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. It is awarded to support the players with their performances. 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 Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick. The current women's recipient is Lyon coach Jean-Luc Vasseur.

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
Editions26
First winner Marcello Lippi
Most wins José Mourinho (4 awards)
Most recent Thomas Tuchel
Websitewww.iffhs.com
Marcello Lippi, 1996 Best Club Coach of the Year, first winner of the award

Public reception

The award is officially recognised by FIFA despite the IFFHS not being affiliated with them. 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

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
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 Liga de Quito 64
2009 1st Pep Guardiola Barcelona 300
2nd Alex Ferguson Manchester United 137
3rd José Mourinho Internazionale 66
2010 1st José Mourinho Internazionale
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

Statistics
Winners (1996–present)[16]
Coach Wins Years
José Mourinho 4 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
Marcello Lippi 2 1996, 1998
Ottmar Hitzfeld 1997, 2001
Carlos Bianchi 2000, 2003
Alex Ferguson 1999, 2008
Pep Guardiola 2009, 2011
Carlo Ancelotti 2007, 2014
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 6 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
Internazionale 1 1
Liverpool 1 1
Milan 1 1
Porto 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Coaches
Germany 6 5
Spain 4 3
Italy 4 2
Portugal 4 1
Argentina 3 2
France 2 1
Scotland 2 1
Netherlands 1 1

Continental winners

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

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2021 UEFA Thomas Tuchel[17] Chelsea
CONMEBOL Renato Gaúcho[18] Flamengo
CONCACAF Javier Aguirre[19] Monterrey
CAF Pitso Mosimane[20] Al Ahly
AFC Leonardo Jardim[21] Al-Hilal
OFC José Figueira[22] Auckland City

All-time World's Best Man Coach ranking (since 1996)
As of 25 February 2021[23]
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)

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.[24][25]

Top 10 coaches[26]
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)

In 2021, Atlético Madrid's manager Diego Simeone won the World's Best Man Club Coach of the Decade 2011–2020.[27]

Top 10 coaches[27]
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
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
Editions2
First winner Jean-Luc Vasseur
Most wins(1 award each)
Jean-Luc Vasseur
Lluís Cortés
Most recent Lluís Cortés
Websitewww.iffhs.com

Women's winners

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
Year Rank Coach Club(s) Points
2020 1st Jean-Luc Vasseur[28] Lyon 250
2nd Emma Hayes Chelsea 50
3rd Lluís Cortés Barcelona 20
2021 1st Lluís Cortés[29] Barcelona 185
2nd Sonia Bompastor Lyon 55
3rd Emma Hayes Chelsea 35

Statistics
Winners (2020–present)
Coach Wins Years
Jean-Luc Vasseur 1 2020
Lluís Cortés 2021
Wins by club
Club Total Coaches
Barcelona 1 1
Lyon 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Coaches
France 1 1
Spain 1 1

Continental winners

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

Year Confederation Winner Club(s)
2021 UEFA Lluís Cortés[30] Barcelona
CONMEBOL Arthur Elias[31] Corinthians
CONCACAF Roberto Medina[32] Tigres UANL
CAF Yusif Basigi[33] Hasaacas
AFC Ante Juric[34] Sydney FC
OFC Juan J. Chang[35] Coastal Spirit

See also

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