UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award explained

UEFA Men's Coach of the Year
Year:2020
Presenter:UEFA
Sponsor:ESM
Holder Label:Current holder
Holder: Pep Guardiola
(1st award)
Main:UEFA Club Football Awards

The UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award is an association football award given to the manager coaching a men'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[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

80 coaches, from the clubs that participated in the group stages of that year's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, along with 55 sports journalists selected by the European Sports Media group representing each of the UEFA national associations, provide a list of their three best-ranked coaches from one to three, with the first coach receiving five points, the second three points and the third one point. Coaches are not allowed to vote for themselves. The three coaches with the most points overall are shortlisted, and the winner is announced during the group stage draw of the next season's UEFA Champions League.[1]

Award history

Winners

SeasonCoachTeam(s) managed
2019–20 Hansi Flick Bayern Munich
2020–21 Thomas Tuchel Paris Saint-Germain
Chelsea
2021–22 Carlo Ancelotti Real Madrid
2022–23 Pep Guardiola Manchester City

Finalists

2019–20

RankCoachPoints[3] Team(s) managed
1 Hansi Flick476 Bayern Munich
2 Jurgen Klopp212 Liverpool
3 Julian Nagelsmann76 RB Leipzig
4 Thomas Tuchel76 Paris Saint-Germain
5 Gian Piero Gasperini68 Atalanta
6 Julen Lopetegui57 Sevilla
7 Rudi Garcia32 Lyon
8 Zinedine Zidane25 Real Madrid
9 Pep Guardiola11 Manchester City
10 Antonio Conte9 Inter Milan

2020–21

RankCoachPoints[4] Team(s) managed
1 Thomas Tuchel378 Paris Saint-Germain
Chelsea
2 Roberto Mancini292
3 Pep Guardiola198 Manchester City
4 Unai Emery64 Villarreal
5 Diego Simeone29 Atlético Madrid
6 Antonio Conte19 Inter Milan
7 Gareth Southgate18
8 Christophe Galtier16 Lille
9 Ole Gunnar Solskjær14 Manchester United
10 Kasper Hjulmand11

2021–22

RankCoachPoints[5] Team(s) managed
1 Carlo Ancelotti526 Real Madrid
2 Jürgen Klopp210 Liverpool
3 Pep Guardiola108 Manchester City
4 Oliver Glasner75 Eintracht Frankfurt
5 Unai Emery74 Villarreal
6 José Mourinho51 Roma

2022–23

RankCoachPoints[6] [7] Team(s) managed
1 Pep Guardiola602 Manchester City
2 Luciano Spalletti252 Napoli
3 Simone Inzaghi84 Inter Milan
4 Roberto De Zerbi70 Brighton & Hove Albion
5 Mikel Arteta67 Arsenal
6 Zlatko Dalić49
7 José Luis Mendilibar28 Sevilla
8 Didier Deschamps26
9 David Moyes22 West Ham United
10 Franck Haise11 Lens

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Shortlist of nominees for 2019/20 UEFA club competition awards revealed . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 17 September 2020 . 23 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Men's Coach of the Year: Flick, Klopp or Nagelsmann . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 23 September 2020 . 23 September 2020.
  3. News: Hansi Flick wins Men's Coach of the Year award . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 1 October 2020 . 1 October 2020.
  4. News: Thomas Tuchel wins Men's Coach of the Year award . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 26 August 2021 . 26 August 2021.
  5. News: Carlo Ancelotti wins UEFA Men's Coach of the Year award . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 25 August 2022 . 25 August 2022.
  6. News: 2023 UEFA Men's Coach of the Year award nominees announced: Josep Guardiola, Simone Inzaghi, Luciano Spalletti . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 17 August 2023 . 17 August 2023.
  7. News: Josep Guardiola wins UEFA Men's Coach of the Year award . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 31 August 2023 . 31 August 2023.