IFFHS World's Best National Coach

IFFHS World's Best Man National Coach
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing man national coach of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award1996
Editions29
First winner Berti Vogts
Most wins Vicente del Bosque (4 awards)
Most recent Luis de la Fuente (1st award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com

The IFFHS World's Best National Coach is an association football award given annually, since 1996, to the most outstanding national team coach as voted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). The votes, in 1996, were cast by IFFHS's editorial staff as well as experts from 89 countries spanning six different continents. Since then, the votes are now awarded by 81 experts and selected editorial offices from all the continents. In 2020, an award for women's national team coaches was introduced. The current men's recipient is Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni. The current women's recipient is the England manager Sarina Wiegman.

Men's winners

Below is a list of the previous men's winners and runners-up since the first award in 1996.[1][2]

List of winners

Year Rank Winner National team Point
1996 1st Berti Vogts[2]  Germany
2nd Velibor Milutinović  Mexico
3rd Jo Bonfrère  Nigeria
1997 1st Mário Zagallo[2]  Brazil 194
2nd Javier Clemente  Spain 112
3rd Glenn Hoddle  England 110
1998 1st Aimé Jacquet[2]  France 259
2nd Miroslav Blažević  Croatia 148
3rd Guus Hiddink  Netherlands 109
1999 1st Wanderley Luxemburgo[2]  Brazil 147
2nd Jozef Chovanec  Czech Republic 140
3rd José Antonio Camacho  Spain 123
2000 1st Roger Lemerre[2]  France 271
2nd Humberto Coelho  Portugal 102
3rd Marcelo Bielsa  Argentina 91
2001 1st Marcelo Bielsa[2]  Argentina 201
2nd Sven-Göran Eriksson  England 147
3rd Roger Lemerre  France 127
2002 1st Luiz Felipe Scolari[2]  Brazil 286
2nd Guus Hiddink  South Korea 179
3rd Şenol Güneş  Turkey 155
2003 1st Jacques Santini[2]  France 150
2nd Karel Brückner  Czech Republic 133
3rd Sven-Göran Eriksson  England 74
2004 1st Otto Rehhagel[2]  Greece 261
2nd Marcelo Bielsa  Argentina 134
3rd Luiz Felipe Scolari  Portugal 98
2005 1st Carlos Alberto Parreira[2]  Brazil 167
2nd Marco van Basten  Netherlands 134
3rd José Pékerman  Argentina 75
2006 1st Marcello Lippi[2]  Italy 298
2nd Raymond Domenech  France 132
3rd Jürgen Klinsmann  Germany 123
2007 1st Dunga[1][3]  Brazil 148
2nd Slaven Bilić  Croatia 101
3rd Jorvan Vieira  Iraq 83
2008 1st Luis Aragonés[1][4]  Spain 252
2nd Guus Hiddink  Russia 145
3rd Fatih Terim  Turkey 72
2009 1st Vicente del Bosque[1][5]  Spain 185
2nd Fabio Capello  England 151
3rd Dunga  Brazil 149
2010 1st Vicente del Bosque[1][6]  Spain 298
2nd Joachim Löw  Germany 168
3rd Bert van Marwijk  Netherlands 125
2011 1st Óscar Tabárez[1][7]  Uruguay 200
2nd Vicente del Bosque  Spain 186
3rd Joachim Löw  Germany 169
2012 1st Vicente del Bosque[1][8]  Spain 165
2nd Cesare Prandelli  Italy 101
3rd Joachim Löw  Germany 99
2013 1st Vicente del Bosque[9]  Spain 161
2nd Joachim Löw  Germany 101
3rd Luiz Felipe Scolari  Brazil 74
2014 1st Joachim Löw[10] ' Germany 220
2nd Alejandro Sabella  Argentina 71
3rd Louis van Gaal  Netherlands 38
2015 1st Jorge Sampaoli[11]  Chile 136
2nd Joachim Löw  Germany 57
3rd Roy Hodgson  England 46
2016 1st Fernando Santos[12]  Portugal 199
2nd Lars Lagerbäck  Iceland 71
3rd Joachim Löw  Germany 62
2017 1st Joachim Löw[13]  Germany 299
2nd Tite  Brazil 125
3rd Julen Lopetegui  Spain 62
2018 1st Didier Deschamps[14]  France 304
2nd Zlatko Dalić  Croatia 198
3rd Roberto Martínez  Belgium 84
2019 1st Fernando Santos[15]  Portugal 112
2nd Tite  Brazil 102
3rd Roberto Martínez  Belgium 97
2020 1st Didier Deschamps[16]  France 100
2nd Roberto Martínez  Belgium 95
3rd Luis Enrique  Spain 60
2021 1st Roberto Mancini[17]  Italy 225
2nd Lionel Scaloni  Argentina 30
3rd Didier Deschamps  France 25
2022 1st Lionel Scaloni[18][19]  Argentina 240
2nd Didier Deschamps  France 45
3rd Walid Regragui  Morocco 30
2023 1st Lionel Scaloni[20][21]  Argentina 185
2nd Didier Deschamps  France 112
3rd Roberto Martínez  Portugal 61
2024 1st Luis de la Fuente[22]  Spain 274
2nd Lionel Scaloni  Argentina 148
3rd Didier Deschamps  France 35

Statistics

Winners (1996–present)[23]
Coach Wins Years
Vicente del Bosque 4 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
Joachim Löw 2 2014, 2017
Fernando Santos 2016, 2019
Didier Deschamps 2018, 2020
Lionel Scaloni 2022, 2023
Berti Vogts 1 1996
Mário Zagallo 1997
Aimé Jacquet 1998
Wanderley Luxemburgo 1999
Roger Lemerre 2000
Marcelo Bielsa 2001
Luiz Felipe Scolari 2002
Jacques Santini 2003
Otto Rehhagel 2004
Carlos Alberto Parreira 2005
Marcello Lippi 2006
Dunga 2007
Luis Aragonés 2008
Óscar Tabárez 2011
Jorge Sampaoli 2015
Roberto Mancini 2021
Luis de la Fuente 2024
Wins by national team
National team Total Coaches
 Spain 6 3
 Brazil 5 5
 France 5 4
 Argentina 4 3
 Germany 3 2
 Italy 2 2
 Portugal 2 1
 Chile 1 1
 Greece 1 1
 Uruguay 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Coaches
Spain 6 3
Brazil 5 5
France 5 4
Germany 4 3
Argentina 3 2
Italy 2 2
Portugal 2 1
Uruguay 1 1

Continental winners

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

Year Confederation Winner National team
2021 UEFA Roberto Mancini[24]  Italy
CONMEBOL Lionel Scaloni[25]  Argentina
CONCACAF Greg Berhalter[26]  United States
CAF Djamel Belmadi[27]  Algeria
AFC Hervé Renard[28]  Saudi Arabia
OFC Danny Hay[29]  New Zealand

All-time World's Best Man Coach ranking (1996–2020)

As of 25 February 2021[30]
Top 10 coaches
Rank Coach Nationality Points
1 Alex Ferguson Scotland 257
2 José Mourinho Portugal 226
3 Pep Guardiola Spain 211
4 Joachim Löw Germany 200
5 Arsene Wenger France 183
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)

Top 10 coaches[31]
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 National Coach of the Decade (2011–2020)

In 2021, the IFFHS awarded an additional award to coaches by combining the points awarded in the annual World's Best National 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's Best National Coach of the Decade award was awarded to Germany manager Joachim Löw who finished ahead of France manager Didier Deschamps.[32]

Top 10 coaches
Rank Coach Nationality Points
1 Joachim Löw Germany 155
2 Didier Deschamps France 101
3 Tite Brazil 81
4 Óscar Tabárez Uruguay 74
5 Fernando Santos Portugal 74
6 Vicente del Bosque Spain 72
7 Roberto Martínez Spain 70
8 José Pékerman Argentina 55
9 Marc Wilmots Belgium 43
10 Gareth Southgate England 43

Women's winners

IFFHS World's Best Woman National Coach
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing woman national coach of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award2020
Editions5
First winner Sarina Wiegman
Most wins Sarina Wiegman (3 awards)
Most recent Emma Hayes (1st award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com

Below is a list of the previous women's winners and runners-up since the first award in 2020.[1][2]

List of winners

Year Rank Coach National team Points
2020 1st Sarina Wiegman[33]  Netherlands 200
2nd Vlatko Andonovski  United States 65
3rd Martina Voss-Tecklenburg  Germany 25
2021 1st Bev Priestman[34]  Canada 135
2nd Peter Gerhardsson  Sweden 55
3rd Sarina Wiegman  Netherlands 40
2022 1st Sarina Wiegman[35]  England 205
2nd Martina Voss-Tecklenburg  Germany 40
3rd Pia Sundhage  Brazil 30
2023 1st Sarina Wiegman[36]  England 156
2nd Jorge Vilda  Spain 152
3rd Peter Gerhardsson  Sweden 35
2024 1st Emma Hayes[37]  United States 134
2nd Montse Tomé  Spain 85
3rd Sarina Wiegman  England 72

Statistics

Winners (2020–present)
Coach Wins Years
Sarina Wiegman 3 2020, 2022, 2023
Bev Priestman 1 2021
Emma Hayes 1 2024
Wins by national team
National team Total Coaches
 England 2 1
 Canada 1 1
 Netherlands 1 1
 United States 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Coaches
Netherlands 3 1
England 2 2

Continental winners

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

Year Confederation Winner National team
2021 UEFA Peter Gerhardsson[38]  Sweden
CONMEBOL Pia Sundhage[39]  Brazil
CONCACAF Bev Priestman[40]  Canada
CAF Bruce Mwape[41]  Zambia
AFC Asako Takakura[42]  Japan
OFC Jitka Klimková[43]  New Zealand

See also

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