European Football Coach of the Year


European Football Coach of the Year was 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 since 2001. Previously it was awarded by the Association of European Journalists and the Technical Commission of Torneo di Viareggio. The winner received a prize named after a prominent coach from the past.

Winners

Total wins by coaches

NameTotal winsTeams managed
Valeriy Lobanovskyi3 Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union national team
Ernst Happel2 Netherlands national team, Club Brugge, Hamburger SV
Giovanni Trapattoni2 Internazionale, Juventus
Vicente del Bosque2 Real Madrid, Spain national team
Brian Clough1 Nottingham Forest
Jozef Vengloš1 Czechoslovakia national team
Bob Paisley1 Liverpool
Enzo Bearzot1 Italy national team
Michel Hidalgo1 France national team
Udo Lattek1 Bayern Munich
Arrigo Sacchi1 Milan
Franz Beckenbauer1 Germany national team, Marseille
Richard Moller-Nielsen1 Denmark national team
Nevio Scala1 Parma
Fabio Capello1 Milan
Louis van Gaal1 Ajax
Marcello Lippi1 Juventus
Ottmar Hitzfeld1 Borussia Dortmund
Aimé Jacquet1 France national team
Héctor Cuper1 Valencia
Gérard Houllier1 Liverpool
Carlo Ancelotti1 Milan
Otto Rehhagel1 Greece national team
Rafael Benítez1 Liverpool
Frank Rijkaard1 Barcelona
Juande Ramos1 Sevilla, Tottenham Hotspur
Sir Alex Ferguson1 Manchester United
Mircea Lucescu1 Shakhtar Donetsk
José Mourinho1 Real Madrid, Internazionale
Pep Guardiola1 Barcelona
Jupp Heynckes1 Bayern Munich
Joachim Löw1 Germany national team
Luis Enrique1 Barcelona
Fernando Santos1 Portugal national team

Total wins by country

CountryCoachesTotal
78
66
56
33
13
22
22
22
12
11
11
11
11
11