Chelsea's Jose Mourinho and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger on Fifa World Coach of the Year shortlist

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Tom Dutton20 October 2015

Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho have both been named on a 10-man shortlist for the Fifa World Coach of the year Award.

The Premier League managers join Barcelona's Champions League-winning coach Luis Enrique and Bayern Munich's Pep Guardiola.

Wenger won a second successive FA Cup crown with Arsenal last season and led the Gunners to Champions League qualification for an English record 18th consecutive season with a third-placed top flight finish last term.

Mourinhho, meanwhile, brought the Premier League trophy back to Stamford Bridge for the first time in five years, claiming his third league crown in England in the second season of his second spell with the Blues.

The Portuguese boss also steered Chelsea to Capital One Cup success with a 2-0 victory over Tottenham at Wembley in May.

Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli is the only national team coach on the list, which also includes Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri, Sevilla's Unai Emery, Laurent Blanc of PSG, Atletico Madrid chief Diego Simeone and Carlo Ancelotti, who left Real Madrid in the summer.

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England women's coach Mark Sampson is on the coach of the year for women's football shortlist, alongside Englishmen Colin Bell (Frankfurt) and John Herdman (Canada), but there are no British footballers on the women's player of the year list.

Coach of the Year shortlist

Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus), Carlo Ancelotti (Formerly of Real Madrid), Laurent Blanc (Paris St Germain), Unai Emery (Sevilla), Pep Guardiola (Bayern Munich), Luis Enrique (Barcelona), Jose Mourinho (Chelsea), Jorge Sampaoli (Chile), Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid), Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).

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