5 Star Coaching Staff & Best Coaches of Football Manager 2020
Focused on player development and want to take your club and its players to another level? Welcome to our list of the best Football Manager 2020 coaches which will be beneficial in your job to develop promising talents into future stars, get your squad ready for match day and increase the tactical familiarity of players’ roles and the overall tactical vision you’ve incorporated for your squad.
We’ve earlier talked about the importance of setting up a 5 star coaching team, so today we hand you our list of the best Football Manager 2020 coaches. Considered as the ultimate staff recommendation for Football Manager, our list of the best coaches of FM20 will also feature a backroom staff search filter and a shortlist which you can download and import into your own save.
Our massive list of the best coaches is sorted according to their job role, either they are best suited for coaching goalkeepers, the defensive or attacking aspects of the game relating to tactical, technical or possession, or are best suited to improve players’ strength or quickness.
Quickly find the best coaches of Football Manager 2020 as we reveal 5 star coaching staff that improves player development!
Best Coaches by Role
About Our Rankings of Best FM20 Coaches
Considered (by myself at least) to be the most essential task when starting a new save, the hunt for the best coaches and backroom staff, kicks off as soon as I’ve gathered an overview of the current coaching team. I can spend ‘hours’ scouring through the database for coaching staff which provides the highest coach ratings in each training area (e.g. goalkeeping, defending, attacking, possession and fitness).
Here you’ll profit from all the hours I’ve spend looking for the best coaches of Football Manager 2020 as I reveal most of them. While we’ve limited the list to the best ones, our shortlist and backroom staff search filter (available to download below) can assist you further – something that’s recommended for all of you who manage in the lower leagues.
The list of coaches features hundreds of coaching staff, from general coaches with expertise in technical or tactical areas of the game, goalkeeping coaches to fitness coaches. The coaching staff featured within this list are sorted by their best training category and star rating. In situations where staff has the same star rating, they will be sorted alphabetical.
The coaches star rating, hereby meaning their level of coaching, will influence on the players training progress and are one of the answers to a successful player development – developing a promising talent into a Football Manager wonderkid.
These coaches should be targeted to improve the level of training, hereby the development of the players, while reducing the workload of the specific training aspect, which further improves the quality of training. Our list of the best Football Manager coaches will feature experts of the tactical side of the game; being able to improve players positioning, concentration and decisions, experts of the attacking or defending phase as well as specialists who will focus on players fitness or goalkeepers ability to shot stopping, handling and distribution.
By properly addressing the task of putting together a 5 star coaching team you will not only make sure each staff member can make a greater impact by having more time available to improve specific attributes, but also tailor the player attributes to suit your football philosophy; meaning that every backroom staff appointed will be a valuable piece to get your squad play the game you visualize is the best.
The best coaches of Football Manager 2020 will all be professional staff with great personality and an higher degree of coaching qualification. Some of them will have a great reputation which may further improve players training happiness, while others will be more capable of improving players mental state of mind.
By appointing a team of entrusted coaching staff you will be one step closer to establish a football philosophy and an overall vision for your new club, either it’s to improve the clubs level of professionalism or take advantage of the 5 star coaching team to develop better players and get the most out of your young talents. These excellent technical or tactical coaches, fitness and goalkeeping coaches will be best suited to work with the occurring development of the players. Apart from assisting you at the training ground at a daily basis they will provide you with valuable feedback of the team’s progress and development of individual players and might become one of the most entrusted staff in your coaching team.
You can read more about how to find the best coaches in Football Manager and why assembling a 5 star coaching team is profitable in our guide to finding the best coaches.
PS. The star rating within these lists may vary with half star. Their staff attributes may also vary from save to save too, meaning the star rating may differ more.
PS 2. We have decided not to include assistant managers or head of youth development staff within this list, as they are included within their own lists.
Best Football Manager 2020 Coaches Revealed [By Coaching Area]
5 Star Defending Coaches
| NAT. | NAME (AGE) | CLUB | COACHING CAT. | COACHING QUAL. | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mario Cecchi (49) | Lazio | |||
| Daniele Baldini (55) | – | |||
 | Tony McAndrew (63) | – | |||
| Danny McGrain (69) | Celtic | |||
 | Brian Kidd (70) | Man City | |||
 | Mikel González (31) | Alavés | |||
| John Kennedy (35) | Celtic | |||
 | John Heitinga (35) | Ajax U19 | |||
 | Johan Lange (39) | FC København | |||
| Luca Faccheti (41) | Inter Milan | |||
| Giovanni Ignoffo (42) | – | |||
 | Iván Córdoba (42) | – | |||
 | Lars Vossler (43) | Freiburg | |||
 | Flavio Tanajura (44) | Vítoria | |||
| Ageu Goncalves (47) | Cruzeiro | |||
 | Thomas Lagerlöf (47) | Djurgårdens IF | |||
 | Kit Symons (48) | – | |||
 | Tony Loughlan (49) | Burnley | |||
 | Claude Fichaux (50) | Olympique Lyonnais | |||
| Josu Urrutia (51) | – | |||
| Domenico Olivieri (52) | KRC Genk | |||
 | Vladimir Gudelj (52) | Celta Vigo | |||
| David Lowe (53) | Blackburn | |||
| Craig Shakespeare (55) | – | |||
 | Jorge Theiler (55) | – | |||
| Harry van der Laan (55) | – | |||
| Mike Phelan (56) | Man Utd | |||
| Giuseppe Irrera (57) | Fiorentina | |||
| Wally Downes (58) | – | |||
| Martin Hunter (59) | – | |||
| Manfred Dubski (64) | – | |||
| Danny Elliott (31) | Newport County |
5 Star Attacking Coaches
| NAT. | NAME (AGE) | CLUB | COACHING CAT. | COACHING QUAL. | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Corberán (36) | Leeds | |||
| João Tralhão (38) | – | |||
| Jochen Sauer (46) | Bayern Munich | |||
| Rodolfo Borrell (48) | Man City | |||
| Dennis Bergkamp (50) | – | |||
 | Rubén Sosa (53) | Nacional | |||
| Maurizio Trombetta (56) | – | |||
| Seppo Eichkorn (62) | Schalke 04 | |||
 | Kieran McKenna (33) | Man Utd | |||
 | Bartek Sylwestrzak (34) | – | |||
| Paolo Riela (36) | Fiorentina | |||
| Dagoberto Santos (39) | – | |||
| Lars Knudsen (41) | Denmark U21 | |||
| Emilio de Leo (41) | Bologna | |||
| James Collins (41) | Crewe | |||
| Claudio Graf (43) | – | |||
| Iarley (45) | Internacional U20 | |||
| Ebbe Sand (46) | – | |||
| Kevin Sheedy (46) | – | |||
| Duncan Ferguson (47) | Everton | |||
| Nicola Caccia (49) | Fiorentina | |||
| Pedro Sallaberry (50) | San Loreno U20 | |||
| Hans Visser (52) | OH Leuven | |||
| David Lowe (53) | Blackburn | |||
| Giancarlo Marini (54) | – | |||
| Gianmario Corti (56) | Inter Milan | |||
| Chris Ramsey (57) | QPR | |||
| Martin Hunter (59) | – | |||
| Ton Lokhoff (59) | Wolfsburg | |||
| Gianni Vio (66) | SPAL | |||
| Jon Beale (33) | Hull | |||
| Allan Russell (38) | England | |||
| Julio Figueroa (56) | Wolves |
5 Star Possession Coaches
| NAT. | NAME (AGE) | CLUB | COACHING CAT. | COACHING QUAL. | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Helena Costa (41) | Eint. Frankfurt | |||
 | Jozo Bandic (55) | Dinamo Zagreb | |||
| Salvatore Cerrone (59) | Inter Milan | |||
| Norbert Elgert (62) | Schalke 04 U19 | |||
| Salvatore Foti (30) | – | |||
| Gary Issott (48) | Crystal Palace | |||
| Jon Goodman (48) | MK Dons | |||
| Ivan Moretto (49) | Cagliari | |||
| Aldo Dolcetti (52) | – | |||
| John Gannon (52) | – | |||
| Mark Dempsey (55) | Man Utd | |||
| Danilo Pierini (64) | – | |||
| Franck Geideck (52) | Bor. Mönchengladbach | |||
| Tommy Martin (55) | Man Utd U23 | |||
| Juan Verzeri (56) | – | |||
| Mark Chamberlain (56) | Portsmouth U18 | |||
| Christian Raimondi (38) | Atalanta | |||
| Mauro Fumagalli (40) | Atalanta |
5 Star Fitness Coaches
| NAT. | NAME (AGE) | CLUB | COACHING CAT. | FITNESS | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreas Kornmayer (44) | Liverpool | |||
| Lorenzo Buenaventura (55) | Man City | |||
| Massimo Neri (61) | China | |||
| Roberto Sassi (68) | Juventus | |||
| Antonio Gualtieri (29) | Juventus | |||
| Rafel Pol (32) | Spain | |||
| Darragh Connolly (41) | Juventus | |||
| Andrea Pertusio (41) | Juventus | |||
| Holger Broich (44) | Bayern Munich | |||
| Duccio Ferrari Bravo (45) | Juventus | |||
| Anselmo Sbragia (46) | Corinthians | |||
| Julio Tous (47) | Inter Milan | |||
| Jesús Pérez (47) | Tottenham | |||
| Francesc Cos (47) | Real Sociedad | |||
| Carlos Lalín (48) | – | |||
| Eduardo Silva (48) | Palmeiras | |||
| Edu Pons (48) | Barcelona | |||
| José Antonio Pozanco (49) | FC Barcelona | |||
| Markus Zetlmeisl (52) | Schalke 04 II | |||
| Thomas Wilhelmi (52) | Bayern Munich | |||
| Thomas Wilhelmi (52) | Schalke 04 | |||
| Omar Feitosa (52) | Palmeiras | |||
| Fabio Mahseredjian (52) | Brazil | |||
| Andreas Schlumberger (53) | Bor. Mönchengladbach | |||
| Daniele Tognaccini (55) | Juventus | |||
| Antonio Pintus (56) | Inter Milan | |||
| Adriano Bianchini (56) | Lazio | |||
| Élio Carravetta (57) | SC Internacional | |||
| Paolo Bertelli (58) | Sampdoria | |||
| Altamiro Bottino (59) | São Paulo | |||
| Domenico Borelli (60) | Atalanta | |||
| Óscar Ortega (61) | At. Madrid | |||
| Carlinhos Neves (63) | São Paulo | |||
| Ivan Carminati (64) | Zenit | |||
| Alfonso Azurza (36) | Real Sociedad | |||
| Bruno Mendes (36) | Everton | |||
| Moisés del Hoyo (38) | – | |||
| Schahriar Bigdeli (39) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | |||
| Florian Wangler (39) | Bor. Dortmund | |||
| Damian Roden (46) | Seattle | |||
| Andrea Scanavino (46) | Zenit | |||
| Giuseppe Pondrelli (49) | Torino | |||
| Paulino Granero (49) | CSKA Moscow | |||
| Julen Masach (52) | Arsenal | |||
| Fabio Micarelli (54) | – | |||
| Jens Bangsbo (61) | Atalanta | |||
| Axel Bierbaum (61) | – |
5 Star Goalkeeping Coaches
| NAT. | NAME (AGE) | CLUB | COACHING CAT. | COACHING QUAL. | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Oliveira (40) | Everton | |||
| Xavi Valero (46) | West Ham | |||
| Gianluca Spinelli (52) | Paris SG | |||
| Claudio Filippi (54) | Juventus | |||
| Marco Savorani (54) | AS Roma | |||
| Alessandro Nista (54) | SSC Napoli | |||
| Flávio Tênus (55) | Botafogo | |||
| Jorge Vital (56) | SL Benfica | |||
| David Thiel (34) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | |||
| Javier Garciá (40) | Arsenal | |||
| Leandro Franco (40) | Cruzeiro | |||
| Roberto Barbosa (45) | Cruzeiro | |||
| Alex Brunner (45) | Udinese | |||
| Rui Barbosa (45) | Wolverhampton | |||
| Franck Raviot (46) | France | |||
| Paolo Orlandoni (46) | Inter Milan | |||
| Grégory Coupet (47) | Olympique Lyonnais | |||
| Emilio Álvarez (47) | – | |||
| José Manuel Otxotorena (48) | Valencia | |||
| Jens Lehmann (49) | – | |||
| Nicolas Dehon (51) | France | |||
| Adriano Bonaiuti (52) | Inter Milan | |||
| Johann Rieckhof (54) | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | |||
| Christophe Lollichon (56) | Chelsea U23 | |||
| Gustavo Piñero (56) | Mexico | |||
| Andreas Köpke (56) | Germany | |||
| Diamantino Figueiredo (59) | Porto | |||
| Silvino Louro (60) | – | |||
| Joël Bats (62) | – | |||
| Frans Hoek (62) | Orange County | |||
| Carlos Pracidelli (62) | Athletico-PR | |||
| Pedro Alba (64) | Racing Santander | |||
 | Vyacheslav Chanov (67) | – | |||
| Adalberto Grigioni (64) | Lazio | |||
| José Luis Silva (39) | Sevilla | |||
| Daniel Correia (42) | – | |||
| Alejandro Rosalén (42) | Fiorentina | |||
| Quim (43) | Aves | |||
| Fernando Brassard (47) | Portugal U21 | |||
| Toni Jiménez (48) | Tottenham | |||
| Alan Fettis (48) | Man Utd | |||
| John Achterberg (48) | Liverpool | |||
| Thomas Schlieck (49) | Bor. Dortmund U19 | |||
| Stevie Woods (49) | Celtic | |||
| Xabier Mancisidor (49) | Man City | |||
 | Zsolt Petry (52) | Hertha Berlin | |||
| Taffarel (53) | Brazil | |||
| David Coles (55) | Forest Green | |||
 | Iñaki Bergara (57) | Belgium | |||
| Martin Thomas (59) | England | |||
| Celso Otero (60) | Uruguay | |||
| Fernando Justino (60) | Portugal | |||
| Gerald Ehrmann (60) | Kaiserslautern | |||
| Guy Martens (60) | KRC Genk | |||
| André Amitrano (61) | AS Monaco | |||
| Eric Steele (65) | England U20 | |||
| Jim Stewart (65) | – |
Quickly find the best coaches of Football Manager 20120 with Passion4FMs shortlist of best backroom staff. Features excellent fitness coaches, goalkeeping coaches and general coaches best suited to handle defensive, attacking or possession areas of the game.
A comprehensive backroom staff search filter containing the key attributes for all staff roles in Football Manager 2020
Staff Assessment Spreadsheet: Download
Download Instructions
- Download the file above.
- Put the files into folder :
My Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2020 / Filters - Open Football Manager 2020
- Go to:
Staff / Staff Search - Click Edit Search
- Locate the gear icon in the bottom left corner
- Click Manage Filters
- Import the file:
Passion4FM-backroom-staff-search-filterand click Load - Voila! All the different filters are added and can be selected as a search by clicking the gear icon afterwards.
Hi folks – excellent work to get this up and running so soon.
Quick one – I can’t seem to download the staff shortlist, it just goes back to this link. Any ideas?
Thanks
Hi Jonny,
Thanks for your comment.
The reason is that the shortlist is not published yet. We are currently working on compiling the coaches. Expect the shortlist to be released within Monday. We’ll announce the update on Twitter once ready. Have a great weekend and enjoy Football Manager 2019!
Best Regards Espen