Experts from the Committee for Women’s Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ have put together a shortlist of ten head coaches in women’s football as candidates for The Best FIFA Women’s Coach 2016. It includes one coach who was effectively sacked (Bergeroo), another who many felt massively underachieved in Rio this summer (Ellis) and another who has just been replaced (Vadao).
The candidates, in alphabetical order, are:
* Philippe Bergeroo (French national team)
* Jill Ellis (US national team)
* John Herdman (Canadian national team)
* Silvia Neid (German national team)
* Vera Pauw (South African national team)
* Gérard Prêcheur (Olympique Lyonnais)
* Pia Sundhage (Swedish national team)
* Oswaldo Vadão (Brazilian national team)
* Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (Swiss national team)
* Thomas Wörle (FC Bayern Munich).
Here is FIFA’s explanation of how the winner will be decided:
The winner of The Best FIFA Women’s Coach 2016 will be determined through a combined voting process, in which 50% of the decision will be based on the choices of all captains and head coaches of women’s national teams around the globe. The other 50% will be defined by the result of an online public ballot with football fans and the submissions from a selected group of over 200 media representatives from the six continents.
The ten shortlisted names for The Best FIFA Women’s Player will be unveiled on Thursday, 3rd November. SO, WATCH THIS SPACE.
The voting process for player and coach of the year in 2016, in both men’s and women’s football, starts on 4 November and will be closed on 22 November. On 2 December, the final lists of three nominees for these categories – as well as for the FIFA Puskás Award and the brand new FIFA Fan Award – will be announced.
To keep up with the latest news about The Best FIFA Football Awards, see the official FIFA Football Awards Facebook page. You can also join the discussion on Twitter about who should win this year’s prizes by using the hashtag #TheBest.
