The Manager Mode in FIFA Mobile lets you play like a pro, giving you complete control over how your team plays. Whether you’re a seasoned player or just starting, Manager Mode makes the game fun and unique because you’re in charge of your team’s success.
In Manager Mode, you’re not just playing the game, you’re making important decisions. With lots of strategy options to choose from, you can tailor your game plan to suit your team’s skills and the way you like to play.
In this guide, we’ll provide you with the best tactics for Manager Mode. With the tactics listed below, you won’t have any difficulty beating opponents in Manager Mode, and you’ll be able to reach the FIFA Champion division with ease.

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As we know, there are five types of tactics in Manager Mode: Attacking, Control, Counter, Defensive, and Custom. Which one is the best?
The preset tactics such as Attacking, Control, Counter, and Defensive have their strengths and weaknesses. However, based on our experience, these tactics have many drawbacks that make them less effective.
Considering the game’s situation, your opponent, and the strengths and weaknesses of your team, we believe the most appropriate tactic is the Custom one. With this tactic, you can freely edit your strategies during the game to adapt to the conditions.
Here are the best Manager Mode tactics that you can use to reach the FIFA Champion division:
Manager Mode Best Tactic (I)
Settings: Custom
Build Up | Offence | Defence | |
---|---|---|---|
Speed | 2 | ||
Passing Distance | 1 | ||
Mentality | Attacking | ||
Positioning | Free | ||
Passing Tendency | 2 | ||
Cross Tendency | 1 | ||
Shooting Tendency | 1 | ||
Positioning | Free | ||
Pressure | 2 | ||
Width | 1 | ||
Aggression | 1 | ||
Back Line | Cover |
This Custom tactic is suitable for opponents whose Team OVR ratings and players’ quality are similar to your team.
If you’re leading by two goals or more, you can reduce the Build-Up: Speed to 1, change the Build-Up: Mentality to Balanced or Defensive, and you can also switch Build-Up: Positioning to Organised. This will slow down the game tempo and helps maintain your lead.
However, if you’re behind, you can increase the Build-Up: Speed to 3, Offence: Passing Tendency to 3, Defence: Pressure to 3, and Defence: Aggression to 2 or 3. This is to quickly turn the tide or at least level the score.
This tactic can be used for all formations, but from our experience, it’s most effective with 41212 Narrow, 41212 Wide, 433 Attack, and 433 Holding formations.
Manager Mode Best Tactic (II)
Settings: Custom
Build Up | Offence | Defence | |
---|---|---|---|
Speed | 2 | ||
Passing Distance | 1 | ||
Mentality | Attacking | ||
Positioning | Free | ||
Passing Tendency | 3 | ||
Cross Tendency | 1 | ||
Shooting Tendency | 2 | ||
Positioning | Free | ||
Pressure | 3 | ||
Width | 2 | ||
Aggression | 3 | ||
Back Line | Cover |
This Custom tactic is suitable for opponents whose Team OVR ratings and players’ quality are much lower than your team.
Like the previous tactic, if you’re leading by two goals or more, you can reduce the Build-Up: Speed to 1, change the Build-Up: Mentality to Balanced or Defending, and switch Build-Up: Positioning to Organised.
If you’re behind, you can increase the Build-Up: Speed to 3 and the Build-Up: Passing Distance to 2 to catch up as quickly as possible.
Don’t forget to make the most of your three-player substitutions, as this tactic tends to tire the players out.
This tactic can be used for all formations, but from our experience, it works best with the 424 and 433 Attack formations.
Manager Mode Best Traits
In Manager Mode, Special Traits can really help your team and make a difference. If you can, try to use players with the following special traits to get the best results.
Attackers:
- Power Header
- Beat Offside Trap
- Long Shot Taker
Midfielders:
- Long Shot Taker
- Play Maker
Wingers:
- Speed Dribbler
- Early Crosser
Defenders:
- Power Header
- Dive Into Tackles
Those are the best tactics in Manager Mode that you can use to reach the FIFA Champion division. We will keep updating this post with more best tactics as the game evolves and changes.
বিনোদ ভকলিন says
Sir, Actually the instructions that have been given on Manager Mood ( its Tactics and players formation) of FIFA mobile 23 is not correct and absolute. This section of the game always depends on the highest OVR of players. Mainly midfielder/second attackers. I have tried/applied everything as you but didn’t work. I don’t know why are you simply instructed as above. Whatever it is, your game is the best game in this category. Want to see more improvement in this game. Thanks.
বিনোদ ভকলিন says
Fifa mobile 23 manager mode is a game in which no one can win the game. No matter how high the OVR of the player/team has, except the wishes of the FIFA official. Game can only be won at the wishes of the official group. Because there are some rewards. Easily giving away the prizes will make the players richer and leave them to play. Which they never do. Isn’t it official?