Ligue 1 Squad Guide for FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 
 

For all those players that plan a FUT 14 team based on the Ligue 1, or that plan on building one, we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best players.

Here is our guide of the main French league for FIFA 14 Ultimate Team.

 
 

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Central Backs
Right Backs
Left Backs
Central Defensive Midfielders
Central Midfielders
Right Midfielders
Left Midfielders
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Introduction to the FUT 14 Ligue 1 Guide

 

Building a team is the biggest challenge in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team. It doesn’t need to be the best team, even 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 14. It’s precisely this aspect that this guide focuses on. For each position, and focusing on the truly important attributes, we’ll show 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 formations with three defenders. According to those formations, the player must be cautious to look at the work rates, trying 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 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 gathering players of the same nationality, while others decide to form a team of players from the same league. The most popular leagues are the Brazilians and the Barclays Premier League. There are also more experienced players that can form hybrid teams without damaging the chemistry a lot.

All of these steps are necessary to have; it could be that the team is not always well built as it could’ve been. This article aims to help those that think or want to form a FIFA 14 Ultimate Team based on players from the Ligue 1. Even the ones have one, could take out some valuable conclusion from this guide that could help turn your team even better.

It’s important that the readers understand that this guide is simply guidance. It’s a theme too vast and the player’s combinations are almost infinite. Besides, there are various factors that influence the choices, like it’s 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 14 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 categories.

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).

Prices at the date of publication of the guide

In the chapter where FIFA 14 Ultimate Team Ligue 1 teams are suggested, the prices considered are the ones of the date of the guide’s publication: February 2014. It’s natural that the prices have suffered some oscillations throughout the season, so they should only be considered as guiding prices.

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 14 Ligue 1 Goalkeepers (GK)

 

Goalkeepers are the players that are less used on field. Because of this they are also the disdained 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. It’s good investment because they’re normally the most economically accessible players.

 

MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPERS
Salvatore Sirigu	84	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain
Steve Mandanda	83	France	Olympique de Marseille
Stéphane Ruffier	82	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Mickaël Landreau	81	France	SC Bastia
Cédric Carrasso	81	France	Girondins de Bordeaux
Guillermo Ochoa	78	Mexico	AC Ajaccio
Benoît Costil	78	France	Stade Rennais
Vincent Enyeama	76	Nigeria	LOSC Lille
Kossi Agassa	76	Togo	Stade de Reims
Sergio Romero	76	Argentina	AS Monaco

 

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.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Salvatore Sirigu	87	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain
Stéphane Ruffier	85	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Guillermo Ochoa	85	Mexico	AC Ajaccio
Mickaël Landreau	84	France	SC Bastia
Cédric Carrasso	84	France	Girondins de Bordeaux
Steve Mandanda	82	France	Olympique de Marseille
Vincent Enyeama	82	Nigeria	LOSC Lille
David Ospina	82	Colombia	OGC Nice
Benoît Costil	81	France	Stade Rennais
Kossi Agassa	81	Togo	Stade de Reims

 

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

GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING
Salvatore Sirigu	86	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain
Guillermo Ochoa	84	Mexico	AC Ajaccio
Steve Mandanda	83	France	Olympique de Marseille
Stéphane Ruffier	83	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Geoffrey Jourdren	81	France	Montpellier HSC
David Ospina	81	Colombia	OGC Nice
Mickaël Landreau	80	France	SC Bastia
Sergio Romero	80	Argentina	AS Monaco
Cédric Carrasso	79	France	Girondins de Bordeaux
Benoît Costil	78	France	Stade Rennais

 

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.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Salvatore Sirigu	192	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain
Sergio Romero	192	Argentina	AS Monaco
Kossi Agassa	190	Togo	Stade de Reims
Stéphane Ruffier	188	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Cédric Carrasso	187	France	Girondins de Bordeaux
Benoît Costil	187	France	Stade Rennais
Nicolas Douchez	186	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Steve Mandanda	185	France	Olympique de Marseille
Guillermo Ochoa	185	Mexico	AC Ajaccio
Mickaël Landreau	184	France	SC Bastia

 

The choice for the best Ligue 1 goalkeeper on FIFA 14 Ultimate team, is extremely easy.

In our opinion, Salvatore Sirigu is the best choice. Besides being the best in the two most important attributes, he’s also who has the best positioning and he is the tallest goalkeeper from Ligue 1. For us, Stéphane Ruffier is the best alternative to the French Champion. Steve Mandanda, our third choice, is shorter and has worse reflexes.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Goalkeepers in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 14 Ligue 1 Central Backs (CB)

 

A goalkeepers 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.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL BACKS
Thiago Silva	87	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Nicolas Nkoulou	81	Cameroon	Olympique de Marseille
Alex	81	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Aymen Abdennour	79	Tunisia	Toulouse FC
Bruno Ecuélé Manga	79	Gabon	FC Lorient
Milan Biševac	78	Serbia	Olympique Lyonnais
Eric Abidal	78	France	AS Monaco
Loïc Perrin	78	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Marquinhos	78	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Marko Baša	77	Montenegro	LOSC Lille

 

On a central back, two attributes assume particular importance on their performance: defending and heading.

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

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Thiago Silva	87	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Nicolas Nkoulou	82	Cameroon	Olympique de Marseille
Aymen Abdennour	81	Tunisia	Toulouse FC
Milan Biševac	81	Serbia	Olympique Lyonnais
Alex	79	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Bruno Ecuélé Manga	79	Gabon	FC Lorient
Eric Abidal	79	France	AS Monaco
Loïc Perrin	78	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Marquinhos	78	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Marko Baša	77	Montenegro	LOSC Lille

 

On a game partially made difficult on stopping an opponent’s header in our box, possessing good heading is even more important on a central back than it was before. Allow him to be superior in your box when defending air balls but it’s also worth it on set pieces, like corners where a central backs jump may just be worth some goals.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER HEADING
Alex	86	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Thiago Silva	83	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Marko Baša	81	Montenegro	LOSC Lille
Hilton	81	Brazil	Montpellier HSC
Henrique	80	Brazil	Girondins de Bordeaux
Milan Biševac	79	Serbia	Olympique Lyonnais
Bruno Ecuélé Manga	78	Gabon	FC Lorient
Ricardo Carvalho	78	Portugal	AS Monaco
Lamine Sané	78	Senegal	Girondins de Bordeaux
Aymen Abdennour	77	Tunisia	Toulouse FC

 

Defending and heading may be useless against fast opponents. It’s necessary to fight fire with fire. No 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.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Thiago Silva	80	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Marquinhos	78	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Nicolas Nkoulou	77	Cameroon	Olympique de Marseille
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik	71	Cameroon	Stade Rennais
Aymen Abdennour	68	Tunisia	Toulouse FC
Lamine Sané	68	Senegal	Girondins de Bordeaux
Bruno Ecuélé Manga	66	Gabon	FC Lorient
Loïc Perrin	65	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Eric Abidal	64	France	AS Monaco
Simon Kjær	62	Denmark	LOSC Lille

 

Thiago Silva intercepts everything that is at his reach. He is one of the fastest central backs of the world. He has his room in any Ligue 1 team.

Nicolas Nkoulou is our second choice. Alex is a good defender but he is too slow. We recommend to use him only in squads with five defenders. Marquinhos, Aymen Abdennour and Bruno Ecuélé Manga are cheap alternatives.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Central Backs in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 14 Ligue 1 Right Backs (RB and RWB)

 

Full backs have the role of troubling the mission of the wingers. Not only. In addition, good full backs also support their team mates on offensive maneuvers.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Christophe Jallet	77	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Rod Fanni	76	France	Olympique de Marseille
Mariano	76	Brazil	Girondins de Bordeaux
Serge Aurier	75	Ivory Coast	Toulouse FC
Franck Béria	75	France	LOSC Lille
François Clerc	75	France	AS Saint-Etienne

 

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

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

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Serge Aurier	77	Ivory Coast	Toulouse FC
Rod Fanni	76	France	Olympique de Marseille
Christophe Jallet	75	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Franck Béria	75	France	LOSC Lille
François Clerc	75	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Mariano	73	Brazil	Girondins de Bordeaux

 

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.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Mariano	88	Brazil	Girondins de Bordeaux
Rod Fanni	85	France	Olympique de Marseille
Serge Aurier	79	Ivory Coast	Toulouse FC
Franck Béria	75	France	LOSC Lille
Christophe Jallet	74	France	Paris Saint-Germain
François Clerc	71	France	AS Saint-Etienne

 

Mariano and Rod Fanni are undoubtedly the best right backs playing on Ligue 1. Despite to be who defends worse, Mariano is our first choice.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Right Backs in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Ligue 1 Left Backs (LB e 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 on the team’s offensive manoeuvres.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
Maxwell	77	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Henri Bedimo	75	Cameroon	Olympique Lyonnais
Lucas Digne	75	France	Paris Saint-Germain

 
 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Maxwell	77	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Henri Bedimo	76	Cameroon	Olympique Lyonnais
Lucas Digne	73	France	Paris Saint-Germain

 
 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Henri Bedimo	81	Cameroon	Olympique Lyonnais
Lucas Digne	80	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Maxwell	74	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain

 

To choose the best left back from Ligue 1 is something really hard to to. Our preference goes to Henri Bedimo. Maxwell is better in four of the six main attributes, but the Lyon’s player is faster, defends almost as well and is great in other important stats like strength, stamina and aggression.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Left Backs in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Ligue 1 Defensive Midfielder (CDM)

 

Many of the FIFA 14 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.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Jérémy Toulalan	82	France	AS Monaco
Blaise Matuidi	81	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Rio Antonio Mavuba	81	France	LOSC Lille
Thiago Motta	80	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain
Maxime Gonalons	78	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Jérémy Clément	77	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Marco Verratti	77	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain
Grzegorz Krychowiak	76	Poland	Stade de Reims
Alaixys Romao	76	Togo	Olympique de Marseille
Didier Digard	76	France	OGC Nice

 

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 on 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 a 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.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Blaise Matuidi	83	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Jérémy Toulalan	80	France	AS Monaco
Maxime Gonalons	80	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Grzegorz Krychowiak	80	Poland	Stade de Reims
Rio Antonio Mavuba	79	France	LOSC Lille
Jérémy Clément	78	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Thiago Motta	77	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain
Alaixys Romao	75	Togo	Olympique de Marseille
Didier Digard	75	France	OGC Nice
Abel Aguilar	74	Colombia	Toulouse FC

 

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

 

STRONGEST CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Grzegorz Krychowiak	91	Poland	Stade de Reims
Thiago Motta	84	Italy	Paris Saint-Germain
Alaixys Romao	81	Togo	Olympique de Marseille
Jérémy Toulalan	79	France	AS Monaco
Abel Aguilar	77	Colombia	Toulouse FC
Benoît Cheyrou	77	France	Olympique de Marseille
Maxime Gonalons	76	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Didier Digard	76	France	OGC Nice
Blaise Matuidi	75	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Rio Antonio Mavuba	72	France	LOSC Lille

 

Blaise Matuidi is our first choice for this position. He is not only the fastest and who defends better. He is a very balanced player with an amazing stamina (91) and a good work rate to play everywhere.

Toulalan and Thiago Motta are too slow. We prefer Krychowiak and Maxime Gonalons.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Defensive Midfielders in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Ligue 1 Central Midfielders (CM e CAM)

 

A lot of games are decided on 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.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS
João Moutinho	83	Portugal	AS Monaco
Mathieu Valbuena	82	France	Olympique de Marseille
Yoann Gourcuff	79	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Clément Grenier	78	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Julien Féret	78	France	Stade Rennais
Florent Balmont	78	France	LOSC Lille
Benoît Pedretti	76	France	AC Ajaccio
Marvin Martin	76	France	LOSC Lille
Rémy Cabella	76	France	Montpellier HSC
Jaroslav Plašil	75	Czech Republic	Girondins de Bordeaux

 

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

 

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER PASSING
João Moutinho	83	Portugal	AS Monaco
Mathieu Valbuena	82	France	Olympique de Marseille
Clément Grenier	82	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Yoann Gourcuff	81	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Julien Féret	80	France	Stade Rennais
Florent Balmont	80	France	LOSC Lille
Jaroslav Plašil	79	Czech Republic	Girondins de Bordeaux
Benoît Pedretti	78	France	AC Ajaccio
Renaud Cohade	78	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Mathieu Bodmer	78	France	Paris Saint-Germain

 

 

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Mathieu Valbuena	83	France	Olympique de Marseille
João Moutinho	82	Portugal	AS Monaco
Yoann Gourcuff	81	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Julien Féret	81	France	Stade Rennais
Rémy Cabella	80	France	Montpellier HSC
Clément Grenier	79	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Marvin Martin	76	France	LOSC Lille
Florent Balmont	75	France	LOSC Lille
Renaud Cohade	75	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Jaroslav Plašil	74	Czech Republic	Girondins de Bordeaux

 

João Moutinho is for us the best midfielder of Ligue 1. His stamina of 91 and his work rate high / high allow him to be on the attack and on the defence. Valbuena is our second choice. He is fast, has a good dribbling and good passing but he is too weak. Yoann Gourcuff and Clément Grenier are other good alternatives.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Central Midfielders in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Ligue 1 Right Wingers (RM, RW e RF)

 

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

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
James Rodríguez	83	Colombia	AS Monaco
Lucas	82	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Dimitri Payet	80	France	Olympique de Marseille
Javier Pastore	79	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain
Romain Hamouma	77	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Ludovic Obraniak	76	Poland	Girondins de Bordeaux
Henri Saivet	75	Senegal	Girondins de Bordeaux
Yann Jouffre	75	France	FC Lorient

 

There are three fundamental attribute on 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 through sprints on the side lines.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Lucas	92	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Romain Hamouma	84	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Henri Saivet	84	Senegal	Girondins de Bordeaux
Dimitri Payet	81	France	Olympique de Marseille
James Rodríguez	79	Colombia	AS Monaco
Yann Jouffre	74	France	FC Lorient
Ludovic Obraniak	70	Poland	Girondins de Bordeaux
Javier Pastore	66	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain

 

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.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBLLING
Lucas	88	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
James Rodríguez	85	Colombia	AS Monaco
Dimitri Payet	83	France	Olympique de Marseille
Javier Pastore	82	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain
Romain Hamouma	79	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Henri Saivet	79	Senegal	Girondins de Bordeaux
Yann Jouffre	75	France	FC Lorient
Ludovic Obraniak	74	Poland	Girondins de Bordeaux

 

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.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING
James Rodríguez	82	Colombia	AS Monaco
Javier Pastore	80	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain
Lucas	78	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain
Dimitri Payet	77	France	Olympique de Marseille
Ludovic Obraniak	77	Poland	Girondins de Bordeaux
Yann Jouffre	77	France	FC Lorient
Romain Hamouma	75	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Henri Saivet	72	Senegal	Girondins de Bordeaux

 

To us, it is extremely difficult to choose between James Rodriguez and Lucas. The Brazilian player is really fast but he is too weak. Besides that, James is better on passing, crossing, shooting and heading. Dimitri Payet is our third choice.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Right Wingers in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 

 
 
 
 
 

Best Ligue 1 Left Wingers (LM, LW e LF)

 

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

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS
Ezequiel Lavezzi	85	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain
André Ayew	80	Ghana	Olympique de Marseille
Jonathan Pitroipa	77	Burkina Faso	Stade Rennais
Anthony Mounier	77	France	Montpellier HSC
Romain Alessandrini	76	France	Stade Rennais
Eric Bauthéac	75	France	OGC Nice
Franck Tabanou	75	France	AS Saint-Etienne

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PACE
Jonathan Pitroipa	91	Burkina Faso	Stade Rennais
Romain Alessandrini	91	France	Stade Rennais
Ezequiel Lavezzi	88	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain
Anthony Mounier	84	France	Montpellier HSC
André Ayew	82	Ghana	Olympique de Marseille
Eric Bauthéac	82	France	OGC Nice
Franck Tabanou	77	France	AS Saint-Etienne

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Ezequiel Lavezzi	88	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain
André Ayew	82	Ghana	Olympique de Marseille
Jonathan Pitroipa	80	Burkina Faso	Stade Rennais
Romain Alessandrini	78	France	Stade Rennais
Eric Bauthéac	78	France	OGC Nice
Anthony Mounier	75	France	Montpellier HSC
Franck Tabanou	74	France	AS Saint-Etienne

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING
André Ayew	78	Ghana	Olympique de Marseille
Anthony Mounier	75	France	Montpellier HSC
Romain Alessandrini	75	France	Stade Rennais
Franck Tabanou	75	France	AS Saint-Etienne
Ezequiel Lavezzi	74	Argentina	Paris Saint-Germain
Eric Bauthéac	72	France	OGC Nice
Jonathan Pitroipa	69	Burkina Faso	Stade Rennais

 

Ezequiel Lavezzi is the best left winger of Ligue 1. For those that don’t want to pay so many coins for the PSG’s winger, André Ayew is a good alternative. He is not fast as Romain Alessandrini but he is better in almost everything else, including strength, stamina and aggression.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Left Winger in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 

 
 
 
 
 

Best Ligue 1 Forwards (CF e ST)

 

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

There are three great forwards on Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Falcão	90	Colombia	AS Monaco
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	89	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain
Edinson Cavani	87	Uruguay	Paris Saint-Germain
Bafétimbi Gomis	81	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Salomon Kalou	78	Ivory Coast	LOSC Lille
André-Pierre Gignac	77	France	Olympique de Marseille
Jérémy Ménez	77	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Nolan Roux	76	France	LOSC Lille
Alain Traoré	76	Burkina Faso	FC Lorient
Darío Cvitanich	76	Argentina	OGC Nice
Jérémie Aliadiere	76	France	FC Lorient
Jordan Ayew	75	Ghana	Olympique de Marseille
Marco Ruben	75	Argentina	Évian Thonon Gaillard FC
Wissam Ben Yedder	75	France	Toulouse FC
Saber Khalifa	75	Tunisia	Olympique de Marseille

 

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.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER SHOOTING
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	89	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain
Falcão	86	Colombia	AS Monaco
Edinson Cavani	84	Uruguay	Paris Saint-Germain
Bafétimbi Gomis	80	France	Olympique Lyonnais
André-Pierre Gignac	78	France	Olympique de Marseille
Nolan Roux	78	France	LOSC Lille
Alain Traoré	78	Burkina Faso	FC Lorient
Jordan Ayew	75	Ghana	Olympique de Marseille
Salomon Kalou	74	Ivory Coast	LOSC Lille
Jérémy Ménez	74	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Darío Cvitanich	73	Argentina	OGC Nice
Jérémie Aliadiere	72	France	FC Lorient
Marco Ruben	72	Argentina	Évian Thonon Gaillard FC
Wissam Ben Yedder	71	France	Toulouse FC
Saber Khalifa	71	Tunisia	Olympique de Marseille

 

On FUT 14, knowing how to head gained another importance. Plenty of goals are born like this.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER HEADING
Falcão	89	Colombia	AS Monaco
Edinson Cavani	84	Uruguay	Paris Saint-Germain
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	79	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain
Bafétimbi Gomis	78	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Marco Ruben	78	Argentina	Évian Thonon Gaillard FC
Darío Cvitanich	75	Argentina	OGC Nice
Salomon Kalou	74	Ivory Coast	LOSC Lille
Nolan Roux	73	France	LOSC Lille
Wissam Ben Yedder	72	France	Toulouse FC
Alexandre Lacazette	72	France	Olympique Lyonnais
André-Pierre Gignac	68	France	Olympique de Marseille
Jordan Ayew	68	Ghana	Olympique de Marseille
Saber Khalifa	67	Tunisia	Olympique de Marseille
Jérémy Ménez	66	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Jérémie Aliadiere	64	France	FC Lorient

 

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.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER PACE
Jérémy Ménez	86	France	Paris Saint-Germain
Alexandre Lacazette	86	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Edinson Cavani	83	Uruguay	Paris Saint-Germain
Salomon Kalou	83	Ivory Coast	LOSC Lille
Jérémie Aliadiere	81	France	FC Lorient
Wissam Ben Yedder	81	France	Toulouse FC
Falcão	78	Colombia	AS Monaco
Jordan Ayew	78	Ghana	Olympique de Marseille
Alain Traoré	77	Burkina Faso	FC Lorient
Saber Khalifa	77	Tunisia	Olympique de Marseille
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	76	Sweden	Paris Saint-Germain
André-Pierre Gignac	76	France	Olympique de Marseille
Bafétimbi Gomis	73	France	Olympique Lyonnais
Nolan Roux	72	France	LOSC Lille
Darío Cvitanich	72	Argentina	OGC Nice

 

There are three amazing forwards on Ligue 1: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Radamel Falcão and Edinson Cavani. The Swedish player is the best forward of this league. He is the one with better shoting, passing, dribbling, ball control, shooting power, strength, long shooting, skills…

If you don’t have enough coins to buy them, since he is the second most expensive player of the whole game, you have two other good forwards to choose: Falcão, the best player for crossings style; and Cavani, a fast player with a bad high / high work rate for who want to play only with one forward.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Striker in FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Ligue 1 Team 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 player based on their role and style of play that fits each player. And that is made in the previous chapters. 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 25k budget and 4-4-2 with a 10k budget.

 
 
 

TEAM WITH UNLIMITED BUDGET

 

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• Budget

1755.6 k coins (1738.2k + 17.4k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s player was based on analysis made in the previous chapters.
In goal, Sirigu is clearly the best goalkeeper from Ligue 1.
In centre back position, Thiago Silva is unquestionable. Nkoulou is a good choice for the other spot since Alex is too slow. Mariano and Bedimo are the full backs.
As CDM we have chosen Matuidi because he is the one with better quality for this position. João Moutinho may play as CAM but, if you want, he also plays well as CDM.
Lavezzi is amazing on the left side but in the opposite side it is not so easy to choose between the pace of Lucas or the technique of James Rodriguez.
Ibrahimovic is the key player on the attack and Falcão is the best player on the air. For who doesn’t like to cross to the head, Cavani may be a better choice.

 
 
 

25K BUDGET TEAM

 




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• First Squad

GK: Salavatore Sirigu (1.1k)
RB: Mariano (0.7k)
CBR: Aymen Abdenhour (0.6k)
CBL: Nicolas Nkoulou (0.8k)
CMR: João Moutinho (1k)
CM: Blaise Matuidi (1.3k)
CML: Matthieu Valbuena (0.9k)
RW: James Rodriguez (0.9k)
LW: André Ayew (0.7k)
ST: Edinson Cavani (6k)

• Substitutes and Reserves

GK: Stéphane Ruffier (0.7k)
RB: Rod Fanni (0.4k)
CB: Alex (0.9k)
CB: Marquinhos (0.4k)
LB: Maxwell (0.6k)
CM: Yoann Gourcuff (0.7k)
CM: Clément Grenier (0.7k)
CM: Julien Féret (0.3k)
RW: Lucas (5k)
LW: Romain Alessandrini (0.9k)
ST: Jérémy Menez (1k)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

• Budget

26.0k coins (14.4k + 11.6k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapter.
In the defence, the five players are the same, except Thiago Silva that was replaced by Aymen Abdenhour due to his price.
On the midfield, Matuidii plays on the centre to help the back four. The other two midfielders are the attacking players: João Moutinho and Valbuena are our first choices.
Ayew and James are responsible to assist Cavani. To many players, Cavani may not work on this team because of his high / high work rate. In that case, Jérémy Menez may replace him.

 
 
 

10K BUDGET TEAM

 




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• First Squad

GK: Stéphane Ruffier (0.7k)
RB: Rod Fanni (0.4k)
CBR: Bruno Ecuélé Manga (0.3k)
CBL: Marquinhos (0.4k)
LB: Henri Bedimo (0.4k)
RM: Dimitri Payet (0.6k)
CMR: Grzegorz Krychowiak (0.6k)
CML: Julien Féret (0.3k)
LM: André Ayew (0.7k)
STR: Bafétimbi Gomis (0.7k)
STL: Salomon Kalou (0.4k)

• Substitutes and Reserves

GK: Guillermo Ochoa (0.6k)
RB: Serge Aurier (0.3k)
CB: Laminé Sané (0.3k)
CB: Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik (0.3k)
LB: Lucas Digne (0.4k)
RM: Romain Hamouma (0.3k)
CM: Maxime Gonalons (0.3k)
CM: Rémy Cabella (0.3k)
LM: Anthony Mounier (0.3k)
ST: Alexandre Lacazette (0.4k)
ST: André-Pierre Gignac (0.3k)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

• Budget

9.3k coins (5.5k + 3.8k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapter.
In goal Ruffier is a true penny saver. In front of him, Manga and Marquinhos close the path to goal. Fanni and Bedimo are the other two defenders.

On the midfield, Julien and Krychowiak give support to the attack but also to the defence. On the last third of the field, Payet and Ayew are great players that support the strikers Gomis and Kalou, two really cheap and popular players.

 
 
 
 
 

Follow our tips and you’ll more successful on FIFA 14 Ultimate Team with your Ligue 1 squad.