Fifa 15 Guide(gold)

Following on from my previous Bronze and Silver guides, last but not least, I have decided to create a Gold Guide to Leagues and Nations for fifa 15. There may be fewer hidden secrets in this field (and fewer options of course), but I thought it made sense to demonstrate how the evaluation methodology used to create the Bronze and Silver guides apply to the gold players. Further, this guide contains a list of the best and worst players within each category and in each position.
I have decided to put in the total average rating per squad rather than their point averages as used in the Bronze and Silver guides, as this will give you a better impression on the relative strength of each squad, now that we have to few of them.

Best League Gold Squads

Not surprisingly, it isn’t possible to build pure gold squads in more than 8 leagues. Starting from the lowest points squads first:

8. Süper Lig (0.622 points, 54 players)

Best squad:
Fernando Muslera – Semih Kaya – Bruno Alves – Gökhan Gönül – Caner Erkin – Felipe Melo – Wesley Sneijder – Diego – Olcan Adin – Demba Ba – Óscar Cardozo

7. Primeira Liga (0.623 points, 42 players)

Best squad:
Rui Patrício – Maurício – Bruno Martins Indi – Cédric – Alex Sandro – William Carvalho – Enzo Pérez – Nicolás Gaitán – Nani – Jackson Martínez

6. Russian League (0.642 points, 66 players)

Best squad:
Igor Akinfeev – Salvatore Bocchetti – Ezequiel Garay – Alexandr Anyukov – Domenico Criscito – Javi García – Mathieu Valbuena – Joãozinho – Hulk – Dame N’Doye – Seydou Doumbia

5. Ligue 1 (0.661 points, 82 players)

It’s worth noting that David Luiz is beaten by Abdennour due to the fact that Abdennour wouldn’t have been standing 30 meters up the pitch during five of Germany’s seven goals. Even though Abdennour has terrible work rates for a defender (H/H), at least he doesn’t have H/M..!
Best squad:
Salvatore Sirigu – Thiago Silva – Aymen Abdennour – Serge Aurier – Henri Bedimo – Jérémy Toulalan – João Moutinho – Ezequiel Lavezzi – Florian Thauvin – Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Alexandre Lacazette

4. Serie A (0.693 points, 146 players)

Best squad:
Samir Handanovic – Giorgio Chiellini – Andrea Barzagli – Abdoulay Konko – Patrice Evra – Daniele De Rossi – Arturo Vidal – Gervinho – Antonio Candreva – Carlos Tévez – Francesco Totti

3. Barclays PL (0.712 points, 208 players)

Best squad:
Thibaut Courtois – Vincent Kompany – Laurent Koscielny – Pablo Zabaleta – Filipe Luís – Gareth Barry – Ángel Di María – Eden Hazard – Willian – Wayne Rooney – Sergio Agüero

2. Bundesliga (0.743 points, 153 players)

Best squad:
Manuel Neuer – Mehdi Benatia – Mats Hummels – Lukasz Piszczek – David Alaba – Bastian Schweinsteiger – Henrikh Mkhitaryan – Marco Reus – Arjen Robben – Stefan Kießling – Robert Lewandowski

1. Liga BBVA (0.744 points, 161 players)

Best squad:
Claudio Bravo – Diego Godín – Pepe – Iraola – Jordi Alba – Sami Khedira – Iniesta – Cristiano Ronaldo – Gareth Bale – Mario Mandžukic – Lionel Messi

Best League Nations Squads

9. Turkey (0.601 points, 26 players)

Best squad:
Onur Kivrak – Semih Kaya – Ersan Adem Gülüm – Gökhan Gönül – Caner Erkin – Mehmet Topal – Oguzhan Özyakup – Arda Turan – Olcan Adin – Burak Yilmaz – Mevlüt Erdinç

8. Portugal (0.635 points, 37 players)

Best squad:
Rui Patrício – Pepe – Bruno Alves – João Pereira – Antunes – William Carvalho – João Moutinho – Cristiano Ronaldo – Nani – Hélder Postiga – Éder

7. Argentina (0.53 points, 68 players)

Best squad:
Willy Caballero – Hugo Campagnaro – Javier Mascherano – Pablo Zabaleta – Cristian Ansaldi – Esteban Cambiasso – Ángel Di María – Ezequiel Lavezzi – Eduardo Salvio – Carlos Tévez – Lionel Messi

6. Brazil (0.654 points, 82 players)

Best squad:
Diego Alves – Thiago Silva – Leandro Castán – Dani Alves – Filipe Luís – Luiz Gustavo – Ramires – Neymar – Willian – Charles – Eder

5. France (0.665 points, 86 players)

Best squad:
Hugo Lloris – Adil Rami – Laurent Koscielny – Abdoulay Konko – Benoît Trémoulinas – Jérémy Toulalan – Paul Pogba – Franck Ribéry – Jonathan Biabiany – Anthony Modeste – Alexandre Lacazette

4. England (0.665 points, 59 players)

Best squad:
Joe Hart – Phil Jagielka – Gary Cahill – Kyle Walker – Leighton Baines – Gareth Barry – Adam Lallana – Matt Jarvis – Theo Walcott – Wayne Rooney – Danny Welbeck

3. Italy (0.679 points, 54 players)

Best squad:
Salvatore Sirigu – Giorgio Chiellini – Andrea Barzagli – Mattia De Sciglio – Domenico Criscito – Daniele De Rossi – Claudio Marchisio – Giacomo Bonaventura – Antonio Candreva – Ciro Immobile – Francesco Totti

2. Germany (0.696 points, 74 players)

Best squad:
Manuel Neuer – Mats Hummels – Jérôme Boateng – Kevin Großkreutz – Dennis Aogo – Bastian Schweinsteiger – Ilkay Gündogan – Marco Reus – Thomas Müller – Stefan Kießling

1. Spain (0.700 points, 124 players)

Best squad:
De Gea – Sergio Ramos – Piqué – Iraola – Jordi Alba – Xabi Alonso – Iniesta – Pedro – Susaeta – Negredo – Rodrigo

Top lists

Best and worst possible bronze squad

Worst:
Tobias Schützenauer – Jake Dykes – Juan Quintero – Abdullah El Abdullah – Mohammad Al Khaltham – Marcus Maier – Marco Mangold – LM – Sean Hurley – Patrick Rossini – Yosef Al Shahy – Saleh Al Mohaimeed
Best:
Goran Blaževic – Andrew Jean-Baptiste – Luca Ceccarelli – Park Hee Chul – Isak Ssewankambo – Shaun Derry – Giles Coke – Tawfiq Buhumaid – Danny Green – Kevin Davies – Joselu

Best and worst possible silver squad

Worst:
Melitón Hernández – Joost Broerse – David García – Arnold Kruiswijk – Bruno Pires – Ismaël Keita – Cuauhtémoc Blanco – Lars Nilsson – Robert Muric – Dawid Janczyk -Alessandro Sgrigna
Best:
Mariano Barbosa – Modibo Diakité – Omar Gonzalez – Manuel Pasqual – Ignazio Abate – Daniele Conti – Óscar Trejo – Sadio Mané – Nathan Dyer – Amauri – Doris Fuakuputu

Best and worst possible gold squad

Worst:
Cobeño – Brede Hangeland – Sebastián Domínguez – Fernando Navarro – Tito – Eugen Polanski – Hajime Hosogai – Andrey Arshavin – Erkan Zengin – Josip Ilicic – Thierry Henry
Best:
Manuel Neuer – Thiago Silva – Giorgio Chiellini – David Alaba – Lukasz Piszczek – Philipp Lahm – Ángel Di María – Cristiano Ronaldo – Gareth Bale – Mario Mandžukic – Lionel Messi
Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below… Will you be investing any of your FUT Coins in any of the above squads in fifa15?