Ligue 1 Squad Guide for FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 
 

For all those players that plan a FUT 15 team based on the Ligue 1, or that plan on building one, we’ve conducted an extensive analysis on the best players.

Here it is our guide of the main French league for FIFA 15 Ultimate Team.

 
 

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Right Backs
Left Backs
Central Defensive Midfielders
Central Midfielders
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Introduction to the FUT 15 Ligue 1 Guide

 

Building a team is the biggest challenge in FIFA 15 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 15. 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 league is 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 15 Ultimate Team based on players from the Ligue 1. 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 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 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 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 15 Ultimate Team Ligue 1 teams are suggested, the prices considered are the ones of December 2014. It’s natural that the prices have suffered some oscillations throughout the season, so they should only be considered as guiding prices.

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 15 Ligue 1 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.

Sirigu is the most popular goalkeeper of this league.

 

MOST HIGH-RATED GOALKEEPERS
Salvatore Sirigu	84	PSG	Italy
Stéphane Ruffier	83	Saint-Etienne	France
Steve Mandanda	82	Marseille	France
Cédric Carrasso	81	Bordeaux	France
Vincent Enyeama	80	LOSC Lille	Nigeria
Benoît Costil	78	Stade Rennais	France
Maarten Stekelenburg	77	AS Monaco	Netherlands
Kossi Agassa	77	Stade Reims	Togo
Danijel Subašić	76	AS Monaco	Croatia
Anthony Lopes	76	Olympique Lyon	Portugal

 

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.

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

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Vincent Enyeama	90	LOSC Lille	Nigeria
Salvatore Sirigu	87	PSG	Italy
Stéphane Ruffier	86	Saint-Etienne	France
Benoît Costil	83	Stade Rennais	France
Anthony Lopes	83	Olympique Lyon	Portugal
Steve Mandanda	82	Marseille	France
Cédric Carrasso	82	Bordeaux	France
Kossi Agassa	79	Stade Reims	Togo
Maarten Stekelenburg	78	AS Monaco	Netherlands
Danijel Subašić	76	AS Monaco	Croatia

 

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

The three goalkeepers with higher rating are also the ones with better diving.

GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING
Salvatore Sirigu	85	PSG	Italy
Steve Mandanda	83	Marseille	France
Stéphane Ruffier	82	Saint-Etienne	France
Maarten Stekelenburg	80	AS Monaco	Netherlands
Benoît Costil	78	Stade Rennais	France
Anthony Lopes	78	Olympique Lyon	Portugal
Cédric Carrasso	78	Bordeaux	France
Vincent Enyeama	77	LOSC Lille	Nigeria
Kossi Agassa	77	Stade Reims	Togo
Danijel Subašić	76	AS Monaco	Croatia

 

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.

Stekelenburg is clearly the tallest goalkeeper playing in Ligue 1.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Maarten Stekelenburg	197	AS Monaco	Netherlands
Salvatore Sirigu	192	PSG	Italy
Danijel Subašić	191	AS Monaco	Croatia
Kossi Agassa	190	Stade Reims	Togo
Stéphane Ruffier	188	Saint-Etienne	France
Cédric Carrasso	187	Bordeaux	France
Benoît Costil	187	Stade Rennais	France
Steve Mandanda	185	Marseille	France
Anthony Lopes	184	Olympique Lyon	Portugal
Vincent Enyeama	182	LOSC Lille	Nigeria

 

The choice for the best Ligue 1 goalkeeper on FIFA 15 Ultimate team, is extremely easy.

In our opinion, Salvatore Sirigu is the best choice. Besides being the best in diving, he’s also who has the best positioning and he is the second tallest goalkeeper from Ligue 1. For us, Stéphane Ruffier is the best alternative to the French Champion. Steve Mandanda and Enyema are also good goalkeeper but they are much shorter.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Goalkeepers in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 15 Ligue 1 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.

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

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL BACKS
Thiago Silva	87	PSG	Brazil
David Luiz	82	PSG	Brazil
Loïc Perrin	80	Saint-Etienne	France
Simon Kjær	80	LOSC Lille	Denmark
Marko Baša	80	LOSC Lille	Montenegro
Aymen Abdennour	80	AS Monaco	Tunisia
Nicolas Nkoulou	79	Marseille	Cameroon
Ricardo Carvalho	77	AS Monaco	Portugal
Hilton	77	Montpellier HSC	Brazil
Papy Mison Djilobodji	77	FC Nantes	Senegal
Milan Biševac	77	Olympique Lyon	Serbia
Marquinhos	77	PSG	Brazil
Samuel Umtiti	76	Olympique Lyon	France
Lamine Sané	76	Bordeaux	Senegal
Moustapha Sall	76	Saint-Etienne	Senegal

 

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.

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

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Thiago Silva	90	PSG	Brazil
Loïc Perrin	83	Saint-Etienne	France
Simon Kjær	82	LOSC Lille	Denmark
Marko Baša	81	LOSC Lille	Montenegro
David Luiz	80	PSG	Brazil
Aymen Abdennour	80	AS Monaco	Tunisia
Nicolas Nkoulou	80	Marseille	Cameroon
Marquinhos	80	PSG	Brazil
Milan Biševac	79	Olympique Lyon	Serbia
Hilton	78	Montpellier HSC	Brazil
Ricardo Carvalho	78	AS Monaco	Portugal
Moustapha Sall	78	Saint-Etienne	Senegal
Christophe Kerbrat	78	EA Guingamp	France
Samuel Umtiti	77	Olympique Lyon	France
Mexer	77	Stade Rennais	Mozambique

 

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.

Aymen Abdennour is the centre back with best physical in Ligue 1.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Aymen Abdennour	86	AS Monaco	Tunisia
Moustapha Sall	85	Saint-Etienne	Senegal
Papy Mison Djilobodji	84	FC Nantes	Senegal
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo	82	FC Nantes	Venezuela
Lamine Sané	81	Bordeaux	Senegal
Thiago Silva	80	PSG	Brazil
Milan Biševac	80	Olympique Lyon	Serbia
Samuel Umtiti	79	Olympique Lyon	France
Christophe Kerbrat	79	EA Guingamp	France
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik	79	Stade Rennais	Cameroon
David Luiz	78	PSG	Brazil
Marko Baša	78	LOSC Lille	Montenegro
Simon Kjær	78	LOSC Lille	Denmark
Loïc Perrin	76	Saint-Etienne	France
Nicolas Nkoulou	75	Marseille	Cameroon

 

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.

Only Marquinhos and Nkoulou are faster than David Luiz and Thiago Silva.

 

CENTRAL BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Nicolas Nkoulou	79	Marseille	Cameroon
Marquinhos	79	PSG	Brazil
Thiago Silva	78	PSG	Brazil
David Luiz	77	PSG	Brazil
Samuel Umtiti	74	Olympique Lyon	France
Christophe Kerbrat	74	EA Guingamp	France
Papy Mison Djilobodji	73	FC Nantes	Senegal
Aymen Abdennour	72	AS Monaco	Tunisia
Loïc Perrin	71	Saint-Etienne	France
Lamine Sané	71	Bordeaux	Senegal
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik	70	Stade Rennais	Cameroon
Mexer	69	Stade Rennais	Mozambique
Simon Kjær	66	LOSC Lille	Denmark
Marko Baša	65	LOSC Lille	Montenegro
Hilton	61	Montpellier HSC	Brazil

 

Thiago Silva intercepts everything that is at his reach. He is one of the fastest central backs of the world. He has his room in any team.

David Luiz is our second choice. He looks like Thiago Silva but with a much worse defensive stat and work rate. Aymen Abdennour is our cheap alternative.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Central Backs in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

FUT 15 Ligue 1 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.

There is no popular right back playing in Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Gregory van der Wiel	77	PSG	Netherlands
Serge Aurier	77	PSG	Ivory Coast
Aïssa Mandi	75	Stade Reims	Algeria
Christophe Jallet	75	Olympique Lyon	France
Sébastien Corchia	75	LOSC Lille	France
François Clerc	75	Saint-Etienne	France

 

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.

The right backs playing in Ligue 1 are very balanced, even in defending stat.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Serge Aurier	76	PSG	Ivory Coast
Aïssa Mandi	75	Stade Reims	Algeria
François Clerc	75	Saint-Etienne	France
Christophe Jallet	74	Olympique Lyon	France
Gregory van der Wiel	73	PSG	Netherlands
Sébastien Corchia	73	LOSC Lille	France

 

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 and Serge Aurier are the only fast right backs playing in Ligue 1.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Gregory van der Wiel	85	PSG	Netherlands
Serge Aurier	83	PSG	Ivory Coast
Sébastien Corchia	77	LOSC Lille	France
Aïssa Mandi	75	Stade Reims	Algeria
Christophe Jallet	74	Olympique Lyon	France
François Clerc	71	Saint-Etienne	France

 

Serge Aurier is undoubtedly the best right back playing on Ligue 1. He has the best shooting, dribbling, defending and physical stats. Gregory van der Wiel is the best alternative to him. Sébastien Corchia is our economic choice.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Right Backs in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 Ligue 1 Left Backs (LB e LWB)

 

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

Maxwell is probably the left back most popular playing in Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
Maxwell	77	PSG	Brazil
Layvin Kurzawa	76	AS Monaco	France
Lucas Digne	76	PSG	France
Henri Bedimo	76	Olympique Lyon	Cameroon

 
 

There is no much difference between the way how the left backs from Ligue 1 defend.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Maxwell	75	PSG	Brazil
Layvin Kurzawa	75	AS Monaco	France
Lucas Digne	74	PSG	France
Henri Bedimo	74	Olympique Lyon	Cameroon

 
 

Bedimo is the fastest left back playing in France.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Henri Bedimo	82	Olympique Lyon	Cameroon
Lucas Digne	80	PSG	France
Layvin Kurzawa	79	AS Monaco	France
Maxwell	74	PSG	Brazil

 

Our favourite to play in the left side of the defence is Henri Bedimo. Maxwell is better in four of the six main attributes, but the Lyon’s player is faster, defends almost as well and is great in other important stats like strength, stamina and aggression.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Left Backs in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 Ligue 1 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.

Toulalan, Matuidi and Thiago Motta are the three most popular CDM playing in Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Jérémy Toulalan	83	AS Monaco	France
Blaise Matuidi	83	PSG	France
Thiago Motta	82	PSG	Italy
Rio Antonio Mavuba	81	LOSC Lille	France
Maxime Gonalons	80	Olympique Lyon	France
Jérémy Clément	77	Saint-Etienne	France
Grégory Sertic	76	Bordeaux	Croatia
Idrissa Gueye	76	LOSC Lille	Senegal
Didier Digard	76	OGC Nice	France
Alaixys Romao	75	Marseille	Togo

 

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.

Matuidi is the CDM who has the best defensive skills in Ligue 1.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Blaise Matuidi	84	PSG	France
Maxime Gonalons	80	Olympique Lyon	France
Jérémy Toulalan	79	AS Monaco	France
Jérémy Clément	79	Saint-Etienne	France
Thiago Motta	78	PSG	Italy
Rio Antonio Mavuba	78	LOSC Lille	France
Idrissa Gueye	75	LOSC Lille	Senegal
Didier Digard	75	OGC Nice	France
Grégory Sertic	73	Bordeaux	Croatia
Alaixys Romao	72	Marseille	Togo

 

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 are four Ligue 1 defensive midfielders with better physical than Matudi.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Alaixys Romao	85	Marseille	Togo
Thiago Motta	84	PSG	Italy
Geoffrey Kondogbia	84	AS Monaco	France
Maxime Gonalons	83	Olympique Lyon	France
Blaise Matuidi	82	PSG	France
Jérémy Toulalan	82	AS Monaco	France
Didier Digard	80	OGC Nice	France
Rio Antonio Mavuba	78	LOSC Lille	France
Jérémy Clément	77	Saint-Etienne	France
Grégory Sertic	76	Bordeaux	Croatia

 

Blaise Matuidi is our first choice for this position. He is not only the fastest and who has the best defending and dribbling stats. He is a very balanced player with an amazing stamina (95) and a good work rate to play everywhere.

Toulalan and Thiago Motta are too slow. We prefer Maxime Gonalons, our economic choice.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Defensive Midfielders in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 Ligue 1 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 are just a few centre midfielders playing in Ligue 1. João Moutinho is the most popular one.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS
João Moutinho	83	AS Monaco	Portugal
Yohan Cabaye	81	PSG	France
Marco Verratti	80	PSG	Italy
Javier Pastore	79	PSG	Argentina
Clément Grenier	77	Olympique Lyon	France
Yoann Gourcuff	77	Olympique Lyon	France
Florent Balmont	76	LOSC Lille	France
Gueïda Fofana	75	Olympique Lyon	France
Etienne Didot	75	Toulouse FC	France
Renaud Cohade	75	Saint-Etienne	France
Clément Chantôme	75	PSG	France

 

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.

João Moutinho, Cabaye and Pastore are the three Ligue 1 midfielders with best passing skills.

 

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PASSING
João Moutinho	83	AS Monaco	Portugal
Yohan Cabaye	82	PSG	France
Javier Pastore	81	PSG	Argentina
Clément Grenier	81	Olympique Lyon	France
Marco Verratti	80	PSG	Italy
Yoann Gourcuff	80	Olympique Lyon	France
Florent Balmont	78	LOSC Lille	France
Etienne Didot	78	Toulouse FC	France
Renaud Cohade	77	Saint-Etienne	France
Clément Chantôme	77	PSG	France
Gueïda Fofana	69	Olympique Lyon	France

 

As it happens with passing, on dribbling Pastore and Moutinho are again in the top 3.

 

CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Marco Verratti	84	PSG	Italy
Javier Pastore	83	PSG	Argentina
João Moutinho	82	AS Monaco	Portugal
Clément Grenier	79	Olympique Lyon	France
Yohan Cabaye	78	PSG	France
Yoann Gourcuff	78	Olympique Lyon	France
Florent Balmont	75	LOSC Lille	France
Renaud Cohade	75	Saint-Etienne	France
Clément Chantôme	73	PSG	France
Etienne Didot	72	Toulouse FC	France
Gueïda Fofana	71	Olympique Lyon	France

 

João Moutinho is for us the best centre midfielder of Ligue 1. He has a great stamina (91) and he is the best one in pace and passing. Cabaye is our second choice. He is fast, has a good dribbling and good passing but, just like the Portuguese player, he is too weak. Verratti is our economic choice.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Central Midfielders in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FUT 15 Ligue 1 Right Wingers (RM, RW e RF)

 

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

Lucas is the only right winger from Ligue 1 with good international reputation.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
Lucas	82	PSG	Brazil
Romain Hamouma	78	Saint-Etienne	France
Florian Thauvin	77	Marseille	France
Kamil Grosicki	76	Stade Rennais	Poland
Daniel Wass	75	Evian Thonon FC	Denmark
Lucas Ocampos	75	AS Monaco	Argentina
Yann Jouffre	75	FC Lorient	France

 

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.

Lucas is a player really really fast.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Lucas	93	PSG	Brazil
Kamil Grosicki	89	Stade Rennais	Poland
Romain Hamouma	84	Saint-Etienne	France
Florian Thauvin	83	Marseille	France
Lucas Ocampos	80	AS Monaco	Argentina
Daniel Wass	77	Evian Thonon FC	Denmark
Yann Jouffre	74	FC Lorient	France

 

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.

If Lucas’ pace was not enough, his dribbling should be enough to convince any one to use him.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBLLING
Lucas	87	PSG	Brazil
Romain Hamouma	80	Saint-Etienne	France
Florian Thauvin	79	Marseille	France
Lucas Ocampos	77	AS Monaco	Argentina
Kamil Grosicki	76	Stade Rennais	Poland
Yann Jouffre	75	FC Lorient	France
Daniel Wass	73	Evian Thonon FC	Denmark

 

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.

And the player with best passing skills is… Lucas.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Lucas	76	PSG	Brazil
Yann Jouffre	76	FC Lorient	France
Romain Hamouma	75	Saint-Etienne	France
Daniel Wass	75	Evian Thonon FC	Denmark
Florian Thauvin	74	Marseille	France
Lucas Ocampos	74	AS Monaco	Argentina
Kamil Grosicki	71	Stade Rennais	Poland

 

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. Romain Hamouma is our economic choice. He is cheaper than Florian Thauvin and better than him in all the six basic attributes.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Right Wingers in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 

 
 
 
 
 

Best Ligue 1 Left Wingers (LM, LW e LF)

 

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

Lavezzi is the most popular left winger playing in Ligue 1.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS
Ezequiel Lavezzi	82	PSG	Argentina
Dimitri Payet	78	Marseille	France
André Ayew	78	Marseille	Ghana
Yohan Mollo	76	Saint-Etienne	France
Romain Alessandrini	76	Marseille	France
Franck Tabanou	75	Saint-Etienne	France
Divock Origi	75	LOSC Lille	Belgium
Wahbi Khazri	75	Bordeaux	Tunisia
Serge Gakpé	75	FC Nantes	Togo

 
 

Alessandrini and Gakpé are both even faster than Lavezzi.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PACE
Romain Alessandrini	91	Marseille	France
Serge Gakpé	91	FC Nantes	Togo
Ezequiel Lavezzi	87	PSG	Argentina
Yohan Mollo	87	Saint-Etienne	France
Divock Origi	85	LOSC Lille	Belgium
André Ayew	81	Marseille	Ghana
Dimitri Payet	78	Marseille	France
Franck Tabanou	77	Saint-Etienne	France
Wahbi Khazri	76	Bordeaux	Tunisia

 
 

No one has better dribbling than Lavezzi.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Ezequiel Lavezzi	85	PSG	Argentina
André Ayew	80	Marseille	Ghana
Dimitri Payet	80	Marseille	France
Yohan Mollo	80	Saint-Etienne	France
Romain Alessandrini	79	Marseille	France
Serge Gakpé	78	FC Nantes	Togo
Wahbi Khazri	77	Bordeaux	Tunisia
Divock Origi	75	LOSC Lille	Belgium
Franck Tabanou	74	Saint-Etienne	France

 
 

Payet is the best passer. Lavezzi is second.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Dimitri Payet	77	Marseille	France
Ezequiel Lavezzi	75	PSG	Argentina
Franck Tabanou	75	Saint-Etienne	France
André Ayew	74	Marseille	Ghana
Wahbi Khazri	74	Bordeaux	Tunisia
Yohan Mollo	71	Saint-Etienne	France
Romain Alessandrini	70	Marseille	France
Serge Gakpé	69	FC Nantes	Togo
Divock Origi	67	LOSC Lille	Belgium

 

Ezequiel Lavezzi is the best left winger of Ligue 1. For those that don’t want to pay so many coins for the PSG’s winger, Romain Alessandrini is a good alternative. Ayew is not as fast as Alessandrini or Gakpé but he is better in almost everything else, including strength, stamina and aggression, reason why he is our economic choice.

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Left Winger in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 

 
 
 
 
 

Best Ligue 1 Forwards (CF e 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	90	PSG	Sweden
Edinson Cavani	86	PSG	Uruguay
Dimitar Berbatov	81	AS Monaco	Bulgaria
Alexandre Lacazette	79	Olympique Lyon	France
Lacina Traoré	78	AS Monaco	Ivory Coast
Ola Toivonen	78	Stade Rennais	Sweden
André-Pierre Gignac	78	Marseille	France
Mevlüt Erdinç	77	Saint-Etienne	Turkey
Wissam Ben Yedder	77	Toulouse FC	France
Michy Batshuayi	76	Marseille	Belgium
Valère Germain	75	AS Monaco	France
Cheick Diabaté	75	Bordeaux	Mali
Darío Cvitanich	75	OGC Nice	Argentina
Martin Braithwaite	75	Toulouse FC	Denmark
Lucas Barrios	75	Montpellier HSC	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.

Only Cristiano Ronaldo has better shooting than Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST SHOOTING
Zlatan Ibrahimović	91	PSG	Sweden
Edinson Cavani	85	PSG	Uruguay
Dimitar Berbatov	82	AS Monaco	Bulgaria
André-Pierre Gignac	81	Marseille	France
Lacina Traoré	79	AS Monaco	Ivory Coast
Ola Toivonen	78	Stade Rennais	Sweden
Michy Batshuayi	78	Marseille	Belgium
Alexandre Lacazette	77	Olympique Lyon	France
Valère Germain	76	AS Monaco	France
Wissam Ben Yedder	75	Toulouse FC	France
Mevlüt Erdinç	75	Saint-Etienne	Turkey
Darío Cvitanich	75	OGC Nice	Argentina
Cheick Diabaté	75	Bordeaux	Mali
Martin Braithwaite	74	Toulouse FC	Denmark
Lucas Barrios	74	Montpellier HSC	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.

Once again, Ibra is the player with best physical.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Zlatan Ibrahimović	86	PSG	Sweden
Edinson Cavani	82	PSG	Uruguay
Cheick Diabaté	82	Bordeaux	Mali
Lacina Traoré	77	AS Monaco	Ivory Coast
Mevlüt Erdinç	75	Saint-Etienne	Turkey
Ola Toivonen	74	Stade Rennais	Sweden
André-Pierre Gignac	73	Marseille	France
Lucas Barrios	73	Montpellier HSC	Paraguay
Alexandre Lacazette	72	Olympique Lyon	France
Martin Braithwaite	72	Toulouse FC	Denmark
Darío Cvitanich	69	OGC Nice	Argentina
Michy Batshuayi	67	Marseille	Belgium
Valère Germain	65	AS Monaco	France
Dimitar Berbatov	62	AS Monaco	Bulgaria
Wissam Ben Yedder	59	Toulouse FC	France

 

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 Ibrahimovic. Six other strikers are faster than him.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PACE
Martin Braithwaite	89	Toulouse FC	Denmark
Alexandre Lacazette	87	Olympique Lyon	France
Michy Batshuayi	82	Marseille	Belgium
Wissam Ben Yedder	81	Toulouse FC	France
Edinson Cavani	79	PSG	Uruguay
Lacina Traoré	77	AS Monaco	Ivory Coast
Zlatan Ibrahimović	76	PSG	Sweden
Mevlüt Erdinç	76	Saint-Etienne	Turkey
Valère Germain	76	AS Monaco	France
André-Pierre Gignac	72	Marseille	France
Lucas Barrios	72	Montpellier HSC	Paraguay
Darío Cvitanich	72	OGC Nice	Argentina
Ola Toivonen	66	Stade Rennais	Sweden
Dimitar Berbatov	64	AS Monaco	Bulgaria
Cheick Diabaté	61	Bordeaux	Mali

 

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 better shooting, passing, dribbling, physical, ball control, shooting power, strength, long shooting, skills…

If you don’t have enough coins to buy him, you may try Cavani. In previous years he had a bad work rate but now things are much better. Our economic choice is Alexandre Lacazette.

MORE GOALS PER GAME

> 1
Zlatan Ibrahimovic

< 1
Michy Batshuayi
Alexandre Lacazette
Lacina Traore
Edinson Cavani

 
 

Best Ligue 1 Striker in FIFA 15 Ultimate Team

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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 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, 4-3-3 with 25k budget and 4-4-2 with a 5k budget.

 
 
 

Team with Unlimited Budget

 

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• Budget
Playstation: 941.1k coins (934.1k + 7.3k)
Xbox: 667.1k coins (659.8k + 7.3k)
PC: 1783.9k coins (1776.4k + 7.5k)

 

• Summary

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

Sirigu is still the best Ligue 1 goalkeeper. He links very well with David Luiz and Thiago Silva, which is great if you are thinking to build a hybrid squad. Bedimo and Aurier ae the other two defenders.

In Ligue 1, there is no one as good to keep the defence well protected as Matuidi. He is the player with higher stamina in the game. For the next position, João Moutinho is the most balanced player.

On the wings, the team have two great players for affordable prices: Lucas and Lavezzi. In this league, no one can be compared with them.

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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

25k Budget Team

 

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• Budget
Playstation: 31.8k coins (25k + 6.8k)
Xbox: 25.9k coins (19.3k + 6.6k)
PC: 21.4k coins (13.9k + 7.5k)

 

• Summary

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

Ruffier is the number two in the best Ligue 1 goalkeepers list. Abdenhour is, in our opinion, the third defender of this league but his work rates
are not good to play with David Luiz, and for that reason we have chosen Nkoulou to take the Thiago’s spot. The fullbacks are cheap enough to be kept in the team.

The central midfield position has to be Matuidi. The French player builds up the first barrier between your goal line and the opponent, making his defensiveness and physicality count. João Moutinho and Cabaye complete the midfield.

While Lucas beats the concurrence on the right wing, Lavezzi do it in the opposite side.

Over the attack line, Cavani is a great choice, especially now that he has decent work rates.

If you still have some room in your budget, Sirigu is a player that would improve this squad.

 
 
 
 
 
 

10K Budget Team

 

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• Budget
Playstation: 8.7k coins (4.6k + 4.1k)
Xbox: 9.1k coins (4.8k + 4.3k)
PC: 9.5k coins (5k + 4.5k)

 

• Summary

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

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

Nkoulou is probably the ‘bets value for money’ you will ever find in Ligue 1. Umtiti, Kurzawa and Corchia are the three other defenders.

On the midfield, Gonalons and Verratti complete each other well. The first one is a defensive midfielder, and the second is a young player that’s usually more advanced and is used to assisting his colleagues. Hamouma and Ayew, another player that it is very cheap, fill the wings in order to assist Traoré and Batshuayi.

 
 
 

Follow our tips and you’ll become more successful on FIFA 15 Ultimate Team with your Ligue 1 Team.