___________________________________________________________________________ ( FIFA 07 - FAQ/WALKTHROUGH ) ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ______ _____ ______ ___ ______ | ____|_ _| ____/\ / _ \____ | | |__ | | | |__ / \ | | | | / / | __| | | | __/ /\ \ | | | | / / | | _| |_| | / ____ \ | |_| |/ / |_| |_____|_|/_/ \_\ \___//_/ ==================================== FIFA 07 FAQ/Walkthrough | ==================================== Written by : Ruchirkc | Last Updated: 6 June 2007 | Platform : Windows-PC | Version : 1.0a | E-Mail : ruchirkc@yahoo.co.in | ==================================== *NOTE: YOU CAN FIND THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS FAQ ON GameFaqs. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= +----------+ |+--------+| ||CONTENTS|| |+--------+| +----------+ PART: 1 - INTRODUCTION ====================== 1. Game Introduction 2. Changes from FIFA 06 PART: 2 - GETTING STARTED ========================= 1. System Requirements a. Minimum System Requirements b. Recomended System Requirements c. System Requirements for Best Gameplay d. My System Specifications 2. Main Menu Screen 3. Controls PART: 3 - MANAGER MODE ====================== 1. Getting Started a. Welcome Screen b. Create a Manager c. Select Country d. Select Team e. Reading Messages f. Selecting a Sponsor 2. Manager Mode Central a. Next Match b. Office c. Team Management d. Statistics e. Transfers 3. Memos PART: 4 - CHALLENGES ==================== 1. United Kingdom Challenges 2. Western Europe Challenges 3. Southern Europe Challenges 4. Central Europe Challenges 5. The Americas Challenges 6. Scandinavia Challenges 7. Rest of World Challenges 8. Endurance Challenges 9. Master Challenges PART: 5 - HINTS AND TIPS ======================== 1. Easy Money and Easy Transfers 2. Free Kicks 3. Easy Goals 4. Easy Unlockable Points 5. Easy Money 6. Easy Win PART: 6 - FAQ [FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS] ========================================== 1. Manager Mode PART: 7 - CREDITS, COPYRIGHT INFO, CONTACT ME ETC ================================================== 1. Wanted 2. Contact Me 3. Credits/Thanks 4. My Other FAQs 5. Version History 6. Copyright Information ====================================================== | PART: 1 - INTRODUCTION | ====================================================== Hi all, this is ruchirkc. As you all know I like writing faqs and it has now become allmost as a new hobby. When I first bought FIFA 07, as I usualy do, I looked up on the internet to find a few faqs to assist me learning the game more quickly. Sadly, I could only find a few in-depth manager mode faqs...no general ones; plus most of them were meant for Xbox or PS version of the game. So I finally decided to write a faq for FIFA 07 for the benefit of all you PC gamers out there! FIFA 07 is the first EA FIFA game I have played. Yeah, you would be saying how did I manage to miss all those great FIFAs, but to tell you the fact I never liked playing any of the "sports" games. I didn't like them for a reason too: in the years gone by, there were many great action games and strategy games made but not great sports games. But since the late 2005 everything has changed, people (including me) have started to like the sport genre in gaming much more than before because of massive improvement in gameplay, graphics, sound etc in all the sports titles. Enough of my gibbering now! Let's get on with the Game Introduction... +------------+ |+----------+| ||GAME INTRO|| |+----------+| +------------+ FIFA 07 is a game made by EA Sports. It is the latest football game in the Fifa series. This game has perfect gameplay where you control almost everything, cross power, shot power, body blocking and more. This game also has better graphics than its predecessors, albiet it hasn't been improved much if you compare it to FIFA 06. In this game, your players will be more aggresive. Your defenders will not stay in their own half for the entire game, the midfielders can stray away from their positions to reach a cross or a through ball from someone. Your strikers are agressive as allways. Every player in your team have potential to score, even your defenders! The entrance is just amazing improvement, kind of Winning Eleven entrance with the game showing each team's formation. The animation when you score or a goal is conceded is just amazing. The real spectacle of this game is not the gameplay, (Winning Eleven tops that) but the manager mode. You can sign sponsors which you can gain money to pay your players' salaries. You can also loan in players or loan out your players who are not playing. This will keep them happy and you won't need to pay their salaries. Changing Kit numbers is also a nice feature in FIFA 07. Not to forget Team Chemistry. From the first whistle of the season to heartbreak of cup failure, FIFA 07 throws you into the rollercoaster ride of a football season, has your team got what it takes to win the league or will they bravely battle relegation - its all up to you. Relish every scintillating victory over bitter rivals and fume through every gut-wrenching poor performance at home. Savour the spine-tingling stadium atmosphere, home and away, as your team battles their way up the league table. Listen as your supporters chant your players' names and bellow all the rousing club songs through rain and shine. FIFA 07 plays a fast-paced and realistic game of soccer and boasts plenty of gameplay options for solo and social players alike. The Good: Looks great; sounds superb; plays an enjoyable, fast-paced game of soccer; interactive leagues are a great new way to play online. The Bad: Defensive players are a bit lazy (since they allow the opponent to go way into the penalty area). +----------------------+ |+--------------------+| ||CHANGES FROM FIFA 06|| |+--------------------+| +----------------------+ Almost a year to the day since the release of FIFA 06, EA Sports has released that game's inevitable sequel, FIFA 07 for the PC, the PlayStation 2, and the Xbox. Last year's game could only be described as the best FIFA game to date; so the question, of course, is whether or not EA has improved upon that game in any meaningful way. Not all of the changes that have been implemented since last year's game have been for the better, but there are more than enough improvements here to make FIFA 07 worth a look. On the pitch, for example, you'll find that FIFA 07 plays a quite different game of soccer to its predecessor, though initially it can be difficult to figure out exactly what has changed. One of the few obvious changes to this year's game is that players accelerate and decelerate more realistically, which means that they can't turn nearly as quickly when they're moving at speed. This results in your needing to pass the ball more, and depending on your play style, you might find that your trick (right analog) stick gets a lot more use than it did last year when you're attempting to beat opposing players in one-on-one situations. Both passing and using trick moves are a little more challenging in FIFA 07 than they were in 06, and because that's true for both teams (and because tackling when you're on defense is still relatively easy), the result is often that ball possession changes more frequently. Trick moves have become more challenging not because they have a lower success rate, but simply because the controls for them are a little less forgiving. The section on trick moves in the FIFA 07 instruction manual bears more than a passing resemblance to a special-moves list for a fighting game, and the tricks available to you vary according to whether your player is running or standing still at the time. Passing the ball hasn't become more difficult per se; you just can't take it for granted as much because the accuracy of your passes is now dependant on the positioning of your player in relation to both the ball and his intended target. A pass to a player directly in front of you when you have the ball at your feet, for example, is more likely to succeed than a pass to a teammate who is barely in your players' field of vision, particularly if you're trying to make that pass on your first touch after receiving the ball at waist height. Lengthy strings of one-touch passes, then, are more difficult in FIFA 07 than in previous games, which adds a nice risk-versus-reward mechanic any time you attempt one rather than take a moment to get the ball under control. Shots at goal are also greatly affected by the positioning and balance of your player, as well as by how well he has the ball under control. If you try to play the game just like FIFA 06, you'll watch a lot of your shots fly wide of the goal and into the crowd. This can be frustrating at times, but the flipside is that spectacular, almost unbelievable goals in the game are now the exception rather than the norm, which is certainly a good thing. That's not to say that scoring goals in FIFA 07 is difficult, though, because it isn't. Defenders generally back off attacking players a little too much, and the goalkeepers, although good at stopping shots for the most part, are a little too prone to spilling the ball when they do. Worthy of note is the new "finesse shot" feature that, using a modifier button that needs to be held down when taking a shot, lets you unleash shots that are more accurate but less powerful. If you've already beaten the defense and rounded the keeper it's a great way to avoid embarrassing open-goal misses. The ball physics in FIFA 07 is also much better than that of 06. FIFA 07's most improved feature is the in-game sound. The commentary from ITV's Clive Tyldesley and Sky Sports' Andy Gray isn't nearly as repetitive as it has been in previous years, and it's both accurate and well delivered to boot. Complementing the commentary team's efforts perfectly is the noise from the crowd, which changes dramatically according to what's happening on the field and which of the teams is playing at home. Many of the teams in FIFA 07 have specific crowd chants (it's generally just the name of the team being shouted over and over again, but it's still neat), and these will give way to thunderous applause and cheering or venomous boos and whistles as the action dictates. One especially nice touch is that if a home team is winning comfortably and passing the ball around without their opponents getting a touch, the home crowd will start to cheer every completed pass individually--mocking the away side in exactly the same way you'd expect them to in real life. Furthermore, when the crowd is quiet, you'll occasionally hear the players calling to each other, though it's far easier to make out what they're saying if you're on the practice ground with no crowd at all. ====================================================== | PART: 2 - GETTING STARTED | ====================================================== +---------------------+ |+-------------------+| ||SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS|| |+-------------------+| +---------------------+ Before installing (or buying for that matter), make sure your PC meets/exceeds the minimum system requirements to run FIFA 07. Just for your convinience, I have provided the system requirements. +---------------------------+ |MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS| +---------------------------+ COMMING SOON! +------------------------------+ |RECOMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS| +------------------------------+ COMMING SOON! +-------------------------------------+ |SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR BEST GAMEPLAY| +-------------------------------------+ COMMING SOON! +----------------+ |MY SYSTEM SPECS.| +----------------+ Here's my specs.: Pentium IV 3.2 Ghz 256 MB RAM Microsoft Windows XP 160 GB HD ATI Radeon X300SE Hmm not bad right [the RAM could do with a bit of upgrading though]? Anyways the game ran nicely on my system, harldy ever laaging... +------------------+ |+----------------+| ||MAIN MENU SCREEN|| |+----------------+| +------------------+ When you first open FIFA 07, a screen comes in which you can select any of the 3 languages: English (UK), Svanska (Sweden) and Dansk (Denmark). After you select the language and press ENTER, the main screen of FIFA 07 comes up. I have listed the structure of the main screen here: +----------------------+ | KICK OFF | |----------------------| | INTERACTIVE LEAGUES | |----------------------| | GAME MODES | |----------------------| | TEAM MANAGEMENT | |----------------------| | MY FIFA 07 | |----------------------| | EA SPORTS EXTRAS | |----------------------| | LOAD | |----------------------| | EXIT TO WINDOWS | +----------------------+ Now, we will look into them one by one. --> Kick Off DESC.: Starts a match between the teams chosen by you. Choose the clubs, kits, venue and weather conditions for the match. Highlight the team to veiw their attributes and team chemistry. Use 'Randomise' to select team at random. --> Interactive Leagues --> Game Modes ---> Manager Mode ------------ ---> Tournament Mode --------------- Up for a challenge? Pick from over 50 tournaments available... ---> Create a Tournament ------------------- Select the tournament type from Knockout, League, or Group & Knockout. Each tournament has its own list of unique settings. You can customize features such as the number of clubs, fixtures against each club, the number of final match legs. You can also choose your booking regulation to set suspension thesholds. ---> FIFA 07 Challenges ------------------ Select one of the geographic zones from the list to veiw your progress with the associated challenges. Completing challenges will earn you points that can be used to unlock items from the fan shop. Challenges must be played against clubs from the chosen zone. Selecting to play a challenge may change some of your game settings. ---> Practice Mode ------------- ---> Play Online ----------- ---> Multiplayer ----------- --> Team Management ---> Create Club ----------- Create your own club...name your club, select a stadium for your club an create your own crest and kit from scratch. After you have finished entering all the information and selected a look for your created club, advance to select your sqaud. Once you have completed the squad selection, you can find your created club in "Rest of the World". Don't forget to set a nice starting budget if you plan to use your created club in "Manager Mode". ---> Create Player ------------- Customize everything from player physique, to facial features, and even goal celebration! Add accessories, change sock length, or modify you player's primary attributes at any time. The higher the primary attributes, the higher the player's overall skill will be. As you are creating or editing a player, rotate the player model at any time for a better veiw. Once complte, your created player will be placed on the reserves of the team you have assigned him to. ---> Edit Player ----------- ---> My Squads --------- Veiw and edit the starting 11 of your club. Customize your squad to look exactly as you want it to by choosing who will be your starting players, substitutes, and reserves. Veiwing 'Player Bio' will give you moredetailed information so you can compare players and find the right man for every position. If there is an international friendly comming up you might lose some of your players to international duty. These players will be marked by a red exclamation mark. ---> Kick Takers ----------- Select the kick takers for your chosen club. Choose who will take the left corners, right corners, free kicks, and penalties. Compare vital player attributes to find the best fit for each situation. ---> Club Transfers -------------- Transfer players between the clubs for free. Use the search function to find a player by last name, club, position, or overall skill. Clubs must atleast have 10 outfield players and 1 keeper. ---> International Selections ------------------------ The left panel contains players of the selected nationality, while the right panel contains the current national squad. Customize the selected international squad by highlighting players from the left panel and selecting the national player that you wish to replace on the right panel. Use the search function to narrow the search results to a certain team or player. ---> Edit Kit Number --------------- Scroll through your lineup to select a player whose kit number you would like to change, and move the cursor around the list to find the desired number. Numbers that appear as red are allready assigned to another player. Selecting a number that is allready assigned will cause the players to swap numbers. The number assignment panel will show the result of the pending swap. ---> Reset My Squads --------------- --> My FIFA 07 ---> Game Settings ------------- Modify your game settings as desired, including Online Everywhere, auto save, match length, sound volume, camera angles and much more. With Online Everywhere, you can set your preference for the ticker and podcast. ---> Controls -------- Map your keyboard keys or your favourite gamepad. Configure your controls to your own preferences. ---> Profile Manager --------------- Edit and create new profiles to track statistics and preferences. All statistics and accomplishments will be tracked to the active profile. You can have upto 8 profiles, but only one active at any given time. This is one of many places where you can save your profile progress. Don't forget to save often to keep your scores, statistics, and accomplishments. ---> FIFA 07 Playlist ---------------- Customize your FIFA 07 playlist by scrolling left and right through the available songs and selecting the tracks you would like to hear. You can also choose a song to preview before saving it to your playlist. ---> Fanshop ------- Use the points you have earned to unlock new match balls, 3rd kits from around the world, funny sfx, alternative camera angles, and celebrations for created players. Unlock all teams for use in Manager Mode, along with bonus Classic XI and World XI teams. Most unlockables will work instantly but some will need to be activated in Game Settings. Please not that unlockable footballs, once activated, can only be used in Kick-Off mode. ---> Tactics Help ------------ Here you can see all the types of tactics that you can activate during gameplay. All tactics are turned off when first entering gameplay. Tactics may be activated differently depending on your controls settings. Check the controls screen in My FIFA 07 to take full advantage of these tactics. ---> Tips and Hints -------------- Select a topic from the list, then scroll left and right through the pages of the Tips & Hints book to veiw all all the information associated with the selected subject. --> EA Sports Extras ---> Interactive Leagues ---> Season Preview ---> Season Highlights ---> Credits --> Load -->Exit To Windows +----------+ |+--------+| ||CONTROLS|| |+--------+| +----------+ +-----------------+ |DEFAULT [CLASSIC]| +-----------------+ Pass/Switch Player = S Through Ball/GK Charge = W Cross/Long Pass/Sliding Tackle = A Shoot/Conservative Tackle/Clearance = D Sprint = E Trigger Run/Tactics Modifier = Q Pace Control/Walk Defence = C Cancel/Dummy Move = Z +-------------+ |DEFAULT [NEW]| +-------------+ Pass/Conservative Tackle = S Through Ball/GK Charge = W Shoot/Clearance/Call 2nd Defender = A Cross/Long Pass/Sliding Tackle = D Sprint = E Trigger Run/Tactics Modifier/Switch Player = Q Pace Control/Walk Defence = C Cancel/Dummy Move = Z =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=NOTE=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= If you have played the older FIFA games are you are accustomed to the original controls then you should choose the classic control settings instead of the new one. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ====================================================== | PART: 3 - MANAGER MODE | ====================================================== When you're not playing online, you'll likely be putting your management skills to the test in FIFA 07's manager mode. The manager mode lets you assume control of any team in the game (or even one of your own creation) and then tasks you with leading them to glory while making decisions that can affect your club both on and off the field. +-----------------+ |+---------------+| ||GETTING STARTED|| |+---------------+| +-----------------+ +--------------+ |WELCOME SCREEN| +--------------+ This is the screen that welcomes you to the new FIFA 07 Manager Mode: +----------------------------------------------------------+ | WELCOME TO MANAGER MODE | | | |This is the Season...you take full control | | | | | |-Look after any League Club in the game | |-Add your Created Clubs to any league | |-Develop your Youth Players into the Stars of tomorrow | |-Manage from the touchline in the all new Visual Sim | |-Scout the World to find your team's missing link | |-Chose your sponsors, and decide what you want to achieve | | | | | |And remember to keep your board happy, or face the axe! | +----------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------+ |CREATE A MANAGER| +----------------+ The first thing you have to do before starting the Manager Mode is creating yourself in the game, as a Manager of course. Don't bother too much by the way you will look, this will all be generic... These are the things you have to set up before advancing to the next screen: [*] Manager look (21 pictures) [*] First name [*] Surname [*] Nation [*] Currency (pounds, euros or dollars) [You can change this later] [*] Born (Year) [*] Born (Month) [*] Born (Day) Just remember that you will carry on for 15 seasons what you write down here. You can't edit this info later! +--------------+ |SELECT COUNTRY| +--------------+ The first thing you will notice is that this time your job offers, unlike FIFA 06, aren't distributed in regions but by country. Also note that below the country name the game tells you if there are job offers for you there. Don't worry by this, because at the beginning of your Career there will be job offers in every country. The list of countries (and leagues) available on the games is as follows: [*] England F.A. Premier League Football League Champ Football League One Football League Two [*] France French Ligue 1 Orange French Ligue 2 Orange [*] Germany German Bundesliga 1 German Bundesliga 2 [*] Italy Italian Serie A Italian Serie B [*] Holland Dutch Eredivisie [*] Norway Norwegian Tippeligaen [*] Poland Polish Ekstraidasa [*] Portugal Portuguese Liga BWIN [*] Scottland Scottish Premiere [*] Spain Spanish Primera Spanish Segunda [*] Sweden Swedish Allsvenskan [*] Switzerland Swiss Axpo Super League [*] Turkey Turkish Super League [*] Brazil Brazilian League [*] Mexico Mexican 1st Division [*] United States MLS [*] Republic of Korea K-League [*] Austria Austrian Bundesliga [*] Belgium Belgium League [*] Denmark Danish Superligaen As you can see, you have many leagues to choose from. I don't recommend a league to start from. It's completely up to you. My only advice is to start from the lower divisions and gain your prestige to take over bigger teams as you advance from season to season. That's the reason for this game mode. If you insist in taking a single team and manage it for the 15 seasons, well, if that makes you happy... Just remember, nothing makes prestige grow more than achieving trophies from all around the world, so don't make the mistake of staying in the same team for too long! +-----------+ |SELECT TEAM| +-----------+ So you finally decided for a country? Good, now you have to choose a team from that Country. Note that in this screen you may find teams from different leagues all mixed up, it depends if the Country you selected has more than one league. I think EA could have made it better and easier by sorting the team by leagues. Search in the list for the team you want, and when you find it, you will see a couple of stars next to its name. The teams are ranked from 1 to 5 stars in this game, meaning that the more stars a team have, the better level this team has. In the right side of the screen you will see the team's kits and his stats, and also you will see how much budget they have. The better the team, the bigger the budget. If you are new to this game, I would recommend you to stick to lower teams for the first couple of seasons, since having a big team doesn't mean that you will have money to spare, although the budget might look tempting, so the best thing in this case is to wait until you get used to manage a small team, then you will be ready to manage a bigger team. (And no, I won't post here the complete list of teams in the game, it would be a complete waste of time since there are way too many to list. You have the game, look it for yourself!) After you sign for a team, you will see the classic newspaper news telling the world about you joining your new team. Sadly, you can only see the headers, you can't read the newspaper article :( +----------------+ |READING MESSAGES| +----------------+ After picking a team you will be introduced to your laptop, actually is just your email client in your laptop. There will be 4 new messages waiting for you. The first one is from your Board of Directors. Learn to please these guys because no matter how good your team is, if you don't please this people you have no future in your team. Anyway, the mail tells you about their findings on the most influential player on the team. They will ask you to line up this man to make sure the fans are happy. The next mail is from your Scout reporting on the Youth Academy (I will explain this later in detail). There will always be at least one player that is actually doing great in the Reserves and you might want to take a look at him, and it's up to you if you sign him for the first team, or let him waste on the reserves. The next mail is again from your Board of Directors. These are the expectations they have for you and the team. Make sure you read this carefully because you will need to fulfill these requirements during the season if you want to increase your prestige and if you don't like to get fired. Finally, the last mail warns you about the players that might have their contracts about to finish, so you better take care of this as quickly as you can! Though it's not neccessary since you can extend all the expiring contracts at the end of the season in just 1 click. +-------------------+ |SELECTING A SPONSOR| +-------------------+ This is very important, so you better read this screen carefully! You need a sponsor if you want to be able to pay your players after every match.Sign for a sponsor that doesn't supply your needs and you will not last long on any team (especially a poor one). On this screen you will see from 1 to 2 pages of sponsors. Every sponsor have different signing offers, so you need to read and understand what is what you are reading. You can highlight any sponsor to view the associated Sponsor Details. The payout schedule will differ between sponsors, so choose wisely and consider your team's stengths and abilities when making your final selection. Different regions have different sets of sponsors. Click on the "Select" button to view the specific stipulation of the contract and to sign it. I have seen and observed that the various sponsors offer money according to how much your team is rated (by starts i.e.). For example, a 5-star team will usually get per match funding offers like 1,400,000 to 2,300,000 (including win bonus). Whereas, a 1/2 (half)-star team will get per match funding offers of 1,000 to 2,000. This is usually what they offer you: [*] FUNDING PER GAME ---------------- This is the most important thing you need to look after. This is the amount of money the sponsor will give your club after every match, regardless of performance. You might want to sign for a sponsor that offers you the highest per game funding in the first seasons, specially if you pick a lower team, because this and your ticket sales are the only income you will have. [*] LOYALTY BONUS ------------- This is a plus. Many sponsors offer you this bonus if you sign for them for consecutive seasons. This shouldn't be the thing you are looking if you want to keep your finances healthy! Yes, I know it's great to have an extra bonus to make that big transfer you want, but don't get blind for it, don't let this decide for you! [*] LEAGUE BONUS ------------ This is the amount of money that your sponsor will pay you if you finish in first place at the end of the season. This could be a reason to sign for a specific sponsor, since chances are that you will actually finish in that place... ;) [*] DOMESTIC CUP BONUS ------------------ If you win the Cup for the Country you are playing for, you will have this extra bonus to make some staff upgrades or for transfers...Usually is not a huge amount of money, but it can be useful for some shopping, if you know what I mean... [*] INTERNATIONAL CUP BONUS ----------------------- If your team plays, say the UEFA Champions League, or any other cup where are teams from other countries, and you actually win it, you will make yourself with this bonus. [*] EXTRA BONUS ----------- This is something that will change from sponsor to sponsor. Some will give you this bonus if you have the top scorer of the league, if you have the team with least goals conceded, if you have a player in the 'Team of the Month' thing etc. Remember, this is a very important decision. Also remember that the only way you can get rid of a sponsor contract is by being fired, so there's no room for signing with other sponsor in the middle of the season. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=NOTE=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NOTE: Since all the sponsors offer different things depending on your club and how well it did last year, it's impossible to list every sponsor's offers... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= +----------------------+ |+--------------------+| ||MANAGER MODE CENTRAL|| |+--------------------+| +----------------------+ After reading all of the above, I guess to are ready to manage your team! People who played the FIFA 06 will feel home with the menus and the layout. And most of the options here work exactly the same way they did last year... If you are new around here, don't worry, I am going to explain everything ;) The options available here in the menu will look like this: +----------------------+ | NEXT MATCH | |----------------------| | OFFICE | |----------------------| | TEAM MANAGEMENT | |----------------------| | STATISTICS | |----------------------| | TRANSFERS | |----------------------| | SAVE MANAGER MODE | +----------------------+ +----------+ |NEXT MATCH| +----------+ When you are ready to play your next match, use this option and you will be taken into the MATCH SETUP screen. Your options here are: +----------------------+ | PLAY MATCH | |----------------------| | VISUAL SIM | |----------------------| | QUICK SIM | |----------------------| | MANAGE YOUR TEAM | |----------------------| | TICKET PRICE | +----------------------+ PLAY MATCH ========== The PLAY MATCH option will take you directly into the pitch. Be sure to manage your team before using this option, or you will have to leave the game and it will automatically result in a loss... This is specially painful if you have the AutoSave option ON, so be careful with that. VISUAL SIM ========== The VISUAL SIM has been changed from the last year's one. Now you will have an on-screen narrated game, where you can adjust the speed of the game. You can't do anything from here, just sit down and read what happens. If your team is not doing well you can intervene, which will take you into the match in the same minute it was in the Visual Sim. This will be easy for those familiar with games like Championship Manager. QUICK SIM ========= The QUICK SIM option will just generate automatically the result of the game. That's it, you can't intervene, it will just give you the result and there's nothing you can do about it. Now, how is this result going to be generated? It's not a certain thing, but I believe that it is generated depending on your team's chemistry and how many stars it & the other team has. MANAGE YOUR TEAM ================ MANAGE YOUR TEAM will allow you to make last-minute changes to your line up or your substitutes, as well with your kick takers and man marking setup. TICKET PRICE ============ Here you can set the ticket price quickly, without going into the FINANCIAL PREDICTION menu. You have three options: Low, Medium & High. More on ticket price later in the FAQ... +------+ |OFFICE| +------+ There are many things you can do in your office: +-----------------------+ | CALENDAR | |-----------------------| | SCOUTING | |-----------------------| | YOUTH ACADEMY | |-----------------------| | STAFF UPGRADES | |-----------------------| | SPONSOR DETAILS | |-----------------------| | MANAGER HISTORY | |-----------------------| | FINANCIAL PREDICTION | |-----------------------| | BOARD EXPECTATIONS | |-----------------------| | CURRENCY | +-----------------------+ CALENDAR ======== On the calendar you can see all the matches you have to play in a month, as well with all the fixtures for those dates. There's not much to say about this anyway... SCOUTING ======== This is the screen you want to look at when you are looking for new, fresh talent. Keep in mind that the players that this scout will find are unknown and talented young boys, and that the quality of the results depends on your Staff (see the next sections for details on this). There are a few things you need to specify when sending your scout: LOCATION """""""" You need to specify which part of the world you want your scout to look for new talent. I was asked before if the region you look at has something to do with the skills the players has, and I would say no, but I haven't done any research within the game to support this, so I will just stick to my answer for now... Anyway, the regions available for searching are: [*] England [*] France [*] Germany [*] Netherlands [*] Italy [*] Spain [*] Rest of Europe [*] Africa [*] Americas [*] Asia/Oceania ROLE """" If you are looking for a specific position, you can select it here. If you are just looking for any new talent, just leave it as 'Any'. POSITION """""""" If you selected a role, then you may want to select a position too, and it will depend completely on the role you picked before. DURATION """""""" You need to pay special attention here. The duration of the scout will directly influence the results of the search. The deeper you search, the better results you will find. After sending your scout, you can only wait. Depending on the duration you selected, it will take from a couple of weeks to one month, or even more, so be patient. You will be informed of the results (if there's any) after your matches. YOUTH ACADEMY ============= This is one of the new features of the FIFA 07 Manager Mode. And I have to say that is a very interesting one. What is it for? Think of it as your young reserves team, and they are waiting for a chance of jumping into the first team. How does it work? You have a list of available players, and you can see their stats. And there are two things you can do with them, sign any of them for your team, or let them in the list for more time. It's like a free scouting service! Not all the players in this list will sign with you, so don't be surprised if you try to sign a player and they decline your offer! But don't worry, you can always use the Scouting option if you need! STAFF UPGRADES ============== One of the most important things you have to take care of is about your staff. You will have to depend on them for a lot of things, so you better make sure that you have the best staff you can. Each staff member has 10 levels, and upgrading each level will cost you some of you budget, so schedule your upgrades if you don't want to bankrupt your team! There are 8 staff members, which are as follows: STRIKER COACH """"""""""""" This staff member will focus in striker training. If you want to have your strikers in good shape, you need to upgrade this staff member. MIDFIELDER COACH """""""""""""""" This staff will train your midfielders exclusively. If you want to have your midfielders in good shape, you need to upgrade this staff member. DEFENCE COACH """"""""""""" As with the strikers and midfielders, this coach will focus on training your defence. If you want to have your defenders in good shape, you need to upgrade this staff member. GOALKEEPER COACH """""""""""""""" This is a very important one. You want a class goalkeeper, you better invest on this coach. NEGOTIATOR """""""""" If you want to make some big transfers, you need to upgrade this staff member as much as you can. If your negotiator level is down, most of the players won't come to your team. Keep that in mind. SCOUT """"" Upgrading this staff member will help you to improve your scouting results, meaning in more talented young players. MEDICAL STAFF """"""""""""" Pay special attention to this one. If you don't want your players to be fatigued after every match, you need to upgrade this staff member. Or if you don't want to lose your players for too long when they get injured, this staff member will help you to reduce the time they are off. STADIUM MANAGER """"""""""""""" The size of your stadium determines how much tickets you can sell, so this upgrade will pay return you a lot of money in the long term. Note that this is by far the most expensive upgrade of them all. If you are planning on upgrading this, you might want to make sure that you won't run out of money for paying your players. SPONSOR DETAILS =============== Did you forgot what was on the contract you signed at the beginning of the season? This option will show you the contract, so you can review your pending assignments with your sponsor. MANAGER HISTORY =============== This screen will show you all your achievements during your career. There are some statistics and records about you. It may be worth looking after a few seasons to see your past performance. FINANCIAL PREDICTION ==================== Is important that you understand what this screen does. First of all, everything you do here doesn't have any effect in any other side, since this is only like a tool that will help you planning your budget and seeing how your finances will evolve, depending on a couple of things. This screen is divided in three boxes. The first one, the one in the upper left part of the screen is the PREDICTED EXPENSES, the second one is right below the first one, is the INCOME box, and the last one is the BUDGET. PREDICTED EXPENSES """""""""""""""""" This is just a prediction. Keep in mind that this is just affected by what you've done in the past, so if you keep moving your transfers and doing staff upgrades the info displayed on this box will change. INCOME """""" Now, this is the box that you can interact with. See the A button next to the Tickets field? If you press A, it will show you how much your income funds vary depending on the price of the tickets. Note that a HIGH price doesn't mean more incoming funds, so figure out which level price is the one that gives you more revenue. Usually at the beginning of the season on any new team you will have to set the price to MEDIUM or even LOW, so check this screen always at the beginning of the season, and as you gradually gain more reputation and fan respect, you can check here if you can step to the next ticket price. BUDGET """""" This is the result of the last two boxes. If you have more expenses than incoming funds, you will have red numbers here, so you better plan wisely your transfers and set a right ticket price, so you can balance this. As you can see, this screen can be a very useful tool if used correctly, so don't forget to check this often and see how your finances are going! BOARD EXPECTATIONS ================== This shows you a summary of the expectations the Board of Directors has on you. You can see your current results, and compare them with the list of expectations. Also you can see the comments the Board has about your work, but note that these comments will only show up after the end of the season. CURRENCY ======== This isn't is even a screen, is just a button actually. It will allow you to change the currency used on the game. You can cycle through pounds, euros or dollars. +---------------+ |TEAM MANAGEMENT| +---------------+ This screen is another big section, and unlike the Office, you control here the issues regarding your squad and your players' contracts. You have a menu here, which looks something like this: +-----------------------+ | SQUAD | |-----------------------| | PLAYER GROWTH | |-----------------------| | KICK TAKERS | |-----------------------| | EDIT KIT NUMBER | |-----------------------| | PLAYER CONTRACTS | |-----------------------| | CONTRACT ALERTS | |-----------------------| | EXPORT TEAM | +-----------------------+ SQUAD ===== This option lets you change your current team line-up, as well the substitutes for every match, also the reserves. You need to come here and check your players fatigue after every match. Full green fatigue bars are the best, while red empty are the worst. You might want to avoid having red or yellow fatigue bars on your line-up team. Also note that on the right side of the screen you have by default your current formation. You can cycle through the available formations by pressing the Black/White buttons. Pressing the Left/Right triggers will take you to another options on the right side of the screen. The COMPARISON option will give you the chance of compare two players stats. Just press A and the stats for that players will lock, and you can move to any other player while still having the first player's stats on the screen. The CHEMISTRY option will display some attributes like Morale, Team Experience and Preferred Position for every player. This is specially useful if you are trying to improve your Team Chemistry. PLAYER GROWTH ============= As you may have already know, this year one of the new features of the Manager Mode is that your players will have a dynamic growth in their stats, meaning that you will actually be able to see how are they developing after every match. After every match you will see how many XP points (experience) he gained, this depending completely on how many minutes he played. When a player reaches 100 XP points, they don't necessarily go up 1 point in their overall skill. Sometimes they remain the same overall, but increases in 1 point other stats like stamina, sprint speed or composure. Although this could not be enough to gain 1 point in their overall skill. Well, at this screen you can see more detailed information about this. On the left side of the screen you have your team roster, and as you move through your players, you will see that on the right side of the screen you have a chart on your player growth (current and future). Pressing the Right/Left trigger will advance or return the X axis (years). Note that you can only see a prediction on the next 2 years from where you are, so that tells you that the stats for the players aren't static, giving you the chance to improve greatly those stats through the years. KICK TAKERS =========== This is just like the option you have when you are in the NEXT MATCH option. This will just tell the game which players will take your corner kicks, free kicks and penalty kicks. You better configure this before starting the match, because it's a little annoying to do it during the match (you can cycle through your squad to take a free kick or corner kick by pressing the White button and then moving the left stick). EDIT KIT NUMBER =============== There's this chart with all the available numbers you can assign to your players. The numbers in red are the numbers that are already taken. You can change your kit numbers anytime you want, no matter if you are in the middle of the season. PLAYER CONTRACTS ================= You must pay special attention to this section. You have your team's complete roster here, and all you will see here is information regarding your players contracts. You can renew your players contracts in this section. No matter if a player still has 2 or 3 years in his contract, if you want to boost his morale, or if you are getting too many buy offers from other teams, and if for some reason you don't want to sell him, renew his contract and that will be a clear signal for other teams trying to buy that player. Note that the maximum length a contract can be is 5 years. You can not extend a contract more than that. If you don't renew a player contract and it expires, you still have the chance of signing him at the end of the season. Now, be aware that it won't be always easy to renew a contract. Sometimes players will want some special treatment in order to renew contract with you. Usually raising the fees a little will help, or offer him an extra bonus for goals scored (for strikers and midfielders) or for clean sheets (defenders and goalkeepers). When re-signing a player, the screen will have this options: RESIGNING YEARS """"""""""""""" How many more years you want to sign this player with your team. Remember, you can't sign a player for more than 5 years. PLAYER SALARY PER GAME """""""""""""""""""""" How much this player will receive for every match he plays, no matter if he plays the entire match, or just 5 minutes. PER CLEAN SHEET (GK, DF) """""""""""""""""""""""" This is a percentage value. In this case is applied only for defenders and goalkeepers. This percentage can vary from 5%, 10% or 15%. Use this option only if you have tried raising the salary and still don't want to resign with you. GOAL BONUS (ST, MF) """"""""""""""""""" This is also a percentage value too. This will only apply for strikers and midfielders as stated before. Same rules as above, use this only if you need it (specially if you are signing a player that scores many goals per season). After you have filled these fields, and press advance, the player will tell you if he accepts or rejects your offer. If you get your offer rejected, you need to wait a couple of matches before you can strike another offer to that same player. When trying with a player that already rejected your offer, raise a little bit your previous offer, also include some clean sheet or goal bonus. CONTRACT ALERTS =============== If you have players with just 1 year of contract remaining, this screen will warn you about that. You can only renew those player contracts if they are not retiring. If a player is retiring they will have a sign next to their picture, meaning that you can not renew his contract. Note that this screen will only show you which players have this problem, but you need to go to PLAYER CONTRACTS for renewing those contracts (see the next sections for that). EXPORT TEAM =========== COMMING SOON! +----------+ |STATISTICS| +----------+ The menu for this section looks like this: +----------------------+ | LEADERBOARD | |----------------------| | PLAYER STATS | |----------------------| | XXX PLAYOFFS* | |----------------------| | LEAGUE TABLE | +----------------------+ *This option will depend on the league you are playing. Some leagues have playoffs, and some others don't, so this could vary from one league to another. Let's explain these options then... LEADERBOARD =========== This option is actually just several charts. You will find here: [*] Top Scorers [*] Average Goals/Game [*] Assists [*] Clean Sheets [*] Yellow Cards [*] Red Cards PLAYER STATS ============ Now, this is the thing that dissapoints me. I would expect some better compilated information, but is just a bunch of numbers in screen, and the column headers aren't even well explained, so I won't struggle with that here. LEAGUE TABLE ============ This is the classic league table, where you can see the current standings for the league you are playing. Matches played, wins, loses, draws, everything is here. Not much to say really. XXX PLAYOFFS ============ If the league you play has a playoff system, you will see here the match legs, and you can cycle through the different stages. XXX CUP ======= If you are playing any kind of cup in the league you are, you can see the match legs here. Or if the cup has an elimination round (like ECC) you can see the group stage and then cycle through the next rounds. +---------+ |TRANSFERS| +---------+ This has to be one of your top priorities when managing a team. Why? Because without new and talented players your team will always be missing something. If you played FIFA 06 you will feel very comfortable with this transfer system, because it's almost the same thing. A few new nice things have been added, but basically it's the same transfer system than last year, so I expect having no trouble explaining this again. The first thing you need to know is that you can't make transfers all year long, so you need to stick to the transfer windows, which usually are from July to August, and then all January long. If you are planning on getting that big transfer I would recommend you planning your finances very carefully. It's normal to get excited about this, spending a lot of money in one player, but not doing wise business could ruin a complete season, so you can't tell that I didn't warn you! Remember, always keep a balance between transfers, staff upgrades and contract renewals. And well, with that said I believe that we are ready to move into the transfer menu... +------------------------+ | TRANSFER MARKET | |------------------------| | NEGOTIATION HISTORY | |------------------------| | CLUB TRANSFER LIST | |------------------------| | TRANSFER SUMMARY | |------------------------| | SHORTLIST | +------------------------+ TRANSFER MARKET =============== Well, think about this like if this were a supermarket... I know, it's not the best way to explain it, but let me get to the point. You don't want to waste your time looking in 20 different places, you want to see what's available to buy in a single place... So you need to come here. In this window you will have a compilated list of players available for transfer. At the top of the window is displayed some information you should take a look at. It's your budget and your remaining bids. Also you can see the status of the player you are currently looking at (could be for sale or for loan). It should look something like this: +----------------------------------------+ | | | BIDS REMAINING: X | | BUDGET: $ XXX,XXX | | STATUS: For Sale / For Loan | | | +----------------------------------------+ WHAT ARE THE BIDS? """""""""""""""""" You have a limit on how many times you can try to buy a player every week. I think this is a great idea, because otherwise people would just flow the market trying to get as many players as they can, so this is a fantastic way to reduce that. IS THERE A WAY TO GET MORE BIDS? """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Yes, don't use your bids one week and it will accumulate with the next week ones, so you will have lots of bids after a while if you don't use them all at the beginning. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IF I USE DOUBLE BIDS WHEN SIGNING A PLAYER? """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Yes. If you use double bid when offering a contract to a player, the player will take notice of that, meaning that you have a serious offer for him, so that should make a difference. Always remember to have a negotiator with a high level, otherwise this wouldn't make much of a difference. After explaining the bids, the only thing remaining is to remind you that you can cycle through pages of available players using your Left/Right trigger. So you came to the transfer window and didn't find what you wanted? Don't worry about that, the TRANSFER MARKET screen only shows the players that are available within your home league. You can search for more players through all the world. To access this option you need to press the Search button at the bottom of the transfer market screen. Once you press that button, a new menu will show up and the TRANSFER MARKET menu will fade in the background. Now, you need to know what you are looking for if you want best results, although you could find almost anything here. Actually you can see all the players in the game if you want to... Also note that you can look for players that aren't even listed for transfer, this meaning that no matter if they are not listed for transfer you can still bid for them (although it will be harder to sign a player that is not listed for transfer). These are the search options: """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" [*] LEAGUE (Leave it as "Any" if you want to search all the leagues) [*] TEAM (You can specify a team or leave it as "Any") [*] ATTRIBUTE You can search for a very specific condition in a player... these are the search options for this option: [*] OVERALL [*] ACCELERATION [*] AGGRESSION [*]SPRINT SPEED [*] STAMINA [*] STRENGTH [*] MARKING [*] TACKLING [*] BALL CONTROL [*] DRIBBLING [*] CROSSING [*] HEADING [*] SHORT PASSING [*] LONG PASSING [*] FINISHING [*] SHOT POWER [*] LONG SHOTS [*] REACTIONS [*] COMPOSURE [*] REFLEXES (GK) [*] HANDLING (GK) [*] POSITIONING (GK) [*] FREE KICKS [*] WEAK FOOT ABILITY [*] DIVING (GK) [*] MIN (ATTRIBUTE SELECTED) [*] MAX (ATTRIBUTE SELECTED) [*] ROLE (DEF, MID, ATT) [*] POSITION (The specific position in the role you selected) [*] PLAYING STYLE Also you can search for a specific playing style, which are: [*] SHOT STOPPER [*] TARGET MAN [*] CLINICAL STRIKER [*] COUNTER ATTACKER [*] DRIBBLER [*] MIDFIELD MAESTRO (MAESTRO = MASTER in Spanish) [*] DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER [*] BOX TO BOX [*] BALL WINNER [*] SWEEPER [*] STOPPER [*] WING BACKS [*] ATTACKING WINGER Note that this styles are available for every player, regardless the role or the position you selected, so this list won't vary. [*] STATUS This is the one thing you should look at. You can specify the status for the player you want, and if you add this to all the options I just listed above... Well, you can see the Search potential this tool has! This are the options you can select here: [*] AVAILABLE FOR TRANSFER (Only listed players will be shown) [*] AVAILABLE FOR LOAN (Only listed players will be shown) [*] FREE AGENT (Players without a team) [*] OFFER ALREADY MADE [*] ANY After filling all these fields, click advance, and the search will begin. If you have luck the background will highlight again and you will have a list with the players found that matched your specifications. If you didn't have luck, you can search again (changing a few options to see if you have luck with that, or you can just cancel the search and return to the TRANSFER MARKET screen. SIGNING A PLAYER """""""""""""""" well, by now I guess you already know how to search for a player, so now I will explain how to actually make an offer to a player. At the contract screen you can specify the exact terms of the contract you are offering to that player, so read them carefully and make sure that you understand what you are offering him. These are the options: [*] STATUS You need to specify what kind of contract you are offering him. It can be a BUY contract, or a LOAN contract. Note that if you are willing to buy a player, you will need to also pay a transfer fee. If you just want to loan that player, you won't be asked for a transfer fee, but keep in mind that if you sign that player, he will remain on your team until the end of the season, and then he will return to his original team. [*] TRANSFER FEE This is the fee that you need to pay to the player's team in order to let him go to your team. If you already made an offer for that player and things didn't go well, you might want to try raising this a little bit. [*] PLAYER SALARY PER GAME How much you will pay to this player for every match he plays. Even if he plays just a couple of minutes, you will have to pay him this fee. Never ever place an offer with a lower per game fee than the original that is already place for default on the player's contract. He will turn your offer down most of the times. [*] CONTRACT LENGTH You will need to define this only if you are trying to buy the player, remember that in LOAN contracts you already know that the player will play with your team just until the end of the season. Now, the general rule is that you can offer longer contract lengths to younger players, while in veterans you will want to offer them just 1 or 2 years, specially if they are already over 30 years old. [*] # OF BIDS If you want to be taken seriously by a player, you need to use double bid. So when use a single bid? When you already have high skilled players on your team, it seems like new players tend to come easier to your team, so you can use then just one bid on those cases. [*] CLEAN SHEET BONUS (GK, DEF) This can be an extra bonus you can offer, but be careful, because if the player's salary is already high, and you offer him say 15%, you will need to pay him a lot more money... Worse if you have several players with this contract conditions in your team! Use this wisely. [*] GOAL BONUS (ST, MF) Same as above. Use this only as a bonus for a player that is getting hard to sign. After you submit the offer, you need to wait until the next match is over, and then you will receive an email from your negotiator, telling you if you signed that player or not. If you couldn't sign him, see below... NEGOTIATION HISTORY =================== You must know that not all of the times you will succesfully sign a player, specially on the first attempt, so you need to learn to understand this section to modify your offer and learn what was the factor that made that player don't want to sign with you. Please note that you will not be able to use this screen until you make an offer out to a player. We'll discuss here how to understand the information on this screen. At first, you will have at least one player on the list, but it could be more. You might want to check that there are some smileys on the right side of the name of the players, telling you how satisfied were they with your last offer. Once you scroll through the players, you will notice that on the right side of the screen are the details of your last offer to that player, but the interesting stuff here is what you can do by clicking the advance button. Doing so will take you to the RESULTS screen that will indicate how close or far you were from signing this player. This is not a hard thing to understand. It's a half-circle graphic where you can see an arrow telling you where your offer landed. These are the three colors of the graphic: RED - NOT EVEN CLOSE """""""""""""""""""" Ok, there are two chances here. Either you tried to sign a player that is way out of your reach, or your offer was lower than he was already receiving in his current team, so try again raising his salary or offering him a bonus, maybe that will help. ORANGE - GETTING CLOSE """""""""""""""""""""" Ok, your offer wasn't that good, but it didn't sucked either! You need to use double bid if you didn't at first, and raise a little bit your previous offer. GREEN - SIGNED """"""""""""""" No matter if the arrow just landed just passed the orange color, or if it reached the 100%, you just signed this player. That's the only thing that matters. Well done! Always look to this graphic when you are trying to sign a player, it will pretty much tell you all you need to know to successfully sign a player (If you didn't sign it in the 1st try). CLUB TRANSFER LIST ================== So you need a little cash? Have too much players warming the bench? You might want to sell them or just loan them to other teams. At this screen you will have your complete team roster, and you can see some details like their overall skill, age, price and morale. So, the question is... HOW DO I SELL/LOAN OUT A PLAYER? If you want to sell a player, you need to set his status to SELL, and for that you just need to click on that player, then click on the Change Status button. The screen will fade and a tiny option will pop up. You have just two options, set the status to FOR SALE, or FOR LOAN. And that's it, all you can do is wait. Sometimes after a match you will receive offers from other teams. But note that this is not a rule, if you set a player's status to SELL/LOAN it doesn't mean that all the other teams will be automatically sending offers for these players. Also note that the player's morale will drop by 5 after you change his status to LOAN/SALE. TRANSFER SUMMARY ================ You couldn't sign a player and now you want to know who did? Or you just want to see how is the market going nowadays? This is the section for you. Now, let me tell you that there's not a lot of things you can do here, is just like a report from all the transfers being made during the current transfer window in all of the leagues of your current manager savegame. The details you can see here are: [*] SURNAME [*] PRICE [*] FROM [*] TO Other than that, all you can do is just see the Bio for those players, change the sorting of the list, or just search by Surname... If you want to do something else, you should go back to the TRANSFER MARKET screen... SHORTLIST ========= If you paid your scout to go looking for new players, and you weren't so sure about signing or not a player, you probably send those players to this list. And is actually a great new addition to FIFA 07, since you can save the findings of your scout to sign them later, something that you couldn't do on FIFA 06! When you have players waiting on this list, your only options are sign the player or let him more time in the list. You can't change the contract options, since they don't have a team behind them to negotiate. So, the next time you receive news from your scout, and you don't have the money in that right moment, or you just want to see if there's something better, send the players to this list, they will be here for the rest of the season, so don't worry ;) +----------------------------+ |+--------------------------+| ||END OF YOUR MANAGER CAREER|| |+--------------------------+| +----------------------------+ When the 15 seasons of your being a manager are over, your career as a manager is also over. The following screen appears after the end of the 15th season: +----------------------------------------------------------+ | CONGRATULATIONS!! | | | | [MANAGER PHOTO] | | | | You have completed the ultimate FIFA 07 challenge and | | survived 15 years as a Football manager. The players | | have tears in their eyes as you announce your retirement.| | | | During your career you managed [NUMBER OF CLUBS] and won | | [NUMBER OF TITLES]. | | | | You finished with a prestige level of [PRESTIGE LEVEL]...| | This gives you the chance to export your team with a big | | attribute boost.* | | | | You have completed Manager Mode. | | | | Your accomplishments are held in high esteem, though you | | still have more to give.* | | | +----------------------------------------------------------+ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=NOTE=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= *NOTE: The above message may differ a little depending on your prestie level. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--= ====================================================== | PART: 4 - CHALLENGES | ====================================================== To access the challenge mode go to game modes then FIFA 07 Challenges. Select one of the geographic zones from the list to veiw your progress with the associated challenges. Completing challenges will earn you points that can be used to unlock items from the fan shop like kits and other extras. Challenges must be played against clubs from the chosen zone. Selecting to play a challenge may change some of your game settings. All Challenges can be done in any game mode (except for Practice Mode), while scenario challenges can only be completed in Kick-Off mode. Tournament challenges can be done through Tournament Mode or Manager Mode. Matches must be played with default game settings. In FIFA 07, most of the challenges are grouped by region. There are 7 regions, each one having its own group of challenges. There are a total of 102 challenges. There are 7 region and 2 other to choose from when selecting a challenge. They are given below: [*] United Kingdom [England & Scotland] (12 Challenges) [*] Western Europe [Belgium, France & Holland] (12 Challenges) [*] Southern Europe [Italy, Portuga & Spain] (12 Challenges) [*] Central Europe [Austria, Germany & Switzerland] (12 Challenges) [*] The Americas [Brazil, Mexico & United States] (11 Challenges) [*] Scandinavia [Denmark, Norway & Sweden] (12 Challenges) [*] Rest of World [Argentina, Czech Republic, Greece, Republic of Korea, Poland, South Africa, Turkey & Ukraine] (9 Challenges) [*] Endurance (10 Challenges) [*] Master (12 Challenges) Now let's list all the challenges from all the regions/zones one by one...All are accompanied by a rating & some tips to make the challenge easier...The Challenges are listed by their in the order they appear in the game (you can do them in any order though)... +----------------------------+ |+--------------------------+| ||UNITED KINGDOM: CHALLENGES|| |+--------------------------+| +----------------------------+ +--------------------+ |SCENARIO CHALLENGE 1| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the match with your club having 0 subs available REWARDS: ======== 250 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Hmm...this one is pretty easy; just the normal match except that you don't have any subs. Easy to win... +---------------------+ |HAT-TRICK CHALLENGE 1| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score a Hat-Trick against any club from the United Kingdom. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== I recommend you do this challenge in Amateur difficulty. One easy way to avoid 2 goals scored by a single player is to sub a player as soon as he scores. +--------------------+ |UNDERDOG CHALLENGE 1| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Defeat a 4+ star club from the United Kingdom with any 2 star club in Semi-Pro difficulty. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Hmm now this can get a bit difficult. To make it easy you can do two things: either change the first team of the 4+ star team you're playing against replacing the nice players with bad ones or you can also alter the scenario settings a bit to make it easier; change the red cards, injuries & yellow cards in opposition to the max. Hope it helps. +------------+ |SCOTTISH CUP| +------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Scottish Cup REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +-----------------------+ |SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE| +-----------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Scottish Premier League REWARDS: ======== 750 Points +----------+ |LEAGUE CUP| +----------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the League Cup REWARDS: ======== 750 Points +-----------+ |ENGLISH CUP| +-----------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the English Cup REWARDS: ======== 1,000 Points +---------------+ |LDV VANS TROPHY| +---------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the LDV Vans Trophy REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +-------------------+ |FOOTBALL LEAGUE TWO| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Football League Two REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +-------------------+ |FOOTBALL LEAGUE ONE| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Football League One REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +---------------------+ |FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMP| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Football League Champ REWARDS: ======== 750 Points +-------------------+ |F.A. PREMIER LEAGUE| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the F.A. Premier League REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points +----------------------------+ |+--------------------------+| ||WESTERN EUROPE: CHALLENGES|| |+--------------------------+| +----------------------------+ +--------------------+ |SCENARIO CHALLENGE 2| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the match with your club having 0 subs and 2 injuries. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== This is pretty easy. Just the normal match with the exception that there are no subs available and 2 of your players are hobbling. +----------------------+ |POSSESSION CHALLENGE 1| +----------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Acheive 75%+ possession in Professional difficulty against a club from Western Europe. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== The key to win this challenge is just to keep passing the ball around within your half. Don't aim for a win here since if you score/don't score you'll just give away possession. If the opponent gets a goal don't go chasing! Just stay calm and only keep passing the ball around your players. +---------------------+ |LATE GOAL CHALLENGE 1| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score with a player subbed in after 85+ minutes in Semi-Pro difficulty. REWARDS: ======== 750 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== When the timer goes above 85, then only order one of your players to get subbed and bring your sub in. I suggest you sub all of your attackers and one of your midfielders, that way you won't have to worry whether the player that's about to score a goal is from the first team or a sub. +--------------------+ |5 MINUTE CHALLENGE 1| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score in under 5 minutes against a club from Western Europe. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== As soon as the whistle goes and the game starts, be on your most aggressive side. Try to score as quickly as you can but don't get too hyper or nervous since you may over-power your shot and miss the goal. If you didn't succeed in scoring a goal under 5 minutes then as soon as the 5 minutes are over, restart the match, don't waste your time by playing the whole match nor nothing! +-----------------+ |COUPE DE LA LIGUE| +-----------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Coupe de la Ligue REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +--------------+ |COUPE GAULOISE| +--------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Coupe Gauloise REWARDS: ======== 1,000 Points +---------------------+ |FRENCH LIGUE 2 ORANGE| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the French Division 2 REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +---------------------+ |FRENCH LIGUE 1 ORANGE| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win French Division 1 REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points +---------+ |DUTCH CUP| +---------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Dutch Cup REWARDS: ======== 750 Points +----------------+ |DUTCH EREDIVISIE| +----------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Dutch Eredivisie REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points +--------------+ |BELGIAN FA CUP| +--------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Belgium FA Cup REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +--------------+ |BELGIAN LEAGUE| +--------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Belgium League REWARDS: ======== 750 Points +-----------------------------+ |+---------------------------+| ||SOUTHERN EUROPE: CHALLENGES|| |+---------------------------+| +-----------------------------+ +--------------------+ |SCENARIO CHALLENGE 3| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the match by 3 goals with the match starting with a 0-0 scoreline in the 2nd half. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Be on the aggressive side but try not to commit many fouls or get cards. As soon as you gain the 3 goal lead, be on the defensive side straight away. +---------------------+ |SHOOT-OUT CHALLENGE 1| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a penalty kick shootout against a club from Southern Europe. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== A penaly shoot-out can sometimes be difficulty. You might have to try this challenge more than once to succeede. When you are the kicker try to do a fake shot so that the keeper will have less chances of stopping the ball. When you are the keeper, anticipate your opponent's move and dive to that way as soon as ke kicks the ball. To get a master at winning penalty (whether you are at the recieving end or you are taking the kick), I recommend you go to Practice Mode and practice penalty shoot-outs a bit. +----------------------+ |POSSESSION CHALLENGE 2| +----------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Achieve over 75% possession in Amateur difficulty against a club from Southern Europe. REWARDS: ======== 250 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Since its Amateur difficulty it'll be easy. Just keep pressing S the whole game to pass around your players. +-------------------+ |5 GOALS CHALLENGE 2| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win by 5 goals in Amateur difficulty against a club from Southern Europe. REWARDS: ======== 250 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Since it's only Amateur difficulty, it will be easy to do even though 5 goals might seem a big thing. Just be on the aggressive from the 1st second. +------------+ |COPA DEL REY| +------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Copa del Rey REWARDS: ======== 1,000 Points +---------------+ |SPANISH SEGUNDA| +---------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Spanish Segunda REWARDS: ======== 750 Points +---------------+ |SPANISH PRIMERA| +---------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Spanish Primera REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points +---------------+ |COPPA NAZIONALE| +---------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Coppa Nazionale REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +---------------+ |ITALIAN SERIE B| +---------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Italian Serie B REWARDS: ======== 750 Points +---------------+ |ITALIAN SERIE A| +---------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Italian Serie A REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points +--------------+ |PORTUGUESE CUP| +--------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Portuguese Cup REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +--------------------+ |PORTUGUESE LIGA BWIN| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Portuguese Liga BWIN REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +----------------------------+ |+--------------------------+| ||CENTRAL EUROPE: CHALLENGES|| |+--------------------------+| +----------------------------+ +--------------------+ |SCENARIO CHALLENGE 5| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Start a match in the 1st half of extra time down 1-2 and win. REWARDS: ======== 250 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== This challenge also involves getting pretty aggressive since you only have 15 minutes of game time to score 2 goals. Try not to give the possession away easily and also try not to give free-kicks as it will allow the opposition to score, making it even more harder the complete the challenge. +--------------------+ |SCENARIO CHALLENGE 4| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Start a match in the 85th minute with the scoreline as 0-0 and win. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Be very-very aggressive in the match from the start as you have roughly 5 minutes of game time. Just pray that you get as much as Extra Time as possible! +---------------------+ |SHOOT-OUT CHALLENGE 2| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a penalty kick shootout in World Class difficulty against a club from Central Europe. REWARDS: ======== 1,000 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Now this is really-really difficulty. Winning a penalty shoot-out in World Class difficulty really takes some practice, skill, concentration and determination. You might have to try this more than half a dozen times. For me it took about 7 tries to win this challenge. +--------------------+ |5-MINUTE CHALLENGE 2| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score in under 5 min. against a club from Central Europe. REWARDS: ======== 750 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== As soon as the whistle goes and the game starts, be on your most aggressive side. Try to score as quickly as you can but don't get too hyper or nervous since you may over-power your shot and miss the goal. If you didn't succeed in scoring a goal under 5 minutes then as soon as the 5 minutes are over, restart the match, don't waste your time by playing the whole match nor nothing! +---------+ |SWISS CUP| +---------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Swiss Cup REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +-----------------------+ |SWISS AXPO SUPER LEAGUE| +-----------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Swiss Axpo Super League REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +----------------+ |AUSTRIAN OFB CUP| +----------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Austrian OFB Cup REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +-------------------+ |AUSTRIAN BUNDESLIGA| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Austrian Bundesliga REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +------------------+ |PREMIERE-LIGAPOKAL| +------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the PREMIERE-Ligapokal REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +---------------+ |DEUTSCHER POKAL| +---------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Deutscher Pokal REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +-------------------+ |GERMAN BUNDESLIGA 2| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the German Bundesliga 2 REWARDS: ======== 750 Points +-------------------+ |GERMAN BUNDESLIGA 1| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the German Bundesliga 1 REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points +--------------------------+ |+------------------------+| ||THE AMERICAS: CHALLENGES|| |+------------------------+| +--------------------------+ +--------------------+ |SCENARIO CHALLENGE 7| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Start a match in the 2nd half of extra time with the score tied and win. REWARDS: ======== 250 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== This challenge also involves getting pretty aggressive since you only have 15 minutes of game time to score 2 goals. Try not to give the possession away easily and also try not to give free-kicks as it will allow the opposition to score, making it even more harder the complete the challenge. +--------------------+ |STAY AHEAD CHALLENGE| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score and maintain a 2 goal lead against a club from the Americas. REWARDS: ======== 750 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Now this challenge also takes some head to complete. You MUST have to maintain a 2 goal lead. If you take a lead more than of 2 goals, you'll loose the challenge. So I recommend you go aggressive from the start and when you get the 2 goal lead then go on the defensive straight away, without making any further attempts at the opposition's goal. Try to score again only if the opposition manage to score a goal. +--------------------+ |SCENARIO CHALLENGE 6| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the match with your opponent having a 0-1 lead. REWARDS: ======== 250 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Be on the aggressive to ensure you win this challenge. Once the scoreline reads 2-1, go on the defensive. +-------------------+ |PASSING CHALLENGE 1| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Achieve 75%+ passing in professional diffculty against a club from the Americas and win. REWARDS: ======== 750 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== This match can be a little difficult. I recommend that early on in the game you be as aggressive as possible and try to score 2 goals (or 1 atleast). Then later, like in the second half, remain inside your own half and keep passing to your players to build up your passing percentage. Remember that your passing percentage is determined by the number of passes successfully completed by you (i.e. you sucessfully passed to a player of your own instead of your opposition). Your passing percent will go down if you accidentaly passed the ball to your opponent. +------------+ |MLS OPEN CUP| +------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the MLS Open Cup REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +---+ |MLS| +---+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the MLS REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +----------------+ |MEXICAN APERTURA| +----------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Mexican Apertura REWARDS: ======== 750 Points +----------------+ |MEXICAN CLAUSURA| +----------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Mexican Clausura REWARDS: ======== 750 Points +-------------+ |BRAZILIAN CUP| +-------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Brazilian Cup REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +----------------+ |BRAZILIAN LEAGUE| +----------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Brazilian League REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +--------------------+ |AMERICAS CLUB CHAMP.| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Americas Club Championship REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +-------------------------+ |+-----------------------+| ||SCANDINAVIA: CHALLENGES|| |+-----------------------+| +-------------------------+ +-----------------------+ |CLEAN SHEET CHALLENGE 1| +-----------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a match with a clean sheet against a club from Scandinavia. REWARDS: ======== 250 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== I don't think you require any tips/hints for this challenge since this is much of a normal match and the clubs in Scandinavian region are pretty week. +--------------------+ |SCENARIO CHALLENGE 9| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the match with your opponent leading 3-0. REWARDS: ======== 1,000 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== As with some other challenges, this one also involves getting very aggressive as you are trailing by 3 goals. After you score 4 goals, go straight on the defensive and don't give any free kicks to your opponent since it will give them a change to score and then you'll have to score again. +-------------------+ |PASSING CHALLENGE 2| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Achieve 85%+ in passing in Amateur difficulty against a Scandinavian club. REWARDS: ======== 250 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== This is very easy. Just keep pressing the S button to pass the ball around your players to build up your passing percentage. Since this doesn't even involve winning, it'll be a piece of cake for you. Remember the higher the successful completed passes of your team, the higher will be your passing percentage. +--------------------+ |SCENARIO CHALLENGE 8| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a match against a club from Scandinavia with your club allready having recieved 1 red card. REWARDS: ======== 250 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Hmm...1 man down and it's 10 vs 11 eh? Well, it really doesn't matter if you lost a man. Just try not to get another red card and you'll be fine. Pretty much of a normal match except this. +---------------------+ |FAIR PLAY CHALLENGE 1| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a match without any bookings in Professional difficulty against a Scandinavian club. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Now this can get difficult at times. First of all, it's absolutely NOT recommended to use the A key (i.e. the sliding tackle) as if you are off target and you hit the player you might get a card and that's THAT! Even use your conservative tackle (D key) conservatively. +--------------------+ |ACCURACY CHALLENGE 1| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Achieve 90% shots on target in Semi-Pro difficulty against a Scandinavian club. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Hehe this one is funny, you don't have to win and you only have to get 90% shots on target in Semi-Pro. Now that's what I call easy. When scoring try to get near to the goalpost to score so that you'll have allmost 100% chances of your shot getting on taget. It's ideal that you get your first shot on target. After that you'll have 100% shots on target (since you only unleashed 1 shot). Now don't attempt a shot on the goal anymore and you'll win the challenge. Really easy! +-----------+ |SWEDISH CUP| +-----------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Swedish Cup REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +-------------------+ |SWEDISH ALLSVENSKAN| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Swedish Allsvenskan REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +----------------+ |NORWEGIAN FA CUP| +----------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Norwegian FA Cup REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +---------------------+ |NORWEGIAN TIPPELIGAEN| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Norwegian Tippeligaen REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +--------+ |DONG CUP| +--------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the DONG Cup REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +------------------+ |DANISH SUPERLIGAEN| +------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Danish Superligaen REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +---------------------------+ |+-------------------------+| ||REST OF WORLD: CHALLENGES|| |+-------------------------+| +---------------------------+ +---------------------+ |LATE GOAL CHALLENGE 2| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score with a player subbed in after 75+ minutes in Professional difficulty. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Since this is Professional diffculty and you only have 15 mins to score (and that too with a sub!), it can get a little hard. I recommend you use all your subs once the timer goes above 75. It's ideal if you sub all of your strikers and 1 of your mids. I allways use the 4-3-3 position in this kind of challenge since then it's much less likelihood of a non-sub to score a goal. +----------------------+ |SUBSTITUTION CHALLENGE| +----------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Never substitute and win against a Rest of World club. REWARDS: ======== 250 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Easy. Just like a normal match. I don't think you need any Help on this one. +-----------------+ |3 GOALS CHALLENGE| +-----------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score 3 goals with 3 different players in Semi-Pro difficulty against a Rest of World club. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== This is also pretty easy. The key to winning this challenge is that as soon as your player scores, sub that player. This tactic will ensure that there are no repititive goals. +-------------------------+ |INTERNATIONAL CLUB CHAMP.| +-------------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the International Club Championship REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +--------+ |K-LEAGUE| +--------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the K-League REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +-----------+ |TURKISH CUP| +-----------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Turkish Cup REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +--------------------+ |TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE| +--------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Turkish Super League REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +-------------+ |PUCHAR POLSKI| +-------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Puchar Polski REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +------------------+ |POLISH EKSTRAKLASA| +------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the Polish Ekstraklasa REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +----------------------+ |+--------------------+| ||ENURANCE: CHALLENGES|| |+--------------------+| +----------------------+ +-------------+ |5 GAME STREAK| +-------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Achieve a 5 game winning streak in any difficulty level. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +--------------+ |10 GAME STREAK| +--------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Achieve a 10 game winning streak in any difficulty level. REWARDS: ======== 750 Points +--------------+ |20 GAME STREAK| +--------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Achieve a 20 game winning streak in any difficulty level. REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points +--------------+ |SCORE 10 GOALS| +--------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score 10 goals REWARDS: ======== 250 Points +--------------+ |SCORE 50 GOALS| +--------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score a total of 50 goals in any difficulty level. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +---------------+ |SCORE 100 GOALS| +---------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score a total of 100 goals in any difficulty level. REWARDS: ======== 1,000 Points +------------+ |WIN 10 GAMES| +------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a total of 10 games in any difficulty level. REWARDS: ======== 250 Points +------------+ |WIN 25 GAMES| +------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a total of 25 games in any difficulty level. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +------------+ |WIN 50 GAMES| +------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a total of 50 games in any difficulty level. REWARDS: ======== 500 Points +-------------+ |WIN 100 GAMES| +-------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a total of 100 games in any difficulty level. REWARDS: ======== 2,000 Points +--------------------+ |+------------------+| ||MASTER: CHALLENGES|| |+------------------+| +--------------------+ +---------------------+ |FAIR PLAY CHALLENGE 2| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a match without any bookings in World Clas difficulty. REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== Now this can get difficult at times. First of all, it's absolutely NOT recommended to use the A key (i.e. the sliding tackle) as if you are off target and you hit the player you might get a card and that's THAT! Even use your conservative tackle (D key) conservatively. Also try to remain aggressive throughout the game without tackling a player too hard. +-----------------+ |OFFSIDE CHALLENGE| +-----------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a without getting off-sides in World Clas difficulty. REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== COMMING SOON! +----------------+ |GOALIE CHALLENGE| +----------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score with a goalie in Professional difficulty. REWARDS: ======== 1,000 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== COMMING SOON! +---------------------+ |SCENARIO CHALLENGE 10| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win in Professional difficulty with your opponent leading 5-0. REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== COMMING SOON! +-------------------+ |15 MINUTE CHALLENGE| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score within 15 minutes in World Class difficulty. REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== COMMING SOON! +---------------------+ |HAT TRICK CHALLENGE 2| +---------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score a hat trick in World Class difficulty. REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== COMMING SOON! +-----------------------+ |CLEAN SHEET CHALLENGE 2| +-----------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win a match with a clean sheet in World Class difficulty. REWARDS: ======== 1,000 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== COMMING SOON! +-------------------+ |5 GOALS CHALLENGE 1| +-------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Score 5 goals with 5 different players in Professional difficulty. REWARDS: ======== 750 Points HINTS/TIPS: =========== COMMING SOON! +--------------+ |EFA TOURNAMENT| +--------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the EFA Tournament in Manager Mode. REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points +--------------+ |ECC TOURNAMENT| +--------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Win the ECC Tournament in Manager Mode. REWARDS: ======== 1,500 Points +----------------------+ |MANAGER MODE CHALLENGE| +----------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Achieve an undefeated season in Manager Mode. REWARDS: ======== 2,500 Points +--------------------------+ |TOTAL FOOTBALLER CHALLENGE| +--------------------------+ OBJECTIVES: =========== Complete all challenges from any 2 zones REWARDS: ======== 2,500 Points & a 5th difficulty level [LEGENDARY] unlocked! MORE INFO: ========== After you complete all the challenges from any 2 regions, a new and the 5th difficulty level is unlocked. The level is: Legendary and truly it stands by its name. It's far more difficult than World Class, so you can now imagine how difficult it can be to beat the computer on this level! Actually the only difficult thing in this level is that the opponent GK are too good to be real. So it's pretty hard to score goals... The easiest zones to complete according to me are: United Kingdom and Southern Europe. ====================================================== | PART: 5 - HINTS, TIPS AND TRICKS | ====================================================== +----------+ |+--------+| ||GAMEPLAY|| |+--------+| +----------+ +----------------------------+ |NEW FREE-KICK CONTROLS:BASIC| +----------------------------+ [1] Direction """"""""""""" Use the directional controls to select the initial direction of the kick [2] Power """"""""" Use the shoot or lob pass button to give power to the kick [3] Spin """""""" While powering and running to ball use the directional controls to add sidespin and topspin to the ball +-----------------------------------+ |NEW FREE-KICK CONTROLS:BASIC LAYOFF| +-----------------------------------+ [1] The Set-up """""""""""""" Press the Pace Control button to call the layoff man [2] The Layoff """""""""""""" While holding the Pace Control button press pass to lay the ball off [3] The Shot """""""""""" This can allow you a better angle for a shot +-----------------------------+ |NEW PENALTY-KICK CONTROLS: GK| +-----------------------------+ [1] Crouch """""""""" Press the down arrow button to make the GK crouch [2] Wave """""""" Press the up arrow button to wave your arms [3] Sidestep """""""""""" Press the left or right arrow button to jump along the line +------------------------------+ |NEW PASSING CONTROLS: ACCURACY| +------------------------------+ [1] Look First """""""""""""" Use the directional controls to face your intended reciever before passing [2] Pass the Ball """"""""""""""""" Pass accuracy and speed will be off if you weren't facing the receiver [3] Move to Ball """""""""""""""" Move your player towards the ball if a pass isn't going to reach you +---------+ |SPRINTING| +---------+ [1] Sprint """""""""" When sprinting with the ball [2] Knock On """""""""""" Use the Shift button + Sprint button (Defualt-E) to knock the ball forwards [3] Beat Defender """"""""""""""""" This allows you to sprint faster and possibly beat a defender +--------------------+ |NEW PASSING CONTROLS| +--------------------+ [1] Short Pass """""""""""""" Tap the pass button to pass to the closest team-mate [2] Medium Pass """"""""""""""" Hold th button to pass to the second closest team-mate [3] Long Pass """"""""""""" Hold the button longer to pass to the furthest team-mate +---------------------+ |NEW CROSSING CONTROLS| +---------------------+ [1] Early Cross """"""""""""""" Hold the Trigger Run button and press lob pass to perform an early cross [2] Low Cross """"""""""""" Double tab cross to perform a low cross [3] Early Low Cross """"""""""""""""""" Hold the Trigger Run button and double tap cross to perform an early low cross +---------------------+ |NEW SHOOTING CONTROLS| +---------------------+ [1] Laces Shot """""""""""""" Press shoot to perform a powerful laces shot [2] Chip Shot """"""""""""" Hold the Pace Control button while shooting to perform a chip shot [3] Finesse Shot """""""""""""""" Hold Cancel/Dummy Move button while shooting to perform a placed shot +---------------------------+ |ADVANCED DRIBBLING CONTROLS| +---------------------------+ [1] Pace Control """""""""""""""" Hold the C Button to use Pace Control [2] Stopping """""""""""" Tap the Pace Control button to stop the ball [3] Shielding """"""""""""" Tap the Sprint button to stop the ball and shield the ball from a defender +---------------------------------------+ |NEW FREE-KICK CONTROLS: ADVANCED LAYOFF| +---------------------------------------+ [1] Layoff Man """""""""""""" Press the Pace Control button to call the layoff man [2] Layoff Man Shot """"""""""""""""""" While holding the Pace Control button you can shoot with the layoff man [3] Fake Shot """"""""""""" Alternatively hold the Step Over button and shoot to perform a fake shot +--------------------------+ |DEFENDING CONTROLS: JOCKEY| +--------------------------+ [1] Position """""""""""" When defending in a one-on-one situation [2] Jockey """""""""" Use the Pace Control button to stand your ground [3] Win the Ball """""""""""""""" This allows for greater control and easier tackling +---------+ |FAKE SHOT| +---------+ [1] Position """""""""""" When one on one with the goalie [2] Shoot """"""""" Power a shot [3] Fake """""""" Quickly press pass and a direction to fake the shot +---------+ |FAKE PASS| +---------+ [1] Position """""""""""" When one on one with a defender [2] Pass """""""" Power a lob pass or cross [3] Fake """""""" Quickly press pass and a direction to fake the pass +--------------+ |+------------+| ||MANAGER MODE|| |+------------+| +--------------+ +----------------------------------------+ |TRICK TO GET A CONTRACT RENEWED FOR FREE| +----------------------------------------+ In the second transfer period, loan out any player whose contract is going to expire in 1 year. When he returns to your club at the end of the season, he would have a 2 year contract with the same wage! +-----------------------------+ |EASY MONEY and EASY TRANSFERS| +-----------------------------+ Here's how to earn some easy money in the manager mode: Play a season in the manager mode...then, at the point where it's the last match of the season ---> [1] Save and backup the career...and then play the last match...pick the same team and proceed to the next season. [2] Now as soon as the new season starts go to the transfer market, then, go to the Search Players screen. Select all leagues, all teams, all players (available for transfer and others as well). Now when the search results display, highlight(select) the price coloumn and sort by ascending. Now you will find a lot of players with 0 Transfer Fee (Free Agents) purchase all the players with stats of 80 and above!! [3] Once you sign these players. You can either keep them or sell them again for a good amount of money!! Usually players with stats of 80 and above and ages between 20 and 30 transfer for atleast 10 million (I sold Nilmar for 76 Million , Rooney for 90 Million and Ronaldinho for 102 Million and bought them back on free transfers within the next 2-3 transfer windows!) DO THIS AND YOU'LL HAVE AN AWESOME BUDGET TO PLAY WITH... 4)In case you do not get good players, load your previous game save, replay the last match of the previous season and then the player lists will be generated again!! You can use this trick especially to your advantage when your team is below 3 stars. I used this trick when I was managing Barnet (half star with a budget of about 200k). I kept none of the players whom I bought at the beginning of the season. Once I sold Rooney for quite some money (thougth it took me quite some time to negotiate with him - offered him a 400k salary with 15% bonus; lol) and upgraded my staff and bought new players. Using the same trick, I actually raised Barnet to a 4 star team in about 8 seasons hehe... +--------+ |Easy win| +--------+ Play with the 3-4-3 combination. You will hardly lose any matches, even if you QuickSim them. +-------------+ |YOUTH ACADEMY| +-------------+ Make sure to keep an eye on the Youth Players making their way up through your youth system. Nurture their talent and you may find the next superstar coming out of your own Youth Academy! +----------+ |REAL MONEY| +----------+ Work hard, manage your budget and pile up some real cash. Once you've saved up enough money use it to complete the next big transfer. You will find quickly that every player has his price! +------------+ |EXPECTATIONS| +------------+ Every board has different expectations of you. Some have unlimited amounts of cash but expect you to bring home title after title. Others are more concerned about the budget or adding an attractive player into the squad. Choose the right club to match your skills. +---------+ |GAME OVER| +---------+ The life of a manager is no walk in the park, your performance will be constantly assessed by the board of directors. If you don't match their expectations you will be fired...get fired once too often and your career as a manager is over! +--------------+ |NATIONAL SQUAD| +--------------+ Face the issue every top manager has to deal with: your best players are chosen to represent their country. They will gain experience playing against the best players of the world. But they will get fatigued and might come back injured from trips with their national squad. +----------+ |VISUAL SIM| +----------+ Use the Visual Sim to manage your team from the sideline. Adjust your tactics and formations according to what is happening on the pitch. Be aware of the performance and fatigue level of every player in order to perform a substitution. +-------------+ |PLAYER GROWTH| +-------------+ Observe how players gain experience and grow like in real life. Find "gems" that are young and bring them to your club for a small transfer sum. Then watch their growth and witness how they become the next superstar! +-------------+ |PLAYER TRAITS| +-------------+ Please your fans by playing their fan favorite or make them mad by parking him on the bench. Sort out the players that cause nothing but trouble and find the ones that are loved by the media. +--------+ |FINANCES| +--------+ Before you leave your office don't forget to have a look at the financial prediction. This screen will give you an indication if you should really follow through on the latest transfer or rather try to sell a player in order to show a positive balance at the end of the year. +--------+ |PRESTIGE| +--------+ Winning matches and meeting the Board of Directors' objectives will make your prestige rise. Conversely, losing matches and getting fired will cause it to fall. So try and keep a high prestige! Players will want to play for your club and high paying sponsors will seek you out. ICON FOR PRESTIGE: [Manager Picture accompanied by the Number of arrows corresponding the prestige level with the number below the arrows] +--------------+ |TEAM CHEMISTRY| +--------------+ The Team Chemistry icon in Manager Mode indicates how well your club works together on the pitch. High Team Chemistry will allow your club to start a match with some momentum which can be used to overcome a lack of individual player skill. ICON FOR TEAM CHEMISTRY: [Two Gears connected together] +-----------+ |FAN SUPPORT| +-----------+ The Fan Support icon will show you how well your club is faring in the eyes of your supporters. Higher Fan Support will allow you to increase ticket prices and still maintain good levels of attendance. When Fan Support is low, you may have to decrease prices to attrack fans back to the stadium. ICON FOR FAN SUPPORT: [A Flag] +------------+ |JOB SECURITY| +------------+ This indicator will rise as you win games and prove your skills, but will fall if you start to lose too many games. Let your Job Security drop too low and you may find yourself looking for a new job! ICON FOR JOB SECURITY: [A Lock] +-------------------+ |PLAYER STATUS ICONS| +-------------------+ In the Transfer Market, players are identified with several icons indicating their market status so that you can make an informed decision regarding possible transfers. Read over the next few tips to find out what each of those icons mean. NEGOTIATING """"""""""" If you see this icon, it means that you are already in negotiations to acquire thisplayer. Visit the Negotiation History screen to make adjustments to your offer, or to cancel the negotiations! ICON FOR NEGOTIATING: [A Cyclinder denoting a player accompanied with a bubble in Yellow Color] FOR SALE """""""" If you see this icon, it means that the player is up for sale, amd can be acquired by paying a transfer fee to his current club. ICON FOR FOR SALE: [A Cyclinder denoting a player accompanied with an arrow pointing right in Blue Color] AVAILABLE FOR LOAN """""""""""""""""" The player is available for loan. You will be responsible for paying the player's salary while he playing with your club, but you do not need to pay a transfer fee to gain the benefits of his services. ICON FOR AVAILAVLE FOR LOAN: [A Cyclinder denoting a player accompanied with an arrow pointing right in Yellow Color] FREE AGENT """""""""" The player is not owned by any club. Free agents can be acquired without a transfer fee, but you must settle on a contract with the player before he will start playing for your club. ICON FOR FREE AGENT: [A Cyclinder denoting a player accompanied with an arrow pointing right in Green Color] RETIRING """""""" The player is going to retire after the end of the current season. You are unable to change his mind, and therefore must think of a way of replacing the player for the start of next season. ICON FOR RETIRING: [A Cyclinder denoting a player accompanied with a "X" sign in Red Color] ON LOAN """"""" If you see this icon, it means that the player has already been loaned to another club. You cannot negotiate with this player. ICON FOR ON LOAN: [A Cyclinder denoting a player accompanied with a "X" sign in Yellow Color] TRANSFERRED """"""""""" If you see this icon, it means that the player has already been transferred to another club. You cannot negotiate with this player. ICON FOR TRANSFERRED: [A Cyclinder denoting a player accompanied with a "X" sign in Blue Color] +----------------+ |+--------------+| ||ADVANCED MOVES|| |+--------------+| +----------------+ I have compiled all these advanced moves from the internet, from some of my friends and offcourse from myself. Most of these have been tested to be OK so if you see that the keys here aren't doing what they should do, e-mail me and I would rectify the problem. Also, since there are so many combinations, it's allways hard to list all of them. I would especially appreciate if you could e-mail me a couple of moves of your own! Most of these moves invlove Shift. Even though Shift doesn't show in the screen where you can configure your controls, it DOES exist. +---------------------------------------+ |MOVES INVOLVING SHIFT KEY/SPECIAL MOVES| +---------------------------------------+ Lane Change """"""""""" Hold Shift + up then left or Hold Shift + up then right (depends on direction you would like to go to) Side ways dribble """"""""""""""""" C and a direction The step-over """"""""""""" Shift twice Ball Lift """"""""" Shift + Up down up Drag back """"""""" Shift + down down (may depends on direction) Standing Step Over """""""""""""""""" Shift + Up Up (may depends on direction) Fake Step Over """""""""""""" Shift + left left or right right (may depend on direction) The standing step over and knock on """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Shift: Left then right or right then left (may depend on direction) Drag back and flick """"""""""""""""""" Shift+ down then left or right 360 """ Shift + right-down-left SUPER SPRINT """""""""""" Shift + E The player will push the ball further ahead, then race up to it. Use this when you're past the defenders and trying to get to the opponent's penalty area. SHIELD """""" Shift + forward Shield the ball so opponents coming from your side can't steal it. SIDESTEP """""""" Shift + left or Shift + right +----------------------------------------+ |MOVES INVOLVING THE Q KEY/TACTICAL MOVES| +----------------------------------------+ AERIAL THROUGH PASS """"""""""""""""""" Q + W The ball will automatically be lobbed in front of a teammate (you can't place it). 1-2 PASS """""""" Q + S Set up a 1-2 pass. The player who passes will immediately run forward with a burst of speed, so the receiver can pass it back. CHIP SHOT """"""""" Q + D Chip shot, useful for when you're one-on-one with the goalie. ATTACKING TACTICS """"""""""""""""" Num 2, Num 4, Num 6, Num 8 Change offensive team mentality. Remember, you have to press the buttons on the numpad, not the ones in the top row. The list of tactics is given below. DEFENSIVE TACTICS """"""""""""""""" Q + Num 2, Num 4, Num 6, Num 8 Change defensive team mentality. Same note as above. The list of tactics is given below. *NOTE: All directions are relative, i.e. if your player is facing right, "forward" means right, "back" means left, "left" means up, and "right" means down. +-----+ |SHOTS| +-----+ Finese Shot: Z+D Chip Shot: Q+D Normal Shot: D +-----------------+ |ATTACKING TACTICS| +-----------------+ Counter Attack: NumPad 8 Wing Play: NumPad 6 Box Overload: NumPad 2 3rd Man Release: NumPad 4 +-----------------+ |DEFENSIVE TACTICS| +-----------------+ Pressing: Q + NumPad 8 Offside Trap: Q + NumPad 6 Zonal: Q + NumPad 2 Flat Back: Q + NumPad 4 +------------+ |+----------+| ||FREE KICKS|| |+----------+| +------------+ Submitted by: Gautam Kaviraj Free Kick Model of this game is an improved version of the One In FIFA WC '06!!All you need to do is get the hang of it , then its all downhill from there! Here's a few Tips : 1.When taking a free kick Towards the post nearer to you--> Before taking the kick press the direction arrow for just an instant (this helps with the angle).......use the down arrow + nearer post's direction(left or right) and tap the shoot button gently.... Once u get the hang of it.... you'll score each and every time!! 2.TAKING FREE KICK TOWARDS THE FARTHER POST Now use the up arrow plus the direction of the farther post(Left or Right) and press shoot till the shot-meter is as close to full as possible..and just when the kick is being released tap the direction button... once you master this you'll get almost all the kicks in the goal!! 3.GROUNDED KICK Press the Trigger Run/Tactics Changer Button along with the Shoot Button this will take a grounded powerful kick....although u'll need to practice this a bit !! 4)FLOATING KICK Move your player a bit in the direction opposite to the one you intend taking the kick in....... Now Press Lob/Slide Button + Shoot + direction arrow(without up or down)and let the shot-meter fill just a little more than half and Shoot So Take some time and get set with your controller..fter that. HAPPY SCORING!! Other Free Kick Tips: """"""""""""""""""""" 1. Press "C/Z" to call a 2nd PLAYER. 2. Press "C+S" so that the 2nd PLAYER passes the ball to the 1st PLAYER so that 1st player get a better view of goal and can shot accurately 3. Press "C+D/A" to shoot with the 2nd PLAYER to confuse the goalie. 4. Press "Z+D/A" to shoot with the 2nd PLAYER, but before the 2nd PLAYER shoots the 1st PLAYER will override the ball to confuse the goalie and scatter the defensive wall +------------+ |+----------+| ||Easy goals|| |+----------+| +------------+ If you have the ball and are outside the area but not on your half, you can check on the map how far the keeper is off his line. Normally he is about two meters. You can lob him easily if you get the power correct. +------------------------+ |+----------------------+| ||Easy unlockable points|| |+----------------------+| +------------------------+ Advance through the game modes and select Tournament mode. Select any cup tournament, as they tend to be shorter. Select the highest rated team or replace a team in the tournament with a highly rated team from another league. Advance to Tournament Central and quick sim all the games until you have won the tournament. You will be awarded unlockable points to spend. ====================================================== | PART: 6 - FAQ [FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS] | ====================================================== If you have any question regarding the game, send me all your queries to ruchirkc@yahoo.co.in. I will try to answer as quickyl as I can. If your question is a good one or if I am getting similar questions then I'll paste it here... +--------------+ |+------------+| ||MANAGER MODE|| |+------------+| +--------------+ Q: I had choosen a 4+ star team at the beginning of my career, but I keep loosing money! How do I quit that team and start all over again with another team? A: There's only two ways. First, you could start a new gamesave, since you are still in your first season, there's not too much to lose there. If you don't like that option, then you only have another chance, and is to get fired. Yes, it will affect your manager prestige, but I don't see any other way to get out of that. Just keep losing money and eventually you will get fired, and the season will end in that moment for you, and you will automatically be taken to the beginning of the next season, and you will be able to choose another team and everything will be pretty much the same like the last time you had to pick a team. Q: I was looking through my players skills, and found that they were actually decreasing from year to year. Is there something I can do about it? A: No, it's a completely normal reaction. You can't expect to have your players keeping their skills over the years (especially if they are more than 30 years old). It's like a rollercoaster, you go all the way up, and then at one point you start going down... Q: If you fail one of the board's expectations, but make the other 3, are you definitely going to be fired at the end of the season? Or is it possible to keep your job? A: No, you don't have to accomplish all of them. Of course, if you want to make sure that you will be asked to stay for another year, you better complete all of them, but failing on one doesn't necessarily means that you won't keep your job. Q: Do I have to wait until the end of the season to extend my players contracts? A: No, you can offer a player a contract extention anytime you want. You don't have to wait transfer windows or the end of the season, the only thing you should keep in mind that extending contracts costs money, so don't go around extending everyone's contract! Q: I had chosen the club juventus and this is my 4th team as a manager. The club had a good budget of 44 million pounds. But I always keep losing money even if I played a match in my home ground. I lowered the salaries of the players, even then, I am still losing money. Maybe I should invest in the stadium manager ? Please reply as soon as possible. A: I recommend you invest in your stadium manager if it's below level 7. Juventus is a large side and you need atleast 500k per match to even out the salaries. Try selling one of your main players and invest that money in stadium manager. Q: How to improve my team chemistry? I see that my team chemistry sometimes decreases even on winning matches? A: Just win matches, renew contracts (no need to offer high wages, the players get a morale boost even if you renewed their contract with a lower wage), choose the option that increases morale in the memos and offcourse try not to make a player sit on the bench for weeks. Do all this and your team chemistry will improve automatically. If you change your line-up too much (like changing more than 3-4 players before a match) then it might not get into the 80's. Also, I recommend you play matches and not sim them. Sometimes your team chemistry just goes down and you can't do anything about it. Even my team's chem keeps fluctuating from 80-99. Q: Why is it that I can't buy a player from a rival club? If I can what am I supposed to do? Do you ever get to manage an international team? Is it possible to loan a player without him having to be on the loan transfer list? I have tried to loan players from other teams but I have been unsuccessful, please help. A: You can't buy a player from a rival club, no matter what you do. There's no way to go around it. You never get to manage an international team. I think it's possible though highly unlikely to loan a player without him having to be on the loan transfer list. PS: Loaning players is just a waste of money. Just follow my EASY MONEY and EASY TRANSFERS trick in the TIPS, HINTS and TRICKS Section and you wont need to loan players anymore. Q: Thanks for the guide as it helped me loads but I'm having trouble with the EFA Tournament challenge as I seem to never be entered for it in Manager Mode. I look on the office calendar as the season starts it's there yet near the end of the season it just disappears and so I cannot complete the challenge. Can you please help me and tell me what I should do? A: Did you stick with the same team for two consecutive seasons? When you qualify for the EFA, that mean you'll participate in it next year. So inorder to complete the challenge, you will have to select the same team the next season also and then you have to win it. Q: Hi man, I liked reading your FAQ about FIFA2007 but there's still one thing I don't understand. I bought the game yesterday, and I don't know how to sell players from my team! I've waited for the transfer season while losing money, and now that I can make some by selling, I don't know how!! All I seem to be able of doing is search for players to buy, but to sell players I don't need seems impossible. Plz help me I'm desperate. A: In manager mode, go to Transfers --> Club Transfer List. In the club transfer list you can change the status of your players to either "On Loan or For Sale". Once you change the status, depending on the skills of the player, you might or may not get an offer for him. If you get an offer, at the end of a match, a screen comes up saying so. +----------+ |+--------+| ||GAMEPLAY|| |+--------+| +----------+ Q: My question is, are there any tournaments like world cup or something similar, or could I create such tournaments so that I play against national teams, not leagues and their teams. A: No, you can't create world cup or any such tournaments in FIFA 07. If you want to play the World Cup buy FIFA World Cup 2006. Q: I just wanted to know about the Blue coloured Meter that is displayed alongside the score display durin FIFA 07 matches. I wanna know, when that meter fills up or when it empties out? How to keep it full? Does it have any impact on team chemistry? A: Unless I am wrong, the blue colored meter goes up and down according to the performance your team is giving. If you team has got a red card and is losing then it will be lowest and if you're winning by a nice margin, or if you have just scored a fabulous goal then it will be up for some time. According to me, it doesn't have any affect on the match or team chemistry though and you can pretty much ignore it. Q: I'm missing one unlocked item, but I have bought everything in fanshop, won 54/54 tourneys, completed 102/102 challenges, played in 46/46 stadiums and I have 12500 points left. What is this item and where can I find it? A: I think this is a bug in FIFA 07. Even if you complete all challenges, buy all things, win all tournaments and do every other possible thing, it will still show that you still have to unlock one item. EA might have released a patch to correct this problem. Go to gamespot.com or fifa's official website and download the patch for fifa. It might rectify the problem. Keep sending your questions! ;) ====================================================== | PART: 7 - CREDITS, COPYRIGHT INFO, CONTACT ME ETC | ====================================================== +---------+ |+-------+| ||WANTED!|| |+-------+| +---------+ IMPORTANT: !!CONTRIBUTION NEEDED!! ================================== This section is where I shall include all the things that I'm looking for this FAQ. If you have them, please kindly send them to me at ruchirkc@yahoo.co.in [*] Any tips or strategies [*] Errors in the FAQ, please kindly inform me at my e-mail given above [*] Suggestions on making the FAQ better [*] Answers to the memos in manager mode; the answers which I have not yet included in my faq [*] Information about more One-Touch or Shift-Moves +------------+ |+----------+| ||CONTACT ME|| |+----------+| +------------+ You can contact me by e-mail at ruchirkc@yahoo.co.in You may contact me to ask questions about the game, or to correct mistakes in my guide. There are no guarantees that the information found in this FAQ is correct. If something is wrong in this FAQ, then please contact me at the address given above. If you have any questions or information you would like to see in this FAQ, please contact me. P.S.: Any ideas, thoughts, questions , suggestions and tips about the game, whatsoever are most welcome at my e-mail address provided above. Please provide me with the feedback, it will be a reward for me for this attempt made by me. I would be grateful if you wrote the subject of your e-mail as 'FIFA 07 FAQ'. So I would be able to organize all my feedback mails into one folder. This way you will get a quicker response. Also, whoever that sends me info for my faq will get credited in the CREDIT/THANKS section and I will personally reply their mail with a thanks! +----------------+ |+--------------+| ||CREDITS/THANKS|| |+--------------+| +----------------+ I would like to give a special thanks to the following people/websites: EA - For making the best FIFA & one of the best football game thus far (me) - For writing this guide. I would also like to thank all the people who e-mail me and ask questions and give their strategies, hints and tips to me...Thanks guys! I would especially like to thank Rootsecure.net for making a great ASCII Art generator and for making it a free service so that FAQ writers like me can use the tool :) +---------------+ |+-------------+| ||MY OTHER FAQS|| |+-------------+| +---------------+ By the way, as you all know I like writing Faq/Walkthroughs alot, and, as a result, I like helping people on games also. This is not the only Faq/Walkthrough I have written. There are a few more, and more are comming in the near future. The full list of all my Faqs/Walkthroughs completed and in writing: =================================================================== A3 - MMORPG Faq/Walkthrough A3 - Crafting Guide Gunz: The Duel - MMORPG FAQ/Walkthrough Quake III: Arena - Faq/Walkthrough FIFA 07 - Faq/Walkthrough Need for Speed: High Stakes - FAQ/Walkthrough Train Simulator - FAQ/Walkthrough +-----------------+ |+---------------+| ||VERSION HISTORY|| |+---------------+| +-----------------+ VERSION: 0.5 - Completed the walkthrough more than half and submitted the FAQ to IGN, GameFaqs & NeoSeeker VERSION: 0.5a - Added the Contents and minor editing done VERSION: 0.5b - Removed the "Difficulty" part from the Challenges since essentially all challenges' Difficulty depends on what you set in Game Settings. Also removed "Other Help" part from some challenges and renamed "Other Help" to "Hints/Tips" VERSION: 0.7 - Added an "End of your Manager Career" sub-section under "Part: 3 - Manager Mode". Also, the memo sub-section in "Part: 3 - Manager Mode has been taken down temporarily. I will get it back once its completed. I have also added some Tips to allmost all the challenges requiring them. VERSION: 0.9 - Added "Advanced Moves" sub-section in PART: 5 - HINTS, TIPS AND TRICKS. I have also decided that the MEMOS section in Manager Mode won't return till I cover all the memos in the game. Still I would like to get MEMOS from you! VERSION: 1.0 - Added the HINTS, TIPS AND TRICKS section with more new Hints, Tips and Tricks. Also updated the Wanted section. Also added a new ASCII for my faq. VERSION: 1.0a - Added a lot more questions to the FAQ Section. Changed a bit of the copyright, added CheatBook to the list of sites/Programs authorized to host this file. 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