IFFHS World's Best Club Coach

Marcello Lippi, 1996 Best Club Coach of the Year, first winner of the Trophy

The IFFHS World's Best Club Coach is an association football award given annually, since 1996, to the most outstanding club 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 of the continents.[1]

Public reception

The award is officially recognised by FIFA despite the IFFHS not being affiliated with them.[2] 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.[3] Four times winner, José Mourinho once jokingly stated that the IFFHS were slow in handing over the award claiming he had not received his award from 2010 in 2012.[4]

List of winners

The award is awarded every January. The winning coach and the runner up in the rankings are awarded a gold and silver trophy respectively at the World Football Gala.[5] Below is a list of the previous winners and runners-up since the first award in 1996.[6]

Jose Mourinho, 2012 Best Club Coach of the Year, and a record 4 times winner of the Trophy
Year Winning coach Winning coach's club Runner-up coach Runner-up coach's club Source
1996Italy Marcello LippiItaly JuventusArgentina Ramón DíazArgentina River Plate
1997Germany Ottmar HitzfeldGermany Borussia DortmundScotland Alex FergusonEngland Manchester United[7]
1998Italy Marcello LippiItaly JuventusGermany Jupp HeynckesSpain Real Madrid
1999Scotland Sir Alex FergusonEngland Manchester UnitedSweden Sven-Göran ErikssonItaly Lazio
2000Argentina Carlos BianchiArgentina Boca JuniorsArgentina Héctor CúperSpain Valencia
2001Germany Ottmar HitzfeldGermany Bayern MunichFrance Gerard HoullierEngland Liverpool[7]
2002Spain Vicente del BosqueSpain Real MadridFrance Arsène WengerEngland Arsenal
2003Argentina Carlos BianchiArgentina Boca JuniorsItaly Carlo AncelottiItaly Milan
2004Portugal José MourinhoEngland ChelseaFrance Arsène WengerEngland Arsenal
2005Portugal José MourinhoEngland ChelseaSpain Rafael BenítezEngland Liverpool
2006Netherlands Frank RijkaardSpain BarcelonaPortugal José MourinhoEngland Chelsea
2007Italy Carlo AncelottiItaly MilanScotland Sir Alex FergusonEngland Manchester United
2008Scotland Sir Alex FergusonEngland Manchester UnitedNetherlands Dick AdvocaatRussia Zenit St. Petersburg
2009Spain Pep GuardiolaSpain BarcelonaScotland Sir Alex FergusonEngland Manchester United
2010Portugal José MourinhoItaly Inter MilanSpain Pep GuardiolaSpain Barcelona
2011Spain Pep GuardiolaSpain BarcelonaPortugal José MourinhoSpain Real Madrid
2012Portugal José MourinhoSpain Real MadridItaly Roberto Di MatteoEngland Chelsea
2013Germany Jupp HeynckesGermany Bayern MunichGermany Jürgen KloppGermany Borussia Dortmund[8]
2014Italy Carlo AncelottiSpain Real MadridArgentina Diego SimeoneSpain Atlético Madrid[9]
2015Spain Luis EnriqueSpain BarcelonaSpain Pep GuardiolaGermany Bayern Munich[10]

World Coach of the Decade

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 manager, Arsène Wenger despite the fact he had never won the annual World's Best Club Coach award.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Guardiola voted best coach in the world". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  2. ↑ Dan Ripley (2011-01-07). "Wenger named world's best manager of the past decade". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  3. ↑ "Guardiola voted IFFHS' World's Best Club Coach". Total Barca. 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  4. ↑ "Jose Mourinho affirms Kaka will be staying at Real Madrid despite Paris Saint-Germain speculation". Goal.com. 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  5. ↑ "Pep Guardiola, for the second time, obtained recognition as the best coach in the world". NTN24. 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  6. ↑ Erik Garin (2007-08-02). "IFFHS' World's Best Coaches of the Year 1996-2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  7. 1 2 Massimo Marzocchi (January 5, 2002). "Hitzfeld honoured for success at Bayern". The Scotsman. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is the world's best club coach 2013". iffhs.de. 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  9. ↑ "THE WORLD'S BEST CLUB COACH 2014". iffhs.de. 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  10. ↑ "THE WORLD'S BEST CLUB COACH 2015". iffhs.de. 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  11. ↑ "Wenger: World Coach of the Decade". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  12. ↑ "Arsene Wenger coach of the decade". Soccer Magazine. Retrieved 2012-06-22.

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