FIFA Football 2004

"Create Brilliance"

- Box Art Tagline

FIFA Football 2004, also known as FIFA Soccer 2004 in North America, is a football video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts.

FIFA Football 2004 is the eleventh game in the FIFA series and the eighth to be in 3D. While not adding much to the engine used in FIFA Football 2003, the biggest inclusion were secondary divisions, which allowed the player to take lower ranked teams into the top leagues and European matches. Gameplay had a new feature dubbed Off the ball, which required the player to control two players at the same time to execute some plays. The online mode was boasted as the main feature. Another key feature was the Football Fusion, which allowed owners of both FIFA 2004 and TCM 2004 to actually play games from the management sim'. The title sequence was filmed in St James' Park, the home of Newcastle United, with the opening song being Kings Of Leon's European hit "Red Morning Light".

The cover featured Alessandro Del Piero in Juventus colours, Thierry Henry wearing his Arsenal kit and Ronaldinho dressed in Brazil's national team kit.

Features

 * Groundbreaking Gameplay: FIFA 2004 offers a fine-tuned game engine, and new animations dramatically enhance the smoothness in player movement through organic motion.
 * Off the Ball Control: Take command of players not in possession of the ball. Call in tackles, jostle for space, lose your marker, and send players on runs at the touch of a button.
 * Expanded Database and Controls: Enjoy richer depth to team AI, attributes, tactics, playing styles, and individual player personalities.
 * Be the Ultimate Player Manager: Be your own player manager with FIFA's deep Career Mode. Build your franchise and guide your club to the Championship by making calculated front-office decisions.
 * In-game Management: Prove your tactical genius on the fly, by making adjustments mid-game and calling plays in real time via D-pad.
 * Immersive Environments: More than 300 new crowd chants at an ever-growing list of officially licensed stadiums help put you in the best seat in the house.
 * Play With The Best: More than 500 official licenses, including 18 leagues, 500 teams and 10,000 players are available.
 * No further forfeits: It is no longer possible to lose the match by accumulating too many red cards. After the fourth red card only yellows are shown.
 * EA SPORTS Bio: Memory card based tracking/rating system recognizes and rewards gamers for playing multiple EA SPORTS titles.

International squads featured
The teams with names in italic appear in the game with their licensed kits.


 * 🇦🇷 Argentina Argentina
 * 🇦🇺 Australia Australia
 * 🇦🇹 Austria Austria
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium Belgium
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil Brazil
 * 🇨🇲 Cameroon Cameroon
 * 🇨🇳 China China PR
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica Costa Rica
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia Croatia
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic Czech Republic
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark Denmark
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England England
 * 🇫🇮 Finland Finland
 * 🇫🇷 France France
 * 🇩🇪 Germany Germany
 * 🇬🇷 Greece Greece
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary Hungary
 * 🇮🇹 Italy Italy
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico Mexico


 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria Nigeria
 * 🇳🇴 Norway Norway
 * 🇵🇾 Paraguay Paraguay
 * 🇵🇱 Poland Poland
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal Portugal
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland Republic of Ireland
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea Republic of Korea
 * 🇷🇺 Russia Russia
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Scotland
 * 🇸🇳 Senegal Senegal
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia Slovenia
 * 🇪🇸 Spain Spain
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden Sweden
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland Switzerland
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia Tunisia
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey Turkey
 * 🇺🇸 United States USA
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay Uruguay

Leagues
The game covers some of the world major club football leagues including:


 * 🇦🇹 Austria Austrian T-Mobile
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium Belgian Jupiler League
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil Brasileirao
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark SAS Danish Superligaen
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands Eredivisie
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England FA Premier League
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England English Division 1
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England English Division 2
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales English Division 3
 * 🇩🇪 Germany German Bundesliga
 * 🇩🇪 Germany German Bundesliga 2
 * 🇮🇹 Italy Serie A
 * 🇮🇹 Italy Serie B
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea K-League
 * 🇫🇷 France French Ligue 1
 * 🇫🇷 France French Ligue 2
 * 🇺🇸 United States Major League Soccer
 * 🇳🇴 Norway Norwegian Tippeligaen
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal Portuguese Superliga
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Scottish Premier League
 * 🇪🇸 Spain Spanish Primera
 * 🇪🇸 Spain Spanish Segunda
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden Swedish Allsvenskan
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland Swiss Axpo

Rest of World

 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic AC Sparta Praha
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic SK Sigma Olomouc
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey Galatasaray
 * 🇵🇱 Poland Legia Warszawa
 * 🇵🇱 Poland Polonia Warszawa
 * 🇵🇱 Poland Wisła Kraków
 * 🇬🇷 Greece Olympiakos
 * 🇬🇷 Greece PAOK FC
 * 🇬🇷 Greece Panathinaikos


 * 🇬🇷 Greece Paniliakos
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina Boca Juniors
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina River Plate
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico Club América
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico CF Monterrey
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico Club Toluca
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico U.N.A.M.
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico UANL Tigres1

1GBA exclusive team.

Game Soundtrack
FIFA Football 2004 features a wide variety of world music on its sound track, using the EA Sports Trax feature. The songs included are as follows:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Asian Dub Foundation - "Rise To The Challenge"
 * 🇯🇵 Japan Babamania - "Wanna Rock"
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico Café Tacuba - "Eo (El Sonidero)"
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden Caesars - "Jerk It Out" 1
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England The Cooper Temple Clause - "Promises, Promises"
 * 🇺🇸 United States The Dandy Warhols - "We Used To Be Friends" 1
 * 🇮🇹 Italy DJ Sensei - "Musica Grande"
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Goldfrapp - "Train"
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England The Jam - "A Town Called Malice"
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark Junior Senior - "Rhythm Bandits"
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands Kane - "Rain Down On Me (Tiësto Remix)"
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Kasabian - "L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)"
 * 🇺🇸 United States Kings of Leon - "Red Morning Light"
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales Lostprophets - "Burn Burn"


 * 🇩🇪 Germany Paul Van Dyk - "Nothing But You"
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Radiohead - "Myxomatosis (Judge, Jury & Executioner)"
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark The Raveonettes - "That Great Love Sound"
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England The Stone Roses - "Fools' Gold" 1
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Suburbia - "Always"
 * 🇫🇷 France The Clones - "Crazy Boys"
 * 🇮🇹 Italy The Individuals - "Take A Ride"
 * 🇩🇪 Germany Timo Maas - "Unite"
 * 🇦🇹 Austria Tosca featuring Tweed - "Gute Laune"
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil Tribalistas - "Já Sei Namorar"
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Underworld - "Two Months Off"
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina Vicentico - "Se Despierta La Ciudad"
 * 🇩🇪 Germany Wir sind Helden - "Guten Tag"
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil Zeca Pagodinho - "Deixa A Vida Me Levar"

1Featured in the GBA version soundtrack.

Reviews
Reviews of the game were mostly positive. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine awarded the game 5 out of 5 whilst Official UK PlayStation Magazine scored the game 8 out of 10. As for the Xbox version it was given a 8.4 out of 10 and a 7.8 out of 10 for the PC version on GameSpot. On GameSpot, it was said that "you'd be crazy not to give it a try" if you're interested in sports. But there were some criticisms for example the commentary being repetitive and too easy to score if you put power on the ball and the players faces and resemblance was not realistic, but overall it was seen as a great game and was played by many in the gamers world for a few years after its release. Since then newer FIFA versions are played.