Best FIFA Women’s Coach 2024 nominees: Hayes, Giraldez & Bompastor in

Check out the eight names shortlisted for The Best FIFA Women's Coach for 2024 and the performances that got them there.

There are eight names on the shortlist. Read what they did from August 21, 2023 to August 10, 2024 to get there, and cast your vote for The Best FIFA Women's Coach.

Arthur Elias

The Sao Paulo native waved his magic wand at both club and international level. Firstly, Arthur led Corinthians to the crowns of Brasileirão and Libertadores, the latter engineering a final reversal of arch-rivals Palmeiras. Then, after replacing Pia Sundhage at the helm, he guided Brazil to second place at the Concacaf W Gold Cup and the Olympic women's football tournament, losing two highly competitive deciders 1-0 to the USA.

Sonia Bompastor

The Division 1 title was claimed for the 17th time in 18 years as Bompastor's Lyon secured glory, scoring an average of 3.73 goals per game and moving 11 points clear of Paris Saint-Germain, who they went on to beat in the play-off final. to take another crown. Les Lyonnaises also got the better of PSG in the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League, but fell to Barcelona in the decider.

Jonathan Giraldez

The Galician guided Barcelona to an almost flawless 2023/2024 season. They won 45 games out of 48 in total and won all four possible competitions. Their choice was the Women's Champions League, in which they made a memorable comeback against Chelsea in the semi-finals and sank Lyon in the final.

Emma Hayes

A 6-0 thrashing of Manchester United on the final day saw Chelsea crown Manchester City into the Women's Super League on goal difference, giving Hayes a fairytale end to her 12-year tenure. The Englishwoman then returned to the United States, where her coaching career began, to take charge of the US and quickly guide them to Olympic gold.

Futoshi Ikeda

The man from Tokyo oversaw Nadeshiko's qualification for the Olympic women's football tournament in style. In Paris 2024, Japan then impressed by reaching the quarter-finals, beating Brazil 2-1 along the way.

Gareth Taylor

The former Wales forward guided Manchester City to a 14-game winning run that catapulted them from sixth to first in the Women's Super League. A mistake on the penultimate day ultimately allowed Chelsea to lift the trophy on goal difference, but it was still a fantastic season for the Academy Stadium side, who also reached the semi-finals of the League Cup.

Elena Sadiku

The young Swede became Celtic's first female head coach in January. They quickly hit it off with Sadiku, and after a 14-match unbeaten run – topped off by an 11th-hour winner on the final day – they defeated arch-rivals Rangers on goal difference to capture their first Scottish Women's Premier League crown.

Sandrine Soubeyrand

The Saint-Agreve native engineered massive massacres of Arsenal and Wolfsburg to get Paris FC into the group stages of the Women's Champions League. There they defeated Real Madrid home and away. The Parisiens also finished third in the French top flight in 2023/2024.