Overview:
Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10* - see the Important Note below
Offline: 635 (29/45)
Online: 365 (16/45)**
Approximate time to 1000: 70+
Numer of missable achievements: None
Do cheats disable achievements? No cheats
Does difficulty affect achievements? Possible, see ''Legendary''
Glitchy achievements? ''Club Legend'' is said to be glitchy

*Important note: FIFA 12 contains one achievement based on luck. This achievement is ''How Great is That?''. It requires you to get a Team of the Week player in an Ultimate Team pack. This achievement may strongly increase the time total to 1000

**Note: I've included the Ultimate Team achievements with the online achievements as Ultimate Team requires an Xbox LIVE connection.

Introduction
Welcome to FIFA 12, the latest installment of the popular FIFA franchise. In FIFA 12, we meet the brand-new Player Impact Engine, which makes the game even more realistic. Well, that's what EA said. We also face Tactical Defending, a new feature giving you the option to defend more advanced with more options compared to defending in previous FIFA titles, but also makes defending harder if you're not used to it.

FIFA 12 sees game modes like Career, Xbox LIVE and Ultimate Team return once again. Coach your favorite club, face other gamers in LIVE matches, play friendly competitions with your friends or put together your personal ultimate team, it's all possible in FIFA 12.

Now, for the achievements. The FIFA 12 achievement list is easier than previous titles (think of Virtual Legend, which is now 50 matches instead of 500) but it remains time-consuming. There's no such thing as playthrough's, since all game modes are pretty much never-ending. You also don't have to worry about missable achievements or glitched ones, because there simply aren't any.

So sit back, play the game and relax while you earn some additional gamerscore.


Breakdown
The only achievements that require some skill are 3 PointsCampaign Complete and Path to the Cup. All others can be achieved relatively easy, but some of them will require time.

The very first achievement you can unlock is Sweet Music. This is the only menu-based achievement in FIFA 12.

After getting Sweet Music, start either a new Career or go to Ultimate Team. These two are the main modes of the game. In Career mode, you can unlock the following;

Trophy Time
Procrastinator
Youth is Served
Fully Formed
Puppet Master
Massive Signing

In Ultimate Team mode, you can unlock these achievements;

New Club in Town
Tournament Victory
I’ll have that one
Friendly
Marquee Signing
Growing Club
‘’Big Cup’’ Squad
Pack King
We’ll Need a Larger Trophy Case
Club Legend

After Career mode and Ultimate Team, it's time to go online. These achievements may require more skill as you must win at least 2 matches, and it's very hard to boost. Online, you can get these achievements:

3 Points
Campaign Complete
Being Social
Friends now Enemies?
Path to the Cup
Virtual Debut

Last but not least, the miscellaneous achievements. These can be completed in any game mode exhept for FIFA for Life, which cannot be unlocked in Ultimate Team. These are the remaining achievements, including the two secret achievements at the bottom of the list:

Precision Tackler
Megged
Riding Bikes
Legendary
Don’t Blink
Comeback Kid
10 v 11
Ruud Boy
Block Party
Century of Goals
All My Own Work
Warrior
Quickly Now!
EAS FC Youth Academy
EAS FC Starting 11
Challenge Accepted
Sweet Music
Virtual Legend
FIFA for Life
Happy 20th EA Sports!
No Draw for You!
How Great of That?

FIFA for Life will most likely be your last achievement for 1000, as you must play matches for 50 hours and Ultimate Team doesn't count.

Conclusion
FIFA 12 is a relatively easy 1000 and will be more time-consuming than difficult. With some dedication and of course the fun you have at playing FIFA, reaching 1000 shouldn't be too hard.
If you are still missing any achievements, refer to the Breakdown or the actual Achievement Guide below.

Useful links
Achievement Trading Thread - by iMartin AFC
Growing Club Guide - by BIGbivvie
Cheapest ''Big Cup'' Squad - by DerFuhrer
Unlock All 16 In-Match Achievements in Two Matches - by iBuzz7S

Credits
colinamg - for providing most information
DerFuhrer - for the ''Big Cup'' Squad-thread
BIGbivvie - for the Growing Club guide

[X360A would like to thank Steelstick for the Road Map]

FIFA 12 Achievement Guide

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There are 55 achievements with a total of 1250 points

  • Obtain a successful tackle percentage of 80% with a minimum of 5 tackles in a game

    For this, you must have a tackle precision of at least 80%, meaning that 80% of your tackles must actually capture the ball/bring down an opponent. Also, you must have at least 5 tackles, so you can't do a single tackle correct and complete the match without tackling. This should come as you play Career mode or perhaps Ultimate Team, but if you're having serious trouble start a Friendlies Match and tackle your friend 5 times. Then complete the match.

  • Megged

     

    30

    Successfully dribble the ball through a defender's legs

    I wouldn't play matches for this achievement only, as it's rather hard to unlock it when going for it specifically. Some ways to get it are:

    - Shoot it through the legs and then pick it up again.
    - Run at top speed with a defender behind you, then suddenly turn around in the defender's direction (do this on amateur to decrease the chance of the defender taking the ball off you).
    - Get yourself surrounded by defenders and, like way 1, shoot and hope for the best.

    It seems this achievement is gained mostly by luck.

  • Score with a bicycle kick

    While this achievement may sound hard, it's not really. I got it in my second match and it was my first achievement. A few tips to get this:

    - Always hold  when attempting a bicycle kick.
    - Give a cross to your attacker near the goal, try to get it just over him, then double press  or  (depending on your control settings) and your attacker should do a bicycle kick.
    - Run to the edge of the box, turn around and start juggling the ball with . Now move your left stick away from your player and he should flick it up. Double press  or  to do the bicycle kick.
    - Do an advanced rainbow flick (4 star skill move) and double press  or  to do the bicycle kick.

  • Win a game vs. the CPU on legendary difficulty against a club of the same or higher star level

    Like Riding Bikes, this one seems hard but is very simple. Set up a match against a club of the same or higher star level, then go to the Settings. The final Settings tab influences your opponent, so set everything positive to zero and everything negative to 100.

    Next, go to the 6th Settings tab, which influences your team. Set everything positive to 100 and everything negative to zero. Now the match will be a walk in the park. I did this as Barcelona against Real Madrid and won 32-0.

    If you want to do it the hard way, start up any match on Legendary difficulty against a club rated the same or higher and make sure you win.

  • Score within the first 5 minutes of a game in a game vs the CPU

    See Legendary. Since you changed the settings you'll easily score before the 5th minute. If you somehow do have trouble, just make the match time longer.

    Note: you must score before the 5th minute on the game clock, not 5th minute real time.

  • Win after being down 3 goals in the 2nd half in a game vs. the CPU

    You'll want to do this one along with 10 vs 11. Change the settings for your team only like you did for Legendary, and set the time on long enough to make sure you can get a red card. Start the match and make sure you get a red card. When you get it, make 3 own goals and let the 1st half finish. Then, in the second half, score at least 4 goals and win the game.

  • Win from a draw or behind while down a man in a game vs the CPU

    See Comeback KidIf done correctly, you'll unlock this in the same match as Comeback Kid. If not, start another match, make sure you get a red card without getting ahead and then win the match.

  • Score a goal on a volley

    Depending on how you do Riding Bikes, this one might unlock with it. Otherwise, simply give a cross and shoot the ball while it's in the air and score. This will definitely come by just playing matches.

  • Manually block 5 shots while defending in a single game

    To manually block one of your players must block a shot without you pressing a button to make him do so. Like Precision Tackler, this might come by just playing matches, but is also boostable with a friend, though it's harder to boost than Precision Tackler as you don't know if your player will block the shot.

  • Score 100 goals in FIFA 12 match play

    For this you must score 100 goals in the first mode you play. Simply change the settings like you did for Legendary and it'll come in about 3 matches.

  • Win a Match with Manual Controls (including Tactical Defending)

    At the main menu, go to Settings and select Controls. Go to Xbox 360 Controller and set everything to manual. This includes Tactical Defending and Analog Sprint. Now start up a match (I recommend playing on Amateur with a 5-star team against a 1/2-star team or any team rated low) and win it.

  • Score a goal after suffering a non-contact injury with a player

    It seems there are two ways to get this;

    - Your player must suffer a slight injury caused by a defender, and keep moving. After the defender attacks you, you must score.
    - Your player must suffer an injury by, for example, exhaustion. While running, your player must grab his leg in pain and stop walking. When he starts moving again, score with him.

  • Score shortly after a quick throw-in

    First you must earn a quick throw-in in a match. If the opponent kicks the ball out but it's close to the line your player will pick it up fast for you to immediately throw in. Now quickly get to the goal and score. You must score within at least 10 seconds, not sure how much exactly.

  • Reach level 5 in the EA SPORTS Football Club

    This will come by playing the game. Anything you do (playing matches, completing VP Accomplishments, starting up the game, completing challenges) will earn you XP. You need 5000XP for level 5.

  • Reach level 20 in the EA SPORTS Football Club

    Same as EAS FC Youth Academy, but for this one you need 48,691XP.

  • Complete an EA SPORTS Football Club Game Scenario Challenge

    At the main menu, press  and go to Challenges. Select the one available at the moment and complete the objective. You cannot change the length or the difficulty and these challenges are somewhat challenging.

  • Win a cup game in Head to Head Seasons

    This the the same as 3 Points, but now you must win a cup game without your opponent quitting. Note that cup games are not always available.

  • Complete a Season in Head to Head Seasons

    You must complete a Season in Head to Head Seasons for this achievement. To complete the first season, simply play and complete all 12 matches. If you gather 12 points before playing all matches though, you'll earn it too.

  • Win an Online Friendlies season

    This is the same as Being Social, exhept now you must actually win the season by gathering 16 points in 10 matches.

    It is possible to get the achievement by forfeiting all-but the last match. Note that if you quit, your friend receives the points and vice versa.

    If none of your friends has FIFA 12, use the Achievement Trading Thread to find someone.

  • Play an Online Friendlies Match

    At the main menu, go to Xbox LIVE and choose Online Friendlies. Then invite any of your friends for a match. Play it from start to finish and it'll unlock.

    If none of your friends has FIFA 12, use the Achievement Trading Thread to find someone.

  • Win a season game in Head to Head Seasons

    At the main menu, go to Xbox LIVE and select Head to Head Seasons. Then select Season game. You will be pitted against someone of the same division and the same star level (you won't play against FC Utrecht from the Dutch Eredivisie when you're using Man. Utd). Choose a team you're good with. To unlock this, you must win the match, and the match has to be played from start to end. If you're ahead and your opponent quits you will get 3 points, but no achievement.

    Note: people usually quit when they're losing beyond hope. Getting too far ahead of them will increase the chance of them quitting. Either keep the difference low or try to keep possession for as long as possible.

    Note #2: this achievement, Path to the Cup and Campaign Complete are the only ones that really require some skill. There's many different playstyles out there, and you need to figure out how to play as well. These three playstyles seem to be popular:


    - Rusher Style. These players rush on you like mad to get the ball. Stay calm against them or they'll take the ball
    - Barca Style. These players play like Barcelona; pass a lot and wait until they can give the final pass and score. Since they pass alot, it may be hard to get the ball. The Rusher Style appears to work best against them.
    - Waiting Style. These players have a lot of patience. Instead of immediately attacking the player with the ball, they wait to see what you do. These players don't give away too much space, so try to beat them with sprinting/crosses.

  • Play an online Pro Club or Pro Ranked match with your Virtual Pro

    For this you need a Virtual Pro. When you have created one, either go to Virtual Pro in the main menu and choose Pro Ranked Match or join a Pro Club and play a match with your Pro Club. For Pro Club matches you need at least two players (not two players and yourself, just you and at least one other player).

  • Create your FIFA 12 Ultimate Team club

    Very easy to do. Go to Ultimate Team at the main menu and you'll be asked to make a team name and an abbreviation. Do this, continue and it'll unlock.

  • Win a match with your FIFA 12 Ultimate Team club

    Another easy one. When you create your club, you'll receive a free Bronze pack containing enough players, a manager and everything else you need for your first match. Simply play and win a match to unlock this.

  • Win a tournament in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team

    Nothing hard either. At the UT menu, select ''Play Match'' and then ''Tournament''. Choose any tournament and win it to unlock this achievement.

  • Open your first pack in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team

    Like the previous UT achievements, nothing complicated. Earn enough coins for a pack (the cheapest one is a standard Bronze for 400), buy it and it will open automatically.

    The free pack you receive to start you out does not count for this.

  • Finish a match against a Friend in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team

    This requires a friend with FIFA 12. Simply select ''Play Match'' and then choose to play against a friend. Play the match from start to finish to unlock this.

    Note: you must have at least 18 players allowed to play and a manager allowed to work in order to play the match.

    If none of your friends has FIFA 12, use the Achievement Trading Thread to find someone.

  • Purchase a Gold Player from the trade market for 15,000 or more coins using Buy now

    For this you need 15,000 coins or a friend with 15,000 coins. If you have 15k yourself just buy a Gold player which you want for at least 15k coins. If you don't have it but a friend does, put a Gold player up for sale with a Buy Now price of at least 15,000. Let your friend buy him and then let your friend put him back on the market for 15k again for you to buy. Now you buy him. Achievement unlocked.

  • Achieve a club value of 85,000,000 in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team

    For this achievement your total club value must reach 85 million. Please refer to this thread on how to reach this amount the easiest. Thanks to BIGbivvie for the thread.

  • Enter an Ultimate Team tournament and finish a match with an overall squad rating of 85 or higher

    For this, you must finish an UT tournament match with an overall squad rating of 85 or higher. Please refer to this thread for the cheapest team to reach this amount. Thanks to DerFuhrer for the thread.

    Note: Some of the posts from DerFuhrer's thread are somewhat old. Realise that certain player's prizes may have increased/decreased. Do not blindly follow any given squad in the thread, but try to get the cheapest one (watch out for only buying 84's though).

  • Open 100 packs in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team

    This will come over time playing Ultimate Team. You need at least 40k coins for this (assuming you only buy packs with coins), as the cheapest pack is 400 coins (and 400*100=40,000). Unfortunately, there is no way ingame to check how many packs you've already bought.

    Also, if you're not the luckiest person, this will definitely come when trying to get How Great is That?.

  • Win your 10th trophy in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team

    Just play and win 10 tournaments. You can win the same tournament 10 times in a row and still unlock this.

  • Play 100 matches with any player in FIFA 12 Ultimate Team

    For this achievement a single player must play 100 matches for your Ultimate Team. You can forfeit the first 99 matches, but the 100th match has to be played.

    It seems doing this achievement with a player from a pack grants a greater chance of success than with a bought player.

  • Win the league title in any league in Career Mode

    Start up a new career with whatever club you wish. If you're new to FIFA, you might want to pick one of the best teams of an average league so you can take anything. To unlock this achievement, you must win the league in which you are playing. If you play with Man United, you must win the Premier League, for example. Difficulty does not matter, it can be done on Amateur.

    If you want it real quick, pick one of the top teams and simply sim the entire season.

  • Sign a player on Deadline Day in the transfer window in Career Mode

    The first transfer period will start immediately when you start a new career and you will also receive an e-mail about it. For it to unlock, you must sign a player on Deadline Day. An easy way to do this is to play with a team with a lot of money (I did it with Barcelona) and then, one or two days before deadline day, offer a huge amount of money for a player with little skill. Right before or during the first period of Deadline Day the player will inform you he accepts. Now, during Deadline Day, send him an unrefusable contract offer to make him sign.

    Deadline Day starts with 10 hours left on the clock. Each time you choose Continue, time will decrease with 1 hour. Don't panic if the e-mail says you'll receive a respond within a few days. On Deadline Day, you receive are respond every 1 or 2 hours.

  • Have three players be in full form at the same time on your club in Career Mode

    Your players' form increases as they play more matches and play good matches. You can check your players' form at the Team Management. If you just play every match with the same squad and get high ratings, you'll eventually unlock this.

  • Sign a player better than anyone else on your club during the transfer window

    For this achievement you must sign a player whose average is at least one higher than your current best player. This achievement is very difficult to achieve when playing with Barcelona for example, as they already have some of the best players in the world. So pick a lower rated team when going for this.

    If you really don't know how to get this, start a Career at FC Utrecht (Dutch Eredivisie) and buy Willie Overtoom (midfielder) from Heracles (Dutch Eredivisie as well). I got the achievement this way as well.

  • Sign a player to your youth squad in Career Mode

    For this, you will first need a scout. Go to Youth Academy and then to Scout Network. Here you can hire up to three scouts. Hire one, go back and Continue. The next day you'll receive an e-mail the scout has arrived. Then you can send him anywhere you want in the world. Choose a country and how long he has to scout.

    When he's scouting, it'll take about a month before you receive the first report. Offer ANY player in the report to join your youth squad. A day later, you'll receive e-mail about their acceptance and the achievement unlocks.


    If the player refuses, it's like buying players from other clubs; you simply didn't offer them enough cash.

  • Talk to the Press in Career Mode

    After you play an important match you can choose to talk to the press for a few days in a row. Days in which you can talk to the press are marked with a red block with a mic in it. During one of these days, press  and the screen will come up. Choose any subject, then choose any answer and the achievement unlocks.

  • Set up some Custom Audio in FIFA 12

    At the main menu, go to My Audio and select My Audio again. Choose My FIFA 12 and change anything that says Custom into something else.

  • Play 50 Matches with your Virtual Pro

    Simply play 50 matches with your Virtual Pro. Career, Kick-Off and online Pro matches count towards this.

  • Spend 50 hours on the pitch

    For this achievement you must play matches for 50 hours. Any mode counts, except for UT! Ultimate Team does not count for the 50 hours! Unfortunately, there is no way in-game to see how much minutes you've already played.

  • Score 20 match goals in FIFA 12 to celebrate 20 years of EA SPORTS!

    It seems the first mode you score in is the mode tracking the goals for this achievement. So if you start out with Career, make 20 goals in Career.

 

Secret achievements

  • Score a 90th minute winner in a game vs. the CPU

    This might be somewhat challenging. You must be at a draw and score a goal in the 90th minute then win the game. As it might be challenging to make the winning one in the 90th minute exact, make a half quite long and spend your time by making both goals and own goals. Then, in the 90th minute, make the winning one. This can also come by just playing matches if you have trouble with an opponent.

    Note: it is possible you can unlock this during the extra time of a match, because when you score a goal in extra time, it still says 90th minute.

  • Find a team of the week player in an Ultimate Team pack

    This achievement is mostly based on luck. Each week there's a new Team of the Week, so each week there are different players that will unlock this achievement.

    The achievement unlocks before the firework animation and the name of a player in the pack appear. If you see those and have no achievement, you won't get it.

    TOTW players can be Bronze, Silver and Gold. This means you can get them from all available packs. I got the achievement from a 750 coins Bronze pack, so it is not necessary to spend all your coins on Gold packs (although they do offer the biggest chance).

    Important Note: some people say that they did unlock the achievement, but the player (whose card was black) did not show up in the TOTW selection. This may suggest that TOTW subs, which are not shown at the TOTW selection also count for this.

    Important Note #2: This achievement may strongly increase the time total to 1000

DLC: UEFA EURO 2012™

There are 10 achievements with a total of 250 points

  • Collect all mosaic pieces in Expedition

    There is 180 mosaic pieces to collect, in order to collect these mosaic pieces you need to play all European teams in Expedition mode three times. Every time you beat a team, you get a piece. 3 pieces per team, simple. A method of completing this Expedition mode with less effort is to turn all the CPU sliders down, enter a match, score a goal and then watch the CPU play so slow that you can put the controller down and do something else. Do keep an eye on it just in case they do score which they shouldn't, but you never know.

  • Defeat all 53 nations in Expedition

    This achievement will be gained during the course of going for the Collector achievement. All you need to do is play and beat every european team in Expedition mode and the achievement will be yours, but do note you must defeat the team not lose or even draw.

  • Win a match in each UEFA EURO 2012™ game mode

    This achievement is gained by winning in all game modes on the UEFA Euro 2012 main menu. You need to win a match in each of the following game modes:

    Kick-off mode.
    Expedition mode.
    UEFA Euro 2012 mode.
    Challenge mode.
    Online UEFA Euro 2012 mode.

    In total there are 5 different modes which shouldn't give you much of a challenge and in fact, it's probably one of the easiest less time consuming achievements of the DLC.

  • Win Online UEFA EURO 2012™

    This achievement will probably be the hardest one to gain. The online servers are not the best at the minute but hopefully they will be sorted out soon rather than later. I advise to play online with a team you find easiest to play with or a 5 Star team (e.g. Spain, England, Netherlands, Germany). This will give you more chance to obtain this achievement.

    If you lose 2 games during the group stage I advise you to restart the tournament as you normally will need about 6 points and a good goal difference to advance. That said, you might get away with less points depending on how the group stage pans out. If you can score 3 or more goals as soon as possible then the opposition might quit which will make this achievement less time consuming.

  • Win UEFA EURO 2012™ with more than 1 user playing for the same team in all 6 matches

    This achievement is gained by having two players play on the same team during the whole of the Euro 2012 championship - and winning, of course. This is done in the UEFA EURO 2012 mode (offline). You can either play with a friend sat next to you and win the tournament or you can play with a second controller. To make this easier you can change all the sliders of the CPU right down. If you are playing with a second controller, be careful because if the second controller turns off due to inactivity, the achievement becomes unobtainable and you'll have to start the tournament again. Try using a wired controller for the second controller if you have one.

  • Win UEFA EURO 2012™

    In order to obtain this achievement you need to win the European Cup in the UEFA EURO 2012 (Offline mode). Please note that if you win the online European Cup you will not get this one, it must be don't offline. These achievement will consist of 6 games and the achievement will be yours if you win the cup. For this achievement you can also go for the Creating History Together achievement as well.

  • Win an Expedition match with all starting 11 from the same nation

    This achievement is obtained in Expedition mode and in order to get this, the Virtual Pro's nationality (VP) that you pick at the start of the Expedition mode will determine which country the players need to be from in order to unlock this achievement. You might be lucky and get some random players at the start of the Expedition mode, but you will need to unlock the national team during the course of the expedition mode, which your VP is from, and play them 10 times maximum. You will get a player each time you beat them and you will have to rinse and repeat until there is a full team from the same nation.

    For example, my VP I picked was Steven Gerrard who is English, I didn't get any random players from the same nation. I unlocked playing against England about 6 games into the Expedition mode, however, this can be shortened depending on which group you chose your team to start off in. I just need to play England 10 times and beat them, fill my team with the 11 and then win another Expedition match, and then I shall have the achievement. Please note that it all depends on the nation your VP is from.

  • Defeat one team from each group in Expedition

    This achievement you will get during the course of obtaining National Pride, Expeditionary Nature, One Down and the Collector achievement. When you have set up Expedition mode and chosen what group you want to participate in, you will need to play games and the more games you play and win, the more groups you unlock. You have to play a few games in each group to unlock another group once you have unlocked the last group. All you need to do is play any national team in that group and win and the achievement is yours.

  • Defeat all teams from a group in Expedition

    Similar to the On All Fronts achievement, but instead of beating one team from each group, you will need to beat all teams from one group. This achievement can be achieved as soon as you start Expedition mode as it doesn't matter which group you defeat all teams from. You shall get this achievement whilst going for the Expeditionary Nature, One Down and the Collector achievement.

  • Succeed in a Challenge

    This achievement is similar to what most people have probably experienced in the original FIFA 12 retail game, however, this must be done in the UEFA EURO 2012 'Challenge' mode. There are challenges in the DLC which last for a few days, so you just need to pass any one of them. When you select take the challenge, which gives you the description of the challenge in hand, you can select the lowest difficultly if you like, with the difficulty only affecting the XP earned during the challenge. This is probably the easiest achievement out of them all and shouldn't even take that long.

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