FIFA 2004 Most teams’ third kits
Reach level 5 in your EA Bio to unlock most teams’ third kits.
French Ligue teams’ third kits
Reach level 10 in your EA Bio to unlock the French Ligue teams’ third kits. Alternately, defeat all teams in this league.
Italian Division 1 teams’ third kits
Reach level 20 in your EA Bio to unlock the Italian Division 1 teams’ third kits. Alternately, defeat all teams in this league.
Spanish Premeira Liga teams’ third kits
Reach level 30 in your EA Bio to unlock the Spanish Premeira Liga teams’ third kits. Alternately, defeat all teams in this league.
English Premiership and German Bundesliga teams’ third kits
Reach level 40 in your EA Bio to unlock the English Premiership and German Bundesliga teams’ third kits. Alternately, defeat all teams in those leagues.
Easy win
Choose a side to play on. Then during a game, press Start and choose “Select Sides”. Move your controller under the opponent’s side and resume the game. Then, score as many goals as desired (while under the opponent’s side), then just switch back to your side again. This way you will have a big point lead, depending on how many goals you scored. This trick also works better when you switch back to your side near the end of the second half.
Easy goals
If you are defending or playing the ball around the midfield, get the ball from your opponents. Give the ball to a player whose shooting precision and power is over 60 and you may train them for better results (for example, Beckham, Figo, Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy, etc.). Run to the half of your opponents. You may see a lot of space in front of you. Then, press Shoot. Just before the meter gets red, release it. The goalie will stand too far from his goal and the ball may go in. You have about a 50% chance that your player will score from way out.
Fancy footwork
At any time during play, hold Black and move the Right Analog-stick to execute moves. Side to side does a stepover, back pulls the ball back, and rotating it in a circle does a maradona.
Ball catch effect
When shooting, press the Right Analog-stick slightly sooner.
Getting good players
Go to the options menu then to “Player Swaps”. Swap all the good players desired onto the team you want to play as, then save that as a squad. Call it whatever desired. Then go to “New Season” and select “Current Squads” and play your team. This is useful for a third division team. This team now has all the good players.
Buying players
If you want to buy a player, bid for them about 1 or 2 million above the asking price. This ensures you of signing that player. Players that are worth buying include:
- Thierry Henry
- Ronaldinho
- David Beckham
- Ronaldo (either)
- Tim Howard
- Roberto Carlos
- Alexandre Del Piero
- David Bellion
- Ruud Van Nistelrooy
- Hernan Crespo
In the first year, it is almost impossible (unless you bid over 5 million above the asking price) to buy Thiery Henry, David Becham, Ronaldo, and Del Piero.
Recommended team
Create a team with the following players:
Goalkeepers
- Tim Howard
- Iker Casillas
Defenders
- Rio Ferdinand
- Paulo Maldini
- Alexandre Nesta
- Roberto Carlos
- Lilian Thuram
- Sol Campbell
Midfielders
- David Beckham
- Zinedine Zidane
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Luis Figo
- Ronaldinho
- Edgar Davids
- David Bellion
Forwards
- Thierry Henry
- Ruud Van Nistelrooy
- Ronaldo
- Del Piero
- Shevshenko
- Adrian Mutu
- Hernan Crespo
Create a team with the following players. Note: The players are expensive so you might have to sell some of your best players first. The subs are up to you.
Defenders
- RB: Michel Salgado (Real Madrid)
- LCB: Fabio Cannavaro (Inter Milan)
- RCB: Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
- LB: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
Midfielders
- LM: Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
- RM: David Beckham (Real Madrid)
- CAM: Ronaldiniho (Barcelona)
Strikers
- LF: Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
- RF: Theirry Henry (Arsenal)
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