Premier League rivals Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp are among the candidates to win the Best FIFA Men's Coach award, while Jill Ellis heads up the Best FIFA Women's Coach nominees after she led the United States to World Cup glory.
Guardiola guided Manchester City to the Premier League, EFL Cup and FA Cup in a glittering 2018-19 campaign that saw Klopp's Liverpool push them all the way for domestic glory.
๐จ Meet the coaching candidates! ๐จ#TheBest Men's Coach nominees:
โ FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) July 31, 2019
๐ฉ๐ฟ Djamel Belmadi
๐ซ๐ท Didier Deschamps
๐ฆ๐ท Marcelo Gallardo
๐ฆ๐ท Ricardo Gareca
๐ช๐ธ@PepTeam
๐ฉ๐ช Jurgen Klopp
๐ฆ๐ท Mauricio Pochettino
๐ต๐น Fernando Santos
๐ณ๐ฑ Erik ten Hag
๐ง๐ท Tite
Voting OPEN ๐https://t.co/NRJ9Nz40FC
The Reds won the Champions League for the first time in 14 years, beating Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham in the final, and the Spurs boss is also in the running for the FIFA award.
There is no place on the shortlist for Massimiliano Allegri despite the former Juventus coach having clinched his fifth consecutive Scudetto with the Bianconeri, and his successor Maurizio Sarri missed out even though he won the Europa League, reached the EFL Cup final and secured a Champions League spot with Chelsea.
๐จ Our first announcement today! ๐จ#TheBest Women's Coach nominees:
โ FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 31, 2019
๐ฎ๐น@milebertolini
๐บ๐ธ Jill Ellis
๐ธ๐ช Peter Gerhardsson
๐ฏ๐ต Futoshi Ikeda
๐ช๐ธ@is_tona
๐ฆ๐บ@MontemurroJoe
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Phil Neville
๐ซ๐ท@ReynaldPedros
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ @prileyfury4life
๐ณ๐ฑ@wiegman_s
Voting NOW OPEN ๐https://t.co/MPUnRRrU4Q
Ellis, meanwhile, is up against Netherlands boss Sarina Wiegman whose side the USA beat in the World Cup final. The coaches of both semi-finalists, England's Phil Neville and Sweden's Peter Gerhardsson, are also on the shortlist.
Italy's Milena Bertolini is also in contention along with Lyon's Reynald Pedros, Japan Under-20s' Futoshi Ikeda, and Arsenal's Joe Montemurro.
The Best FIFA Men's Coach nominees:
Djamel Belmadi (Algeria)
Didier Deschamps (France)
Marcelo Gallardo (River Plate)
Ricardo Gareca (Peru)
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)
Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham)
Fernando Santos (Portugal)
Erik ten Hag (Ajax)
Tite (Brazil)
The Best FIFA Women's Coach nominees:
Milena Bertolini (Italy)
Jill Ellis (USA)
Peter Gerhardsson (Sweden)
Futoshi Ikeda (Japan U-20)
Antonia Is (Spain U-17)
Joe Montemurro (Arsenal)
Phil Neville (England)
Reynald Pedros (Lyon)
Paul Riley (North Carolina Courage)
Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands)
