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FIFA 16 Ultimate Team™ - Team of the Week - May 18

Posted May 18th at 7:00am.

Each week FIFA Ultimate Team assembles the best players from international and club competition around the world. This collection of players is available to challenge in FUT.

On Saturday, Werder Bremen defeated Eintracht Frankfurt by the score of 1-0 and avoided a potential relegation playoff battle. Keeper Felix Wiedwald played the hero, earning the clean sheet. Although Bremen avoided the relegation playoff, Eintracht Frankfurt finished in 16th spot and now must defeat 1. FC Nürnberg to stay in the 1. Bundesliga.

Gonzalo Higuaín made Serie A history on Saturday when he scored a hat-trick in Napoli’s 4-0 win over relegated Frosinone. With those three goals, he became the first player in Italy to score 36 goals in a single season, breaking the previous tally of 35.

On Sunday, SL Benfica retained the Liga NOS title for the third straight season following their 4-1 win over Nacional. Nicolás Gaitán played the hero, scoring twice and assisting on another.

Olivier Giroud’s scored three times as Arsenal ended their season with a 4-0 victory over relegated Aston Villa. Giroud finishes the season leading the club with 16 goals while Arsenal finished the season in second place.

Starting XI

  • GK: Felix Wiedwald – Werder Bremen (Germany)
  • CB: Aïssa Mandi – Stade de Reims (France)
  • CB: Marcelo – Beşiktaş (Turkey)
  • RB: Daryl Janmaat – Newcastle United (England)
  • CM: Andrés Iniesta – FC Barcelona (Spain)
  • CM: Miralem Pjanić – AS Roma (Italy)
  • CAM: Roman Eremenko – CSKA Moskva (Russia)
  • CAM: Mario Götze – Bayern München (Germany)
  • ST: Paulo Dybala – Juventus (Italy)
  • ST: Gonzalo Higuaín – Napoli (Italy)
  • ST: Olivier Giroud – Arsenal (England)

Substitutes

  • GK: Alexander Nybo – Hobro IK (Denmark)
  • CB: Maciej Dąbrowski – Zagłębie Lubin (Poland)
  • CAM: Michael Gregoritsch – Hamburger SV (Germany)
  • LM: Kekuta Manneh – Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS)
  • RM: Ryo Miyaichi – FC St. Pauli (Germany)
  • ST: Anatole Ngamukol – Red Star FC (France)
  • ST: Ömer Şişmanoğlu – Antalyaspor (Turkey)

Reserves

  • GK:  Guillermo Ochoa – Málaga CF (Spain)
  • RB: Mikael Lustig – Celtic (Scotland)
  • LM: Nicolás Gaitán – SL Benfica (Portugal)
  • CAM: Luis Montes – León (Mexico)
  • ST: Alassane Pléa – OGC Nice (France)

*Please note: starting line-up and/or player positioning may differ slightly in-game.


The Team of the Week is available to play against each and every week in FIFA Ultimate Team. TOTW items are available by chance when opening FIFA Ultimate Team Packs.

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