IFFHS World's Best Club Coach

IFFHS World's Best Man Club Coach

Sport	Association football
Awarded for	Best performing man club coach of the calendar year
Presented by	International Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award	1996
Editions	29
First winner	Marcello Lippi
Most wins	José Mourinho Carlo Ancelotti (4 awards)
Most recent	Carlo Ancelotti (4th award)
Website	www.iffhs.com

Marcello Lippi, 1996 Best Club Coach of the Year, first winner of the award

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.

Public reception

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

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	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
2024	1st	Carlo Ancelotti[19]	Real Madrid	268
	2nd	Xabi Alonso	Bayer Leverkusen	104
	3rd	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	88

Statistics

Winners (1996–present)^[20]

Coach	Wins	Years
José Mourinho	4	2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
Carlo Ancelotti		2007, 2014, 2022, 2024
Pep Guardiola	3	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	8	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	6	2
Spain	5	3
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[21]	Chelsea
	CONMEBOL	Renato Gaúcho[22]	Flamengo
	CONCACAF	Javier Aguirre[23]	Monterrey
	CAF	Pitso Mosimane[24]	Al Ahly
	AFC	Leonardo Jardim[25]	Al-Hilal
	OFC	José Figueira[26]	Auckland City

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

As of 25 February 2021^[27]

Top 10 coaches

Rank	Coach	Nationality	Points
1	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	245
2	José Mourinho	Portugal	226
3	Pep Guardiola	Spain	211
4	Joachim Löw	Germany	200
5	Arsene Wenger	France	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)

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.^[28][29]

Top 10 coaches^[30]

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.^[31]

Top 10 coaches^[31]

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

IFFHS World's Best Woman Club Coach

Sport	Association football
Awarded for	Best performing woman club coach of the calendar year
Presented by	International Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award	2020
Editions	5
First winner	Jean-Luc Vasseur
Most wins	Jonatan Giráldez (2 awards)
Most recent	Jonatan Giráldez (2nd award)
Website	www.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

Year	Rank	Coach	Club(s)	Points
2020	1st	Jean-Luc Vasseur[32]	Lyon	250
	2nd	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	50
	3rd	Lluís Cortés	Barcelona	20
2021	1st	Lluís Cortés[33]	Barcelona	185
	2nd	Sonia Bompastor	Lyon	55
	3rd	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	35
2022	1st	Sonia Bompastor[34]	Lyon	145
	2nd	Jonatan Giráldez	Barcelona	55
	3rd	Hoffmann Túlio	Palmeiras	25
2023	1st	Jonatan Giráldez[35]	Barcelona	180
	2nd	Sonia Bompastor	Lyon	67
	3rd	Tommy Stroot	Wolfsburg	61
2024	1st	Jonatan Giráldez[36]	Barcelona Washington Spirit	170
	2nd	Sonia Bompastor	Lyon Chelsea	120
	3rd	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	82

Statistics

Winners (2020–present)

Coach	Wins	Years
Jonatan Giráldez	2	2023, 2024
Jean-Luc Vasseur	1	2020
Lluís Cortés		2021
Sonia Bompastor		2022

Wins by club

Club	Total	Coaches
Barcelona	3	2
Lyon	2	2
Washington Spirit	1	1

Wins by nationality

Nationality	Total	Coaches
Spain	3	2
France	2	2

Continental winners

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

Year	Confederation	Winner	Club(s)
2021	UEFA	Lluís Cortés[37]	Barcelona
	CONMEBOL	Arthur Elias[38]	Corinthians
	CONCACAF	Roberto Medina[39]	Tigres UANL
	CAF	Yusif Basigi[40]	Hasaacas
	AFC	Ante Juric[41]	Sydney FC
	OFC	Juan J. Chang[42]	Coastal Spirit

See also

• International Federation of Football History & Statistics
• IFFHS World's Best Club
• IFFHS World's Best Player
• IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
• IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer
• IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer
• IFFHS World Team
• IFFHS World's Best National Coach

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External links

• IFFHS's page on the World's Best Club Coach award