EA FC 25 best starter squads for Ultimate Team: 10k, 20k & 50k budgets

Regardless of your budget for a starter team in EA FC 25 Ultimate Team, there are plenty of options to put you in an excellent position to succeed.

Building a starter team in Ultimate Team is a challenging task. Players start their journey with nothing besides the cards collected from starter packs and potentially other pre-order bonuses. It also doesn’t help that the transfer market is highly volatile at the start of new titles.

In most cases, low-rated meta cards that are expensive at first plummet in price as promo cards and other better cards get released. So, we recommend players avoid those overpriced cards and save their coins.

For example, we stayed away from the Premier League because players are usually overpriced from that league due to its popularity.

However, you are still going to need a strong starting 11, so here are the best budget teams to build that can compete in Division Rivals, Squad Battles, or FUT Champs.

Best 10k starter squad

Serie A players fly under the radar in Ultimate Team, but the league has plenty of excellent cheap options at every position. This squad, in particular, has a well-rounded midfield and good center-backs.

Check out our 10k start squad in EA FC 25.

Dexerto

POSITION	PLAYER	OVR
ST	Noah Okafor	78
LM	Stephan El Shaarawy	79
CAM	Lorenzo Pellegrini	83
RM	Samuel Chukwueze	80
CDM	Yunus Musah	75
CDM	Ismael Bennacer	83
LB	Davide Zappacosta	79
LCB	Odilon Kossounou	81
RCB	Danilo	82
RB	Giovanni Di Lorenzo	82
GK	Marco Carnesecchi	82

Best 20k starter squad

Our 20,000 squad combines some of the best starter cards from La Liga and Serie A. Iago Aspas and Artem Dovbyk provide a lethal one-two punch up top, and the center midfield pairing of Rodrigo De Paul and Lorenzo Pellegrini will dominate the middle of the field.

Here’s the best 20k starter squad.

Dexerto

POSITION	PLAYER	OVR
ST	Iago Aspas	84
ST	Arten Dovbyk	84
LM	Stephan El Shaarawy	79
CM	Rodrigo De Paul	84
CM	Lorenzo Pellegrini	83
RM	Viktor Tsygankov	83
LB	Reinildo	80
LCB	Pierre Kalulu	78
RCB	Benjamin Pavard	84
RB	Nahuel Molina	82
GK	Alejandro Remiro Gargallo	84

Best 50k starter squad

Selma Bacha was arguably one of the best left-backs and overall cards in FC 24, and she is back and better than ever in this title. Meanwhile, Marie Katoto is extremely underpriced for what offers up front and there are several other cheap beasts in this squad too that won’t break the bank.

Here’s the best 50k starter squad.

Dexerto

POSITION	PLAYER	OVR
ST	Marie Katoto	88
ST	Melchie Dumornay	83
LM	Tabitha Chawinga	84
CM	Amel Majri	84
CM	Warren Zaire-Emery	80
RM	Clara Mateo	85
LB	Selma Bacha	86
LCB	Jean-Clair Todibo	80
RCB	Benjamin Pavard	84
RB	Malo Gusto	80
GK	Brice Samba	82

For more on FC 25 Ultimate Team, check out our guides on the best formations and Road to the Knockouts promo.