Ligue 1 Squad Guide for FIFA 16 Ultimate Team

 
 

For all those players that plan to build an FUT 16 team based on the Ligue 1, we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best players.

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

 
 
 
 

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Introduction to the FUT 16 Ligue 1 Guide

 

Building a team is the biggest challenge on FIFA 16 Ultimate Team. It doesn’t need to be the best team, because your budget may not allow it, but it is player’s stature that helps him obtain success.

When choosing which players to play with, you will have to look carefully at their attributes. Choosing a team based on ratings is one of the most common mistakes on FUT 16. It’s precisely this aspect that this guide focuses on. For each position, and focusing on the truly important attributes, we’ll show you who are the best athletes to choose.

It’s also important that you check to see if the player you choose fits the formations you like to play in. For example, a good full back will be useless if you only use a formation with three defenders. According to these formations, you must be cautious and look at the work rate. Try to relate them with the ones we advise in our Formations Guide.

Last but not least, it’s mandatory that you tune all of your team so that the individual and team chemistry will be as high possible. For this last step to be easier, the majority of the players start to define the type of team they’re building. Some choose to gather players of the same nationality, while others decide to form a team of players from the same league. There are also more experienced players that can form hybrid teams without damaging team chemistry a lot.

All of these steps are necessary to have; or it could mean that the team is not always well built as it could be. This article aims to help those that want to form a FIFA 16 Ultimate Team based on players from the Ligue 1. Even the players that have a Ligue 1 team, could take out some valuable conclusions from this guide that could help them make their team even better.

We received thousands of comments about similar guides that we have published in previous years. Most of them have asked us to help improve their teams and the players they had. It’s important that the readers understand that this guide is simply guidance. It’s a theme too vast and the player combinations are almost infinite. Besides, there are various factors that influence the choices, like one’s style of play, the formations used, the available budget, the preferences or even the time spent playing. There’s still one uncertain component: a good player for someone might not be for another. If there was a better team everyone would fight to get it. Part of the fun of FIFA 16 Ultimate Team is this: everyone has their personal club and players.

Another important point and that must stay very clear is that whoever is reading this guide, it’s about the criteria we chose and should be of everyone’s knowledge:

Only Gold Players

In this guide we didn’t consider silver or bronze players. Most players don’t assume them to be a better option than gold players, so to simplify the guide’s analysis we didn’t include them. In the future we may come to publish guides exclusively talking about these categories.

Only Regular Players

In this guide we didn’t consider In Forms (IF). They’re extremely expensive and in most cases are not considered good value for money. They should only be used by players with generous budgets, that already have the best team possible and that want small upgrades.

Only Normal Players

In this guide we didn’t consider players that have been transferred to other clubs or that have been reviewed (UP). Only players that started their season in the Ligue 1 and with their original attributes were considered.

Only Original Attributes

In this guide we didn’t consider changes made on a players performance such happens when applying training or chemistry styles cards.

Position analysis

To make the comprehension of this guide easier we divided the players in nine distinct groups in order of their original position: Goalkeeper (GK), central backs (CB), right backs (RB and RWB), left backs (LB and LWB), central defensive midfielders (CDM) central midfielders (CM and CAM), right midfielders (RM, RW and RF), left midfielders (LM, LW and LF) and forwards (CF and ST).

Prices at the date of publication of the guide

In the chapter where FIFA 16 Ultimate Team Ligue 1 teams are suggested, the prices considered are the ones of the date of the guide’s publication: November 2015. It’s natural that they have suffered some oscillations throughout the season, so we added a link where you can check the updated prices.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Ligue 1 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.

Ruffier and Mandanda are the most popular Ligue 1 goalkeepers.

 

MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPERS
Stéphane Ruffier	83	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Steve Mandanda	83	Marseille	FRA
Kevin Trapp	82	PSG	GER
Salvatore Sirigu	82	PSG	ITA
Danijel Subašić	81	AS Monaco	CRO
Anthony Lopes	81	Olympique Lyon	POR
Vincent Enyeama	81	LOSC Lille	NIG
Benoît Costil	81	Stade Rennais	FRA
Cédric Carrasso	80	Bordeaux	FRA
Rémy Riou	79	FC Nantes	FRA
Geoffrey Jourdren	77	Montpellier HSC	FRA
Rémy Vercoutre	76	SM Caen	FRA
Kossi Agassa	76	Stade Reims	TOG
Johny Placide	75	Stade Reims	HAI
Jonas Lössl	75	EA Guingamp	DEN

 

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.

Enyeama is the goalkeeper with best reflexes in the world. Nobody is better than him.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Vincent Enyeama	90	LOSC Lille	NIG
Anthony Lopes	87	Olympique Lyon	POR
Stéphane Ruffier	86	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Kevin Trapp	85	PSG	GER
Benoît Costil	85	Stade Rennais	FRA
Steve Mandanda	84	Marseille	FRA
Salvatore Sirigu	84	PSG	ITA
Danijel Subašić	83	AS Monaco	CRO
Cédric Carrasso	82	Bordeaux	FRA
Geoffrey Jourdren	81	Montpellier HSC	FRA
Kossi Agassa	81	Stade Reims	TOG
Rémy Riou	80	FC Nantes	FRA
Jonas Lössl	80	EA Guingamp	DEN
Benjamin Lecomte	79	FC Lorient	FRA
Rémy Vercoutre	78	SM Caen	FRA

 

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

In this attribute, Mandanda and Lopes are the best ones.

 

GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING
Steve Mandanda	85	Marseille	FRA
Anthony Lopes	85	Olympique Lyon	POR
Salvatore Sirigu	84	PSG	ITA
Stéphane Ruffier	83	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Kevin Trapp	83	PSG	GER
Benoît Costil	82	Stade Rennais	FRA
Danijel Subašić	82	AS Monaco	CRO
Geoffrey Jourdren	80	Montpellier HSC	FRA
Steeve Elana	80	LOSC Lille	FRA
Vincent Enyeama	78	LOSC Lille	NIG
Cédric Carrasso	78	Bordeaux	FRA
Rémy Riou	78	FC Nantes	FRA
Kossi Agassa	78	Stade Reims	TOG
Rémy Vercoutre	78	SM Caen	FRA
Benjamin Lecomte	78	FC Lorient	FRA

 

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.

Jonas Lössl is the tallest goalkeeper, 11cm taller than Anthony Lopes.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Jonas Lössl	195 / 6′5″	EA Guingamp	DEN
Salvatore Sirigu	192 / 6′4″	PSG	ITA
Danijel Subašić	191 / 6′3″	AS Monaco	CRO
Kossi Agassa	190 / 6′3″	Stade Reims	TOG
Kevin Trapp	189 / 6′2″	PSG	GER
Rémy Riou	189 / 6′2″	FC Nantes	FRA
Stéphane Ruffier	188 / 6′2″	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Benoît Costil	188 / 6′2″	Stade Rennais	FRA
Cédric Carrasso	187 / 6′2″	Bordeaux	FRA
Steeve Elana	187 / 6′2″	LOSC Lille	FRA
Benjamin Lecomte	186 / 6′1″	FC Lorient	FRA
Nicolas Douchez	186 / 6′1″	PSG	FRA
Steve Mandanda	185 / 6′1″	Marseille	FRA
Rémy Vercoutre	185 / 6′1″	SM Caen	FRA
Anthony Lopes	184 / 6′0″	Olympique Lyon	POR

 

The choice for the best Ligue 1 goalkeeper on FIFA 16 Ultimate Team is not easy.

In our opinion, Ruffier is the best goalkeeper in this league. He is better than Mandanda in four of the six attributes, besides being also taller.

Anthony Lopes and Enyeama are two god alternatives for low budgets squads.

GOALKEEPERS

Best Players
#1 Stéphane Ruffier
#2 Steve Mandanda
#3 Salvatore Sirigu
#4 Kevin Trapp
#5 Anthony Lopes

Economic Choice
Anthony Lopes

 
 

Best FUT 16 Ligue 1 Goalkeeper

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Ligue 1 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.

The two centre backs from the Brazil National Team are the best Ligue 1 players playing in this position.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE BACKS
Thiago Silva	88	PSG	BRA
David Luiz	83	PSG	BRA
Loïc Perrin	82	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Nicolas Nkoulou	81	Marseille	CAM
Marquinhos	81	PSG	BRA
Marko Baša	80	LOSC Lille	MON
Samuel Umtiti	79	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Lamine Sané	79	Bordeaux	SEN
Andrea Raggi	79	AS Monaco	ITA
Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa	78	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Mexer	78	Stade Rennais	MOZ
Ricardo Carvalho	78	AS Monaco	POR
Moustapha Sall	78	Saint-Etienne	SEN
Hilton	78	Montpellier HSC	BRA
Lorik Cana	78	FC Nantes	ALB

 

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.

Thiago Silva is the player with best defending stat in the world.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Thiago Silva	90	PSG	BRA
Loïc Perrin	85	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Marquinhos	84	PSG	BRA
David Luiz	82	PSG	BRA
Nicolas Nkoulou	82	Marseille	CAM
Marko Baša	81	LOSC Lille	MON
Andrea Raggi	81	AS Monaco	ITA
Hilton	81	Montpellier HSC	BRA
Samuel Umtiti	80	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Lamine Sané	80	Bordeaux	SEN
Mexer	80	Stade Rennais	MOZ
Ricardo Carvalho	80	AS Monaco	POR
Moustapha Sall	80	Saint-Etienne	SEN
Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa	79	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Milan Biševac	79	Olympique Lyon	SRB

 

The new physical attribute shows the old heading capability but also how likely the players are to win game with their body. This is a crucial attribute when looking for the best centre back.

In this chapter Moustapha Sall and Florentin Pogba are the strongest ones.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Moustapha Sall	86	Saint-Etienne	SEN
Florentin Pogba	83	Saint-Etienne	GUI
Lorik Cana	82	FC Nantes	ALB
Nicolas Pallois	82	Bordeaux	FRA
Loïc Perrin	80	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Marko Baša	80	LOSC Lille	MON
Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa	80	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Mathieu Bodmer	80	OGC Nice	FRA
Thiago Silva	79	PSG	BRA
Samuel Umtiti	79	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Renato Civelli	79	LOSC Lille	ARG
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik	79	Toulouse FC	CAM
Lamine Sané	78	Bordeaux	SEN
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo	78	FC Nantes	VEN
David Luiz	77	PSG	BRA

 

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.

Only Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa and Nkoulou are faster than Thiago Silva.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Nicolas Nkoulou	76	Marseille	CAM
Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa	76	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Thiago Silva	74	PSG	BRA
Samuel Umtiti	74	Olympique Lyon	FRA
David Luiz	73	PSG	BRA
Marquinhos	73	PSG	BRA
Jérémy Morel	73	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Loïc Perrin	72	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik	72	Toulouse FC	CAM
Karim Rekik	72	Marseille	NED
Christophe Kerbrat	71	EA Guingamp	FRA
Lamine Sané	70	Bordeaux	SEN
Mexer	70	Stade Rennais	MOZ
Uroš Spajić	68	Toulouse FC	SRB
Florentin Pogba	64	Saint-Etienne	GUI

 

Thiago Silva is the obvious first choice for this position. He is probably the best centre back in the world.

David Luiz is our second choice. He looks like Thiago Silva but with a much worse defensive stat and work rate. Perrin, Marquinhos and Nkoulou are decent alternatives.

Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa is our economic choice. Marko Basa is a much better choice for who doesn’t need a pacey defender.

CENTRE BACKS

Best Players
#1 Thiago Silva
#2 David Luiz
#3 Loic Perrin
#4 Marquinhos

Economic Choice
Mapou Yanga-M’Biwa

 
 

Best FUT 16 Ligue 1 Centre Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Ligue 1 Right Backs

RB | RWB
 

Full backs have the role of troubling the job of wingers. In addition, good full backs also support their team mates on offensive manoeuvres.

Serge Aurier is the most popular right back playing in Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Serge Aurier	80	PSG	IVC
Aïssa Mandi	79	Stade Reims	ALG
Christophe Jallet	79	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Gregory van der Wiel	78	PSG	NED
Fabinho	78	AS Monaco	BRA
Rafael	77	Olympique Lyon	BRA
Mauricio Isla	77	Marseille	CHI
Sébastien Corchia	77	LOSC Lille	FRA
Brice Dja Djédjé	76	Marseille	IVC
Romain Danzé	75	Stade Rennais	FRA

 

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 France, no one defends as well as Aïssa Mandi.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Aïssa Mandi	82	Stade Reims	ALG
Serge Aurier	78	PSG	IVC
Christophe Jallet	78	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Fabinho	78	AS Monaco	BRA
Sébastien Corchia	78	LOSC Lille	FRA
Romain Danzé	77	Stade Rennais	FRA
Gregory van der Wiel	76	PSG	NED
Rafael	76	Olympique Lyon	BRA
Mauricio Isla	76	Marseille	CHI
Brice Dja Djédjé	73	Marseille	IVC

 

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.

Gregory van der Wiel was downgraded this season and Aurier is now the fastest right back playing in France.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Serge Aurier	85	PSG	IVC
Brice Dja Djédjé	83	Marseille	IVC
Gregory van der Wiel	81	PSG	NED
Rafael	80	Olympique Lyon	BRA
Mauricio Isla	80	Marseille	CHI
Sébastien Corchia	75	LOSC Lille	FRA
Christophe Jallet	74	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Fabinho	74	AS Monaco	BRA
Aïssa Mandi	71	Stade Reims	ALG
Romain Danzé	68	Stade Rennais	FRA

 

Serge Aurier is undoubtedly the best right back playing on Ligue 1. He has the best pace, dribbling and physical stats. Gregory van der Wiel is the best alternative to him.

Even without being a great player, Mauricio Isla is our economic choice.

RIGHT BACKS

Best Players
#1 Serge Aurier
#2 Gregory Van Der Wiel
#3 Mauricio Isla
#4 Rafael
#5 Brice Dja Djédjé

Economic Choice
Mauricio Isla

 
 

Best FUT 16 Ligue 1 Right Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Ligue 1 Left Backs

LB | LWB
 

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

Fábio Coentrão and Kurzawa are the most used Ligue 1 left backs by Ultimate Team fans.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
Fábio Coentrão	80	AS Monaco	POR
Layvin Kurzawa	80	PSG	FRA
Maxwell	79	PSG	BRA
Benjamin Mendy	76	Marseille	FRA
Henri Bedimo	76	Olympique Lyon	CAM
Benoît Assou-Ekotto	76	Saint-Etienne	CAM
Djibril Sidibé	75	LOSC Lille	FRA
Cheikh M’Bengue	75	Stade Rennais	SEN
Elderson Echiéjilé	75	AS Monaco	NIG
Franck Béria	75	LOSC Lille	FRA
Ludovic Baal	75	Stade Rennais	FRA

 

If you need someone to defend, you need to pick Kurzawa, Maxwell or Coentrão.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Layvin Kurzawa	79	PSG	FRA
Maxwell	79	PSG	BRA
Fábio Coentrão	78	AS Monaco	POR
Henri Bedimo	77	Olympique Lyon	CAM
Benjamin Mendy	76	Marseille	FRA
Benoît Assou-Ekotto	76	Saint-Etienne	CAM
Elderson Echiéjilé	76	AS Monaco	NIG
Djibril Sidibé	75	LOSC Lille	FRA
Cheikh M’Bengue	75	Stade Rennais	SEN
Franck Béria	75	LOSC Lille	FRA
Ludovic Baal	72	Stade Rennais	FRA

 

Baal and Assou-Ekotto are much faster than any other left back.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Ludovic Baal	82	Stade Rennais	FRA
Benoît Assou-Ekotto	81	Saint-Etienne	CAM
Layvin Kurzawa	79	PSG	FRA
Fábio Coentrão	78	AS Monaco	POR
Benjamin Mendy	77	Marseille	FRA
Henri Bedimo	76	Olympique Lyon	CAM
Djibril Sidibé	75	LOSC Lille	FRA
Cheikh M’Bengue	74	Stade Rennais	SEN
Maxwell	73	PSG	BRA
Elderson Echiéjilé	73	AS Monaco	NIG
Franck Béria	70	LOSC Lille	FRA

 

Kurzawa is much better this year. In our opinion, he is the best left back of Ligue 1.

Coentrão was a good addition and Maxwell is the best value for money.

LEFT BACKS

Best Players
#1 Layvin Kurzawa
#2 Fábio Coentrão
#3 Benoit Assou-Ekotto
#4 Maxwell
#5 Henri Bedimo

Economic Choice
Maxwell

 
 

Best FUT 16 Ligue 1 Left Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Ligue 1 Central Defensive Midfielders

CDM
 

Many of the FIFA 16 Ultimate Team formations require some midfielders that have a natural aptitude to defend. Central defensive midfielders distinguish themselves for being especially aimed to help the more retreated line of their teams. According to their attributes and their work rates, they can also be useful for starting attacks. They are players that occupy a very strategic position in the field.

In the world, the only defensive midfielders with better ratings than Matuidi are Busquets and Lahm.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Blaise Matuidi	84	PSG	FRA
Jérémy Toulalan	82	AS Monaco	FRA
Maxime Gonalons	82	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Thiago Motta	81	PSG	ITA
Lassana Diarra	80	Marseille	FRA
Rio Mavuba	79	LOSC Lille	FRA
Benjamin Stambouli	77	PSG	FRA
Jérémy Clément	77	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Gelson Fernandes	76	Stade Rennais	SUI
Lucas Silva	76	Marseille	BRA
Grégory Sertic	76	Bordeaux	FRA
Sergi Darder	76	Olympique Lyon	ESP
Younousse Sankharé	75	EA Guingamp	FRA
Alaixys Romao	75	Marseille	TOG
Abou Diaby	75	Marseille	FRA

 

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.

Matuidi and Gonalons are really good choices for teams that want to complicate an opponent’s game in the space between the midfield and the defence.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Blaise Matuidi	83	PSG	FRA
Maxime Gonalons	83	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Lassana Diarra	80	Marseille	FRA
Jérémy Toulalan	79	AS Monaco	FRA
Jérémy Clément	78	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Thiago Motta	77	PSG	ITA
Rio Mavuba	77	LOSC Lille	FRA
Benjamin Stambouli	76	PSG	FRA
Gelson Fernandes	76	Stade Rennais	SUI
Lucas Silva	74	Marseille	BRA
Grégory Sertic	73	Bordeaux	FRA
Sergi Darder	73	Olympique Lyon	ESP
Younousse Sankharé	72	EA Guingamp	FRA
Alaixys Romao	72	Marseille	TOG
Abou Diaby	72	Marseille	FRA

 

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.

Alaixys Romao is the best on this side. Lassana Diarra, however, is quite the disappointment. He is one of the worst between all gold players.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Alaixys Romao	84	Marseille	TOG
Maxime Gonalons	83	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Lucas Deaux	83	FC Nantes	FRA
Thiago Motta	82	PSG	ITA
Blaise Matuidi	81	PSG	FRA
Jérémy Toulalan	81	AS Monaco	FRA
Jérémy Clément	80	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Gelson Fernandes	80	Stade Rennais	SUI
Younousse Sankharé	78	EA Guingamp	FRA
Abou Diaby	78	Marseille	FRA
Benjamin Stambouli	77	PSG	FRA
Rio Mavuba	76	LOSC Lille	FRA
Lucas Silva	76	Marseille	BRA
Grégory Sertic	73	Bordeaux	FRA
Lassana Diarra	69	Marseille	FRA

 

Blaise Matuidi is our first choice for this position. He is a very balanced player, who has the best defending stats, an amazing stamina (94) and a good work rate to play everywhere.

Toulalan and Thiago Motta are too slow, Diaby is not a good defender and Diarra is weak. We prefer Maxime Gonalons, one of the players with best defending and physical stats.

DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
#1 Blaise Matuidi
#2 Maxime Gonalons
#3 Abou Diaby
#4 Lassana Diarra

Economic Choice
Jérémy Toulalan

 
 

Best FUT 16 Ligue 1 Central Defensive Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Ligue 1 Centre Midfielders

CM | CAM
 

A lot of games are decided in the midfield and not close to the goals. The players that play in these zones are the ones that should create the game and define its rhythm.

Di Maria came from Barclays PL to be the most rated centre midfielder of this league.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE MIDFIELDERS
Ángel Di María	85	PSG	ARG
Marco Verratti	84	PSG	ITA
Javier Pastore	84	PSG	ARG
João Moutinho	83	AS Monaco	POR
Mathieu Valbuena	81	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Wahbi Khazri	79	Bordeaux	TUN
Rémy Cabella	79	Marseille	FRA
Juan Fernando Quintero	78	Stade Rennais	COL
Clément Grenier	78	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Sofiane Boufal	78	LOSC Lille	MOR
Óscar Trejo	77	Toulouse FC	ARG
Corentin Tolisso	77	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Morgan Sanson	77	Montpellier HSC	FRA
Henri Saivet	77	Bordeaux	SEN
Adrien Rabiot	76	PSG	FRA
Gueïda Fofana	76	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Jordan Ferri	76	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Ryad Boudebouz	76	Montpellier HSC	ALG
Florent Balmont	76	LOSC Lille	FRA
Jaroslav Plašil	75	Bordeaux	CZ

 

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.

Pastore, Di Maria, Verratti, Moutinho and Grenier have great passing stat.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PASSING
Javier Pastore	84	PSG	ARG
Ángel Di María	83	PSG	ARG
Marco Verratti	83	PSG	ITA
João Moutinho	83	AS Monaco	POR
Clément Grenier	83	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Mathieu Valbuena	80	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Juan Fernando Quintero	80	Stade Rennais	COL
Wahbi Khazri	79	Bordeaux	TUN
Jaroslav Plašil	79	Bordeaux	CZ
Henri Saivet	78	Bordeaux	SEN
Rémy Cabella	77	Marseille	FRA
Óscar Trejo	77	Toulouse FC	ARG
Florent Balmont	77	LOSC Lille	FRA
Morgan Sanson	76	Montpellier HSC	FRA
Ryad Boudebouz	76	Montpellier HSC	ALG
Fabien Lemoine	76	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Clément Chantôme	76	Bordeaux	FRA
Adrien Rabiot	75	PSG	FRA
Jordan Ferri	75	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Sofiane Boufal	74	LOSC Lille	MOR

 

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

In this league, only Verratti has better dribbling than Di Maria and Pastore.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Marco Verratti	87	PSG	ITA
Ángel Di María	86	PSG	ARG
Javier Pastore	86	PSG	ARG
Rémy Cabella	85	Marseille	FRA
Sofiane Boufal	85	LOSC Lille	MOR
Juan Fernando Quintero	84	Stade Rennais	COL
Mathieu Valbuena	83	Olympique Lyon	FRA
João Moutinho	82	AS Monaco	POR
Henri Saivet	81	Bordeaux	SEN
Óscar Trejo	81	Toulouse FC	ARG
Ryad Boudebouz	81	Montpellier HSC	ALG
Clément Grenier	80	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Wahbi Khazri	79	Bordeaux	TUN
Morgan Sanson	76	Montpellier HSC	FRA
Jaroslav Plašil	75	Bordeaux	CZ
Corentin Tolisso	74	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Florent Balmont	74	LOSC Lille	FRA
Adrien Rabiot	74	PSG	FRA
Jordan Ferri	74	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Clément Chantôme	74	Bordeaux	FRA

 

Di Maria is undoubtedly the best player for this position. He has an amazing cocktail of dribbling, passing and pace. That’s why he is so expensive. Pastore is much better this year and should be used if you can’t pay Di Maria.

João Moutinho, our favourite of last year, is now the economic choice.

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
#1 Ángel Di Maria
#2 Javier Pastore
#3 Marco Verratti
#4 João Moutinho
#5 Mathieu Valbuena

Economic Choice
João Moutinho

 
 

Best FUT 16 Ligue 1 Centre Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Ligue 1 Right Wingers

RM | RW | RF
 

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

Lucas is the right winger most popular in Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
Lucas	82	PSG	BRA
Romain Hamouma	79	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Bernardo Silva	79	AS Monaco	POR
Hatem Ben Arfa	79	OGC Nice	FRA
Lucas Ocampos	77	Marseille	ARG
Romain Alessandrini	76	Marseille	FRA
Benjamin Moukandjo	75	FC Lorient	CAM
Pedro Henrique	75	Stade Rennais	BRA
Yann Jouffre	75	FC Lorient	FRA
Nabil Dirar	75	AS Monaco	MOR

 

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 Ligue 1 is extremely well served in this chapter. Three gold players have pace higher than 90, being the highlighted Lucas.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Lucas	93	PSG	BRA
Romain Alessandrini	91	Marseille	FRA
Benjamin Moukandjo	91	FC Lorient	CAM
Pedro Henrique	85	Stade Rennais	BRA
Romain Hamouma	83	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Nabil Dirar	81	AS Monaco	MOR
Bernardo Silva	79	AS Monaco	POR
Hatem Ben Arfa	78	OGC Nice	FRA
Lucas Ocampos	78	Marseille	ARG
Yann Jouffre	71	FC Lorient	FRA

 

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 few players gifted in dribbling, being Lucas (again!) the best one.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBLLING
Lucas	87	PSG	BRA
Hatem Ben Arfa	86	OGC Nice	FRA
Bernardo Silva	82	AS Monaco	POR
Romain Hamouma	81	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Romain Alessandrini	79	Marseille	FRA
Pedro Henrique	79	Stade Rennais	BRA
Nabil Dirar	79	AS Monaco	MOR
Lucas Ocampos	78	Marseille	ARG
Benjamin Moukandjo	77	FC Lorient	CAM
Yann Jouffre	76	FC Lorient	FRA

 

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.

Passing is not one of the good things the right wingers of this league have.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Romain Hamouma	79	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Hatem Ben Arfa	78	OGC Nice	FRA
Bernardo Silva	77	AS Monaco	POR
Yann Jouffre	77	FC Lorient	FRA
Lucas	75	PSG	BRA
Lucas Ocampos	75	Marseille	ARG
Pedro Henrique	72	Stade Rennais	BRA
Nabil Dirar	72	AS Monaco	MOR
Romain Alessandrini	71	Marseille	FRA
Benjamin Moukandjo	69	FC Lorient	CAM

 

To us and probably to everyone, it is extremely easy to choose the best right winger from Ligue 1: Lucas. The Brazilian player is the best one in all the most important attributes, except passing.

Romain Hamouma is our economic choice. Great value for money.

RIGHT WINGER

Best Players
#1 Lucas
#2 Hatem Ben Arfa
#3 Romain Hamouma
#4 Romain Alessandrini
#5 Lucas Ocampos

Economic Choice
Romain Hamouma

 
 

Best FUT 16 Ligue 1 Right Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Ligue 1 Left Wingers

LM | LW | LF
 

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

Lavezzi and El Sharawy are the two most popular left wingers playing in Ligue 1, but it doesn’t mean they are the best ones.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS
Ezequiel Lavezzi	80	PSG	ARG
Stephan El Shaarawy	80	AS Monaco	ITA
Paul-Georges Ntep	79	Stade Rennais	FRA
Raphaël Guerreiro	76	FC Lorient	POR
Ivan Cavaleiro	76	AS Monaco	POR
Eric Bauthéac	75	LOSC Lille	FRA
Floyd Ayité	75	SC Bastia	TOG

 

Only Lucas is fastest than Ntep in Ligue 1.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PACE
Paul-Georges Ntep	91	Stade Rennais	FRA
Stephan El Shaarawy	86	AS Monaco	ITA
Ivan Cavaleiro	86	AS Monaco	POR
Floyd Ayité	85	SC Bastia	TOG
Raphaël Guerreiro	83	FC Lorient	POR
Ezequiel Lavezzi	82	PSG	ARG
Eric Bauthéac	81	LOSC Lille	FRA

 

Shaarawy is the most skiller left winger in this league.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Stephan El Shaarawy	84	AS Monaco	ITA
Paul-Georges Ntep	83	Stade Rennais	FRA
Ezequiel Lavezzi	82	PSG	ARG
Ivan Cavaleiro	80	AS Monaco	POR
Floyd Ayité	80	SC Bastia	TOG
Raphaël Guerreiro	79	FC Lorient	POR
Eric Bauthéac	77	LOSC Lille	FRA

 

Lavezzi and Ntep have the best passing stats.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Ezequiel Lavezzi	74	PSG	ARG
Paul-Georges Ntep	74	Stade Rennais	FRA
Raphaël Guerreiro	72	FC Lorient	POR
Eric Bauthéac	72	LOSC Lille	FRA
Stephan El Shaarawy	71	AS Monaco	ITA
Ivan Cavaleiro	68	AS Monaco	POR
Floyd Ayité	68	SC Bastia	TOG

 

Despite being less popular than El Shaarawy and Lavezzi, Ntep is the best left winger playing in Ligue 1. He is extremely fast and has a great dribbling, something so important this year.

If you don’t have enough coins to buy any of them, you will have to buy El Shaarawy or Lavezzi.

For low budgets teams, Raphaël Guerreiro is a good choice. He is perfect if you need someone able to help the defence.

LEFT WINGER

Best Players
#1 Paul-Georges Ntep
#2 Stephan El Shaarawy
#3 Ezequiel Lavezzi
#4 Raphaël Guerreiro
#5 Ivan Cavaleiro

Economic Choice
Raphaël Guerreiro

 
 

Best FUT 16 Ligue 1 Left Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Ligue 1 Forwards

CF | ST
 

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

Ibrahimovic is the biggest name of Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Zlatan Ibrahimović	89	PSG	SWE
Edinson Cavani	85	PSG	URU
Alexandre Lacazette	84	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Nabil Fékir	79	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Claudio Beauvue	79	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Wissam Ben Yedder	78	Toulouse FC	FRA
Michy Batshuayi	78	Marseille	BEL
Diego Rolán	77	Bordeaux	URU
Cheick Diabaté	77	Bordeaux	MAL
Valère Germain	76	OGC Nice	FRA
Jimmy Briand	76	EA Guingamp	FRA
Martin Braithwaite	76	Toulouse FC	DEN
Lacina Traoré	75	AS Monaco	IVC
Giovanni Sio	75	Stade Rennais	IVC
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	75	FC Nantes	ICE
Nolan Roux	75	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Alassane Pléa	75	OGC Nice	FRA

 

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.

Only Cristiano Ronaldo has better shooting than Zlatan Ibrahimović.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST SHOOTING
Zlatan Ibrahimović	90	PSG	SWE
Alexandre Lacazette	85	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Edinson Cavani	83	PSG	URU
Alassane Pléa	79	OGC Nice	FRA
Nabil Fékir	78	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Claudio Beauvue	78	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Wissam Ben Yedder	78	Toulouse FC	FRA
Michy Batshuayi	78	Marseille	BEL
Cheick Diabaté	78	Bordeaux	MAL
Valère Germain	78	OGC Nice	FRA
Martin Braithwaite	77	Toulouse FC	DEN
Nolan Roux	77	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Giovanni Sio	76	Stade Rennais	IVC
Diego Rolán	75	Bordeaux	URU
Lacina Traoré	75	AS Monaco	IVC
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	75	FC Nantes	ICE
Jimmy Briand	74	EA Guingamp	FRA

 

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.

Once again, Ibra is the player with best physical.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Zlatan Ibrahimović	86	PSG	SWE
Cheick Diabaté	82	Bordeaux	MAL
Edinson Cavani	80	PSG	URU
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	76	FC Nantes	ICE
Nabil Fékir	75	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Martin Braithwaite	75	Toulouse FC	DEN
Jimmy Briand	75	EA Guingamp	FRA
Lacina Traoré	75	AS Monaco	IVC
Alexandre Lacazette	73	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Giovanni Sio	73	Stade Rennais	IVC
Michy Batshuayi	71	Marseille	BEL
Nolan Roux	67	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Valère Germain	66	OGC Nice	FRA
Alassane Pléa	65	OGC Nice	FRA
Wissam Ben Yedder	64	Toulouse FC	FRA
Diego Rolán	64	Bordeaux	URU
Claudio Beauvue	61	Olympique Lyon	FRA

 

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.

This is the weakest point of Ibrahimović. Twelve other strikers are faster than him.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PACE
Claudio Beauvue	89	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Alexandre Lacazette	88	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Martin Braithwaite	88	Toulouse FC	DEN
Giovanni Sio	88	Stade Rennais	IVC
Nabil Fékir	83	Olympique Lyon	FRA
Michy Batshuayi	82	Marseille	BEL
Wissam Ben Yedder	82	Toulouse FC	FRA
Alassane Pléa	82	OGC Nice	FRA
Jimmy Briand	78	EA Guingamp	FRA
Valère Germain	77	OGC Nice	FRA
Edinson Cavani	76	PSG	URU
Diego Rolán	76	Bordeaux	URU
Zlatan Ibrahimović	73	PSG	SWE
Lacina Traoré	73	AS Monaco	IVC
Nolan Roux	73	Saint-Etienne	FRA
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	68	FC Nantes	ICE
Cheick Diabaté	58	Bordeaux	MAL

 
 

There is a top forward on Ligue 1: Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Swedish player is the best forward of this league. He is the one with best shooting, passing, physical, positioning, ball control, crossing, free kick accuracy, shooting power, strength, long shooting…

Lacazette, our previous economic choice, is now the best alternative to Ibrahimović.

Martin Braithwaite and Giovanni Sio are really good choices for teams with low budget.

FORWARDS

Best Players
#1 Zlatan Ibrahimović
#2 Alexandre Lacazette
#3 Edinson Cavani
#4 Nabil Fékir

Economic Choice
Martin Braithwaite

 
 

Best FUT 16 Ligue 1 Forwards

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Ligue 1 Team Suggestions

 

A lot of people think that this is the most important part of the guide. It’s not. The thing that is really important to know is how to choose players based on their role and style of play that fits each player. The team suggestions that follow are simple graphic indicators of what we wrote previously. They should serve merely as orientation because it’s impossible to build a team that fits everyone. They depend on various factors we don’t know such as budget, formation, style of play and player preferences.

To try and explore the needs of the maximum player as possible we suggest three teams with different budgets and formations (1): 4-1-2-1-2 with unlimited budget, 4-3-3 with 100k budget and 4-4-2 with a 25k budget.

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

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

 
 
 
 

Team with Unlimited Budget

 

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• Budget
Playstation 4: 620k coins
Xbox One: 535k coins

 

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

 

• Summary

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

In the goal, Ruffier is the right choice. He is better than Mandanda in almost everything.

Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Aurier and Kurzawa are untouchable in the the defence. You just need to use other players if you don’t have enough coins to buy these ones.

In Ligue 1, there is no one as good to keep the defence well protected as Matuidi. For the next position, Di Maria is the most balanced player. Lucas and Ntep are the best choices to the wings.

If your budget allows you, of course, Ibrahimovic and Lacazette are the obvious choices for the attack line. For lower budgets, Cavani 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.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Medium Budget Team

 

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• Budget
Playstation 4: 65k coins
Xbox One: 40k coins

 

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

 

• Summary

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

David Luiz and Thiago Silva are too expensive to be used in the medium budget squad and for that reason they must be replaced by Perrin and Marquinhos. Ruffier, Aurier and Kurzawa are the other players of the defence.

The most exciting positions on this team are in the midfield. Verratti builds up the first barrier between your goal line and the opponent, making his defensiveness and physicality count. Moutinho and Pastore are responsible to attack.

In the wings, Ntep and Ben Arfa have the mission to assist Cavani.

If you still have some room in your budget, David Luiz and Lacazette are players that would improve this squad a lot.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Low Budget Team

 

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• Budget
Playstation 4: 10k coins
Xbox One: 10k coins

 

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

 

• Summary

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

In the goal, Anthony Lopes is a decent very cheap goalkeeper. Sane, Umtiti, Isla and Maxwell are the four other defenders.

On the midfield, Toulalan and Cabella complete each other well. The first one plays as a defensive midfielder while the second is used to assisting his team mates. Bernardo Silva and Raphael Guerreiro fill the wings in order to assist Braithwaite and Sio, both great value for money.

 
 
 

Follow our tips and you’ll become more successful on FIFA 16 Ultimate Team with your Ligue 1 Team.

 
 
 
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