Bundesliga Squad Guide for FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 
 

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

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

 
 

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Introduction
Bundesliga
Goalkeepers
Central Backs
Right Backs
Left Backs
Central Defensive Midfielders
Central Midfielders
Right Midfielders
Left Midfielders
Forwards
Teams
Hybrids
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Introduction to the FUT 14 Bundesliga 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 Bundesliga. 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 Bundesliga 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 Bundesliga teams are suggested, the prices considered are the ones of the date of the guide’s publication: December 2013. It’s natural that the prices have suffered some oscillations throughout the season, so they should only be considered as guiding prices.

 
 

 
 
 

Bundesliga

 

The Bundesliga lives in the shadow of Barclays PL and BBVA but the truth is that it has many quality players, as it shows the fact that the two finalists of the last Champions League were both Germans.

The qualification of the champion is made through the made points system. Whichever team gathers the most points wins the league. The first four classified gain access to the champions league of the next year, while the fifth and sixth qualify to the Europa League and the last three trade places with the first two qualified of the 2. Bundesliga and with the play-off winner. Every season starts in August and finishes in May, having 34 game weeks with nine matches each, being a total of 306 matches per season.

The Bundesliga is the most watched sports league in the world and the third best league classified in the UEFA league coefficients.

Started in 1962, the Bundesliga has been conquered by twelve clubs. The dominant club is Bayern Munich, with a total of 22 titles. Borussia Dortmund (5), Borussia Mönchengladbach (5), Werder Bremen (4), Hamburger SV (3), VfB Stuttgart (3), FC Köln (2) and FC Kaiserslautern (2) were the other teams that won more than once.

As to last season, the Bundesliga lost some good players such as Michal Kadlec (Fenerbache SK), Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid CF), Christoph Metzelder (retirado), Serdar Tasci (Spartak Moscow), Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City), Daniel Williams (Reading) and Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Zenit St. Petersburg). But, the biggest out transfers were the move of Andre Schürrle from Bayer 04 Leverkusen to the Chelsea by 22 million Euros and the move of Mario Gómez from FC Bayern Munich to Fiorentina by 15.5 million Euros.

These transfers didn’t necessarily make the Bundesliga weaker. The Germans teams spent more than 270 million Euros on strong reinforcements:Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Saint-Étienne), Giulio Donati (Inter), Kevin-Prince Boateng (AC Milan), Vladimír Darida (Viktoria Pilsen), Václav Kadlec (Sparta Praga), Raffael (Dinamo Kiev), Marcelo (PSV), Todor Nedelev (Botev Plovdiv), Tarik Elyounoussi (Rosenborg) and Anthony Modeste (Bordeaux). But the biggest signings of the season happened in Munich and Dortmund. Thiago Alcántara and Henrikh Mkhitaryanhave joined to Bundesliga by 65 million Euros, almost a quarter of the all money spent by the all Bundesliga clubs this season.

The choices are a lot for which our guide will certainly be useful as to building a team with players from this league. Bundesliga is a good choice to who is looking for quality players, but doesn’t want to spend so much coins as happens in BPL and BBVA based squads.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 14 Bundesliga 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.

Manuel Neuer is the more popular goalkeeper from Bundesliga. To many gamers, he is the best FUT 14 goalkeeper. Only René Adler and Roman Weidenfeller have a rating that can be compared. For having the best rating they are also the most searched by this league’s teams so they’re more expensive.

 

MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPERS
Manuel Neuer	86	Germany	Bayern München
René Adler	84	Germany	Hamburger SV
Roman Weidenfeller	83	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Bernd Leno	80	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Diego Benaglio	80	Switzerland	VfL Wolfsburg
Marc-André ter Stegen	80	Germany	Borussia M’gladbach
Sven Ulreich	79	Germany	VfB Stuttgart
Kevin Trapp	79	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt
Oliver Baumann	78	Germany	SC Freiburg
Ron-Robert Zieler	78	Germany	Hannover 96

 

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.

The first measures a goalkeeper’s agility when making a save. The best on this aspect are the three goalkeepers with better rating: Manuel Neuer, René Adler and Roman Weidenfeller.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Manuel Neuer	87	Germany	Bayern München
René Adler	86	Germany	Hamburger SV
Roman Weidenfeller	85	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Tim Wiese	85	Germany	1899 Hoffenheim
Bernd Leno	84	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Jaroslav Drobný	84	Czech Republic	Hamburger SV
Diego Benaglio	83	Switzerland	VfL Wolfsburg
Marc-André ter Stegen	83	Germany	Borussia M’gladbach
Sven Ulreich	83	Germany	VfB Stuttgart
Thomas Kraft	83	Germany	Hertha BSC

 

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

Also in this aspect, Neuer and Adler are the best on Bundesliga. Diego Benaglio is one of the players of our short list. He has one of the best divings of Bundesliga.

 

GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING
René Adler	86	Germany	Hamburger SV
Manuel Neuer	85	Germany	Bayern München
Diego Benaglio	84	Switzerland	VfL Wolfsburg
Roman Weidenfeller	83	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Bernd Leno	82	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Sven Ulreich	82	Germany	VfB Stuttgart
Tim Wiese	81	Germany	1899 Hoffenheim
Marc-André ter Stegen	80	Germany	Borussia M’gladbach
Kevin Trapp	80	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt
Oliver Baumann	80	Germany	SC Freiburg

 

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.

This is Roman Weidenfeller’s weak point. Even though he can’t be considered a short goalkeeper, the truth is he’s 6 cm short of the mighty Diego Benaglio, this gold goalkeeper holds the title of tallest Bundesliga Goalkeeper. Neuer from FC Bayern and Adler from Hamburger SV are both above 1,90 m.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Diego Benaglio	194	Switzerland	Bundesliga
Tom Starke	194	Germany	Bundesliga
Manuel Neuer	193	Germany	Bundesliga
Tim Wiese	193	Germany	Bundesliga
Sven Ulreich	192	Germany	Bundesliga
Jaroslav Drobný	192	Czech Republic	Bundesliga
René Adler	191	Germany	Bundesliga
Bernd Leno	190	Germany	Bundesliga
Raphael Schäfer	190	Germany	Bundesliga
Marc-André ter Stegen	189	Germany	Bundesliga

 

The choice for the best Bundesliga goalkeeper on FIFA 14 Ultimate team, is easy.

In our opinion, Manuel Neuer is still the best choice. Besides being the best with one of the two most important attributes and the second best on the other, he’s also who has the best kicking. For us, René Adler is the best alternative to the European Champion. Despite he is slow and not having a good kicking, he has amazing stats in the two more important attributes. He is a huge bargain.

For those who want a cheap goalkeeper, Diego Benaglio is a great choice. He is not as good as the three best Bundesliga goalkeepers but he is tall, has good diving and excellent reflexes. The price is unbeatable…

 
 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga Goalkeeper

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 14 Bundesliga 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.

Mats Hummels and Dante are the central backs with the best reputation in the Bundesliga. No other players can be compared to them.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL BACKS
Mats Hummels	85	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Dante	84	Brazil	Bayern München
Benedikt Höwedes	82	Germany	FC Schalke 04
Neven Subotic	82	Serbia	Borussia Dortmund
Holger Badstuber	81	Germany	Bayern München
Jérôme Boateng	81	Germany	Bayern München
Sokratis	80	Greece	Borussia Dortmund
Naldo	80	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg
Daniel van Buyten	78	Belgium	Bayern München
Martin Stranzl	78	Austria	Borussia M’gladbach

 

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.

It’s the case of the best rated player: Hummels. It’s really hard to get past him. The most experienced players are normally those who have a higher rating on this attribute. Dante proves this.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Mats Hummels	86	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Dante	84	Brazil	Bayern München
Benedikt Höwedes	83	Germany	FC Schalke 04
Holger Badstuber	82	Germany	Bayern München
Sokratis	81	Greece	Borussia Dortmund
Naldo	81	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg
Neven Subotic	80	Serbia	Borussia Dortmund
Daniel van Buyten	80	Belgium	Bayern München
Martin Stranzl	80	Austria	Borussia M’gladbach
Jérôme Boateng	79	Germany	Bayern München

 

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.

In this chapter Papadopoulos and Hummels are the strongest ones. The Greek is the shortest CB of the Bundesliga but he is also who has the best heading and jumping. If you choose to not buy one of them, Felipe Santana and Fallou Diagne handle it pretty well.

In the other hand, Naldo and Daniel van Buyten are the tallest central backs in the league, but they are also who have worst jumping. The Belgian is a player to avoid at all cost, even for his low speed.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER HEADING
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	86	Greece	FC Schalke 04
Mats Hummels	85	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Felipe Santana	84	Brazil	FC Schalke 04
Benedikt Höwedes	82	Germany	FC Schalke 04
Neven Subotic	82	Serbia	Borussia Dortmund
Jérôme Boateng	82	Germany	Bayern München
Sokratis	82	Greece	Borussia Dortmund
Dante	81	Brazil	Bayern München
Philipp Wollscheid	80	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Heiko Westermann	80	Germany	Hamburger SV

 

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.

Hummels and Dante are potentially the best central backs of Bundesliga but both are very slow. Felipe Santana, the third fastest CB of the world, may be a good option. Sokratis and Neven Subotic are also fast players and possess better attributes, in a way that either one of these two present themselves as a viable for a defence based on the Bundesliga.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Felipe Santana	81	Brazil	FC Schalke 04
Sokratis	77	Greece	Borussia Dortmund
Ömer Toprak	77	Turkey	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Jérôme Boateng	75	Germany	Bayern München
David Abraham	75	Argentina	1899 Hoffenheim
Naldo	74	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg
Joel Matip	74	Cameroon	FC Schalke 04
Fallou Diagne	74	Senegal	SC Freiburg
Bamba Anderson	73	Brazil	Eintracht Frankfurt
Neven Subotic	72	Serbia	Borussia Dortmund

 

Hummels intercepts everything that is at his reach. But, if the style of play of the team is to concede extremely fast counter-attacks we don’t advise him. He’s a slow defender that compromises the team in fast attacks. Dante is a central back slightly worse than the German but with similar stats. We only recommend to use both players on the same team at the same time if the formation has 5 defenders.

Benefiting from their popularity and their characteristic for a good chemistry, Jérôme Boateng come up as being one of the first choices for teams based on the main German League. He is without a doubt a good player for this position but there are other cheaper solutions. Like, Felipe Santana and Sokratis, the central backs with best average between the three most important attributes we considered.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga Central Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 14 Bundesliga 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.

For all players with a good budget, to choose the best right back is something very simple. Philipp Lahm is by far the best one.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Philipp Lahm	87	Germany	Bayern München
Lukasz Piszczek	83	Poland	Borussia Dortmund
Christian Träsch	76	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg
Sebastian Jung	76	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt
Rafinha	76	Brazil	Bayern München

 

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.

Lahm is the players that best fits this aspect. The only other players that offer any type of competition is Lukasz Piszczek.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Philipp Lahm	82	Germany	Bayern München
Lukasz Piszczek	81	Poland	Borussia Dortmund
Christian Träsch	76	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg
Sebastian Jung	74	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt
Rafinha	72	Brazil	Bayern München

 

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.

Between all of the right backs of Bundesliga, Lukasz Piszczek is the fastest one. This is the weakest point of Lahm, the second fastest Right Back.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Lukasz Piszczek	85	Poland	Borussia Dortmund
Philipp Lahm	79	Germany	Bayern München
Rafinha	79	Brazil	Bayern München
Sebastian Jung	78	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt
Christian Träsch	73	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg

 

Philipp Lahm is undoubtedly the best right back playing on Bundesliga. He is who has the best passing, dribbling and defending, important attributes in a full back.

If you don’t have enough coins to buy him, choose Lukasz Piszczek. He is a great player too. The Polish player is also the best one in three of the six main attributes: pace, shooting and heading. His impressive stamina makes his work rate high/high even more precious. The third on our list is Rafinha.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga Right Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga 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.

There is only a player that stands out in this position: David Alaba.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
David Alaba	81	Austria	Bayern München
Marcel Schmelzer	78	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Marcell Jansen	76	Germany	Hamburger SV
Marcel Schäfer	76	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg
Christian Fuchs	75	Austria	FC Schalke 04

 

Alaba is the most popular left back playing on the Bundesliga, but he is not who has best defending. Marcel Schmelzer, from Borussia Dortmund, is the number one on this list.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Marcel Schmelzer	78	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
David Alaba	77	Austria	Bayern München
Marcell Jansen	76	Germany	Hamburger SV
Marcel Schäfer	74	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg
Christian Fuchs	74	Austria	FC Schalke 04

 

Alaba is one of the five fastest left backs in the world. He makes his speed his biggest threat, differing from other players from this position. All of them are a lot slower.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
David Alaba	86	Austria	Bayern München
Marcell Jansen	80	Germany	Hamburger SV
Marcel Schmelzer	78	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Marcel Schäfer	77	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg
Christian Fuchs	73	Austria	FC Schalke 04

 

To choose the best Left Back from Bundesliga is a task even easier than do it on the opposite side. Alaba is the fastest, who has better passing, shooting and dribbling. More than a defence, he is very important in the attack of his team.

Of all the remaining players, Marcell Jansen is our cheapest choice. Despite having a lower rating than Marcel Schmelzer, he seems to be better player.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga Left Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga 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.

The supremacy of Javi Martinez, Luiz Gustavo and Sven Bender over all other Bundesliga central defensive midfielders is extremely clear.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Javi Martinez	84	Spain	Bayern München
Luiz Gustavo	81	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg
Sven Bender	81	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Sebastian Kehl	79	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Simon Rolfes	79	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Stefan Reinartz	78	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Jermaine Jones	77	United States	FC Schalke 04
Sebastian Rode	77	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt
Pirmin Schwegler	77	Switzerland	Eintracht Frankfurt
Håvard Nordtveit	76	Norway	Borussia M’gladbach

 

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.

The CDM with best defending stats is Javi Martinez.He is also the player that have better heading so he is a really good choice for teams that want to complicate an opponent’s game in the space between the midfield and the defence.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Javi Martinez	84	Spain	Bayern München
Luiz Gustavo	83	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg
Sven Bender	83	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Stefan Reinartz	82	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Sebastian Kehl	81	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Simon Rolfes	79	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Jermaine Jones	79	United States	FC Schalke 04
Håvard Nordtveit	78	Norway	Borussia M’gladbach
William Kvist	77	Denmark	VfB Stuttgart
Marco Höger	76	Germany	FC Schalke 04

 

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.

There’s a lot of muscle between the central defensive midfielders of Bundesliga. Once again, Javi Martinez is the one that stands out. On the other hand there’s Sebastian Rode. The Dortmund’s player rarely wins a physical brawl due to being the weakest central defensive midfielder from the main German League.

 

STRONGEST CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Javi Martinez	87	Spain	Bayern München
Stefan Reinartz	85	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Sebastian Kehl	83	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Jermaine Jones	81	United States	FC Schalke 04
Håvard Nordtveit	80	Norway	Borussia M’gladbach
Luiz Gustavo	79	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg
Julian Baumgartlinger	79	Austria	1. FSV Mainz 05
Simon Rolfes	77	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Marco Höger	77	Germany	FC Schalke 04
Roman Neustädter	77	Germany	FC Schalke 04

 

Despite being slow, Javi Martinez is our first choice for this position. He is the best defensive midfielder on the most important attributes. However, if you need someone faster, the natural choice is Luiz Gustavo. He is not as good as the German but he will not compromise on the pace.

Among the cheap players, Stefan Reinartz is almost as good as Sven Bender

 
 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga Central Defensive Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga 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.

There is many quality in the Bundesliga midfield. Some of the best footballers of this league play in this position. It’s the case of the European Champions Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mario Gotze and Toni Kroos.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS
Bastian Schweinsteiger	88	Germany	Bayern München
Mario Götze	85	Germany	Bayern München
Toni Kroos	84	Germany	Bayern München
Ilkay Gündogan	84	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Diego	84	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg
Rafael van der Vaart	83	Netherlands	Hamburger SV
Nuri Sahin	82	Turkey	Borussia Dortmund
Lars Bender	81	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Kevin-Prince Boateng	81	Ghana	FC Schalke 04
Thiago	81	Spain	Bayern München

 

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.

Even though Nuri Sahin and Toni Kroos are on the top table of the players with best passing skills, Schweinsteiger is who stands out by being who does it better.

 

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Bastian Schweinsteiger	86	Germany	Bayern München
Toni Kroos	85	Germany	Bayern München
Nuri Sahin	85	Turkey	Borussia Dortmund
Ilkay Gündogan	84	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Rafael van der Vaart	84	Netherlands	Hamburger SV
Diego	83	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg
Sejad Salihovic	83	Bosnia Herzegovina	1899 Hoffenheim
Mario Götze	80	Germany	Bayern München
Lars Bender	80	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Julian Draxler	79	Germany	FC Schalke 04

 

Gotze has the best dribbling of Bundesliga. In the world, only six players are better than him. On Germany, only Ilkay Gündogan e Diego can be compared with him in this aspect.

 

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Mario Götze	90	Germany	Bayern München
Ilkay Gündogan	87	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Diego	87	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg
Thiago	85	Spain	Bayern München
Julian Draxler	85	Germany	FC Schalke 04
Bastian Schweinsteiger	83	Germany	Bayern München
Toni Kroos	83	Germany	Bayern München
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	83	Armenia	Borussia Dortmund
Rafael van der Vaart	82	Netherlands	Hamburger SV
Nuri Sahin	82	Turkey	Borussia Dortmund

 

There are three central midfielders that stand out on the Bundesliga. Any of the three is a great player, so the choice depends on the specific tasks we have to them. Bastian Schweinsteiger is a very balanced player that can be used also as a CDM. His box to box style brings quality to any team. Gotze is the most attacking player from this three. He scores more goals and play with the ball always on his feet. Ilkay Gündogan is an amazing choice. His price is half of the price of the other two players making him the right man for who needs a player to assists the forwards. He is the fastest one and has the best average on the two most important attributes.

Diego, Kroos, Mkhitaryan and Boateng are cheaper players that can perform well their roles as central midfielders. In our opinion, the Brazilian is the best choice, even because Kroos is very slow. For those who successfully control his work rates, the Ghanaian can be converted into a good defensive midfielder.

Our cheapest choice falls to Julian Draxler. Even though he isn’t good defensively, the German player is fast dribble and is a good passer.

 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga Central Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Bundesliga Right Wingers (RM, RW e RF)

 

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

The right side of the midfield is one of the strongest points of Bundesliga based teams. Robben is probably the best right midfielder of the world, but Thomas Muller, Jakub Blaszczykowski and Jefferson Farfán are also good players.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
Arjen Robben	88	Netherlands	Bayern München
Thomas Müller	85	Germany	Bayern München
Jakub Blaszczykowski	83	Poland	Borussia Dortmund
Jefferson Farfán	83	Peru	FC Schalke 04
Xherdan Shaqiri	80	Switzerland	Bayern München
Gonzalo Castro	80	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Sidney Sam	78	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Vieirinha	78	Portugal	VfL Wolfsburg
Patrick Herrmann	77	Germany	Borussia M’gladbach
Nicolai Müller	77	Germany	1. FSV Mainz 05

 

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.

On the Bundesliga, only Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Jakub Blaszczykowskithe are faster than Robben. There are two other right midfielders with a pace over 90.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Jakub Blaszczykowski	93	Poland	Borussia Dortmund
Arjen Robben	92	Netherlands	Bayern München
Patrick Herrmann	91	Germany	Borussia M’gladbach
Sidney Sam	90	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Jefferson Farfán	88	Peru	FC Schalke 04
Nicolai Müller	88	Germany	1. FSV Mainz 05
Xherdan Shaqiri	87	Switzerland	Bayern München
Stefan Aigner	85	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt
Jonathan Schmid	84	France	SC Freiburg
Vieirinha	83	Portugal	VfL Wolfsburg

 

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.

Robben has the best dribbling of Bundesliga. No one can be compared to him in this aspect.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBLLING
Arjen Robben	92	Netherlands	Bayern München
Xherdan Shaqiri	86	Switzerland	Bayern München
Jefferson Farfán	85	Peru	FC Schalke 04
Vieirinha	84	Portugal	VfL Wolfsburg
Jakub Blaszczykowski	82	Poland	Borussia Dortmund
Sidney Sam	82	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Nicolai Müller	81	Germany	1. FSV Mainz 05
Thomas Müller	80	Germany	Bayern München
Patrick Herrmann	80	Germany	Borussia M’gladbach
Gonzalo Castro	79	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen

 

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.

Thomas Müller is the player with better passing but Farfán is the best one on crossings. Vieirinha, for example, could’ve been an option to consider filling this slot in virtue of his fantastic pace and dribbling, but he’s affected negatively for missing frequently passes to his more forward team mates.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Thomas Müller	81	Germany	Bayern München
Arjen Robben	80	Netherlands	Bayern München
Jefferson Farfán	80	Peru	FC Schalke 04
Gonzalo Castro	80	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Lars Stindl	79	Germany	Hannover 96
Jakub Blaszczykowski	78	Poland	Borussia Dortmund
Makoto Hasebe	76	Japan	1. FC Nürnberg
Xherdan Shaqiri	74	Switzerland	Bayern München
Stefan Aigner	74	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt
Sidney Sam	73	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen

 

Arjen Robben is clearly the most indicated player to occupy this position in a team without budget restraints. He is probably too expensive but, who wants the best needs to buy him.

Thomas Muller is, to us, the second best right midfielder. He is not much fast but he is a balanced player. In formations that request the help of this players in the back line he is really useful due to his high/high work rates and amazing stamina. Another great choice is Jakub Blaszczykowski, the Polish player that stands out with his amazing pace.

Jefferson Farfán and Xherdan Shaqiri are our economic choices. Besides Robben and Blaszczykowski, they are the players with best average in the three most important attributes.

 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga Right Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Bundesliga Left Wingers (LM, LW e LF)

 

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

Ribéry is clearly the best Bundesliga player for this position. Only Marco Reus can be compared with him.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS
Franck Ribéry	90	France	Bayern München
Marco Reus	85	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Szabolcs Huszti	78	Hungary	Hannover 96
Juan Arango	78	Venezuela	Borussia M’gladbach
Ivan Perišic	77	Croatia	VfL Wolfsburg
Eljero Elia	76	Netherlands	Werder Bremen
Ibrahima Traoré	76	Guinea	VfB Stuttgart
Daniel Caligiuri	76	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg
Kevin Großkreutz	76	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Tranquillo Barnetta	76	Switzerland	Eintracht Frankfurt

 

Besides the two players with best ratings, also Eljero Elia have a pace higher than 90. Ribery, Reus and Elia are in fact three of the five fastest left midfielders of the world.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PACE
Franck Ribéry	91	France	Bayern München
Marco Reus	91	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Eljero Elia	91	Netherlands	Werder Bremen
Ibrahima Traoré	87	Guinea	VfB Stuttgart
Daniel Caligiuri	83	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg
Václav Pilar	82	Czech Republic	SC Freiburg
Takashi Inui	81	Japan	Eintracht Frankfurt
Ivan Perišic	80	Croatia	VfL Wolfsburg
Kevin Großkreutz	80	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Szabolcs Huszti	78	Hungary	Hannover 96

 

Ribéry is clearly the most highlighted left winger in this chapter. In the world and for this position, no one has better dribbling. Reus e Elia have good dribbling too.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Franck Ribéry	93	France	Bayern München
Marco Reus	86	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Eljero Elia	84	Netherlands	Werder Bremen
Ibrahima Traoré	83	Guinea	VfB Stuttgart
Szabolcs Huszti	82	Hungary	Hannover 96
Daniel Caligiuri	82	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg
Takashi Inui	82	Japan	Eintracht Frankfurt
Juan Arango	80	Venezuela	Borussia M’gladbach
Tranquillo Barnetta	78	Switzerland	Eintracht Frankfurt
Václav Pilar	78	Czech Republic	SC Freiburg

 

Ribéry is clearly the best fitted passer between the remaining left wingers. The Venezuelan Juan Arango is also better on passing than the popular Marco Reus.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Franck Ribéry	82	France	Bayern München
Juan Arango	81	Venezuela	Borussia M’gladbach
Marco Reus	80	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Szabolcs Huszti	78	Hungary	Hannover 96
Ivan Perišic	76	Croatia	VfL Wolfsburg
Kevin Großkreutz	74	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Tranquillo Barnetta	73	Switzerland	Eintracht Frankfurt
Václav Pilar	72	Czech Republic	SC Freiburg
Daniel Caligiuri	70	Germany	VfL Wolfsburg
Eljero Elia	69	Netherlands	Werder Bremen

 

Ribéry is the most expensive player of Bundesliga. His price is prohibits him from lots of budgets, proving the worth of the player. He’s without a doubt the best left winger. Among all the Bundesliga left wingers, he is the one with better dribbling, pace and passing, the three most important attributes. But there is more: he is one of the few that can perform any skill.

For those that don’t want to pay as many coins for the Bayern winger they have Marco Reus. He is not a cheap player but he is a good second choice. Our cheap suggestion is Eljero Elia. Only Ribery and Reus can be better than him on the average of the three most important attributes in a player of this position.

 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga Left Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Bundesliga Forwards (CF e ST)

 

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

There are good forwards on the Bundesliga but no one is as good as Lewandowski. He was one of the players with a highest upgrade compared to FUT 13.

 

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Robert Lewandowski	86	Poland	Borussia Dortmund
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	84	Netherlands	FC Schalke 04
Mario Mandžukic	83	Croatia	Bayern München
Claudio Pizarro	81	Peru	Bayern München
Stefan Kießling	81	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	80	Gabon	Borussia Dortmund
Vedad Ibiševic	79	Bosnia Herzegovina	VfB Stuttgart
Mame Diouf	79	Senegal	Hannover 96
Mohammed Abdellaoue	78	Norway	VfB Stuttgart
Max Kruse	78	Germany	Borussia M’gladbach
Luuk de Jong	78	Netherlands	Borussia M’gladbach
Didier Ya Konan	78	Ivory Coast	Hannover 96
Ivica Olic	78	Croatia	VfL Wolfsburg
Cacau	77	Germany	VfB Stuttgart
Jan Schlaudraff	77	Germany	Hannover 96

 

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.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has the best shooting and finishing of the Bundesliga. It is true that he is not a fast forward but he is still an interesting player.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER SHOOTING
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	82	Netherlands	FC Schalke 04
Claudio Pizarro	80	Peru	Bayern München
Stefan Kießling	79	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Mohammed Abdellaoue	79	Norway	VfB Stuttgart
Max Kruse	79	Germany	Borussia M’gladbach
Robert Lewandowski	78	Poland	Borussia Dortmund
Mario Mandžukic	78	Croatia	Bayern München
Luuk de Jong	77	Netherlands	Borussia M’gladbach
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	76	Gabon	Borussia Dortmund
Vedad Ibiševic	76	Bosnia Herzegovina	VfB Stuttgart
Didier Ya Konan	76	Ivory Coast	Hannover 96
Cacau	76	Germany	VfB Stuttgart
Jan Schlaudraff	76	Germany	Hannover 96
Heung-Min Son	76	Korea Republic	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Ivica Olic	75	Croatia	VfL Wolfsburg

 

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

Unlike with shooting there’s no proportionality between players with high ratings and players with good heading. Of the three players with better heading, only Mandžukic has a rating higher than 80. He is who has better heading on the Bundesliga. Among all the forwards of the world, only Falcão is better than him.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER HEADING
Mario Mandžukic	88	Croatia	Bayern München
Adrián Ramos	85	Colombia	Hertha BSC
Mame Diouf	84	Senegal	Hannover 96
Robert Lewandowski	83	Poland	Borussia Dortmund
Stefan Kießling	83	Germany	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	82	Netherlands	FC Schalke 04
Ádám Szalai	80	Hungary	FC Schalke 04
Bas Dost	80	Netherlands	VfL Wolfsburg
Claudio Pizarro	78	Peru	Bayern München
Vedad Ibiševic	78	Bosnia Herzegovina	VfB Stuttgart
Luuk de Jong	78	Netherlands	Borussia M’gladbach
Julian Schieber	78	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Artjoms Rudnevs	78	Latvia	Hamburger SV
Eren Derdiyok	78	Switzerland	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	76	Gabon	Borussia Dortmund

 

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.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the fastest forward of the world. Mame Diouf, Adrián Ramos, Didier Ya Konan and Heung-Min Son are also known by their pace but the other attributes are not good enough.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER PACE
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	95	Gabon	Borussia Dortmund
Mame Diouf	88	Senegal	Hannover 96
Adrián Ramos	85	Colombia	Hertha BSC
Didier Ya Konan	83	Ivory Coast	Hannover 96
Heung-Min Son	83	Korea Republic	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Robert Lewandowski	82	Poland	Borussia Dortmund
Artjoms Rudnevs	81	Latvia	Hamburger SV
Ivica Olic	80	Croatia	VfL Wolfsburg
Kevin Volland	80	Germany	1899 Hoffenheim
Jan Schlaudraff	79	Germany	Hannover 96
Mario Mandžukic	77	Croatia	Bayern München
Cacau	77	Germany	VfB Stuttgart
Mohammed Abdellaoue	76	Norway	VfB Stuttgart
Julian Schieber	76	Germany	Borussia Dortmund
Max Kruse	74	Germany	Borussia M’gladbach

 

Robert Lewandowski is the best Bundesliga forward, without any discussion. However, he is a bit expensive forcing many players to choose another forward. That choice is subjective because it depends of the play style of each player. In our opinion, Mandzukic is the best one for who wants a player with good heading, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for who wants a player really really fast and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar for who is looking for a finisher.

Far from the quality of these four players, Mame Diouf is our cheapest choice. He is fast and has a great jumping. It is a pity not seeing him shooting with the feet as he does with his head. To fix this problem you may need to buy Ivica Olic.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Bundesliga Forwards

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Bundesliga 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, 4-4-2 with 50k budget and 4-3-3 with a 15k budget.

 
 
 

Team with Unlimited Budget

 

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• Budget

1,736 million coins coins (1,565k + 171k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s player was based on analysis made in the previous chapters.
In goal, Neuer is probably the best goalkeeper of FUT 14. In centre back position, Mats Hummels is unquestionable even with a risky high/medium work rate. In order to compensate the lack of speed and the work rates of the German picked Felipe Santana instead of Dante. We suggest to use Dante only on formations that use 5 defenders. The full backs chosen were fast enough and equally balanced. Lahm is untouchable on the right side, while on the left Alaba has no competition.
Schweinsteiger plays very well as CDM and Gundocan is cheaper and better than Mario Gotze.
The two wingers are irreplaceable, the same happens with Lewandowski in the attack. The last spot in the team may be filled by Aubameyang or, for who prefers a player with good heading, by Mandzukic.

 
 
 

50K Budget Team

 

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• Budget

46k coins (32,2k + 13,8k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapter.
In goal, René Adler is a cheaper alternative to Neuer. In the defence, the central backs are the same. The full backs are still very fast but much cheaper.
On the midfield, Diego is a good investment but to choose who will play with him is a bit harder. On a 442 formation it may be a good option to use someone more defensive, like Boateng, but if you want to try something more risky, try Mkhitaryan. Thomas Muller and Eljero Elia are to us the best choices to the wings while on the attack we suggest Mandzukic and Aubameyang.

 
 
 

15K Budget Team

 

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• Budget

15.8k coins (8.3k + 7.5k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapter.
In goal Diego Benaglio is a true penny saver. In front of him, Felipe Santana and Sokratis close the path to goal with the precious help of Luiz Gustavo. The Brazilian player is a very useful element in these types of formation for giving defensive security in midfield and setting free team mates to start attacks. Rafinha and Jansen are the full backs.
The biggest new of this team is the double Draxler / Thiago that with their pace, dribbling, and above average passing give width to the attack.
On the last third of the field, Shaqiri and Elia are great players that support the striker Mame Diouf. For who likes to cross to the box, he is the best choice. Otherwise, the spot can be filled by Olic. This position is the one that, for who have more coins, should invest. Mandzukic, for example, would be perfect on this team.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Hybrid Squads

 

Building a hybrid team is not usually an easy task. The biggest difficulty is finding key player to join between different leagues.

The Bundesliga is not a good league to hybrid squads. The team with greatest quality is the result of the combination of Bundesliga and BPL. Ozil, Schürrle and Podolski are key players in this connection.

Building a good Hybrid team based in the BBVA and Bundesliga is also possible. Javi Martinez, Dante and Diego are essential in this transition, as it may happen with Khedira and Benzema.

On an inferior level, the Bundesliga still connects reasonably with other leagues, especially with the Serie A and Brazilian players. Klose, Mario Gomez, Dante, Diego, Luiz Gustavo and Felipe Santana have their role in these hybrids.

Follow our other league guide to easily build your hybrid team.

 
 
 
 

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