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FIFA Coach of the Year Award

There has been an annual award for the men's and women's football coach of the year, awarded by FIFA annually since 2010. From 2010 until 2015, the award was the FIFA World Coach of the Year, a joint award by FIFA and Ballon d'Or. After the split of FIFA and Ballon d'Or, the award has been called the Best FIFA Football Coach Award. There is also a new Ballon d'Or Coach of the Year Award which will be first awarded in 2024.

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The winners are currently decided by four groups, each contributing 25% of the total vote. The voting panel includes media representatives, national team coaches, national team captains and the general public.

List of the FIFA Men's Coach of the Year Award winners

Year Coach Team(s) managed Votes
2022 Argentina Lionel Scaloni Argentina Argentina 28 total votes
2021 Germany Thomas Tuchel England Chelsea 28
2020 Germany Jürgen Klopp England Liverpool 24
2019 Germany Jürgen Klopp England Liverpool 48
2018 France Didier Deschamps France 30.52%
2017 France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 46.22%
2016 Italy Claudio Ranieri England Leicester City 22.06%
2015 Spain Luis Enrique Spain Barcelona 31.08%
2014 Germany Joachim Löw Germany Germany 36.23%
2013 Germany Jupp Heynckes Germany Bayern Munich 37.30%
2012 Spain Vicente del Bosque Spain Spain 34.51%
2011 Spain Pep Guardiola Spain Barcelona 41.90%
2010 Portugal José Mourinho Italy Internazionale 35.92%

List of the FIFA Women's Coach of the Year Award winners

Year Coach Team(s) managed
2022 Sarina Wiegman England
2021 Emma Hayes England Chelsea
2020 Sarina Wiegman Netherlands
2019 Jill Ellis United States
2018 Reynald Pedros France Lyon
2017 Sarina Wiegman Netherlands
2016 Silvia Neid Germany
2015 Jill Ellis United States
2014 Ralf Kellermann Wolfsburg
2013 Silvia Neid Germany
2012 Pia Sundhage United States
2011 Norio Sasaki Japan
2010 Silvia Neid Germany


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