Easy win
Choose a side to play on. Then, during gameplay, press
[Start] and choose "Select Sides". Move your controller
under the opponent's side and resume gameplay. Then, score as
many goals as desired (while under the opponent's side), then
just switch back to your side again. This way you will have a
big point lead, depending on how many goals you scored. This trick
also works better when you switch back to your side near the end
of the second half.
If you are drawing or losing and it is in the 90 minutes, keep
the ball on the ground. Almost always, the ref will blow his whistle
when the ball leaves the ground. Keep it low then score.
Easy goals
If you are defending or playing the ball around the
midfield, get the ball from your opponents. Give the ball to a
player whose shooting precision and power is over 60 and you may
train them for better results (for example, Beckham, Figo, Ronaldo,
Van Nistelrooy, etc.). Run to the half of your opponents. You
may see a lot of space in front of you. Then, press [Shoot].
Just before the meter gets red, release it. The goalie will stand
too far from his goal and the ball may go in. You have about a
50% chance that your player will score from way out.
Hint Free Kicks
When play as Real Madrid, always select Ronaldo to
take Free Kicks.
Getting good players
Go to the options menu then to "Player Swaps".
Swap all the good players desired onto the team you want to play
as, then save that as a squad. Call it whatever desired. Then
go to "New Season" and select "Current Squads"
and play your team. This is useful for a third division team.
This team now has all the good players.
Buying players
If you want to buy a player, bid for them about 1 or
2 million above the asking price. This ensures you of signing
that player. Players that are worth buying include:
Thierry Henry
Ronaldinho
David Beckham
Ronaldo (either)
Tim Howard
Roberto Carlos
Alexandre Del Piero
David Bellion
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Hernan Crespo
In the first year, it is almost impossible (unless you bid over
5 million above the asking price) to buy Thiery Henry, David Becham,
Ronaldo, and Del Piero.
When in career mode, you can find good quality players in the
K-league and the other small leagues for less money and prestige
than equally good players in the big leagues such as the Premiership
and the Italian Serie A.
Recommended team
Create a team with the following players.
Goalkeepers
Tim Howard
Iker Casillas
Defenders
Rio Ferdinand
Paulo Maldini
Alexandre Nesta
Roberto Carlos
Lilian Thuram
Sol Campbell
Midfielders
David Beckham
Zinedine Zidane
Cristiano Ronaldo
Luis Figo
Ronaldinho
Edgar Davids
David Bellion
Forwards
Thierry Henry
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Ronaldo
Del Piero
Shevshenko
Adrian Mutu
Hernan Crespo
Create a team with the following players. Note: The players are
expensive so you might have to sell some of your best players
first. The subs are up to you.
Defenders
RB: Michel Salgado (Real Madrid)
LCB: Fabio Cannavaro (Inter Milan)
RCB: Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
LB: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
Midfielders
LM: Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
RM: David Beckham (Real Madrid)
CAM: Ronaldiniho (Barcelona)
Strikers
LF: Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
RF: Theirry Henry (Arsenal)
The following players can be obtained by buying them or using
the player swap option in options (which is less expensive). The
best formation to use is 3-5-2, mentality attacking, defense contain,
attacking style wing play.
GK: Oliver Khan (Bayern Munich)
RCB: Michel Selgado (Real Madird)
CB: Alessandro Nesta (AC milan)
LCB: roberto carlos (Real Madrid)
RWM: David Beckham (Real Madrid)
LAM: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
CM: Edgar Davids: Juventus)
RAM: Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
LWM: Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
RF: Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
LF: Theirry Henry (Arsenal)
Substitutes
Luis Figo (Real Madrid)
Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
Roy Keane (Manchester United)
Ivan Helguera (Real Madrid)
Hernan Crespo (Chelsea)
Create a team with the following players:
Starters
GK: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
LB: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
CB: Alessandro Nesta (Milan)
RB: Lilian Thuram (Juventus)
CDM: Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
LCM: Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
CM: Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
RCM: David Beckham (Real Madrid)
LF: Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
RF: Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
ST: Theirry Henry (Arsenal)
Substitutes
LF: Andriy Shevchenko (Milan)
CM: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
RB: Christian Chivu (Roma)
LCM: Kaka (Milan)
GK: Dida (Milan) or Tim Howard (Manchester United)
Create a team with the following players:
Goalkeeper
Oliver Kahn
Defenders
L. Thuram
P. Maldini
G. Nevile
Midfielders
P. Scholes
Z. Zidane
O. Neuvile
Roy Keane
Strikers
Theiry Henry
Ruud Vannistelrooy
Ronaldo
H. Crespo
Substitutes
Roberto Carlos
Pavel Nedved
C. Vieri
Rivaldo
E. Davids
A. Shearer
Create a team with the following players:
Goalkeeper
Carlo Cudichini (Chelsea)
Defenders
L. Thuram (Inter Milan)
P. Maldini (Ac Milan)
G. Neville (Manchester Utd.)
Midfielders
P. Scholes (Manchester Utd.)
Rivaldo (AC Milan)
R. Keane (Manchester Utd.)
Z. Zidane (Real Madrid)
Strikers
Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
T. Henry (Arsenal)
Ruud Vanistelrooy (Manchester Utd.)
H. Crespo (Chelsea)
Substitutes
E. Davids (Juventus)
Trezeguet (Juventus)
R. Giggs (Manchester Utd.)
J. O Shea (Manchester Utd.)
Michael Saldago (Real Madrid)
C. Ronaldo (Manchester Utd.)
Create the following team (4-4-2 Attacking):
GK: Tim Howard (Manchester Utd.)
RB: Michael Selgado (Real Madrid)
RCB: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester Utd.)
LCB: Lilian Thuram (Juventus)
LB: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
RAM: David Beckham (Real Madrid)
RCM: Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
LCM: Stephen Gerrard (Liverpool)
LAM: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
RF: Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
LF: Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Substitutes
GK: Olivier Kahn (Bayern Munich)
CB: Paulo Maldini (AC Milan)
CM: Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
CAM: Francesco Totti (Roma)
ST: Raul (Real Madrid)
Reserves
GK: Nelson Dida (AC Milan)
CB: Sol Campbell (Arsenal)
CB: Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
CB: Fabio Cannavaro (Inter)
RB: Cafu (AC Milan)
CM: Luis Figo (Real Madrid)
CDM: Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)
LM: Rodriguez Guillen Vicente (Valencia)
ST: Adrian Schevchenko (AC Milan)
ST: Filipo Inzaghi (Inter)
Set Pieces
Left Corner: David Beckham
Right Corner: Roberto Carlos
Free Kicks: Roberto Carlos (ShPwr and ShAcc are both 100)
Spot Kicks: Ronaldo
Create a team with the following players (Recommended formation:
4-2-3-1):
Oliver Kahn (Bayer Munich)
Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
Alessandro Nesta (Milan)
Ivan Helguera (Real Madrid)
Paolo Maldini (Milan)
Luis Figo (Real Madrid)
Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
Alessandro del Piero (Juventus)
Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
You can find players with high quality without being famous (for
example Beckham, Ronaldo, Zidane, Henry, Roberto Carlos, etc.)
Create a team with the following players:
GK: Cañizares (Valencia)
RB: Zanetti (Inter)
RCB: Stamp (Lazio)
LCB: Linke (Bayern Munich)
LB: I.Cordova (Inter)
RM: Ljumberg (Arsenal)
CAM: Rui Costa (Milan)
LM: Kily Gonzalez (Inter)
LF: Fowler (Manchester City)
RF: Cassano (Roma)
ST: Ailton (Werder Bremen)
Substitutes
GK: Rustu Recber (Barcelona)
CD: Ayala (Valencia)
CM: Aimar (Valencia)
ST: Saviola (Barcelona)
ST: Solskjaer (Manchester United)
Reserves
CD: A.Cole (Arsenal)
CM: Lampard (Chelsea)
CM: J.Cole (Chelsea)
ST: Mpenza (Standar)
ST: Kezman (Psv)
ST: Amoroso (B. Dortmund)
Create a team with the following players:
Goalkeeper
Oliver Kahn
Defenders
Roberto Carlos
Nesta
Thuram
Dellas
Midfielders
Becham
Rui Costa
Ronaldinho
Edgar Davids
Forwards
Hernan Crespo
Ronaldo
Create a team with the following players:
Goalkeeper
Tim Howard (Manchester-United)
Full-Backs
Michel Salgardo (Real Madrid)
Wayne Bridge (Chelsea)
Center-Backs
Sol Campbell (Arsenal)
Alessandro Nesta (Ac Milan)
Right Midfield
Andy Van Der Meyder (Inter Milan)
Center-Midfield
Paul Scholes (Manchester-United)
Zinidine Zidane (Real Madrid)
Left Midfield
Rodrigueuz Guillen Vicente (Valencia)
Strikers
Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Manchester-United)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Substitutes
Ronaldo (Real Madrid) ,ST
Ronaldo (Manchester-United), RM
Rio Ferdinand (Manchester-United), CB
Luis Figo (Real Madrid) , RM/LM
Ika Casillais (Real Madrid) GK
Reserves
GK: Dida (AC Milan)
RB: Gary Neville (Manchester-United)
CB: Carlos Puyol (Barcelona)
CB: Roberto Ayala (Valencia)
LB: Mikael Silvestre (Manchester-United)
RM: David Beckham (Real Madrid)
CM: Roy Keane (Manchester-United)
CM: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
LM: Robert Pires (Arsenal)
ST: Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
ST: Raul (Real Madrid)
Glitch: Ghost movement
When you have won a game and a player sent off from
the team you are controlling, you will see the ball move and go
into a goal by itself.
Glitch: Missing replays
When a goal is scored, sometimes the replay will show
your own goal and the goalkeeper standing there, doing nothing,
while the camera moves around.