Liga BBVA Squad Guide for FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 
 

For all those players that plan to build an FUT 15 team based on the Liga BBVA, we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best players.

Here is our guide to the top Spanish league in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team.

 
 
 

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Liga BBVA
Goalkeepers
Centre Backs
Right Backs
Left Backs
Central Defensive Midfielders
Central Midfielders
Right Midfielders
Left Midfielders
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Introduction to the FUT 15 Liga BBVA Guide

 

Building a team is the biggest challenge on FIFA 15 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 15. 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. The most popular leagues are the Brazilian league and the Barclays Premier 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 15 Ultimate Team based on players from the Liga BBVA. Even the players that have a La Liga 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 15 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 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 15 Ultimate Team Liga BBVA teams are suggested, the prices considered are the ones of the date of the guide’s publication: November 2014. It’s natural that the prices have suffered some peaks and troughs throughout the season, so they should only be considered as guiding prices.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Liga BBVA

 

Arguably no league has as good players as the main football competition in Spain. The qualification for the champion is made through the points system. Whichever team gathers the most points wins the league. The first four classified gain access to the champions league in the following year, while the fifth and sixth qualify for the Europa League and the last three trade places with the first two promoted from 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. However, it was Atlético de Madrid (10) that won the the title last season. Atlético de Bilbao (8), Valência (6) and Real Sociedad (2) were the other teams that have won the league more than once, while Deportivo la Coruna, Real Bétis and Sevilla only won the title once.

As of last season, the Liga BBVA lost some good players such as Ander Herrera (Manchester United), Filipe Luis, Fábregas, Thibaut Courtois and Diego Costa (Chelsea), David Villa (New York City FC), Alex Song (West Ham), Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal), Xabi Alonso (Bayern FC), Puyol (retired), Valdés, Guardado (PSV), Diego López and Adil Rami (AC Milan), Bojan (Stoke City), Morata (Juventus), Tello, Arián and Brahimi (FC Porto), Diego (Fenerbahce) and Fazio (Tottenham). But, the biggest transfers out were Angel Di Maria from European Champions Real Madrid to Manchester United for 75 million Euros.

These transfers didn’t necessarily make the Liga BBVA weaker. The Spanish teams spent more than 400 million Euros on strong reinforcements: Cerci, Ansaldi, Oblak and Mandzukic (Atlético de Madrid), Douglas, Vermaelen and M. Ter Stegen (Barcelona), Javier Hernandez, K. Navas and Kroos (Real Madrid), Negredo, Rodrigo, André Gomes and Otamendi (Valência). But the biggest signings of the season happened in Madrid and Barcelona. James Rodriguez and Luis Suárez have joined La Liga for 160 million Euros, almost half of the all money spent by the all Liga BBVA clubs this season.

There are many great player choices to make which will make an even better team for you to aim to build. 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.

LIGA BBVA

Total Players: 493
Gold Players: 181
Average Rating (Global): 73
Average Price: 27k

Best New Cards:
Luis Suárez
James Rodriguez
Kroos

Highest Upgrades:
Yoel (11)
Denis Suarez (11)
Cristian Herrera (10)

Highest Downgrades:
Míchel (-5)
Sergio Araujo (-5)
Martí (-5)
Adrián Lopez (-5)
Lopo (-4)
Álvaro (-4)
Iñigo Pérez /-4)

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 15 Liga BBVA 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.

The goalkeepers with most prestige in the Liga BBVA are the stalwart Iker Casillas, the new signing Marc-André ter Stegen and the Chilean National team goalkeeper Claudio Bravo. With having the best rating they are also the most searched for by this league’s teams so this makes them more expensive.

 

MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPERS
Casillas	84	Real Madrid	Spain
Claudio Bravo	83	FC Barcelona	Chile
Marc-André ter Stegen	82	FC Barcelona	Germany
Beto	81	Sevilla FC	Portugal
Diego Alves	81	Valencia CF	Brazil
Guillermo Ochoa	80	Málaga CF	Mexico
Kiko Casilla	80	RCD Espanyol	Spain
Keylor Navas	79	Real Madrid	Costa Rica
Guaita	79	Getafe CF	Spain
Sergio Asenjo	79	Villarreal CF	Spain

 

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 Diego Alves and Casillas.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Diego Alves	88	Valencia CF	Brazil
Casillas	87	Real Madrid	Spain
Claudio Bravo	85	FC Barcelona	Chile
Marc-André ter Stegen	83	FC Barcelona	Germany
Guillermo Ochoa	83	Málaga CF	Mexico
Przemysław Tytoń	83	Elche CF	Poland
Beto	82	Sevilla FC	Portugal
Kiko Casilla	82	RCD Espanyol	Spain
Sergio Asenjo	82	Villarreal CF	Spain
Keylor Navas	81	Real Madrid	Costa Rica

 

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

Diego Alves is also the best one with this attribute, with a slight advantage over Casillas.

 

GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING
Diego Alves	88	Valencia CF	Brazil
Casillas	87	Real Madrid	Spain
Claudio Bravo	85	FC Barcelona	Chile
Marc-André ter Stegen	83	FC Barcelona	Germany
Guillermo Ochoa	83	Málaga CF	Mexico
Przemysław Tytoń	83	Elche CF	Poland
Beto	82	Sevilla FC	Portugal
Kiko Casilla	82	RCD Espanyol	Spain
Sergio Asenjo	82	Villarreal CF	Spain
Keylor Navas	81	Real Madrid	Costa Rica

 

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 Casilla’s weak point. Even though he can’t be considered a short goalkeeper, the truth is he’s 9 cm short of the mighty Przemysław Tytoń, this gold goalkeeper holds the title of tallest Liga BBVA Goalkeeper. None of the top goalkeepers has 1,90m or more.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Przemysław Tytoń	194	Elche CF	Poland
Kiko Casilla	191	RCD Espanyol	Spain
Iraizoz	191	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Guaita	190	Getafe CF	Spain
Marc-André ter Stegen	189	FC Barcelona	Germany
Moyá	189	Atlético Madrid	Spain
Gerónimo Rulli	189	Real Sociedad	Argentina
Diego Alves	188	Valencia CF	Brazil
Jan Oblak	188	Atlético Madrid	Slovenia

 

The choice for the best Liga BBVA goalkeeper on FIFA 15 Ultimate Team is easy.

In our opinion, even though he was downgraded again, 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, Claudio Bravo is the number two. He is the La Liga goalkeeper with highest total stats. Diego Alves is the best alternative to these players. Despite not having good positioning and decent handling, he is one of the best in the world in the two more important attributes. He is a huge bargain.

 
 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA Goalkeeper

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

FUT 15 La Liga 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.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE BACKS
Sergio Ramos	87	Real Madrid	Spain
Diego Godín	85	Atlético Madrid	Uruguay
Piqué	84	FC Barcelona	Spain
Diego Godín	84	Atlético Madrid	Uruguay
Miranda	84	Atlético Madrid	Brazil
Javier Mascherano	83	FC Barcelona	Argentina
Pepe	83	Real Madrid	Portugal
Miranda	83	Atlético Madrid	Brazil
Raphaël Varane	81	Real Madrid	France
Aymeric Laporte	81	Athletic Bilbao	France

 

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

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Sergio Ramos	87	Real Madrid	Spain
Piqué	86	FC Barcelona	Spain
Diego Godín	86	Atlético Madrid	Uruguay
Javier Mascherano	84	FC Barcelona	Argentina
Nicolás Otamendi	84	Valencia CF	Argentina
Pepe	84	Real Madrid	Portugal
Miranda	84	Atlético Madrid	Brazil
Raphaël Varane	83	Real Madrid	France
Aymeric Laporte	83	Athletic Bilbao	France
Iñigo Martínez	82	Real Sociedad	Spain

 

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 Pepe, Sergio Ramos and Mikel Gonzalez are the strongest ones.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BETTER PHYSICAL
Pepe	83	Real Madrid	Portugal
Sergio Ramos	82	Real Madrid	Spain
Mikel Gonzalez	82	Real Sociedad	Spain
Jérémy Mathieu	81	FC Barcelona	France
Gurpegi	81	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Javier Mascherano	80	FC Barcelona	Argentina
Aymeric Laporte	80	Athletic Bilbao	France
Iñigo Martínez	80	Real Sociedad	Spain
Miranda	79	Atlético Madrid	Brazil
Víctor Ruíz	79	Villarreal CF	Spain

 

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.

The Madrid players are the fastest in Liga BBVA and some of the fastest in the world. But there are other fast players in La Liga. Pepe and Miranda are also fast players and possess good attributes, both players are a viable option for a defence based on the Liga BBVA.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Sergio Ramos	79	Real Madrid	Spain
Miranda	76	Atlético Madrid	Brazil
Raphaël Varane	76	Real Madrid	France
Jérémy Mathieu	76	FC Barcelona	France
Iñigo Martínez	76	Real Sociedad	Spain
Pepe	73	Real Madrid	Portugal
Thomas Vermaelen	71	FC Barcelona	Belgium
Marc Bartra	70	FC Barcelona	Spain
Javier Mascherano	69	FC Barcelona	Argentina
Mateo Musacchio	69	Villarreal CF	Argentina

 

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. He is the better in 3 of 6 main attributes.

Pepe and Miranda are without a doubt good players for this position but there are other cheaper solutions. Like, Jérémy Mathieu. He has the second best total points score.

 
 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA Centre Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 15 Liga BBVA Right Backs (RB and 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.

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	83	FC Barcelona	Brazil
Iraola	80	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Juanfran	79	Atlético Madrid	Spain
João Pereira	79	Valencia CF	Portugal
Carvajal	79	Real Madrid	Spain
Arbeloa	79	Real Madrid	Spain
Jesús Gámez	78	Atlético Madrid	Spain
De Marcos	78	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Coke	78	Sevilla FC	Spain
Montoya	77	FC Barcelona	Spain

 

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 our opinion, Dani Alves is the best right back of Liga BBVA but there are four Spanish players who defend better than him.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Iraola	79	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Arbeloa	79	Real Madrid	Spain
Jesús Gámez	78	Atlético Madrid	Spain
Carlos Martínez	78	Real Sociedad	Spain
Dani Alves	76	FC Barcelona	Brazil
Juanfran	76	Atlético Madrid	Spain
Carvajal	76	Real Madrid	Spain
Coke	76	Sevilla FC	Spain
João Pereira	75	Valencia CF	Portugal
Allan-Roméo Nyom	75	Granada CF	Cameroon

 

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.

De Marcos has changed his position to be the fastest FUT 15 right back playing in La Liga. Dani Alves, his team mate Montoya and the Portuguese João Pereira are the only ones that may also be considered fast players.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
De Marcos	90	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Montoya	88	FC Barcelona	Spain
Dani Alves	86	FC Barcelona	Brazil
João Pereira	85	Valencia CF	Portugal
Juanfran	83	Atlético Madrid	Spain
Carvajal	83	Real Madrid	Spain
Allan-Roméo Nyom	80	Granada CF	Cameroon
Iraola	79	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Hugo Mallo	79	Celta Vigo	Spain
Coke	78	Sevilla FC	Spain

 

Dani Alves is undoubtedly the best right back playing on Liga BBVA. He is one of the fastest right backs and has the best shooting, passing and dribbling. His weakest point is his work rate high/low. He is the only right back with a low defensive work rate. For many gamers, he is too attacking.

If you don’t have enough coins to buy him, choose De Marcos. He has poor defensive stats but he is really fast and strong, which may be important too. If you are looking for someone with better defensive skills, you can try João Pereira, Juanfran or Carajal.

 
 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA Right Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA Left Backs (LB e LWB)

 

Left backs have exactly the same role of their team mates on the other flank. In other words, they try to make a winger’s job hard and participate in 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 two players that stand out in this position: Marcelo and Jordi Alba.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
Marcelo	82	Real Madrid	Brazil
Jordi Alba	81	FC Barcelona	Spain
Fábio Coentrão	79	Real Madrid	Portugal
Benoît Trémoulinas	77	Sevilla FC	France
Siqueira	77	Atlético Madrid	Brazil
Emiliano Insua	77	Rayo Vallecano	Argentina
Balenziaga	77	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Cristian Ansaldi	77	Atlético Madrid	Argentina
Antunes	76	Málaga CF	Portugal
Fernando Navarro	76	Sevilla FC	Spain

 

Now that Filipe Luis has moved, Alba, Insua and Navarro are the three left backs with better defensive skills.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER DEFENDING
Jordi Alba	78	FC Barcelona	Spain
Emiliano Insua	78	Rayo Vallecano	Argentina
Fernando Navarro	78	Sevilla FC	Spain
Marcelo	77	Real Madrid	Brazil
Cristian Ansaldi	75	Atlético Madrid	Argentina
Fábio Coentrão	75	Real Madrid	Portugal
Siqueira	74	Atlético Madrid	Brazil
Balenziaga	74	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Antunes	73	Málaga CF	Portugal
Benoît Trémoulinas	73	Sevilla FC	France

 

Jordi Alba is the fastest left back in the world. He makes his speed his biggest threat, differing from other players from this position. All of them are a lot slower.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BETTER PACE
Jordi Alba	92	FC Barcelona	Spain
Cristian Ansaldi	84	Atlético Madrid	Argentina
Antunes	84	Málaga CF	Portugal
Benoît Trémoulinas	84	Sevilla FC	France
Marcelo	81	Real Madrid	Brazil
Fábio Coentrão	80	Real Madrid	Portugal
Emiliano Insua	78	Rayo Vallecano	Argentina
Siqueira	78	Atlético Madrid	Brazil
Balenziaga	78	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
De la Bella	77	Real Sociedad	Spain

 

To choose the best Left Back from Liga BBVA is a hard task. Marcelo is slightly better than Alba in almost every stat, but the pace of the Spanish player can make the difference many times. Especially in FIFA 15. What he lacks in these attributes he highly compensates with his pace. That’s the main reason why we consider him the best Liga BBVA left back.

Of all the remaining players, Fábio Coentrão is probably the most interesting one. However, Cristian Ansaldi is our cheapest choice. He doesn’t have the same efficiency as the others we referred too but he’s fast enough to cause some offensive damage and possesses decent skills.

 
 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA Left Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA Central Defensive Midfielder (CDM)

 

Many of the FIFA 15 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 and Khedira over all other Liga BBVA central defensive midfielders is extremely clear.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Sergio Busquets	85	FC Barcelona	Spain
Sami Khedira	84	Real Madrid	Germany
Iturraspe	80	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Grzegorz Krychowiak	79	Sevilla FC	Poland
Iborra	79	Sevilla FC	Spain
Manuel Iturra	78	Granada CF	Chile
Javi Fuego	78	Valencia CF	Spain
Camacho	78	Málaga CF	Spain
José Cañas	77	RCD Espanyol	Spain
Markel Bergara	77	Real Sociedad	Spain
Mohamed Sissoko	76	Levante UD	Mali
Daniel Carriço	76	Sevilla FC	Portugal
Papa Kouli Diop	76	Levante UD	Senegal
Fausto Rossi	75	Córdoba CF	Italy

 

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.

The CDM with best defending stats is Khedira. Besides that, he is also one of the players 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	83	Real Madrid	Germany
Sergio Busquets	81	FC Barcelona	Spain
Grzegorz Krychowiak	80	Sevilla FC	Poland
Daniel Carriço	79	Sevilla FC	Portugal
Iborra	78	Sevilla FC	Spain
Camacho	76	Málaga CF	Spain
Iturraspe	75	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
José Cañas	75	RCD Espanyol	Spain
Papa Kouli Diop	74	Levante UD	Senegal
Javi Fuego	74	Valencia CF	Spain
Markel Bergara	74	Real Sociedad	Spain
Manuel Iturra	74	Granada CF	Chile
Mohamed Sissoko	71	Levante UD	Mali
Fausto Rossi	69	Córdoba CF	Italy

 

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.

There’s a lot of muscle between the central defensive midfielders of Liga BBVA. Once again, Khedira is the one that stands out. Only Grzegorz Krychowiak has better physical than him. On the other hand there’s Fausto Rossi. The Italian player rarely wins a physical brawl due to being the weakest central defensive midfielder from the main Spanish League.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER PHYSICAL
Grzegorz Krychowiak	87	Sevilla FC	Poland
Sami Khedira	86	Real Madrid	Germany
Mohamed Sissoko	84	Levante UD	Mali
Iborra	83	Sevilla FC	Spain
Papa Kouli Diop	82	Levante UD	Senegal
Daniel Carriço	81	Sevilla FC	Portugal
Camacho	81	Málaga CF	Spain
Javi Fuego	81	Valencia CF	Spain
Sergio Busquets	80	FC Barcelona	Spain
Markel Bergara	78	Real Sociedad	Spain
Iturraspe	77	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
José Cañas	74	RCD Espanyol	Spain
Manuel Iturra	74	Granada CF	Chile
Fausto Rossi	62	Córdoba CF	Italy

 

The two players with best ratings are the ones that can make this job with success. No other player can guarantee quality on the field.

Khedira is our favourite. He is strong, aggressive and he offers much more defensive security. He has better work rates for that. He is the best central defensive midfielder in the most important attributes. Busquets is more tactical, better on the ball and play better in the opposite midfield.

For those who want an element that offer defensive solidity to the team for a low price, Grzegorz Krychowiak is a very interesting choice. He is our economic choice.

 
 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA Central Defensive Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA Centre Midfielders (CM e 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.

There is many quality in the Liga BBVA midfield. Some of the world’s best footballers play there. It’s the case of Xavi, Iniesta, Modric and James Rodriguez.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE MIDFIELDERS
Iniesta	89	FC Barcelona	Spain
Luka Modrić	87	Real Madrid	Croatia
James Rodríguez	86	Real Madrid	Colombia
Xavi	86	FC Barcelona	Spain
Toni Kroos	85	Real Madrid	Germany
Ivan Rakitić	83	FC Barcelona	Croatia
Isco	83	Real Madrid	Spain
Gabi	82	Atlético Madrid	Spain
Parejo	80	Valencia CF	Spain
Beñat	80	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Tiago	80	Atlético Madrid	Portugal
Éver Banega	80	Sevilla FC	Argentina
Mario Suárez	79	Atlético Madrid	Spain
Bruno	79	Villarreal CF	Spain
Xabi Prieto	79	Real Sociedad	Spain

 

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.

Even though Kroos and Iniesta have a great passing stat, Xavi is the one who does it better in whole world. In all leagues, only Pirlo may be compared with these three players in this attribute.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Xavi	91	FC Barcelona	Spain
Iniesta	89	FC Barcelona	Spain
Toni Kroos	89	Real Madrid	Germany
Ivan Rakitić	87	FC Barcelona	Croatia
Parejo	86	Valencia CF	Spain
Luka Modrić	85	Real Madrid	Croatia
James Rodríguez	84	Real Madrid	Colombia
Trashorras	84	Rayo Vallecano	Spain
Éver Banega	83	Sevilla FC	Argentina
Beñat	83	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Isco	82	Real Madrid	Spain
Xabi Prieto	82	Real Sociedad	Spain
Granero	82	Real Sociedad	Spain
Illarramendi	80	Real Madrid	Spain
Gabi	80	Atlético Madrid	Spain

 

La Liga players supremacy is also showed through their dribbling. Iniesta and Modric are the two of the best dribblers in the world.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Iniesta	91	FC Barcelona	Spain
Luka Modrić	89	Real Madrid	Croatia
Isco	86	Real Madrid	Spain
Xavi	85	FC Barcelona	Spain
James Rodríguez	85	Real Madrid	Colombia
Toni Kroos	84	Real Madrid	Germany
Éver Banega	82	Sevilla FC	Argentina
Rafinha	82	FC Barcelona	Brazil
Ivan Rakitić	81	FC Barcelona	Croatia
Sergio Canales	80	Real Sociedad	Spain
Jonas	80	Valencia CF	Brazil
Víctor Rodríguez	80	Elche CF	Spain
Parejo	78	Valencia CF	Spain
Xabi Prieto	78	Real Sociedad	Spain
Bueno	78	Rayo Vallecano	Spain

 

Iniesta and Xavi are the two best players in the attributes that we consider most important in this position. However, our preferences goes to James Rodriguez and Modric. They are much more balanced midfielders. James is one of the fastest players and with better shooting while the Croatian is a box to box player. Kroos is too slow for this game.

Rakitic and Isco are cheaper players that can perform well their roles as centre midfielders.

Our cheapest choice falls to Éver Banega.

 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA Centre Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 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 Di Maria and Alexis Sánchez to the BPL have weakened this position. However, the passage of Gareth Bale from center to right side, came as a solution to this problem.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
Gareth Bale	87	Real Madrid	Wales
Carlos Vela	82	Real Sociedad	Mexico
Sofiane Feghouli	81	Valencia CF	Algeria
Susaeta	80	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Pedro León	79	Getafe CF	Spain
Raúl García	79	Atlético Madrid	Spain
Deulofeu	79	Sevilla FC	Spain
Reyes	77	Sevilla FC	Spain
Piti	77	Granada CF	Spain
Lassane Bangoura	77	Rayo Vallecano	Guinea

 

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 Liga BBVA is extremely well served in this chapter. Four gold players have pace over 90, being the highlighted Gareth Bale.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Gareth Bale	94	Real Madrid	Wales
Deulofeu	91	Sevilla FC	Spain
Lassane Bangoura	91	Rayo Vallecano	Guinea
Aleix	91	Sevilla FC	Spain
Carlos Vela	86	Real Sociedad	Mexico
Susaeta	85	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Sofiane Feghouli	85	Valencia CF	Algeria
Nabil El Zhar	81	Levante UD	Morocco
Pedro León	75	Getafe CF	Spain
Portillo	75	Málaga CF	Spain

 

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 Deulofeu and Sofiane Feghouli the best.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBLLING
Sofiane Feghouli	86	Valencia CF	Algeria
Deulofeu	86	Sevilla FC	Spain
Carlos Vela	85	Real Sociedad	Mexico
Gareth Bale	84	Real Madrid	Wales
Lassane Bangoura	83	Rayo Vallecano	Guinea
Reyes	81	Sevilla FC	Spain
Nabil El Zhar	81	Levante UD	Morocco
Susaeta	80	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Piti	79	Granada CF	Spain
Portillo	79	Málaga CF	Spain

 

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 Gareth Bale and Pedro Léon offer good quality passing. Aleix and Lassane Bangoura, for example, could’ve been an option to consider filling this slot in virtue of their fantastic pace, but they are affected negatively for missing frequently passes to their more forward team mates.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Pedro León	84	Getafe CF	Spain
Gareth Bale	83	Real Madrid	Wales
Raúl García	80	Atlético Madrid	Spain
Susaeta	79	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Reyes	78	Sevilla FC	Spain
Sofiane Feghouli	75	Valencia CF	Algeria
Carlos Vela	74	Real Sociedad	Mexico
Piti	74	Granada CF	Spain
Portillo	74	Málaga CF	Spain
Nabil El Zhar	70	Levante UD	Morocco

 

Gareth Bale is clearly the most indicated players to occupy this position in a team without budget restraints. He is the one with better pace, shooting and physical. is the third name in our list.

For those that can’t pay so many coins, Carlos Vela may be an option. However, Sofiane Feghouli is much cheaper and almost as good as the Mexican player. That’s why he is our economic choice.

 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA Right Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Liga BBVA Left Wingers (LM, LW e LF)

 

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

Cristiano Ronaldo is clearly the best player for this position. Not only in the Liga BBVA, but in the whole world. Not even the change of Neymar to the left side of the field, brought less visibility to the Portuguese supremacy.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS
Cristiano Ronaldo	92	Real Madrid	Portugal
Neymar	86	FC Barcelona	Brazil
Arda Turan	84	Atlético Madrid	Turkey
Pedro	83	FC Barcelona	Spain
Koke	82	Atlético Madrid	Spain
Antoine Griezmann	82	Atlético Madrid	France
Muniaín	80	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Cristian Rodríguez	79	Atlético Madrid	Uruguay
Ibai Gómez	79	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Pablo Piatti	78	Valencia CF	Argentina

 

Even though they’re fast, Nordin Amrabat and Neymar are far away from Ronaldo, the fastest gold left winger of the world.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PACE
Cristiano Ronaldo	93	Real Madrid	Portugal
Neymar	90	FC Barcelona	Brazil
Nordin Amrabat	88	Málaga CF	Morocco
Muniaín	87	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Jesé Rodríguez	87	Real Madrid	Spain
Pablo Piatti	87	Valencia CF	Argentina
Montañés	86	RCD Espanyol	Spain
Antoine Griezmann	85	Atlético Madrid	France
Pedro	84	FC Barcelona	Spain
Ibai Gómez	82	Athletic Bilbao	Spain

 

Ronaldo and Neymar are clearly the most highlighted left wingers in this chapter. In the world, only Ribéry and Hazard have as good dribbling skills as these two BBVA players. Turan and Pedro have good dribbling too.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER DRIBBLING
Neymar	92	FC Barcelona	Brazil
Cristiano Ronaldo	91	Real Madrid	Portugal
Arda Turan	86	Atlético Madrid	Turkey
Muniaín	85	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Pedro	84	FC Barcelona	Spain
Jesé Rodríguez	83	Real Madrid	Spain
Antoine Griezmann	83	Atlético Madrid	France
Ibai Gómez	83	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Diego Castro	82	Getafe CF	Spain
Nolito	82	Celta Vigo	Spain

 

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

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BETTER PASSING
Koke	85	Atlético Madrid	Spain
Arda Turan	83	Atlético Madrid	Turkey
Cristiano Ronaldo	81	Real Madrid	Portugal
Andreas Ivanschitz	79	Levante UD	Austria
Pedro	78	FC Barcelona	Spain
Cristian Rodríguez	78	Atlético Madrid	Uruguay
Antoine Griezmann	76	Atlético Madrid	France
Vitolo	76	Sevilla FC	Spain
Nolito	74	Celta Vigo	Spain
Pablo Piatti	73	Valencia CF	Argentina

 

Ronaldo is the most expensive player in the game. His price 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 in the world. Among all the Liga BBVA left wingers, he is the one with better pace 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, the alternative is Neymar. The Brazilian is also very expensive.

Turan, Griezmann and Pedro are decent players by a much more fair price. Turan, the cheapest of the three, is almost as good as the others and for that reason our economic choice. He is really great on passing and dribbling but a bit slow, so be sure to apply him a chemistry style to boost the pace.

 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA Left Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Liga BBVA Forwards (CF and ST)

 

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

Two of the three most expensive FUT 15 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 highest rating in the whole game.

 

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Lionel Messi	93	FC Barcelona	Argentina
Luis Suárez	89	FC Barcelona	Uruguay
Karim Benzema	85	Real Madrid	France
Negredo	83	Valencia CF	Spain
Mario Mandžukić	83	Atlético Madrid	Croatia
Javier Hernández	81	Real Madrid	Mexico
Giovani dos Santos	81	Villarreal CF	Mexico
Carlos Bacca	81	Sevilla FC	Colombia
Rodrigo	80	Valencia CF	Spain
Alessio Cerci	80	Atlético Madrid	Italy
Aduriz	80	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Kévin Gameiro	79	Sevilla FC	France
Ikechukwu Uche	78	Villarreal CF	Nigeria
Agirretxe	77	Real Sociedad	Spain
Roque Santa Cruz	76	Málaga CF	Paraguay

 

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 and Luis Suárez are the BBVA forwards with better shooting. This means the best forwards are the ones that are best at shooting.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER SHOOTING
Lionel Messi	89	FC Barcelona	Argentina
Luis Suárez	87	FC Barcelona	Uruguay
Karim Benzema	84	Real Madrid	France
Negredo	83	Valencia CF	Spain
Mario Mandžukić	82	Atlético Madrid	Croatia
Javier Hernández	80	Real Madrid	Mexico
Giovani dos Santos	81	Villarreal CF	Mexico
Carlos Bacca	82	Sevilla FC	Colombia
Rodrigo	80	Valencia CF	Spain
Alessio Cerci	78	Atlético Madrid	Italy
Aduriz	81	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Kévin Gameiro	79	Sevilla FC	France
Ikechukwu Uche	78	Villarreal CF	Nigeria
Agirretxe	75	Real Sociedad	Spain
Roque Santa Cruz	74	Málaga CF	Paraguay

 

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.

That’s here where we see that Manzukic is a great player. Lionel Messi and Javier Hérnandez, for example, are in the bottom of this list.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER PHYSICAL
Mario Mandžukić	87	Atlético Madrid	Croatia
Felipe Caicedo	84	RCD Espanyol	Ecuador
Nabil Ghilas	82	Córdoba CF	Algeria
Negredo	82	Valencia CF	Spain
Luis Suárez	79	FC Barcelona	Uruguay
Aduriz	78	Athletic Bilbao	Spain
Roque Santa Cruz	76	Málaga CF	Paraguay
Karim Benzema	74	Real Madrid	France
Alessio Cerci	74	Atlético Madrid	Italy
Agirretxe	74	Real Sociedad	Spain
Hélder Postiga	74	RC Deportivo	Portugal
Ikechukwu Uche	74	Villarreal CF	Nigeria
Rodrigo	71	Valencia CF	Spain
Charles	70	Celta Vigo	Brazil
Raul Rusescu	69	Sevilla FC	Romania

 

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.

Cerci and Rodrigo have brought more speed to the Liga BBVA forwards. Messi has now competition on this chapter. In the whole game, the only striker faster than him is Oduro.

 

FORWARDS WITH BETTER PACE
Lionel Messi	93	FC Barcelona	Argentina
Alessio Cerci	87	Atlético Madrid	Italy
Giovani dos Santos	86	Villarreal CF	Mexico
Rodrigo	86	Valencia CF	Spain
Javier Hernández	86	Real Madrid	Mexico
Ikechukwu Uche	86	Villarreal CF	Nigeria
Karim Benzema	84	Real Madrid	France
Luis Suárez	83	FC Barcelona	Uruguay
Iago Aspas	82	Sevilla FC	Spain
Carlos Bacca	81	Sevilla FC	Colombia
Kévin Gameiro	80	Sevilla FC	France
Manu Del Moral	79	SD Eibar	Spain
Mario Mandžukić	75	Atlético Madrid	Croatia
Nabil Ghilas	75	Córdoba CF	Algeria
Negredo	74	Valencia CF	Spain

 

Gareth Bale and Neymar have moved to other positions but the attack of Liga BBVA is still very strong.

Messi is the best Liga BBVA forward, without any discussion. However, he is extremely expensive forcing many players to choose another forward. If you have a good budget, Luis Suárez is the perfect alternative. He has the best average between the three most important attributes we considered. Even better than Messi.

Benzema is our third choice. He is far from the quality of Messi and Luis Suárez but he is much better than any other forward playing in the main football league of Spain.

Far from these strikers quality, Rodrigo is our cheapest choice.

MORE GOALS PER GAME

> 1.1
Lionel Messi
Luis Suárez

0.9 to 1.1
Karim Benzema

0.8 to 0.9
Carlos Bacca
Giovanni dos Santos
Rodrigo
Mario Mandzukic
Kevin Gameiro

0.7 to 0.8
Javier Hernandez
Negredo

< 0.7
Alessio Cerci

 
 

Best FUT 15 Liga BBVA League 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 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: 4-1-2-1-2 with unlimited budget, 4-3-3 with 50k budget and 4-4-2 with a 10k budget.

 
 
 
 

Team with Unlimited Budget

 

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• Budget
Playstation: 8,861 million coins (8307k + 554k)
Xbox: 5,910 million coins (5529k + 381k)
PC: 16,278 million coins (15429k + 849k)

 

• Summary

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

Iker Casillas has been downgraded but he is still the best Liga BBVA goalkeeper.

Sergio Ramos keeps on being the boss of the defensive foursome for all and a few more reasons. His weakest point is his attacking work rate and that’s why someone more defensive should play next to him. That’s the case of Pepe, who is better than Miranda not only in this point but also in his amazing physical stat. On the right side, Dani Alves does not have any competition. However, it is important to keep in mind that the Brazilian player looks more an attacker than a defender. If you are looking for someone with better defending work rate, you should try another right back. In the left side, it’s difficult to choose between Alba and Marcelo. To us, what makes the difference is the great Alba’s pace, something so important in FIFA 15.

In Liga BBVA, there is no one as good to keep the defence well protected as Khedira. Not even Busquets. For the next position, James Rodriguez is the most balanced player. The FIFA 15 game play style is better to him and Modric, than to Iniesta and Xavi.

On the wings, the team have two of the best players of the game: Gareth Bale and Ronaldo. In the right side no one can be compared with the ex-Spurs player. In the left side, it is a waste to leave a player like Neymar out of this team. However, since there isn’t many people that can afford Ronaldo, the most likely is to be the Portuguese to stay out of the team.

If your budget allows you, of course, Messi and Luis Suárez are the obvious choices for the attack line. They are the players who score more goals per game. For lower budgets, Benzema is a interesting player.

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.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

50k Budget Team

 

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• Budget
Playstation: 69.3k coins (48.4k + 20.9k)
Xbox: 47.9k coins (31.5k + 16.4k)
PC: 69.1k coins (49.6k + 16.5k)

 

• Summary

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

Claudio Bravo is the number two in the best La Liga goalkeepers list. Ter Stegen, that is making his début in Liga BBVA does not reach the level of the Chilean goalkeeper not even of Diego Alves, who stands out for having the most important attributes much developed.

Pepe and Miranda complement each other very well in a fast and strong defence. De Marcos shows his amazing pace in the right side, while Fábio Coentrão replaces reasonably well Alba and Marcelo in the opposite side.

The central midfield position has to be Khedira’s. The German builds up the first barrier between your goal line and the opponent, making his defensiveness and physicality count. Rakitic and Isco, which still have maximum individual chemistry even playing as CM, complete the midfield.

While Velas beats the concurrence on the right wing, Griezmann or Pedro could equally fill with quality the opposite side.

Over the attack line, Rodrigo and Ceri are excellent choices. They’re very similar. The Italian may have better stats but not for a striker. His work rates is also worse.

If you still have some room in your budget, Casillas, Alba, Modric and Benzema are players that would improve this squad a lot.

 
 
 
 
 
 

10K Budget Team

 

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• Budget
Playstation: 14.4k coins (8.5k + 5.9k)
Xbox: 13.3k coins (7.7k + 5.6k)
PC: 14.5k coins (8.4k + 6.1k)

 

• Summary

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

Diego Alves is one of the most expensive players in this squad but he’s most likely to be seen as an investment of certain return.

Iñigo Martínez is probably the ‘bets value for money’ you will ever find in Liga BBVA. He is slightly worse than Pepe and Miranda but his price is several times lower. That’s what happen with Ansaldi too: because he is not a rare card, he is strongly undervalued. However his performance remains the same. João Pereira and Vermaelen are the two other defenders.

On the midfield, Krychowiak and Éver Banega complete each other well. The first one is a defensive midfielder, and the second is an experienced player that’s usually more advanced and is used to assisting his colleagues. Turan and Feghouli, another player that it is very cheap, fill the wings in order to assist Carlos Bacca and Ikechukwu Uche.

 
 
 

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