The FIFA World Cup qualification process was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederation to decide 31 of the 32 teams which will play in the 2018. The World Cup is the largest international team sport competiotion in the world with a qualification process required to reduce the large field of countries from 211 to just 32.
Over many years, World Cup’s qualification has evolved, from having no qualification at all in 1930, when the tournament was invitational and only 13 temas entered, to the current two-year process. Some coaches have expereince training different teams but there are other that are going to be doing their debut on FIFA World Cup.
Aliou Cissé, Senegal
Annual salary: $ 239.000
Aliou Cissé is a Senegalese football coach and former player. He previously played for English Priemier League club Birmingham City and later Portsmouth. He is the head coach of Senegal and he was also the assistant coach of the under-23 side from 2012 to 2013 and finally becoming head coach from 2013 to 2015.
Adam Nawałka, Poland
Annual salary: $ 322.000
He is a retired Polish football player and now is the current manager of the Poland national football team. He played for the Polish national team and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Nawalka started to have recurrent injuries that eliminated him from the national team.
Mladen Krstajic, Serbia
Annual Salary: $ 358.000
Mladen Krstajić is a Serbian former footballer who played as a centre back. He represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In 2017, Krstajić succeeded Slavoljub Muslin as coach of the Serbia national team, initially as a goalkeeper. It was announced he would take on the role permanently or at lest until the end o the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Óscar Ramírez , Costa Rica
Annual Salary: $ 418.000
Oscar Ramírez is a former Costa Rican footballer who played for the Costa Rica national team and now is the current coach of the Costa Rican national team.
Nabil Maâloul, Tunisia
Annual salary: $ 418.000
Nabil Maâloul is a Tunisian football coach and former footballer who was capped 74 times for his native country and participated in 1988 Summer Oplympics in Seoul. During his managerial career, he was in charge of two national teams: the Tunisian and Kuwaiti national football teams. He also managed clubs in Tunisia and Qatar.
Hernán Darío Gómez, Panama
Annual salary: $ 475.000
Hernán Gómez is also known as El Bolillo, he is a former Colombian football player and the current manager of Panamá. He was an active player from 1966 to 1985 and his career as coach started while being assistant to Franciasco Maturana.
Shin Tae-yong, South Korea
Annual salary: $ 530.000
Shin Tae-yong is a former South Korean footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, he drafted for the Queensland Roar in the Australian A-League competition in 2005. He retired due to an ankle proble, he accepted to be coach at the club in which he assisted the coach at the time Miron Bleiberg primarily.
Janne Andersson, Sweden
Annual salary: $ 530.000
Jan Olof "Janne" Andersson is a Swedish football coach, he is manager of the Sweden national team and he previously managed Alets IK, Laholms FK and Hamlstads BK. As Sweden headcoach he led the team to the 2018 FIFA World Cup after second in Group A and beating Italy 1-0.
Gernot Rohr, Nigeria
Annual salary: $ 590.000
Gernot Rohr is a German manager and former footballer. He is working as the technical adviser. He became manager of national football team in September 2012 and on 7 october 2017, Nigeria team became the first African side to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Zlatko Dalić, Croatia
Annual salary: $ 650.000
Zlatko Dalić is a Croatian football coach, he is currently managing Croatia national team. He used to play as a professional football player and played as defensive midfielder. Croatia won the qualification playoff agains Greece for World Cup 2018.
Heimir Hallgrimsson, Iceland
Annual salary: $ 830.000
Heimir Hallgrímsson is an Icelandic football manager, currently he is managing Iceland national team. He started plaaying for ÍBV, he played with them until 1996. In 1993, he coached the women team, helping the theam come first in the second tier.
Hervé Renard, Morocco
Annual salary: $ 930.000
He is a French football manager and former professional player. He is managing the Morocco national team. He has previously been the manager of Zambian national team. He was Assistant at Chinese side Shanghai Cosco with headcoach Claude Le Roy.
Vladimir Petkovic, Switzerland
Annual salary: $ 1.000.000
A midfielder with good technique, Petkvic started playing football in Ilidža, when he was eleven years old. Now he is a football manager and he is currently head coach of Switzerland national football team.
Roberto Martínez, Belgium
Annual salary: $ 1.100.000
Toberto is a Spanish football coach and former professional player. He is currently the manager of the Belgium national team. He used to play as defensive midfielder and his career started at Real Zaragoza. In 2007 he retired from playing to become a manager.
Akira Nishino, Japan
Annual salary: $ 1.100.000
Akira Nishino is a former Japanese football layer and manager. He used to play for the Japanese national team. Now he is the manager for Japan national team. He coached Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Åge Hareide, Denmark
Annual salary: $ 1.100.000
He is a Norwegian football manager he is managing the Danish national football team. He has won league titegle in all the Scandinavian countries as coach. He was the coach of the Norway national team from 2003 to 2008.
Juan Carlos Osorio, Mexico
Annua salary: $ 1.200.000
Juan Carlos Osorio is a Colombian former footballer and current manager of the Mexico national team. Osorio held various assistant coaching jobs before beginning his managerial career. In 2015 he was named as the new manager of the Mexican national team.
Ricardo Gareca, Peru
Annual salary: $ 1.300.000
Ricardo Alberto Gareca is an Argentine football manager and former player. He is the manager of the Peru national football team. During his playing career, he played for four of the most important teams in Argentina, he also has experience in Colombia with America de Cali, winning two league tittles and being runner-up of three Copa Libertadores.
Bert van Marwijk, Australia
Annual salary: $ 1.400.000
Bert van Marwijk is a Dutch football manager, he is currently the manager of the Australian national football team. He started his transition in to a manager in 1982 and he retired as a player in 1988 and since that time he become a full-time manager.
Juan Antonio Pizzi, Saudi Arabia
Annual salary: $ 1.600.000
Juan Antonio Pizzi is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker, and is the current manager of Saudi Arabia. He started his managerial career after retiring and won the Copa America Centenario for Chile in 2016.
José Pékerman, Colombia
Annual salary: $ 1.750.000
José Nésto Pékerman is an Argentine football coach and he is currently the coach of Colombian national football team. He coached Argentine national team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and became coach of the Colombian national team in 2012.
Héctor Cúper, Egypt
Annual salary: $ 1.750.000
He is an Argentine footballer and current manager and he manages the Egypt national team. in 2015, the Egyptian Football Association appointed Cúper as the new manager of their national team.
Óscar Washington Tabárez, Uruguay
Annual salary: $ 2.000.000
He is a Uruguayan football manager and former player, he used to play as a defender. He is managing the Uruguay national team. He started his managerial career after a year he retired.
Jorge Sampaoli, Argentine
Annual salary: $ 2.100.000
He is an Argentine football manager. He is managing the Argentine national football team. in 2017, the Argentine Football Association announced that Sampaoli would take over as the new coach of Argentina national team.
Gareth Southgate, England
Annual salary: $ 2.250.000
He is an English football manager and former player, he played as a defender or as a midfielder. He is currently managing the England national team. His career ended in 2006 when he was 35 years old.
Carlos Queiroz, Iran
Annual salary: $ 2.250.000
He is in charge of the Iran national team, he has been also the manager of the Portugal national team and Spanish club Real Madrid, he also was the assistan of Alex Ferguson's at Enlgish club Manchester United.
Fernando Santos, Portugal
Annual salary: $ 2.600.000
He is a Portuguese footballer who is retired, he used to play as a defender but now he is the current manager of the Portugal national team. After retiring, he worked as a coach for several decades and then he startaed at his main club in 1988.
Stanislav Cherchesov, Russia
Annual salary: $ 2.900.000
He is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He made 39 appearances for a national team when he was part of the team.
Julen Lopetegui, Spain
Annual salary: $3.400.000
He used to play as a goalkeeper and now he is the current manager of the Spain national team. He started working as a manager in 2003, and spent many years in charge of youth teams.
Tite, Brazil
Annual salary: $4.000.000
Adenor Bacchi is a Brazilian football manager, he is currently managing the Brazil national team. Tite is known for his rhetoric and his demeanor off the pitch.
Didier Deschamps, France
Annual salary: 4.100.000
He is a French footballer who is retired and he is the current manager of the France national team. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs. He began his career as manager with Monaco, nad helped the club to win the Coupe de la Ligue in 2003.
Joachim Löw, Germany
Annual salary: $ 4.500.000
Joachim Löw is a German football coach, and former player. He is the current head couch of the Germany national team, which he led to victory at the 2014 World Cup which was in Brazil.
