EA Sports FC 25 introduces a host of fresh changes, including the Champions mode within Ultimate Team. This mode offers players a whole new gaming experience by participating in Champions Play-Offs all the way to Champions Finals. Since these leagues feature many top players and strong teams, mastering some tips and strategies is essential for players who want to stand out from the competition.

How To Qualify For Champions Play-Offs & Finals?

First, you need to understand the specific requirements for qualifying for Champions Play-Offs. In order to successfully advance to the Champions Play-Offs, players must accumulate at least 1,000 Champions Qualification Points. Once you enter Play-Offs, your goal is to reach Champions Finals.

In Champions Play-Offs, each win will bring you 4 points. Even if you lose, you will receive 1 point as compensation. To qualify for Champions Finals, you must win at least three games.

Once you successfully enter Champions Finals, there will be 15 games waiting for you to participate. Here, each win will add 1 point to your roster, while a loss will not give you any points. Therefore, I strongly recommend building a team with an overall rating of 85 or above, even if it costs a lot of FC 25 Coins, to ensure an excellent performance.

How To Build A Squad For Champions?

It is a wise strategy to choose fast players as wingers. For example, Jack Grealish and Bukayo Saka’s speed and dribbling stats can help you effectively carry the ball into the opponent’s half.

When your main striker (ST) is set to the false nine role, it means that he not only needs to play a role in the offensive end, but also actively participate in defense. In order to maximize the offensive potential, you can try to assign Shadow Striker role to your attacking midfielder (CAM).

In FIFA 25, choosing the right players and developing tactics based on their characteristics is the key to victory. If you can choose fast defenders such as Van De Ven, Eder Militao, and Ledley King, then you can try to use a high defensive line tactic. This setting allows your left and right backs to act as wingbacks and participate in both defense and offense.

By raising the defensive line, you can better control the tempo of the game and quickly counterattack when the opponent attacks. However, in this tactic, the role of the goalkeeper becomes particularly important.

In order to deal with breakthrough situations, you need to set the goalkeeper’s player role to a Sweeper Keeper. When the opponent’s forward manages to break through your defenders, the goalkeeper can rush out to clean up the ball and prevent the opponent from scoring.

To edit your defensive method, you can press L3 key and then navigate to Team Management. Although it may take some time to adapt to the new lineup and formation, once you master it, it will be difficult for the opponent to break through your defense.

Here is our list of recommended players for Champions:

• Jack Grealish: Wide Playmaker; Left Winger
• Gareth Bale: Poacher; Striker
• Bukayo Saka: Inside Forward; Right Winger
• Cole Palmer: Shadow Striker; Central Attacking Midfielder
• Jude Bellingham: Box-to-Box; Central Midfielder
• Rodigo Cascante: Box-to-Box; Central Midfielder
• Josko Gvardiol: Falseback; Left Back
• Eder Militao: Stopper; Center Back
• Ledley King: Defender; Center Back
• Jules Kounde: Wingback; Right Back
• Allison: Sweeper Keeper; Goalkeeper

Related: EA FC 25: How To Make Proper Tactics For 4-1-2-1-2 Narrow Formation?

Champions Rewards

In football, winning various rewards is of great significance to the team. These rewards can not only significantly improve the team’s rating, but also add valuable players to help you win more games.

Since these rewards are entirely dependent on your performance, try to accumulate 12 points when participating in the weekend league to qualify for Finals, where the rewards are even more attractive.

In order to ensure that you can turn the tide in a tense game, you need to have some reliable substitutes on the field. These substitutes can play an important role at critical moments to help the team overcome difficulties and win.

Once you qualify for Champions Play-Offs, you can start to receive all the following rewards:

Champions Play-Offs Rewards

• Rank VI: 1 Premium Gold Pack, 500 Champions Qualification Points
• Rank V: 1 Small Prime Gold Players Pack, 650 Champions Qualification Points
• Rank IV: 1 Rare Gold Pack, 650 Champions, Qualification Points
• Rank III: 1 Rare Gold Pack, 1 Small Prime Gold Players Pack, 800 Champions Qualification Points, 1 Finals Qualification
• Rank II: 1 84+ Rare Gold Player Pack, 1 Jumbo Premium Gold pack, 800 Champions Qualification Points, 1 Finals Qualification
• Rank I: 1 85+ Rare Gold Player Pack, 1 Mega Pack, 800 Champions Qualification Points, 1 Finals Qualification

Champions Finals Rewards

• Rank X: 1 84+ Rare Gold Player Pack (Untradeable), 2 77+ x7 Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable), 5,000 UT Coins
• Rank IX: 1 TOTW Player Pack, 1 80+ x11 Rare Gold, Player Pack (Untradeable), 2 77+ x7 Rare Gold, Players Pack (Untradeable), 15,000 UT Coins
• Rank VIII: 1 81+ x11 Rare Gold Players pack, 1 TOTW, Player Pack, 2 77+ x7 Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable),1 85+ Rare Gold Player Pack (Untradeable),20,000 UT Coins
• Rank VII: 1 81+ x11 Rare Gold Players pack, 1 TOTW Player Pack, 2 86+ Gold Player Pack(Untradeable), 2 77+ x7 Rare Gold, Players Pack (Untradeable), 25,000 UT Coins
• Rank VI: 1 82+ x10 Rare Gold Players Pack, 1 TOTW Player Pack, 2 86+ Gold Player Pack (Untradeable), 1 81+ x15 Rare Gold Players, Pack (Untradeable), 30,000 UT Coins
• Rank V: 1 82+ x10 Rare Gold Players Pack, 1 Base Hero Max 87 Single Player Pack (Untradeable), 1 TOTW Player Pack, 1 81+ x15, Gold Players Pack (Untradeable), 1 87+ Rare, Gold Player Pack (Untradeable), 45,000 UT Coins
• Rank IV: 1 83+ x10 Rare Gold Players Pack, 1 Bade Hero Pack (Untradeable), 2 TOTW Player Pack, 1 81+ x20 Rare Gold Players, Pack (Untradeable),1 87+ Rare Gold Player Pack, 60,000 UT Coins
• Rank III: Big Trouble Consumable Card (Untradeable), 1 83+ x10 Rare Gold Players Pack, 1 87+ x2 Rare Gold Players Pack, 1 Base Hero Pack (Untradeable), 2 x3 TOTW Players Pack, 1 82+ x20 Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable), 80,000 Coins
• Rank II: Big Trouble Consumable Card (Untradeable), 2 84+ x10 Rare Gold Players Pack, 1 Base Hero Pack (Untradeable), 1 88+ x2 Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable), 1 82+ x25 Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable), 2 x3 TOTW Players Pack, 110,000 Coins
• Rank I: I Can’t Hear You Consumable Card (Untradeable), Big Trouble Consumable Card (Untradeable), 1 85+ x10 Rare Gold Players Pack, 1 84+ x10 Gold Players Pack, 1 base Icon Pack (Untradeable), 1 89+ x2 Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable), 1 82+ x30 Rare Gold Players Pack (Untradeable), 3 x3 TOTW Players Pack, 200,000 UT Coins

By applying these strategies and tips, you will better prepare and face the challenges of Champions mode in FUT 25. Now, with this guide, go to the pitch to show your football wisdom and tactical vision and win those coveted rewards!