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IFFHS World's Best National Coach

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.

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
Editions28
First winnerGermany Berti Vogts
Most winsSpain Vicente del Bosque (4 awards)
Most recentArgentina Lionel Scaloni (2nd award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com
Berti Vogts was the recipient of the first edition of the award in 1996.

Men's winners edit

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

 
Vicente del Bosque is a record four-time winner of the award.

List of winners edit

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

Statistics edit

Winners (1996–present)[22]
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
Wins by national team
National team Total Coaches
  Brazil 5 5
  France 5 4
  Spain 5 2
  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
  Brazil 5 5
  France 5 4
  Spain 5 2
  Germany 4 3
  Argentina 3 2
  Italy 2 2
  Portugal 2 1
  Uruguay 1 1

Continental winners edit

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

Year Confederation Winner National team
2021 UEFA   Roberto Mancini[23]   Italy
CONMEBOL   Lionel Scaloni[24]   Argentina
CONCACAF   Greg Berhalter[25]   United States
CAF   Djamel Belmadi[26]   Algeria
AFC   Hervé Renard[27]   Saudi Arabia
OFC   Danny Hay[28]   New Zealand

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

As of 25 February 2021[29]
Top 10 coaches
Rank Coach Nationality Points
1 Alex Ferguson   Scotland 257
2 José Mourinho   Portugal 226
3 Arsène Wenger   France 211
4 Joachim Löw   Germany 200
5 Pep Guardiola   Spain 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) edit

Top 10 coaches[30]
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) edit

 
Joachim Löw was selected as the World's Best 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.[31]

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 edit

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
Editions4
First winner  Sarina Wiegman
Most wins  Sarina Wiegman (3 awards)
Most recent  Sarina Wiegman (3rd 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 edit

Year Rank Coach National team Points
2020 1st   Sarina Wiegman[32]   Netherlands 200
2nd   Vlatko Andonovski   United States 65
3rd   Martina Voss-Tecklenburg   Germany 25
2021 1st   Bev Priestman[33]   Canada 135
2nd   Peter Gerhardsson   Sweden 55
3rd   Sarina Wiegman   Netherlands 40
2022 1st   Sarina Wiegman[34]   England 205
2nd   Martina Voss-Tecklenburg   Germany 40
3rd   Pia Sundhage   Brazil 30
2023 1st   Sarina Wiegman[35]   England 156
2nd   Jorge Vilda   Spain 152
3rd   Peter Gerhardsson   Sweden 35

Statistics edit

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

Continental winners edit

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

Year Confederation Winner National team
2021 UEFA   Peter Gerhardsson[36]   Sweden
CONMEBOL   Pia Sundhage[37]   Brazil
CONCACAF   Bev Priestman[38]   Canada
CAF   Bruce Mwape[39]   Zambia
AFC   Asako Takakura[40]   Japan
OFC   Jitka Klimková[41]   New Zealand

See also edit

References edit

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