CONMEBOL Squad Guide for FIFA 18 World Cup

For all those players who plan to build the best FIFA 18 World Cup squad possible, we’ve conducted an analysis on the best South American players. In this page, we will show you who are the best CONMEBOL Confederation players for each position.

The Best FIFA 18 World Cup Squad

Introduction to the FIFA 18 World Cup update

The FIFA 18 World Cup is a new separate game mode within FUT that gives you the chance to build your dream international squad in the FIFA Ultimate Team World Cup experience.

We believe that most of the players will feel lost when they start building their teams. First, because they will not be able to buy the players they want on the transfer market. It doesn’t exist. Secondly, because the card weight will be more favourable to pack players from less popular nations.

Besides that, the chemistry doesn’t work exactly the same way as it does in the regular FUT. Basically, the club is replaced by the nationality and the league it’s replaced by the confederation. In other words, players from the same country get a perfect link, while players from the same federation but different nation get a weak link. Since it is extremely hard to build a squad with all players from a single nation, even more if we are trying to build a squad based in a strong and popular nation, the best option is to base our squad in a single confederation. Our suggestion is exactly that: focus in a single confederation, open the player’s packs of that federation and follow the recommendations we make on this page.

This guide will help you to know what is the best CONMEBOL confederation squad for FIFA 18 World Cup. As you probably know, the South American players in World Cup will have refreshed ratings and stats on this game mode. Their items are built to match real-world performance and will be updated based on the performances of players who stood out on matchday, with upgraded stats, ensuring a fresh and relevant experience for the entire tournament. Keep in mind, that our choices are based only on the starting World Cup ratings, and not on eventual upgrades.

The Best CONMEBOL Confederation Squad

The best players from the South American Football Confederation

The team that we will suggest, 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 to buy packs, formation, custom tactics, instructioms, style of play and player preferences. It is also important to take into consideration the players you think have more chances to be upgraded.

Best CONMEBOL Confederation Squad for FIFA 18 World Cup

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FIRST SQUAD
84 ?? GK: Alisson
86 ?? RB: Dani Alves
87 ?? CBR: Miranda
86 ?? CBL: Thiago Silva
87 ?? LB: Marcelo
87 ?? CDM: Paulinho
87 ?? CAM: Paulo Dybala
94 ?? RM: Lionel Messi
93 ?? LM: Neymar
91 ?? STR: Luís Suárez
87 ?? STL: Sergio Agüero

SUBSTITUTES AND RESERVES
83 ?? GK: Ederson
79 ?? RB: Danilo
86 ?? CB: Nicolás Otamendi
88 ?? CB: Diego Godín
84 ?? LB: Alex Sandro
86 ?? CDM: Casemiro
87 ?? CAM: James Rodríguez
88 ?? RM: Coutinho
85 ?? LM: Ángel Di María
85 ?? ST: Gabriel Jesus
89 ?? ST: Edinson Cavani

Nation by Nation

All the players from the CONMEBOL confederation

?? ARGENTINA
For the two-time world champions and 2014 finalists to go the distance at the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, Lionel Messi will have to be be at his absolute best. But La Albiceleste isn’t just a one-man show; players like Gonzalo Higuain and Angel Di Maria will also don the blue-and-white in Russia. Despite an uneasy qualifying run, Argentina can almost always be considered a favourite at the highest level — especially when Messi is in the squad. If they can work together as a team and shore up the backline, Messi and company could earn their country’s first World Cup trophy since 1986.

Name	POS	RAT	PAC	SHO	PAS	DRI	DEF	PHY	SKI	WF	WR
Lionel Messi	RW	94	89	90	87	96	26	61	3	4	M \ M
Gonzalo Higuaín	ST	88	79	86	70	83	25	74	2	4	H \ M
Paulo Dybala	CAM	87	86	83	82	90	24	67	3	3	H \ M
Sergio Agüero	ST	87	86	86	76	89	23	74	3	4	H \ M
Nicolás Otamendi	CB	86	63	57	62	61	85	83	1	3	H \ H
Ángel Di María	LW	85	86	76	82	85	46	66	4	2	H \ M
Mauro Icardi	ST	85	79	82	61	78	27	72	2	4	M \ L
Alejandro Gómez	LW	84	90	76	80	87	31	58	3	4	H \ M
Javier Pastore	CM	83	71	75	83	84	58	64	3	4	H \ M
Éver Banega	CM	82	69	69	84	83	63	67	3	4	M \ M
Sergio Romero	GK	82	80	77	84	84	47	77	0	3	M \ M
Federico Fazio	CB	82	35	41	54	56	84	81	1	2	M \ M
Lucas Biglia	CDM	82	69	63	80	79	75	75	2	4	M \ H
Marcos Rojo	CB	81	70	59	69	68	80	81	2	2	M \ H
Javier Mascherano	CDM	81	65	53	69	69	79	77	1	3	M \ H
Ezequiel Garay	CB	81	43	64	66	65	82	80	1	3	M \ M
Mateo Musacchio	CB	81	70	51	66	58	82	76	1	3	M \ M
Leandro Paredes	CM	80	72	67	81	79	70	73	3	4	M \ M
Fernando Belluschi	CAM	80	70	75	81	79	58	69	4	4	H \ M
Gerónimo Rulli	GK	80	82	77	71	82	54	80	0	3	M \ M
Augusto Fernández	CM	80	69	70	77	79	68	74	3	3	M \ M
Eduardo Salvio	RW	80	87	75	74	81	44	70	3	4	H \ L
Lavezzi	LW	80	82	78	76	81	34	71	3	4	H \ L
Ángel Correa	ST	80	82	80	67	85	49	59	3	4	M \ L
Roberto Pereyra	CM	80	78	68	80	81	66	68	4	4	H \ H
Darío Benedetto	ST	79	81	81	66	74	30	74	2	5	H \ L
Marcos Acuña	LW	79	82	73	78	81	60	80	3	3	M \ H
Emiliano Rigoni	RW	79	87	74	77	79	45	61	3	5	M \ L
Lucas Pratto	ST	79	71	79	68	75	42	80	2	3	H \ M
Pablo Zabaleta	RB	78	61	56	70	73	80	78	2	3	H \ H
Guido Pizarro	CDM	78	60	62	71	70	75	82	1	3	M \ H
Nicolás Gaitán	LW	78	81	73	75	79	39	54	3	2	M \ M
Matías Kranevitter	CDM	78	71	49	69	72	77	77	1	3	L \ M
Lautaro Acosta	LW	78	93	72	71	81	34	56	3	3	H \ L
Erik Lamela	RW	78	75	77	79	80	45	66	3	2	H \ H
Nahuel Guzmán	GK	78	77	78	67	80	51	77	0	3	M \ M
Ramiro Funes Mori	CB	77	67	49	61	65	76	77	1	3	M \ M
Gabriel Mercado	RB	77	75	55	66	62	79	81	1	3	M \ M
Emmanuel Mas	LB	77	80	63	67	71	74	81	1	2	H \ M
Pablo Pérez	CM	77	70	63	75	75	70	80	2	3	M \ H
Enzo Pérez	CM	77	72	70	73	73	75	80	2	4	M \ M
Facundo Roncaglia	CB	76	67	53	68	64	77	72	1	3	M \ H
Fabricio Bustos	RB	74	83	55	64	74	69	62	1	3	M \ M

?? BRAZIL
The five-time World Cup champion was the first non-host country to qualify for the tournament after finishing at the top of CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying. Led by Neymar and Marcelo, the Brazilians boast prodigious firepower all over the pitch.

Name	POS	RAT	PAC	SHO	PAS	DRI	DEF	PHY	SKI	WF	WR
Neymar	LW	93	93	84	84	95	30	62	4	5	H \ M
Coutinho	RW	88	81	79	85	92	33	65	3	4	H \ M
Marcelo	LB	87	79	71	80	87	82	82	3	4	H \ M
Miranda	CB	87	71	49	61	68	88	81	1	3	M \ H
Paulinho	CM	87	77	81	78	82	80	85	2	3	H \ H
Thiago Silva	CB	86	72	56	72	72	86	79	2	3	H \ H
Casemiro	CDM	86	62	71	73	73	86	89	1	3	M \ H
Dani Alves	RB	86	85	71	81	86	79	69	2	3	H \ L
Renato Augusto	CAM	85	67	77	84	84	66	69	3	4	M \ M
Willian	RW	85	91	75	80	86	49	64	3	4	H \ H
Marquinhos	CB	85	77	38	69	70	86	78	1	3	M \ M
Filipe Luís	LB	85	79	62	77	78	82	79	2	3	H \ M
Gabriel Jesus	ST	85	89	82	73	87	34	73	3	4	H \ H
David Luiz	CB	84	71	65	74	71	81	81	2	3	M \ M
Alex Sandro	LB	84	86	65	77	81	80	80	2	3	H \ H
Roberto Firmino	ST	84	79	81	79	86	48	78	3	4	H \ H
Fernandinho	CDM	84	73	74	77	78	79	80	2	4	M \ H
Alisson	GK	84	80	82	75	87	44	83	0	2	M \ M
Oscar	CAM	83	74	75	80	82	43	46	3	3	M \ H
Douglas Costa	RW	83	93	77	77	87	32	64	4	3	M \ L
Fabinho	CDM	83	74	65	76	76	83	83	2	2	M \ M
Hulk	RW	83	82	84	79	81	41	85	3	3	H \ M
Ederson	GK	83	82	78	84	85	64	78	0	3	M \ M
Giuliano	CAM	83	82	78	79	84	45	73	3	3	H \ M
Taison	LW	82	92	79	75	85	47	65	3	3	H \ M
Diego Alves	GK	82	86	75	76	85	55	76	1	2	M \ M
Lucas Lima	CAM	82	80	69	82	82	42	54	3	3	M \ L
Luiz Gustavo	CDM	81	64	59	69	70	80	81	1	3	M \ H
Fred	CM	81	82	73	77	82	72	71	2	4	H \ H
Gabriel Paulista	CB	80	73	49	66	64	81	79	1	2	L \ H
Ricardo Oliveira	ST	80	72	81	62	76	41	68	2	5	M \ L
Jemerson	CB	80	63	35	51	60	81	75	1	2	M \ M
Diego Ribas da Cunha	CAM	80	74	71	82	82	34	63	3	4	M \ M
Danilo	RB	79	78	71	73	76	76	80	2	4	H \ M
Diego de Souza Andrade	ST	78	58	80	77	81	60	76	4	3	M \ L
Pedro Geromel	CB	78	56	34	60	64	81	72	2	3	M \ M
Luan Guilherme de Jesus Vieira	RW	78	85	70	73	80	38	62	3	3	H \ M
Weverton Pereira da Silva	GK	78	79	76	70	83	43	76	0	3	M \ M
Cássio Ramos	GK	77	78	75	71	75	42	76	0	3	M \ M
Fagner	RB	77	86	64	71	77	73	72	2	3	H \ M
Carlos Gilberto do Nascimento Silva	CB	76	61	40	59	54	76	80	1	3	M \ M
Diego Tardelli Martins	ST	76	75	77	74	79	37	69	3	3	H \ H

?? COLOMBIA

Name	POS	RAT	PAC	SHO	PAS	DRI	DEF	PHY	SKI	WF	WR
James Rodríguez	CAM	87	76	85	85	84	40	68	3	3	M \ L
Falcao	ST	84	69	84	68	79	36	74	2	4	H \ M
Carlos Bacca	ST	82	78	79	65	79	24	71	2	2	M \ L
Davinson Sánchez	CB	82	77	47	55	66	82	83	1	3	M \ H
Juan Cuadrado	RM	82	91	74	75	86	61	65	4	3	H \ M
Luis Muriel	ST	80	89	77	68	84	24	70	3	4	H \ L
Jeison Murillo	CB	80	75	40	56	64	81	80	1	2	M \ H
Santiago Arias	RB	79	84	48	66	76	76	76	1	3	H \ M
Yimmi Chará	RM	78	92	72	67	79	47	70	3	4	H \ M
Duván Zapata	ST	78	73	77	52	72	27	78	1	4	M \ M
Teófilo Gutiérrez	ST	78	65	78	73	79	26	75	2	3	M \ L
Cristian Zapata	CB	78	66	32	46	57	81	79	1	2	L \ M
David Ospina	GK	78	83	70	76	84	34	75	0	3	M \ M
Miguel Borja	ST	77	82	76	57	69	30	80	2	4	M \ L
Yerry Mina	CB	77	57	42	45	49	78	80	1	2	M \ H
Frank Fabra	LB	77	87	54	60	78	71	82	2	3	H \ L
Jackson Martínez	ST	77	72	73	64	72	43	80	3	4	H \ M
Óscar Murillo	CB	77	70	39	55	52	77	78	1	4	M \ H
Daniel Torres	CDM	77	58	61	70	70	72	80	1	3	M \ H
Carlos Sánchez	CDM	77	70	58	70	70	75	83	1	3	M \ M
Fredy Guarín	CDM	76	70	76	74	75	68	83	2	3	H \ H
Adrián Ramos	ST	76	77	73	65	72	36	70	2	3	M \ M
Macnelly Torres	CAM	76	54	69	78	76	36	61	2	4	M \ M
Alexander Mejía	CDM	76	64	46	66	61	72	84	1	2	M \ H
Wilmar Barrios	CDM	75	68	38	62	63	75	78	1	3	M \ H
Éder Balanta	CB	75	70	40	58	66	73	80	1	2	M \ M
Pablo Armero	LB	75	87	67	71	76	69	74	1	2	H \ M
Edwin Cardona	LM	75	63	78	76	75	40	76	3	4	M \ L
Abel Aguilar	CDM	75	38	62	68	66	74	78	2	3	L \ H
Camilo Vargas	GK	75	77	75	65	77	42	70	0	3	M \ M
Guillermo Celis	CDM	74	70	48	58	69	72	80	1	3	M \ H
Sebastián Pérez	CDM	74	68	61	71	74	69	68	1	3	H \ M
Farid Díaz	LB	73	76	50	66	70	70	68	1	2	H \ M
Matheus Uribe	CDM	73	75	67	71	70	68	78	2	3	H \ M
Orlando Berrio	RM	73	90	69	65	68	26	78	2	3	M \ M
Stefan Medina	RB	72	72	49	63	67	71	76	1	3	H \ M
Helibelton Palacios	RB	71	89	38	62	62	64	77	1	2	H \ M
Roger Martínez	ST	71	76	69	59	69	25	72	3	3	M \ M
Robinson Zapata	GK	69	66	70	69	64	45	71	0	2	M \ M

?? PERU

Name	POS	RAT	PAC	SHO	PAS	DRI	DEF	PHY	SKI	WF	WR
Jefferson Farfán	ST	80	84	78	76	80	36	75	2	3	M \ L
André Carrillo	RM	79	84	75	75	81	32	67	3	4	H \ M
Cueva	CAM	78	83	68	73	80	37	54	2	4	M \ M
Renato Tapia	CDM	77	66	57	70	78	76	79	1	4	H \ M
Raúl Ruidíaz	ST	76	82	77	64	76	29	58	3	4	M \ M
Luis Advíncula	RB	76	94	64	70	77	71	75	2	4	H \ M
Claudio Pizarro	ST	76	42	77	72	75	32	69	2	4	M \ L
Pedro Gallese	GK	76	78	72	70	77	45	74	0	3	M \ M
Alberto Rodríguez	CB	75	62	38	50	60	75	70	1	3	L \ M
Carlos Zambrano	CB	75	63	49	58	67	74	78	1	3	M \ H
Yoshimar Yotún	CDM	75	70	58	76	76	72	69	2	1	M \ H
Juan Manuel Vargas	LB	75	74	76	75	73	72	73	2	3	M \ M
Edison Flores	LM	75	77	70	66	80	30	56	4	4	H \ H
Paolo Hurtado	RM	75	82	72	72	76	46	58	2	4	M \ M
Christian Ramos	CB	74	65	44	52	56	73	73	1	3	L \ H
Miguel Trauco	LB	74	74	43	61	72	73	63	1	3	M \ M
Aldo Corzo	RB	74	72	43	60	70	74	58	2	3	M \ M
Carlos Cáceda	GK	74	75	74	70	77	33	75	0	2	M \ M
Carlos Ascues	CDM	72	66	57	57	65	70	76	1	2	M \ M
Carlos Lobatón	CM	72	64	58	68	71	63	59	2	3	M \ M
Andy Polo	RM	72	88	63	63	74	21	48	3	4	M \ M
Yordy Reyna	RM	71	87	65	63	74	28	61	3	4	M \ M
Pedro Aquino	CDM	70	65	47	63	61	69	70	1	3	M \ H
Miguel Araujo	CB	69	65	34	47	52	72	62	1	3	H \ M
Írven Ávila	ST	69	74	70	47	74	25	55	2	3	H \ L
Cristian Benavente	CAM	69	77	63	61	72	35	46	2	5	M \ L
José Carvallo	GK	68	73	67	69	61	52	68	0	2	M \ M
Jair Céspedes	LB	68	62	42	57	59	69	56	1	3	M \ M
Josepmir Ballón	CDM	68	72	61	65	67	64	72	1	3	H \ M
Renzo Revoredo	RB	68	68	37	55	64	66	72	1	2	M \ H
Diego Penny	GK	66	66	68	56	64	63	69	0	3	M \ M
Joel Sánchez	RM	66	71	56	59	67	22	54	2	3	M \ M
Luis Abram	CB	66	65	25	37	42	67	69	1	3	M \ M
Nilson Loyola	LB	65	71	50	62	63	61	53	1	2	M \ M
Sergio Peña	CAM	65	68	61	64	65	47	53	2	3	M \ M
Luiz Humberto Da Silva Silva	ST	64	73	65	54	72	21	47	2	3	M \ M
César Ortíz	CDM	61	60	36	54	52	55	65	1	3	M \ H

?? URUGUAY

Name	POS	RAT	PAC	SHO	PAS	DRI	DEF	PHY	SKI	WF	WR
Luis Suárez	ST	91	82	88	79	87	42	83	3	4	H \ M
Edinson Cavani	ST	89	77	86	72	82	42	82	2	3	H \ H
Diego Godín	CB	88	67	48	65	64	88	79	1	3	M \ H
José María Giménez	CB	83	70	45	51	54	84	81	1	3	M \ H
Fernando Muslera	GK	82	83	75	75	83	60	81	0	2	M \ M
Sebastián Coates	CB	81	58	40	53	60	80	86	1	3	M \ M
Matias Vecino	CDM	79	68	67	76	77	72	76	2	3	H \ H
Martín Campaña	GK	78	81	75	72	81	40	77	0	3	M \ M
Nicolás Lodeiro	RM	78	71	70	78	79	43	68	3	4	M \ M
Diego Laxalt	LM	78	88	64	73	77	64	70	2	3	H \ H
Giorgian De Arrascaeta	CAM	78	78	74	76	80	44	52	3	4	H \ L
Cristhian Stuani	ST	78	69	77	67	72	46	79	2	3	M \ L
Gastón Ramírez	CAM	78	71	75	76	79	39	62	3	3	M \ L
Diego Rolán	ST	77	78	75	72	76	39	67	3	4	H \ M
Gastón Pereiro	CAM	77	75	76	71	78	41	71	2	2	H \ M
Maximiliano Pereira	RB	77	73	62	71	76	76	75	1	3	H \ M
Carlos Sánchez	RM	77	88	71	74	75	54	72	2	4	H \ M
Nahitan Nández	RM	76	77	64	71	75	70	77	1	3	M \ H
Martín Cáceres	LB	76	78	51	64	66	79	75	1	3	L \ H
Rodrigo Bentancur	CM	76	69	56	70	77	67	72	2	3	M \ M
Maximiliano Gómez	ST	76	66	78	61	68	26	70	2	3	M \ M
Álvaro Pereira	LB	75	80	64	69	71	73	78	2	3	M \ M
Mauricio Lemos	CB	75	66	54	60	70	75	74	1	3	H \ M
Abel Hernández	ST	75	83	72	58	74	29	70	2	3	M \ L
Jonathan Urretaviscaya	RM	75	85	69	72	75	33	60	2	3	M \ M
Cristian Rodríguez	CAM	75	71	69	74	78	55	70	3	3	M \ M
Mauricio Victorino	CB	74	57	56	63	60	74	75	1	2	M \ H
Emiliano Velázquez	CB	74	55	47	49	58	75	72	1	3	H \ M
Guillermo Varela	RB	74	77	34	62	71	71	71	2	3	H \ M
Gastón Silva	LB	74	71	43	64	67	73	72	1	2	M \ M
Mauricio Victorino	CB	74	57	56	63	60	74	75	1	2	M \ H
Egidio Arévalo Ríos	CDM	73	67	56	65	60	71	78	1	4	M \ H
Gastón Guruceaga	GK	73	78	79	81	80	32	72	0	3	M \ M
Camilo Mayada	RB	73	90	62	67	72	66	71	2	2	H \ M
Mathías Corujo	RB	73	77	60	69	70	69	77	1	3	H \ M
Jonathan Rodríguez	ST	72	85	72	59	70	42	74	1	3	H \ M
Guzmán Pereira	CM	72	60	52	66	71	72	81	1	4	M \ H
Esteban Conde	GK	71	71	72	62	70	36	71	0	3	M \ M