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The IFFHS World's Best Club Coach is an
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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The IFFHS World's Best Club Coach is an association football
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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. 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
Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...
coach Pep Guardiola
Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (; born 18 January 1971) is a Catalans, Catalan professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player from Spain who has been the manager of club Manchester City F.C., Ma ...
. The current women's recipient is Barcelona
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coach Jonatan Giráldez.
Public reception
The award is officially recognised byFIFA
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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 (; born 26 January 1963) is a Portuguese professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Fenerba ...
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
Statistics
Continental winners
:Bold indicates the World's Best Man Club Coach winner.
All-time World's Best Man Coach ranking (1996–2020)
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
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manager Arsène Wenger
Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger (born 22 October 1949) is a French former association football, football Manager (association football), manager and football player, player who is currently serving as FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development. ...
, 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, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...
's manager Diego Simeone 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.
See also
*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 World's Best Club
* IFFHS World's Best Player
*IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
The IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper is a association football, football award given annually since 1987 to the best Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper of the year as voted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics ...
* IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer
* IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer
* IFFHS World Team
* IFFHS World's Best National Coach
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 ...