FIFA 20 Pro Clubs – FIFPlay
As an online game mode in FIFA 20, Pro Club allows you to create or join a virtual club with your friends and play online matches using your Pro player that you created in Career Mode and play 11 v 11 games.
By playing Pro Club mode, you can compete in 10 games per season with your Club and try to gain promotion through the league divisions. Create and grow your online Pro by competing in Club or Drop-In matches. Drop-In matches are a great start to grow your Player. When you’re ready, look for a Club on the Recommended Club screen that lists the people who follow you and which Club they belong to. You can also create your own Club and invite people you follow to join.
In Pro Club mode, You can either join a club or create your own club and to play ranked online matches. Drop-In Match menu in this mode will allow you to drop in to a random match and play online with other people who drop in to the same match session at the same time. Your Pro player will grow and improve his stats (OVR) throughout the matches you play.
As the Manager of a Club, you can access the Transfers screen to review Club invites. As your Pro grows, review your stats and progress under My Pro.
New Features
FIFA 20 Pro Clubs mode includes the following new features:
New Customisation System
FIFA 20 has a new Avatar system that replaces player creation across the entire game which includes Pro Clubs. This feature brings new ways to design your Virtual Pro’s visual characteristics via an improved 4 quadrant axis morphing tool which not only allows you to morph and define each facial feature to your liking, but to also go further than ever with added morphing options and skin tones.
This new system also provides all the features from the previous Virtual Pro system (from commentary name to updated goalkeeper gloves to setting your preferred celebration/set-piece styles). But EA say that they know that creating a player doesn’t only consist of making sure they “look right”, and that you have been requesting new positions for your Virtual Pros to play in to give you more control of the way you develop your game on the pitch.
In FIFA 20, from community feedback, EA have added back the following positions: LF/RF, LM/RM and RWB/LWB.
These newly added positions are also accompanied by a revitalized player progression system within FIFA 20, where choosing between different positions, heights and weights will now have a deeper impact on how your Virtual Pro moves and feels, with these choices affecting all of your Pro’s physical attributes.
Stamina has also been reviewed and EA have tuned the values to create a risk vs reward system – if you invest in stamina and pace, you will sacrifice other attributes for your pro. All players will start their Pro Clubs experience at an 80 overall rating. From here, progression is earned through Drop In, League, and Cup Matches, with the remainder coming through player traits, which have also been revamped.
There are over 30 additional traits for FIFA 20 that, if paired together with specialty traits, will allow you to take customisation to the next level.
They offer increased benefits to your pro, but at an increased cost and a potential effect on other attributes.
New Broadcast Package
EA Sports have worked on re-branding the mode for FIFA 20 to add to the immersion you feel when experiencing a Pro Clubs match. In FIFA 20, EA implemented broadcast features such as replay transition wipes, an on-screen watermark, club banners and a new Pro Clubs logo. The club banners are influenced and defined by a team’s primary and secondary colors, and show the name of the club in the stands. Stadiums that support banners will display both home and away club banners throughout the matches.
EA also added AR (augmented reality) overlays to match intros, half time, and goal scores to enhance your broadcast match experience. In addition to this, match types in Pro Clubs will now feature unique broadcast colors to distinguish the mode between Friendly, Cup, and League matches.
EA Sports also changed how you will experience goal celebrations with your team.
Once you score a goal, you will be able to celebrate with your entire team as the camera will not zoom on the goal scorer, but instead stay zoomed out so you can coordinate custom celebrations with your teammates.
New Match Types
There are new ways to play Pro Clubs this year:
- House Rules Cups
- Practice Match
House Rules Cups takes the popular House Rules from FIFA’s Kick-Off mode and brings them into Pro Clubs. Replacing the old cups, House Rules Cups will rotate a match type every day of the week, with a different cup playable each weekend. The schedule is visible in-game so you’ll never miss your favourite cup.
Practice Match allows for Clubs to practice individually or as a team against varied AI difficulties, from beginner to legendary. In addition to the available difficulties, you can set which tactics you want to play against (i.e. Possession based or High Pressure) and what overall rating you want your AI opponents to be, from 80 rated all the way to 99 overall rated players.
EA say that they know that this has been a highly-requested feature in Pro Clubs and consider this to be a valuable first step, as EA look to the future of Pro Clubs.
Community Requested Improvements
In addition to all the new Gameplay Features coming for FIFA 20 – which will all be present within Pro Clubs – the team has also focused on tackling some of your frustrations to give you a better overall experience.
Some of the main ones that have been tackled in FIFA 20 Pro Clubs are as follows:
- ‘Any’ Stamina Bug – Stamina drained faster for the player controlling the ‘Any’ position
- CB in wall – The game now places taller forwards and midfielders in the wall to defend against Free Kicks
- GK Set Piece – Having a GK as captain will no longer affect game stability when your team has a set piece to take
- Club Trophy Celebration – Clubs can now watch the full Cup Celebration when you win
Another hot topic in the Pro Clubs community is Kit Clashing.
This year EA have added over 25 new customizable kits and over 150 crests to choose from. Alongside these additions, EA have also added a Pre-Match Kit Select for all Pro Club matches. Once a match is found, the team captains can pick what kits their team will see locally for the upcoming match. The kits displayed represent what both teams currently have selected as their default home and away kits. The Pre-Match kit selection will work with our kit clashing logic in unison to help deliver the best experience, free of kit clashing for players.
How to Access Pro Clubs in FIFA 20
Pro Clubs game mode is available under ONLINE tab in FIFA 20 title screen.
Platforms
FIFA 20 Pro Clubs is available on PC, PS4 and Xbox One only.
Leaderboard
Here is the live Pro Clubs Leaderboard categorised by platform:
FAQ
What is Virtual Pro Experience in Pro Club?
Your Virtual Pro earns XP after you complete League/Cup Matches.
Earning XP will increase your Virtual Pro’s OVR rating and attributes. Two kinds of XP can be earned: Base Match XP and Bonus XP.
What is Base Match XP?
Base Match XP will provide a number of XP to your Virtual Pro which is calculated based on its performance rating during the match. Each match rating is scored from 0.0 to 10.0 and provides a specific number of XP. These XP points are then given to each of the Virtual Pro’s attributes, based on whether that attribute is considered Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary for that position. Primary attributes gain 100% of the XP awarded based on the match rating, while Secondary is 70% and Tertiary is 30%.
Below is the list of match ratings and the XP earned with each:
| Match Rating | Base Match XP |
|---|---|
| 0 | 75 |
| 1 | 150 |
| 2 | 300 |
| 3 | 450 |
| 4 | 600 |
| 5 | 700 |
| 6 | 800 |
| 7 | 950 |
| 8 | 1,100 |
| 9 | 1,275 |
| 10 | 1,500 |
For example, if your Virtual Pro earned a match rating of 7, which gives him with 950 Base Match XP.
This means that all Primary attributes would gain 950 Base Match XP, all Secondary attributes would gain 665 Base Match XP, and all Tertiary attributes would gain 285 Base Match XP. Match ratings might not always be whole numbers. Partial ratings, such as 4.2, are rounded down to the nearest whole number rating in terms of calculating the XP given. So the 4.2 would round down to a 4.0 and provide 600 Base Match XP for the Virtual Pro.
What is Bonus XP?
Your Virtual Pro can earn Bonus XP in a match by completing specific actions. Bonus XP works differently than Base Match XP, as it is only applied to specific attributes based on the type of action that was completed. Here is the full list of actions and the attributes that they will give Bonus XP to:
Goal Inside The Box
- Finishing – 40 XP
Goal Outside The Box
- Long Shots – 50 XP
- Shot Power – 20 XP
Hat Trick (3 Goals Scored)
- Finishing – 75 XP
- Long Shots – 75 XP
Penalty Scored
- Penalties – 150 XP
Free Kick (FK) Scored
- FK Accuracy – 200 XP
Assist
- Short Pass – 10 XP
- Vision – 25 XP
- Long Pass – 10 XP
Second Assist
- Vision – 30 XP
- Short Pass – 30 XP
Key Pass
- Vision – 30 XP
- Short Pass – 30 XP
Successful Short Pass
- Short Pass – 3 XP
Successful Long Pass
- Long Pass – 4 XP
Successful Cross
- Crossing – 5 XP
Key Dribble
- Dribbling – 25 XP
- Agility – 15 XP
- Ball Control – 15 XP
Tackle
- Marking – 5 XP
- Standing Tackle – 5 XP
- Slide Tackle – 5 XP
- Aggression – 5 XP
Block
- ·Marking – 5 XP
Interception
- Interceptions – 10 XP
Header Win
- Jumping – 5 XP
- ·Heading Accuracy – 10 XP
GK Shot Caught
- GK Handling – 10 XP
- GK Reflexes – 10 XP
GK Shot Parried
- GK Reflexes – 10 XP
- GK Positioning – 10 XP
GK Penalty Save
- GK Diving – 50 XP
- GK Handling – 50 XP
- GK Kicking – 50 XP
- GK Reflexes – 50 XP
- GK Positioning – 50 XP
GK Cross Caught
- GK Positioning – 10 XP
- GK Reflexes – 10 XP
- GK Handling – 10 XP
GK Clean Sheet
- GK Diving – 30 XP
- GK Handling – 30 XP
- GK Kicking – 30 XP
- GK Reflexes – 30 XP
- GK Positioning – 30 XP
For example, when you score a goal with your Virtual Pro from outside the box, this will give your Virtual Pro’s Long Shot attribute 50 Bonus XP and their Shot Power attribute 20 Bonus XP.
How high can I raise my Virtual Pro’s attributes using XP?
Each attribute can be grown using Base Match XP or Bonus XP until it hits the attribute cap. Once an attribute has reached its cap, the only way to increase it further would be to purchase Traits, using Skill Points, as detailed later in this article. How high an attribute can grow from XP is determined by the Virtual Pro’s position and, in some cases, their height and weight. The attributes and the limits they can grow to with XP are detailed in a PDF, which you can download here.
What are Skill Points?
Skill Points in Pro Clubs are used to obtain Traits to improve your Virtual Pro. Your Virtual Pro will start with 15 Skill Points and can continue to earn them by playing League Matches and Cup Matches.
How can I earn Skill Points?
Skill Points can be earned in League Matches and Cup Matches. Your Virtual Pro can earn up to 110 Skill Points. 95 of those Skill Points can be earned from playing matches, while the other 15 are the initial Skill Points given to your Virtual Pro when you create them.
For the 95 points that are earned by playing matches, they are rewarded to the Virtual Pro after playing certain matches. The table below shows when Skill Points are earned by the Virtual Pro.
For example, let’s say that a Virtual Pro completes his 10th applicable Pro Clubs match. The Pro would have the 15 Skill Points from creation, 14 Skill Points awarded from previously completed matches, and the 5 Skill Points available from 10th match for a total of 34 Skill Points. After completing 100 applicable matches with your Virtual Pro, you will no longer be able to earn additional Skill Points.
What are Pro Clubs Traits, how do I get them, and what do they do?
Pro Clubs Traits are unique abilities or attribute boosts that you can get with your Skill Points. Buying traits allows your Virtual Pro’s attributes to increase beyond the attribute caps. The details around each of the traits and what they will unlock for your Virtual Pro can be found in-game.
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Die-hard fans clamoured long and loud for some major FIFA 20 Pro Clubs changes, and EA listened — to a degree. FIFA 20 sees the addition of House Rules Cups, and the customisation suite gets a welcome makeover. But what else is new? And why do so many swear by this mode over Volta or Ultimate Team? Delve deeper into GR’s FIFA 20 Pro Clubs guide to find out.
How does FIFA 20 Pro Clubs work?
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In FIFA 20’s Pro Clubs mode, you use a created character to team-up with friends or strangers, with each player taking up a single position on the field (including goalkeeper). You then compete as a unit across league and cup competitions, with the goal of filling the team’s trophy cabinet and earning as many promotions as possible. Along the way, you can upgrade your Virtual Pro by performing well in games, as well as assigning them specific Player Traits.
What’s new in FIFA 20 Pro Clubs?
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Mercifully, there are a fair few new features this year.
House Rules Cups are one of the biggest changes, equipping the old tournaments from FIFA 19 with bespoke, ever-changing rulesets. It’s also now possible to play practice matches against the AI, with an option to customise their difficulty, overall stats, and tactics. FIFA 20’s new player customisation suite has been carried over from Volta and Career Mode, incorporating new morphing options, and you can now finally select your strip ahead of games, putting an end to the kit clashing issues that have plagued the mode in recent times.
Is FIFA 20 Pro Clubs any good?
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If you’ve got a sizable group of friends or want to join a competitive team, Pro Clubs can be the most entertaining mode in FIFA. It’s the virtual equivalent of having a kickabout with your friends, and the more players you have, the better it gets. That said, there are still grumbles in the community that Pro Clubs hasn’t evolved enough in recent years, and the lack of Volta involvement (FIFA 20’s new small-sided mode) is disappointing.
Even so, Pro Clubs’ base gameplay remains highly enjoyable, even despite the mode’s lack of major innovations.
Any other Pro Clubs tips?
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There’s no fast-track method to Pro Clubs success, with the mode rewarding intelligent teamwork above all else. However, there are still a few things you can do to help boost your performances on the pitch. You’ll find some important FIFA 20 Pro Clubs tips below.
1. Pay attention to height and weight
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As part of Pro Clubs’ new player customisation features, the way in which you select a player’s height and weight has changed slightly. Now, you can use body morphing to customise your initial frame, and doing so has a big effect on the attributes you start with. Think about your position and ideal play style before finalising your stats. Do you want to be a pacey striker, or perhaps more of an aerial threat? Try to alter your height and weight settings to cater to this, but don’t go overboard — making your player as tall or short as possible typically isn’t an effective strategy.
2. Keep an eye on your stamina
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A common mistake often made by new Pro Clubs players (particularly in drop-in games) is relying on the sprint button too heavily. By doing this, you wear out your player by midway in the second half, often rendering them redundant due to their vastly hindered abilities, particularly in terms of pace. Being intelligent with your stamina is therefore crucial, so preserve your energy by only sprinting when the situation demands it. This can be really effective against teams who press constantly, allowing your player to get a second wind when others are tiring late on.
3. Always play with an ‘Any’
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If you haven’t got enough human players to fill a Pro Clubs XI, the CPU controls the rest. And while the AI plays fairly intelligently on the whole, it’s no match for a skilled team. As a result, it’s always worth assigning someone to the ‘Any’ position, allowing them to take charge of all the non-user controlled players on the pitch.
Naturally, this role should be equipped by someone skilled in both defending and attacking, and when assuming this responsibility, it can also help to switch to a wider camera angle (such as Co-op) to help scope out your team-mates’ runs.
4. Communicate with team-mates
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It’s surprising how many players don’t communicate effectively in Pro Clubs. For the most part, this relates to drop-in games and public clubs, which anyone can join, but even then, you don’t necessarily need a headset to get involved. At the very least, you can use the d-pad to perform various emotes, such as giving a thumbs up for a good pass, or showing your displeasure when someone goes on a selfish run. If you’re planning to join a serious club, however, you need to be talking to your team-mates as much as possible, working collectively to generate goalscoring opportunities.
5. Spend your Skill Points wisely
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Skill Points are earned in Pro Clubs as you play more games, with up to 110 to collect.
You’re free to allocate these as you see fit, using Player Traits to improve everything from attacking stats to goalkeeping skills. The way in which you assign your starting 15 Skill Points should depend on your position — strikers, wingers, and attacking midfielders often prioritise pace, agility, and dribbling, while centre-backs benefit from high acceleration, strength, and jumping stats. Again, it’s also worth noting your initial attributes, as if they’re already quite high in certain areas, you want to distribute some points elsewhere.
6. Use L1/LB for auto positioning
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The rating you achieve in Pro Clubs is partly affected by your positioning. This can prove fairly easy to abide by when playing as a striker, but it’s not quite as simple for the likes of wingers and defensive midfielders. Fortunately, you can just hold the L1/LB button to auto position yourself if required, helping to prevent your rating from plummeting. This is also a really useful feature for those who play as goalkeepers – arguably the hardest position to play in Pro Clubs – where being in the right spot is the key to making great saves and earning clean sheets.
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6 game-changing new features EA SPORTS FIFA 20 brings to the pitch (Russia)
1. The most epic version of the FUT mode
FIFA Ultimate Team continues to be the series’ most popular mode, and in FIFA 20 you’ll have even more options to create your dream team of thousands of players. Fight for glory online or play with up to three friends on the same screen.
nine0002 There are even more ways to improve your team with the ability to unlock new kits, crests, stadiums, Tifo banners and goal celebrations — everything related to your team will be displayed on the redesigned team screen.
In addition, new features will be available to you, including:
Season Goals
Earn additional rewards and experience for your Ultimate Team. Participate in daily, weekly, seasonal and dynamic challenges to earn rewards and build your team. nine0005
FUT Friend Matches
A new and more familiar way to play FUT with friends online or on the same screen. Here you don’t have to think about contracts, training, injuries or the importance of the result, because the outcome of the match will not affect your club’s statistics. Just go into this mode and experiment.
FUT 20 ICONS
FUT mode has always focused on legendary football stars, and FIFA 20 features even more world-class ICONS. Joining them in FIFA 20 are Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane, Arsenal legend Ian Wright, Italy’s World Cup winner Andrea Pirlo, Dutch coach Ronald Koeman and Chelsea’s UEFA Champions League winner Didier Drogba. nine0005
2. VOLTA FOOTBALL brings the streets to FIFA
VOLTA FOOTBALL lets players experience the never-ending energy, culture and style of street football by bringing the action to real playgrounds, underground passages, cages and rooftops around the world for the first time in the FIFA series .
Using the powerful FIFA 20 engine and futsal elements, VOLTA FOOTBALL boasts dynamics, creativity and versatility.
nine0010 VOLTA TOUR
Travel the world playing offline solo matches against teams created by other VOLTA players. If you win, you will be able to lure players from the losing team to your team, so never give up.
VOLTA STORY
Create and customize your own player and play against the best street football players from around the world in the VOLTA World Championship in Buenos Aires.
VOLTA TOUR
Take part in the fight to reach the top division or stay in the current division in online leagues mode. nine0005
VOLTA Kick-Off
Play as your favorite pro teams in exhibition matches on various street soccer venues.
Your VOLTA, your rules
Enjoy the great game in 3v3 without goalkeepers, 4v4 with and without goalkeepers, 5v5 or in professional futsal competitions by preselecting the playing field .
“Volta mode is easy to understand even for players unfamiliar with the game… but at the same time, it is sufficiently developed to be interesting for veterans of the FIFA series”,
— Jeff Antwi, Producer
Five reasons to play Volta
This is a new way to enjoy FIFA: Due to the smaller arenas and heavier ball, futsal matches are considered more dynamic and intense than traditional football matches, so don’t be surprised by the big numbers on the scoreboard. Don’t overstay the ball — play the ball and keep moving!
Walls are your helper: Because of the walls, the ball cannot leave the field of play and is always in play, but you can also use them to throw tricky and spectacular ricochet shots on goal, find a way to use them to deliver the ball to a teammate, or even celebrate a goal in an unusual way.
Even playing as a goalkeeper, there are more things to do: Each team consists of a maximum of five players, so each of them is always in the game.
Goalkeepers can go outside the penalty area, put pressure on other players and even score goals. nine0005
Pro teams are also available in this mode: If you’ve ever dreamed of playing for Real Madrid against Manchester City in a 5-on-5 match on top of a Tokyo skyscraper, now there’s nothing to stop you from doing it. Such matches have become even more intense.
Men and women can play together: For the first time in the history of soccer video games, teams can consist of male and female players at the same time, including all the players you have created. Now your dream team can become a reality. nine0005
3. The AI just got smarter
As the season progresses, your team will get better and better at understanding how you play. FIFA 20 takes the football intelligence system to the next level — AI will try to predict your intentions, which will open up players better to provide more opportunities to continue the attack or create a scoring chance.
The manual control of the defense has also been significantly improved, allowing for better control of the defensive lines. nine0005
4. New features help you control the situation on any part of the field
Outwit your opponent with new systems that improve your team’s versatility, which adds offensive power and reliable defense.
Dribbling at Speed
Move with even more agility during your attack, force your opponent to lunge at you, and then outflank him at speed or beat him with technique.
Goal conversion
Feel more in control when going one on one.
Extra presses
Pressing the button more at the right time can increase the accuracy of a shot or pass — but if not pressed at the right time, you can lose control of the ball.
Good Tackling
Increase your chances of regaining control of the ball to make a quick counterattack.
5. The opponent will be penalized for inattention at set pieces
The new free kick and penalty kick system has become less unpredictable and more balanced, and the mechanics of aiming, shot power, ball spin and timing have also been improved.
In addition, new animations of the run-up and movement of star players give the players individuality.
“We watched a lot of videos to analyze Lionel Messi’s set-pieces – he not only shoots accurately, but also gives the ball an incredible flight path”,
— Shaun Pejic, Game Producer
6. Feints made easier
In VOLTA FOOTBALL, you can toss the ball into the air with a simple press of the R3 button, and by holding the L2 and R2 buttons, you can please the audience with other spectacular tricks, the use of which will depend on which direction you are moving. But if you’re too used to the old controls, you can still use the right analog stick. nine0005
By the way, now you have access not only to the old tricks, such as fake body movements, elastico or heel throw, but also new ones, including fake movement with an exit, lateral heel-to-heel ball transfer and elegant roulette.
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Athletes are a separate phenomenon in the context of the entire gaming industry.
New releases of major franchises come out every year, but at the same time, major changes in each subsequent iteration of the same project can be counted on the fingers of one hand. In fact, the publisher sells subscriptions to the game-service over and over again — and in any other situation, fans would be just furious with such a policy. But judging by the sales of the FIFA series, the football community is not too against this state of affairs.
This year, the creators of FIFA 20 could also easily do without some grandiose innovations. They would pull up the Ultimate Team, improve some gameplay mechanics, take a couple of leagues away from a competitor, and that’s all. But they added a new Volta mode to the game — and this is perhaps the best thing that has happened to the series in recent years. Who would have thought that it was street football that would finally move FIFA’s evolutionary process off the ground?