IFFHS World's Best Club Coach

Association football award
IFFHS World's Best Man Club Coach
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing man club coach of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award1996
Editions28
First winnerItaly Marcello Lippi
Most winsPortugal José Mourinho
(4 awards)
Most recentSpain Pep Guardiola
(3rd award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com
Marcello Lippi, 1996 Best Club Coach of the Year, first winner of the award

The IFFHS World's Best Club Coach is an association football award given annually, since 1996, to the most outstanding club coach as voted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), an autonomous football federation working without the investment or support of FIFA or UEFA. The votes in 1996 were cast by IFFHS's editorial staff, as well as experts from 89 countries spanning six continents. Since then, the votes have been now awarded by 81 experts and selected editorial offices from all of the continents.[1] In 2020, an award for women's club coaches was introduced. The current men's recipient is Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola. The current women's recipient is Barcelona coach Jonatan Giráldez.

Public reception

The award is officially recognised by FIFA despite the IFFHS not being affiliated with them.[citation needed] However, as the award is usually awarded based on statistics rather than individual merits, it is not held in high regard by some football fans.[2] Four-time winner José Mourinho once jokingly stated that the IFFHS were slow in handing over the award claiming he had not received his award from 2010 in 2012.[3]

Men's winners

The award is awarded at the end of the year. The winning coach and the runner-up in the rankings are awarded a gold and silver trophy respectively at the World Football Gala.[4] Below is a list of the previous men's winners and runners-up since the first award in 1996.[5]

José Mourinho, 2012 Best Club Coach of the Year, and a record four-time winner of the award

List of winners

Year Rank Winning coach Club(s) Points
1996 1st Italy Marcello Lippi Italy Juventus –
2nd Argentina Ramón Díaz Argentina River Plate
3rd France Luis Fernandez France Paris Saint-Germain
1997 1st Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld[6] Germany Borussia Dortmund 146
2nd Scotland Alex Ferguson England Manchester United 110
3rd Italy Marcello Lippi Italy Juventus 87
1998 1st Italy Marcello Lippi Italy Juventus 154
2nd Germany Jupp Heynckes Spain Real Madrid 134
3rd Scotland Alex Ferguson England Manchester United 88
1999 1st Scotland Alex Ferguson England Manchester United 225
2nd Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson Italy Lazio 86
3rd Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld Germany Bayern Munich 69
2000 1st Argentina Carlos Bianchi Argentina Boca Juniors 137
2nd Argentina Héctor Cúper Spain Valencia 124
3rd Spain Vicente del Bosque Spain Real Madrid 116
2001 1st Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld[6] Germany Bayern Munich 228
2nd France Gérard Houllier England Liverpool 125
3rd Argentina Carlos Bianchi Argentina Boca Juniors 120
2002 1st Spain Vicente del Bosque Spain Real Madrid 224
2nd France Arsène Wenger England Arsenal 136
3rd Scotland Alex Ferguson
Germany Klaus Toppmöller 		England Manchester United
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 		69
2003 1st Argentina Carlos Bianchi Argentina Boca Juniors 173
2nd Italy Carlo Ancelotti Italy Milan 117
3rd Italy Marcello Lippi Italy Juventus 70
2004 1st Portugal José Mourinho Portugal Porto 271
2nd France Arsène Wenger England Arsenal 86
3rd France Didier Deschamps France Monaco 72
2005 1st Portugal José Mourinho England Chelsea 275
2nd France Arsène Wenger England Arsenal 89
3rd Spain Rafael Benítez England Liverpool 66
2006 1st Netherlands Frank Rijkaard Spain Barcelona 236
2nd Portugal José Mourinho England Chelsea 113
3rd Spain Juande Ramos Spain Sevilla 92
2007 1st Italy Carlo Ancelotti Italy Milan 193
2nd Scotland Alex Ferguson England Manchester United 134
3rd Spain Juande Ramos Spain Sevilla 104
2008 1st Scotland Alex Ferguson England Manchester United 264
2nd Netherlands Dick Advocaat Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 144
3rd Argentina Edgardo Bauza Ecuador LDU Quito 64
2009 1st Spain Pep Guardiola Spain Barcelona 300
2nd Scotland Alex Ferguson England Manchester United 137
3rd Portugal José Mourinho Italy Inter Milan 66
2010 1st Portugal José Mourinho Italy Inter Milan
Spain Real Madrid 		294
2nd Spain Pep Guardiola Spain Barcelona 188
3rd Netherlands Louis van Gaal Germany Bayern Munich 75
2011 1st Spain Pep Guardiola Spain Barcelona 201
2nd Portugal José Mourinho Spain Real Madrid 112
3rd Scotland Alex Ferguson England Manchester United 107
2012 1st Portugal José Mourinho Spain Real Madrid 101
2nd Italy Roberto Di Matteo England Chelsea 99
3rd Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Atlético Madrid 97
2013 1st Germany Jupp Heynckes[7] Germany Bayern Munich 216
2nd Germany Jürgen Klopp Germany Borussia Dortmund 101
3rd Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Atlético Madrid 61
2014 1st Italy Carlo Ancelotti[8] Spain Real Madrid 169
2nd Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Atlético Madrid 139
3rd Spain Pep Guardiola Germany Bayern Munich 76
2015 1st Spain Luis Enrique[9] Spain Barcelona 165
2nd Spain Pep Guardiola Germany Bayern Munich 86
3rd Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Juventus 43
2016 1st Argentina Diego Simeone[10] Spain Atlético Madrid 113
2nd France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 108
3rd Italy Claudio Ranieri England Leicester City 86
2017 1st France Zinedine Zidane[11] Spain Real Madrid 326
2nd Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Juventus 70
3rd Italy Antonio Conte England Chelsea 66
2018 1st France Zinedine Zidane[12] Spain Real Madrid 296
2nd Germany Jürgen Klopp England Liverpool 109
3rd Spain Pep Guardiola England Manchester City 105
2019 1st Germany Jürgen Klopp[13] England Liverpool 369
2nd Spain Pep Guardiola England Manchester City 100
3rd Netherlands Erik ten Hag Netherlands Ajax 82
2020 1st Germany Hansi Flick[14] Germany Bayern Munich 270
2nd Germany Jürgen Klopp England Liverpool 125
3rd Germany Julian Nagelsmann Germany RB Leipzig 5
2021 1st Germany Thomas Tuchel[15] England Chelsea 230
2nd Spain Pep Guardiola England Manchester City 55
3rd Germany Hansi Flick Germany Bayern Munich 25
2022 1st Italy Carlo Ancelotti[16] Spain Real Madrid 245
2nd Spain Pep Guardiola England Manchester City 45
3rd Morocco Walid Regragui Morocco Wydad AC 40
2023 1st Spain Pep Guardiola[17][18] England Manchester City 281
2nd Italy Carlo Ancelotti Spain Real Madrid 56
3rd Italy Luciano Spalletti Italy Napoli 53

Statistics

Winners (1996–present)[19]
Coach Wins Years
Portugal José Mourinho 4 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
Italy Carlo Ancelotti 3 2007, 2014, 2022
Spain Pep Guardiola 2009, 2011, 2023
Italy Marcello Lippi 2 1996, 1998
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld 1997, 2001
Argentina Carlos Bianchi 2000, 2003
Scotland Alex Ferguson 1999, 2008
France Zinedine Zidane 2017, 2018
Spain Vicente del Bosque 1 2002
Netherlands Frank Rijkaard 2006
Germany Jupp Heynckes 2013
Spain Luis Enrique 2015
Argentina Diego Simeone 2016
Germany Jürgen Klopp 2019
Germany Hansi Flick 2020
Germany Thomas Tuchel 2021
Wins by club
Club Total Coaches
Spain Real Madrid 7 4
Spain Barcelona 4 3
Germany Bayern Munich 3 3
England Chelsea 2 2
Argentina Boca Juniors 2 1
Italy Juventus 2 1
England Manchester United 2 1
Spain Atlético Madrid 1 1
Germany Borussia Dortmund 1 1
Italy Inter Milan 1 1
England Liverpool 1 1
Italy Milan 1 1
Portugal Porto 1 1
England Manchester City 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Coaches
 Germany 6 5
 Italy 5 2
 Spain 5 3
 Portugal 4 1
 Argentina 3 2
 France 2 1
 Scotland 2 1
 Netherlands 1 1

Continental winners

Bold indicates the World's Best Man Club Coach winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2021 UEFA Germany Thomas Tuchel[20] England Chelsea
CONMEBOL Brazil Renato Gaúcho[21] Brazil Flamengo
CONCACAF Mexico Javier Aguirre[22] Mexico Monterrey
CAF South Africa Pitso Mosimane[23] Egypt Al Ahly
AFC Portugal Leonardo Jardim[24] Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
OFC England José Figueira[25] New Zealand Auckland City

All-time World's Best Man Coach ranking (since 1996)

As of 25 February 2021[26]
Top 10 coaches
Rank Coach Nationality Points
Pep Guardiola  Spain 245
2 José Mourinho  Portugal 226
3 Arsène Wenger  France 211
4 Joachim Löw  Germany 200
Alex Ferguson  Scotland 185
6 Vicente del Bosque  Spain 175
7 Carlo Ancelotti  Italy 169
8 Marcello Lippi  Italy 156
9 Diego Simeone  Argentina 152
10 Luiz Felipe Scolari  Brazil 151

The World's Best Man Coach of the Decade (2001–2010)

Arsenal's Arsène Wenger won the first World Coach of the Decade award

In 2011, the IFFHS awarded an additional award to coaches by combining the points awarded in the annual World's Best Club Coach awards, to the coach who had gained the most points collectively over the previous ten years to determine the best coach of the previous decade. This World Coach of the Decade award was awarded to Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger, despite the fact he had never won the annual World's Best Club Coach award.[27][28]

Top 10 coaches[29]
Rank Coach Nationality Points
1 Arsène Wenger  France 156
2 Alex Ferguson  Scotland 148
3 José Mourinho  Portugal 135
4 Fabio Capello  Italy 120
5 Guus Hiddink  Netherlands 112
6 Carlo Ancelotti  Italy 108
7 Luiz Felipe Scolari  Brazil 101
8 Marcelo Bielsa  Argentina 101
9 Rafael Benítez  Spain 97
10 Marcello Lippi  Italy 88

The World's Best Man Club Coach of the Decade (2011–2020)

In 2021, Atlético Madrid's manager Diego Simeone won the World's Best Man Club Coach of the Decade 2011–2020.[30]

Top 10 coaches[30]
Rank Coach Nationality Points
1 Diego Simeone  Argentina 152
2 Pep Guardiola  Spain 144
3 Jürgen Klopp  Germany 105
4 José Mourinho  Portugal 91
5 Massimiliano Allegri  Italy 77
6 Unai Emery  Spain 70
7 Zinedine Zidane  France 59
8 Carlo Ancelotti  Italy 57
9 Mauricio Pochettino  Argentina 56
10 Marcelo Gallardo  Argentina 56

Women's winners

IFFHS World's Best Woman Club Coach
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing woman club coach of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award2020
Editions4
First winnerFrance Jean-Luc Vasseur
Most winsFrance Sonia Bompastor
Spain Lluís Cortés
France Jean-Luc Vasseur
Spain Jonatan Giráldez
(1 award each)
Most recentSpain Jonatan Giráldez
(1st award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com

The award is awarded at the end of the year. Below is a list of the previous women's winners and runners-up since the first award in 2020.

List of winners

Year Rank Coach Club(s) Points
2020 1st France Jean-Luc Vasseur[31] France Lyon 250
2nd England Emma Hayes England Chelsea 50
3rd Spain Lluís Cortés Spain Barcelona 20
2021 1st Spain Lluís Cortés[32] Spain Barcelona 185
2nd France Sonia Bompastor France Lyon 55
3rd England Emma Hayes England Chelsea 35
2022 1st France Sonia Bompastor[33] France Lyon 145
2nd Spain Jonatan Giráldez Spain Barcelona 55
3rd Brazil Hoffmann Túlio Brazil Palmeiras 25
2023 1st Spain Jonatan Giráldez[34] Spain Barcelona 180
2nd France Sonia Bompastor France Lyon 67
3rd Germany Tommy Stroot Germany Wolfsburg 61

Statistics

Winners (2020–present)
Coach Wins Years
France Jean-Luc Vasseur 1 2020
Spain Lluís Cortés 2021
France Sonia Bompastor 2022
Spain Jonatan Giráldez 2023
Wins by club
Club Total Coaches
France Lyon 2 2
Spain Barcelona 2 2
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Coaches
 France 2 2
 Spain 2 2

Continental winners

Bold indicates the World's Best Woman Club Coach winner.

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2021 UEFA Spain Lluís Cortés[35] Spain Barcelona
CONMEBOL Brazil Arthur Elias[36] Brazil Corinthians
CONCACAF Mexico Roberto Medina[37] Mexico Tigres UANL
CAF Ghana Yusif Basigi[38] Ghana Hasaacas
AFC Australia Ante Juric[39] Australia Sydney FC
OFC New Zealand Juan J. Chang[40] New Zealand Coastal Spirit

See also

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External links

  • IFFHS's page on the World's Best Club Coach award
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IFFHS World's Best Club Coach
Men's winners
Women's winners
  • 2020: France Vasseur
  • 2021: Spain Cortés
  • 2022: France Bompastor
  • 2023: Spain Giráldez