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IFFHS World's Best Club Coach

The IFFHS World's Best Club Coach is an association football award given annually, since 1996, to the most outstanding club coach as voted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), an autonomous football federation working without the investment or support of FIFA or UEFA. The votes in 1996 were cast by IFFHS's editorial staff, as well as experts from 89 countries spanning six continents. Since then, the votes have been now awarded by 81 experts and selected editorial offices from all of the continents.[1] In 2020, an award for women's club coaches was introduced. The current men's recipient is Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola. The current women's recipient is Barcelona coach Jonatan Giráldez.

IFFHS World's Best Man Club Coach
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing man club coach of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award1996
Editions28
First winnerItaly Marcello Lippi
Most winsPortugal José Mourinho
(4 awards)
Most recentSpain Pep Guardiola
(3rd award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com
Marcello Lippi, 1996 Best Club Coach of the Year, first winner of the award

Public reception

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The award is officially recognised by FIFA despite the IFFHS not being affiliated with them.[citation needed] However, as the award is usually awarded based on statistics rather than individual merits, it is not held in high regard by some football fans.[2] Four-time winner José Mourinho once jokingly stated that the IFFHS were slow in handing over the award claiming he had not received his award from 2010 in 2012.[3]

Men's winners

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The award is awarded at the end of the year. The winning coach and the runner-up in the rankings are awarded a gold and silver trophy respectively at the World Football Gala.[4] Below is a list of the previous men's winners and runners-up since the first award in 1996.[5]

 
José Mourinho, 2012 Best Club Coach of the Year, and a record four-time winner of the award

List of winners

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Year Rank Winning coach Club(s) Points
1996 1st   Marcello Lippi   Juventus –
2nd   Ramón Díaz   River Plate
3rd   Luis Fernandez   Paris Saint-Germain
1997 1st   Ottmar Hitzfeld[6]   Borussia Dortmund 146
2nd   Alex Ferguson   Manchester United 110
3rd   Marcello Lippi   Juventus 87
1998 1st   Marcello Lippi   Juventus 154
2nd   Jupp Heynckes   Real Madrid 134
3rd   Alex Ferguson   Manchester United 88
1999 1st   Alex Ferguson   Manchester United 225
2nd   Sven-Göran Eriksson   Lazio 86
3rd   Ottmar Hitzfeld   Bayern Munich 69
2000 1st   Carlos Bianchi   Boca Juniors 137
2nd   Héctor Cúper   Valencia 124
3rd   Vicente del Bosque   Real Madrid 116
2001 1st   Ottmar Hitzfeld[6]   Bayern Munich 228
2nd   Gérard Houllier   Liverpool 125
3rd   Carlos Bianchi   Boca Juniors 120
2002 1st   Vicente del Bosque   Real Madrid 224
2nd   Arsène Wenger   Arsenal 136
3rd   Alex Ferguson
  Klaus Toppmöller 		  Manchester United
  Bayer Leverkusen 		69
2003 1st   Carlos Bianchi   Boca Juniors 173
2nd   Carlo Ancelotti   Milan 117
3rd   Marcello Lippi   Juventus 70
2004 1st   José Mourinho   Porto 271
2nd   Arsène Wenger   Arsenal 86
3rd   Didier Deschamps   Monaco 72
2005 1st   José Mourinho   Chelsea 275
2nd   Arsène Wenger   Arsenal 89
3rd   Rafael Benítez   Liverpool 66
2006 1st   Frank Rijkaard   Barcelona 236
2nd   José Mourinho   Chelsea 113
3rd   Juande Ramos   Sevilla 92
2007 1st   Carlo Ancelotti   Milan 193
2nd   Alex Ferguson   Manchester United 134
3rd   Juande Ramos   Sevilla 104
2008 1st   Alex Ferguson   Manchester United 264
2nd   Dick Advocaat   Zenit Saint Petersburg 144
3rd   Edgardo Bauza   LDU Quito 64
2009 1st   Pep Guardiola   Barcelona 300
2nd   Alex Ferguson   Manchester United 137
3rd   José Mourinho   Inter Milan 66
2010 1st   José Mourinho   Inter Milan
  Real Madrid 		294
2nd   Pep Guardiola   Barcelona 188
3rd   Louis van Gaal   Bayern Munich 75
2011 1st   Pep Guardiola   Barcelona 201
2nd   José Mourinho   Real Madrid 112
3rd   Alex Ferguson   Manchester United 107
2012 1st   José Mourinho   Real Madrid 101
2nd   Roberto Di Matteo   Chelsea 99
3rd   Diego Simeone   Atlético Madrid 97
2013 1st   Jupp Heynckes[7]   Bayern Munich 216
2nd   Jürgen Klopp   Borussia Dortmund 101
3rd   Diego Simeone   Atlético Madrid 61
2014 1st   Carlo Ancelotti[8]   Real Madrid 169
2nd   Diego Simeone   Atlético Madrid 139
3rd   Pep Guardiola   Bayern Munich 76
2015 1st   Luis Enrique[9]   Barcelona 165
2nd   Pep Guardiola   Bayern Munich 86
3rd   Massimiliano Allegri   Juventus 43
2016 1st   Diego Simeone[10]   Atlético Madrid 113
2nd   Zinedine Zidane   Real Madrid 108
3rd   Claudio Ranieri   Leicester City 86
2017 1st   Zinedine Zidane[11]   Real Madrid 326
2nd   Massimiliano Allegri   Juventus 70
3rd   Antonio Conte   Chelsea 66
2018 1st   Zinedine Zidane[12]   Real Madrid 296
2nd   Jürgen Klopp   Liverpool 109
3rd   Pep Guardiola   Manchester City 105
2019 1st   Jürgen Klopp[13]   Liverpool 369
2nd   Pep Guardiola   Manchester City 100
3rd   Erik ten Hag   Ajax 82
2020 1st   Hansi Flick[14]   Bayern Munich 270
2nd   Jürgen Klopp   Liverpool 125
3rd   Julian Nagelsmann   RB Leipzig 5
2021 1st   Thomas Tuchel[15]   Chelsea 230
2nd   Pep Guardiola   Manchester City 55
3rd   Hansi Flick   Bayern Munich 25
2022 1st   Carlo Ancelotti[16]   Real Madrid 245
2nd   Pep Guardiola   Manchester City 45
3rd   Walid Regragui   Wydad AC 40
2023 1st   Pep Guardiola[17][18]   Manchester City 281
2nd   Carlo Ancelotti   Real Madrid 56
3rd   Luciano Spalletti   Napoli 53

Statistics

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Winners (1996–present)[19]
Coach Wins Years
  José Mourinho 4 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
  Carlo Ancelotti 3 2007, 2014, 2022
  Pep Guardiola 2009, 2011, 2023
  Marcello Lippi 2 1996, 1998
  Ottmar Hitzfeld 1997, 2001
  Carlos Bianchi 2000, 2003
  Alex Ferguson 1999, 2008
  Zinedine Zidane 2017, 2018
  Vicente del Bosque 1 2002
  Frank Rijkaard 2006
  Jupp Heynckes 2013
  Luis Enrique 2015
  Diego Simeone 2016
  Jürgen Klopp 2019
  Hansi Flick 2020
  Thomas Tuchel 2021
Wins by club
Club Total Coaches
  Real Madrid 7 4
  Barcelona 4 3
  Bayern Munich 3 3
  Chelsea 2 2
  Boca Juniors 2 1
  Juventus 2 1
  Manchester United 2 1
  Atlético Madrid 1 1
  Borussia Dortmund 1 1
  Inter Milan 1 1
  Liverpool 1 1
  Milan 1 1
  Porto 1 1
  Manchester City 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Coaches
  Germany 6 5
  Italy 5 2
  Spain 5 3
  Portugal 4 1
  Argentina 3 2
  France 2 1
  Scotland 2 1
  Netherlands 1 1

Continental winners

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

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2021 UEFA   Thomas Tuchel[20]   Chelsea
CONMEBOL   Renato Gaúcho[21]   Flamengo
CONCACAF   Javier Aguirre[22]   Monterrey
CAF   Pitso Mosimane[23]   Al Ahly
AFC   Leonardo Jardim[24]   Al-Hilal
OFC   José Figueira[25]   Auckland City

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

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As of 25 February 2021[26]
Top 10 coaches
Rank Coach Nationality Points
1 Pep Guardiola   Spain 245
2 José Mourinho   Portugal 226
3 Arsène Wenger   France 211
4 Joachim Löw   Germany 200
5 Alex Ferguson   Scotland 185
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)

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Arsenal's Arsène Wenger won the first World Coach of the Decade award

In 2011, the IFFHS awarded an additional award to coaches by combining the points awarded in the annual World's Best Club 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 Coach of the Decade award was awarded to Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger, despite the fact he had never won the annual World's Best Club Coach award.[27][28]

Top 10 coaches[29]
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 Club Coach of the Decade (2011–2020)

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In 2021, Atlético Madrid's manager Diego Simeone won the World's Best Man Club Coach of the Decade 2011–2020.[30]

Top 10 coaches[30]
Rank Coach Nationality Points
1 Diego Simeone   Argentina 152
2 Pep Guardiola   Spain 144
3 Jürgen Klopp   Germany 105
4 José Mourinho   Portugal 91
5 Massimiliano Allegri   Italy 77
6 Unai Emery   Spain 70
7 Zinedine Zidane   France 59
8 Carlo Ancelotti   Italy 57
9 Mauricio Pochettino   Argentina 56
10 Marcelo Gallardo   Argentina 56

Women's winners

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IFFHS World's Best Woman Club Coach
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing woman club coach of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award2020
Editions4
First winner  Jean-Luc Vasseur
Most wins  Sonia Bompastor
  Lluís Cortés
  Jean-Luc Vasseur
  Jonatan Giráldez
(1 award each)
Most recent  Jonatan Giráldez
(1st award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com

The award is awarded at the end of the year. Below is a list of the previous women's winners and runners-up since the first award in 2020.

List of winners

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Year Rank Coach Club(s) Points
2020 1st   Jean-Luc Vasseur[31]   Lyon 250
2nd   Emma Hayes   Chelsea 50
3rd   Lluís Cortés   Barcelona 20
2021 1st   Lluís Cortés[32]   Barcelona 185
2nd   Sonia Bompastor   Lyon 55
3rd   Emma Hayes   Chelsea 35
2022 1st   Sonia Bompastor[33]   Lyon 145
2nd   Jonatan Giráldez   Barcelona 55
3rd   Hoffmann Túlio   Palmeiras 25
2023 1st   Jonatan Giráldez[34]   Barcelona 180
2nd   Sonia Bompastor   Lyon 67
3rd   Tommy Stroot   Wolfsburg 61

Statistics

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Winners (2020–present)
Coach Wins Years
  Jean-Luc Vasseur 1 2020
  Lluís Cortés 2021
  Sonia Bompastor 2022
  Jonatan Giráldez 2023
Wins by club
Club Total Coaches
  Lyon 2 2
  Barcelona 2 2
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Coaches
  France 2 2
  Spain 2 2

Continental winners

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

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2021 UEFA   Lluís Cortés[35]   Barcelona
CONMEBOL   Arthur Elias[36]   Corinthians
CONCACAF   Roberto Medina[37]   Tigres UANL
CAF   Yusif Basigi[38]   Hasaacas
AFC   Ante Juric[39]   Sydney FC
OFC   Juan J. Chang[40]   Coastal Spirit

See also

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References

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