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 YearRankWinnerNational teamPoint1996 1st Berti Vogts –2nd Velibor Milutinović3rd Jo Bonfrère1997 1st Mário Zagallo 1942nd Javier Clemente1123rd Glenn Hoddle1101998 1st Aimé Jacquet 2592nd Miroslav Blažević1483rd Guus Hiddink1091999 1st Wanderley Luxemburgo 1472nd Jozef Chovanec1403rd José Antonio Camacho1232000 1st Roger Lemerre 2712nd Humberto Coelho1023rd Marcelo Bielsa912001 1st Marcelo Bielsa 2012nd Sven-Göran Eriksson1473rd Roger Lemerre1272002 1st Luiz Felipe Scolari 2862nd Guus Hiddink1793rd Şenol Güneş1552003 1st Jacques Santini 1502nd Karel Brückner1333rd Sven-Göran Eriksson742004 1st Otto Rehhagel 2612nd Marcelo Bielsa1343rd Luiz Felipe Scolari982005 1st Carlos Alberto Parreira 1672nd Marco van Basten1343rd José Pékerman752006 1st Marcello Lippi 2982nd Raymond Domenech1323rd Jürgen Klinsmann1232007 1st Dunga 1482nd Slaven Bilić1013rd Jorvan Vieira832008 1st Luis Aragonés 2522nd Guus Hiddink1453rd Fatih Terim722009 1st Vicente del Bosque 1852nd Fabio Capello1513rd Dunga1492010 1st Vicente del Bosque 2982nd Joachim Löw1683rd Bert van Marwijk1252011 1st Óscar Tabárez 2002nd Vicente del Bosque1863rd Joachim Löw1692012 1st Vicente del Bosque 1652nd Cesare Prandelli1013rd Joachim Löw992013 1st Vicente del Bosque 1612nd Joachim Löw1013rd Luiz Felipe Scolari742014 1st Joachim Löw'' | align="center" | 220|- |scope=col style="background-color: silver"|2nd | Alejandro Sabella | | align="center" |71 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd | Louis van Gaal | | align="center" |38 |- ! colspan="5" | |- | rowspan="3" align="center" |2015|scope=col style="background-color: gold"| 1st|| Jorge Sampaoli||| align="center" | 136|- |scope=col style="background-color: silver"|2nd | Joachim Löw | | align="center" |57 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd | Roy Hodgson | | align="center" |46 |- ! colspan="5" | |- | rowspan="3" align="center" |2016|scope=col style="background-color: gold"| 1st|| Fernando Santos||| align="center" | 199|- |scope=col style="background-color: silver"|2nd | Lars Lagerbäck | | align="center" |71 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd | Joachim Löw | | align="center" |62 |- ! colspan="5" | |- | rowspan="3" align="center" |2017|scope=col style="background-color: gold"| 1st|| Joachim Löw||| align="center" | 299|- |scope=col style="background-color: silver"|2nd | Tite | | align="center" |125 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd | Julen Lopetegui | | align="center" |62 |- ! colspan="5" | |- | rowspan="3" align="center" |2018|scope=col style="background-color: gold"| 1st|| Didier Deschamps||| align="center" | 304|- |scope=col style="background-color: silver"|2nd | Zlatko Dalić | | align="center" |198 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd | Roberto Martínez | | align="center" |84 |- ! colspan="5" | |- | rowspan="3" align="center" |2019|scope=col style="background-color: gold"| 1st|| Fernando Santos||| align="center" | 112|- |scope=col style="background-color: silver"|2nd | Tite | | align="center" |102 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd | Roberto Martínez | | align="center" |97 |- ! colspan="5" | |- | rowspan="3" align="center" |2020|scope=col style="background-color: gold"| 1st|| Didier Deschamps||| align="center" | 100|- |scope=col style="background-color: silver"|2nd | Roberto Martínez | | align="center" |95 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd | Luis Enrique | | align="center" |60 |- ! colspan="5" | |- | rowspan="3" align="center" |2021|scope=col style="background-color: gold"| 1st|| Roberto Mancini||| align="center" | 225|- |scope=col style="background-color: silver"|2nd | Lionel Scaloni | | align="center" |30 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd | Didier Deschamps | | align="center" |25 |- ! colspan="5" | |- | rowspan="3" |2022|scope=col style="background-color: gold"| 1st| Lionel Scaloni|| align="center" |240|- |scope=col style="background-color: silver"|2nd | Didier Deschamps | | align="center" |45 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd | Walid Regragui | | align="center" |30 |- ! colspan="5" | |- | rowspan="3" |2023|scope=col style="background-color: gold"| 1st| Lionel Scaloni|| align="center" |185|- |scope=col style="background-color: silver"|2nd | Didier Deschamps | | align="center" |112 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd | Roberto Martínez | | align="center" |61 |- ! colspan="5" | |- | rowspan="3" |2024|scope=col style="background-color: gold"| 1st| Luis de la Fuente|| align="center" |274|- |scope=col style="background-color: silver"|2nd | Lionel Scaloni | | align="center" |148 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966"|3rd | Didier Deschamps | | align="center" |35 |- ! colspan="5" | |- | rowspan="3" |2025|scope=col style="background-color: gold"| 1st| Luis de la Fuente|| align="center" |136'''2nd Roberto Martínez833rd Lionel Scaloni59
Statistics +Winners (1996–present)CoachWinsYears Vicente del Bosque42009, 2010, 2012, 2013 Joachim Löw22014, 2017 Fernando Santos2016, 2019 Didier Deschamps2018, 2020 Lionel Scaloni2022, 2023 Luis de la Fuente2024, 2025 Berti Vogts11996 Mário Zagallo1997 Aimé Jacquet1998 Wanderley Luxemburgo1999 Roger Lemerre2000 Marcelo Bielsa2001 Luiz Felipe Scolari2002 Jacques Santini2003 Otto Rehhagel2004 Carlos Alberto Parreira2005 Marcello Lippi2006 Dunga2007 Luis Aragonés2008 Óscar Tabárez2011 Jorge Sampaoli2015 Roberto Mancini2021 +Wins by national teamNational teamTotalCoaches73555443322221111111 +Wins by nationalityNationalityTotalCoaches7355544332222111
Continental winners Bold indicates the World's Best Man National Coach winner.
YearConfederationWinnerNational team2021UEFA Roberto ManciniCONMEBOL Lionel ScaloniCONCACAF Greg BerhalterCAF Djamel BelmadiAFC Hervé RenardOFC Danny Hay
All-time World's Best Man Coach ranking (1996–2020)
+Top 10 coachesRankCoachNationalityPoints1Alex Ferguson2572José Mourinho2263Pep Guardiola2114Joachim Löw2005Arsene Wenger1836Vicente del Bosque1757Carlo Ancelotti1698Marcello Lippi1569Diego Simeone15210Luiz Felipe Scolari151
The World's Best Man Coach of the Decade (2001–2010) +Top 10 coachesRankCoachNationalityPoints1Arsène Wenger1562Alex Ferguson1483José Mourinho1354Fabio Capello1205Guus Hiddink1126Carlo Ancelotti1087Luiz Felipe Scolari1018Marcelo Bielsa1019Rafael Benítez9710Marcello Lippi88
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 coachesRankCoachNationalityPoints1Joachim Löw1552Didier Deschamps1013Tite814Óscar Tabárez745Fernando Santos746Vicente del Bosque727Roberto Martínez708José Pékerman559Marc Wilmots4310Gareth Southgate43
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 YearRankCoachNational teamPoints20201st Sarina Wiegman2002nd Vlatko Andonovski653rd Martina Voss-Tecklenburg2520211st Bev Priestman1352nd Peter Gerhardsson553rd Sarina Wiegman4020221st Sarina Wiegman2052nd Martina Voss-Tecklenburg403rd Pia Sundhage3020231st Sarina Wiegman1562nd Jorge Vilda1523rd Peter Gerhardsson3520241st Emma Hayes1342nd Montse Tomé853rd Sarina Wiegman7220251st Sarina Wiegman1662nd Arthur Elias683rd Montse Tomé64
Statistics +Winners (2020–present)CoachWinsYears Sarina Wiegman42020, 2022, 2023, 2025 Bev Priestman12021 Emma Hayes12024 +Wins by national teamNational teamTotalCoaches31111111 +Wins by nationalityNationalityTotalCoaches4122
Continental winners
Bold indicates the World's Best Woman National Coach winner.
YearConfederationWinnerNational team2021UEFA Peter GerhardssonCONMEBOL Pia SundhageCONCACAF Bev PriestmanCAF Bruce MwapeAFC Asako TakakuraOFC Jitka Klimková
See also International Federation of Football History & Statistics IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer IFFHS World's Best Club Coach IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper IFFHS World's Best Player IFFHS World's Best Club IFFHS World Team
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