Serie A Squad Guide for FIFA 16 Ultimate Team

 
 

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

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

 
 
 
 

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Introduction to the FIFA 16 Serie A 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 Serie A. Even the players that have a Serie A 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 Serie A 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 Serie A teams are suggested, the prices considered are the ones of the date of the guide’s publication: October 2015. It’s natural that they have suffered some peaks and troughs throughout the season, so they should only be considered as guiding prices.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Serie A

 

The Serie A is one of the most competitive leagues in the world, but the football is not as spectacular as it is in UK, Spain or Germany.

The qualification of the champion is made through the made points system. Whichever team gathers the most points wins the league. The first three classified teams gain access to the champions league of the next year, while the fourth and fifth qualify for the Europa League and the last three trade places with the first three qualified from the Serie B. Every season starts in September and finishes in May, having 38 game weeks with ten matches each, being a total of 380 matches per season.

The Serie A is the fourth best league classified in the UEFA league coefficients.

Started in 1898, the Italian league has been conquered by sixteen clubs. The dominant club is Juventus, with a total of 31 titles. AC Milan (18), Inter (18) and Genova (9) are the other teams that have won numerous titles.

As to last season, the Serie A lost some good players such as El Sharaawy (Monaco), Yanga-Mbiwa (Lyon), A. Rami and F. Llorente (Sevilla), Joaquín and Juan Vargas (Real Betis), S. Savic (Atlético de Madrid), M. Essien (Panathinaikos), Micah Richards (Aston Villa), J. Holebas and Victor Ibarbo (Watford), X. Shaqiri (Stoke City), A. Ogbonna (West Ham), G. Inler (Leicester), Eduardo Vargas (Hoffenheim), S. Doumbia (CSKA Moscow), Mario Gomez (Besiktas) and Javier Saviola (River Plate). But, the biggest out transfers were the move of Kovacic from Inter to Real Madrid by 35 million Euros and Carlos Tévez from Juventus to Boca Juniors by 6 million Euros.

These transfers didn’t necessarily make the Serie A weaker. The Italian teams spent many million Euros on strong reinforcements: Mario Balotelli, Luiz Adriano and Carlos Bacca (AC Milan), Gerson, W. Szczesny, M. Salah and E. Dzeko (Roma), Rafael Tolói (Atalanta), J. Blaszczykowski and Kalinic (Fiorentina), Ansaldi and Diego Capel (Geona), Felipe Melo, S. Jovetic, Miranda, Kondogbia and I. Perisic (Inter), Cuadrado and Khedira (Juventus), Milinkovic and Ricardo Kishna (Lazio). But the biggest transfers of the season happened in Turin. Manzukic and Alex Sandro joined Serie A by 45 million Euros.

Serie A is a good choice for those who are looking for quality players, but don’t have a large budget. There is not many choices, but the players in Serie A are probably the best value for money.

SERIE A

Total Players: 529
Gold Players: 252
Average Rating (Global): 73

Best New Cards:
Miranda
Khedira
Mandzukic
Alex Sandro
Cuadrado
Carlos Bacca
I. Perisic

Highest Upgrades:
José Mauri (14)
Wesley Hoedt (13)
Franco Vázquez (12)
Sergej Milinković-Savić (12)
Daniele Rugani (11)
Federico Mattiello (11)

Highest Downgrades:
Gennaro Sardo (-4)
Manuel Iturra (-4)
Yuto Nagatomo (-4)
Ashley Cole (-4)

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Serie A 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 Serie A are the charismatic Gianluigi Buffon, the new signing Diego López and the Slovenian National team goalkeeper Samir Handanovič. 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
Gianluigi Buffon	84	Juventus	ITA
Samir Handanovič	83	Inter	SVN
Diego López	82	Milan	ESP
Mattia Perin	81	Genoa	ITA
José Reina	80	Napoli	ESP
Federico Marchetti	80	Lazio	ITA
Wojciech Szczęsny	79	Roma	POL
Neto	79	Juventus	BRA
Morgan De Sanctis	79	Roma	ITA
Andrea Consigli	79	Sassuolo	ITA
Emiliano Viviano	78	Sampdoria	ITA
Orestis Karnezis	78	Udinese	GRE
Stefano Sorrentino	77	Palermo	ITA
Antonio Mirante	77	Bologna	ITA
Christian Abbiati	77	Milan	ITA

 

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 is Mattia Perin. In the world, no one has better reflexes than him.

 

GOALKEEPERS WITH BEST REFLEXES
Mattia Perin	90	Genoa	ITA
Federico Marchetti	87	Lazio	ITA
Samir Handanovič	86	Inter	SVN
Wojciech Szczęsny	85	Roma	POL
Neto	85	Juventus	BRA
Andrea Consigli	84	Sassuolo	ITA
Gianluigi Buffon	83	Juventus	ITA
Diego López	83	Milan	ESP
Emiliano Viviano	83	Sampdoria	ITA
Orestis Karnezis	83	Udinese	GRE
Morgan De Sanctis	82	Roma	ITA
José Reina	81	Napoli	ESP
Antonio Mirante	81	Bologna	ITA
Daniele Padelli	81	Torino	ITA
Christian Abbiati	80	Milan	ITA

 

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

In this attribute, it is Samir Handanovič the best one.

 

GOALKEEPER WITH BEST DIVING
Samir Handanovič	87	Inter	SVN
Gianluigi Buffon	85	Juventus	ITA
Wojciech Szczęsny	84	Roma	POL
Neto	84	Juventus	BRA
Federico Marchetti	82	Lazio	ITA
Diego López	81	Milan	ESP
José Reina	81	Napoli	ESP
Andrea Consigli	81	Sassuolo	ITA
Željko Brkić	81	Carpi	SRB
Mattia Perin	80	Genoa	ITA
Emiliano Viviano	80	Sampdoria	ITA
Antonio Mirante	80	Bologna	ITA
Christian Abbiati	80	Milan	ITA
Orestis Karnezis	79	Udinese	GRE
Stefano Sorrentino	79	Palermo	ITA

 

The most experienced Ultimate Team players know that another leaning factor on a goalkeeper’s performance without considering the remaining four attributes: height. The more tall a goalkeeper is, better his chances of having a clean sheet.

The Serie A goalkeepers are very tall. From the twenty one goalies, fourteen have at least 190cm. Željko Brkić is the tallest one, 9cm taller than Mattia Perin.

 

TALLEST GOALKEEPERS
Željko Brkić	197 / 6′6″	Carpi	SRB
Wojciech Szczęsny	196 / 6′5″	Roma	POL
Diego López	196 / 6′5″	Milan	ESP
Emiliano Viviano	195 / 6′5″	Sampdoria	ITA
Ciprian Tătăruşanu	195 / 6′5″	Fiorentina	ROM
Antonio Mirante	193 / 6′4″	Bologna	ITA
Samir Handanovič	193 / 6′4″	Inter	SVN
Marco Sportiello	192 / 6′4″	Atalanta	ITA
Daniele Padelli	191 / 6′3″	Torino	ITA
Neto	191 / 6′3″	Juventus	BRA
Gianluigi Buffon	191 / 6′3″	Juventus	ITA
Christian Abbiati	191 / 6′3″	Milan	ITA
Orestis Karnezis	190 / 6′3″	Udinese	GRE
Morgan De Sanctis	190 / 6′3″	Roma	ITA
Andrea Consigli	189 / 6′2″	Sassuolo	ITA

 

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

In the five most important attributes, Samir Handanovič is the best in two and one of the best in other the three. Only Buffon can be compared to him. Mattia Perin was the good surprise of the year, while Neto is the economic choice.

GOALKEEPERS

Best Players
#1 Samir Handanovič
#2 Gianluigi Buffon
#3 Mattia Perin
#4 Diego López

Economic Choice
Neto

 
 

Best FUT 16 Serie A Goalkeeper

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Serie A 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.

Giorgio Chiellini is by far the centre back with the best reputation in the Serie A.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE BACKS
Giorgio Chiellini	87	Juventus	ITA
Miranda	84	Inter	BRA
Andrea Barzagli	84	Juventus	ITA
Nemanja Vidić	83	Inter	SRB
Leonardo Bonucci	83	Juventus	ITA
Kostas Manolas	82	Roma	GRE
Kamil Glik	82	Torino	POL
Stefan de Vrij	82	Lazio	NED
Leandro Castán	82	Roma	BRA
Alex	81	Milan	BRA
Martín Cáceres	81	Juventus	URU
Raúl Albiol	81	Napoli	ESP
Maurício	80	Lazio	BRA
Gonzalo Rodríguez	80	Fiorentina	ARG
Nikola Maksimović	80	Torino	SRB

 

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

A player with better defending will have an easier chance of dispossessing the opponent and avoid him reaching your box.

It’s the case of the best rated players: Giorgio Chiellini, Miranda and Andrea Barzagli. It’s really hard to get past hem. The most experienced players are normally those who have a higher rating on this attribute..

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Giorgio Chiellini	90	Juventus	ITA
Andrea Barzagli	88	Juventus	ITA
Miranda	86	Inter	BRA
Martín Cáceres	86	Juventus	URU
Nemanja Vidić	85	Inter	SRB
Leonardo Bonucci	85	Juventus	ITA
Kostas Manolas	85	Roma	GRE
Kamil Glik	85	Torino	POL
Stefan de Vrij	85	Lazio	NED
Leandro Castán	85	Roma	BRA
Raúl Albiol	84	Napoli	ESP
Nikola Maksimović	84	Torino	SRB
Danilo	84	Udinese	BRA
Alex	83	Milan	BRA
Gonzalo Rodríguez	83	Fiorentina	ARG

 

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 Chiellini and Kalidou Koulibaly are the strongest ones.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Kalidou Koulibaly	86	Napoli	FRA
Giorgio Chiellini	84	Juventus	ITA
Juan Jesus	84	Inter	BRA
Sebastian De Maio	83	Genoa	FRA
Kostas Manolas	82	Roma	GRE
Kamil Glik	82	Torino	POL
Leonardo Bonucci	81	Juventus	ITA
Alex	81	Milan	BRA
Miranda	80	Inter	BRA
Nemanja Vidić	80	Inter	SRB
Leandro Castán	80	Roma	BRA
Maurício	80	Lazio	BRA
Modibo Diakité	80	Frosinone	FRA
Nikola Maksimović	79	Torino	SRB
Gabriel Paletta	79	Atalanta	ITA

 

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.

Martín Cáceres is the fastest gold centre back in the world. But there are other fast players in Serie A, like Juan Jesus, Antonio Rüdiger and Manolas.

 

CENTRE BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Martín Cáceres	83	Juventus	URU
Kostas Manolas	81	Roma	GRE
Juan Jesus	80	Inter	BRA
Antonio Rüdiger	80	Roma	GER
Giorgio Chiellini	77	Juventus	ITA
Miranda	76	Inter	BRA
Iván Piris	76	Udinese	PAR
Andrea Barzagli	75	Juventus	ITA
Vlad Chiricheş	75	Napoli	ROM
Giancarlo González	75	Palermo	COS
Kalidou Koulibaly	74	Napoli	FRA
Facundo Roncaglia	74	Fiorentina	ARG
Leandro Castán	72	Roma	BRA
Cristian Zapata	72	Milan	COL
Modibo Diakité	72	Frosinone	FRA

 

Giorgio Chiellini is our number one choice for this position. He is fast and the one with better defending stats. The Juventus’ defender is the most expensive of all centre backs in Serie A.

Manolas is slightly better than Miranda, especially in pace and work rates, while Alex or Vidic can only be useful in squads with three centre backs.

Juan Jesus is our economic choice. He is fast and has good defending and physical stats.

CENTRE BACKS

Best Players
#1 Giorgio Chiellini
#2 Kostas Manolas
#3 Miranda
#4 Andrea Barzagli

Economic Choice
Juan Jesus

 
 

Best FUT 16 Serie A Centre Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Serie A 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.

Maicon and Lichtsteiner are the most popular right backs playing in Serie A.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT BACKS
Stephan Lichtsteiner	82	Juventus	SUI
Maicon	80	Roma	BRA
Montoya	79	Inter	ESP
Bruno Peres	79	Torino	BRA
Dušan Basta	79	Lazio	SRB
Ignazio Abate	78	Milan	ITA
Alessandro Florenzi	77	Roma	ITA
Diogo Figueiras	77	Genoa	POR
Lorenzo De Silvestri	77	Sampdoria	ITA
Issa Cissokho	77	Genoa	SEN

 

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 Italy, no one defends as well as Lichtsteiner and Basta.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Stephan Lichtsteiner	80	Juventus	SUI
Dušan Basta	80	Lazio	SRB
Maicon	78	Roma	BRA
Nenad Tomović	78	Fiorentina	SRB
Vassilis Torosidis	77	Roma	GRE
Montoya	76	Inter	ESP
Diogo Figueiras	76	Genoa	POR
Lorenzo De Silvestri	76	Sampdoria	ITA
Ignazio Abate	75	Milan	ITA
Issa Cissokho	74	Genoa	SEN

 

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.

Abate and Bruno Peres are two of the three fastest gold right backs in the world.

 

RIGHT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Bruno Peres	92	Torino	BRA
Ignazio Abate	92	Milan	ITA
Montoya	86	Inter	ESP
Alessandro Florenzi	85	Roma	ITA
Stephan Lichtsteiner	83	Juventus	SUI
Lorenzo De Silvestri	82	Sampdoria	ITA
Issa Cissokho	82	Genoa	SEN
Elseid Hysaj	82	Napoli	ALB
Diogo Figueiras	81	Genoa	POR
Šime Vrsaljko	81	Sassuolo	CRO

 

Lichtsteiner is the most complete right back playing in Serie A. He has good attacking and defending stats, and his work rate is perfect. In our opinion he is the best one. However, he is not a fast player. If that is a problem to you, then try Abate.

If you don’t have enough coins to buy them, choose Bruno Peres. He has poor defensive stats but he is really fast, which may be important too.

RIGHT BACKS

Best Players
#1 Stephan Lichtsteiner
#2 Ignazio Abate
#3 Bruno Peres
#4 Maicon

Economic Choice
Montoya

 
 

Best FUT 16 Serie A Right Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Serie A 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.

A team’s left flank has even less options than the right but that doesn’t necessarily mean it has less quality. Alex Sandro, the most rated left back, was a great addition to this league.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT BACKS
Alex Sandro	82	Juventus	BRA
Patrice Evra	81	Juventus	FRA
Stefan Radu	79	Lazio	ROM
Cristian Ansaldi	79	Genoa	ARG
Faouzi Ghoulam	78	Napoli	ALG
Juan Camilo Zúñiga	77	Napoli	COL
Manuel Pasqual	77	Fiorentina	ITA
Ashley Cole	77	Roma	ENG
Luca Antonelli	77	Milan	ITA
Mário Rui	76	Empoli	POR

 

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

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST DEFENDING
Stefan Radu	84	Lazio	ROM
Patrice Evra	82	Juventus	FRA
Alex Sandro	80	Juventus	BRA
Cristian Ansaldi	77	Genoa	ARG
Manuel Pasqual	77	Fiorentina	ITA
Ashley Cole	77	Roma	ENG
Faouzi Ghoulam	76	Napoli	ALG
Luca Antonelli	76	Milan	ITA
Lucas Digne	76	Roma	FRA
Davide Santon	75	Inter	ITA

 

Zúñiga is much faster than any other left back.

 

LEFT BACKS WITH BEST PACE
Juan Camilo Zúñiga	89	Napoli	COL
Mário Rui	86	Empoli	POR
Alex Sandro	85	Juventus	BRA
Cristian Ansaldi	84	Genoa	ARG
Mattia De Sciglio	84	Milan	ITA
Alex Telles	84	Inter	BRA
Faouzi Ghoulam	81	Napoli	ALG
Boukary Dramé	81	Atalanta	SEN
Luca Antonelli	79	Milan	ITA
Cristian Molinaro	79	Torino	ITA

 

Alex Sandro is, in our opinion, the best left back playing in Serie A. It was a good addition to a league that usually doesn’t have many good players in this position.

Zúñiga’s pace is enough to make the difference between him and Patrice Evra. In the other hand, Radu should only be used if you need someone to defend.

LEFT BACKS

Best Players
#1 Alex Sandro
#2 Juan Camilo Zúñiga
#3 Patrice Eva
#4 Stefan Radu

Economic Choice
Cristian Ansaldi

 
 

Best FUT 16 Serie A Left Backs

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Serie A 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.

Daniele De Rossi and Khedira are the two most popular central defensive midfielders in Serie A.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS
Sami Khedira	83	Juventus	GER
Daniele De Rossi	83	Roma	ITA
Lucas Biglia	82	Lazio	ARG
Gary Medel	81	Inter	CHI
Allan	81	Napoli	BRA
Nigel de Jong	81	Milan	NED
Felipe Melo	79	Inter	BRA
Seydou Keita	79	Roma	MAL
Geoffrey Kondogbia	78	Inter	FRA
Mirko Valdifiori	77	Napoli	ITA
David López	77	Napoli	ESP
Alessandro Gazzi	77	Torino	ITA
Jorginho	77	Napoli	ITA
Milan Badelj	77	Fiorentina	CRO
Fernando	76	Sampdoria	BRA

 

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.

De Rossi and Khedira 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
Sami Khedira	83	Juventus	GER
Daniele De Rossi	82	Roma	ITA
Gary Medel	79	Inter	CHI
Allan	79	Napoli	BRA
Felipe Melo	79	Inter	BRA
Nigel de Jong	78	Milan	NED
Fernando	78	Sampdoria	BRA
Seydou Keita	77	Roma	MAL
Alessandro Gazzi	77	Torino	ITA
Geoffrey Kondogbia	76	Inter	FRA
David López	76	Napoli	ESP
Lucas Biglia	75	Lazio	ARG
Tomás Rincón	74	Genoa	VEN
Milan Badelj	72	Fiorentina	CRO
Jasmin Kurtić	72	Atalanta	SVN

 

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.

Once again, Khedira stands out. Only Gary Medel has better physical than him. On the other hand there’s Jorginho. The Brazilian player rarely wins a physical brawl due to being the weakest central defensive midfielder from the main Italian League.

 

CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Gary Medel	89	Inter	CHI
Sami Khedira	86	Juventus	GER
Nigel de Jong	86	Milan	NED
Daniele De Rossi	84	Roma	ITA
Felipe Melo	84	Inter	BRA
Geoffrey Kondogbia	83	Inter	FRA
David López	82	Napoli	ESP
Jasmin Kurtić	82	Atalanta	SVN
Allan	81	Napoli	BRA
Alessandro Gazzi	80	Torino	ITA
Panagiotis Tachtsidis	80	Genoa	GRE
William Vainqueur	79	Roma	FRA
Fernando	78	Sampdoria	BRA
Lucas Biglia	78	Lazio	ARG
Tomás Rincón	77	Genoa	VEN

 

There are many good players for this position but we believe that the choice has to be made between Khedira and Rossi. It is not easy to decide who is the best one. We picked Khedira because he is stronger but you will be OK with De Rossi too.

Medel is a very interesting player. Much faster than our first choices, he represents muscle in the midfield. However, he is not so balanced player. He is our economic choice.

DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
#1 Sami Khedira
#2 Daniele De Rossi
#3 Gary Medel
#4 Felipe Melo
#5 Allan

Economic Choice
Gary Medel

 
 

Best FUT 16 Serie A Central Defensive Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Serie A 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.

Pirlo and Vidal have left the Serie A but the best midfielders is still there: Pogba.

 

HIGHEST RATED CENTRE MIDFIELDERS
Paul Pogba	86	CM	Juventus
Miralem Pjanić	84	CM	Roma
Claudio Marchisio	84	CM	Juventus
Radja Nainggolan	83	CM	Roma
Marek Hamšik	83	CAM	Napoli
Borja Valero	82	CM	Fiorentina
Dries Mertens	82	CAM	Napoli
Roberto Pereyra	81	CAM	Juventus
Marco Parolo	81	CM	Lazio
Lorenzo Insigne	81	CAM	Napoli
Hernanes	81	CAM	Juventus
José Callejón	81	CAM	Napoli
Kevin Strootman	80	CM	Roma
Riccardo Montolivo	80	CM	Milan
Stefano Mauri	80	CAM	Lazio
Fredy Guarín	80	CM	Inter
Mario Suárez	79	CM	Fiorentina
Senad Lulić	78	CM	Lazio
Manolo Gabbiadini	78	CAM	Napoli
Luca Cigarini	78	CM	Atalanta

 

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.

Miralem Pjanić and Borja Valer have great passing stat.

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST PASSING
Miralem Pjanić	85	Roma	BOS
Borja Valero	85	Fiorentina	ESP
Hernanes	83	Juventus	BRA
Riccardo Montolivo	83	Milan	ITA
Luca Cigarini	83	Atalanta	ITA
Paul Pogba	82	Juventus	FRA
Claudio Marchisio	82	Juventus	ITA
Marek Hamšik	81	Napoli	SVK
Roberto Pereyra	81	Juventus	ARG
Matías Fernández	81	Fiorentina	CHI
Dries Mertens	80	Napoli	BEL
Stefano Mauri	80	Lazio	ITA
Daniele Baselli	80	Torino	ITA
Radja Nainggolan	79	Roma	BEL
Kevin Strootman	79	Roma	NED
Fredy Guarín	79	Inter	COL
Lorenzo Insigne	78	Napoli	ITA
Giacomo Bonaventura	78	Milan	ITA
Omar El Kaddouri	78	Napoli	MOR
Jonathan De Guzmán	78	Napoli	NED

 

 

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Dries Mertens	87	Napoli	BEL
Lorenzo Insigne	87	Napoli	ITA
Paul Pogba	86	Juventus	FRA
Roberto Pereyra	85	Juventus	ARG
Miralem Pjanić	84	Roma	BOS
Matías Fernández	84	Fiorentina	CHI
Claudio Marchisio	83	Juventus	ITA
Hernanes	83	Juventus	BRA
José Callejón	83	Napoli	ESP
Marek Hamšik	82	Napoli	SVK
Fredy Guarín	82	Inter	COL
Radja Nainggolan	81	Roma	BEL
Borja Valero	81	Fiorentina	ESP
Giacomo Bonaventura	81	Milan	ITA
Jonathan De Guzmán	80	Napoli	NED
Goran Pandev	80	Genoa	MAC
Daniele Baselli	79	Torino	ITA
Senad Lulić	79	Lazio	BOS
Manolo Gabbiadini	79	Napoli	ITA
Omar El Kaddouri	79	Napoli	MOR

 

Paul Pogba is undoubtedly the best player for this position. He is strong, fast and with great stats for all other attributes, including amazing stamina. He can play as CAM, CM or even CDM. For this last position, we prefer our second choice, Claudio Marchisio.

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS

Best Players
#1 Paul Pogba
#2 Claudio Marchisio
#3 Radja Nainggolan
#4 Dries Mertens

Economic Choice
Marek Hamsik

 
 

Best FUT 16 Serie A Centre Midfielders

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Serie A Right Wingers

RM | RW | RF
 

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

Cuadrado and Candreva are the two right wingers most popular who play in Serie A.

 

HIGHEST RATED RIGHT WINGERS
Antonio Candreva	83	Lazio	ITA
Juan Cuadrado	82	Juventus	COL
Mohamed Salah	80	Roma	EGY
Jakub Błaszczykowski	80	Fiorentina	POL
Domenico Berardi	80	Sassuolo	ITA
Iago Falqué	79	Roma	ESP
Jonathan Biabiany	78	Inter	FRA
Juan Manuel Iturbe	77	Roma	ARG
Keisuke Honda	77	Milan	JAP
Ricardo Álvarez	77	Inter	ARG

 

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 Serie A is extremely well served in this chapter. Five gold players have pace over 92, being the highlighted Jonathan Biabiany.

 

FASTEST RIGHT WINGERS
Jonathan Biabiany	94	Inter	FRA
Juan Cuadrado	93	Juventus	COL
Juan Manuel Iturbe	92	Roma	ARG
Mohamed Salah	91	Roma	EGY
Serge Gakpé	91	Genoa	TOG
Domenico Berardi	87	Sassuolo	ITA
Antonio Candreva	86	Lazio	ITA
Edenílson	85	Udinese	BRA
Jakub Błaszczykowski	82	Fiorentina	POL
Iago Falqué	80	Roma	ESP

 

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 Cuadrado the best one.

 

RIGHT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBLLING
Juan Cuadrado	87	Juventus	COL
Antonio Candreva	85	Lazio	ITA
Mohamed Salah	85	Roma	EGY
Iago Falqué	85	Roma	ESP
Juan Manuel Iturbe	84	Roma	ARG
Domenico Berardi	83	Sassuolo	ITA
Jonathan Biabiany	82	Inter	FRA
Ricardo Álvarez	82	Inter	ARG
Jakub Błaszczykowski	81	Fiorentina	POL
Simone Pepe	80	Chievo Verona	ITA

 

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 Candreva and Honda offer good quality passing. Biabiany and Iturbe, for example, could’ve been options 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 BEST PASSING
Antonio Candreva	82	Lazio	ITA
Keisuke Honda	81	Milan	JAP
Jakub Błaszczykowski	78	Fiorentina	POL
Ricardo Álvarez	78	Inter	ARG
Simone Pepe	77	Chievo Verona	ITA
Valter Birsa	77	Chievo Verona	SVN
Juan Cuadrado	75	Juventus	COL
Domenico Berardi	75	Sassuolo	ITA
Iago Falqué	74	Roma	ESP
Marquinho	74	Udinese	BRA

 

There are only two good players for this position but it is really difficult to choose between them. Candreva is slightly better than Cuadrado in almost every stat, including much better stamina. However, the pace of the Colombian player can make the difference. What he lacks in these attributes he highly compensates with his pace. That’s the main reason why we consider him the best Serie A right winger.

The young player Berardi is our economic choice.

RIGHT WINGER

Best Players
#1 Juan Cuadrado
#2 Antonio Candreva
#3 Mohamed Salah
#4 Domenico Berardi
#5 Jakub Blaszczykowski

Economic Choice
Domenico Berardi

 
 

Best FUT 16 Serie A Right Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Serie A Left Wingers

LM | LW | LF
 

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

Gervinho and Perišić are the two most popular left wingers playing in Serie A.

 

HIGHEST RATED LEFT WINGERS
Ivan Perišić	81	Inter	CRO
Gervinho	80	Roma	IVC
Diego Perotti	79	Genoa	ARG
Felipe Anderson	79	Lazio	BRA
Adem Ljajić	79	Inter	SRB
Eder	79	Sampdoria	ITA
Kwadwo Asamoah	79	Juventus	GHA
Anthony Mounier	78	Bologna	FRA
Paul-José Mpoku	76	Chievo Verona	DRC
Balde Diao Keita	76	Lazio	ESP

 

Even though he is fast, Keita is far away from Gervinho, the fastest left winger in Serie A.

 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PACE
Gervinho	92	Roma	IVC
Felipe Anderson	92	Lazio	BRA
Balde Diao Keita	90	Lazio	ESP
Alejandro Gómez	89	Atalanta	ARG
Diego Capel	87	Genoa	ESP
Eder	85	Sampdoria	ITA
Anthony Mounier	85	Bologna	FRA
Ricardo Kishna	85	Lazio	NED
Diego Perotti	82	Genoa	ARG
Kwadwo Asamoah	82	Juventus	GHA

 

Felipe Anderson and Capel are the most highlighted left wingers in this chapter.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST DRIBBLING
Felipe Anderson	85	Lazio	BRA
Diego Capel	85	Genoa	ESP
Diego Perotti	84	Genoa	ARG
Kwadwo Asamoah	83	Juventus	GHA
Adem Ljajić	82	Inter	SRB
Gervinho	81	Roma	IVC
Eder	81	Sampdoria	ITA
Balde Diao Keita	81	Lazio	ESP
Emanuele Giaccherini	81	Bologna	ITA
Alejandro Gómez	81	Atalanta	ARG

 

Left wingers in Serie A don’t have a good passing. Perišić and Anthony Mounier are the best ones.

 
 

LEFT WINGERS WITH BEST PASSING
Ivan Perišić	79	Inter	CRO
Anthony Mounier	78	Bologna	FRA
Diego Perotti	77	Genoa	ARG
Adem Ljajić	77	Inter	SRB
Kwadwo Asamoah	76	Juventus	GHA
Emanuele Giaccherini	76	Bologna	ITA
Perparim Hetemaj	76	Chievo Verona	FIN
Boško Janković	76	Hellas Verona	SRB
Felipe Anderson	74	Lazio	BRA
Paul-José Mpoku	74	Chievo Verona	DRC

 

There is lack of quality left wingers in Serie A. It’s probably the weakest position of this league.

In our opinion, Felipe Anderson is the best left winger. His stats are not great, but pace and dribbling, which are the most important ones, look amazing.

If you are looking for someone that also helps your defence, you should try Kwadwo Asamoah. He is not fast as Gervinho and Felipe Anderson, but he is a more balanced player. The Ghanaian winger is the strongest and one of the best in any of the other five basic attributes. Besides that, he has high/high work rate.

LEFT WINGER

Best Players
#1 Felipe Anderson
#2 Gervinho
#3 Ivan Perisic
#4 Kwadwo Asamoah
#5 Balde Diao Keyta

Economic Choice
Kwadwo Asamoah

 
 

Best FUT 16 Serie A Left Wingers

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Best FIFA 16 Serie A Forwards

CF | ST
 

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

Gonzalo Higuaín and Mario Mandžukić are the most popular forwards playing in Serie A.

 

HIGHEST RATED FORWARDS
Gonzalo Higuaín	84	Napoli	ARG
Mario Mandžukić	83	Juventus	CRO
Carlos Bacca	82	Milan	COL
Morata	81	Juventus	ESP
Jérémy Ménez	81	Milan	FRA
Miroslav Klose	81	Lazio	GER
Stevan Jovetić	81	Inter	MON
Edin Džeko	81	Roma	BOS
Antonio Cassano	81	Sampdoria	ITA
Francesco Totti	80	Roma	ITA
Giuseppe Rossi	80	Fiorentina	ITA
Rodrigo Palacio	80	Inter	ARG
Filip Djordjevic	80	Lazio	SRB
Mario Balotelli	80	Milan	ITA
Franco Vázquez	79	Palermo	ITA
Luiz Adriano	79	Milan	BRA
Fabio Quagliarella	79	Torino	ITA
Mauro Icardi	79	Inter	ARG
Antonio Di Natale	79	Udinese	ITA
Simone Zaza	78	Juventus	ITA

 

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.

The experienced Serie A forwards Quagliarella, Dzeko and Totti are the ones with best shooting.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST SHOOTING
Fabio Quagliarella	85	Torino	ITA
Gonzalo Higuaín	84	Napoli	ARG
Edin Džeko	84	Roma	BOS
Francesco Totti	84	Roma	ITA
Carlos Bacca	83	Milan	COL
Giuseppe Rossi	83	Fiorentina	ITA
Mario Mandžukić	82	Juventus	CRO
Luiz Adriano	82	Milan	BRA
Antonio Di Natale	82	Udinese	ITA
Morata	81	Juventus	ESP
Stevan Jovetić	81	Inter	MON
Mario Balotelli	80	Milan	ITA
Paulo Dybala	80	Juventus	ARG
Germán Denis	80	Atalanta	ARG
Filip Djordjevic	79	Lazio	SRB
Mauro Icardi	79	Inter	ARG
Simone Zaza	79	Juventus	ITA
Luca Toni	79	Hellas Verona	ITA
Antonio Cassano	78	Sampdoria	ITA
Rodrigo Palacio	78	Inter	ARG

 

Jump, strength and stamina are the ingredients to the new physical attribute, very important when we are analysing the best forwards: jump to score with the head; strength to dispute the ball with the opponents; and stamina to sprint in direction of goal at any time of the game.

Most of the best Serie A strikers don’t have good physical. It’s not the case of Mandžukić.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PHYSICAL
Mario Mandžukić	86	Juventus	CRO
Filip Djordjevic	84	Lazio	SRB
Alberto Paloschi	80	Chievo Verona	ITA
Mario Balotelli	78	Milan	ITA
Carlos Bacca	77	Milan	COL
Maxi López	76	Torino	ARG
Cyril Théréau	76	Udinese	FRA
Mauricio Pinilla	76	Atalanta	CHI
Khouma Babacar	76	Fiorentina	SEN
Morata	73	Juventus	ESP
Germán Denis	73	Atalanta	ARG
Simone Zaza	73	Juventus	ITA
Duván Zapata	73	Udinese	COL
Edin Džeko	72	Roma	BOS
Mauro Icardi	72	Inter	ARG
Alessio Cerci	72	Milan	ITA
Giampaolo Pazzini	72	Hellas Verona	ITA
Amauri	72	Torino	ITA
Gonzalo Higuaín	71	Napoli	ARG
Rodrigo Palacio	71	Inter	ARG

 

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.

Dybala and Moralez are the fastest strikers. They are better than Ménez, Palacio and Cerci.

 

FORWARDS WITH BEST PACE
Paulo Dybala	87	Juventus	ARG
Maximiliano Moralez	87	Atalanta	ARG
Jérémy Ménez	86	Milan	FRA
Rodrigo Palacio	85	Inter	ARG
Alessio Cerci	85	Milan	ITA
Morata	84	Juventus	ESP
Gregoire Defrel	84	Sassuolo	FRA
Carlos Bacca	83	Milan	COL
Giuseppe Rossi	82	Fiorentina	ITA
Gonzalo Higuaín	80	Napoli	ARG
Mauro Icardi	79	Inter	ARG
Alessandro Matri	79	Lazio	ITA
Luiz Adriano	78	Milan	BRA
Antonio Di Natale	78	Udinese	ITA
Mattia Destro	78	Bologna	ITA
Mario Mandžukić	77	Juventus	CRO
Stevan Jovetić	77	Inter	MON
Mario Balotelli	77	Milan	ITA
Simone Zaza	77	Juventus	ITA
Alberto Paloschi	77	Chievo Verona	ITA

 
 

Higuaín is, in our opinion, the best Serie A forward. He is not the best one in any of the six main attributes, but he is a very balanced player.

If you need another striker or if you can’t pay Higuain, then you have to choose between Dybala, if you play with the ball in the ground, and Mandžukić, if you often cross the ball to the head. Dybala is pure class: he’s the fastest striker and also the one with best dribbling. Mandžukić is perfect for target man, because his heading is almost unstoppable. If you need someone more balanced, you can go for Bacca or Morata.

Far from these strikers quality, Rodrigo Palácio is, once again, our cheapest choice. Give him a try and you will understand why we love him.

FORWARDS

Best Players
#1 Gonzalo Higuaín
#2 Paulo Dybala
#3 Carlos Bacca
#4 Morata

Economic Choice
Rodrigo Palacio

 
 

Best FUT 16 Serie A Forwards

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Serie A 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: 617k coins (484k + 133k)
Xbox One: 526k coins (423k + 03k)
Playstation 3: 514k coins (370k + 144k)
XBox 360: 491k coins (365k + 126k)
PC: –

 

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

 

• Summary

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

Handanovic is one of the community favourites. He is still the goalkeeper of this team.

If there are undoubted players in this team, Chiellini is certainly one of them. It is clear his superiority. He keeps on being the boss of the defensive foursome for all and a few more reasons. With Manolas they are the nightmare for every forward. On the right side, Stephan Lichtsteiner is the best player, but you may pick Abate depending if you want someone faster. On the left side, Alex Sandro is much better than anyone else.

Marchisio is a CM but he plays as a CDM like no one does. Not even De Rossi or Khedira. This ‘box to box’ player is perfect to play behind Pogba, the most expensive Serie A player. You can play with Pogba behind Marchisio, but in our opinion the Italian player is better defensive midfielder: he defends better, has higher interception, marking and aggression stats and his work rates are more suitable for this position.

On the wings, pace is crucial. That’s why Felipe Anderson and Cuadrado were chosen to these positions. Higuain is THE striker but if you need someone else, you can choose between Mandzukic and Dybala, depending if you plan to cross or not. If you play with three forwards, you can try to use Tévez between Higuain and Dybala, without losing chemistry.

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: 70k coins (43k + 27k)
Xbox One: 43k coins (26k + 17k)
Playstation 3: 118k coins (66k + 52k)
XBox 360: 102k coins (59k + 43k)
PC: –

 

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

 

• Summary

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

The players of the previous team are too expensive to be used in the medium budget squad. Perin, Zúñiga and Jesus don’t have the same quality but they allow you to save many coins. Cáceres is a bargain and Bruno Peres is good enough to replace Lichtsteiner.

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

In the attack, Gervinho and Salah have the mission to send the ball to Mandzukic’s head. If you need a more complete striker, use Rodrigo Palacio.

If you still have some room in your budget, Lichtsteiner, Felipe Anderson and even Higuan are players that would improve this squad a lot.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Low Budget Team

 

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• Budget
Playstation 4: 17,5 coins (9,4k + 8,1k)
Xbox One: 16.1k coins (8.6k + 7.5k)
Playstation 3: 36.4k coins (22.4k + 14k)
XBox 360: 32.7k coins (18.2k + 14.5k)
PC: –

 

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

 

• Summary

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

In the goal, Neto is a decent very cheap goalkeeper. Zapata, Rudiger, Montoya and Radu are the four other defenders. If you need someone more attacking to the left side, try Ansaldi.

On the midfield, Medel and Bonaventura complete each other well. The first one is a defensive midfielder while the second is used to assisting his team mates. Blaszczykowski and Asamoah, another very cheap player, fill the wings in order to assist Jovetic and Cerci.

 
 
 

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

 
 
 
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