The Best FIFA Football Coach

The Best FIFA Football Coach
First award2016
Final award2024
Currently held byMen's:
Carlo Ancelotti
(1st award)
Women's:
Emma Hayes
(2nd award)
Most winsMen's:
Jürgen Klopp
(2 awards)
Women's:
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 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

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

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

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

References

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