The Best FIFA Football Coach

The Best FIFA Football Coach
First awarded	2016
Currently held by	Men's: Jürgen Klopp (2nd award) Women's: Sarina Wiegman (2nd award)
Most awards	Men's: Jürgen Klopp (2 awards) Women's: Sarina Wiegman (2 awards)
Website	FIFA.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 were: performance and general behaviour of their teams on and off the pitch.

The votes were 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 will have 25% of the overall vote.

The Best FIFA Men's Coach Award winners[]

Year	Rank	Name	Team(s) managed	Votes
2016	1st	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City	22.06%
	2nd	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	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

Overall total[]

Rank	Manager	First place	Second place	Third place	Team(s) managed
1	Jürgen Klopp	2	0	0	Liverpool
2	Zinedine Zidane	1	2	0	Real Madrid
3	Claudio Ranieri	1	0	0	Leicester City
	Didier Deschamps	1	0	0	France
5	Antonio Conte	0	1	0	Chelsea
	Pep Guardiola	0	1	0	Manchester City
	Hansi Flick	0	1	0	Bayern Munich
8	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

The Best FIFA Women's Coach Award winners[]

Year	Rank	Name	Team(s) managed
2016	1st	Silvia Neid	Germany
	2nd	Jill Ellis	United States
	3rd	Pia Sundhage	Sweden
2017	1st	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	2nd	Nils Nielsen	Denmark
	3rd	Gerard Precheur	Lyon
2018	1st	Reynald Pedros	Lyon
	2nd	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	3rd	Asako Takakura	Japan
2019	1st	Jill Ellis	United States
	2nd	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	3rd	Phil Neville	England
2020	1st	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands
	2nd	Jean-Luc Vasseur	Lyon
	3rd	Emma Hayes	Chelsea

Overall total[]

Rank	Manager	First place	Second place	Third place	Team(s) managed
1	Sarina Wiegman	2	2	0	Netherlands
2	Jill Ellis	1	1	0	United States
3	Silvia Neid	1	0	0	Germany
	Reynald Pedros	1	0	0	Lyon
5	Nils Nielsen	0	1	0	Denmark
	Jean-Luc Vasseur	0	1	0	Lyon
7	Pia Sundhage	0	0	1	Sweden
	Gerard Precheur	0	0	1	Lyon
	Asako Takakura	0	0	1	Japan
	Phil Neville	0	0	1	England
	Emma Hayes	0	0	1	Chelsea

See also[]

• List of sports awards honoring women
• The Best FIFA Football Awards
• FIFA World Coach of the Year (2010–2015)
• European Coach of the Year
• European Coach of the Season

References[]

External links[]

• Official website