The Best FIFA Football Coach

International football award
Award
The Best FIFA Football Coach
First awarded2016
Last awarded2023
Currently held byMen's:
Spain Pep Guardiola
(1st award)
Women's:
Netherlands Sarina Wiegman
(4th award)
Most awardsMen's:
Germany Jürgen Klopp
(2 awards)
Women's:
Netherlands Sarina Wiegman
(4 awards)
WebsiteFIFA.com

The Best FIFA Football Coach is an association football award given annually to the men's and women's football coaches who are considered to have performed the best in the previous 12 months.

History

The selection criteria for the coaches of the year is: performance and general behaviour of their teams on and off the pitch.

The votes are decided by media representatives, national team coaches, and national team captains. In October 2016, it was announced that the general public would also be allowed to vote.[1] Each group gets 25% of the overall vote.

The Best FIFA Men's Coach Award winners

Year Rank Coach Team(s) managed Votes
2016 1st Italy Claudio Ranieri England Leicester City 22.06%
2nd France Zinedine Zidane
  • Spain Real Madrid Castilla
  • Spain Real Madrid
 16.56%
3rd Portugal Fernando Santos  Portugal 16.24%
2017 1st France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 46.22%
2nd Italy Antonio Conte England Chelsea 11.62%
3rd Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Juventus 8.78%
2018 1st France Didier Deschamps  France 30.52%
2nd France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 25.74%
3rd Croatia Zlatko Dalić  Croatia 11.81%
2019 1st Germany Jürgen Klopp England Liverpool 48
2nd Spain Pep Guardiola England Manchester City 38
3rd Argentina Mauricio Pochettino England Tottenham Hotspur 27
2020 1st Germany Jürgen Klopp England Liverpool 24 (won based on more votes from national team coaches)
2nd Germany Hansi Flick Germany Bayern Munich 24
3rd Argentina Marcelo Bielsa England Leeds United 11
2021 1st Germany Thomas Tuchel 28
2nd Italy Roberto Mancini  Italy 15
3rd Spain Pep Guardiola England Manchester City 14
2022 1st Argentina Lionel Scaloni  Argentina 28
2nd Italy Carlo Ancelotti Spain Real Madrid 17
3rd Spain Pep Guardiola England Manchester City 12
2023 1st Spain Pep Guardiola England Manchester City 28
2nd Italy Luciano Spalletti 18
3rd Italy Simone Inzaghi Italy Inter Milan 11

Overall total

Rank Coach First place Second place Third place Team(s) managed
1 Germany Jürgen Klopp 2 0 0 England Liverpool
2 France Zinedine Zidane 1 2 0
3 Spain Pep Guardiola 1 1 2 England Manchester City
4 Argentina Lionel Scaloni 1 0 0  Argentina
Italy Claudio Ranieri 1 0 0 England Leicester City
Germany Thomas Tuchel 1 0 0
France Didier Deschamps 1 0 0  France
8 Italy Antonio Conte 0 1 0 England Chelsea
Italy Carlo Ancelotti 0 1 0 Spain Real Madrid
Germany Hansi Flick 0 1 0 Germany Bayern Munich
Italy Roberto Mancini 0 1 0  Italy
Italy Luciano Spalletti 0 1 0
13 Portugal Fernando Santos 0 0 1  Portugal
Italy Massimiliano Allegri 0 0 1 Italy Juventus
Croatia Zlatko Dalić 0 0 1  Croatia
Argentina Mauricio Pochettino 0 0 1 England Tottenham Hotspur
Argentina Marcelo Bielsa 0 0 1 England Leeds United
Italy Simone Inzaghi 0 0 1 Italy Inter Milan

The Best FIFA Women's Coach Award winners

Year Rank Coach Team(s) managed Votes
2016 1st Germany Silvia Neid  Germany 29.99%
2nd England Jill Ellis  United States 16.68%
3rd Sweden Pia Sundhage  Sweden 16.47%
2017 1st Netherlands Sarina Wiegman  Netherlands 36.24%
2nd Denmark Nils Nielsen  Denmark 12.64%
3rd France Gerard Precheur France Lyon 9.37%
2018 1st France Reynald Pedros France Lyon 23.15%
2nd Netherlands Sarina Wiegman  Netherlands 15.31%
3rd Japan Asako Takakura  Japan 12.80%
2019 1st England Jill Ellis  United States 48
2nd Netherlands Sarina Wiegman  Netherlands 40
3rd England Phil Neville  England 31
2020 1st Netherlands Sarina Wiegman  Netherlands 26
2nd France Jean-Luc Vasseur France Lyon 20
3rd England Emma Hayes England Chelsea 12
2021 1st England Emma Hayes England Chelsea 22
2nd Spain Lluís Cortés 19
3rd Netherlands Sarina Wiegman 14
2022 1st Netherlands Sarina Wiegman  England 28
2nd France Sonia Bompastor France Lyon 18
3rd Sweden Pia Sundhage  Brazil 10
2023 1st Netherlands Sarina Wiegman  England 28
2nd England Emma Hayes England Chelsea 18
3rd Spain Jonatan Giráldez Spain Barcelona 14

Overall total

Rank Coach First place Second place Third place Team(s) managed
1 Netherlands Sarina Wiegman 4 2 1
2 England Emma Hayes 1 1 1 England Chelsea
3 England Jill Ellis 1 1 0  United States
4 Germany Silvia Neid 1 0 0  Germany
France Reynald Pedros 1 0 0 France Lyon
6 Spain Lluís Cortés 0 1 0
Denmark Nils Nielsen 0 1 0  Denmark
France Jean-Luc Vasseur 0 1 0 France Lyon
France Sonia Bompastor 0 1 0 France Lyon
10 Sweden Pia Sundhage 0 0 2  Sweden
11 France Gerard Precheur 0 0 1 France Lyon
Japan Asako Takakura 0 0 1  Japan
England Phil Neville 0 0 1  England
Spain Jonatan Giráldez 0 0 1 Spain Barcelona

See also

  • iconAssociation football portal
  • iconWomen's association football portal
  • Sports portal

References

  1. ^ "The fans take centre stage". FIFA.com. 31 October 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.

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