- Tagline: "This is the Season"
- Cover Athlete: Wayne Rooney and Ronaldinho
- Title Song: "Can't Get Enough (Mekon Remix)" by The Infadels
- Released for: Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance
- Release date: 27 September 2006
The main differences from the previous game are a new "Interactive Leagues" function, new stadia such as the new Wembley Stadium and Emirates Stadium, and the ability to create custom teams and Turkcell Super League returns after seven years of absence from the series. The game's front-end and graphics engine remain largely the same. The Xbox 360 version uses a completely new game engine which was created from scratch for the system. This Xbox 360 version also features a much reduced team line-up, completely removing all lower division teams and focusing on the four main European leagues, plus the Mexican Clausura and national teams.
FIFA 07 (also known as FIFA Football 07 and FIFA Soccer 07) is the 2007 edition ofEA Sports' series of football simulator video games. Developed by EA Canada, it is published by Electronic Arts.
It was the last game in the FIFA series to be released for the GameCube, Xbox, andGame Boy Advance, and the third to be released for the Xbox 360. The next-generation graphics and physics engine used in the Xbox 360 version will be exclusive to the console for a period of 12 months. It was also released for PC, Nintendo DS,PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 2.
The following features are in the game:
- More than 510 teams in 27 leagues and 20 countries with over 10,000 licensed players.
- Interactive Leagues: An interactive online league has been introduced which creates interactive versions of the FA Premier League, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, and the Mexican League. Tracking the weekly real world fixtures, it matches up fans of one club against the fans of that week's fixture.
- More interactive crowds that react to every move during a game. Crowds also sound like the region the player is playing in. Home and away fans react in different ways to different incidents on the pitch, such as a small corner of the stadium cheering the away support.
- Manager Mode is enhanced to match realistic player experience rates. Players age and gain more experience, which improves their overall rating.
- Improved passing, crossing, and free kick techniques and advanced goalkeeper artificial intelligence (AI).
- Improved shooting techniques that measure up a player's space, composure, and technique to decide what will happen to the shot. A new "finesse" shot has been included that requires a lot more space and composure, but has less power, and can curl.
- Manager Mode can be transferred between the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable with a simple USB cable. Manager Mode also features player growth and development, as well as youth training camps to produce more players (with older youth players moving up to the main team).
- New ball physics such as top spin and backspin take into account the pitch, weather and player conditions. The player can add spin to free kicks in different directions, something which was not possible in FIFA 06.
- Ability to create original clubs (not in PSP version).
- Manager Mode money is measured in pounds sterling, euro or US dollars rather than points.
- Like its predecessor, FIFA 07 offers a World XI and a Classic XI, plus an MLS All-Star team.
- FIFA 07 takes into account the kicking strength of each player, which includes a weakness on a player's non-preferred foot.
- New unlockables in the Fan Shop. Wayne Rooney is available in the shop.
There are seven different covers of FIFA 07, each with a different player, depending on which region the game is sold in. Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona) graced the cover of all the games and was joined by Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy) and Francisco Fonseca (UANL Tigres) in North America; Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) in theUnited Kingdom, Australia, and the Benelux; Lukas Podolski (Bayern Munich) in Germany;David Villa (Valencia) in Spain; Kaká (Milan) in Italy; Juninho (Lyon) in France; Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen) in Switzerland; and Kim Nam-Il (Suwon Samsung Bluewings) in South Korea.
FIFA 07 sponsored Accrington Stanley for the 2007–08 season, with the FIFA 07 logo displayed on the back of the team's shirts.