Best FIFA Women’s Coach

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annual sports award association football award

The Best FIFA Women’s Coach is an annual global football award presented by FIFA to the most outstanding coach in women’s football for that year.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football	3
Best FIFA Women’s Coach canonical	2
The Best FIFA Women's Coach	2
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach	2
Best FIFA Women’s Coach award	1
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach award	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6060191 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Best FIFA Women’s Coach
Context triple: [Jill Ellis, awardReceived, Best FIFA Women’s Coach]

A. Women's Sports Foundation Coach of the Year
The Women's Sports Foundation Coach of the Year is an annual honor recognizing an outstanding coach who has made exceptional contributions to the advancement and success of women in sports.
B. The Best FIFA Women's Player
The Best FIFA Women's Player is an annual FIFA award honoring the most outstanding female footballer in the world for her performances over the preceding season.
C. NWSL Coach of the Year
NWSL Coach of the Year is an annual National Women's Soccer League award recognizing the league's most outstanding head coach for their performance during the season.
D. FIFA World Coach of the Year
The FIFA World Coach of the Year was an annual award presented by football’s global governing body to recognize the best performing football coach in the world for a given year.
E. FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball is the tournament’s top individual honor awarded to the most outstanding player across all matches.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Best FIFA Women’s Coach
Target entity description: The Best FIFA Women’s Coach is an annual global football award presented by FIFA to the most outstanding coach in women’s football for that year.

A. Women's Sports Foundation Coach of the Year
The Women's Sports Foundation Coach of the Year is an annual honor recognizing an outstanding coach who has made exceptional contributions to the advancement and success of women in sports.
B. The Best FIFA Women's Player
The Best FIFA Women's Player is an annual FIFA award honoring the most outstanding female footballer in the world for her performances over the preceding season.
C. NWSL Coach of the Year
NWSL Coach of the Year is an annual National Women's Soccer League award recognizing the league's most outstanding head coach for their performance during the season.
D. FIFA World Coach of the Year
The FIFA World Coach of the Year was an annual award presented by football’s global governing body to recognize the best performing football coach in the world for a given year.
E. FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball is the tournament’s top individual honor awarded to the most outstanding player across all matches.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual sports award ⓘ association football award ⓘ
awardedFor	most outstanding coach in women’s football in a given year ⓘ
awardType	individual coaching award ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Switzerland ⓘ
firstAwarded	2016 ⓘ
focusesOn	women’s football ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	FIFA Council ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Best FIFA Women’s Coach award ⓘ linked to: Best FIFA Women’s Coach
hasAwardCeremonyLocation	various host cities selected by FIFA ⓘ
hasCategory	women’s association football ⓘ
hasEligibilityCriterion	coaching performance during the calendar year ⓘ involvement in women’s football teams ⓘ
hasGenderFocus	women ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage	global sports media ⓘ
hasOfficialName	The Best FIFA Women’s Coach ⓘ linked to: Best FIFA Women’s Coach
hasTrophy	The Best FIFA Football Awards trophy design ⓘ
hasVotingWeightComponent	captains ⓘ coaches ⓘ fans ⓘ media ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Zurich ⓘ
inception	2016 ⓘ
isSubsetOf	FIFA individual awards ⓘ linked to: FIFA award
isSuccessorOf	FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football ⓘ linked to: Best FIFA Women’s Coach
languageOfOfficialName	English ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards ⓘ
organisedBy	FIFA Football Stakeholders Committee ⓘ linked to: FIFA Football Committee
partOf	The Best FIFA Football Awards ⓘ linked to: The Best FIFA Awards
presentedBy	FIFA ⓘ
relatedTo	Best FIFA Men’s Coach ⓘ linked to: FIFA World Coach of the Year The Best FIFA Women’s Player ⓘ linked to: The Best FIFA Women's Player
selectionProcessIncludes	national team captains voting ⓘ national team coaches voting ⓘ public fan voting ⓘ selected media representatives voting ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
usesCalendarYear	true ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jill Ellis → awardReceived → Best FIFA Women’s Coach ⓘ

Sarina Wiegman → awardReceived → Best FIFA Women’s Coach ⓘ

FIFA World Coach of the Year → replacedBy → The Best FIFA Women's Coach ⓘ