ZURICH, July 24, 2018 (News Wires) - Didier Deschamps and Zinedine Zidane lead the 11 candidates in a likely French domination of FIFA's best men's coach award. Deschamps led France to win the World Cup, and his 1998 World Cup-winning teammate Zidane coached Real Madrid to a third straight Champions League title. Zidane, who has since left Madrid, won the FIFA award last year. FIFA says its expert panel picked five World Cup coaches among the contenders. They include all four semifinalists - Deschamps, Zlatko Dalic, Roberto Martinez and Gareth Southgate - plus Russia's Stanislav Cherchesov. Pep Guardiola is nominated for leading Manchester City to a runaway English Premier League title win. The winners announced in London on Sept. 24 are voted by national coaches and captains, plus media from FIFA's 211 member countries, and fans voting online. The nominees for The Best FIFA Women's Player 2018: Lucy Bronze, Pernille Harder, Ada Hegerberg, Amandine Henry, Sam Kerr, Saki Kumagai, Dzsenifer Marozsan, Marta, Megan Rapinoe, Wendie Renard. The nominees for The Best FIFA Women's Coach 2018: Emma Hayes (ENG) – Chelsea Ladies, Stephan Lerch (GER) – VfL Wolfsburg, Mark Parsons (ENG) – Portland Thorns, Reynald Pedros (FRA) – Olympique Lyonnais, Alen Stajcic (AUS) – Australia national team, Asaka Takakura (JPN) – Japan national team, Vadao (BRA) – Brazil national team, Jorge Vilda (ESP) – Spain national team, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (GER) – Switzerland national team and Sarina Wiegman (NED) – Netherlands national team.