HSC	ALG
Jean Michaël Seri	79	OGC Nice	IVC
Sergi Darder	79	OL	ESP
Younès Belhanda	79	OGC Nice	MOR
Vincent Koziello	79	OGC Nice	FRA
Adrien Rabiot	78	Paris-SG	FRA
Morgan Sanson	78	Montpellier HSC	FRA
Yoann Gourcuff	78	Stade Rennais	FRA
Corentin Tolisso	78	OL	FRA
Henri Saivet	78	ASSE	SEN

 

Centre midfielders are responsible for discovering lines that break the opponents defence. Their passing quality has to be really good so they can assist forwards.

Verratti, Pastore and Moutinho have great passing stat.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PASSING
Javier Pastore	84	Paris-SG	ARG
Marco Verratti	83	Paris-SG	ITA
João Moutinho	83	AS Monaco	POR
Clément Grenier	81	OL	FRA
Ryad Boudebouz	80	Montpellier HSC	ALG
Younès Belhanda	80	OGC Nice	MOR
Yoann Gourcuff	80	Stade Rennais	FRA
Hatem Ben Arfa	79	Paris-SG	FRA
Henri Saivet	79	ASSE	SEN
Jaroslav Plašil	79	Girondins de Bx	CZ
Jean Michaël Seri	78	OGC Nice	IVC
Vincent Koziello	78	OGC Nice	FRA
Etienne Didot	78	EA Guingamp	FRA
Sylvain Marveaux	77	FC Lorient	FRA
Mounir Obbadi	77	LOSC Lille	MOR

 

A Centre midfielder usually needs creativity. Good dribbling allows the team to move forward, creating potential disequilibrium’s.

Ben Arfa has the best dribbling in the midfield of the French stadiums.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Hatem Ben Arfa	88	Paris-SG	FRA
Marco Verratti	87	Paris-SG	ITA
Javier Pastore	86	Paris-SG	ARG
Rémy Cabella	83	OM	FRA
João Moutinho	82	AS Monaco	POR
Younès Belhanda	82	OGC Nice	MOR
Ryad Boudebouz	81	Montpellier HSC	ALG
Yoann Gourcuff	81	Stade Rennais	FRA
Óscar Trejo	81	Toulouse FC	ARG
Sergi Darder	80	OL	ESP
Henri Saivet	80	ASSE	SEN
Vincent Koziello	79	OGC Nice	FRA
Sylvain Marveaux	79	FC Lorient	FRA
Jean Michaël Seri	78	OGC Nice	IVC
Clément Grenier	77	OL	FRA

 

Ben Arfa is undoubtedly the best player for this position. He has an amazing cocktail of dribbling, passing, shooting and pace. Besides that, he is one of the strongest midfielders. Not convinced yet? He is a 5 star skiller and a penalty specialist. If you don’t have enough coins to buy him, try Pastore.

If you need someone available to attack but also to defend, you should give a chance to Verratti and Moutinho.

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
#1 Hatem Ben Arfa
#2 Javier Pastore
#3 Marco Verratti
#4 João Moutinho
#5 Henri Saivet

Economic Choice
João Moutinho

 
 
Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Centre Midfielders
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Right Wingers

RM | RW | RF
 

The wingers are responsible for giving game width in the attack. They’re normally very explosive players.

Di Maria has left the centre of the midfield to become the most rated right winger of the French league.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
Ángel Di María	87	Paris-SG	ARG
Lucas	82	Paris-SG	BRA
Bernardo Silva	81	AS Monaco	POR
Nabil Fekir	81	OL	FRA
Mathieu Valbuena	79	OL	FRA
Thomas Lemar	78	AS Monaco	FRA
Romain Hamouma	78	ASSE	FRA
Romain Alessandrini	77	OM	FRA
Kamil Grosicki	77	Stade Rennais	POL
Rachid Ghezzal	77	OL	ALG

 

There are three fundamental attributes for a winger: pace, dribbling and passing.

Pace is probably the biggest weapon of these players. They use it to evade opponents and getting to the other side, many times via sprints on the side lines.

Lucas is by far the fastet right winger of this league.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Lucas	93	Paris-SG	BRA
Romain Alessandrini	89	OM	FRA
Yannis Salibur	89	EA Guingamp	FRA
Kamil Grosicki	88	Stade Rennais	POL
Ángel Di María	87	Paris-SG	ARG
Pedro Henrique	85	Stade Rennais	BRA
Nabil Fekir	83	OL	FRA
Mathieu Valbuena	83	OL	FRA
Nabil Dirar	82	AS Monaco	MOR
Florian Thauvin	81	OM	FRA

 

Just being fast doesn’t cut it to reach the opponents box, having good dribbling to surpass the opponents’ players that appear on the way.

Di Maria and Fékir are the right wingers with best dribbling stats.

 

RIGH WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Ángel Di María	87	Paris-SG	ARG
Nabil Fekir	87	OL	FRA
Lucas	86	Paris-SG	BRA
Bernardo Silva	83	AS Monaco	POR
Mathieu Valbuena	82	OL	FRA
Florian Thauvin	81	OM	FRA
Thomas Lemar	80	AS Monaco	FRA
Rachid Ghezzal	80	OL	ALG
Marcos Lopes	80	LOSC Lille	POR
Romain Hamouma	79	ASSE	FRA

 

When reaching the opponents box the winger has to decide what to do. Normally, they choose to cross to the forwards. That is why it’s important for them to have good passing.

Only Di Maria offer good quality passing.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Ángel Di María	84	Paris-SG	ARG
Bernardo Silva	78	AS Monaco	POR
Mathieu Valbuena	78	OL	FRA
Yann Jouffre	78	FC Metz	FRA
Romain Hamouma	77	ASSE	FRA
Rachid Ghezzal	77	OL	ALG
Nabil Fekir	76	OL	FRA
Thomas Lemar	76	AS Monaco	FRA
Lucas	75	Paris-SG	BRA
Florian Thauvin	74	OM	FRA

 

To us, and probably to everyone, it is extremely easy to choose the best right winger from Ligue 1: Di Maria. The only exception is if you need someone even faster than him. In that case, Lucas will be perfect.

Fékir is also a quality player that can be used in medium and low squad budgets.

RIGHT MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
#1 Ángel Di Maria
#2 Lucas
#3 Nabil Fekir
#4 Kamil Grosicki
#5 Bernardo Silva

Economic Choice
Nabil Fekir

 
 
Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Right Wingers
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Left Wingers

LM | LW | LF
 

The left wingers have exactly the same role as their team mates from the other side.

Jesé and Ntep are the two most popular left wingers playing in Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS
Jesé	80	Paris-SG	ESP
Paul-Georges Ntep	80	Stade Rennais	FRA
Eric Bauthéac	76	LOSC Lille	FRA
Nicolas Maurice-Belay	75	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Jimmy Durmaz	75	Toulouse FC	SWE
Maxwel Cornet	75	OL	FRA
Kévin Monnet-Paquet	75	ASSE	FRA

 

Ntep is the fastest left winger playing in France.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PACE
Paul-Georges Ntep	91	Stade Rennais	FRA
Jesé	86	Paris-SG	ESP
Maxwel Cornet	86	OL	FRA
Jimmy Durmaz	84	Toulouse FC	SWE
Kévin Monnet-Paquet	84	ASSE	FRA
Eric Bauthéac	81	LOSC Lille	FRA
Nicolas Maurice-Belay	81	Girondins de Bx	FRA

 

Ntep and Jesé (again) are the most highlighted left wingers in this chapter.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Jesé	84	Paris-SG	ESP
Paul-Georges Ntep	83	Stade Rennais	FRA
Eric Bauthéac	78	LOSC Lille	FRA
Maxwel Cornet	78	OL	FRA
Jimmy Durmaz	78	Toulouse FC	SWE
Kévin Monnet-Paquet	74	ASSE	FRA
Nicolas Maurice-Belay	74	Girondins de Bx	FRA

 

Ntep and Durmaz are the left wingers with best passing in this league.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Paul-Georges Ntep	74	Stade Rennais	FRA
Jimmy Durmaz	74	Toulouse FC	SWE
Eric Bauthéac	73	LOSC Lille	FRA
Nicolas Maurice-Belay	73	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Jesé	72	Paris-SG	ESP
Kévin Monnet-Paquet	71	ASSE	FRA
Maxwel Cornet	64	OL	FRA

 

Ntep is the best left winger playing in Ligue 1. He is extremely fast and has a great dribbling, something so important for this position.

Jesé is the best alternative. He has worse pace, physical and work rates than Ntep but he is still a good player.

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LEFT MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
#1 Paul-Georges Ntep
#2 Jesé
#3 Jimmy Durmaz
#4 Kévin Monnet-Paquet
#5 Maxwel Cornet

Economic Choice
Paul-Georges Ntep

 
 
Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Left Wingers
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Forwards

CF | ST
 

The forwards are the players on which fall the most responsibility of scoring goals.

Now that Zlatan signed by Manchester United, Lacazette and Cavani are more important than ever in the attack of the Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Alexandre Lacazette	85	OL	FRA
Edinson Cavani	85	Paris-SG	URU
Falcao	81	AS Monaco	COL
Valère Germain	79	AS Monaco	FRA
Jérémy Ménez	79	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Mario Balotelli	79	OGC Nice	ITA
Martin Braithwaite	78	Toulouse FC	DEN
Benjamin Moukandjo	78	FC Lorient	CAM
Diego Rolán	78	Girondins de Bx	URU
Bafétimbi Gomis	78	OM	FRA
Alassane Pléa	77	OGC Nice	FRA
Éder	77	LOSC Lille	POR
Nicolas De Préville	77	LOSC Lille	FRA
Giovanni Sio	76	Stade Rennais	IVC
Jimmy Briand	76	EA Guingamp	FRA

 

To score goals shooting is necessary. If either by foot or head, the most important attribute for a forward are: shooting, heading and pace.

Most goals are scored with the foot so good shooting is a necessary attribute for a forward.

Cavani and Lacazette are two strikers with best shooting in this league.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST SHOOTING
Edinson Cavani	83	Paris-SG	URU
Alexandre Lacazette	82	OL	FRA
Falcao	80	AS Monaco	COL
Valère Germain	80	AS Monaco	FRA
Mario Balotelli	80	OGC Nice	ITA
Bafétimbi Gomis	80	OM	FRA
Alassane Pléa	79	OGC Nice	FRA
Jérémy Ménez	77	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Diego Rolán	77	Girondins de Bx	URU
Éder	77	LOSC Lille	POR
Martin Braithwaite	76	Toulouse FC	DEN
Benjamin Moukandjo	76	FC Lorient	CAM
Giovanni Sio	76	Stade Rennais	IVC
Nicolas De Préville	75	LOSC Lille	FRA
Jimmy Briand	74	EA Guingamp	FRA

 

Jump, strength and stamina are the ingredients to the new physical attribute, very important when we are analysing the best forwards: jump to score with the head; strength to dispute the ball with the opponents; and stamina to sprint in direction of goal at any time of the game.

Éder, the new Portugal national hero, is who has the best physical stat in Ligue 1.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Éder	81	LOSC Lille	POR
Edinson Cavani	80	Paris-SG	URU
Martin Braithwaite	78	Toulouse FC	DEN
Alexandre Lacazette	76	OL	FRA
Robert Berić	76	ASSE	SVN
Giovanni Sio	75	Stade Rennais	IVC
Jimmy Briand	75	EA Guingamp	FRA
Mevlüt Erdinç	75	FC Metz	TUR
Mario Balotelli	74	OGC Nice	ITA
Bafétimbi Gomis	74	OM	FRA
Falcao	72	AS Monaco	COL
Valère Germain	67	AS Monaco	FRA
Alassane Pléa	67	OGC Nice	FRA
Nolan Roux	67	ASSE	FRA
Diego Rolán	64	Girondins de Bx	URU

 

Depending on the style of play and formation, having good shooting and heading may not be enough for a striker. Especially in games that privilege counter-attack, pace is a very important attribute.

Benjamin Moukandjo is the fastest striker playing in France.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PACE
Benjamin Moukandjo	91	FC Lorient	CAM
Alexandre Lacazette	86	OL	FRA
Jérémy Ménez	86	Girondins de Bx	FRA
Martin Braithwaite	85	Toulouse FC	DEN
Nicolas De Préville	84	LOSC Lille	FRA
Giovanni Sio	83	Stade Rennais	IVC
Billy Ketkeophomphone	82	Angers SCO	FRA
Valère Germain	79	AS Monaco	FRA
Alassane Pléa	79	OGC Nice	FRA
Diego Rolán	78	Girondins de Bx	URU
Mario Balotelli	77	OGC Nice	ITA
Éder	77	LOSC Lille	POR
Jimmy Briand	77	EA Guingamp	FRA
Edinson Cavani	76	Paris-SG	URU
Nolan Roux	73	ASSE	FRA

 

Two years ago, Lacazette was our economic choice. Last year, he was the best alternative to Zlatan. This year he is the best striker of Ligue 1. If you want the best of the best, you have to buy him.

If you don’t have enough coins to buy him, use Cavani. He is a great striker.

Braithwaite and Éder are decent forwards for low budget squads while Falcão is too slow to be in our choices.

FORWARDS

Best Players
#1 Alexandre Lacazette
#2 Edinson Cavani
#3 Martin Braithwaite
#4 Éder
#5 Mario Balotelli

Economic Choice
Martin Braithwaite

 
 
Best FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Forwards
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Squad Suggestions

 

A lot of people think that this is the most important part of the guide. It’s not. The thing that is really important to know is how to choose players based on their role and style of play that fits each player. The team suggestions that follow are simple graphic indicators of what we wrote previously. They should serve merely as orientation because it’s impossible to build a team that fits everyone. They depend on various factors we don’t know such as budget, formation, style of play and player preferences.

To try and explore the needs of the maximum player as possible we suggest three teams with different budgets and formations: 4-1-2-1-2 with unlimited budget, 4-3-3 with medium budget and 4-4-2 with a low budget.

 
 
 
 

FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Squad with Unlimited Budget

 

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First Squad
 

GK: Stéphane Ruffier
RB: Serge Aurier
CBR: Thiago Silva
CBL: Loïc Perrin
LB: Layvin Kurzawa
CDM: Blaise Matuidi
RM: Ángel Di María
LM: Paul-Georges Ntep
CAM: Hatem Ben Arfa
STR: Alexandre Lacazette
STL: Edinson Cavani

Substitutes and Reserves
 

GK: Anthony Lopes
RB: Ricardo Pereira
CB: Marquinhos
CB: Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa
LB: Djibril Sidibé
CDM: Grzegorz Krychowiak
RM: Lucas
LM: Jesé
CAM: Javier Pastore
ST: Martin Braithwaite
ST: Éder

 
 
Budget
November 2016
 

Playstation 4: 300k coins
Xbox One: 250k coins

 
 
Updated Prices

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Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on the analysis made previously.

Your goal will be in safe hands with Ruffier.

Thiago Silva, Aurier and Kurzawa are the three untouchables in the defence. The only player that hasn’t his place in this team guaranteed is Perrin.

Matuidi is one of the most loved players of the Ligue 1. We love his high/high work rates and amazing stamina. In front of him, Ben Arfa is one of the good surprises this year.

On the wings, Di Maria and Ntep don’t have many competition. On the attack, Lacazette is the top-scorer of any Ligue 1 team, while Cavani is the best alternative to him.

Once all the players reach maximum individual chemistry via loyalty (achieved by each player after 10 matches for your club or by being pack pulled) you can go without a manager for your squad. They’ll be of no use while wasting contracts.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

FIFA 17 Ligue 1 Squad with Medium Budget

 

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First Squad
 

GK: Stéphane Ruffier
RB: Serge Aurier
CBR: Loïc Perrin
CBL: Marquinhos
LB: Layvin Kurzawa
CMR: Javier Pastore
CMC: Grzegorz Krychowiak
CML: Marco Verratti
RW: Lucas
LW: Paul-Georges Ntep
ST: Edinson Cavani

Substitutes and Reserves
 

GK: Anthony Lopes
RB: Ricardo Pereira
CB: Maxime Le Marchand
CB: Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa
LB: Djibril Sidibé
CM: Lassana Diarra
CM: Henri Saivet
CM: João Moutinho
RW: Nabil Fékir
LW: Jesé
ST: Martin Braithwaite

 
 
Budget
November 2016
 

Playstation 4: 30k coins
Xbox One: 25k coins

 
 
Updated Prices

If you want to know the current prices of any player or of the full squad, please click here.

 
 
Summary

The choices for this more affordable team players was based on analysis made previously.

Many players of the previous team are affordable to be used in the medium budget squad. That’s the case of Ruffier, Aurier, Kurzawa, Perrin and Ntep.

On the defence, the only player that lost his place was Thiago SIlva. Marquinhos is far from his quality.

Since Matuidi is not available to this team, the central midfield position has to be of Krychowiak. He builds up the first barrier between your goal line and the opponent, making his physicality attributes count. Pastore and Verratti complete the midfield.

In the attack, the wingers Lucas and Ntep have the mission to assist Cavani.

If you still have some room in your budget, Matuidi is the player that would improve this squad a lot. If you have enough coins to buy Lacazette, do it as soon as possible.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

FIFA 17 Ligue 1 with Low Budget

 

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First Squad
 

GK: Anthony Lopes
RB: Ricardo Pereira
CBR: Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa
CBL: Marquinhos
LB: Djibril Sidibé
CMR: Grzegorz Krychowiak
CML: João Moutinho
RM: Kamil Grosicki
LM: Paul-Georges Ntep
STR: Martin Braithwaite
STL: Éder

Substitutes and Reserves
 

GK: Alphonse Areola
RB: Rafael
CB: Nicolas Nkoulou
CB: Maxime Le Marchand
LB: Maxwell
CM: Lassana Diarra
CM: Henri Saivet
RW: Bernardo Silva
LW: Jimmy Dummaz
ST: Mario Balotelli
ST: Valère Germain

 
 
Budget
November 2016
 

Playstation 4: 8k coins
Xbox One: 9k coins

 
 
Updated Prices

If you want to know the current prices of any player or of the full squad, please click here.

 
 
Summary

The choice for this budget team was based on analysis made previously.

In the goal Anthony Lopes is a decent very cheap goalkeeper. Yanga-M’Biwa, Marquinhos, Ricardo Pereira and Sidibé are the four other defenders. Any of them is a great value for money.

On the midfield, Krychowiak and João Moutinho complement each other well. The first one is strong, quick and aggressive, while the second is a player that usually pushes forward to assist his colleagues but also helps the defence. Grosicki and Ntep fill the wings in order to assist Éder and Braithwaite.

 
 
 

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