UEFA Women's Coach of the Year Award

This article is about the women's award. For the men's award, see UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award.

UEFA Women's Coach of the Year
Sponsored by	ESM
Presented by	UEFA
First awarded	2020
Last awarded	2023
Most awards	Sarina Wiegman (2nd awards)
Website	uefa.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

• UEFA Club Football Awards
• UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award
• The Best FIFA Football Coach

References

1. "Shortlist of nominees for 2019/20 UEFA club competition awards revealed". UEFA.com. 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.com. 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.com. 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.com. 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.com. 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.com. 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.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.