Bundesliga Squad Guide for FIFA 16 Ultimate Team

 
 

For all those players that plan to build an FUT 16 team based on the Bundesliga, we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best players.

Here is our guide to the top German League in FIFA 16 Ultimate Team.

 
 
 
 

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Introduction to the FUT 16 Bundesliga Guide

 

Building a team is the biggest challenge on FIFA 16 Ultimate Team. It doesn’t need to be the best team, because your budget may not allow it, but it is player’s stature that helps him 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 16. 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 you check to see if the player you choose fits the formations you like to play in. For example, a good full back will be useless if you only use a formation with three defenders. According to these formations, you 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 16 Ultimate Team based on players from the Bundesliga. Even the players that have a Bundesliga team, could take out some valuable conclusions from this guide that could help them make their 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 16 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 the criteria we chose and should be of everyone’s knowledge:

Only Gold Players

In this guide we didn’t consider silver or bronze players. 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 16 Ultimate Team Bundesliga teams are suggested, the prices considered are the ones of the date of the guide’s publication: October 2015. It’s natural that they have suffered some oscillations throughout the season, so we added a link where you can check the updated prices.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Bundesliga

 

The Bundesliga lives in the shadow of Barclays PL and BBVA but the truth is that it has many quality players.

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 24 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 of last season, the Bundesliga lost some good players such as Pepe Reina (Bayern – Napoli), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern – Manchester United), Xherdan Shaqiri (Bayern – Inter), Ciro Immobile (Borussia Dortmund – Sevilla), Roberto Firmino (1899 Hoffenheim- Liverpool) and Jakub Błaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund – Fiorentina). But, the biggest transfers out were Kevin De Bruyne and Perisic, from Wolfsburg to Manchester City and Inter.

These transfers didn’t necessarily make the Bundesliga weaker. The German clubs spent many money on strong reinforcements: Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United), Eduardo Vargas (Napoli), Claudio Pizarro, Emiliano Insúa (Atlético de Madrid) and Francisco Rodríguez (Zurich). But the biggest signings of the season happened in Munich: Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa.

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.

BUNDESLIGA

Total Players: 539
Gold Players: 212
Average Rating (Global): 72

Best New Cards:
Arturo Vidal
Douglas Costa
Javier Hernández

Highest Upgrades:
Ashton Götz (15)
Philipp Max (12)
Timo Baumgartl (12)
Nico Elvedi (11)

Highest Downgrades:
Tim Wiese (-5)
Vedad Ibišević (-4)
Tomáš Pekhart (-4)
Roman Weidenfeller (-4)

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Bundesliga 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.

Manuel Neuer is the most popular goalkeeper in the world.

 

MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPERS
Manuel Neuer	90	FC Bayern	GER
Bernd Leno	84	Bayer 04	GER
Yann Sommer	82	Bor. M’gladbach	SUI
Ralf Fährmann	81	FC Schalke 04	GER
Diego Benaglio	81	VfL Wolfsburg	SUI
Ron-Robert Zieler	80	Hannover 96	GER
Roman Bürki	80	Bor. Dortmund	SUI
Roman Weidenfeller	79	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Timo Horn	79	1. FC Köln	GER
René Adler	79	Hamburger SV	GER
Loris Karius	78	1. FSV Mainz 05	GER
Oliver Baumann	78	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Sven Ulreich	77	FC Bayern	GER
Przemysław Tytoń	76	VfB Stuttgart	POL
Tom Starke	76	FC Bayern	GER

 

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 Neuer and Sommer.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Manuel Neuer	86	FC Bayern	GER
Yann Sommer	86	Bor. M’gladbach	SUI
Bernd Leno	85	Bayer 04	GER
Ralf Fährmann	85	FC Schalke 04	GER
Roman Bürki	84	Bor. Dortmund	SUI
Loris Karius	84	1. FSV Mainz 05	GER
Thomas Kraft	84	Hertha BSC	GER
Oliver Baumann	83	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Jaroslav Drobný	83	Hamburger SV	CZ
Ron-Robert Zieler	82	Hannover 96	GER
René Adler	82	Hamburger SV	GER
Sven Ulreich	82	FC Bayern	GER
Diego Benaglio	81	VfL Wolfsburg	SUI
Timo Horn	80	1. FC Köln	GER
Przemysław Tytoń	80	VfB Stuttgart	POL

 

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 Neuer the best one. Again…

 

GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING
Manuel Neuer	85	FC Bayern	GER
Bernd Leno	84	Bayer 04	GER
Yann Sommer	84	Bor. M’gladbach	SUI
Diego Benaglio	84	VfL Wolfsburg	SUI
Thomas Kraft	84	Hertha BSC	GER
Ralf Fährmann	82	FC Schalke 04	GER
Roman Bürki	82	Bor. Dortmund	SUI
Oliver Baumann	81	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Sven Ulreich	81	FC Bayern	GER
René Adler	80	Hamburger SV	GER
Loris Karius	80	1. FSV Mainz 05	GER
Przemysław Tytoń	80	VfB Stuttgart	POL
Roman Weidenfeller	79	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Marwin Hitz	79	FC Augsburg	SUI
Ron-Robert Zieler	78	Hannover 96	GER

 

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.

The Bundesliga goalkeepers are very tall. From the 18 goalies, thirteen have at least 190cm. Ralf Fährmann is the tallest one, 13cm taller than Yann Sommer.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Ralf Fährmann	196 / 6′5″	FC Schalke 04	GER
Diego Benaglio	194 / 6′4″	VfL Wolfsburg	SUI
Przemysław Tytoń	194 / 6′4″	VfB Stuttgart	POL
Tom Starke	194 / 6′4″	FC Bayern	GER
Manuel Neuer	193 / 6′4″	FC Bayern	GER
Timo Horn	192 / 6′4″	1. FC Köln	GER
Sven Ulreich	192 / 6′4″	FC Bayern	GER
Jaroslav Drobný	192 / 6′4″	Hamburger SV	CZ
Marwin Hitz	192 / 6′4″	FC Augsburg	SUI
René Adler	191 / 6′3″	Hamburger SV	GER
Bernd Leno	190 / 6′3″	Bayer 04	GER
Roman Weidenfeller	190 / 6′3″	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Loris Karius	190 / 6′3″	1. FSV Mainz 05	GER
Ron-Robert Zieler	188 / 6′2″	Hannover 96	GER
Roman Bürki	187 / 6′2″	Bor. Dortmund	SUI

 

The choice for the best Bundesliga goalkeeper on FIFA 16 Ultimate Team is really easy.

Besides being the best Bundesliga goalkeeper in the two most important attributes, Manuel Neuer is also the the one with best positioning, handling and kicking in the entire game.

For us, Bernd Leno is the number two because he has good stats in reflexes and diving and also because his positioning is much better than Yann Sommer’s, our economic choice.

GOALKEEPERS

Best Players
#1 Manuel Neuer
#2 Bernd Leno
#3 Yann Sommer
#4 Ralf Fährmann
#5 Diego Benaglio

Economic Choice
Yann Sommer

 
 

Best FUT 16 Bundesliga Goalkeeper

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Bundesliga Centre Backs

CB
 

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

Boateng is the centre back with the best reputation in the Bundesliga.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE BACKS
Jérôme Boateng	87	FC Bayern	GER
Mats Hummels	86	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Naldo	85	VfL Wolfsburg	BRA
Javi Martinez	84	FC Bayern	ESP
Medhi Benatia	84	FC Bayern	MOR
Sokratis	83	Bor. Dortmund	GRE
Benedikt Höwedes	83	FC Schalke 04	GER
Ömer Toprak	81	Bayer 04	TUR
Martin Stranzl	81	Bor. M’gladbach	AT
Dante	81	VfL Wolfsburg	BRA
Neven Subotić	80	Bor. Dortmund	SRB
Joel Matip	80	FC Schalke 04	CAM
Tony Jantschke	80	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Holger Badstuber	80	FC Bayern	GER
Emir Spahić	79	Hamburger SV	BOS

 

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

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 players: Boateng, Hummels, Naldo and Banatia. It’s really hard to get past hem. The most experienced players are normally those who have a higher rating on this attribute.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Mats Hummels	88	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Naldo	88	VfL Wolfsburg	BRA
Jérôme Boateng	87	FC Bayern	GER
Medhi Benatia	86	FC Bayern	MOR
Sokratis	86	Bor. Dortmund	GRE
Martin Stranzl	86	Bor. M’gladbach	AT
Javi Martinez	84	FC Bayern	ESP
Benedikt Höwedes	84	FC Schalke 04	GER
Ömer Toprak	84	Bayer 04	TUR
Tony Jantschke	84	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Dante	83	VfL Wolfsburg	BRA
Neven Subotić	83	Bor. Dortmund	SRB
Joel Matip	82	FC Schalke 04	CAM
Emir Spahić	82	Hamburger SV	BOS
Matija Nastasić	82	FC Schalke 04	SRB

 

The new 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 Boateng and Papadopoulos are the strongest ones.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Jérôme Boateng	84	FC Bayern	GER
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	84	Bayer 04	GRE
Medhi Benatia	83	FC Bayern	MOR
Sokratis	83	Bor. Dortmund	GRE
Fabian Schär	81	1899 Hoffenheim	SUI
Jannik Vestergaard	81	Werder Bremen	DEN
Carlos Zambrano	80	Eint. Frankfurt	PER
Javi Martinez	79	FC Bayern	ESP
Niklas Süle	79	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Álvaro Domínguez	79	Bor. M’gladbach	ESP
Marcelo	79	Hannover 96	BRA
Benedikt Höwedes	78	FC Schalke 04	GER
Neven Subotić	78	Bor. Dortmund	SRB
Mats Hummels	77	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Martin Stranzl	77	Bor. M’gladbach	AT

 

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.

Boateng, always him, is the fastest centre back playing in the Bundesliga.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Jérôme Boateng	79	FC Bayern	GER
Fabian Schär	78	1899 Hoffenheim	SUI
Felipe Santana	78	FC Schalke 04	BRA
Sokratis	75	Bor. Dortmund	GRE
Ömer Toprak	75	Bayer 04	TUR
David Abraham	74	Eint. Frankfurt	ARG
John Brooks	74	Hertha BSC	USA
Naldo	73	VfL Wolfsburg	BRA
Joel Matip	72	FC Schalke 04	CAM
Neven Subotić	71	Bor. Dortmund	SRB
Niko Bungert	71	1. FSV Mainz 05	GER
Bamba Anderson	71	Eint. Frankfurt	BRA
Tin Jedvaj	71	Bayer 04	CRO
Matija Nastasić	70	FC Schalke 04	SRB
Johan Djourou	70	Hamburger SV	SUI

 

Jérôme Boateng is our number one choice for this position. He is the fastest CB and the one with best physical stats. The Bayern’ defender is the most expensive of all centre backs in Bundesliga.

The big question is: who will partner with Boateng ? It isn’t easy to decide. Hummels is usually the most used, because he has the best passing, dribbling and defending stats. In fact he is a great player and the whole situation with pace this year benefits him massively. However, Naldo and Sokratis are also good choices. They are much faster and have better physical stats.

Toprak is our economic choice. He is fast and has good defending stats.

CENTRE BACKS

Best Players
#1 Jérôme Boateng
#2 Mats Hummels
#3 Naldo
#4 Sokratis

Economic Choice
Ömer Toprak

 
 

Best FUT 16 Bundesliga Centre Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Bundesliga 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.

Łukasz Piszczek is the most popular right back playing in Bundesliga.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Łukasz Piszczek	81	Bor. Dortmund	POL
Rafinha	78	FC Bayern	BRA
Paul Verhaegh	77	FC Augsburg	NED
Sebastian Jung	77	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Roberto Hilbert	77	Bayer 04	GER
Atsuto Uchida	76	FC Schalke 04	JAP
Christian Träsch	76	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Peter Pekarík	76	Hertha BSC	SVK
Júnior Caiçara	76	FC Schalke 04	BRA
Theodor Gebre Selassie	76	Werder Bremen	CZ

 

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 Germany, no one defends as well as Łukasz Piszczek.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Łukasz Piszczek	82	Bor. Dortmund	POL
Paul Verhaegh	78	FC Augsburg	NED
Rafinha	77	FC Bayern	BRA
Sebastian Jung	77	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Roberto Hilbert	76	Bayer 04	GER
Christian Träsch	76	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Theodor Gebre Selassie	76	Werder Bremen	CZ
Oliver Sorg	76	Hannover 96	GER
Peter Pekarík	75	Hertha BSC	SVK
Julian Korb	75	Bor. M’gladbach	GER

 

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.

Łukasz Piszczek’s pace was downgraded and now there are four right backs playing on the Bundesliga faster than him.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Daniel Opare	89	FC Augsburg	GHA
Dennis Diekmeier	88	Hamburger SV	GER
Paweł Olkowski	86	1. FC Köln	POL
Júnior Caiçara	83	FC Schalke 04	BRA
Łukasz Piszczek	79	Bor. Dortmund	POL
Atsuto Uchida	78	FC Schalke 04	JAP
Roberto Hilbert	77	Bayer 04	GER
Theodor Gebre Selassie	77	Werder Bremen	CZ
Paul Verhaegh	75	FC Augsburg	NED
Sebastian Jung	75	VfL Wolfsburg	GER

 

Łukasz Piszczek is the obvious choice for this position. If you don’t have enough coins to buy him, try Opare. Diekmeier is also a decent player with a fair price.

RIGHT BACKS

Best Players
#1 Lukasz Piszczek
#2 Daniel Opare
#3 Dennis Diekmeier
#4 Pawel Olkowski
#5 Júnior Caiçara

Economic Choice
Pawel Olkowski

 
 

Best FUT 16 Bundesliga Right Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Bundesliga 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.

David Alaba is the big name for this position. Ricardo Rodriguez is also used by many Ultimate Team fans.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
David Alaba	85	FC Bayern	AT
Ricardo Rodriguez	83	VfL Wolfsburg	SUI
Emiliano Insua	79	VfB Stuttgart	ARG
Bernat	79	FC Bayern	ESP
Marcel Schmelzer	77	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Wendell	77	Bayer 04	BRA
Jonas Hector	77	1. FC Köln	GER
Dennis Aogo	77	FC Schalke 04	GER
Oscar Wendt	76	Bor. M’gladbach	SWE
Erik Durm	76	Bor. Dortmund	GER

 

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

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
David Alaba	84	FC Bayern	AT
Bernat	78	FC Bayern	ESP
Ricardo Rodriguez	84	VfL Wolfsburg	SUI
Wendell	74	Bayer 04	BRA
Oscar Wendt	74	Bor. M’gladbach	SWE
Jonas Hector	77	1. FC Köln	GER
Dennis Aogo	77	FC Schalke 04	GER
Emiliano Insua	81	VfB Stuttgart	ARG
Erik Durm	73	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Marcel Schäfer	75	VfL Wolfsburg	GER

 

Alaba and Wendell are much faster than any other left back.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
David Alaba	86	FC Bayern	AT
Wendell	86	Bayer 04	BRA
Erik Durm	83	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Bernat	81	FC Bayern	ESP
Constant Djakpa	81	Eint. Frankfurt	IVC
Park Joo Ho	80	Bor. Dortmund	KOR
Sead Kolašinac	80	FC Schalke 04	BOS
Emiliano Insua	78	VfB Stuttgart	ARG
Marcel Schmelzer	78	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Oscar Wendt	78	Bor. M’gladbach	SWE

 

David Alaba is, in our opinion, the best left back playing in Bundesliga. He is one of the best left backs of FIFA 16, and that’s why he is widely used in hybrids squads.

Just like last year, Ricardo Rodriguez is still our second choice.

LEFT BACKS

Best Players
#1 David Alaba
#2 Ricardo Rodriguez
#3 Emiliano Insua
#4 Bernat
5. Wendell

Economic Choice
Bernat

 
 

Best FUT 16 Bundesliga Left Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Bundesliga Central Defensive Midfielders

CDM
 

Many of the FIFA 16 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.

Philipp Lahm is the most rated central defensive midfielder in the world. Xabi Alonso and Luiz Gustavo are also popular choices.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Philipp Lahm	87	FC Bayern	GER
Xabi Alonso	84	FC Bayern	ESP
Luiz Gustavo	83	VfL Wolfsburg	BRA
Sven Bender	80	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Sebastian Rode	79	FC Bayern	GER
Christoph Kramer	79	Bayer 04	GER
Johannes Geis	79	FC Schalke 04	GER
Daniel Baier	79	FC Augsburg	GER
Stefan Reinartz	78	Eint. Frankfurt	GER
Eugen Polanski	78	1899 Hoffenheim	POL
Josuha Guilavogui	78	VfL Wolfsburg	FRA
Pirmin Schwegler	77	1899 Hoffenheim	SUI
Salif Sané	77	Hannover 96	SEN
Manuel Schmiedebach	76	Hannover 96	GER
Håvard Nordtveit	76	Bor. M’gladbach	NOR

 

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.

Lahm, Luiz Gustavo and Bender 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
Philipp Lahm	87	FC Bayern	GER
Luiz Gustavo	84	VfL Wolfsburg	BRA
Sven Bender	84	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Stefan Reinartz	82	Eint. Frankfurt	GER
Josuha Guilavogui	80	VfL Wolfsburg	FRA
Salif Sané	80	Hannover 96	SEN
Sebastian Rode	79	FC Bayern	GER
Christoph Kramer	78	Bayer 04	GER
Eugen Polanski	78	1899 Hoffenheim	POL
Håvard Nordtveit	78	Bor. M’gladbach	NOR
Fabian Lustenberger	78	Hertha BSC	SUI
Xabi Alonso	76	FC Bayern	ESP
Johannes Geis	76	FC Schalke 04	GER
Manuel Schmiedebach	76	Hannover 96	GER
Julian Baumgartlinger	76	1. FSV Mainz 05	AT

 

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.

Stefan Reinartz is the best on this side. Philipp Lahm, however, is quite the disappointment. He is the worst between all gold players.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Stefan Reinartz	86	Eint. Frankfurt	GER
Julian Baumgartlinger	83	1. FSV Mainz 05	AT
Luiz Gustavo	82	VfL Wolfsburg	BRA
Sven Bender	82	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Serey Dié	82	VfB Stuttgart	IVC
Kevin Vogt	81	1. FC Köln	GER
Eugen Polanski	80	1899 Hoffenheim	POL
Salif Sané	80	Hannover 96	SEN
Josuha Guilavogui	79	VfL Wolfsburg	FRA
Håvard Nordtveit	79	Bor. M’gladbach	NOR
Sebastian Rode	78	FC Bayern	GER
Johannes Geis	78	FC Schalke 04	GER
Christoph Kramer	77	Bayer 04	GER
Leon Andreasen	77	Hannover 96	DEN
Matthias Lehmann	76	1. FC Köln	GER

 

Lahm is physically weak but he is still our first choice for this position. He has the best defending and dribbling stats and he is one of the best in pace and passing. Only Luiz Gustavo can be compared to him. Xabi Alonso is too slow to be in our first choices.

For low budgets, Sven Bender is a nice surprise.

DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
#1 Philipp Lahm
#2 Luiz Gustavo
#3 Xabi Alonso
#4 Sven Bender
#5 Josuha Guilavogui

Economic Choice
Sven Bender

 
 

Best FUT 16 Bundesliga Central Defensive Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Bundesliga 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.

Vidal came from Serie A to be the most rated centre midfielder of this league.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE MIDFIELDERS
Arturo Vidal	86	FC Bayern	CHI
Mario Götze	84	FC Bayern	GER
Thiago	83	FC Bayern	ESP
Shinji Kagawa	82	Bor. Dortmund	JAP
İlkay Gündoğan	82	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Granit Xhaka	81	Bor. M’gladbach	SUI
Nuri Şahin	81	Bor. Dortmund	TUR
Gonzalo Castro	81	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Lars Bender	81	Bayer 04	GER
Lars Stindl	79	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Zlatko Junuzović	79	Werder Bremen	AT
Valentin Stocker	78	Hertha BSC	SUI
Maximilian Meyer	78	FC Schalke 04	GER
Christian Gentner	78	VfB Stuttgart	GER
Hakan Çalhanoğlu	78	Bayer 04	TUR
Kevin-Prince Boateng	78	FC Schalke 04	GHA
Charles Aránguiz	78	Bayer 04	CHI
Sebastian Rudy	77	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Alexandru Maxim	77	VfB Stuttgart	ROM
Aaron Hunt	77	Hamburger SV	GER

 

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.

Şahin and Junuzović have great passing stat.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PASSING
Nuri Şahin	84	Bor. Dortmund	TUR
Zlatko Junuzović	83	Werder Bremen	AT
İlkay Gündoğan	82	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Gonzalo Castro	82	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Charles Aránguiz	82	Bayer 04	CHI
Mario Götze	81	FC Bayern	GER
Thiago	81	FC Bayern	ESP
Hakan Çalhanoğlu	81	Bayer 04	TUR
Arturo Vidal	80	FC Bayern	CHI
Granit Xhaka	80	Bor. M’gladbach	SUI
Alexandru Maxim	79	VfB Stuttgart	ROM
Lars Stindl	77	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Kevin-Prince Boateng	77	FC Schalke 04	GHA
Sebastian Rudy	77	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Lars Bender	76	Bayer 04	GER
Valentin Stocker	76	Hertha BSC	SUI
Maximilian Meyer	76	FC Schalke 04	GER
Aaron Hunt	76	Hamburger SV	GER
Marco Höger	76	FC Schalke 04	GER
Lewis Holtby	76	Hamburger SV	GER

 

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

In this league, only Robben and Ribery have better dribbling than Götze and Thiago.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Mario Götze	89	FC Bayern	GER
Thiago	89	FC Bayern	ESP
Shinji Kagawa	87	Bor. Dortmund	JAP
İlkay Gündoğan	85	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Maximilian Meyer	84	FC Schalke 04	GER
Arturo Vidal	81	FC Bayern	CHI
Nuri Şahin	81	Bor. Dortmund	TUR
Gonzalo Castro	81	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Zlatko Junuzović	80	Werder Bremen	AT
Kevin-Prince Boateng	80	FC Schalke 04	GHA
Alexandru Maxim	80	VfB Stuttgart	ROM
Valentin Stocker	79	Hertha BSC	SUI
Lewis Holtby	79	Hamburger SV	GER
Hakan Çalhanoğlu	78	Bayer 04	TUR
Sebastian Rudy	78	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Aaron Hunt	78	Hamburger SV	GER
Maximilian Arnold	78	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Vladimir Darida	78	Hertha BSC	CZ
Lars Stindl	77	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Daniel Didavi	77	VfB Stuttgart	GER

 

Arturo Vidal is undoubtedly the best player for this position. He is strong, fast and with great stats for all other attributes, including amazing stamina and work rate. He can play as CAM, CM or even CDM.

Mario Gotze is a very popular player but we can’t see a reason why we would use him instead of Thiago or even Gündoğan. They are more solid players.

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
#1 Arturo Vidal
#2 Thiago
#3 İlkay Gündoğan
#4 Mario Gotze

Economic Choice
Zlatko Junuzović

 
 

Best FUT 16 Bundesliga Centre Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Bundesliga Right Wingers

RM | RW | RF
 

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

Arjen Robben is the right winger most popular who play in Bundesliga.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
Arjen Robben	90	FC Bayern	NED
Karim Bellarabi	83	Bayer 04	GER
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	81	Bor. Dortmund	ARM
Patrick Herrmann	81	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Douglas Costa	81	FC Bayern	BRA
Kevin Volland	80	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Vieirinha	80	VfL Wolfsburg	POR
Eduardo Vargas	78	1899 Hoffenheim	CHI
Ibrahima Traoré	78	Bor. M’gladbach	GUI
Sidney Sam	77	FC Schalke 04	GER
Kevin Kampl	77	Bayer 04	SVN
Martin Harnik	77	VfB Stuttgart	AT
André Hahn	77	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Stefan Aigner	77	Eint. Frankfurt	GER
Jonas Hofmann	76	Bor. Dortmund	GER

 

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.

The Bundesliga is extremely well served in this chapter. Five gold players have pace 90 or higher, being the highlighted Arjen Robben.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Arjen Robben	92	FC Bayern	NED
Patrick Herrmann	91	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Karim Bellarabi	90	Bayer 04	GER
Douglas Costa	90	FC Bayern	BRA
Sidney Sam	90	FC Schalke 04	GER
Ibrahima Traoré	88	Bor. M’gladbach	GUI
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	86	Bor. Dortmund	ARM
Eduardo Vargas	86	1899 Hoffenheim	CHI
Marcel Risse	86	1. FC Köln	GER
André Hahn	85	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Kevin Kampl	84	Bayer 04	SVN
Stefan Aigner	83	Eint. Frankfurt	GER
Fin Bartels	82	Werder Bremen	GER
Kevin Volland	81	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Vieirinha	80	VfL Wolfsburg	POR

 

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.

There are a lot of players gifted in dribbling, being Robben (again!) the best one.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBLLING
Arjen Robben	92	FC Bayern	NED
Karim Bellarabi	86	Bayer 04	GER
Douglas Costa	86	FC Bayern	BRA
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	86	Bor. Dortmund	ARM
Vieirinha	86	VfL Wolfsburg	POR
Ibrahima Traoré	84	Bor. M’gladbach	GUI
Kevin Kampl	84	Bayer 04	SVN
Patrick Herrmann	83	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Eduardo Vargas	82	1899 Hoffenheim	CHI
Kevin Volland	81	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Sidney Sam	80	FC Schalke 04	GER
Jonas Hofmann	78	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Fin Bartels	78	Werder Bremen	GER
Stefan Aigner	77	Eint. Frankfurt	GER
Marcel Risse	75	1. FC Köln	GER

 

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 Rooben offers good quality passing.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Arjen Robben	82	FC Bayern	NED
Douglas Costa	78	FC Bayern	BRA
Kevin Volland	77	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Karim Bellarabi	76	Bayer 04	GER
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	76	Bor. Dortmund	ARM
Vieirinha	76	VfL Wolfsburg	POR
Patrick Herrmann	75	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Ibrahima Traoré	74	Bor. M’gladbach	GUI
Sidney Sam	74	FC Schalke 04	GER
Stefan Aigner	73	Eint. Frankfurt	GER
Martin Harnik	73	VfB Stuttgart	AT
Jonas Hofmann	73	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Kevin Kampl	72	Bayer 04	SVN
André Hahn	72	Bor. M’gladbach	GER
Eduardo Vargas	71	1899 Hoffenheim	CHI

 

There are only three good players for this position but Robben is obviously the best one. He wins in four of six attributes. Douglas Costa and Bellarabi are algo good wingers.

Volland is our economic choice. Great value for money.

RIGHT WINGER

Best Players
#1 Arjen Robben
#2 Douglas Costa
#3 Karim Bellarabi
#4 Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Economic Choice
Kevin Volland

 
 

Best FUT 16 Bundesliga Right Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Bundesliga Left Wingers

LM | LW | LF
 

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

Reus and Ribéry are the two most popular left wingers playing in Bundesliga.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS
Franck Ribéry	87	FC Bayern	FRA
Marco Reus	86	Bor. Dortmund	GER
André Schürrle	80	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Julian Draxler	80	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Thorgan Hazard	78	Bor. M’gladbach	BEL
Daniel Caligiuri	78	VfL Wolfsburg	ITA
Filip Kostić	77	VfB Stuttgart	SRB
Hiroshi Kiyotake	76	Hannover 96	JAP
Fabian Johnson	76	Bor. M’gladbach	USA
Jonathan Schmid	75	1899 Hoffenheim	FRA
Edgar Prib	75	Hannover 96	GER
Koo Ja Cheol	75	FC Augsburg	KOR
Adnan Januzaj	75	Bor. Dortmund	BEL
Tarik Elyounoussi	75	1899 Hoffenheim	NOR
Pablo De Blasis	75	1. FSV Mainz 05	ARG

 

Marco Reus is one of the fastest in the world.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PACE
Marco Reus	90	Bor. Dortmund	GER
André Schürrle	89	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Filip Kostić	89	VfB Stuttgart	SRB
Franck Ribéry	87	FC Bayern	FRA
Fabian Johnson	87	Bor. M’gladbach	USA
Tarik Elyounoussi	85	1899 Hoffenheim	NOR
Daniel Caligiuri	83	VfL Wolfsburg	ITA
Leonardo Bittencourt	83	1. FC Köln	GER
Adnan Januzaj	81	Bor. Dortmund	BEL
Pablo De Blasis	81	1. FSV Mainz 05	ARG
Jonathan Schmid	80	1899 Hoffenheim	FRA
Julian Draxler	77	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Thorgan Hazard	77	Bor. M’gladbach	BEL
Edgar Prib	77	Hannover 96	GER
Koo Ja Cheol	74	FC Augsburg	KOR

 

In the world, only six players have better dribbling than Ribery.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Franck Ribéry	91	FC Bayern	FRA
Marco Reus	86	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Julian Draxler	84	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
André Schürrle	82	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Daniel Caligiuri	82	VfL Wolfsburg	ITA
Thorgan Hazard	82	Bor. M’gladbach	BEL
Adnan Januzaj	82	Bor. Dortmund	BEL
Pablo De Blasis	82	1. FSV Mainz 05	ARG
Tarik Elyounoussi	81	1899 Hoffenheim	NOR
Hiroshi Kiyotake	80	Hannover 96	JAP
Leonardo Bittencourt	80	1. FC Köln	GER
Koo Ja Cheol	80	FC Augsburg	KOR
Filip Kostić	79	VfB Stuttgart	SRB
Fabian Johnson	78	Bor. M’gladbach	USA
Jonathan Schmid	77	1899 Hoffenheim	FRA

 

Franck Ribéry and Marco Reus have passing stats very similar.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Marco Reus	85	Bor. Dortmund	GER
Franck Ribéry	84	FC Bayern	FRA
Hiroshi Kiyotake	81	Hannover 96	JAP
Julian Draxler	79	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Thorgan Hazard	77	Bor. M’gladbach	BEL
André Schürrle	75	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Daniel Caligiuri	74	VfL Wolfsburg	ITA
Filip Kostić	73	VfB Stuttgart	SRB
Fabian Johnson	73	Bor. M’gladbach	USA
Adnan Januzaj	73	Bor. Dortmund	BEL
Leonardo Bittencourt	73	1. FC Köln	GER
Edgar Prib	73	Hannover 96	GER
Koo Ja Cheol	72	FC Augsburg	KOR
Jonathan Schmid	72	1899 Hoffenheim	FRA
Pablo De Blasis	70	1. FSV Mainz 05	ARG

 

To pick the best left winger from Bundesliga you will need to ask yourself: who is better, Franck Ribéry or Marco Reus ? Despite having worse work rate, one star skill less and a dribbling less perfect, Reus is a player that have more to offer to the team than the Bayern’s winger.

If you don’t have enough coins to buy any of them, you will have to buy Schürrle. He is the third most balanced left winger playing in this league. For low budgets teams, Kostic is the best choice.

LEFT WINGER

Best Players
#1 Marco Reus
#2 Franck Ribéry
#3 André Schürrle
#4 Filip Kostić
#5 Fabian Johnson

Economic Choice
Filip Kostić

 
 

Best FUT 16 Bundesliga Left Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Bundesliga Forwards

CF | ST
 

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

Lewandowski is in his career’s top-form.

 

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Robert Lewandowski	87	FC Bayern	POL
Thomas Müller	86	FC Bayern	GER
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	82	FC Schalke 04	NED
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	82	Bor. Dortmund	GAB
Max Kruse	81	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Raffael	81	Bor. M’gladbach	BRA
Stefan Kießling	80	Bayer 04	GER
Javier Hernández	80	Bayer 04	MEX
Alexander Meier	79	Eint. Frankfurt	GER
Kevin Kurányi	79	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Bas Dost	79	VfL Wolfsburg	NED
Franco Di Santo	79	FC Schalke 04	ARG
Adrián Ramos	78	Bor. Dortmund	COL
Anthony Modeste	78	1. FC Köln	FRA
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	78	FC Schalke 04	CAM
Haris Seferović	77	Eint. Frankfurt	SUI
Admir Mehmedi	77	Bayer 04	SUI
Salomon Kalou	77	Hertha BSC	IVC
Daniel Ginczek	77	VfB Stuttgart	GER
Josip Drmić	77	Bor. M’gladbach	SUI

 

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.

Lewandowski changed position with Huntelaar in the top list of best shooting.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST SHOOTING
Robert Lewandowski	85	FC Bayern	POL
Thomas Müller	84	FC Bayern	GER
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	84	FC Schalke 04	NED
Alexander Meier	83	Eint. Frankfurt	GER
Stefan Kießling	82	Bayer 04	GER
Bas Dost	82	VfL Wolfsburg	NED
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	81	Bor. Dortmund	GAB
Max Kruse	80	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Javier Hernández	80	Bayer 04	MEX
Franco Di Santo	80	FC Schalke 04	ARG
Haris Seferović	79	Eint. Frankfurt	SUI
Pierre-Michel Lasogga	79	Hamburger SV	GER
Kevin Kurányi	78	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Josip Drmić	78	Bor. M’gladbach	SUI
Ivica Olić	78	Hamburger SV	CRO
Raffael	77	Bor. M’gladbach	BRA
Anthony Modeste	77	1. FC Köln	FRA
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	77	FC Schalke 04	CAM
Daniel Ginczek	77	VfB Stuttgart	GER
Raúl Bobadilla	77	FC Augsburg	PAR

 

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.

Most of the best Bundesliga strikers don’t have good physical. It’s not the case of Raúl Bobadilla.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Raúl Bobadilla	86	FC Augsburg	PAR
Pierre-Michel Lasogga	82	Hamburger SV	GER
Stefan Kießling	81	Bayer 04	GER
Kevin Kurányi	81	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Ivica Olić	81	Hamburger SV	CRO
Robert Lewandowski	80	FC Bayern	POL
Daniel Ginczek	80	VfB Stuttgart	GER
Anthony Modeste	77	1. FC Köln	FRA
Haris Seferović	77	Eint. Frankfurt	SUI
Anthony Ujah	77	Werder Bremen	NIG
Franco Di Santo	76	FC Schalke 04	ARG
Alexander Meier	75	Eint. Frankfurt	GER
Mevlüt Erdinç	75	Hannover 96	TUR
Bas Dost	74	VfL Wolfsburg	NED
Max Kruse	73	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	73	FC Schalke 04	CAM
Thomas Müller	72	FC Bayern	GER
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	72	FC Schalke 04	NED
Adrián Ramos	72	Bor. Dortmund	COL
Admir Mehmedi	72	Bayer 04	SUI

 

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.

Aubameyang is the fastest striker in the world. On the entire game, only Walcott and Bolly are faster than him.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PACE
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	95	Bor. Dortmund	GAB
Javier Hernández	86	Bayer 04	MEX
Adrián Ramos	84	Bor. Dortmund	COL
Robert Lewandowski	80	FC Bayern	POL
Josip Drmić	79	Bor. M’gladbach	SUI
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	78	FC Schalke 04	CAM
Thomas Müller	77	FC Bayern	GER
Admir Mehmedi	77	Bayer 04	SUI
Salomon Kalou	77	Hertha BSC	IVC
Anthony Ujah	77	Werder Bremen	NIG
Franco Di Santo	76	FC Schalke 04	ARG
Anthony Modeste	76	1. FC Köln	FRA
Mevlüt Erdinç	76	Hannover 96	TUR
Max Kruse	75	VfL Wolfsburg	GER
Raffael	74	Bor. M’gladbach	BRA
Daniel Ginczek	73	VfB Stuttgart	GER
Ivica Olić	72	Hamburger SV	CRO
Haris Seferović	71	Eint. Frankfurt	SUI
Kevin Kurányi	70	1899 Hoffenheim	GER
Raúl Bobadilla	69	FC Augsburg	PAR

 
 

Robert Lewandowski only wins in shooting but he is clearly the best Bundesliga striker and one of the best in the entire game. He is even better this year.

Who is also better is Aubameyang. His new position was probably the best thing to happen to this league on FIFA 16. Müller is slightly better than him in almost everything but who doesn’t want to play with the fastest striker of the game ?

Adrián Ramos and Javier Hernández are good choices for teams with low budget.

FORWARDS

Best Players
#1 Robert Lewandowski
#2 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
#3 Thomas Müller
#4 Javier Hernández

Economic Choice
Adrián Ramos

 
 

Best FUT 16 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 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 (1): 4-1-2-1-2 with unlimited budget, 4-3-3 with 100k budget and 4-4-2 with a 25k budget.

(1) These formations were chosen because they are the most popular ones. It doesn’t mean that they are the best formations for this league.
 
 

Now, to check the current prices of any player /squad, you just need to check ‘updated price‘

 
 
 
 

Team with Unlimited Budget

 

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• Budget
Playstation 4: 1,693k coins (1,300k + 393k)
Xbox One: 1,384k coins (1,0873k + 297k)
Playstation 3: 1,372k coins (1020k + 352k)
XBox 360: 1,210k coins (916k + 294k)
PC: –

 

• Updated Prices and Squad Adjustments
The prices we have published are the ones of the guide’s publication date.
If you want to know the current prices or test any adjustment to this squad, please click here.

 

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapters.

If there are undoubted players in this team, Neuer is certainly one of them. It is clear his superiority.

Boateng, Alaba and Piszczek are untouchable in the the defence. The other spot can be taken by Hummels, Naldo or Sokratis. The German centre back is the one with worst stats but in the pitch he can play slightly better than the other two.

Lahm is physically weak but he is still the best centre defensive midfielder in this league. Vidal is a CM that can play well as CDM and CAM. with a high/high work rate and an amazing stamina, he is perfect for this position.

Who builds an unlimited budget Bundesliga squad must use a formation with wingers. Robben, Reus and Ribéry are three of the best wingers in the game.

If about Lewandowski it isn’t needed to say anything, about Aubameyang it may be a bit different. He got this position because he is really fast and he has good attacking stats. If you play with a 4312 formation, for example, Thomas Müller will be perfect to play behind them.

Once all the players reach maximum individual chemistry you can go without a manager for your squad. They’ll be of no use and still spend contracts.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Medium Budget Team

 

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• Budget
Playstation 4: 175k coins (146k + 29k)
Xbox One: 105k coins (87k + 18k)
Playstation 3: 219k coins (166k + 53k)
XBox 360: 169k coins (128k + 41k)
PC: –

 

• Updated Prices and Squad Adjustments
The prices we have published are the ones of the guide’s publication date.
If you want to know the current prices or test any adjustment to this squad, please click here.

 

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapters.

Most of the players of the previous team are too expensive to be used in the medium budget squad. Piszczek is the only one who keeps been elected to the starting eleven. Leno, Sokratis, Benatia and Ricardo Rodriguez don’t have the same quality but they allow you to save many coins.

For this budget, the central midfield position has to be Luiz Gustavo’s. He builds up the first barrier between your goal line and the opponent, making his defensiveness and physicality count. Thiago and Gündoğan complete the midfield.

In the attack, Bellarabi and Schurrle have the mission to assist Javier Hernandez. If you need a stonger striker, use Adrián Ramos.

If you still have some room in your budget, Naldo and Thomas Müller are players that would improve this squad a lot.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Low Budget Team

 

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• Budget
Playstation 4: 21k coins (12k + 9k)
Xbox One: 19k coins (10k + 9k)
Playstation 3: 41k coins (25k + 16k)
XBox 360: 28k coins (16k + 12k)
PC: –

 

• Updated Prices and Squad Adjustments
The prices we have published are the ones of the guide’s publication date.
If you want to know the current prices or test any adjustment to this squad, please click here.

 

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapters.

In the goal, Ralf Fährmann is a decent very cheap goalkeeper. Opare, Toprak, Subotić and Insua are the four other defenders. The two centre backs are more expensive than we usually pick for a low budget team, but they will give you so much security that we couldn’t left them out of this team.

On the midfield, Sven Bender and Junuzovic complete each other well. The first one is a defensive midfielder while the second is used to assisting his team mates. Volland and Kostic fill the wings in order to assist Adrián Ramos and Stefan Kießling.

 
 
 

Follow our tips and you’ll become more successful on FIFA 16 Ultimate Team with your Bundesliga Team.

 
 
 
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