IFFHS World's Best National Coach

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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
Editions26
First winnerGermany Berti Vogts
Most winsSpain Vicente del Bosque (4 awards)
Most recentItaly Roberto Mancini
Websitewww.iffhs.com
Berti Vogts was the recipient of the first edition of the award in 1996.

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 of the continents. In 2020, an award for women's national team coaches was introduced. The current men's recipient is France coach Didier Deschamps. The current women's recipient is Netherlands coach 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]

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

List of winners[]

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

Statistics[]

Winners (1996–present)[18]
Coach Wins Years
Spain Vicente del Bosque 4 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
Germany Joachim Löw 2 2014, 2017
Portugal Fernando Santos 2016, 2019
France Didier Deschamps 2018, 2020
Germany Berti Vogts 1 1996
Brazil Mário Zagallo 1997
France Aimé Jacquet 1998
Brazil Wanderley Luxemburgo 1999
France Roger Lemerre 2000
Argentina Marcelo Bielsa 2001
Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari 2002
France Jacques Santini 2003
Germany Otto Rehhagel 2004
Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira 2005
Italy Marcello Lippi 2006
Brazil Dunga 2007
Spain Luis Aragonés 2008
Uruguay Óscar Tabárez 2011
Argentina Jorge Sampaoli 2015
Italy Roberto Mancini 2021
Wins by national team
National team Total Coaches
Brazil Brazil 5 5
France France 5 4
Spain Spain 5 2
Germany Germany 3 2
Italy Italy 2 2
Portugal Portugal 2 1
Argentina Argentina 1 1
Chile Chile 1 1
Greece Greece 1 1
Uruguay Uruguay 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Coaches
Brazil Brazil 5 5
France France 5 4
Spain Spain 5 2
Germany Germany 4 3
Italy Italy 2 2
Argentina Argentina 2 2
Portugal Portugal 2 1
Uruguay Uruguay 1 1

Continental winners[]

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

Year Confederation Winner National team
2021 UEFA Italy Roberto Mancini[19] Italy Italy
CONMEBOL Argentina Lionel Scaloni[20] Argentina Argentina
CONCACAF United States Greg Berhalter[21] United States United States
CAF Algeria Djamel Belmadi[22] Algeria Algeria
AFC France Hervé Renard[23] Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
OFC New Zealand Danny Hay[24] New Zealand New Zealand

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

As of 25 February 2021[25]
Top 10 coaches
Rank Coach Nationality Points
1 Alex Ferguson Scotland Scotland 257
2 José Mourinho Portugal Portugal 226
3 Arsène Wenger France France 211
4 Joachim Löw Germany Germany 200
5 Pep Guardiola Spain Spain 183
6 Vicente del Bosque Spain Spain 175
7 Carlo Ancelotti Italy Italy 169
8 Marcello Lippi Italy Italy 156
9 Diego Simeone Argentina Argentina 152
10 Luiz Felipe Scolari Brazil Brazil 151

The World's Best Man Coach of the Decade (2001–2010)[]

Top 10 coaches[26]
Rank Coach Nationality Points
1 Arsène Wenger France France 156
2 Alex Ferguson Scotland Scotland 148
3 José Mourinho Portugal Portugal 135
4 Fabio Capello Italy Italy 120
5 Guus Hiddink Netherlands Netherlands 112
6 Carlo Ancelotti Italy Italy 108
7 Luiz Felipe Scolari Brazil Brazil 101
8 Marcelo Bielsa Argentina Argentina 101
9 Rafael Benítez Spain Spain 97
10 Marcello Lippi Italy Italy 88

The World's Best Man National Coach of the Decade (2011–2020)[]

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.[27]

Top 10 coaches[28]
Rank Coach Nationality Points
1 Joachim Löw Germany Germany 155
2 Didier Deschamps France France 101
3 Tite Brazil Brazil 81
4 Óscar Tabárez Uruguay Uruguay 74
5 Fernando Santos Portugal Portugal 74
6 Vicente del Bosque Spain Spain 72
7 Roberto Martínez Spain Spain 70
8 José Pékerman Argentina Argentina 55
9 Marc Wilmots Belgium Belgium 43
10 Gareth Southgate England England 43
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
Editions2
First winnerNetherlands Sarina Wiegman
Most wins(1 award each)
Netherlands Sarina Wiegman
England Bev Priestman
Most recentEngland Bev Priestman
Websitewww.iffhs.com

Women's winners[]

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 Netherlands Sarina Wiegman[29] Netherlands Netherlands 200
2nd North Macedonia Vlatko Andonovski United States United States 65
3rd Germany Martina Voss-Tecklenburg Germany Germany 25
2021 1st England Bev Priestman[30] Canada Canada 135
2nd Sweden Peter Gerhardsson Sweden Sweden 55
3rd Netherlands Sarina Wiegman Netherlands Netherlands 40

Statistics[]

Winners (2020–present)
Referee Wins Years
Netherlands Sarina Wiegman 1 2020
England Bev Priestman 2021
Wins by national team
National team Total Coaches
Canada Canada 1 1
Netherlands Netherlands 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Coaches
England England 1 1
Netherlands Netherlands 1 1

Continental winners[]

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

Year Confederation Winner National team
2021 UEFA Sweden Peter Gerhardsson[31] Sweden Sweden
CONMEBOL Sweden Pia Sundhage[32] Brazil Brazil
CONCACAF England Bev Priestman[33] Canada Canada
CAF Zambia [34] Zambia Zambia
AFC Japan Asako Takahura[35] Japan Japan
OFC Czech Republic Jitka Klimková[36] New Zealand New Zealand

See also[]

References[]

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