Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola and former SSC Napoli manager, Luciano Spalletti, have made the list of five (5) nominees for the Best FIFA Men’s Coach 2023 award.
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The List of nominees:
- Pep Guardiola: Won the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League | Won the 2022-23 English Premier League | Won the 2022-23 English FA Cup | Named English Premier League Manager of the Season for the fourth time
- Simone Inzaghi: Led FC Internazionale Milano to the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League final | Won the 2022-23 Coppa Italia
- Ange Postecoglou: Won a second successive Scottish Premiership title with Celtic FC | Won the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup to earn the club its eighth domestic treble | Named Professional Footballers’ Association Scotland Manager of the Season for 2022-23
- Luciano Spalletti: Won the 2022-23 Italian Serie A | Named 2022-23 Serie A Manager of the Season | Led Napoli to the quarter-finals of the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League
- Xavi: Won the 2022-23 Spanish Primera División | Won the 2022-23 Supercopa de España
According to fifa.com:
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023™ are coming into view, with voting for several of the prestigious honours getting under way on 14 September.Fans of the beautiful game from across the globe will be able to cast their vote in a number of categories as FIFA crowns the leading performers from women’s and men’s football.The qualifying period for the women’s awards – Best Women’s Player, Best Women’s Coach and Best Women’s Goalkeeper – was from 1 August 2022 to 20 August 2023, the date of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final.For the men’s awards – Best Men’s Player, Best Men’s Coach and Best Men’s Goalkeeper – the qualifying period was between 19 December 2022 to 20 August 2023.Fan voting in all of the above categories will commence via FIFA’s digital platforms on 14 September when the respective shortlisted nominees are announced, along with The FIFA Fan award.Voting for The FIFA Puskás Award, which will be presented to the scorer of the best goal in the relevant qualifying period – between 19 December 2022 and 20 August 2023 – will take place from 21 September.
