‘FIFA 17’ Release Date: Full Teams And Leagues Revealed

By Kahlil Thomas Published 09/18/16 EDT

EA Sports released the full list of teams and leagues to be included in FIFA 17. EA Sports

One of the games that many compliment for its in-depth nature is the FIFA franchise. Every year, it seems that EA Sports continually adds more to its already impressive list of teams and leagues.

In FIFA 17, EA Sports added even more teams and leagues to its numbers, which now features 650 playable teams from 30 leagues around the world. The new additions to this year’s edition of FIFA features teams from the J1 League and the J.League Cup (both Japanese soccer), as well as 18 of the 20 teams from the First Division of Brazilian soccer. Corinthians and Flamengo will not appear in the game as the squads signed exclusive deals with Konami, publishers of Pro Evolution Soccer.

The full list of teams and leagues can be found here. In this article, we will give you the four best leagues that are featured in FIFA 17. Just because these five league are some of the best in the world, it doesn't necessarily mean that every team in that particular league will be on the level of a Manchester United or Paris Saint-Germain. For the most part, teams in this league will be extremely competitive in every game they play. Let’s start our list with the best league in the world.

English Premier League

There is no debate. Players want to go to the English Premier League to compete against the top players in the world. The sheer depth of the league is amazing as defending champion Leicester City are the top dogs of a league that includes Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool. Of the 20 teams in the Premier League, 16 to 17 teams should give you a good shot of winning a match. For those remaining three teams (Swansea City, Hull City and Burnley), a strong strategy will get you maybe a draw and that’s about it.

Arsenal
Chelsea
Everton
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Leicester City
Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion
Watford
Burnley
Crystal Palace
Stoke City
Bournemouth
Hull City
Swansea City

Bundesliga

The German soccer league is gaining popularity in America due to its television relationship with Fox Sports. The top three teams in the league (Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen) are by far way ahead of the rest of the league, but the remaining teams in the league are still decent. As second level teams, you could have competitive matches against teams like Tottenham Hotspur or the New York Red Bulls.

Bayern München
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia M'gladbach
SC Freiburg
Hamburger SV
1. FC Köln
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
FC Schalke 04
SV Werder Bremen
Hertha BSC
1. FSV Mainz 05
VfL Wolfsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
FC Augsburg
SV Darmstadt 98
FC Ingolstadt 04
RB Leipzig

La Liga

Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid...that’s all that needs to be said. Those three teams dominate La Liga on a yearly basis and are just so much better than everyone else. This league is a close second to the English Premier League and the amount of talent in this league, not just on those three teams, but around the rest of La Liga, is impressive.

Atlético de Madrid
FC Barcelona
RC Deportivo
Real Madrid
Athletic Club de Bilbao
Real Betis Balompié
RC Celta de Vigo
RCD Espanyol
Real Sociedad
Real Sporting de Gijón
Valencia CF
Deportivo Alavés
SD Eibar
UD Las Palmas
CA Osasuna
Sevilla FC
Villarreal CF
Málaga CF
CD Leganés
Granada CF

Major League Soccer

Yes, this is throwing a bone to America’s soccer league, but the competition in the league has gotten better in the last five to seven years. It’s just not a place for older soccer players from Europe to come over and collect a paycheck for minimal amounts of work anymore. Players, especially those on the U.S. National Team, want to play for teams like the L.A Galaxy or even Toronto F.C. It’s not at the level of the English Premier League or La Liga but some great soccer is being played in MLS.