# 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. 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 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. 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.

### List of winners

| Year | Rank | Winning coach | Club(s) | Points |
| 1996 | 1st | Marcello Lippi | Juventus | – |
| 1996 | 2nd | Ramón Díaz | River Plate | – |
| 1996 | 3rd | Luis Fernandez | Paris Saint-Germain | – |
| 1997 | 1st | Ottmar Hitzfeld | Borussia Dortmund | 146 |
| 1997 | 2nd | Alex Ferguson | Manchester United | 110 |
| 1997 | 3rd | Marcello Lippi | Juventus | 87 |
| 1998 | 1st | Marcello Lippi | Juventus | 154 |
| 1998 | 2nd | Jupp Heynckes | Real Madrid | 134 |
| 1998 | 3rd | Alex Ferguson | Manchester United | 88 |
| 1999 | 1st | Alex Ferguson | Manchester United | 225 |
| 1999 | 2nd | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Lazio | 86 |
| 1999 | 3rd | Ottmar Hitzfeld | Bayern Munich | 69 |
| 2000 | 1st | Carlos Bianchi | Boca Juniors | 137 |
| 2000 | 2nd | Héctor Cúper | Valencia | 124 |
| 2000 | 3rd | Vicente del Bosque | Real Madrid | 116 |
| 2001 | 1st | Ottmar Hitzfeld | Bayern Munich | 228 |
| 2001 | 2nd | Gérard Houllier | Liverpool | 125 |
| 2001 | 3rd | Carlos Bianchi | Boca Juniors | 120 |
| 2002 | 1st | Vicente del Bosque | Real Madrid | 224 |
| 2002 | 2nd | Arsène Wenger | Arsenal | 136 |
| 2002 | 3rd | Alex Ferguson Klaus Toppmöller | Manchester United Bayer Leverkusen | 69 |
| 2003 | 1st | Carlos Bianchi | Boca Juniors | 173 |
| 2003 | 2nd | Carlo Ancelotti | Milan | 117 |
| 2003 | 3rd | Marcello Lippi | Juventus | 70 |
| 2004 | 1st | José Mourinho | Porto | 271 |
| 2004 | 2nd | Arsène Wenger | Arsenal | 86 |
| 2004 | 3rd | Didier Deschamps | Monaco | 72 |
| 2005 | 1st | José Mourinho | Chelsea | 275 |
| 2005 | 2nd | Arsène Wenger | Arsenal | 89 |
| 2005 | 3rd | Rafael Benítez | Liverpool | 66 |
| 2006 | 1st | Frank Rijkaard | Barcelona | 236 |
| 2006 | 2nd | José Mourinho | Chelsea | 113 |
| 2006 | 3rd | Juande Ramos | Sevilla | 92 |
| 2007 | 1st | Carlo Ancelotti | Milan | 193 |
| 2007 | 2nd | Alex Ferguson | Manchester United | 134 |
| 2007 | 3rd | Juande Ramos | Sevilla | 104 |
| 2008 | 1st | Alex Ferguson | Manchester United | 264 |
| 2008 | 2nd | Dick Advocaat | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 144 |
| 2008 | 3rd | Edgardo Bauza | LDU Quito | 64 |
| 2009 | 1st | Pep Guardiola | Barcelona | 300 |
| 2009 | 2nd | Alex Ferguson | Manchester United | 137 |
| 2009 | 3rd | José Mourinho | Inter Milan | 66 |
| 2010 | 1st | José Mourinho | Inter Milan Real Madrid | 294 |
| 2010 | 2nd | Pep Guardiola | Barcelona | 188 |
| 2010 | 3rd | Louis van Gaal | Bayern Munich | 75 |
| 2011 | 1st | Pep Guardiola | Barcelona | 201 |
| 2011 | 2nd | José Mourinho | Real Madrid | 112 |
| 2011 | 3rd | Alex Ferguson | Manchester United | 107 |
| 2012 | 1st | José Mourinho | Real Madrid | 101 |
| 2012 | 2nd | Roberto Di Matteo | Chelsea | 99 |
| 2012 | 3rd | Diego Simeone | Atlético Madrid | 97 |
| 2013 | 1st | Jupp Heynckes | Bayern Munich | 216 |
| 2013 | 2nd | Jürgen Klopp | Borussia Dortmund | 101 |
| 2013 | 3rd | Diego Simeone | Atlético Madrid | 61 |
| 2014 | 1st | Carlo Ancelotti | Real Madrid | 169 |
| 2014 | 2nd | Diego Simeone | Atlético Madrid | 139 |
| 2014 | 3rd | Pep Guardiola | Bayern Munich | 76 |
| 2015 | 1st | Luis Enrique | Barcelona | 165 |
| 2015 | 2nd | Pep Guardiola | Bayern Munich | 86 |
| 2015 | 3rd | Massimiliano Allegri | Juventus | 43 |
| 2016 | 1st | Diego Simeone | Atlético Madrid | 113 |
| 2016 | 2nd | Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid | 108 |
| 2016 | 3rd | Claudio Ranieri | Leicester City | 86 |
| 2017 | 1st | Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid | 326 |
| 2017 | 2nd | Massimiliano Allegri | Juventus | 70 |
| 2017 | 3rd | Antonio Conte | Chelsea | 66 |
| 2018 | 1st | Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid | 296 |
| 2018 | 2nd | Jürgen Klopp | Liverpool | 109 |
| 2018 | 3rd | Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | 105 |
| 2019 | 1st | Jürgen Klopp | Liverpool | 369 |
| 2019 | 2nd | Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | 100 |
| 2019 | 3rd | Erik ten Hag | Ajax | 82 |
| 2020 | 1st | Hansi Flick | Bayern Munich | 270 |
| 2020 | 2nd | Jürgen Klopp | Liverpool | 125 |
| 2020 | 3rd | Julian Nagelsmann | RB Leipzig | 5 |
| 2021 | 1st | Thomas Tuchel | Chelsea | 230 |
| 2021 | 2nd | Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | 55 |
| 2021 | 3rd | Hansi Flick | Bayern Munich | 25 |
| 2022 | 1st | Carlo Ancelotti | Real Madrid | 245 |
| 2022 | 2nd | Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | 45 |
| 2022 | 3rd | Walid Regragui | Wydad AC | 40 |
| 2023 | 1st | Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | 281 |
| 2023 | 2nd | Carlo Ancelotti | Real Madrid | 56 |
| 2023 | 3rd | Luciano Spalletti | Napoli | 53 |
| 2024 | 1st | Carlo Ancelotti | Real Madrid | 268 |
| 2024 | 2nd | Xabi Alonso | Bayer Leverkusen | 104 |
| 2024 | 3rd | Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | 88 |

### Statistics

Winners (1996–present) :
| Coach | Wins | Years |
| José Mourinho | 4 | 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012 |
| Carlo Ancelotti | 4 | 2007, 2014, 2022, 2024 |
| Pep Guardiola | 3 | 2009, 2011, 2023 |
| Marcello Lippi | 2 | 1996, 1998 |
| Ottmar Hitzfeld | 2 | 1997, 2001 |
| Carlos Bianchi | 2 | 2000, 2003 |
| Alex Ferguson | 2 | 1999, 2008 |
| Zinedine Zidane | 2 | 2017, 2018 |
| Vicente del Bosque | 1 | 2002 |
| Frank Rijkaard | 1 | 2006 |
| Jupp Heynckes | 1 | 2013 |
| Luis Enrique | 1 | 2015 |
| Diego Simeone | 1 | 2016 |
| Jürgen Klopp | 1 | 2019 |
| Hansi Flick | 1 | 2020 |
| Thomas Tuchel | 1 | 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 | Chelsea |
| 2021 | CONMEBOL | Renato Gaúcho | Flamengo |
| 2021 | CONCACAF | Javier Aguirre | Monterrey |
| 2021 | CAF | Pitso Mosimane | Al Ahly |
| 2021 | AFC | Leonardo Jardim | Al-Hilal |
| 2021 | OFC | José Figueira | Auckland City |

### 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 | 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)

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.
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 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.
Top 10 coaches :
| 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

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 | Lyon | 250 |
| 2020 | 2nd | Emma Hayes | Chelsea | 50 |
| 2020 | 3rd | Lluís Cortés | Barcelona | 20 |
| 2021 | 1st | Lluís Cortés | Barcelona | 185 |
| 2021 | 2nd | Sonia Bompastor | Lyon | 55 |
| 2021 | 3rd | Emma Hayes | Chelsea | 35 |
| 2022 | 1st | Sonia Bompastor | Lyon | 145 |
| 2022 | 2nd | Jonatan Giráldez | Barcelona | 55 |
| 2022 | 3rd | Hoffmann Túlio | Palmeiras | 25 |
| 2023 | 1st | Jonatan Giráldez | Barcelona | 180 |
| 2023 | 2nd | Sonia Bompastor | Lyon | 67 |
| 2023 | 3rd | Tommy Stroot | Wolfsburg | 61 |
| 2024 | 1st | Jonatan Giráldez | Barcelona Washington Spirit | 170 |
| 2024 | 2nd | Sonia Bompastor | Lyon Chelsea | 120 |
| 2024 | 3rd | Emma Hayes | Chelsea | 82 |

### Statistics

Winners (2020–present) :
| Coach | Wins | Years |
| Jonatan Giráldez | 2 | 2023, 2024 |
| Jean-Luc Vasseur | 1 | 2020 |
| Lluís Cortés | 1 | 2021 |
| Sonia Bompastor | 1 | 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 | Barcelona |
| 2021 | CONMEBOL | Arthur Elias | Corinthians |
| 2021 | CONCACAF | Roberto Medina | Tigres UANL |
| 2021 | CAF | Yusif Basigi | Hasaacas |
| 2021 | AFC | Ante Juric | Sydney FC |
| 2021 | OFC | Juan José Chang | Coastal Spirit |