The Best FIFA Football Coach

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.

The Best FIFA Football Coach
First awarded2016
Last awarded2024
Currently held byMen's:
Italy Carlo Ancelotti
(1st award)
Women's:
England Emma Hayes
(2nd award)
Most awardsMen's:
Germany Jürgen Klopp
(2 awards)
Women's:
Netherlands Sarina Wiegman
(4 awards)
WebsiteFIFA.com

History

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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

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Year Rank Coach Team(s) managed Votes
2016 1st   Claudio Ranieri   Leicester City 22.06%
2nd   Zinedine Zidane 16.56%
3rd   Fernando Santos   Portugal 16.24%
2017 1st   Zinedine Zidane   Real Madrid 46.22%
2nd   Antonio Conte   Chelsea 11.62%
3rd   Massimiliano Allegri   Juventus 8.78%
2018 1st   Didier Deschamps   France 30.52%
2nd   Zinedine Zidane   Real Madrid 25.74%
3rd   Zlatko Dalić   Croatia 11.81%
2019 1st   Jürgen Klopp   Liverpool 48
2nd   Pep Guardiola   Manchester City 38
3rd   Mauricio Pochettino   Tottenham Hotspur 27
2020 1st   Jürgen Klopp   Liverpool 24 (won based on more votes from national team coaches)
2nd   Hansi Flick   Bayern Munich 24
3rd   Marcelo Bielsa   Leeds United 11
2021 1st   Thomas Tuchel 28
2nd   Roberto Mancini   Italy 15
3rd   Pep Guardiola   Manchester City 14
2022 1st   Lionel Scaloni   Argentina 28
2nd   Carlo Ancelotti   Real Madrid 17
3rd   Pep Guardiola   Manchester City 12
2023 1st   Pep Guardiola   Manchester City 28
2nd   Luciano Spalletti 18
3rd   Simone Inzaghi   Inter Milan 11
2024 1st   Carlo Ancelotti   Real Madrid 26
2nd   Xabi Alonso   Bayer Leverkusen 22
3rd   Pep Guardiola   Manchester City 10

Overall total

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

The Best FIFA Women's Coach Award winners

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Year Rank Coach Team(s) managed Votes
2016 1st   Silvia Neid   Germany 29.99%
2nd   Jill Ellis   United States 16.68%
3rd   Pia Sundhage   Sweden 16.47%
2017 1st   Sarina Wiegman   Netherlands 36.24%
2nd   Nils Nielsen   Denmark 12.64%
3rd   Gerard Precheur   Lyon 9.37%
2018 1st   Reynald Pedros   Lyon 23.15%
2nd   Sarina Wiegman   Netherlands 15.31%
3rd   Asako Takakura   Japan 12.80%
2019 1st   Jill Ellis   United States 48
2nd   Sarina Wiegman   Netherlands 40
3rd   Phil Neville   England 31
2020 1st   Sarina Wiegman   Netherlands 26
2nd   Jean-Luc Vasseur   Lyon 20
3rd   Emma Hayes   Chelsea 12
2021 1st   Emma Hayes   Chelsea 22
2nd   Lluís Cortés 19
3rd   Sarina Wiegman 14
2022 1st   Sarina Wiegman   England 28
2nd   Sonia Bompastor   Lyon 18
3rd   Pia Sundhage   Brazil 10
2023 1st   Sarina Wiegman   England 28
2nd   Emma Hayes   Chelsea 18
3rd   Jonatan Giraldez   Barcelona 14
2024 1st   Emma Hayes 23
2nd   Jonatan Giráldez 20
3rd   Arthur Elias 13

Overall total

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

See also

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References

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  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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