IFFHS World's Best National Coach
Award for association football coaches
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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.
| Sport | Association football |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best performing man national coach of the calendar year |
| Presented by | International Federation of Football History & Statistics |
| History | |
| First award | 1996 |
| Editions | 30 |
| First winner |  Berti Vogts |
| Most wins |  Vicente del Bosque (4 awards) |
| Most recent | Luis de la Fuente (2nd award) |
| Website | www |
Men's winners
Below is a list of the previous men's winners and runners-up since the first award in 1996.[1][2]
List of winners
Statistics
| Coach | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Vicente del Bosque |
4 | 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
| Joachim Löw |
2 | 2014, 2017 |
 Fernando Santos |
2016, 2019 | |
 Didier Deschamps |
2018, 2020 | |
 Lionel Scaloni |
2022, 2023 | |
| Luis de la Fuente |
2024, 2025 | |
| Berti Vogts |
1 | 1996 |
 Mário Zagallo |
1997 | |
| Aimé Jacquet |
1998 | |
| Wanderley Luxemburgo |
1999 | |
| Roger Lemerre |
2000 | |
| Marcelo Bielsa |
2001 | |
| Luiz Felipe Scolari |
2002 | |
| Jacques Santini |
2003 | |
| Otto Rehhagel |
2004 | |
| Carlos Alberto Parreira |
2005 | |
 Marcello Lippi |
2006 | |
| Dunga |
2007 | |
| Luis Aragonés |
2008 | |
 Óscar Tabárez |
2011 | |
| Jorge Sampaoli |
2015 | |
| Roberto Mancini |
2021 |
Continental winners
Bold indicates the World's Best Man National Coach winner.
| Year | Confederation | Winner | National team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | UEFA | Roberto Mancini[25] |
Italy |
| CONMEBOL | Lionel Scaloni[26] |
Argentina | |
| CONCACAF |  Greg Berhalter[27] |
United States | |
| CAF |  Djamel Belmadi[28] |
Algeria | |
| AFC | Hervé Renard[29] |
 Saudi Arabia | |
| OFC |  Danny Hay[30] |
New Zealand |
All-time World's Best Man Coach ranking (1996–2020)
- As of 25 February 2021[31]
| 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)
| 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.[33]
| 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
| Sport | Association football |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best performing woman national coach of the calendar year |
| Presented by | International Federation of Football History & Statistics |
| History | |
| First award | 2020 |
| Editions | 6 |
| First winner | Sarina Wiegman |
| Most wins | Sarina Wiegman (4 awards) |
| Most recent | Sarina Wiegman (4th award) |
| Website | www |
Below is a list of the previous women's winners and runners-up since the first award in 2020.[1][2]
List of winners
| Year | Rank | Coach | National team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1st | Sarina Wiegman[34] | Netherlands |
200 |
| 2nd |  Vlatko Andonovski |
United States |
65 | |
| 3rd | Martina Voss-Tecklenburg |
Germany |
25 | |
| 2021 | 1st | Bev Priestman[35] |
 Canada |
135 |
| 2nd |  Peter Gerhardsson |
Sweden |
55 | |
| 3rd | Sarina Wiegman |
Netherlands |
40 | |
| 2022 | 1st | Sarina Wiegman[36] |
England |
205 |
| 2nd | Martina Voss-Tecklenburg |
Germany |
40 | |
| 3rd | Pia Sundhage |
Brazil |
30 | |
| 2023 | 1st | Sarina Wiegman[37] |
England |
156 |
| 2nd | Jorge Vilda |
Spain |
152 | |
| 3rd | Peter Gerhardsson |
Sweden |
35 | |
| 2024 | 1st | Emma Hayes[38] |
United States |
134 |
| 2nd | Montse Tomé |
Spain |
85 | |
| 3rd | Sarina Wiegman |
England |
72 | |
| 2025 | 1st | Sarina Wiegman[39] |
England |
166 |
| 2nd | Arthur Elias |
Brazil |
68 | |
| 3rd | Montse Tomé |
Spain |
64 | |
Statistics
| Coach | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Sarina Wiegman |
4 | 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025 |
| Bev Priestman |
1 | 2021 |
| Emma Hayes |
1 | 2024 |
| National team | Total | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| England |
3 | 1 |
| Canada |
1 | 1 |
| Netherlands |
1 | 1 |
| United States |
1 | 1 |
| Nationality | Total | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands |
4 | 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[40] |
Sweden |
| CONMEBOL | Pia Sundhage[41] |
Brazil | |
| CONCACAF | Bev Priestman[42] |
Canada | |
| CAF |  Bruce Mwape[43] |
Zambia | |
| AFC |  Asako Takakura[44] |
Japan | |
| OFC |  Jitka Klimková[45] |
New Zealand |