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Faq for: FIFA international SOCCER for the SNES
Written by Mike Groels (maiic@hotmail.com   ICQ: 63361082)
Version: 2.0 (24 september 2000)


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|                                                                            
        |
| Welcome to this FAQ for FIFA international SOCCER, which I'm calling from 
now on  |
| Fifa Soccer, otherwise it's way to long. You'll be thinking, a FAQ for a 
soccer/  |
| football game (for those English)? Yes, it is. In it are just some 
tips/tricks/   |
| team stats/formations etc. Maybe nobody plays this game anymore, but when 
I saw   |
| there wasn't a FAQ for this game on the web I thaught, I have the game, 
why       |
| not write a FAQ about it? So I did, and here it is.                        
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| Don't laugh if something is not good written English or doesn't fit in a 
FAQ, I   |
| have my own styles. This is just my second FAQ (the other one is for 
Broken       |
| Sword: The Shadow of the Templars) and I'm not English speaking, because 
I'm from |
| the Netherlands.                                                           
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| If you have any questions/comments/adds or whatever. Mail or ICQ me. 
Although, I  |
| don't think anyone will read this. So if you just read it and thaught, 
mmmm.....  |
| It's quite good, then mail me as well, because I'd like to hear some good 
stuff   |
| about my FAQs.                                                             
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| Note: The game was released in 1994. (Whoops!)                             
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Chapter List
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   1.  Game Controls
   2.  Cups
   3.  Formations
   4.  Strategy and Coverage
   5.  Further descriptions on the options
   6.  Teams
   7.  Cheats
   8.  Cups
   9.  Odds
   10.  Links
   11. Version History
   12. Copyright Info

So let's get started with chaptero uno.
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1. Game Controls
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This section is not really what you expect in a FAQ, but for those who lost 
there
manuals, or just don't like manuals, here are the game controls....


KICK-OFF
A,B,X or Y	Kicking


WITHOUT THE BALL
Y		Tackle or Header (depends on the position of the ball)
B		Switch to the player who is the closest to the ball
A		Speed up your run (elbow check when close to attacker)
X		Sholder Check (most of the times you'll get a card fort his)


WITH THE BALL
Push up/down/left/right with the D-pad to control the player with the ball
Y		Lob
B		Pass to a player or pass by an enemy
A		Shoot at goal
X		One-Two (I don't know how to say this in English, but what I mean is
		first you play to a player of your team, then you can walk for a while
		and then he'll play it back to you, without you have to do something,
		Your SNES will do it.
L or R		Control the ball after shooting (after-touch)
A+D-pad in the opposite direction you walk
		Little flick of the heel


BALL IN THE AIR
A,B,X or Y	Header (if the ball is above the sholders)
		Volley (in the direction the player looks)
		Backwards volley or half voller (in opposite direction the player looks)


KEEPER WITH BALL
X		Throw ball on the field/Kick ball on the field (depends on distance of
		the other players)
Y		Throw ball on the field (low)
A or B		Lob
L or R		Call the point window


KEEPER WITHOUT BALL
L+R		Switch to control the keeper, only if nobody already controls him.
		Only works when keeper is set manual (see options chapter).


GAOL KICK, CORNER, THROW IN
A,X or Y	Kick the ball
B		Throw in
L or R		Call point window


Note: With the point window you can film panoramic thorugh whole of the 
field, while
       your active player can still be seen in the little window. So your 
throw ins,
       corners and free kicks become more precise.


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2. Cups
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This section is dedicated to three of the cups you can play in Fifa Soccer.
These cups are League, Tournament and Play-Off...


LEAGUE

A league is a group of eight teams. The teams in a league play two times 
against
each team to decide the champion. The champion is based on the points which 
it'll
get when it wins (2 points) or it draws (1 point). For losing, no points. 
The
team with the most points will be the CHAMPION.

If you think you are better then your SNES in playing soccer games, it is 
the
best that you play in a game the first named Team, when these two teams play
against eachother, you'll be first one team and then the other team, so it's
a fair league, where not always your team will win.

This cup is the best for playing just a competition without holding scores
and so on. But it is also the longest during cup in the game, if you select
eight teams you have to play (or watch) every game there is played, and that 
is
56, not very cool. But you can also select 1,2,3 or 4 teams so you have to 
play
very less then 56 games, the other are just played by the SNES. Odd thing 
here
is (also in future FIFA games) bad teams will often win from good teams.

The score is held by a the SNES with this legend. The one at the top is 
number
one (oh really...) and the lowest is number 8. Next to the teams are the 
games
it has won, it has lost, it has drawn and its total points.

When you have played a game you'll get a password, when you go on some other
time you can import this at the restore box at the main screen.

When you have finished a League you'll get a code (see codes chapter).


TOURNAMENT

Tournaments exist from six groups (A-F) with all four teams. After all the 
teams have
played to the other teams in their group, there will go sixteen teams, the 
best two
of every group and the 4 best numbers three., to the Play-Offs. Just like in 
the League
games you can draw and get one point.

In the tournament you can also select eight teams, but now you haven't got 
to play 56
games, but only 22 as highest or 17 as lowest. And after the tournament 
comes the Play-Offs
where you have to play games.

This cup is the best for playing a competitoon with many teams on it, in a 
league there are
only eight teams, and in a Play-Off there are sixteen teams. And in the 
tournament there
are twenty-four teams. That's why I think this one is the coolest, also 
because there
at least sixteen computer-controlled teams.

The legend here is the same as that from a League. First the teams at the 
left, then games
won, then lost, then drawn and at last the collected points.

When you have played a game you'll get a password, when you go on some other
time you can import this at the restore box at the main screen.

When you have finished a Tournament (although you can't finish it, you have 
to finish the
Play-Offs after it) you'll get a code (see codes chapter).


PLAY-OFFS

Play-offs are the last fase of a tournament, just like great soccer 
tournaments (like
World Cups, European Cups or the Copa Americ etc.): One time lose and 
you're off.
You can skip the tournament and just go directly to the Play-Offs. But most 
of the times
I just begin to play the tournament.

This is a very good cup to play when you are with a friend. You both pick 
two teams and
go play. Hopefully you are both on opposite site of each other. Because then 
you will
meet each other only in the final, if you reach it.

The maximum teams here is also eight you can choose, if you're lucky these 
eight won't
have to play against each other in the first round and when you win them 
all, there
are no computer-teams in this cup for you and you have always won. The 
maximum games you
can play is fifteen and the minimum is four (when you choose eight teams).

When you have played a game you'll get a password, when you go on some other
time you can import this at the restore item at the main screen.

When you have finished a Play-off you'll get a code (see codes chapter).


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3. Formations
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This chapter is dedicated to the five formations there are in Fifa Soccer.
The formations which you can choose either before or while the game are:
3-5-2   4-4-2   Sweeper   4-2-4   4-3-3, for those who don't know yet. The 
first
number is the defense, the second the midfield and the last is the attack.
The keeper isn't counted in the formations...


3-5-2 (second best formation)

This formation is quite a good formation, the second in my opinion. Why?
It's because of the very, very strong midfield, for the beginner I do not 
recommend
this formation, but for a more experienced player, this is a good one.
If you lose possesion, there is always a good midfield to take this up. But 
if they
play on the long ball, and they have at least three attackers, you're bound 
to
lose (unless it's Nigeria). The weak point in this one is the attack, with 
good
teams as Belgium, Italy, Germany etc. That's no problem, but otherwise it 
is.


4-4-2 (fourth best formation)

This formation is low rated by me, because it has such a huge number of 
backward
player. For defense this is second best formation, but your goal is scoring, 
not
defending, we aren't Norway at the Euro2000 :-D. But if you have weak team 
to play
with, such like Nigeria, Greece, Morocco, this will be good. I don not 
recommend
this formation any other time.


Sweeper (fifth and worsest formation)

This formation is typically German, they are in real football the only ones 
who use it,
and maybe some Taipei or Swaziland team. Why is it so bad? You already play 
with ten
players, because of the libero who doens't do anything right, he just stands 
there and
the attack will pass him. Here you also got two attackers, not bad if you 
have five
midfielders, but you don't, only four are there. I only recommend this 
formation again to
really bad teams like Nigeria (again).


4-2-4 (best formation)

This is the best formation there is (in the game), because of the large 
number of attackers.
The midfield can't do much, but if the enemy plays a long ball, you'll be 
able to pick it
up with your defenders. They just have to pass it forward and your attackers 
will do the rest.
Very annoying formation when the other one has also this one, because you'll 
get kick and score
soccer now, the ball will fly through the field. It's kind of English. 
That's why I recommend
good teams as England, France and Holland with this one.


4-3-3 (thirth best formation)

This formation is good for teams with excellent 'outwingers', players who 
dash along the
line and give the ball high for the goal, so the mid-attacker can put his 
head against it.
Look for the speed with the players to run the defenders out. The problem 
here is when you
give the ball high for the goal, there won't be more then three players to 
score, but one can
score too, so... I recommend this formation to South-American teams as 
Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina.
Also perfect for the beginning player.


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4. Strategy and Coverage
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This chapter is dedicated to the many stratagies in the game, which are the 
most
important part in the game to win (after controlling), this is the key to 
succes.
The strategies are:
Auto, Long Ball, All out Defend, Attack, Defend, All out Attack.

AUTO

The worsest strategie I've ever seen, more for the beginning player. A 
soccer trainer
won't say to his players, "Guys we're going to play auto today!" He'll get 
fired.
But as I said for the beginner...

LONG BALL

Works very good with the best formation 4-4-2, if... the enemy hasn't go 
this formation.
Then they got to many defenders. It is typically English this. Just kick the 
ball
forwards and then try to score, midfielders don't exist. To bad for them.

ALL OUT DEFEND

This is a very Norway-like strategy, maybe not in the game, but in the real 
time soccer...
Just defend your own goal and make sure they won't score, maybe becomes 
handy in
the Play-Offs, so you can score in Sudden-Death mode. But then I still won't 
recommend
this, if you're trying to conquer the Play-Offs with some bad team like 
Romania, try
just Defend, not this strategy.

ATTACK

The best strategy I think, even with the 4-4-2 and 3-5-2 formations, it's 
just nice passing
forward and let's see what the attackers make of it. The common play. But if 
you choose for
the other attack, be careful to not send to many players forwards. That's 
why I recommend
this strategy for almost al teams and formations.

DEFEND

Also another good strategy for the less good teams like Columbia and Sweden. 
They can't attack
very well and then they can go defending and just kick the ball forwards, 
try to score.
Although, if you're having a very bad defense, it'll bound to go wrong...

ALL OUT ATTACK

The BEST, you probably think. Is it? No. The enemy has just got to kick the 
ball over the
middle line and they have almost scored already. You don't have enough 
defenders. Maybe
with sweeper formation, it will work, because then the libero has something 
to do,
since he is the only player who won't go forward.


COVERAGE

This thing isn't so important as the stratgey, since it'll be corected with 
the strategy at
the same time, you don't have to mess it up, but if you have to score in the 
last minute you
can out all your defenders forward. But the most common coverage is: the 
defenders till the
middle line. The midfielders the whole field and the attackers from the end 
of the other
half till the middle line. Nothing to say about this.


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5. Further Descriptions on the Options
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Maybe you think you know all the options at the options screen, but do you 
know
what they mean and do you choose your favorites. Check it here.

GAME TYPE
You can choose the type of game by Action or Simuation. Action is the 
default
but not the best for a real sim-match. If you want to play a match nearest 
to the
real, choose simulation. the differnce between them is, with Action the 
players
won't get tired so they keep shooting powerfull and accurated. With 
sumaltion
the players get tired, run slower and shoot weaker. But it's more real.

HALF LENGTH
You can choose between 2,4,6,8,10,20 or 45 minutes a half. The default here 
is
4 minutes. If you want to play a real match choose 45 minutes. But nobody
want to play one hour and a half. So 10 minutes is the longest you should 
play,
otherwise it's no fun anymore. I play 8 minutes myself, because 4 is to 
short.
10 to long and 8 is a nicer number than 6, so... This option can only be 
changed
in the Game Set-up screen, not in the game itself.

FOULS
Here you can choose on or off. With on, the referee will whistle for a foul, 
with
off he doesn't. For the real match, of course, turn it on. I recommend this 
always on.
Only when you are in a aggressive mood, turn on off and keep on pressing X.  
:-D

OFFSIDES
Here again you can choose on or off. On and the referee will whistle for 
offside (if
you don't know what it is, just turn it off). Off and he doesn't. For the 
real-match
turn it on, but I turn it most of the times off, because it's more fun to 
play with.
Can only be changed in the Game Set-up screen, not in the game itself.

FIELD
Dry, Damp, Drenched or Hot. Here is the rule, te hotter the field the faster 
the ball.
So I prefer a hot field. For the real-match here's nothing. Just look in 
your backyard
and look what color the grass is. The greener it is, the wetter it is. This 
one can
also only be changed in the Game set-up screen and not in the game itself.

CLOCK
Choose Continuous or In Play. Continuous means, the clock goes on ticking if 
the ball
is out of play. In play means, the clock only ticks when the ball is in the 
field.
It doesn't matter what you choose, real-match is continuous, but inplay 
hasn't got
Extra Time, Continuous does. Again can only be changed in the Game Set-up 
screen.

GOAL KEEPERS
Both automatic, both manual, team 1 manual or team 2 manual. With manual 
keepers it's more
fun since you can control the keeper by pressing L + R. Then you can come 
out your goal
and smuggle the ball. But you have to dive also, although the computer will 
help you.
Automatic is for the beginners or wheenies, so...

SOUND
Stereo or Mono. Of course set Stereo. If you haven't got it, buy a new TV.

MUSIC
On or off, Nothing to say about this, want to hear it or not.

SOUND EFFECTS
On or off again. Want to hear the players groan, turn it on. Have some cool 
music on the radio,
turn it of.

POWER BAR
On or off. With this option on you can see a bar in the top of the screen. 
It is handy
when you want to shoot hard, when you hold the A button it'll go to the 
right and when
you release the button, it'll shoot. The longer you press, the harder you 
shoot.
Just leave it on, it doesn't hurt anybody.


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6. Teams
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This chapter is dedicated to all the teams there are in Fifa Soccer, in 
total there
are 30 teams, all of them are national teams. Next to them, my personal 
opinion.
Maybe a bit space filling in, but whatever should I tell about a game with 
only
30 teams in it. Not that you gonna read it, but the opinions are sweet.

ARGENTINA

shooting   -------   This is one of my favorite teams in this game, they can
running    -----     play attractive soccer, especially from the ouwingers.
passing    --------  They may not have such a good running, but the 
outwingers
defence    -------   have it. The passing is very high, so use it good.
tackling   ------
goalkeeper -------
overall    -------

AUSTRALIA

shooting   ---      I think this team is rated very low, but play cool.
running    ------   They have an attracting style of playing, probably 
caused
passing    ----     by the running, but if they play against Brazil or so, 
they
defence    ------   will lose, one of my favorite outsiders in the game, 
although
tackling   ----     they'll never win a cup.
goalkeeper ----
overall    ----

BELGIUM

shooting   -----    I do not really have an opinion on this team, I 
personally play
running    ------   very well with this team, but I don't like their style 
of playing.
passing    -------  But if you want to win a cup, have Belgium in your team. 
Way to
defence    ------   overrate in this game. In real they aren't so good.
tackling   -----
goalkeeper ------
overall    ------

BOLIVIA
shooting   ------   Most of the times, this team plays very well in cups 
with me, but
running    -------  when I play with my friends, this one will never win. I 
also do
passing    ------   not understand why EA Sports this team has made so good. 
In the real
defence    -----    time Bolivia hasn't played on any World Cup, I think.
tackling   ------
goalkeeper ------
overall    ------

BRAZIL
shooting   -------  Not much to say about this one, in reality this is one 
of the best,
running    -------  or the best team in the world, the have won the most 
World Cups of all.
passing    -------- In this game they are also very good, but not the best. 
Maybe because this
defence    ------   game was based (a bit) on Italy World Cup '90 and Brazil 
didn't play that
tackling   -------  good then. Italy won.
goalkeeper -------
overall    -------

BULGARIA
shooting   ---      With some teams (like Bulgaria) I think, why have they 
put this team in it.
running    ----     And then made it so bad, as it is in reality. Not worthy 
to play with. I'd
passing    ----     rather play with Nigeria, because they are now good, 
they won Atlanta '96.
defence    -----    Bulgaria hasn't reached anything yet, except from 
Stoichkov, which isn't
tackling   --       in the game (there aren't any real players, but Bulgaria 
doens't even have a
goalkeeper ----     good attacker).
overall    ----

CAMEROON

shooting   ----     The makers of this soccer game thought, Cameroon did 
well on Italy '90,
running    -------  so why not make them good in the game to, now Cameroon 
is quite good, but
passing    -----    10 years back Cameroon just played on good World Cup, 
with some ferocious
defence    ---      runners, as you can see in the stats. One of my 
favourite underdogs.
tackling   ---
goalkeeper --
overall    ----

CANADA

shooting   --       I don't know why EA Sports put this country/team in it, 
they have NEVER played
running    ----     well, I think just because it's the neighbour country of 
the USA, it's in the game.
passing    --       They don't play very well and all the players names are 
people of EA Sports.
defence    ---      Maybe they are all Canadian, this team even sucks more 
than the stats do.
tackling   ---
goalkeeper -----
overall    ---

COLUMBIA

shooting   ------   Nice to play with, they are on almost every World Cup 
there is, but they
running    -----    never do something spectacular, except from showing 
Valderama :-) In the game
passing    ------   Columbia is especially a cup-fighter, you can win a cup 
with it, and have a nice
defence    ----     un-fake South-American playing style.
tackling   ---
goalkeeper ------
overall    -----

ENGLAND

shooting   -----    Very good team, just the same as in real, can win a 
World Cup, but just (almost)
running    -------  never win one, 1966 they did, yes. Here also, like 
Canada, the names have some of
passing    -----    producers names. Just stupid, why didn't they gave them 
more real look-like names?
defence    ------   Too bad the English have no good pass and shoot 
techniques, otherwise they would
tackling   ------   be a real top-team.
goalkeeper ------
overall    ------

FRANCE

shooting   ------   France, the ruling World and European champion ('98 and 
'00) is also good
running    ------   in this game, but not that sublime as it is now. It'll 
do in the top, and
passing    -------  can win some tournaments but it's not my favourite, 
don't ask me why, because
defence    -----    I don't know. I just don't play good with it.
tackling   -----
goalkeeper -------
overall    ------

GERMANY

shooting   -------- In this game the best of the best, in stats I mean, 
because I play better with
running    -------  Italy and Brazil, it has only one '7' and Italy has got 
2. When I wanted to
passing    -------- play a real match between Germany and Greece (45 minutes 
a half), it was 34-0
defence    -------- in the half-time. Then I cancelled the game because my 
fingers were paralytic.
tackling   -------- In real-time they were good in the begin nineties, now 
the suck. They didn't
goalkeeper -------- even got to the quarter finals at the Euro2000 (lost 
from Portugal and Romania).
overall    --------

GREECE

shooting   -----    Nice under-underdog, they don't play very well, they 
actually never did.
running    -----    They only got one: Machlas (plays for Ajax Amsterdam). 
But no real players
passing    -----    in the game... If you would play a cup with teams with 
an overall lower than 5,
defence    ---      maybe Greece will win. They play very clear I think, but 
the keeper is nothing.
tackling   -----
goalkeeper --
overall    ----

ITALY

shooting   -------  My absolute favorite, also the stats say Germany is 
better, I play better
running    -------- with Italy, also caused probably by the usually dislike 
of Dutch people against
passing    -------- German (not because of soccer, but of politics). I just 
hate the German soccer.
defence    -------- Italy isn't that better in real-time, but in this game 
it is. It just has great
tackling   -------  outwingers. Nothing to comment about.
goalkeeper --------
overall    --------

JAPAN

shooting   ---      Japan always plays nice, but also dumb, they make a lot 
of mistakes, so it's
running    -----    to easy to win. The stats say the goalkeeper is good, 
you don't see any of that
passing    ----     in the game. Japan is also such as Columbia, plays at 
every WC, but never does
defence    -----    something special. Maybe in 2002 in own country (with 
South-Korea).
tackling   ----
goalkeeper ------
overall    ----

MEXICO

shooting   ------   Nice team to play with, but no good really. In real they 
have most excentrique
running    ----     goalkeeper there is, that's why they made the 
goalkeeping rather good, I think.
passing    -------  Passing is, as you see, very good, but you can't do much 
with it, without good
defence    ----     players. Just an average team.
tackling   ----
goalkeeper ------
overall    -----

MOROCCO

shooting   ----     As you can see, the stats are very low and no... I 
haven't forgot to fill in defence
running    ----     and tackling, they are just so weak in it, that there 
can't be given points to. One
passing    ---      of the worst teams in the game, after Nigeria of course, 
but second worst then.
defence             It isn't even a little fun to play with, but they are, 
just like Japan, on every WC,
tackling            so they had to be added.
goalkeeper -
overall    --

NETHERLANDS

shooting   -------  My personal favorite, because I'm Dutch maybe. But they 
play very well, better than
running    -------- Germany for instance. Italy is maybe better, but I don't 
play better with them.
passing    -------- Since I'll do my best more when playing with my own 
country. As you see, only the
defence    ------   defence is bad (well 6 points ain't bad). But the keeper 
is top and especially the
tackling   ------   outwingers. Just like in real, they will never win a 
tournament. Lose in the final
goalkeeper -------- or so.
overall    -------

NIGERIA

shooting   ----     This is the only team where you can score whithin 4 
seconds, maybe even 2 seconds.
running    --       You just kick the ball from the kick-off to the goal of 
the Nigerian goalkeeper and
passing    -        if you are lucky it will just roll in. The keeper is so 
bad... Only the shooting here
defence             a bit good, but you won't see any of it in the game, 
since the Nigerians can't keep
tackling            the ball stick to their feet. I don't get why EA Sports 
made them so bad. They won
goalkeeper          Atlanta '96 and the African cup several years ago, 
almost all of them play in good
overall    -        Spanish, Italian or English teams.

NORWAY

shooting   -----    Maybe the most real-time looking team in the game, on 
paper they are quite good. In
running    -----    real they always seem good if you look to which players 
they have in their team
passing    -------  (Bergdolmo, the Flo's) but when they have to play, they 
suck mostly. Just keep
defence    -----    op countering and maybe you'll score one or two goals. 
Fun in cups, but don't get
tackling   ------   angry if you don't reach the finals. Just like real.
goalkeeper ------
overall    ------

REPUBLIC IRELAND

shooting   ---      As you can see, the keeper is very good. Back in '94 
they really had a good goalie.
running    -----    Called the Iron Curtain, it is said that he just kept 
all balls out of the goal.
passing    ----     But they were knocked out by Holland in the quarter 
finals in '94. In the game the
defence    -----    keeper is thus good also. Play quite nice, but the shots 
are terrible. No good
tackling   -----    scoring then.
goalkeeper -------
overall    -----

ROMANIA

shooting   -----    One of my favorite team in this game, I don't get it. 
The stats are so bad, but I play
running    --       well with them. They even have a 2 for running. Just 
like Australia (the third of my
passing    ---      favorites, next to Romania and Holland) they don't play 
that good, but I make some good
defence    ----     moves in the match so I can wim with them. Most cool 
when playing against better teams.
tackling   --
goalkeeper ---
overall    ---

RUSSIA

shooting   -----    I do not really have an opinion for this team, but they 
play generally good. Running is
running    -------  great, but the defence sucks. Not good, not bad. They 
are just like Portugal, sometimes
passing    -----    they play on European Cups, than not. Sometimes on World 
Cups, than not. Very changing.
defence    --       Especially after they lost "their" supply-countries 
Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus.
tackling   ----     Just a team to forget very soon.
goalkeeper -----
overall    -----

SAUDI-ARABIA

shooting   -        Just added to the game, because they are on every World 
Cup, this is only because there
running    --       are no better Asian soccer teams, except from Japan and 
South-Korea (which are in the
passing    ---      game). And then it has to be in this game to, but as you 
see, not good. Just like real.
defence    -        Sometimes (I see very sometimes) you can score here also 
directly from the Kick-Off.
tackling   ---      Shooting and defence are bad, can it BE any worse.
goalkeeper --
overall    --

SCOTLAND

shooting   ----      Have the worst competition in Europe (excpet from San 
Marino, Luxemburg yes, but you
running    ------    get it). Have Celtic and Glasgow Rangers which always 
share the Cup and League. They
passing    -----     play well in the game but not spectaculair. I don't 
even can come up with good points
defence    -----     in the game or real, neither do I know a name of a good 
player. Invisible, it seems.
tackling   ------
goalkeeper ---
overall    -----

SOUTH-KOREA

shooting   --        One of the worst teams in the game, but as earlier 
told, there have to be bad ones, if
running    ---       there will be good ones. And since there are no really 
better teams in Asia, this one
passing    ----      is included. Although they can be tricky to play 
against. If you just think, shoot and win.
defence    ---       In real they ARE very technically, but as this cannot 
be seen in the game, don't get
tackling   ----      attached to this team.
goalkeeper --
overall    ---

SPAIN

shooting   -------   Very average good team, plays well, but just as in real 
you won't ever get far with this team.
running    ------    But you can play very cool games with this team, they 
can score cool goals and make good runs
passing    ------    along the lines. Then cross it in, and header! They 
play a bit like South-American street-soccer
defence    ------    just kicking and playing nice, than socring very nice 
goals.
tackling   ------
goalkeeper -------
overall    ------

SWEDEN

shooting   -----     Not to shabby, this team, in real they play much worse, 
in this game one of my underdogs
running    ------    can reach the finals if they have lucky drawings. Also 
some good attackers, but to say that
passing    ----      this is THE team, no. Especially not when you see how 
bad they play in real. Attackers
defence    -----     are the only real good ones here.
tackling   ----
goalkeeper -----
overall    -----

SWITZERLAND

shooting   ------    They play as they are, Neutral. Very boring, just like 
in real. Sometimes they will do something
running    ----      good, but I won't wait for it, if I were you. Shooting 
and defence are just extremely high,
passing    ----      for such a team as Switzerland, neutral. Let them make 
chocolat and watches. I'm sorry
defence    ------    if you are Swiss, but they just can't play soccer, in 
real and in the game, neutral.
tackling   --
goalkeeper --
overall    ----

U. S. A.

shooting   ----      A very average team, sorry but it just is. Why do they 
sometimes call this team TEAM USA?
running    -----     It's in Fifa 98 and 99 so, but they just play for 
United Stated of America, don't they?
passing    ---       Well, actually, it doesn't matter, they just can't play 
soccer. You just play basketball
defence    ----      and baseball and ice-hockey, not soccer. There are some 
good players, but that's only because
tackling   ----      it were Americans who made this game, just like Canada.
goalkeeper ----
overall    ----

So for those who don't feel like, or don't have the time, to look which team
has the best overall and so on is the best team. Here's a list with the 
best:

Overall: 8			Overall: 4
GERMANY			AUSTRALIA
ITALY                  BULGARIA
				CAMEROON
Overall: 7			GREECE
ARGENTINA			JAPAN
BRAZIL                 SWITZERLAND
NETHERLANDS            USA

Overall: 6			Overall: 3
BELGIUM			CANADA
BOLIVIA			ROMANIA
ENGLAND			SOUTH-KOREA
FRANCE
NORWAY                 Overall: 2
SPAIN                  MOROCCO
				SAUDI-ARABIA
Overall: 5
COLUMBIA			Overall: 1
MEXICO	            NIGERIA
REPUBLIC IRELAND
RUSSIA
SCOTLAND
SWEDEN


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7. CHEATS
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This chapter is dedicated to, of course, the codes/cheats/tricks in this 
game
there aren't many, but they are very funny. What is a game without them?

In the option screen press:
R,R,R,R,R,L,R		-       Super Offence (your attack players will be the best)
B,A,B,B,B,B,B,B,B,B	-       Super Kicks (the shot power and accuracy will be 
at the best)
Y,Y,Y,X,A,A,A,B   	-       Invisible Walls (fun for playing indoor soccer)
X,A,B,Y,Y,B,A,X        -       Crazy Ball (sometimes the ball will make 
strange moves)
B,A,R,B,Y,L		-       Curve Ball (try the L and R buttons when you shoot)
A,A,B,B,Y,Y,X,X        -       Dream Team (all your players will be at the 
best)
A,A,A,A,A,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y	-       Super Goalie (your keeper will be the best he 
can be)


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8. Own made Cups
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This chapter is dedicated to the cups I've made and played. With them I gave 
the options
you have to set. You just have to copy it and print. I also added my finals 
and stuff.
So we can see how the differences are between Fifa players.

WORLD CUP (of course...)

Options:
  4x4 minuts
  field dry, grass
  the 5 best number 1, 2 and 3 + the best number 4 in each poule
  Finals, change team at half time

Poule A:

Belgium
England
Greece
Russia
Spain
Switzerland

Poule B:

Brazil
Bulgaria
Colombia
France
Japan
Saudi-Arabia

Poule C:

Bolivia
Germany
Ireland
Mexico
Nigeria
Norway

Poule D:

Australia
Canada
Morocco
Romania
USA
Soith-Korea

Poule E:

Argentina
Italia
Cameroon
Holland
Scotland
Sweden

I'll finish this in the next version....

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9. Odds
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This chapter hasn't got much things in it, but if you have something, mail 
me.

TAKING FREE KICKS
When nobody is around you, press B very short and you can go walk with the 
ball.
Sometimes this works with the penalty as well, very handy.

NEW REALEASES
After this Fifa Soccer game, there were made about 7 Fifa Soccer games.
They are Fifa '96, Fifa '97, Fifa RTWC '98, Fifa World Cup '98, Fifa '99
Fifa 2000 and Euro 200.


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10. Links
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Well, this game is so unknown that there aren't many links to it. :-(
Mail me if you have/find one.

  Official EA Sports Site: http://www.easports.com

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11. Version History
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Version 1.0 (2 august 2000) 25,8 kb
  Original Version
Version 1.1 (3 august 2000) 26,0 kb
  Changed the formats, so the tabs were right
  Small changes
Version 2.0 (24 september 2000) 39,1 kb
  Added a lot, this is not everything, since I don't really know what I've 
changed
  Removed all the tabs, because they just didn't fit in a faq
  Added the My Review chapter
  Added the personal opinions with the teams
  Added some owm made cups to play
  Added a site where this faq may be found
  Added a link
  Smallest changes ever seen

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12. Copyright Info
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This document is fully copyrighted by Mike Groels, e.g. that you may not 
publish this document
on any other site or magazine without my permission. Asking money for it, is 
also completely
forbidden. You may read this faq and download it if you like, but nothing 
else. Contact me
if you see this faq somewhere else then on:
   http://www.gamefaqs.com.
   http://surf.to/sokko
   http://vgstrategies.about.com
If you ask me, it's almost
sure that I'll give you permission to place this one on your site.

ALSO LOOK AT MY FAQz FOR:

-BROKEN SWORD: THE SHADOW OF THE TEMPLARS (PC version)
