The IFFHS World's Best National Coach is an

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award given annually, since 1996, to the most outstanding national team 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). 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 Lionel Sebastián Scaloni (, ; born 16 May 1978) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of the Argentina national team. Under his leadership, Argentina achieved the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Scalon ...

. 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. Vicente del Bosque Euro 2012 final

List of winners

Statistics

Continental winners

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

All-time World's Best Man Coach ranking (1996–2020)

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

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 Joachim "Jogi" Löw (; born 3 February 1960) is a German football coach and former player. He was the manager of the Germany national team from 2006 until 2021. During his tenure as manager, he led Germany to victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup i ...

who finished ahead of France manager

Didier Deschamps Didier Claude Deschamps (; born 15 October 1968) is a French professional football manager and former player who has been managing the France national team since 2012. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, Engl ...

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

Statistics

Continental winners

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

References

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Men's winners

List of winners

Statistics

Continental winners

All-time World's Best Man Coach ranking (1996–2020)

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

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

Women's winners

List of winners

Statistics

Continental winners

See also

References