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IFFHS World's Best Club Coach

Association football award

Summary

Association football award

Field	Value
name	IFFHS World's Best Man Club Coach
sport	Association football
givenfor	Best performing man club coach of the calendar year
presenter	International Federation of Football History & Statistics
first	1996
number	30
firstwinner	ITA Marcello Lippi
mostwins	POR José Mourinho
ITA Carlo Ancelotti
(4 awards)
mostrecent	ESP Luis Enrique
(2nd award)
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ITA Carlo Ancelotti (4 awards) (2nd award)

[[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. In 2020, an award for women's club coaches was introduced. The current men's recipient is Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique. The current women's recipient is Arsenal coach Renée Slegers.

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. 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.

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. Below is a list of the previous men's winners and runners-up since the first award in 1996.

[[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	ITA Marcello Lippi	Juventus	–
2nd	ARG Ramón Díaz	River Plate
3rd	FRA Luis Fernandez	**** Paris Saint-Germain
1997	1st	GER Ottmar Hitzfeld	Borussia Dortmund	146
2nd	SCO Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	110
3rd	ITA Marcello Lippi	Juventus	87
1998	1st	ITA Marcello Lippi	Juventus	154
2nd	GER Jupp Heynckes	Real Madrid	134
3rd	SCO Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	88
1999	1st	SCO Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	225
2nd	SWE Sven-Göran Eriksson	Lazio	86
3rd	GER Ottmar Hitzfeld	Bayern Munich	69
2000	1st	ARG Carlos Bianchi	Boca Juniors	137
2nd	ARG Héctor Cúper	Valencia	124
3rd	ESP Vicente del Bosque	Real Madrid	116
2001	1st	GER Ottmar Hitzfeld	Bayern Munich	228
2nd	FRA Gérard Houllier	Liverpool	125
3rd	ARG Carlos Bianchi	Boca Juniors	120
2002	1st	ESP Vicente del Bosque	Real Madrid	224
2nd	FRA Arsène Wenger	Arsenal	136
3rd	SCO Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	69
2003	1st	ARG Carlos Bianchi	Boca Juniors	173
2nd	ITA Carlo Ancelotti	Milan	117
3rd	ITA Marcello Lippi	Juventus	70
2004	1st	POR José Mourinho	Porto	271
2nd	FRA Arsène Wenger	Arsenal	86
3rd	FRA Didier Deschamps	Monaco	72
2005	1st	POR José Mourinho	Chelsea	275
2nd	FRA Arsène Wenger	Arsenal	89
3rd	ESP Rafael Benítez	Liverpool	66
2006	1st	NED Frank Rijkaard	Barcelona	236
2nd	POR José Mourinho	Chelsea	113
3rd	ESP Juande Ramos	**** Sevilla	92
2007	1st	ITA Carlo Ancelotti	Milan	193
2nd	SCO Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	134
3rd	ESP Juande Ramos	**** Sevilla	104
2008	1st	SCO Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	264
2nd	NED Dick Advocaat	Zenit Saint Petersburg	144
3rd	ARG Edgardo Bauza	LDU Quito	64
2009	1st	ESP Pep Guardiola	Barcelona	300
2nd	SCO Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	137
3rd	POR José Mourinho	Inter Milan	66
2010	1st	POR José Mourinho	Inter Milan
Real Madrid	294
2nd	ESP Pep Guardiola	Barcelona	188
3rd	NED Louis van Gaal	Bayern Munich	75
2011	1st	ESP Pep Guardiola	Barcelona	201
2nd	POR José Mourinho	Real Madrid	112
3rd	SCO Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	107
2012	1st	POR José Mourinho	Real Madrid	101
2nd	ITA Roberto Di Matteo	Chelsea	99
3rd	ARG Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	97
2013	1st	GER Jupp Heynckes	Bayern Munich	216
2nd	GER Jürgen Klopp	Borussia Dortmund	101
3rd	ARG Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	61
2014	1st	ITA Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid	169
2nd	ARG Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	139
3rd	ESP Pep Guardiola	Bayern Munich	76
2015	1st	ESP Luis Enrique	Barcelona	165
2nd	ESP Pep Guardiola	Bayern Munich	86
3rd	ITA Massimiliano Allegri	Juventus	43
2016	1st	ARG Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	113
2nd	FRA Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	108
3rd	ITA Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City	86
2017	1st	FRA Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	326
2nd	ITA Massimiliano Allegri	Juventus	70
3rd	ITA Antonio Conte	Chelsea	66
2018	1st	FRA Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	296
2nd	GER Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool	109
3rd	ESP Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	105
2019	1st	GER Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool	369
2nd	ESP Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	100
3rd	NED Erik ten Hag	Ajax	82
2020	1st	GER Hansi Flick	Bayern Munich	270
2nd	GER Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool	125
3rd	GER Julian Nagelsmann	RB Leipzig	5
2021	1st	GER Thomas Tuchel	Chelsea	230
2nd	ESP Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	55
3rd	GER Hansi Flick	Bayern Munich	25
2022	1st	ITA Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid	245
2nd	ESP Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	45
3rd	MAR Walid Regragui	Wydad AC	40
2023	1st	ESP Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	281
2nd	ITA Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid	56
3rd	ITA Luciano Spalletti	Napoli	53
2024	1st	ITA Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid	268
2nd	ESP Xabi Alonso	Bayer Leverkusen	104
3rd	ESP Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	88
2025	1st	ESP Luis Enrique	Paris Saint-Germain	222
2nd	ITA Enzo Maresca	Chelsea	60
3rd	GER Hansi Flick	Barcelona	57

Statistics

Coach	Wins	Years
POR José Mourinho	4	2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
ITA Carlo Ancelotti	2007, 2014, 2022, 2024
ESP Pep Guardiola	3	2009, 2011, 2023
ITA Marcello Lippi	2	1996, 1998
GER Ottmar Hitzfeld	1997, 2001
ARG Carlos Bianchi	2000, 2003
SCO Alex Ferguson	1999, 2008
FRA Zinedine Zidane	2017, 2018
ESP Luis Enrique	2015, 2025
ESP Vicente del Bosque	1	2002
NED Frank Rijkaard	2006
GER Jupp Heynckes	2013
ARG Diego Simeone	2016
GER Jürgen Klopp	2019
GER Hansi Flick	2020
GER Thomas Tuchel	2021

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
Paris Saint-Germain	1	1

Nationality	Total	Coaches
Germany	6	5
Italy	6	2
Spain	6	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	GER Thomas Tuchel	Chelsea
CONMEBOL	BRA Renato Gaúcho	Flamengo
CONCACAF	MEX Javier Aguirre	Monterrey
CAF	ZA Pitso Mosimane	**** Al Ahly
AFC	POR Leonardo Jardim	**** Al-Hilal
OFC	ENG José Figueira	Auckland City

All-time World's Best Man Coach ranking (1996–2020)

|- |José Mourinho

Portugal
Pep Guardiola
Spain
-
Joachim Löw
Germany
-
Arsene Wenger
France
-
Vicente del Bosque
Spain
-
Carlo Ancelotti
Italy
-
Marcello Lippi
Italy
-
Diego Simeone
Argentina
-
Luiz Felipe Scolari
Brazil
}

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.

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.

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

(2 awards) (1st award)

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	FRA Jean-Luc Vasseur	Lyon	250
2nd	ENG Emma Hayes	Chelsea	50
3rd	ESP Lluís Cortés	Barcelona	20
2021	1st	ESP Lluís Cortés	ESP Barcelona	185
2nd	FRA Sonia Bompastor	Lyon	55
3rd	ENG Emma Hayes	Chelsea	35
2022	1st	FRA Sonia Bompastor	FRA Lyon	145
2nd	ESP Jonatan Giráldez	Barcelona	55
3rd	BRA Hoffmann Túlio	Palmeiras	25
2023	1st	ESP Jonatan Giráldez	ESP Barcelona	180
2nd	FRA Sonia Bompastor	Lyon	67
3rd	GER Tommy Stroot	Wolfsburg	61
2024	1st	ESP Jonatan Giráldez	**ESP Barcelona
USA Washington Spirit**	170
2nd	FRA Sonia Bompastor	Lyon
Chelsea	120
3rd	ENG Emma Hayes	Chelsea	82
2025	1st	NED Renée Slegers	Arsenal	145
2nd	ESP Pere Romeu	ESP Barcelona	120
3rd	FRA Sonia Bompastor	Chelsea	97

Statistics

Coach	Wins	Years
ESP Jonatan Giráldez	2	2023, 2024
FRA Jean-Luc Vasseur	1	2020
ESP Lluís Cortés	2021
FRA Sonia Bompastor	2022
NED Renée Slegers	2025

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

Nationality	Total	Coaches
Spain	3	2
France	2	2
Netherlands	1	1

Continental winners

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

Year	Confederation	Winner	Club(s)
2021	UEFA	ESP Lluís Cortés	Barcelona
CONMEBOL	BRA Arthur Elias****	**** Corinthians
CONCACAF	MEX Roberto Medina	**** Tigres UANL
CAF	GHA Yusif Basigi	**** Hasaacas
AFC	AUS Ante Juric	Sydney FC
OFC	GUA Juan José Chang	Coastal Spirit

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