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.
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."
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.
Award history
Winners SeasonCoachTeam(s) managed2019–20 Jean-Luc Vasseur Lyon2020–21 Lluís Cortés Barcelona2021–22 Sarina Wiegman 2022–23 Sarina Wiegman
Finalists
2019–20 Rank Coach Points 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 Team(s) managed 1 Lluís Cortés 151 Barcelona 2 Emma Hayes 78 Chelsea 3 Peter Gerhardsson 37 4 Olivier Echouafni 24 Paris Saint-Germain 5 Jens Scheuer 17 Bayern Munich6 Rita Guarino 10 Juventus Anna Signeul 8 Sarina Wiegman 7 9 Gareth Taylor 5 Manchester City 10 Jorge Vilda 3
2021–22 Rank Coach Points Team(s) managed 1 Sarina Wiegman 200 2 Sonia Bompastor 94 Lyon 3 Martina Voss-Tecklenburg 71 4 Jonatan Giráldez 27 Barcelona 5 Tommy Stroot 22 VfL Wolfsburg
2022–23 Rank Coach Points Team(s) managed 1 Sarina Wiegman 211 2 Jorge Vilda 163 3 Jonatan Giráldez 139 Barcelona 4 Peter Gerhardsson 62 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
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