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International Federation of Football History & Statistics
Formation1984
HeadquartersZürich, Switzerland
Official language
English, French, Spanish, German
President
Saleh Salem Bahwini[1]
Websiteiffhs.com
Peñarol's South America's Best Club of the Century trophy.

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football.[2][3][4] It was founded on 27 March 1984 in Leipzig by Alfredo Pöge at the time, Helmut Käser.[2] The IFFHS was based at Al-Muroor Street 147, Abu Dhabi for some time but, in 2010, relocated to Bonn, Germany, and then in 2014 to Zürich.[5]

During its early stages, and until 2002, the IFFHS concentrated on publishing the quarterly magazines Fußball-Weltzeitschrift, Libero spezial deutsch and Libero international.[6] When these had to be discontinued for reasons which were not officially told, the organisation published its material in a series of multi-lingual books in co-operation with sponsors.[7] The statistical organisation has now confined its publishing activities to its website, receiving support from FIFA,[7] organisation that recognise the IFFHS and its work[4][7] although the latter has no affiliation with the football's governing body.[8]

Since 2020, a Top XI and a best player award for every confederation, including in women's football, are revealed.

The World's Best Club

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Club

Since 1991, the entity has produced a monthly Club World Ranking.

Barcelona, 5-time winner of the world's Best Club award.

The ranking takes into consideration the results of twelve months of continental and intercontinental competitions, national league matches (including play-offs) and the most important national cup (excluding points won before the round of 16).

All countries are rated at four levels based upon the national league performance—clubs in the highest level leagues receive 4 points for each match won, 2 for a draw and 0 for a defeat. Level 2 is assigned 3 pts. (win), 1.5 (draw) and 0 (lost), and so on with the next lower levels.

In continental competitions, all clubs receive the same number of points at all stages regardless of the performance level of their leagues. However, the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores yield more points than UEFA Europa League and Copa Sudamericana, respectively. The point assignment system is still lower for the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and OFC continental tournaments. Competitions between two continents are evaluated depending upon their importance. Competitions not organised by a continental confederation, or any intercontinental events not recognized by FIFA, are not taken into consideration.

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1991–present)[9]
Club Wins Years
Spain Barcelona 5 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
Spain Real Madrid 4 2000, 2002, 2014, 2017
England Liverpool 3 2001, 2005, 2019
Italy Juventus 2 1993, 1996
Italy Milan 1995, 2003
Spain Sevilla 2006, 2007
England Manchester United 1999, 2008
Italy Inter Milan 1998, 2010
Germany Bayern Munich 2013, 2020

Continental Men's Clubs of the Century (1901–2000)

Real Madrid, European club of the 20th Century.
Boca Juniors, South American team of the decade (2001–2010).

In 2009, the IFFHS released the results of a statistical study series which determined the best continental clubs of the 20th century.[10] The ranking did not consider the performance of the teams in national football tournaments (except in the Oceania's club ranking due to limited editions held under OFC club competitions), the performance in the intercontinental or worldwide club competitions or those submitted in the IFFHS Club World Ranking, available since 1991.[11]

Based on this study, which assigned a weighted score criteria applied for each competition analysed, the below six clubs were named as "continental clubs of the century" by the IFFHS between 10 September and 13 October 2009. These clubs were awarded with a golden trophy and a certificate during the World Football Gala celebrated at Fulham, London, on 11 May 2010.[12][13][14]

Continent Club
Europe Spain Real Madrid
South America Uruguay Peñarol
Africa Ghana Asante Kotoko
Asia Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
CONCACAF Costa Rica Saprissa
Oceania Australia South Melbourne

The Best Man Club of the Decade

In 2012, the IFFHS recognised Barcelona as the World's Best Club Team of the Decade for the first decade of the 21st century (2001–2010).[15] In 2021, Barcelona were recognised as the world's best club also for the second decade (2011–2020).

Decade World Europe South America CONCACAF Africa Asia Oceania
2001–2010 Spain Barcelona[15] Spain Barcelona[16] Argentina Boca Juniors[17] Mexico América[18] Egypt Al Ahly[19] Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal[20] New Zealand Auckland City[21]
2011–2020 Spain Barcelona[22] Spain Barcelona[23] Brazil Grêmio[24] Mexico UANL[25] Tunisia Espérance de Tunis[26] South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors[27] New Zealand Auckland City[28]
Lyon, 7-time winner of the Women's World's Best Club award.

Women's winners

Multiple winners (2012–present)[29]
Club Wins Years
France Lyon 7 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 2 2013, 2014

The World's Strongest National League

Main article: IFFHS World's Strongest National League
Premier League, Strongest National League of the Decade (2001–2010).

Men's league

Multiple winners (1991–present)
League Wins Years
Spain Spain 13 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Italy Italy 11 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2020
England England 5 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2019

The Strongest National League of the Decade

Decade World Europe South America CONCACAF Africa Asia Oceania
2001–2010 England England[30] England England[30] Brazil Brazil[30] Mexico Mexico[30] Egypt Egypt[30] Japan Japan[30] New Zealand New Zealand[30]
2011–2020 Spain Spain[31] Spain Spain[32] Brazil Brazil[32] Mexico Mexico[32] Tunisia Tunisia[32] South Korea South Korea[32] New Zealand New Zealand[32]

Women's league

Year League
2020 England England[33]
2021 France France[34]

The World's Best Player

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Player
Robert Lewandowski won the Best Player award in 2020 and 2021.

Men's winners

From 1991 until 2009, FIFA continued this distinction named "FIFA World Player of the Year"; this award was later replaced by the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010, and The Best FIFA Men's Player in 2016. The award was reinstated in 2020.

Multiple winners (1988–present)[35][36][37][38][39]
Player Wins Years
Netherlands Marco van Basten 2 1988, 1989
Poland Robert Lewandowski 2020, 2021

The World's Best Man Player of the Century (1901–2000)

Pelé, Player of the Century (1901–2000).
Top 10 players[40]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Pelé  Brazil 1705
2 Johan Cruyff  Netherlands 1303
3 Franz Beckenbauer  West Germany 1228
4 Alfredo Di Stéfano  Argentina
 Spain 		1215
5 Diego Maradona  Argentina 1214
6 Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 810
7 Michel Platini  France 722
8 Garrincha  Brazil 624
9 Eusébio  Portugal 544
10 Bobby Charlton  England 508

Women's winners

Year Winner Club(s)
2020 Denmark Pernille Harder[41] Germany VfL Wolfsburg
England Chelsea
2021 Spain Alexia Putellas[42] Spain Barcelona

The World's Best Woman Player of the Century (1901–2000)

Mia Hamm, Female Player of the Century (1901–2000).

IFFHS gave out an award decided by votes which was conducted with the participation of journalists and former players (no further details given).[43]

Top 10 players[44]
Rank Player Nationality Points
1 Mia Hamm United States United States 442
2 Michelle Akers United States United States 411
3 Heidi Mohr Germany Germany 250
4 Carolina Morace Italy Italy 230
5 Sissi Brazil Brazil 212
6 Linda Medalen Norway Norway 181
7 Liu Ailing China China PR 165
8 Kristine Lilly United States United States 160
9 Heidi Støre Norway Norway 141
10 Pia Sundhage Sweden Sweden 129

The World's Best Youth (U20) Player

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Youth (U20) Player
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Pedri won the Best Youth (U20) Player award in 2021.

The award was introduced in 2021.

Men's winners

Year Winner Club
2021 Spain Pedri[45] Spain Barcelona

Women's winners

Year Winner Club
2021 Sweden Hanna Bennison[46] Sweden FC Rosengård
England Everton

The World's Best Playmaker

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Playmaker

Men's winners

The IFFHS World's Best Playmaker is a footballing award which, since 2006, is given annually to the best playmaker of the year, as chosen by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).[47]

The award is awarded at the end of the year at the World Football Gala: the winning playmaker is awarded a gold trophy. Argentina's Lionel Messi and Spain's Xavi have won the award a record four times each (Xavi four consecutive times), and Spanish compatriot Andrés Iniesta has won the award two times. Barcelona is the club with the most wins, with ten in total.

Lionel Messi and Xavi (pictured) are the all time joint record winners of the award with 4 wins each.

Lionel Messi was named the Best Playmaker since 2006 and the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.[48]

Multiple winners (2006–present)[49]
Player Wins Years
Spain Xavi 4 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Argentina Lionel Messi 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Spain Andrés Iniesta 2 2012, 2013
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 2020, 2021

Women's winners

Dzsenifer Marozsán was named the Best Playmaker of the Decade 2011–2020.[50]

Year Winner Club(s)
2012 Brazil Marta[51] Sweden Tyresö FF
2013 Germany Lena Goeßling[52] Germany VfL Wolfsburg
2014 Germany Nadine Keßler[53] Germany VfL Wolfsburg
2015 United States Carli Lloyd[54] United States Houston Dash
2016 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[55] France Lyon
2017 Netherlands Lieke Martens[56] Sweden FC Rosengård
Spain Barcelona
2018 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[57] France Lyon
2019 United States Megan Rapinoe[58] United States Reign FC
2020 Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán[59] France Lyon
2021 Spain Alexia Putellas[60] Spain Barcelona

The World's Best Goalkeeper

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas is tied with Gianluigi Buffon and Manuel Neuer (5), with a record five consecutive wins between 2008 and 2012.

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1987–present)[61]
Player Wins Years
Spain Iker Casillas 5 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Italy Gianluigi Buffon 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2017
Germany Manuel Neuer 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
Italy Walter Zenga 3 1989, 1990, 1991
Paraguay José Luis Chilavert 1995, 1997, 1998
Germany Oliver Kahn 1999, 2001, 2002
Denmark Peter Schmeichel 2 1992, 1993

Women's winners

Multiple winners (2012–present)[62]
Player Wins Years
United States Hope Solo 4 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
France Sarah Bouhaddi 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020

The World's Best Top Goal Scorer

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the most awards (4). He is also the All-time World's Best Goal Scorer.

This award is given annually since 2020, and retroactively from 2011 to 2019, to the world's top goalscorer in the calendar year.

Men's winners

Multiple winners (2011–present)[63][64]
Player Wins Years
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 4 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
Argentina Lionel Messi 2 2012, 2016
Poland Robert Lewandowski 2020, 2021

All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking

Romário ranks 4th in the All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking with 753 goals.
As of 7 January 2022[65][66]
Bold indicates players currently active.
Top 10 goal scorers of all-time
Rank Player Goals
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 803
2 Brazil Pelé 765
3 Argentina Lionel Messi 758
4 Brazil Romário 753
5 Hungary Ferenc Puskás 729
6 Austria Czechoslovakia Josef Bican 720
7 Northern Ireland Jimmy Jones 647
8 Germany Gerd Müller 634
9 Portugal Eusébio 622
10 Ireland Joe Bambrick 616

Women's winners

The women's award was introduced in 2021.

Year Winner Club Goals
2021 Spain Jennifer Hermoso[67] Spain Barcelona 48

The World's Best International Goal Scorer

Main article: IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer

This award is given annually since 1991 to the world's top international goalscorer in the calendar year.

Ali Daei won the award twice (1996 and 2004).

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1991–present)[68]
Player Wins Years
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 5 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
Iran Ali Daei 2 1996, 2004
Argentina Lionel Messi 2011, 2012
Poland Robert Lewandowski 2015, 2021

Women's winners

The women's award was introduced in 2021.

Year Winner Club Goals
2021 England Ellen White[69] England Manchester City 21

The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer
Lionel Messi has won the award a record 4 times.

This award is given annually since 1997 to the player who scores the most goals in a league season (in a calendar year since 2020) in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1997–present)[70]
Player Wins Years
Argentina Lionel Messi 4 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 (shared)
Uruguay Luis Suárez 3 2010, 2014 (shared), 2016
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2014 (shared), 2015, 2020
Brazil Mário Jardel 2 1999, 2000

All-time World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer ranking

Ferenc Puskás is the All-time Best Top Division Goal Scorer.
As of 5 January 2022[71][72]
Bold indicates players currently active.
Top 10 top division goal scorers of all-time
Rank Player Goals
1 Hungary Ferenc Puskás 511
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 487
3 Argentina Lionel Messi 475
4 Hungary Imre Schlosser 417
5 Hungary Gyula Zsengellér 416
6 Scotland Jimmy McGrory 410
7 Germany Gerd Müller 405
Cameroon Roger Milla
9 Mexico Hugo Sánchez 400
10 Hungary Ferenc Szusza 393

Women's winners

The women's award was introduced in 2021.

Year Winner Club Goals
2021 Czech Republic Lucie Martínková[73] Czech Republic Sparta Prague 38

The World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer

Main article: IFFHS World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer
Masashi Nakayama is the only Japanese player to win the award.

This award was given annually from 1997 to 2004 to the player with the best goal ratio (goals/matches played) in a league season in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).

Men's winners

Year Winner Club Ratio
1997 Turkey Hakan Şükür[74] Turkey Galatasaray 1.188
1998 Japan Masashi Nakayama[75] Japan Júbilo Iwata 1.276
1999 Brazil Mário Jardel[76] Portugal Porto 1.125
2000 Saudi Arabia Hamzah Idris[77] Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad 1.320
2001 Brazil Romário[78] Brazil Vasco da Gama 1.167
2002 Brazil Mário Jardel[79] Portugal Sporting CP 1.400
2003 Paraguay José Cardozo[80] Mexico Toluca 1.381
2004 Uzbekistan Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev[81] Uzbekistan Navbahor Namangan 1.192

The World Team

Main article: IFFHS World Team
Sergio Ramos made 4 appearances in the World Team since 2017.

Men's winners

In 2017, IFFHS started to nominate a world team of the year.[82]

Multiple appearances (2017–present)[83]
Player Apps Years
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 5 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Argentina Lionel Messi 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Spain Sergio Ramos 4 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Brazil Marcelo 2 2017, 2018
Croatia Luka Modrić 2017, 2018
England Trent Alexander-Arnold 2019, 2020
Netherlands Virgil van Dijk 2019, 2020
Italy Leonardo Bonucci 2017, 2021
France Kylian Mbappé 2018, 2021
Poland Robert Lewandowski 2020, 2021
Canada Alphonso Davies 2020, 2021

All-time Men's Dream Team (2021)

Lev Yashin was selected as the goalkeeper for the All-time Men's Dream Team as well as the Men Team of the Century, both times for the World's and Europe's first team.
The Argentine Diego Maradona was part of the World and South America team.
Continent Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
World[84] Soviet Union Lev Yashin Brazil Cafu
West Germany Franz Beckenbauer
Italy Franco Baresi
Italy Paolo Maldini 		Spain Xavi
Argentina Diego Maradona
Netherlands Johan Cruyff 		Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Brazil Pelé
Argentina Lionel Messi
World B[84] Italy Gianluigi Buffon Brazil Carlos Alberto Torres
England Bobby Moore
Argentina Daniel Passarella
Brazil Roberto Carlos 		Germany Lothar Matthäus
France Zinedine Zidane
France Michel Platini 		Brazil Ronaldo
West Germany Gerd Müller
ArgentinaSpain Alfredo Di Stéfano
Europe[85] Soviet Union Lev Yashin Germany Philipp Lahm
West Germany Franz Beckenbauer
Italy Franco Baresi
Italy Paolo Maldini 		Spain Xavi
France Zinedine Zidane
France Michel Platini 		Netherlands Johan Cruyff
West Germany Gerd Müller
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
South America[86] Argentina Amadeo Carrizo Brazil Cafu
Chile Elías Figueroa
Argentina Daniel Passarella
Brazil Roberto Carlos 		Brazil Didi
Argentina Diego Maradona
Brazil Zico 		Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano
Brazil Pelé
Argentina Lionel Messi
CONCACAF[87] Mexico Antonio Carbajal Mexico Carlos Salcedo
Mexico Claudio Suárez
Mexico Rafael Márquez 		Mexico Andrés Guardado
Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz
Mexico Raúl Cárdenas
Mexico Luis de la Fuente 		Panama Julio Dely Valdés
Mexico Hugo Sánchez
United States Clint Dempsey
Africa[88] Cameroon Thomas N'Kono Ghana Samuel Kuffour
Cameroon Rigobert Song
Morocco Noureddine Naybet 		Ivory Coast Yaya Touré
Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Ghana Abedi Pele 		Cameroon Samuel Eto'o
Liberia George Weah
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Asia[89] Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia
South Korea Hong Myung-bo
Japan Yasuhiko Okudera 		China Wu Lei
Japan Shinji Kagawa
Australia Mile Jedinak
South Korea Park Ji-sung 		South Korea Son Heung-min
Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah
South Korea Cha Bum-kun
Oceania[90] New Zealand Stefan Marinovic New Zealand Ryan Nelsen
New Zealand Tommy Smith
New Zealand Winston Reid 		New Zealand Ryan Thomas
New Zealand Steve Sumner
New Zealand Marco Rojas
Fiji Roy Krishna 		New Zealand Rory Fallon
New Zealand Chris Wood
New Zealand Wynton Rufer
Dzsenifer Marozsán shares the record for most appearances in the Women World Team (4) with Lucy Bronze and Wendie Renard.

Women's winners

In 2017, IFFHS started to nominate a world team of the year.[91]

Multiple appearances (2017–present)[92]
Player Apps Years
France Wendie Renard 5 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
England Lucy Bronze 4 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
United States Alex Morgan 3 2017, 2018, 2019
France Sarah Bouhaddi 2017, 2018, 2020
Denmark Pernille Harder 2017, 2018, 2020
Norway Ada Hegerberg 2 2018, 2019
France Amandine Henry 2018, 2019
Japan Saki Kumagai 2018, 2020
Australia Sam Kerr 2017, 2021
Netherlands Lieke Martens 2017, 2021

All-time Women's Dream Team (2021)

Hope Solo was selected in the World and CONCACAF All-time Women's Dream Team.
Homare Sawa was selected in the World and Asia All-time Women's Dream Team.
Continent Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
World[93] United States Hope Solo England Lucy Bronze
France Wendie Renard
United States Christie Pearce
United States Joy Fawcett 		Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán
Japan Homare Sawa
Brazil Marta 		United States Megan Rapinoe
United States Mia Hamm
United States Alex Morgan
World B[93] Germany Nadine Angerer Germany Ariane Hingst
Sweden Nilla Fischer
Japan Saki Kumagai
Norway Hege Riise 		United States Michelle Akers
United States Kristine Lilly
Brazil Formiga 		United States Abby Wambach
United States Carli Lloyd
Germany Birgit Prinz
Europe[94] Germany Nadine Angerer England Lucy Bronze
France Wendie Renard
Sweden Nilla Fischer
Norway Linda Medalen 		Germany Nadine Keßler
Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán
France Camille Abily 		Sweden Lotta Schelin
Norway Ada Hegerberg
Germany Birgit Prinz
South America[95] Chile Christiane Endler Brazil Fabiana
Brazil Aline
Brazil Elane
Brazil Tamires 		Brazil Formiga
Brazil Sissi
Brazil Roseli 		Brazil Pretinha
Brazil Cristiane
Brazil Marta
CONCACAF[96] United States Hope Solo United States Kelley O'Hara
United States Joy Fawcett
United States Christie Pearce
United States Ali Krieger 		Costa Rica Shirley Cruz
United States Carli Lloyd
United States Megan Rapinoe 		United States Abby Wambach
United States Mia Hamm
United States Alex Morgan
Africa[97] Cameroon Annette Ngo Ndom Nigeria Onome Ebi
South Africa Janine van Wyk
Nigeria Florence Omagbeni
Nigeria Ngozi Ezeocha 		Nigeria Perpetua Nkwocha
Nigeria Mercy Akide
Cameroon Gabrielle Onguéné 		Cameroon Gaëlle Enganamouit
Nigeria Asisat Oshoala
Malawi Tabitha Chawinga
Asia[98] Australia Lydia Williams Australia Ellie Carpenter
Australia Cheryl Salisbury
Japan Saki Kumagai
China Fan Yunjie 		Japan Homare Sawa
South Korea Ji So-yun
Japan Aya Miyama 		China Liu Ailing
Australia Samantha Kerr
China Sun Wen
Oceania[99] New Zealand Erin Nayler New Zealand Rebekah Stott
New Zealand Rebecca Smith
New Zealand Abby Erceg 		New Zealand Ria Percival
New Zealand Hayley Bowden
New Zealand Katie Duncan
New Zealand Betsy Hassett 		New Zealand Ali Riley
New Zealand Amber Hearn
New Zealand Sarah Gregorius

The World Youth (U20) Team

Main article: IFFHS World Youth (U20) Team
Rodrygo is one of two players, with Real Madrid teammate Eduardo Camavinga, to appear twice in the Men's World Youth (U20) Team.

The award was introduced in 2020.

Men's winners

Multiple appearances (2020–present)
Player Apps Years
France Eduardo Camavinga 2 2020, 2021
Brazil Rodrygo 2020, 2021

Women's winners

Multiple appearances (2020–present)
Player Apps Years
Spain Cata Coll 2 2020, 2021
Germany Lena Oberdorf 2020, 2021

The World's Best Club Coach

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Club Coach
José Mourinho, World's Best Club Coach with three different clubs (Porto, Chelsea and Real Madrid).

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1996–present)[100]
Coach Wins Years
Portugal José Mourinho 4 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
Italy Marcello Lippi 2 1996, 1998
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld 1997, 2001
Argentina Carlos Bianchi 2000, 2003
Scotland Alex Ferguson 1999, 2008
Spain Pep Guardiola 2009, 2011
Italy Carlo Ancelotti 2007, 2014
France Zinedine Zidane 2017, 2018

Women's winners

Year Winner Club
2020 France Jean-Luc Vasseur[101] France Lyon
2021 Spain Lluís Cortés[102] Spain Barcelona

The World's Best National Coach

Main article: IFFHS World's Best National Coach
Joachim Löw, World's Best National Coach with Germany in 2014 and 2017.

Men's winners

Multiple winners (1996–present)[103]
Coach Wins Years
Spain Vicente del Bosque 4 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
Germany Joachim Löw 2 2014, 2017
Portugal Fernando Santos 2016, 2019
France Didier Deschamps 2018, 2020

Women's winners

Year Winner National team
2020 Netherlands Sarina Wiegman[104] Netherlands Netherlands
2021 England Bev Priestman[105] Canada Canada

The World's Best Referee

Main article: IFFHS World's Best Referee
Felix Brych, World's Best Referee in 2017 and 2021.

Men's winners

Felix Brych was awarded the prize for Men's Referee of the Decade 2011–20.

Multiple winners (1987–present)[106]
Referee Wins Years
Italy Pierluigi Collina 6 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Hungary Sándor Puhl 4 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Germany Markus Merk 3 2004, 2005, 2007
France Michel Vautrot 2 1988, 1989
Denmark Peter Mikkelsen 1991, 1993
England Howard Webb 2010, 2013
Italy Nicola Rizzoli 2014, 2015
Germany Felix Brych 2017, 2021

Women's winners

Bibiana Steinhaus was awarded the prize for Women's Referee of the Decade 2011–20.

Multiple winners (2012–present)[107]
Referee Wins Years
Germany Bibiana Steinhaus 4 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
France Stéphanie Frappart 3 2019, 2020, 2021

Criticism

Karl Lennartz, a sports historian and professor at the University of Cologne, Germany, called the organisation "obscure", describing it as a one-man show of its founder Alfredo Pöge.[108]

IFFHS rankings and their significance have been a matter of criticism and the largest German news agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, refuse to publish them.[109] Furthermore, it has been stated that the rankings of the IFFHS are not official and it's an award they serve merely for publicity.[108]

See also

References

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