European Coach of the Year (association football)

Alf Ramsey Award
Awarded for managing skills shown by European manager or manager of European team in a calendar year
Country Europe
Presented by European Union of Sports Press (UEPS)–AIPS Europe[1][2][3]
First awarded 1978

European Football Coach of the Year is an annual prize in association football awarded to the best European manager or manager of European team in a calendar year, organized by European Union of Sports Press (fr. Union européenne de la presse sportive (UEPS), also known as AIPS Europe) since 2001. Previously it was awarded by the Association of European Journalists (AEJ, 1978–1997) and the Technical Commission of Torneo di Viareggio (1998–2000). The winner receives a prize named after a prominent coach from the past.

Winners

Ernst Happel was the inaugural winner of the award in 1978
Richard Moller-Nielsen (left) was the only winner from Scandinavian country (1992)
Hector Cuper was the only non-European coach to win the award in 2000
Year Coach (teams managed)
by the Association of European Journalists (Sepp Herberger Award)
1978Austria Ernst Happel (Netherlands national team + Club Brugge)
1979England Brian Clough (Nottingham Forest)
1980Czech Republic Jozef Vengloš (Czechoslovakia national team)
1981England Bob Paisley (Liverpool)
1982Italy Enzo Bearzot (Italy national team)
1983Austria Ernst Happel (Hamburger SV)
1984France Michel Hidalgo (France national team)
1985Italy Giovanni Trapattoni (Juventus)
1986Soviet Union Valeriy Lobanovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv + Soviet Union national football team)
1987Germany Udo Lattek (Bayern Munich)
1988Soviet Union Valeriy Lobanovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv + Soviet Union national team)
1989Italy Arrigo Sacchi (Milan)
1990Germany Franz Beckenbauer (Germany national team + Marseille)
1991Italy Giovanni Trapattoni (Internazionale + Juventus)
1992Denmark Richard Møller-Nielsen (Denmark national team)
1993Italy Nevio Scala (Parma)
1994Italy Fabio Capello (Milan)
1995Netherlands Louis van Gaal (Ajax)
1996Italy Marcello Lippi (Juventus)
1997Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund)
by the Technical Commission of Torneo di Viareggio (Tommaso Maestrelli Award)
1998France Aime Jacquet (France national team)
1999Ukraine Valeriy Lobanovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv)
2000Argentina Héctor Cuper (Valencia)
by the European Union of Sports Press—AIPS Europe (Alf Ramsey Award)
2001France Gérard Houllier (Liverpool)
2002Spain Vicente del Bosque (Real Madrid)
2003Italy Carlo Ancelotti (Milan)
2004Germany Otto Rehhagel (Greece national team)
2005Spain Rafael Benítez (Liverpool)
2006Netherlands Frank Rijkaard (Barcelona)
2007Spain Juande Ramos (Sevilla + Tottenham Hotspur)
2008Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)
2009Romania Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk)
2010Portugal José Mourinho (Internazionale + Real Madrid)
2011Spain Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
2012Spain Vicente del Bosque (Spain national team)
2013Germany Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich)
2014Germany Joachim Löw (Germany national team)
2015Spain Luis Enrique (Barcelona)
2016Portugal Fernando Santos (Portugal national team)

Total wins by coaches

Valeriy Lobanovskyi, a record 3 times winner of the Award
Name Total wins Teams managed
Soviet UnionUkraine Valeriy Lobanovskyi 3 (1986, 1988, 1999) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union Soviet Union national team
Austria Ernst Happel 2 (1978, 1983) Netherlands Netherlands national team, Belgium Club Brugge, Germany Hamburger SV
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni 2 (1985, 1991) Italy Internazionale, Italy Juventus
Spain Vicente del Bosque 2 (2002, 2012) Spain Real Madrid, Spain Spain national team
England Brian Clough 1 (1979) England Nottingham Forest
Czechoslovakia Jozef Vengloš 1 (1980) Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia national team
England Bob Paisley 1 (1981) England Liverpool
Italy Enzo Bearzot 1 (1982) Italy Italy national team
France Michel Hidalgo 1 (1984) France France national team
Germany Udo Lattek 1 (1987) Germany Bayern Munich
Italy Arrigo Sacchi 1 (1989) Italy Milan
Germany Franz Beckenbauer 1 (1990) Germany Germany national team, France Marseille
Denmark Richard Moller-Nielsen 1 (1992) Denmark Denmark national team
Italy Nevio Scala 1 (1993) Italy Parma
Italy Fabio Capello 1 (1994) Italy Milan
Netherlands Louis van Gaal 1 (1995) Netherlands Ajax
Italy Marcello Lippi 1 (1996) Italy Juventus
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld 1 (1997) Germany Borussia Dortmund
France Aimé Jacquet 1 (1998) France France national team
Argentina Héctor Cuper 1 (2000) Spain Valencia
France Gérard Houllier 1 (2001) England Liverpool
Italy Carlo Ancelotti 1 (2003) Italy Milan
Germany Otto Rehhagel 1 (2004) Greece Greece national team
Spain Rafael Benítez 1 (2005) England Liverpool
Netherlands Frank Rijkaard 1 (2006) Spain Barcelona
Spain Juande Ramos 1 (2007) Spain Sevilla, England Tottenham Hotspur
Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson 1 (2008) England Manchester United
Romania Mircea Lucescu 1 (2009) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Portugal José Mourinho 1 (2010) Spain Real Madrid, Italy Internazionale
Spain Pep Guardiola 1 (2011) Spain Barcelona
Germany Jupp Heynckes 1 (2013) Germany Bayern Munich
Germany Joachim Löw 1 (2014) Germany Germany national team
Spain Luis Enrique 1 (2015) Spain Barcelona
Portugal Fernando Santos 1 (2016) Portugal Portugal national team

Total wins by country

Country Coaches Total
 Italy 7 8
 Germany 6 6
 Spain 5 6
 France 3 3
 England 2 2
 Netherlands 2 2
 Portugal 2 2
 Austria 1 2
 Soviet Union 1 2
 Argentina 1 1
 Czechoslovakia 1 1
 Denmark 1 1
 Romania 1 1
 Scotland 1 1
 Ukraine 1 1

See also

References

  1. AIPS Continental Sections: AIPS Europe – Official website of the International Sports Press Association
  2. AIPS Europe (UEPS) Executive Committee meets in Dublin – Official website of the Chinese Olympic Committee
  3. AIPS Europe (UEPS) concludes successful New Media Seminar in Rhodes – Official website of the International Sports Press Association

Sources

  • Newspaper "Ukrainian Football", 24 January 2017, No.3—4
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