# The Best FIFA Football Coach

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 is: performance and general behaviour of their teams on and off the pitch.
The votes are 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. Each group gets 25% of the overall vote.

## The Best FIFA Men's Coach Award winners

| Year | Rank | Coach | Team(s) managed | Votes |
| 2016 | 1st | Claudio Ranieri | Leicester City | 22.06% |
| 2016 | 2nd | Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid | 16.56% |
| 2016 | 3rd | Fernando Santos | Portugal | 16.24% |
| 2017 | 1st | Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid | 46.22% |
| 2017 | 2nd | Antonio Conte | Chelsea | 11.62% |
| 2017 | 3rd | Massimiliano Allegri | Juventus | 8.78% |
| 2018 | 1st | Didier Deschamps | France | 30.52% |
| 2018 | 2nd | Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid | 25.74% |
| 2018 | 3rd | Zlatko Dalić | Croatia | 11.81% |
| 2019 | 1st | Jürgen Klopp | Liverpool | 48 |
| 2019 | 2nd | Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | 38 |
| 2019 | 3rd | Mauricio Pochettino | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 |
| 2020 | 1st | Jürgen Klopp | Liverpool | 24 (won based on more votes from national team coaches) |
| 2020 | 2nd | Hansi Flick | Bayern Munich | 24 |
| 2020 | 3rd | Marcelo Bielsa | Leeds United | 11 |
| 2021 | 1st | Thomas Tuchel | Paris Saint-Germain Chelsea | 28 |
| 2021 | 2nd | Roberto Mancini | Italy | 15 |
| 2021 | 3rd | Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | 14 |
| 2022 | 1st | Lionel Scaloni | Argentina | 28 |
| 2022 | 2nd | Carlo Ancelotti | Real Madrid | 17 |
| 2022 | 3rd | Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | 12 |
| 2023 | 1st | Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | 28 |
| 2023 | 2nd | Luciano Spalletti | Napoli Italy | 18 |
| 2023 | 3rd | Simone Inzaghi | Inter Milan | 11 |
| 2024 | 1st | Carlo Ancelotti | Real Madrid | 26 |
| 2024 | 2nd | Xabi Alonso | Bayer Leverkusen | 22 |
| 2024 | 3rd | Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | 10 |

### Overall total

| Rank | Coach | First place | Second place | Third place | Team(s) managed |
| 1 | Jürgen Klopp | 2 | 0 | 0 | Liverpool |
| 2 | Zinedine Zidane | 1 | 2 | 0 | Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid |
| 3 | Pep Guardiola | 1 | 1 | 3 | Manchester City |
| 4 | Carlo Ancelotti | 1 | 1 | 0 | Real Madrid |
| 5 | Lionel Scaloni | 1 | 0 | 0 | Argentina |
| 5 | Claudio Ranieri | 1 | 0 | 0 | Leicester City |
| 5 | Thomas Tuchel | 1 | 0 | 0 | Paris Saint-Germain Chelsea |
| 5 | Didier Deschamps | 1 | 0 | 0 | France |
| 9 | Xabi Alonso | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 9 | Antonio Conte | 0 | 1 | 0 | Chelsea |
| 9 | Hansi Flick | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bayern Munich |
| 9 | Roberto Mancini | 0 | 1 | 0 | Italy |
| 9 | Luciano Spalletti | 0 | 1 | 0 | Napoli Italy |
| 14 | Fernando Santos | 0 | 0 | 1 | Portugal |
| 14 | Massimiliano Allegri | 0 | 0 | 1 | Juventus |
| 14 | Zlatko Dalić | 0 | 0 | 1 | Croatia |
| 14 | Mauricio Pochettino | 0 | 0 | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 14 | Marcelo Bielsa | 0 | 0 | 1 | Leeds United |
| 14 | Simone Inzaghi | 0 | 0 | 1 | Inter Milan |

## The Best FIFA Women's Coach Award winners

| Year | Rank | Coach | Team(s) managed | Votes |
| 2016 | 1st | Silvia Neid | Germany | 29.99% |
| 2016 | 2nd | Jill Ellis | United States | 16.68% |
| 2016 | 3rd | Pia Sundhage | Sweden | 16.47% |
| 2017 | 1st | Sarina Wiegman | Netherlands | 36.24% |
| 2017 | 2nd | Nils Nielsen | Denmark | 12.64% |
| 2017 | 3rd | Gerard Precheur | Lyon | 9.37% |
| 2018 | 1st | Reynald Pedros | Lyon | 23.15% |
| 2018 | 2nd | Sarina Wiegman | Netherlands | 15.31% |
| 2018 | 3rd | Asako Takakura | Japan | 12.80% |
| 2019 | 1st | Jill Ellis | United States | 48 |
| 2019 | 2nd | Sarina Wiegman | Netherlands | 40 |
| 2019 | 3rd | Phil Neville | England | 31 |
| 2020 | 1st | Sarina Wiegman | Netherlands | 26 |
| 2020 | 2nd | Jean-Luc Vasseur | Lyon | 20 |
| 2020 | 3rd | Emma Hayes | Chelsea | 12 |
| 2021 | 1st | Emma Hayes | Chelsea | 22 |
| 2021 | 2nd | Lluís Cortés | Barcelona Ukraine | 19 |
| 2021 | 3rd | Sarina Wiegman | Netherlands England | 14 |
| 2022 | 1st | Sarina Wiegman | England | 28 |
| 2022 | 2nd | Sonia Bompastor | Lyon | 18 |
| 2022 | 3rd | Pia Sundhage | Brazil | 10 |
| 2023 | 1st | Sarina Wiegman | England | 28 |
| 2023 | 2nd | Emma Hayes | Chelsea | 18 |
| 2023 | 3rd | Jonatan Giraldez | Barcelona | 14 |
| 2024 | 1st | Emma Hayes | Chelsea United States | 23 |
| 2024 | 2nd | Jonatan Giráldez | Barcelona Washington Spirit | 20 |
| 2024 | 3rd | Arthur Elias | Corinthians Brazil | 13 |

### Overall total

| Rank | Coach | First place | Second place | Third place | Team(s) managed |
| 1 | Sarina Wiegman | 4 | 2 | 1 | Netherlands England |
| 2 | Emma Hayes | 2 | 1 | 1 | Chelsea United States |
| 3 | Jill Ellis | 1 | 1 | 0 | United States |
| 4 | Silvia Neid | 1 | 0 | 0 | Germany |
| 4 | Reynald Pedros | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lyon |
| 6 | Jonatan Giráldez | 0 | 1 | 1 | Barcelona Washington Spirit |
| 7 | Lluís Cortés | 0 | 1 | 0 | Barcelona Ukraine |
| 7 | Nils Nielsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | Denmark |
| 7 | Jean-Luc Vasseur | 0 | 1 | 0 | Lyon |
| 7 | Sonia Bompastor | 0 | 1 | 0 | Lyon |
| 10 | Pia Sundhage | 0 | 0 | 2 | Sweden |
| 11 | Gerard Precheur | 0 | 0 | 1 | Lyon |
| 11 | Asako Takakura | 0 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 11 | Phil Neville | 0 | 0 | 1 | England |
| 11 | Arthur Elias | 0 | 0 | 1 | Corinthians Brazil |