UEFA Women's Coach of the Year Award

UEFA Women's Coach of the Year
Sponsored byESM
Presented byUEFA
First award2020
Final award2023
Most wins Sarina Wiegman
(2nd awards)
Websiteuefa.com

The UEFA Women's Coach of the Year Award is an association football award given to the manager coaching a women's football club in Europe that is considered the best in the previous season of both club and national team competition. The award, created in 2020 by UEFA in partnership with European Sports Media (ESM) group, was announced alongside the UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award.[1]

Criteria

According to UEFA, for this award, "coaches in Europe, irrespective of nationality, [are] judged in regard to their performances over the whole season in all competitions – both domestically and internationally – at either club, or national team level."[2]

Voting

For the inaugural award, the eight coaches from the clubs that participated in the quarter-finals of that year's UEFA Women's Champions League, along with 20 sports journalists selected by the European Sports Media group specializing in women's football, provided a list of their three best-ranked coaches from one to three, with the first player receiving five points, the second three points and the third one point. Coaches were not allowed to vote for themselves. The three coaches with the most points overall were shortlisted, and the winner was announced during the group stage draw of the next season's UEFA Champions League.[1]

Award history

Winners

Season Coach Team(s) managed
2019–20 Jean-Luc Vasseur Lyon
2020–21 Lluís Cortés Barcelona
2021–22 Sarina Wiegman  England
2022–23 Sarina Wiegman  England

Finalists

  Winner   Shortlisted

2019–20

Rank Coach Points[3] Team(s) managed
1 Jean-Luc Vasseur 122 Lyon
2 Stephan Lerch 78 VfL Wolfsburg
3 Lluís Cortés 36 Barcelona
4 Emma Hayes 28 Chelsea
5 Sarina Wiegman 22 Netherlands
6 Olivier Echouafni 18 Paris Saint-Germain
7 Jens Scheuer 15 Bayern Munich
8 Joe Montemurro 5 Arsenal
9 Scott Booth 4 Glasgow City
10 Dani González 3 Atlético Madrid

2020–21

Rank Coach Points[4] Team(s) managed
1 Lluís Cortés 151 Barcelona
2 Emma Hayes 78 Chelsea
3 Peter Gerhardsson 37  Sweden
4 Olivier Echouafni 24 Paris Saint-Germain
5 Jens Scheuer 17 Bayern Munich
6 Rita Guarino 10 Juventus
Anna Signeul  Finland
8 Sarina Wiegman 7  Netherlands
9 Gareth Taylor 5 Manchester City
10 Jorge Vilda 3  Spain

2021–22

Rank Coach Points[5] Team(s) managed
1 Sarina Wiegman 200  England
2 Sonia Bompastor 94 Lyon
3 Martina Voss-Tecklenburg 71  Germany
4 Jonatan Giráldez 27 Barcelona
5 Tommy Stroot 22 VfL Wolfsburg

2022–23

Rank Coach Points[6][7] Team(s) managed
1 Sarina Wiegman 211  England
2 Jorge Vilda 163  Spain
3 Jonatan Giráldez 139 Barcelona
4 Peter Gerhardsson 62  Sweden
5 Emma Hayes 56 Chelsea
6 Alessandro Spugna 12 Roma
7 Jonas Eidevall 11 Arsenal
8 Tommy Stroot 9 VfL Wolfsburg
9 Sonia Bompastor 7 Lyon
10 Marc Skinner 0 Manchester United

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Shortlist of nominees for 2019/20 UEFA club competition awards revealed". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ "UEFA Women's Coach of the Year nominees: Cortés, Lerch, Vasseur". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Jean-Luc Vasseur wins UEFA Women's Coach of the Year award". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Lluís Cortés wins 2020/21 UEFA Women's Coach of the Year award". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ^ "England's Sarina Wiegman wins 2021/22 UEFA Women's Coach of the Year award". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. ^ "2022/23 UEFA Women's Coach of the Year nominees announced: Jonatan Giráldez, Jorge Vilda, Sarina Wiegman". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Sarina Wiegman wins 2022/23 UEFA Women's Coach of the Year award". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.