I’ve been playing Fifa 2009 online against other players. There seems to be a ‘leaderboard’ where you can check how much you progress. Though, it’s all very unclear and EA doesn’t have a reasonable explanation. So I’ve done some research and here’s the result:

When you play someone online (in a ranked match) you receive or lose ‘skill points’. The more ‘skill points’ you get the higher your ‘skill rank’ becomes. How much ‘skill points’ you receive or lose depends on:

• Skill rank of the opponent.
• The difference in stars of the teams being picked. (If you pick a 3 star team and beat an opponent playing with a 5 star team you will get more skill points when you win).
• You get skill points for completed passes, possession, shots on target, successful tackles, etc.

You only get ranked in the leaderboards if you are one of the top 10.000 players. At the moment you have to get a 1600+ skill ranking to get into the top 10.000.  I believe you can get a maximun of around 50 skill points for one match.  Also when you play a match and the game is paused or finished you will see points being displayed below your username. These points are not your ‘skill points’ but your ‘EA World points’ so you can ignore them. To see your ‘skill points’ and ‘skill level’ go to ‘Player Hub > Career Stats > Skill Points.’

Good luck! If you have any questions please comment.

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