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 awarded | 2016 |
| Last awarded | 2023 |
| Currently held by | Men's: Pep Guardiola(1st award) Women's:  Sarina Wiegman(4th award) |
| Most awards | Men's: Jürgen Klopp(2 awards) Women's: Sarina Wiegman(4 awards) |
| Website | FIFA.com |
History
editThe 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
edit| 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 |
Overall total
edit| 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 | 2 | Manchester City
|
| 4 | Lionel Scaloni
|
1 | 0 | 0 | Argentina
|
| Claudio Ranieri
|
1 | 0 | 0 | Leicester City
| |
| Thomas Tuchel
|
1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Didier Deschamps
|
1 | 0 | 0 | France
| |
| 8 | Antonio Conte
|
0 | 1 | 0 | Chelsea
|
| Carlo Ancelotti
|
0 | 1 | 0 | Real Madrid
| |
| Hansi Flick
|
0 | 1 | 0 | Bayern Munich
| |
| Roberto Mancini
|
0 | 1 | 0 | Italy
| |
| Luciano Spalletti
|
0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 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
edit| 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 Giráldez
|
Barcelona
|
14 |
Overall total
edit| Rank | Coach | First place | Second place | Third place | Team(s) managed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarina Wiegman
|
4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2 | Emma Hayes
|
1 | 1 | 1 | Chelsea
|
| 3 | Jill Ellis
|
1 | 1 | 0 | United States
|
| 4 | Silvia Neid
|
1 | 0 | 0 | Germany
|
| Reynald Pedros
|
1 | 0 | 0 | Lyon
| |
| 6 | 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
| |
| Jonatan Giráldez
|
0 | 0 | 1 | Barcelona
|
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ "The fans take centre stage". FIFA.com. 31 October 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.