Before diving into the technicalities of the download, it is worth asking: why are people still playing a nine-year-old sports game?
New animations help defenders track elusive attackers [7].
Sometimes, if you owned FIFA 16 previously, it remains in your library. Log in and check. If it is there, download it legally.
Most fans looking for FIFA 16 today aren't just looking for the base game, but for the FIFA 16 Modding Revolution (FIP)
This is the most common error. Usually, this is fixed by installing the "Redist" or "CommonRedist" folder contents (DirectX and VCRedist) included in the game folder.
While the idea of downloading a 5GB zip file for free is tempting, the reality is grim: you have a 70% chance of downloading a virus, a 20% chance of the game crashing, and a 10% chance it actually works (but without current rosters).