FIFA 19

The fourth division starts with 1600 points; if you exit during a match and close the game via the PS button, no points will be deducted

To be honest, I haven’t taken the trophy yet, but I almost took it. Reached the 5th division, 3-4 victories remained. After the last patch, the game began and I was pushed back almost to the 7th - I play against the legendary 90+ lineups. And this despite the fact that my lineup is almost the top of the laliga.

This is what helped me, changed the game a lot, and jumped from the 8th division to 5+ in 2 weeks

The first thing you need to do is to realize that the game is pure drink - without a team, you will not be able to beat stronger squads in terms of skill. My suggestion is to take as a basis either the top player you got (if you're lucky), or build a team.
I was lucky to get Kevin De Bruyne in the second week of the game - I started building a squad based on the example of one of the leagues. I gave up this idea and switched to La Liga from the English Premier League, and here's why.
1) Laliga allows you to build a very powerful squad for very reasonable money. Within 200 thousand, while starting from 30-40 and going to division 6-7 on it.
Below is the list to start with
Goalkeeper - Adan, Ili Neto - cost almost the same, take anyone
Defenders - wingers Semedo and Philip Luis, Central Paulista and Guiminez or Bartra
TsOPs - Arturo Vidal, Carvalho, Kondogbia!!! Thomas Partey - take Kondogbia and Partey
DAC - I highly recommend taking Benzema and making it a DAC if you don’t have enough money for an Isco
Left PP or winger - take Promes, Right PP or winger - Osama Dembele is your everything
Striker - Costa for heading, Inaki Williams or Rodrigo for running, I advise Rodrigo

With this cheap squad, you can definitely take the 7th division, earning money along the way.
By the 7th division your team should look like this if you want to move on

Striker is the main Suarez, to replace Rodrigo or Griezmann if there is a lot of money.
Left winger - Coutinho, he is the best, replacing Promes,
Right winger Bale to replace Dembele
Tsap - Modric, to replace Benzema. If there is a lot of money - of course Messi
COs - Casemiro + Kroos or Vidal. I'd like more Vidal
Left back Marcelo
Right back Carvajal
Central defenders are your everything, you need Varane and Ramos, Ramos is expensive, he can easily replace Umtiti
The goalkeeper is his divinity Courtois, this 2-meter guy will carry half of what others cannot.

This is the minimum composition in gold, without which you shouldn’t even think about the 4th division, just believe me.

Next we go to set up tactics - here you need to deeply understand the meta. The current meta is called drop back - that is, all your defenders and tops must defend. You can’t touch the defenders at all until the enemy is close to the penalty area; you always need to defend yourself with all the other players - especially the tsacs and tsops. Next, we set up tactics exactly according to this video - believe me, after I did this, I got a win streak of 10 matches, and honestly went nuts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHCFel5NuIs

To be honest, after the last patch you need to adjust your tactics again - the meta has changed.

As soon as you enter the 5th division, all hell breaks loose. The skill of the players is very high + you will start to meet teams consisting of icons - if you don’t have a dense bus defense, no matter what you do - strikers like Cruyff will run around you on a simple pass on the move.

The main strategy is to score 2 goals and go into deep defense, trying to sneak a pass along the flanks. FIFA 19 is all about sheds. Your task is to run as a winger into the penalty area close to the goals and give a short cross - if you succeed in this, the probability of scoring a goal is 70-80%. We make all direct shots only with a passing shot in an arc; any direct shots towards the goalkeeper will be caught.

I advise you to google custom tactics from pro players every time you change the meta. Once every 3 games you will feel a monstrous handicap, when the average team will beat you, and you will not have 10 direct shots into an empty net - such matches need to be endured and reduced to a draw. Don't be shy for the last 20-15 minutes. turn on the second line-up and a full attack, there is nothing to lose if it’s not a draw. I had times when I pulled out victories in matches where it was 3-0, since the handicap works in your favor too. In my opinion, the handicap is set at the end of each half.