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The IFFHS World's Best Club Coach is an

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award given annually, since 1996, to the most outstanding club coach as voted by the

International Federation of Football History & Statistics The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football. It was founded in 1984 by Alfredo Pöge in Leipzig. The IFFHS was based in Abu Dhabi for so ...

(IFFHS), an autonomous football federation working without the investment or support of FIFA or UEFA. It is awarded to support the players with their performances. 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

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coach

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. The current women's recipient is

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coach Jean-Luc Vasseur.

Public reception

The award is officially recognised by

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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 José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix GOIH (; born 26 January 1963), is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Italian Serie A club Roma. Once dubbed "The Special One" by the British ...

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. JoseMourinho

List of winners

Statistics

Continental winners

Bold indicates the World's Best Man Club Coach winner.

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

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

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manager

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, despite the fact he had never won the annual World's Best Club Coach award.

The World's Best Man Club Coach of the Decade (2011–2020)

In 2021,

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

's manager

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won the World's Best Man Club Coach of the Decade 2011–2020.

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

Statistics

Continental winners

Bold indicates the World's Best Woman Club Coach winner.

References

External links

IFFHS's page on the World's Best Club Coach award
{{IFFHS World's Best Club Coach International Federation of Football History & Statistics Association football trophies and awards

IFFHS The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football. It was founded in 1984 by Alfredo Pöge in Leipzig. The IFFHS was based in Abu Dhabi for so ...

Public reception

Men's winners

List of winners

Statistics

Continental winners

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

The World's Best Man Coach of the Decade (2001–2010)

The World's Best Man Club Coach of the Decade (2011–2020)

Women's winners

List of winners

Statistics

Continental winners

See also

References

External links