# IFFHS World's Best National Coach

The IFFHS World's Best National Coach is an association football award given annually, since 1996, to the most outstanding national team coach as voted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). The votes, in 1996, were cast by IFFHS's editorial staff as well as experts from 89 countries spanning six different continents. Since then, the votes are now awarded by 81 experts and selected editorial offices from all the continents. In 2020, an award for women's national team coaches was introduced. The current men's recipient is Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni. The current women's recipient is the England manager Sarina Wiegman.

## Men's winners

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

### List of winners

| Year | Rank | Winner | National team | Point |
| 1996 | 1st | Berti Vogts | Germany | – |
| 1996 | 2nd | Velibor Milutinović | Mexico | – |
| 1996 | 3rd | Jo Bonfrère | Nigeria | – |
| 1997 | 1st | Mário Zagallo | Brazil | 194 |
| 1997 | 2nd | Javier Clemente | Spain | 112 |
| 1997 | 3rd | Glenn Hoddle | England | 110 |
| 1998 | 1st | Aimé Jacquet | France | 259 |
| 1998 | 2nd | Miroslav Blažević | Croatia | 148 |
| 1998 | 3rd | Guus Hiddink | Netherlands | 109 |
| 1999 | 1st | Wanderley Luxemburgo | Brazil | 147 |
| 1999 | 2nd | Jozef Chovanec | Czech Republic | 140 |
| 1999 | 3rd | José Antonio Camacho | Spain | 123 |
| 2000 | 1st | Roger Lemerre | France | 271 |
| 2000 | 2nd | Humberto Coelho | Portugal | 102 |
| 2000 | 3rd | Marcelo Bielsa | Argentina | 91 |
| 2001 | 1st | Marcelo Bielsa | Argentina | 201 |
| 2001 | 2nd | Sven-Göran Eriksson | England | 147 |
| 2001 | 3rd | Roger Lemerre | France | 127 |
| 2002 | 1st | Luiz Felipe Scolari | Brazil | 286 |
| 2002 | 2nd | Guus Hiddink | South Korea | 179 |
| 2002 | 3rd | Şenol Güneş | Turkey | 155 |
| 2003 | 1st | Jacques Santini | France | 150 |
| 2003 | 2nd | Karel Brückner | Czech Republic | 133 |
| 2003 | 3rd | Sven-Göran Eriksson | England | 74 |
| 2004 | 1st | Otto Rehhagel | Greece | 261 |
| 2004 | 2nd | Marcelo Bielsa | Argentina | 134 |
| 2004 | 3rd | Luiz Felipe Scolari | Portugal | 98 |
| 2005 | 1st | Carlos Alberto Parreira | Brazil | 167 |
| 2005 | 2nd | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | 134 |
| 2005 | 3rd | José Pékerman | Argentina | 75 |
| 2006 | 1st | Marcello Lippi | Italy | 298 |
| 2006 | 2nd | Raymond Domenech | France | 132 |
| 2006 | 3rd | Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | 123 |
| 2007 | 1st | Dunga | Brazil | 148 |
| 2007 | 2nd | Slaven Bilić | Croatia | 101 |
| 2007 | 3rd | Jorvan Vieira | Iraq | 83 |
| 2008 | 1st | Luis Aragonés | Spain | 252 |
| 2008 | 2nd | Guus Hiddink | Russia | 145 |
| 2008 | 3rd | Fatih Terim | Turkey | 72 |
| 2009 | 1st | Vicente del Bosque | Spain | 185 |
| 2009 | 2nd | Fabio Capello | England | 151 |
| 2009 | 3rd | Dunga | Brazil | 149 |
| 2010 | 1st | Vicente del Bosque | Spain | 298 |
| 2010 | 2nd | Joachim Löw | Germany | 168 |
| 2010 | 3rd | Bert van Marwijk | Netherlands | 125 |
| 2011 | 1st | Óscar Tabárez | Uruguay | 200 |
| 2011 | 2nd | Vicente del Bosque | Spain | 186 |
| 2011 | 3rd | Joachim Löw | Germany | 169 |
| 2012 | 1st | Vicente del Bosque | Spain | 165 |
| 2012 | 2nd | Cesare Prandelli | Italy | 101 |
| 2012 | 3rd | Joachim Löw | Germany | 99 |
| 2013 | 1st | Vicente del Bosque | Spain | 161 |
| 2013 | 2nd | Joachim Löw | Germany | 101 |
| 2013 | 3rd | Luiz Felipe Scolari | Brazil | 74 |
| 2014 | 1st | Joachim Löw | ' Germany | 220 |
| 2014 | 2nd | Alejandro Sabella | Argentina | 71 |
| 2014 | 3rd | Louis van Gaal | Netherlands | 38 |
| 2015 | 1st | Jorge Sampaoli | Chile | 136 |
| 2015 | 2nd | Joachim Löw | Germany | 57 |
| 2015 | 3rd | Roy Hodgson | England | 46 |
| 2016 | 1st | Fernando Santos | Portugal | 199 |
| 2016 | 2nd | Lars Lagerbäck | Iceland | 71 |
| 2016 | 3rd | Joachim Löw | Germany | 62 |
| 2017 | 1st | Joachim Löw | Germany | 299 |
| 2017 | 2nd | Tite | Brazil | 125 |
| 2017 | 3rd | Julen Lopetegui | Spain | 62 |
| 2018 | 1st | Didier Deschamps | France | 304 |
| 2018 | 2nd | Zlatko Dalić | Croatia | 198 |
| 2018 | 3rd | Roberto Martínez | Belgium | 84 |
| 2019 | 1st | Fernando Santos | Portugal | 112 |
| 2019 | 2nd | Tite | Brazil | 102 |
| 2019 | 3rd | Roberto Martínez | Belgium | 97 |
| 2020 | 1st | Didier Deschamps | France | 100 |
| 2020 | 2nd | Roberto Martínez | Belgium | 95 |
| 2020 | 3rd | Luis Enrique | Spain | 60 |
| 2021 | 1st | Roberto Mancini | Italy | 225 |
| 2021 | 2nd | Lionel Scaloni | Argentina | 30 |
| 2021 | 3rd | Didier Deschamps | France | 25 |
| 2022 | 1st | Lionel Scaloni | Argentina | 240 |
| 2022 | 2nd | Didier Deschamps | France | 45 |
| 2022 | 3rd | Walid Regragui | Morocco | 30 |
| 2023 | 1st | Lionel Scaloni | Argentina | 185 |
| 2023 | 2nd | Didier Deschamps | France | 112 |
| 2023 | 3rd | Roberto Martínez | Portugal | 61 |
| 2024 | 1st | Luis de la Fuente | Spain | 274 |
| 2024 | 2nd | Lionel Scaloni | Argentina | 148 |
| 2024 | 3rd | Didier Deschamps | France | 35 |

### Statistics

Winners (1996–present) :
| Coach | Wins | Years |
| Vicente del Bosque | 4 | 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
| Joachim Löw | 2 | 2014, 2017 |
| Fernando Santos | 2 | 2016, 2019 |
| Didier Deschamps | 2 | 2018, 2020 |
| Lionel Scaloni | 2 | 2022, 2023 |
| Berti Vogts | 1 | 1996 |
| Mário Zagallo | 1 | 1997 |
| Aimé Jacquet | 1 | 1998 |
| Wanderley Luxemburgo | 1 | 1999 |
| Roger Lemerre | 1 | 2000 |
| Marcelo Bielsa | 1 | 2001 |
| Luiz Felipe Scolari | 1 | 2002 |
| Jacques Santini | 1 | 2003 |
| Otto Rehhagel | 1 | 2004 |
| Carlos Alberto Parreira | 1 | 2005 |
| Marcello Lippi | 1 | 2006 |
| Dunga | 1 | 2007 |
| Luis Aragonés | 1 | 2008 |
| Óscar Tabárez | 1 | 2011 |
| Jorge Sampaoli | 1 | 2015 |
| Roberto Mancini | 1 | 2021 |
| Luis de la Fuente | 1 | 2024 |
Wins by national team :
| National team | Total | Coaches |
| Spain | 6 | 3 |
| Brazil | 5 | 5 |
| France | 5 | 4 |
| Argentina | 4 | 3 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 |
| Italy | 2 | 2 |
| Portugal | 2 | 1 |
| Chile | 1 | 1 |
| Greece | 1 | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 |
Wins by nationality :
| Nationality | Total | Coaches |
| Spain | 6 | 3 |
| Brazil | 5 | 5 |
| France | 5 | 4 |
| Germany | 4 | 3 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 |
| Italy | 2 | 2 |
| Portugal | 2 | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 |

### Continental winners

    Bold indicates the World's Best Man National Coach winner.
| Year | Confederation | Winner | National team |
| 2021 | UEFA | Roberto Mancini | Italy |
| 2021 | CONMEBOL | Lionel Scaloni | Argentina |
| 2021 | CONCACAF | Greg Berhalter | United States |
| 2021 | CAF | Djamel Belmadi | Algeria |
| 2021 | AFC | Hervé Renard | Saudi Arabia |
| 2021 | OFC | Danny Hay | New Zealand |

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

    As of 25 February 2021
Top 10 coaches :
| Rank | Coach | Nationality | Points |
| 1 | Alex Ferguson | Scotland | 257 |
| 2 | José Mourinho | Portugal | 226 |
| 3 | Pep Guardiola | Spain | 211 |
| 4 | Joachim Löw | Germany | 200 |
| 5 | Arsene Wenger | France | 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)

Top 10 coaches :
| 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 National Coach of the Decade (2011–2020)

In 2021, the IFFHS awarded an additional award to coaches by combining the points awarded in the annual World's Best National 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's Best National Coach of the Decade award was awarded to Germany manager Joachim Löw who finished ahead of France manager Didier Deschamps.
Top 10 coaches :
| Rank | Coach | Nationality | Points |
| 1 | Joachim Löw | Germany | 155 |
| 2 | Didier Deschamps | France | 101 |
| 3 | Tite | Brazil | 81 |
| 4 | Óscar Tabárez | Uruguay | 74 |
| 5 | Fernando Santos | Portugal | 74 |
| 6 | Vicente del Bosque | Spain | 72 |
| 7 | Roberto Martínez | Spain | 70 |
| 8 | José Pékerman | Argentina | 55 |
| 9 | Marc Wilmots | Belgium | 43 |
| 10 | Gareth Southgate | England | 43 |

## Women's winners

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 | National team | Points |
| 2020 | 1st | Sarina Wiegman | Netherlands | 200 |
| 2020 | 2nd | Vlatko Andonovski | United States | 65 |
| 2020 | 3rd | Martina Voss-Tecklenburg | Germany | 25 |
| 2021 | 1st | Bev Priestman | Canada | 135 |
| 2021 | 2nd | Peter Gerhardsson | Sweden | 55 |
| 2021 | 3rd | Sarina Wiegman | Netherlands | 40 |
| 2022 | 1st | Sarina Wiegman | England | 205 |
| 2022 | 2nd | Martina Voss-Tecklenburg | Germany | 40 |
| 2022 | 3rd | Pia Sundhage | Brazil | 30 |
| 2023 | 1st | Sarina Wiegman | England | 156 |
| 2023 | 2nd | Jorge Vilda | Spain | 152 |
| 2023 | 3rd | Peter Gerhardsson | Sweden | 35 |
| 2024 | 1st | Emma Hayes | United States | 134 |
| 2024 | 2nd | Montse Tomé | Spain | 85 |
| 2024 | 3rd | Sarina Wiegman | England | 72 |

### Statistics

Winners (2020–present) :
| Coach | Wins | Years |
| Sarina Wiegman | 3 | 2020, 2022, 2023 |
| Bev Priestman | 1 | 2021 |
| Emma Hayes | 1 | 2024 |
Wins by national team :
| National team | Total | Coaches |
| England | 2 | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 1 | 1 |
Wins by nationality :
| Nationality | Total | Coaches |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 |
| England | 2 | 2 |

### Continental winners

    Bold indicates the World's Best Woman National Coach winner.
| Year | Confederation | Winner | National team |
| 2021 | UEFA | Peter Gerhardsson | Sweden |
| 2021 | CONMEBOL | Pia Sundhage | Brazil |
| 2021 | CONCACAF | Bev Priestman | Canada |
| 2021 | CAF | Bruce Mwape | Zambia |
| 2021 | AFC | Asako Takakura | Japan |
| 2021 | OFC | Jitka Klimková | New Zealand |