Liga BBVA Squad Guide for FIFA 14 Ultimate Team

 
 

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

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

 
 

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Introduction
Liga BBVA
Goalkeepers
Central Backs
Right Backs
Left Backs
Central Defensive Midfielders
Central Midfielders
Right Midfielders
Left Midfielders
Forwards
Teams
Hybrids
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Introduction to the FUT 14 Liga BBVA 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 Liga BBVA. 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 Liga BBVA 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 Liga BBVA 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.

 
 

 
 
 

Liga BBVA

 

No league has so good players as the main football competition of Spain. 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 Segunda División and with the play-off winner. Every season starts in August and finishes in May, having 38 game weeks with 10 matches each, being a total of 380 matches per season.

The Liga BBVA is the third most watched football league in the world and the best league classified in the UEFA league coefficients.

Started in 1928, La Liga has only been conquered by nine clubs. The dominant clubs are Real Madrid and Barcelona, with a total of 33 and 23 titles. Atlético de Madrid (9), Atlético de Bilbao (8), Valência (6) and Real Sociedade (2) were the other teams that won more than once, while Desportivo da Corunha, Real Bétis and Sevilha only won the title once.

As to last season, the Liga BBVA lost some good players such as Llorente (Juventus), Demichelis (Manchester City), Thiago Alcantara (Bayern FC), Toulalan (Monaco), Javier Saviola (Olympiakos), Roque Santa Cruz, Essien, Kaká, Ricardo Carvalho (Monaco), Callejón (Napoli), Albiol (Napoli), Higuain (Napoli), Álvaro Negredo (Manchester City), Jesus Navas (Manchester City), Tino Costa (Spartak Moscovo), Gago (Boca Juniors) e Soldado (Tottenham). But, the biggest out transfers were the move of Ozil from Real Madrid to the Gunners by 50 million Euros and the move of Falcao from Atlético Madrid to Monaco by 60 million Euros.

These transfers didn’t necessarily make the Liga BBVA weaker. The Spanish teams spent 355 million Euros on strong reinforcements: Guilavogui (Atlético de Madrid), Bojan (Barcelona), Carvajal (Real Madrid), Kevin Gameiro (Sevilha) e Pabón (Valência). But the biggest signings of the season happened in Madrid and Barcelona. Gareth Bale and Neymar have joined to La Liga by 157 million Euros, almost half of the all money spent by the all Liga BBVA 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. But, since it’s the league with better players, their prices are high. Only the Barclays PL players are more expensive than these ones. To the players with a limited budget, there are other better options.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 14 Liga BBVA 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.

Despite his downgrade, Iker Casillas is still the more popular goalkeeper from Liga BBVA. Only Thibaut Courtois, Valdés and Diego López 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
Casillas	86	Spain	Real Madrid
Thibaut Courtois	84	Belgium	Atlético de Madrid
Victor Valdés	83	Spain	FC Barcelona
Diego López	83	Spain	Real Madrid
Diego Alves	81	Brazil	Valencia CF
Claudio Bravo	81	Chile	Real Sociedad
Andrés Fernández	80	Spain	CA Osasuna
Guaita	80	Spain	Valencia CF
Wilfredo Caballero	79	Argentina	Málaga CF
Beto	78	Portugal	Sevilla FC

 

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 Iker Casillas and Diego Alves. No one on whole FIFA 14 has better reflexes than they have.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Casillas	90	Spain	Real Madrid
Diego Alves	90	Brazil	Valencia CF
Thibaut Courtois	86	Belgium	Atlético de Madrid
Andrés Fernández	86	Spain	CA Osasuna
Wilfredo Caballero	86	Argentina	Málaga CF
Claudio Bravo	85	Chile	Real Sociedad
Guaita	85	Spain	Valencia CF
Victor Valdés	83	Spain	FC Barcelona
Javi Varas	83	Spain	Sevilla FC
Carlos Idriss Kameni	83	Cameroon	Málaga CF

 

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, Casillas and Diego Alves are the best on Liga BBVA. The Brazilian and Buffon are the goalkeepers with best diving in the world.

 

GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING
Diego Alves	90	Brazil	Valencia CF
Casillas	89	Spain	Real Madrid
Andrés Fernández	86	Spain	CA Osasuna
Claudio Bravo	84	Chile	Real Sociedad
Oscar Ustari	83	Argentina	UD Almería
Thibaut Courtois	82	Belgium	Atlético de Madrid
Victor Valdés	82	Spain	FC Barcelona
Javi Varas	82	Spain	Sevilla FC
Carlos Idriss Kameni	82	Cameroon	Málaga CF
Diego López	81	Spain	Real Madrid

 

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 Casillas’ weak point. Even though he can’t be considered a short goalkeeper, the truth is he’s 14 cm short of the mighty Thibaut Courtois, this gold goalkeeper holds the title of tallest Liga BBVA Goalkeeper. Diego López from Real Madrid and Casilla RCD Espanyol are both above 1,90 m.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Thibaut Courtois	199	Belgium	Atlético de Madrid
Diego López	196	Spain	Real Madrid
Casilla	191	Spain	RCD Espanyol
Guaita	190	Spain	Valencia CF
Diego Alves	188	Brazil	Valencia CF
Wilfredo Caballero	186	Argentina	Málaga CF
Carlos Idriss Kameni	186	Cameroon	Málaga CF
Casillas	185	Spain	Real Madrid
Claudio Bravo	185	Chile	Real Sociedad
Moyá	185	Spain	Getafe CF

 

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

In our opinion, even though he was downgraded, Casillas 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 the fastest. For us, Diego Alves is the best alternative to the Spanish goalkeeper. Despite not having a good positioning and a decent handling, he is the best of the world in the two more important attributes. He is a huge bargain.

For those who frequently pass the ball to the goalkeeper, Claudio Bravo is a choice to be considered. Besides Casillas and Diego Alves, our suggestions are Courtois and then Valdés. The Belgian is the goalkeeper from La Liga with best handling and the Spanish is the one with best positioning.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Liga BBVA Goalkeeper

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 14 Liga BBVA 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.

Sergio Ramos and Piqué are the central backs with the best reputation in the Liga BBVA. The remaining good players to consider because of experience are Puyol, Pepe and Mascherano, and by irreverence, Raphael Varane is the main one.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL BACKS
Piqué	86	Spain	FC Barcelona
Sergio Ramos	86	Spain	Real Madrid
Javier Mascherano	84	Argentina	FC Barcelona
Puyol	83	Spain	FC Barcelona
Diego Godín	83	Uruguay	Atlético de Madrid
Pepe	83	Portugal	Real Madrid
Adil Rami	82	France	Valencia CF
Raphaël Varane	81	France	Real Madrid
Miranda	81	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid

 

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: Piqué. It’s really hard to get past him. The most experienced players are normally those who have a higher rating on this attribute. Puyol and Mascherano prove this.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Piqué	86	Spain	FC Barcelona
Javier Mascherano	85	Argentina	FC Barcelona
Puyol	85	Spain	FC Barcelona
Sergio Ramos	84	Spain	Real Madrid
Diego Godín	83	Uruguay	Atlético de Madrid
Jérémy Mathieu	83	France	Valencia CF
Pepe	82	Portugal	Real Madrid
Adil Rami	81	France	Valencia CF
Raphaël Varane	81	France	Real Madrid

 

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 Ricardo Costa and Sergio Ramos are the strongest ones. They are not very tall but they have the best heading and the best jumping. If you choose to not buy one of them, Diego Godín, Varane and Miranda handle it pretty well.

Though Jérémy Mathieu is one of the tallest central backs he’s far behind on the Liga BBVA list of players with good heading. He isn’t an isolated case: the tallest central back in the league, Federico Fazio has dreadful heading and a terrible jumping. A player to avoid at all cost, even for his low speed.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER HEADING
Ricardo Costa	87	Portugal	Valencia CF
Sergio Ramos	86	Spain	Real Madrid
Adil Rami	84	France	Valencia CF
Diego Godín	83	Uruguay	Atlético de Madrid
Miranda	83	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid
Raphaël Varane	82	France	Real Madrid
Mikel San José	82	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Lopo	82	Spain	Getafe CF
Piqué	81	Spain	FC Barcelona

 

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.

The major difference between Piqué and Sergio Ramos is their pace. The Madrid’s player is the fastest of Liga BBVA and one of the fastest in the world. But there are other fast players in La Liga. The second on the list is Iñigo Martínez, a cheap option. Pepe and Miranda 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 Liga BBVA.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Sergio Ramos	80	Spain	Real Madrid
Iñigo Martínez	77	Spain	Real Sociedad
Miranda	76	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid
Jérémy Mathieu	76	France	Valencia CF
Pepe	74	Portugal	Real Madrid
Loukas Vyntra	74	Greece	Levante UD
Raphaël Varane	70	France	Real Madrid
Héctor Moreno	70	Mexico	RCD Espanyol
Mikel Gonzalez	69	Spain	Real Sociedad
Javier Mascherano	68	Argentina	FC Barcelona

 

Piqué 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 an extremely slow defender that compromises the team in fast attacks. For that Sergio Ramos is our number one choice for this position. Fast and with good defending and attacking attributes, the Madrid’ defender is for that the without a chance most expensive of all central backs of the Liga BBVA.

Benefiting from their popularity and their characteristic for a good chemistry, Puyol, Pepe and Mascherano come up as being one of the first choices for teams based on the main Spanish League. They are without a doubt good players for this position but there are other cheaper solutions. Like, Miranda and Varane. The Brazilian has the second best average between the three most important attributes we considered.

If you are searching for someone really cheap, choose Iñigo Martínez. He is the number three of that list.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Liga BBVA Central Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 14 Liga BBVA 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. Dani Alves is by far the best one.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Dani Alves	84	Brazil	FC Barcelona
Juanfran	79	Spain	Atlético de Madrid
Jesús Gámez	79	Spain	Málaga CF
João Pereira	79	Portugal	Valencia CF
Iraola	78	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Carlos Martinez	78	Spain	Real Sociedad
Arbeloa	77	Spain	Real Madrid
Carvajal	77	Spain	Real Madrid
Montoya	77	Spain	FC Barcelona
Cristian Sapunaru	76	Romania	Elche CF

 

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.

Juanfran is the players that best fits this aspect. The only other players that offer any type of competition are Jesús Gámez and Dani Alves.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Juanfran	81	Spain	Atlético de Madrid
Jesús Gámez	80	Spain	Málaga CF
Dani Alves	79	Brazil	FC Barcelona
Iraola	78	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Arbeloa	78	Spain	Real Madrid
Cristian Sapunaru	78	Romania	Elche CF
Sergio Sánchez	78	Spain	Málaga CF
Carlos Martinez	77	Spain	Real Sociedad
João Pereira	76	Portugal	Valencia CF
Antonio Rukavina	76	Serbia	Real Valladolid

 

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 Liga BBVA, Dani Alves is the fastest one. His team mate Montoya and the Portuguese João Pereira are the only ones that may be considered fast players.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Dani Alves	90	Brazil	FC Barcelona
Montoya	88	Spain	FC Barcelona
João Pereira	86	Portugal	Valencia CF
Juanfran	83	Spain	Atlético de Madrid
Carvajal	83	Spain	Real Madrid
Hugo Mallo	81	Spain	RC Celta de Vigo
Iraola	79	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Antonio Rukavina	78	Serbia	Real Valladolid
Valera	76	Spain	Getafe CF
Jesús Gámez	74	Spain	Málaga CF

 

Dani Alves is undoubtedly the best right back playing on Liga BBVA. He is the fastest one and has the best shooting, passing and dribbling. His weakest point is his heading but with a work rate high/low he will not be at the defence many times.

If you don’t have enough coins to buy him, choose Juanfran or João Pereira. They are very similar, but the Spanish defends better and the Portuguese attacks better. The only good reason for a such big difference in their prices is because one is a rare card and the other not.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Liga BBVA Right Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Liga BBVA Left Backs (LB e LWB)

 

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

A team’s left flank has even less options than the right but that doesn’t necessarily mean it has less quality. There are three players that stand out in this position: Marcelo, Jordi Alba and Filipe Luís.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
Marcelo	83	Brazil	Real Madrid
Filipe Luís	82	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid
Jordi Alba	82	Spain	FC Barcelona
Fábio Coentrão	79	Portugal	Real Madrid
Emiliano Insua	77	Argentina	Atlético de Madrid
Adriano	77	Brazil	FC Barcelona
Eliseu	76	Portugal	Málaga CF
Antunes	76	Portugal	Málaga CF
Damià	75	Spain	CA Osasuna
Fernando Navarro	75	Spain	Sevilla FC

 

Marcelo and Filipe Luis’ joint experience in the Liga BBVA, contribute decisively to make these two the two best defending left backs in the league.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Marcelo	81	Brazil	Real Madrid
Filipe Luís	81	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid
Emiliano Insua	80	Argentina	Atlético de Madrid
Jordi Alba	79	Spain	FC Barcelona
Fábio Coentrão	76	Portugal	Real Madrid
Adriano	76	Brazil	FC Barcelona
Damià	76	Spain	CA Osasuna
Fernando Navarro	76	Spain	Sevilla FC
Eliseu	75	Portugal	Málaga CF
Antunes	74	Portugal	Málaga CF

 

Jordi Alba is the fastest left back in the world. The second one also plays in Spain: Eliseu. They make their speed their biggest threat, differing from other players from this position. All of them are a lot slower.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Jordi Alba	92	Spain	FC Barcelona
Eliseu	89	Portugal	Málaga CF
Antunes	84	Portugal	Málaga CF
Filipe Luís	83	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid
Marcelo	82	Brazil	Real Madrid
Fábio Coentrão	81	Portugal	Real Madrid
Balenziaga	79	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Damià	78	Spain	CA Osasuna
De la Bella	78	Spain	Real Sociedad
Emiliano Insua	76	Argentina	Atlético de Madrid

 

To choose the best Left Back from Liga BBVA is a hard task. Marcelo is slightly better than Alba in almost every stats, but the pace of the Spanish player can make the difference many times. What he lacks in these attributes he highly compensates with his pace. Even so, our preference goes to Marcelo by being a more balanced player.

Of all the remaining players, Eliseu is our cheapest choice. He doesn’t have the same efficiency as the others we referred but he’s fast enough to cause some offensive damage and possesses a good work rate to support the defence. The also Portuguese Fábio Coentrão is an interesting player too.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Liga BBVA Left Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 La Liga Central 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 Busquets, Xabi, Khedira and Song over all other Liga BBVA central defensive midfielders is extremely clear.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Sergio Busquets	85	Spain	FC Barcelona
Xabi Alonso	85	Spain	Real Madrid
Sami Khedira	84	Germany	Real Madrid
Alexandre Song	83	Cameroon	FC Barcelona
Mario Suárez	79	Spain	Atlético de Madrid
Bruno	79	Spain	Villarreal CF
Javi Fuego	78	Spain	Valencia CF
Camacho	78	Spain	Málaga CF
Iborra	77	Spain	Sevilla FC
Iturraspe	77	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao

 

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 Khedira. Excepting Camacho, 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
Sami Khedira	84	Germany	Real Madrid
Sergio Busquets	83	Spain	FC Barcelona
Alexandre Song	83	Cameroon	FC Barcelona
Xabi Alonso	81	Spain	Real Madrid
Mario Suárez	80	Spain	Atlético de Madrid
Bruno	79	Spain	Villarreal CF
Javi Fuego	78	Spain	Valencia CF
Papa Kouli Diop	78	Senegal	Levante UD
Camacho	77	Spain	Málaga CF
Iborra	76	Spain	Sevilla 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.

There’s a lot of muscle between the central defensive midfielders of Liga BBVA. Once again, Khedira is the one that stands out. On the other hand there’s Iturra. The Chilean player rarely wins a physical brawl due to being the weakest central defensive midfielder from the main Spanish League.

 

STRONGEST CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Sami Khedira	89	Germany	Real Madrid
Alexandre Song	86	Cameroon	FC Barcelona
Papa Kouli Diop	86	Senegal	Levante UD
Iborra	85	Spain	Sevilla FC
Mario Suárez	84	Spain	Atlético de Madrid
Sergio Busquets	78	Spain	FC Barcelona
Xabi Alonso	77	Spain	Real Madrid
Javi Fuego	76	Spain	Valencia CF
Iturraspe	76	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Mikel Rico	76	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao

 

Out of all the choices that are necessary to make when creating a Liga BBVA team, the central defensive midfielder is probably the most difficult one. The four players with best ratings are the ones that can make this job with success. No other player can guarantee quality on the field.

Despite having the higher rating, Busquets is the the weakest from the four players. Xabi Alonso is amazing on ball control, passing and vision but he is not good on pace, stamina and other physical attributes. As we already showed, Khedira is the best central defensive midfielder in the most important attributes. However, it is not enough to make him our first choice. Our favourite is Song, who is almost as good as the German on defending, heading and strength. He has amazing physical stats and he is much faster than most of CDMs.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Liga BBVA Central Defensive Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 14 Liga BBVA 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 Liga BBVA midfield. Some of the world’s best footballers play there. It’s the case of the Spaniards Xavi, Iniesta and Fàbregas.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS
Xavi	89	Spain	FC Barcelona
Iniesta	89	Spain	FC Barcelona
Cesc Fàbregas	86	Spain	FC Barcelona
Luka Modric	85	Croatia	Real Madrid
Isco	84	Spain	Real Madrid
Beñat	82	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Xabi Prieto	81	Spain	Real Sociedad
Ivan Rakitic	81	Croatia	Sevilla FC
Koke	81	Spain	Atlético de Madrid
Verdú	80	Spain	Real Betis Balompié

 

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 Xavi, Iniesta and Fàbregas share the top table of the players with best passing skills, the first one stands out by being who does it better in whole world. In all leagues, only Pirlo may be compared with these three players in this attribute.

 

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Xavi	92	Spain	FC Barcelona
Iniesta	91	Spain	FC Barcelona
Cesc Fàbregas	90	Spain	FC Barcelona
Luka Modric	86	Croatia	Real Madrid
Xabi Prieto	86	Spain	Real Sociedad
Ivan Rakitic	86	Croatia	Sevilla FC
Beñat	84	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Trashorras	84	Spain	Rayo Vallecano
Koke	83	Spain	Atlético de Madrid
Granero	83	Spain	Real Sociedad

 

Iniesta and Xavi’s supremacy is also showed through their dribbling. Only Isco can be compared with these two players in this aspect.

 

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Iniesta	91	Spain	FC Barcelona
Isco	88	Spain	Real Madrid
Xavi	86	Spain	FC Barcelona
Luka Modric	86	Croatia	Real Madrid
Marko Marin	86	Germany	Sevilla FC
Adrián	85	Spain	Atlético de Madrid
Jonathan Viera	85	Spain	Rayo Vallecano
Ander Herrera	84	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Muniaín	84	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Cesc Fàbregas	82	Spain	FC Barcelona

 

Modric and Isco are cheaper players that can perform well their roles as central midfielders. The Croatian is a box to box player while the Spanish has natural attacking tendencies.

Our cheapest choice falls to Koke. Even though he isn’t good defensively, the Spanish is fast dribble and is a good passer.

 

Best FUT 14 Liga BBVA Central Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Liga BBVA 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 was in earlier seasons one of the strongest points of Liga BBVA based teams. The move of Navas to the BPL and the downgrade of Alexis Sánchez have weakened this position. The passage of Pedro from left to right side, came as a solution to this problem.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
Ángel Di María	86	Argentina	Real Madrid
Pedro	85	Spain	FC Barcelona
Alexis Sánchez	82	Chile	FC Barcelona
Carlos Vela	82	Mexico	Real Sociedad
Sofiane Feghouli	81	Algeria	Valencia CF
Patrick Ebert	80	Germany	Real Valladolid
Pedro León	79	Spain	Getafe CF
Lassane Bangoura	76	Guinea	Rayo Vallecano
Augusto Matías Fernández	76	Argentina	RC Celta de Vigo
Isaac Cuenca	75	Spain	FC Barcelona

 

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 Liga BBVA, only the young player Lassane Bangoura is faster than Di Maria. They are the only players with a pace over 90.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Lassane Bangoura	91	Guinea	Rayo Vallecano
Ángel Di María	90	Argentina	Real Madrid
Alexis Sánchez	87	Chile	FC Barcelona
Carlos Vela	86	Mexico	Real Sociedad
Pedro	84	Spain	FC Barcelona
Sofiane Feghouli	84	Algeria	Valencia CF
Patrick Ebert	80	Germany	Real Valladolid
Isaac Cuenca	77	Spain	FC Barcelona
Pedro León	76	Spain	Getafe CF
Augusto Matías Fernández	73	Argentina	RC Celta de Vigo

 

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 player gifted in dribbling, being Di Maria, Vela and Feghouli the best. The Argentine adds to the good dribble, the best crossing of whole FUT 14.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBLLING
Ángel Di María	86	Argentina	Real Madrid
Carlos Vela	86	Mexico	Real Sociedad
Sofiane Feghouli	86	Algeria	Valencia CF
Pedro	85	Spain	FC Barcelona
Alexis Sánchez	85	Chile	FC Barcelona
Lassane Bangoura	83	Guinea	Rayo Vallecano
Isaac Cuenca	83	Spain	FC Barcelona
Patrick Ebert	80	Germany	Real Valladolid
Pedro León	79	Spain	Getafe CF
Jose Carlos	77	Spain	Rayo Vallecano

 

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

Only Di Maria, Pedro Léon and Patrick Ebert offer good quality passing. Lassane Bangoura for example could’ve been an option to consider filling this slot in virtue of his fantastic pace, but he’s affected negatively for missing frequently passes to his more forward team mates.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Pedro León	84	Spain	Getafe CF
Ángel Di María	83	Argentina	Real Madrid
Patrick Ebert	83	Germany	Real Valladolid
Pedro	80	Spain	FC Barcelona
Jose Carlos	80	Spain	Rayo Vallecano
Sofiane Feghouli	77	Algeria	Valencia CF
Alexis Sánchez	74	Chile	FC Barcelona
Isaac Cuenca	74	Spain	FC Barcelona
Carlos Vela	73	Mexico	Real Sociedad
Augusto Matías Fernández	73	Argentina	RC Celta de Vigo

 

Di Maria and Pedro are clearly the most indicated players to occupy this position in a team without budget restraints. Our preference goes toward the Madrid’s winger that is the best on four of the six main attributes and help the defence more due to his work rates high/high.

From the most popular there’s also Alexis Sánchez. That even though has good stats, he is not much better than Vela or Feghouli, our economic choices.

 

Best FUT 14 Liga BBVA Right Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Liga BBVA Left Wingers (LM, LW e LF)

 

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

Cristiano Ronaldo is clearly the best player for this position. No one can be compared with him. The change of Iniesta to the central of the field, brought even more visibility to the Portuguese supremacy.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS
Cristiano Ronaldo	92	Portugal	Real Madrid
Arda Turan	84	Turkey	Atlético de Madrid
David Villa	83	Spain	Atlético de Madrid
Andrés Guardado	81	Mexico	Valencia CF
Antoine Griezmann	80	France	Real Sociedad
Cristian Rodríguez	80	Uruguay	Atlético de Madrid
Cristian Tello	79	Spain	FC Barcelona
Giovani dos Santos	79	Mexico	Villarreal CF
Ibrahim Afellay	79	Netherlands	FC Barcelona
Gonzalo Castro	79	Uruguay	Real Sociedad

 

Even though they’re fast, Cristian Tello and Andrés Guardado are far away from Ronaldo, the fastest left winger of the world.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PACE
Cristiano Ronaldo	93	Portugal	Real Madrid
Cristian Tello	89	Spain	FC Barcelona
Andrés Guardado	87	Mexico	Valencia CF
Giovani dos Santos	85	Mexico	Villarreal CF
Ibrahim Afellay	84	Netherlands	FC Barcelona
Gonzalo Castro	82	Uruguay	Real Sociedad
Antoine Griezmann	81	France	Real Sociedad
Diego Perotti	81	Argentina	Sevilla FC
Pizzi	81	Portugal	RCD Espanyol
Diego Castro	81	Spain	Getafe CF

 

Ronaldo is clearly the most highlighted left winger in this chapter. In the world, only Ribéry is better than him. Turan and Giovanni dos Santos have good dribbling too.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Cristiano Ronaldo	91	Portugal	Real Madrid
Arda Turan	88	Turkey	Atlético de Madrid
Giovani dos Santos	87	Mexico	Villarreal CF
David Villa	85	Spain	Atlético de Madrid
Diego Perotti	85	Argentina	Sevilla FC
Andrés Guardado	84	Mexico	Valencia CF
Antoine Griezmann	84	France	Real Sociedad
Cristian Tello	83	Spain	FC Barcelona
Ibrahim Afellay	83	Netherlands	FC Barcelona
Gonzalo Castro	83	Uruguay	Real Sociedad

 

Turan is clearly the best fitted passer between the remaining left wingers. His team mate Cristian Rodríguez is also better on passing than the super player Cristiano Ronaldo.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Arda Turan	84	Turkey	Atlético de Madrid
Cristian Rodríguez	80	Uruguay	Atlético de Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo	79	Portugal	Real Madrid
Andrés Guardado	78	Mexico	Valencia CF
Ibrahim Afellay	78	Netherlands	FC Barcelona
Antoine Griezmann	77	France	Real Sociedad
Simão	77	Portugal	RCD Espanyol
Giovani dos Santos	76	Mexico	Villarreal CF
Reyes	76	Spain	Sevilla FC
David Villa	74	Spain	Atlético de Madrid

 

Ronaldo is the most expensive player of the game. His price is prohibits him from lots of budgets, proving the worth of the player. He’s without a doubt the best Liga BBVA left winger and, for many people, the best player of the world. Among all the Liga BBVA left wingers, he is the one with better dribbling, pace, heading and shooting. But there is more: he has the best shooting of the game and he is one of the few that can perform any skill.

For those that don’t want to pay as many coins for the captain of Portuguese National Team they have David Villa, Turan and Guardado. Only Ronaldo is better than the Mexican player on the average of the the three most important attributes we considered. Turan is really great on passing and dribbling but too slow for this position. David Villa is the most expensive of these three players but not the better one. We suggest him for who is looking for a player with good shooting skills and a wonderful penalty taker. Physically he is too weak.

 

Best FUT 14 Liga BBVA Left Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Liga BBVA Forwards (CF e ST)

 

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

Three of the eight most expensive FUT 14 players are forwards that play on Liga BBVA, which shows very well the high quality for this position. The three times Golden Boot winner Lionel Messi is the player with the higher rating in the whole game. The big signings Neymar and Gareth Bale are the other two players.

 

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Lionel Messi	94	Argentina	FC Barcelona
Gareth Bale	87	Wales	Real Madrid
Karim Benzema	85	France	Real Madrid
Neymar	84	Brazil	FC Barcelona
Diego Costa	83	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid
Jonas	81	Brazil	Valencia CF
Rubén Castro	80	Spain	Real Betis Balompié
Aduriz	79	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Kévin Gameiro	78	France	Sevilla FC
Agirretxe	77	Spain	Real Sociedad
Hélder Postiga	77	Portugal	Valencia CF
Carlos Bacca	76	Colombia	Sevilla FC
Sergio García	76	Spain	RCD Espanyol
Roque Santa Cruz	76	Paraguay	Málaga CF
Morata	76	Spain	Real Madrid

 

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.

Lionel Messi is the second best shooter of FIFA 14 Ultimate Team. Only Cristiano Ronaldo is superior. Besides his team mate Neymar, Bale and Benzema possess an above average shot. This means the best forwards are the ones that best shooting.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER SHOOTING
Lionel Messi	89	Argentina	FC Barcelona
Gareth Bale	84	Wales	Real Madrid
Karim Benzema	82	France	Real Madrid
Neymar	80	Brazil	FC Barcelona
Diego Costa	78	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid
Jonas	78	Brazil	Valencia CF
Aduriz	76	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Kévin Gameiro	76	France	Sevilla FC
Charles	76	Brazil	RC Celta de Vigo
Rubén Castro	75	Spain	Real Betis Balompié
Carlos Bacca	74	Colombia	Sevilla FC
Sergio García	74	Spain	RCD Espanyol
Dorlan Pabón	74	Colombia	Valencia CF
Agirretxe	73	Spain	Real Sociedad
Manu Del Moral	73	Spain	Elche CF

 

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 four more popular only Bale and Benzema appears in the list of 10 forwards with better heading. Neymar is the second last of this list. Aduriz is the number one.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER HEADING
Aduriz	88	Spain	Athletic Club de Bilbao
Agirretxe	80	Spain	Real Sociedad
Jorge Molina	80	Spain	Real Betis Balompié
Diego Costa	78	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid
Hélder Postiga	77	Portugal	Valencia CF
Karim Benzema	76	France	Real Madrid
Roque Santa Cruz	75	Paraguay	Málaga CF
Gareth Bale	74	Wales	Real Madrid
Morata	74	Spain	Real Madrid
Charles	74	Brazil	RC Celta de Vigo
Carlos Bacca	70	Colombia	Sevilla FC
Leo Baptistao	70	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid
Lionel Messi	69	Argentina	FC Barcelona
Kévin Gameiro	68	France	Sevilla FC
Rubén Castro	66	Spain	Real Betis Balompié

 

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.

Bale and Neymar have brought more speed to the Liga BBVA forwards. Messi has now competition on this chapter. In a way, the 21 Forwards of this league are fast players, but not as fast as Bale. Among all the FUT 14 forwards, only Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is superior.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER PACE
Gareth Bale	93	Wales	Real Madrid
Lionel Messi	92	Argentina	FC Barcelona
Neymar	90	Brazil	FC Barcelona
Dorlan Pabón	85	Colombia	Valencia CF
Karim Benzema	84	France	Real Madrid
Rubén Castro	83	Spain	Real Betis Balompié
Diego Costa	82	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid
Manu Del Moral	82	Spain	Elche CF
Carlos Bacca	81	Colombia	Sevilla FC
Kévin Gameiro	80	France	Sevilla FC
Morata	77	Spain	Real Madrid
Leo Baptistao	77	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid
Jonas	76	Brazil	Valencia CF
Sergio García	76	Spain	RCD Espanyol
Hélder Postiga	75	Portugal	Valencia CF

 

Messi is the best Liga BBVA forward, without any discussion. However, he is extremely 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, Garth Bale is the most balanced one. He is very fast, has good dribbling and good defensive stats. He plays better as a CAM than as a ST. He has the best average between the three most important attributes we considered. Even better than Messi.

For those that don’t have the money to pay for him, there is a new player that came this season to spice up the Spanish League: Neymar. Even though he isn’t a cheap player, he should be one of the first choices of any player that doesn’t cross to the box all the time. Neymar is one of the few with 5 stars on skills and on weak foot.

Far from Benzema and Diego Costa quality, Rúben Castro is our cheapest choice. The Spanish may cause a lot of damage on the opponents defence. If you only want a cheap forward with good heading, choose Aduriz.

 
 

Best FUT 14 Liga BBVA Forwards

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Liga BBVA 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 100k budget and 4-3-3 with a 20k budget.

 
 
 

Team with Unlimited Budget

 

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• Budget

5,228 million coins (4,814k + 414k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s player was based on analysis made in the previous chapters.
In goal, Casillas is still our favourite. In centre back position, Pepe wins over Piqué in the first squad because the Spanish pace and his work rates may compromises the team in fast attacks. Sergio Ramos is unquestionable and he already has a risky high/medium work rate. We suggest to use Piqué only on formations that use 5 defenders. The full backs chosen were fast enough and equally balanced. Dani Alves is the only good choice for the right side, while on the left side Marcelo should only be passed over in favour of Alba for those who want even more speed.
The two wingers are untouchable, the same happens with Messi in the attack. Neymar is not in this team because in this formation we believe that Bale is better than him as a ST and Iniesta as a CAM. For those that don’t cross to the head or for those who wants a fastest midfield, Neymar can take the place of Bale or Iniesta. Xavi can also be placed on a high quality midfield.

 
 
 

100K Budget Team

 




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• First Squad

GK: Diego Alves (1k)
RB: João Pereira (0.5k)
CBR: Pepe (1.5k)
CBL: Piqué (6k)
LB: Jordi Alba (7k)
RM: Pedro (6k)
CMR: Cesc Fàbregas (20k)
CML: Alexandre Song (1k)
LM: Andrés Guardado (0.7k)
STR: Karim Benzema (21k)
STL: Diego Costa (9k)

• Substitutes and Reserves

GK: Thibaut Courtois (1.5k)
RB: Juanfran (1k)
CB: Miranda (1k)
CB: Rapahel Varane (1k)
LB: Filipe Luís (2k)
RM: Alexis Sánchez (2.5k)
CM: Isco (8k)
CM: Luka Modric (7k)
LM: Arda Turan (1k)
ST: Ruben Castro (0.7k)
ST: Aduriz (0.6k)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

• Budget

100k coins (73,7k + 26,3k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapter.
In goal, Diego Alves is a cheaper alternative to Casillas. In the defence Piqué takes the place of Sergio Ramos. If you don’t feel safe with his pace and work rates, give a try to Miranda.
The full backs are still very fast but much cheaper.
On the midfield, Fàbregas 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 Song, but if you want to try something more risky, try Modric. Pedro and Guardado are to us the best choices to the wings while on the attack we suggest the Benzema and Diego Costa.

 
 
 

20K Budget Team

 




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• First Squad

GK: Diego Alves (1k)
RB: João Pereira (0.5k)
CBR: Pepe (1.5k)
CBL: Miranda (1k)
LB: Filipe Luís (2k)
CMR: Ander Herrera (0.8k)
CM: Alexandre Song (1k)
CML: Koke (0.9k)
RW: Carlos Vela (1k)
LW: Andrés Guardado (0.7k)
ST: Ruben Castro (0.7k)

• Substitutes and Reserves

GK: Claudio Bravo (0.7k)
RB: Montoya (0.6k)
CB: Raphael Varane (1k)
CB: Iñigo Martinez (0.4k)
LB: Eliseu (0.5k)
CM: Sami Khedira (1k)
CM: Marko Marin (0.6k)
CM: Beñat (0.7k)
RW: Sofiane Feghouli (0.6k)
LW: Arda Turan (1k)
ST: Aduriz (0.6k)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

• Budget

18.8k coins (11.1k + 7.7k)

• Summary

The choice for this team’s players was based on analysis made in the previous chapter.
In goal Diego Alves is a true penny saver. In front of him, Pepe and Miranda close the path to goal with the precious help of Song. The Barcelona’s 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. João Pereira and Luís Filipe are the full backs. They are both a case of good value for money. The biggest new of this team is the double Koke / Herrera that with their pace, dribbling, and above average passing give width to the attack. On the last third of the field, Vela and Guardado are great players that support the striker Ruben Castro. For who likes to cross to the box, Aduriz is a better option. This position is the one that, for who have more coins, should invest. Diego Costa, 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 Liga BBVA has the better average ratings. Because of that it’s more prone to allow the build-up of hybrid teams with other leagues. The team with greatest quality is the result of the combination of BBVA and BPL. David Silva, Mata, Navas, Soldado, Negredo and Torres are key players in this connection. There are also Belgium defenders like Kompany that can connect really well with Thibaut Courtois and let’s not forget that there is also the perfect connection between Aguero and Messi.

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

On an inferior level, the BBVA still connects reasonably with other leagues, especially with the Serie A (Llorente, Joaquín, Valero, Tevez, Higuain, Milito).

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 Liga BBVA squad.