FIFA 20
for PS4
Text Manual
Text Manual
CONTENTS
COMPLETE CONTROLS
Note: The controls in this manual refer to the Classic configuration
Movement
Move Player: left stick
First touch/ Knock-on: RT button + right stick
Sprint: RT button (hold)
Stop and face goal: left stick (release) + LB button
Shield/Jockey: LT button (hold)
Strafe dribble: LB button + left stick
Strafe dribble (lock face angle): LB button + RB button + left stick
Skills moves right stick
Simple skill moves (VOLTA FOOTBALL only): LT button + RT button + left stick
Simple flicks (VOLTA FOOTBALL only): right stick (press) button + left stick
Taunts (VOLTA FOOTBALL only): left stick (release) + RT button (hold)
Stop Ball: left stick (release) + RT button
Jostle (ball in air): LT button
Attacking (Simple)
Ground pass/ Header: A button
Lob pass/ Cross/ Header: X button
Through pass: Y button
Shoot/ Volley/ Header: B button
Time your shot: B button + B button (timed)
Chip shot: LB button + B button
Finesse shot: RB button + B button
Low shot/ Downward header: LB button + RB button + B button
Fake shot: B button, then A button + left stick
Fake pass: X button, then A button + left stick
Threaded through pass: RB button + Y button
Attacking (Advanced)
Protect ball: LT button
Lofted ground pass: A button + A button
Lofted ground through pass: Y button + Y button
Lobbed through pass: LB button + Y button
Driven lobbed through pass: LB button + RB button + Y button
Driven lob pass/ Cross: RB button + X button
High lob/ Cross: LB button + X button
Low cross: X button + X button
Trigger run: LB button
Call for support: RB button
Cancel: LT button + RT button
Flair pass: LT button + A button
Flair shot: LT button + B button
Flair lob: LT button + X button
Driven ground pass: RB button + A button
Let ball run: RB button (hold) + left stick (away from ball)
Dummy a pass: left stick (release) + RB button (hold)
Slow dribble: LT button + RT button + left stick
Flick up for volley: right stick (press)
Disguised first touch: RB button (hold) + left stick (towards ball)
Set up touch: RB button + right stick (hold in direction)
Pass and go: LB button + Cross button
TACTICS
Display attacking tactics: dpad up button
Get in the box: dpad up button, dpad up button
Attacking full backs: dpad up button, dpad left button
Hug sideline: dpad up button, dpad right button
Extra striker: dpad up button, dpad down button
Display defending tactics: dpad down button
Stricker drop back: dpad down button, dpad up button
Team press: dpad down button, dpad left button
Overload ball side: dpad down button, dpad right button
Offside trap: dpad down button, dpad down button
Change game plan: dpad left button/ dpad right button
Change mentality (VOLTA FOOTBALL only): dpad left button/ dpad right button
Quick substitutes: RT button
DEFENDING
Change player: LB button
Change player (manual): right stick
Push or pull (when chasing): B button
Pull and hold: B button (hold)
Tackle: B button
Hard tackle: B button (hold)
Sliding tackle: X button
Clearance: B button
Hard stand tackle (VOLTA FOOTBAL only): X button
Quick get up (after slide tackle): X button
Contain: A button (hold)
Teammate contain: RB button (hold)
Jockey/ Grab and hold: LT button (hold)
Running jockey: LT button (hold) + RT button (hold)
Rush goalkeeper out: Y button
Goalkeeper cross intercept: Y button + Y button (hold)
Engage shielding opponent: LT button + left stick (towards shielding dribbler)
GOALKEEPER
Drop kick: B button/ X button
Throw/ Pass: A button
Drop ball: Y button
Pick up ball: RB button
Switch to Goalkeeper: View button
Driven throw: RB button + A button
Driven kick: RB button + X button
Move goalkeeper: right stick press down (hold) + right stick
Cover far post: right stick press down (hold)
FREE KICKS (SIMPLE)
Select kick taker: RT button
Add additional kick taker: RB button/ LT button
Aim: left stick
Move kick taker: right stick
Ground pass: A button
Lob pass/ Cross: X button
Curled shot: B button or right stick down
Driven shot: LB button + B button
Apply curl during run up: right stick
Timing shot: B button + B button
Wall jump: Y button
Wall charge: A button
Move wall: LT button/RT button
Move goalkeeper: X button/ B button
FREE KICKS (ADVANCED)
Call 2nd kick taker: LT button
2nd kick taker curled shot: LT button + B button
2nd kick taker layoff pass: LT button + A button
2nd kick taker layoff chip: LT button + X button
2nd kick taker run over ball: LT button + B button, A button
Call 3rd kick taker: RB button
3rd kick taker curled shot: RB button + B button
3rd kick taker run over ball: RB button + B button, A button
Call for short (when layoff is not possible): RB button
CORNERS AND THROW INS
Corner lob cross: X button
Corners pass: A button
Aim kick: left stick
Apply kick power: X button
Call for short (corner): RB button
Move along line (throw in): left stick
Short throw in: A button
Long throw in: A button (hold)/ X button
Short throw in (manual): Y button
Fake throw: X button + A button
Turn Aim indicator ON/OFF: dpad up button
Display corner tactics: dpad down button
Run far post: dpad down button + dpad up button
Edge of box run: dpad down button + dpad left button
Crowd the goalkeeper: dpad down button + dpad right button
Run near post: dpad down button + dpad down button
PENALTIES
Shoot: B button
Aim: left stick
Adjust position: right stick
Stutter/ Slow jog: LT button
Sprint: RT button
Turn Aim indicator ON/OFF: dpad up button
Select kick taker: RT button
Finesse shot: RB button + B button
Chip shot: LB button + B button
Goalkeeper dive: right stick
Goalkeeper movement: left stick left/ left stick right
Goalkeeper gestures: X button/ Y button/ B button/ A button
BE A PRO: PLAYER (ATTACKING OFF THE BALL)
Call for pass: A button
Call for or suggest through pass: Y button
Suggest shot: B button
Call for driven ground pass: RB button + A button
Call for threaded through pass: RB button + Y button
Call for lobbed through pass: LB button + Y button
Call for lobbed threaded through pass: LB button +RB button + Y button
Call for cross: X button
Call for ground cross: RB button + X button
Call for high cross: LB button + X button
BE A PRO: GOALKEEPER (ATTACKING OFF THE BALL)
Call for or suggest pass: A button
Suggest through ball: Y button
Suggest cross: X button
Suggest shot: B button
Toggle camera target: View button
BE A PRO: GOALKEEPER (DEFENDING OWN BOX)
Dive: right stick
Auto positioning: LB button (hold)
2nd defender contain: RB button (hold)
Toggle camera target: View button
1 STAR MOVES
Ball juggle (while standing): LT button + RB button (tap)
Foot fake (while standing): RB button (hold)
Open up fake shot left: LB button (hold) + X button/ B button + A button + left stick diagonal left up
Open up fake shot right: LB button (hold) + X button/ B button + A button + diagonal right up
Flick up for volley: right stick button press down
2 STAR MOVES
Body feint left: right stick left (flick)
Body feint right: right stick right (flick)
Stepover left: right stick up, diagonal left up, left
Stepover right: right stick up, diagonal right up, right
Reverse stepover left: right stick left, diagonal left up, up
Reverse stepover right: right stick right, diagonal right up, up
Ball roll left: right stick left (hold)
Ball roll right: right stick right (hold)
Drag back: RB button + left stick down (hold in direction to exit)
3 STAR MOVES
Heel flick: Right stick up, down (flick)
Roulette right: right stick down, diagonal left down, left, diagonal left up, up, diagonal right up, right
Roulette left: right stick down, diagonal right down, right, diagonal right up, up, diagonal left up, left
Fake left and go right: right stick left, left diagonal down, down, right diagonal down, right
Fake right and go left: right stick right, right diagonal down, down, left diagonal down, left
4 STAR MOVES
Ball hop (while standing): LT button (hold) + right stick press down
Heel to heel flick: right stick up, down (flick)
Simple rainbow: right stick down, up, up (flick)
Feint left and exit right: right stick left, diagonal left down, down, diagonal right down, right
Feint right and exit left: right stick right, right diagonal down, down, left diagonal down, left
Spin left: right stick diagonal left down, diagonal left down (flick)
Stop and turn left (while running): right stick up, left (flick)
Stop and turn right (while running): right stick up, right (flick)
Ball roll cut left: right stick right (hold), left stick left
Ball roll cut right: right stick left (hold), left stick right
Fake pass (while standing): RT button (hold) + X button/ B button + A button
Fake pass exit left (while standing): RT button (hold) + X button/ B button + A button + left stick diagonal left up
Fake pass exit right (while standing): RT button (hold) + X button/ B button + A button + left stick diagonal right up
Heel flick turn: RB button (hold) + right stick up, down (flick)
Heel chop left (while running): LT button (hold) + X button/ B button + A button + left stick left
Heel chop right (while running): LT button (hold) + X button/ B button + A button + left stick right
Lane change left: LB button (hold) + right stick left (hold)
Lane change right: LB button (hold) + right stick right (hold)
Three touch roulette left: LT button (hold) + right stick down, left
Three touch roulette right: LT button (hold) + right stick down, right
Drag back spin left: right stick down, left (flick)
Drag back spin right: right stick down, right (flick)
5 STAR MOVES
Advanced rainbow: right stick down (flick), up (hold), up (flick)
Elastico: right stick right, diagonal right down, down, diagonal left down, left
Reverse elastico: right stick left, diagonal left down, down, diagonal right down, right
Quick ball rolls (while standing): right stick down (hold)
Hocus pocus: right stick down, left diagonal down, left, left diagonal down, down, diagonal right down, right
Triple elastico: right stick down, right diagonal down, right, right diagonal down, down, left diagonal, left
Ball roll and flick left (while standing): right stick right (hold), right stick up (flick)
Ball roll fake right (while standing): right stick left (hold), right stick up (flick)
Sombrero flick (while standing): right stick up, right stick up, right stick down (flick)
Turn and spin left: right stick up, right stick left (flick)
Turn and spin right: right stick up, right stick right (flick)
Rabona fake (while jogging): LT button +X button/ B button + A button + left stick down
Elastico chop left: RB button (hold) + right stick right, down, left
Elastico chop right: RB button (hold) + right stick left, down, right
Spin flick left: RB button (hold) + right stick up (flick), left (flick)
Spin flick right: RB button (hold) + right stick up (flick), right (flick)
Flick over: right stick up (hold)
Tornado spin left: LB button (hold) right stick up (flick), right stick left (flick)
Tornado spin right: L1 button (hold) right stick up (flick) right stick right(flick)
5 STAR JUGGLING TRICKS
Laces flick up: LT button + RB button (hold)
Sombrero flick backwards: LT button + RB button + left stick down (hold)
Sombrero flick left: LT button + RB button + left stick left (hold)
Sombrero flick right: LT button + RB button + left stick right (hold)
Around the world: LB button (hold) + right stick down, diagonal left down, left, diagonal up left, up, diagonal right up, right, diagonal right down/ down, diagonal right down, right, diagonal right up, up, diagonal up left, left, diagonal left down
In air elastic: LT button (hold) + right stick right, right stick left (flick)
Reverse in air elastico: L2 button (hold) + right stick left, right stick right (flick)
Flick up for volley: left stick up (hold)
Chest flick: LT button (hold) + left stick (tap), right stick (triple tap)
T. around the world: LT button + right stick down, diagonal left down, left, diagonal left up, up , diagonal right up, right + right stick up (flick)
THIS YEAR IN FIFA
This year, check out VOLTA FOOTBALL our new home for street-level football. Play in small-sided, fast-paced matches on rooftops and underpasses around the world using your custom avatar. As you defeat teams, you can recruit their players to your own squad—in Challenge Matches, you’ll recruit Legends of Street players!
In Season Objectives, our brand-new mode in FUT, every match matters for your short- and long-term goals of the new year. These objectives have a wide range of gameplay challenges, including new objective time limits of one hour to one year. Objectives can be grouped together, which make them more rewarding and unlocks new reward types.
STARTING THE GAME
GET ONTO THE PITCH
Get ready to experience the true-to-life game of football in FIFA 20.
If you’re new to FIFA 20, try the FIFA Trainer. Onscreen prompts will get you up to speed on the basics of passing, tackling, crossing, and shooting.
If you wish to quit the Intro Match, press the OPTIONS button to access the game’s Pause menu and then select END MATCH.
If you quit the Intro Match but are new to the game, you won’t be presented with a suggested difficulty level. You will encounter this offer again after your first Kick Off match against Adaptive AL players.
If you complete the Intro Match as a new player or are a returning player with data form previous FIFA titles, the game will suggest a difficulty level that is right for you, and you’ll be prompted to choose your favorite club before landing at the FIFA 20 main menu.
CHOOSE YOUR CLUB, DIFFICULTY AND CONTROL SETTINGS
When you log in to the EA servers, you will select your favorite team, difficulty and control settings. Your favorite club’s crest features beside your name in EA SPORTS Football Club, so all of your Friends playing FIFA 20 will know which team you support.
CONNECT WITH EA SPORTS FOOTBALL CLUB
Stay connected to your favorite team in FIFA 20. If you choose to connect to your favorite club through EA SPORTS Football Club, you’ll have access to club news and promotions.
EARN REWARDS FOR PAST FIFA EXPERIENCE
Your EA SPORTS Football Club level, XP and Football Club Credits (FCC) from previous versions of FIFA will carry over to FIFA 20. You’ll also receive rewards for past progress in FIFA 19 modes such as Ultimate Team, Career Mode and Online Seasons.
PLAYING THE GAME
MENU
Home
Gain quick access to your most recently played game modes, as well as the latest FIFA news.
Play
Dig into the many game modes available in FIFA 20, including VOLTA FOOTBALL, Career Mode, Tournaments and Ultimate Team.
Online
Jump into online modes such as Seasons, Pro Clubs, and Online Friendlies.
Customize
Fine-tune your FIFA 20 experience here. Adjust settings, review controls, edit your teams and even customize your music playlist in the EA SPORTS & VOLTA Trax screens.
EA SPORTS FOOTBAL CLUB
Throughout the game, you can access EA SPORTS Football Club (EASFC) from the widget located in the upper right corner of the screen. The EASFC widget shows your current Football Club Credits (FCC). Use FCC to buy items from the EASFC catalog or send them as gifts to your Friends. EASFC requires a connection to EA servers.
Press down on the right stick button to access EASFC.
GAME SCREEN
Alt. text: There is a picture of the field and it shows the match clock in the left hand corner along with the score. IT shows a controlled player. The radar shows a picture of the field.
MATCH PREPARATIONS
Before you head out onto the pitch, you can customize your game settings in the Settings screen. Choose the half length of your matches, difficulty level, match conditions and the ball you use, among many other details. You can also toggle rules ON or OFF, such as injuries and offsides, to adjust how realistic you want your matches to be. There are even settings for player indicators and radar—such as different color and size options—for those with visual impairments.
CAMERA TIPS
Don’t neglect the camera settings in the Game Settings menu ! Each type of match has a customizable camera option with nine cameras to choose from. This lets you view the pitch and experience each match from a perspective that works for you.
Team Management
This is where you set up your team so they’re ready for their next match. Create your Squad, adjust formations, assign roles and manage tactics. You can even save several Team Sheets, allowing you to quickly select the appropriate setup to exploit your opponent’s weakness, or rest your star players for future games. Work on your Game Plan ahead of kick off so you have a strategy against whatever your opponent’s throw at you.
SAVING AND LOADING
FIFA 20 uses an autosave feature that automatically saves your progress and most recent settings. Do no turn off your PlayStation 4 system while the autosave icon is displayed, or you will lose all unsaved information.
VOLTA FOOTBALL
EA SPORTS VOLTA FOOTBALL takes football back to the streets, representing the authentic culture, creativity and style of the small-sided game. Build your character, express your style, and play various forms of free-flowing football in environments all over the world.
VOLTA GAMEPLAY
Express your style with an entirely new gameplay system grounded in football realism. Inspired by the authentic small-sided form of football played in streets, cages, and futsal courts around the world, VOLTA FOOTBALL offers new tools to immerse yourself in the flow of the street simplified flicks and skills moves, new flair animations and even the option to use the wall as a teammate.
PLAYER
VOLTA FOOTBALL offers countless ways to personalize your player, from clothing, hairstyles and tattoos, to in0game celebratory emotes. Create your male or female player and showcase them across the various VOLTA FOOTBALL game modes—as you progress through VOLTA FOOTBALL, you’ll unlock more customization items.
LOCATIONS
VOLTA FOOTBALL brings the world’s football playgrounds to life. From the underpasses in Amsterdam, to the neighborhood cages of London, to the Tokyo rooftops, VOLTA FOOTBALL offers players a taste of the regional experience around the globe.
MATCH TYPES
Customization is the center of VOLTA FOOTBALL. Play 3v3 Rush (No GKs), 4v4, 4v4 Rush, 5v5 or Professional Futsal, and further customize your game with different sized arenas and environments, with or without walls.
MODES
VOLTA KICK-OFF
Take your favorite professional teams back to the streets. Play PSG vs. Olympique Lyonnais in Paris, the Madrid derby in the streets of Spain or Chelsea vs. Spurs in a London cage.
VOLTA TOUR
Build up your VOLTA FOOTBALL team by playing through Single Player Matches against community-generated squads in different match formats and locations. After each victory, you can recruit a player from the opposing team to build your squad’s skill and chemistry.
VOLTA STORY
Take your player through a narrative-driven experience to face the international legends of street football. Earn rewards, customize your player and recruit for your squad, culminating in the VOLTA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP tournament in Buenos Aires.
VOLTA LEAGUE
Play through promotion and relegation with VOLTA LEAGUE. This new player-versus-player format places your team against others online, where wins lead to promotions into a higher division.
FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT)
Build your dream squad in FIFA Ultimate Team, the most popular mode in FIFA. Throughout the season, FUT will connect fans to the world of football with content directly influenced by the sport’s real-world performance.
SEASON OBJECTIVES
In Season Objectives, our brand-new mode, every match matters for your short- and long0term goals of the year. These objectives offer a wide range of gameplay challenges, including new objective time limits of one hour to one year. Objectives can be grouped together, which makes them more rewarding and unlocks new reward types.
New Objective types include:
Season Objectives
Season Objectives are grouped objectives that refresh every month. You earn XP by completing the challenges, which furthers your progression through the Season tiers and gives you better rewards.
Milestone Objectives
Milestone Objectives are long-term objectives that reward Milestone moments in your FUT Club history.
Foundation Objectives
Foundation Objectives help new players start their FUT journey with objectives centered around building and establishing a new FUT Club.
ICONS
Create your perfect squad of past and present superstars with FUT Icons. Every Icon has three distinct Eras that reflect the different phases of their careers, as well as a Special Icon Moment that references one of their standout performances. There are 89 Icons, including legendary players like Zinedine Zidane, Kaka, Didier Drogba and Andrea Pirlo.
FUT FRIENDLIES
FUT Friendlies is the home of House Rules, connecting players to their Friends and the FUT community with new and returning rulesets. Experiment with your team without having to manage injuries or contracts, and without fear of impacting your Win/Loss Ratio!
Social play is at the heart of FUT Friendlies’ competitive and cooperative modes:
Couch Play
Compete in teams of four with your friends or AI in Standard or House Rules. The opposing team can be one of your friends’ squads, the FUT Team of the Week or a community team.
Play Online
Take on a random member of the FUT community in an Online Single Match with Standard or House Rules.
Play a Friend
Take on a Friend and their Ultimate Team in Standard or House Rules.
Players can maintain their ultimate bragging rights with our in-depth head-o-head stat tracking system.
SQUAD MANAGEMENT
Customize your Club on and off the pitch. In FIFA Ultimate Team, you are in total control of your team, from formations and tactics setups to handpicking your next star, all while balancing your team’s Chemistry.
Your decisions aren’t just limited to the Pitch—personalize your team with Club Customization options. This year, we’ve added new Kits, Club Crests, Stadium Dressings, Banners, TIFOs, and celebrations to make your FUT Club truly yours.
SQUAD BATTLES
In Squad Battles, play for a spot on the weekly leaderboard. You will encounter new lists of opponents throughout the day, created by real players around the world. This year, we’ve made improvements to Squad Battles with a focus on helping players climb the Leaderboards on their own terms. By removing the daily cap, players now have greater flexibility on when they compete in weekly matches.
FUT Team of the week will now be available as a Featured Squad Battle. And with Featured Squad Battles Rematch, players can replay that week’s Squad Battle to improve their previous score and climb the Leaderboards.
At the end of the competition, you will be awarded prizes based on your final rank—the higher the rank, the better the rewards! If you’re looking to boost your rank, Featured Squads can help. These Squads have been made by popular FUT community members or other players and clubs. After beating a Featured Squad you’ll be awarded with a set amount of points, no matter what difficulty you choose.
SQUAD BUILDING CHALLENGES
In Squad Building Challenges, you’ll test your Squad building abilities by creating Squads that match specific requirements. Once met, you can exchange your Squad for exciting rewards. You can play Squad Building Challenges on your console, or take it with you on the Mobile Companion App!
DIVISION RIVALS
Compete against online opponents to climb the ranks and win exclusive prizes in this brand-new competitive mode. First, you’ll compete in placement matches to earn your division spot. After that, you can go up against players in your division and earn points for each win. Weekly rewards are based on your division and total points, so compete often! Play well to climb the division ladder and qualify for the Weekend League.
FUT CHAMPIONS
FUT Champions brings you the highest level of head-to-head competition in FIFA Ultimate Team. Earn your competitive ranking, win rewards and reach for glory in FUT Champions!
DRAFT MODE
Draft Mode is an alternative way to play FIFA Ultimate Team, where you can compete with football players you don’t own. You’ll draft a random selection of players available in FUT, including In Forms! Fill in each position to build your Squad, and then compete in a four-round, single-player or online multiplayer knockout competition. The higher you finish in the competition, the better of your rewards.
CHEMISTRY
Chemistry is essential for a successful Ultimate Team. An all-star team will shine on the pitch, but you’ll need to balance your team’s Chemistry to truly maximize their performance.
Your team’s Chemistry Rating appears in the upper right corner of your Active Squad menu. Chemistry improves when players are in their preferred positions, and when players’ Nationality, League, and Club Chemistry match: green lines indicate strong Chemistry links between players. A good manager with high Loyalty will also improve your Chemistry. Swap around your players or add new ones to your Club to fin the ideal balance for your team!
Chemistry Styles
Every player has a Chemistry Style. By combining complementary Chemistry Styles, you’ll improve your team’s overall tactics. Arrows appear beside potentially affected attributes with specific Chemistry Styles, with green indicating an improved attribute. Styles that improve a player’s attributes remain until a new Style is applied. Chemistry Styles can be found in Packs and the Transfer Market.
CONTRACTS
Before a player can excel on the pitch, they’ll need Contracts to play matches. When viewing your Active Squad, highlight a player, open the Actions menu, and select “Apply Consumable” to give them a Contract. This menu also shows their status info and the remaining Contracts for each Player. Suggested Consumables will indicate when you need to apply a Contract to a player.
Players found in Pack start with seven Contracts; players in Starter Packs come with special, long-term Contracts (45 matches). One match uses up one of a player’s Contracts, but if a player in your substitutes or reserves doesn’t head onto the pitch at all, they won’t use up a Contract.
FITNESS
When you first in a Pack, they will have full Fitness. As you play matches, your players will tire and their Fitness levels will drop. Players with low Fitness won’t perform at their full potential and have a higher risk of injury.
To improve their Fitness level, highlight a player in the Active Squad menu, open the Actions menu, and select “Apply Consumable” to provide a Fitness item; from here, you can see the Fitness level of each player. The Suggested Consumables feature will notify you when you need to apply a Fitness improvement item.
Another way to recover a player’s Fitness level is to place them in the substitutes or reserves section of your Squad. Players not used in a match will recover some of their Fitness.
TRANSFER MARKET
The Transfer Market is the hub for purchasing, listing and selling items, as well as finding new players to increase your Squad’s overall Chemistry Rating. Filter players by Name, Nationality, League, Club, Quality, Position, Chemistry Style or Pricing to easily find the ideal footballer to complement your Active Squad.
KICK OFF
Select KICK OFF from the play screen to jump straight onto the pitch and take on any club or national team in the game. Match Day will automatically update teams with their latest formation and starting lineup, as well as adjust the ratings of Players to represent their recent performances. Match Day requires a connection to EA servers. Kick Off has the following match types:
Mystery Ball
Each mystery ball carries a unique goal value that may increase as the match is played.
King of the Hill
Battle for possession inside a randomly spawning box to increase your goal bonus.
Survival
When you score, you lose a random player (to a maximum of 4).
Long Range
Goals scored outside the box are worth double.
Headers & Volleys
Only goals from headers, volleys and direct from set pieces count.
First To
Play a first to 1-5 goals/s match, where any mistakes are costly.
No Rules
No fouls and no offsides!
Best of Series
Set up a best of 3 or 5 series to determine the real couch champion!
Cup Final
Just straight into one of many cup finals. No one will know you skipped a few rounds!
No matter how you play, with our stat tracking feature you’ll be able to compete long into the night to see who is the best at FIFA 20!
CAREER
Career is an immersive experience that offers you’re the chance to play through a lifelong football career. Career is split into two different areas—Manager and Player.
NEW TO CAREER
This year, Career will provide its most visual experience yet. There’ll be new scenes for Press Conferences pre- and post- match, more settings for transfers and, las but not least, unique menu visuals when playing with teams for LaLiga, Premier League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 Conforama or MLS.
Fueling the newly added Press Conferences and Player Conversations is the new and improved Morale System, which adds more complexity to the dynamics of your club. Keeping the morale of your players high will also improve their performance, while a team with low morale will perform at a lower level.
MANAGER CAREER
If FIFA 20, your managerial career will be more immersive than ever. With our new Morale System, you’ll navigate Press Conferences and Player Conversations to strengthen your team and your reputation.
Take control of the financial side of your favorite club. Scout for high potential Players, keep Players and the Board happy, manage the budget and make key Player and Squad decisions as you take your club to the top. If you do well, you will also get the chance to manage a national team and compete in international competitions, such as the FIFA World Cup.
As the newly-appointed Manager, you can choose to participate in immersive, real-time transfer and contract negotiations with other club representatives and agents. Alternatively, you can choose a delegate any negotiations from the new Transfers in FIFA 20 also feature bonuses and clauses, such as Sell-on Fees, Release Clauses and more.
Here are a few things you can expect to be in charge of as a Manager:
Press Conferences (New)
A brand-new feature for FIFA 20, the Pre-and Post- Match Press Conferences are an immersive and interactive way to shape the future of your club. Dynamically generated talking points ensure that all dialogues are relevant and cater towards each player’s journey.
Player Conversations (New)
Player Conversations are the main point of contact between the manager and the players. These conversations cover a wide array of topics in which the manager will have to navigate the relationships and expectations of the players, the club board themselves.
Manager Customization (New)
In FIFA 20, players can individually express themselves by using in-depth customization tools to create their manager’s avatars. For the first time, players can choose their gender, and can change their avatar’s look and outfits at any point in their Career.
League-Based Customization
This year, you can enjoy authentic league branding with specifically tailored UI for the Premier League, LaLiga, Ligue 1 Conforama, Bundesliga, and the MLS.
Total Club Management
As the newly appointed Manager, you will be responsible for more than just your team’s success on the pitch—you’ll also be expected to work with the Board on multiple aspects of running a football club. You will be given short- and long-term goals across a variety of categories, including financial objectives, expanding the brand of your club and even growing the youth development program. The importance of each category will vary from club to club, so make sure you pay special attention to what is most critical to club success in the eyes of the Board.
Player Training
Train players to ensure they’re prepared for game day. Various drills cover all categories your players need to be successful on the pitch. Monitor your team’s trainable Attributes, Current Growth and Potential Growth.
Global Transfer Network
Send scouts to different countries to scout the leagues and set Scouting Instructions to find players who fit your criteria. Once you’ve found possible recruits, assign a scout to watch them and make the best decision for your team.
Team Sheets
You can create multiple match day Squads to fit any scenario you encounter out on the pitch. You can create a Squad for your own league, domestic cup or continental cup. Just visit the Squad panel and rename your Squads to suit their styles and help you remember when to put them to use!
PLAYER CAREER
Create a Player or take control of a single professional footballer as you play in leagues, cups, and continental competitions to improve your skills and ultimately represent your national team. You’ll receive in-game emails from your team’s Manager and Board about their expectations, and you can even train your Player with practice drills to expedite their growth. You may also choose to retire and continue your career as a Manager.
SKILL GAMES
Improve your football skills by completing challenges that test specific maneuvers, such as chip shots, free kicks, and dribbling. As you master these abilities, you unlock Skill Challenges to become Legendary at each proficiency. Compare yourself to Friends and others on the leaderboards for extra motivation as you progress through the levels.
FIFA 20 uses gameplay analysis to provide personalized Skill Game recommendations! This feature identifies areas of improvement in your games, and the recommends a related Skill Game for you to fine-tune your abilities. The recommended Skill Games are provided before offline matches and within EATV. A connection to EA servers is required to receive recommended Skill Games.
PRACTICE ARENA
From the Play screen, select PRACTICE ARENA (under Skill Games) to perfect your dribbling and shooting skills against the goalkeeper, or practice set pieces by press the dpad down, left, up, or right button while on the practice pitch. You can even choose whom to play with via the Play screen.
ONLINE
SEASONS
Seasons offers ranked online matches and the most competitive gameplay. As you play through 1- games per season, try to earn enough points to avoid relegation and gain promotion to the next division—or even win the division title. It won’t be easy! Higher divisions mean tougher competition and promotion thresholds, so get ready for a true football challenge.
CO-OP SEASONS
In Co-Op Seasons, team up with a friend to take down other teams in online 2v2. You can have separate seasons on the go for each of your friends.
Relegated this season? Now you have a friend to blame it on!
PRO CLUBS
Join or create a Pro Club to play alongside Friends and other FIFA 20 players in online gameplay.
Compete in 10 games per season with your Club and try to gain promotion through the league divisions. Create and grow your online Pro by competing in Club or Drop-In matches. Teamwork is key if you’re going to score goals, win matches, and create the best Pro Player possible.
Drop-In matches are a great start to grow your Player. When you’re ready, look for a Club on the Recommended Club screen that lists the people who follow you and which Club they belong to. You can also create your own Club and invite people you follow to join. As the Manager of a Club, you can access the Transfers screen to review Club invites. As your Pro grows, review your stats and progress under My Pro.
HOUSE RULES CUPS
This year, FIFA 20 is adding House Rules Cups to Pro Clubs. Play games with these special rule sets to add a spin to your games!
No Rules
No offsides, no fouls and no bookings.
Survival
When a team scores a goal, one of their players is randomly ejected from the match. Al players will be ejected first. Goalkeepers cannot be ejected. Each team can earn up to two red cards before the match is forfeited.
Long Range
Goals scored inside the box count for 1 point—goals scored outside the box count for 2 points.
Headers & Volley
Only goals made from headers or volleys count for points (free kicks and penalties also count).
King of the Hill
Maintain possession inside a randomly spawning box to increase your goal bonus. Your goal value decreases when you’re outside the box. Nets start out locked, so goals will only count when you’ve achieved one goal bonus.
Mystery Ball
When the ball goes out of play, it may return as one of five “Mystery Balls,” giving its carrier a powerful boost in one category: Shooting, Passing, Dribbling, Speed, or All. Mystery Balls also carry a goal value that increases throughout the match.
ONLINE FRIENDLIES
Invite a Friend to play a match online and track your rivalry through five-game seasons to prove who has the most skills on the pitch—earn the most points over the five games to hoist the trophy. Keep the competition going with a new season as you try to defend your title or take it away from your Friends!
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