How to build the best club in FIFA 23

FIFA 23's Career Mode

Looking for tips to build the best club possible? You’ve come to the right place. The focus of this year’s Career Mode is clear – you are in control of building the best team possible, and will use all means at your disposal to dominate the competition.

Before diving into a new career in football’s most popular video game, here’s what you need to know and some tips on how to approach building your team. Of course, pay attention to the settings and make the right choices, and you’ll be on your merry way to glory in no time – but if not, longer game times could be a blessing.

FIFA 23 Career Mode tips

Here are our tips for building a competitive squad in FIFA 23’s Career Mode:

• The best players are likely to already be the most expensive, and low-potential players are unlikely to ever reach those heights. To that end, investing in prolific players with higher potential is your best bet for building a strong squad.
• You’re probably better off hiring a scout with a high star rating in Experience and Judgment, so he can deliver players with higher potential as soon as possible. But, as with many things in FIFA 23’s Career Mode, scouting is incredibly expensive. Luckily, the Global Transfer Network is worth its weight in gold – you can discover talented players, buy and sell players, and even transfer potential players all from one central hub.
• While other modes celebrate those virtual heroes we love to support in real life, Career Mode demands you look at the bigger picture. What are the areas of weakness in your squad, and what specific players will plug those gaps?
• Getting the right player for the right price is more difficult at the higher levels, thanks to increased negotiation strictness. Thankfully, you can adjust this on the fly and will only pay a little over the odds. Make sure you scrutinise every player, as even the best players have flaws – as long as your team isn’t entirely green, you could strike a gold mine.
• Your players come in all shapes and sizes, and in FIFA 23, certain attributes mean you can be more picky about the selections than ever before. Promising players are those with high potential, but those attributes make these players super-selectable.
• There are hundreds of players to choose from in Career Mode – narrowing the list to only the best candidates is immensely helpful. Likewise, players with high potential overall can be easy to spot, given their sky-high price tags.
• Training regimens are also incredibly important in FIFA 23, and certain mini-games result in improvements for your players. For example, you might be able to develop your speedy winger into a rapid striker, or your strong-built defenders into colossuses. Choose the right regimens and participate in the appropriate mini-games to develop a well-rounded team.
• Some of the higher difficulties in FIFA 23 demand that you change your approach. The demands of more difficult AI teams and the need to fight hard for every inch on the field means playing on the lower difficulties is rather more forgiving. Naturally, this means you have fewer concerns and more time to get to grips with the fundamentals – a benefit if you’re a player new to the series, or even simulation games in general.
• Likewise, those seasons take ages to complete – why not play the matches over the weekend or with a cup of tea next to you? Veteran FIFA players will welcome longer game times, as those minutes add up and create the perfect conditions for learning the smaller intricacies of each and every FIFA 23 team.

That’s all you need to know about building your club, looking for a striker to gel with your all-star midfielder, or managing a turbulent transfer saga. Play the matches, check the settings, and take these tips and put them into practice, and you’ll be on your way to success.