FIFA Football 2005

French EU cover

Basic Information

General Features

Ratings

European Release

PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, GameCube and Game Boy Advance
October 14, 2004

PlayStation
October 15, 2004

N-Gage
October 27, 2004

PlayStation Portable
September 30, 2005

FIFA Football 2005, also known as FIFA Soccer 2005, FIFA 2005 or simply FIFA 05, is a football video game released in 2004. It was developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, GameCube, mobile phone, Gizmondo, N-Gage and the Game Boy Advance. The tagline for the game was: "A great player needs a great first touch". FIFA Football 2005 was the twelfth game in the FIFA Football series, the ninth in 3D and it the final game released in North America for the PlayStation. FIFA Football 2005 marks the first time FIFA Football has been developed seventh generation handheld game consoles.

Improving the career mode, the game was extensively advertised and released much sooner than the usual late October date to avoid proximity with the release of Pro Evolution Soccer 4 and the EA Big release, FIFA Street. While some critics still considered it to have inferior gameplay to Konami's series, it was acknowledged to have improved significantly since the 2003 edition.

The game featured a return of create-a-player mode, as well as an improved, 15 season-long career mode. The game's biggest difference compared to previous titles was the inclusion of first-touch gameplay which provided gamers the ability to perform "real-life" tricks and passes. It was also the first version to feature the full Mexican League, which boosted sales in the United States.^{[citation needed]} The soundtrack was headlined by British DJ Paul Oakenfold, who composed the FIFA Theme especially for the game. This was the last PlayStation 1 title ever to be released.

The main cover for the game featured Patrick Vieira, Fernando Morientes and Andriy Shevchenko. On the North American cover Oswaldo Sánchez replaced Patrick Vieira.^[1]

John Motson provides commentary with Ally McCoist on special comments in the English version of the game.

Leagues[]

There are a total of 25 complete leagues representing 18 countries in FIFA Football 2005. The game also includes a "rest of the world" division for clubs that are included in the game but not that club's entire league system. Some notable omissions include the leagues of the Czech Republic, Argentina, Turkey, Poland, Greece, Ukraine, Republic of Ireland and Russia.

Austrian Bundesliga
Belgian League
Brazilian League
Danish Superliga
Dutch Eredivisie
Premier League
Football League Championship¹
Football League One
Football League Two
French Division 1
French Division 2
German Bundesliga 1
German Bundesliga 2²
Italian Serie A
Italian Serie B
K-League
Mexican League³
MLS
Norwegian Tippeligaen
Portuguese SuperLiga
Scottish Premier
Spanish Primera
Spanish Segunda
Swedish Allsvenskan
Swiss Axpo Super League

¹Sheffield United feature in 2003-04 kit
²MSV Duisburg feature in 2003-04 kit
³New league for this edition

Rest Of World[]

This section is for the clubs whose leagues are not represented in the game. There are 12 teams from 5 different countries.

AC Sparta Prague
Boca Juniors
Galatasaray
Legia Warsaw
Olympiakos
Panathinaikos
Paniliakos
PAOK
Polonia Warszawa
River Plate
Sigma Olomouc
Wisla Krakow

National Teams[]

FIFA 2005 has 39 teams in its international division. Some of the more notable exclusions are Japan (who made it into the round of 16 in the 2002 World Cup, but whose licensing rights currently belong to Konami, despite having a Japanese soundtrack), South Korea (whose national league is featured in the game, finished fourth in the 2002 World Cup and was in FIFA Football 2004), the Netherlands (which also has their national league featured in the game) and Senegal (who made it into the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup and was in FIFA Football 2004). The following international teams are playable in FIFA 2005:

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
China
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
England
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Nigeria
Northern Ireland
Norway
Paraguay
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Scotland
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tunisia
Turkey
United States
Uruguay
Wales

Stadiums[]

There are 30 arenas in FIFA 05, 20 of which are real-life stadiums. The other 10 are generic stadiums for teams that do not have a signature stadium in the game. The following stadiums are featured in FIFA 05:

Real Stadiums[]

Generic Stadiums[]

Closed Square Style
Division 1 Euro Style
Division 1 UK Styles
Division 2 Euro Style
Division 2 UK Style
Division 3 Euro Style
Division 3 UK Style
Olympic Style
Open Square Style
Oval Style

Ratings[]

FIFA 2005 Player of the Year: Thierry Henry
FIFA 2005 Runner Up Player of the Year: Ruud van Nistelrooy
FIFA 2005 Bronze Player of the Year: Ronaldinho
FIFA 2005 Best Team: Arsenal
FIFA 2005 Most Skilfull Player: Kaka
FIFA 2005 Official Flop Player(s): Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose Antonio Reyes, Javier Saviola and Hernan Crespo
FIFA 2005 Official Goal of the Year: David Beckham free-kick, Real Madrid vs Manchester United. (European Cup)

All stats were produced by FIFA in June 2005.

Game soundtrack[]

FIFA Football 2005 features a wide variety of world music on its soundtrack.^[2] The songs featured are as follows:

Air - "Surfing on a Rocket"
Brothers - "Dieci Cento Mille"
Clorofila of Nortec Collective - "Almada"
Debi Nova - "One Rhythm (Do Yard Riddim Mix)"
Emma Warren - "She Wants You Back"
Faithless - "No Roots"
Ferry Corsten - "Rock Your Body, Rock"
Flogging Molly - "To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh)"
Franz Ferdinand - "Tell Her Tonight"
Future Funk Squad - "Sorcerary"
Gusanito - "Vive La Vida"
Head Automatica - "Brooklyn Is Burning"
Inverga + Num Kebra - "Eu Perdi Você"
Ivete Sangalo - "Sorte Grande"
INXS - "What You Need (Coldcut Force Mix 13 Edit)"
Jose - "A Necessidade"
Los Amigos Invisibles - "Esto Es Lo Que Hay (Reggaeton Remix)"
Mala Rodriguez - "Jugadoras, Jugadores"
Mañana - "Miss Evening"
Marcelo D2 - "Profissão MC"
Miss J - "Follow Me"
Morrissey - "Irish Blood, English Heart"
Nachlader - "An die Wand"
New Order - "Blue Monday"
Oomph! - "Augen Auf!"
Paul Oakenfold - "Beautiful Goal (EA Sports Football Theme)"
Sandro Bit - "Ciao Sono Io"
Sarah McLachlan - "World on Fire (Junkie XL Remix)"
Scissor Sisters - "Take Your Mama"
Seeed - "Release"
Sneak Attack Tigers - "The End of All Good"
Sôber - "Cientos de Preguntas"
Soul'd Out - "1,000,000 Monsters Attack"
The Sounds - "Seven Days a Week"
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - "Karmageddon"
The Streets - "Fit But You Know It"
Wayne Marshall - "Hot in the Club"
Zion y Lennox - "Ahora"

References[]

↑ David Adams (2004-10-04). IGN: FIFA 2005 Gets Covered. IGN. Retrieved on 2008-07-02
↑ César A. Berardini (2004-08-10). FIFA 2005 Soundtrack Announced. Retrieved on 2008-07-02

[1] David Adams (2004-10-04). IGN: FIFA 2005 Gets Covered. IGN. Retrieved on 2008-07-02

[2] César A. Berardini (2004-08-10). FIFA 2005 Soundtrack Announced. Retrieved on 2008-07-02

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