Alf Ramsey Award
LocationEurope
Presented byEuropean Union of Sports Press (UEPS)–AIPS Europe[1][2][3]
First awarded1978
Last awarded2016
Last holderPortugal Fernando Santos
(1st award)
Most awardsUkraine Valeriy Lobanovskyi (3 awards)

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 (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 received a prize named after a prominent coach from the past. For the 2019–20 season, it was replaced by the newly formed UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award.

Winners

Ernst Happel was the inaugural winner of the award in 1978
Héctor Cúper was the only non-European coach to win the award in 2000 for his exploits with Valencia
Year Coach (team(s) managed)
by the Association of European Journalists (Sepp Herberger Award)
1978Austria Ernst Happel (Netherlands, Club Brugge)
1979England Brian Clough (Nottingham Forest)
1980Czech Republic Jozef Vengloš (Czechoslovakia)
1981England Bob Paisley (Liverpool)
1982Italy Enzo Bearzot (Italy)
1983Austria Ernst Happel (Hamburger SV)
1984France Michel Hidalgo (France)
1985Italy Giovanni Trapattoni (Juventus)
1986Soviet Union Valeriy Lobanovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union)
1987Germany Udo Lattek (Bayern Munich)
1988Soviet Union Valeriy Lobanovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union)
1989Italy Arrigo Sacchi (Milan)
1990Germany Franz Beckenbauer (Germany, Marseille)
1991Italy Giovanni Trapattoni (Internazionale, Juventus)
1992Denmark Richard Møller Nielsen (Denmark)
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)
1999Ukraine Valeriy Lobanovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv)
2000Argentina Héctor Cúper (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)
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)
2013Germany Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich)
2014Germany Joachim Löw (Germany)
2015Spain Luis Enrique (Barcelona)
2016Portugal Fernando Santos (Portugal)

Total wins by coaches

Valeriy Lobanovskyi, a record three-time winner of the award
Coach Total wins Team(s) managed
Ukraine Valeriy Lobanovskyi 3 (1986, 1988, 1999) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv,  Soviet Union
Austria Ernst Happel 2 (1978, 1983)  Netherlands, 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
England Brian Clough 1 (1979) England Nottingham Forest
Czechoslovakia Jozef Vengloš 1 (1980)  Czechoslovakia
England Bob Paisley 1 (1981) England Liverpool
Italy Enzo Bearzot 1 (1982)  Italy
France Michel Hidalgo 1 (1984)  France
Germany Udo Lattek 1 (1987) Germany Bayern Munich
Italy Arrigo Sacchi 1 (1989) Italy Milan
Germany Franz Beckenbauer 1 (1990)  Germany, France Marseille
Denmark Richard Møller Nielsen 1 (1992)  Denmark
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
Argentina Héctor Cúper 1 (2000) Spain Valencia
France Gérard Houllier 1 (2001) England Liverpool
Italy Carlo Ancelotti 1 (2003) Italy Milan
Germany Otto Rehhagel 1 (2004)  Greece
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
Spain Luis Enrique 1 (2015) Spain Barcelona
Portugal Fernando Santos 1 (2016)  Portugal

Total wins by country

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