European Coach of the Year (association football)

{{Infobox award
| name = Alf Ramsey Award
| current_awards =
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| caption =
| description = managing skills shown by [[Europe]]an [[manager (association football)|manager]] or manager of European team in a calendar year
| presenter = European Union of Sports Press (UEPS)—AIPS Europe<ref>[http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=directory&cod=2 AIPS Continental Sections: AIPS Europe] – Official website of the International Sports Press Association</ref><ref>[http://en.olympic.cn/news/olympic_news/2010-11-03/2089843.html AIPS Europe (UEPS) Executive Committee meets in Dublin] – Official website of the Chinese Olympic Committee</ref><ref>[http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=5132 AIPS Europe (UEPS) concludes successful New Media Seminar in Rhodes] – Official website of the International Sports Press Association</ref>
| country = Europe
| year = 1978
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'''European Football Coach of the Year''' is an annual prize in [[association football]] awarded to the best [[Europe]]an [[manager (association football)|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 ==
[[File:Ernst Happel(k).jpg|thumb|[[Ernst Happel]] was the inaugural winner of the award in 1978]]
[[File:Mikael Flodström and Richard Møller Nielsen.jpg|thumb|[[Richard Moller-Nielsen]] (left) was the only winner from [[Scandinavia]]n country (1992)]]
[[File:Cuper Hector.jpg|thumb|[[Hector Cuper]] was the only non-European coach to win the award in 2000]]

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!width="40"|Year
!width="150"|Coach (teams managed)
|-
| colspan="4"|'''by the Association of European Journalists ([[Sepp Herberger]] Award)'''
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|1978 || {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ernst Happel]] ([[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands national team]] + [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]])
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|1979 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brian Clough]] ([[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]])
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|1980 || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jozef Vengloš]] ([[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia national team]])
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|1981 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Paisley]] ([[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]])
|-
|1982 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Enzo Bearzot]] ([[Italy national football team|Italy national team]])
|-
|1983 || {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ernst Happel]] ([[Hamburger SV]])
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|1984 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Hidalgo]] ([[France national football team|France national team]])
|-
|1985 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanni Trapattoni]] ([[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]])
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|1986 || {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]] ([[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] + [[Soviet Union national football team]])
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|1987 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Udo Lattek]] ([[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]])
|-
|1988 || {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]] ([[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] + [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]])
|-
|1989 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Arrigo Sacchi]] ([[A.C. Milan|Milan]])
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|1990 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]] ([[Germany national football team|Germany national team]] + [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]])
|-
|1991 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanni Trapattoni]] ([[Inter Milan|Internazionale]] + [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]])
|-
|1992 || {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Richard Møller-Nielsen]] ([[Denmark national football team|Denmark national team]])
|-
|1993 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nevio Scala]] ([[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]])
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|1994 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Capello]] ([[A.C. Milan|Milan]])
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|1995 || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Louis van Gaal]] ([[AFC Ajax|Ajax]])
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|1996 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marcello Lippi]] ([[Juventus]])
|-
|1997 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]] ([[Borussia Dortmund]])
|-
| colspan="4"|'''by the Technical Commission of Torneo di Viareggio ([[Tommaso Maestrelli]] Award)'''
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|1998 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Aime Jacquet]] ([[France national football team|France national team]])
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|1999 || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]] ([[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]])
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|2000 || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Héctor Cuper]] ([[Valencia CF|Valencia]])
|-
| colspan="4"|'''by the European Union of Sports Press—AIPS Europe ([[Alf Ramsey]] Award)'''
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|2001 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gérard Houllier]] ([[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]])
|-
|2002 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Vicente del Bosque]] ([[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]])
|-
|2003 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlo Ancelotti]] ([[A.C. Milan|Milan]])
|-
|2004 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Otto Rehhagel]] ([[Greece national football team|Greece national team]])
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|2005 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Benítez]] ([[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]])
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|2006 || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Frank Rijkaard]] ([[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]])
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|2007 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juande Ramos]] ([[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] + [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]])
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|2008 || {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Alex Ferguson|Sir Alex Ferguson]] ([[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]])
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|2009 || {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Mircea Lucescu]] ([[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]])
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|2010 || {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[José Mourinho]] ([[Inter Milan|Internazionale]] + [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]])
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|2011 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pep Guardiola]] ([[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]])
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|2012 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Vicente del Bosque]] ([[Spain national football team|Spain national team]])
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|2013 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Jupp Heynckes]] ([[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]])
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|2014 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Joachim Löw]] ([[Germany national football team|Germany national team]])
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|2015 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Luis Enrique (footballer)|Luis Enrique]] ([[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]])
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|2016 || {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer)|Fernando Santos]] ([[Portugal national football team|Portugal national team]])
|-
|}

=== Total wins by coaches ===
[[File:Valeri Lobanovsky.jpg|thumb|[[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]], a record 3 times winner of the Award]]

{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Total wins
! scope="col" | Teams managed
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|URS}}{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]]
| style="text-align: center" | 3 (1986, 1988, 1999)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|UKR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]], {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ernst Happel]]
| style="text-align: center" | 2 (1978, 1983)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands national team]], {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]], {{flagicon|GER}} [[Hamburger SV]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanni Trapattoni]]
| style="text-align: center" | 2 (1985, 1991)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]], {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Vicente del Bosque]]
| style="text-align: center" | 2 (2002, 2012)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain national football team|Spain national team]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brian Clough]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1979)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Jozef Vengloš]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1980)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia national team]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Paisley]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1981)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Enzo Bearzot]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1982)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Hidalgo]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1984)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France national football team|France national team]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Udo Lattek]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1987)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Arrigo Sacchi]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1989)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1990)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]], {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Richard Moller-Nielsen]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1992)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark national football team|Denmark national team]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nevio Scala]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1993)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Capello]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1994)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Louis van Gaal]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1995)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marcello Lippi]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1996)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1997)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Aimé Jacquet]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1998)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France national football team|France national team]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Héctor Cuper]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2000)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gérard Houllier]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2001)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlo Ancelotti]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2003)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Otto Rehhagel]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2004)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Greece national football team|Greece national team]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Benítez]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2005)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Frank Rijkaard]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2006)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juande Ramos]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2007)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]], {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alex Ferguson|Sir Alex Ferguson]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2008)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Mircea Lucescu]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2009)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|UKR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[José Mourinho]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2010)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Pep Guardiola]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2011)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Jupp Heynckes]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2013)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Joachim Löw]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2014)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Luis Enrique (footballer)|Luis Enrique]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2015)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer)|Fernando Santos]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2016)
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|POR}} [[Portugal national football team|Portugal national team]]
|}

=== Total wins by country ===

{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Coaches
! scope="col" | Total
|-
! scope="row"| {{ITA}}
| style="text-align: center" | 7
| style="text-align: center" | 8
|-
! scope="row"| {{GER}}
| style="text-align: center" | 6
| style="text-align: center" | 6
|-
! scope="row"| {{ESP}}
| style="text-align: center" | 5
| style="text-align: center" | 6
|-
! scope="row"| {{FRA}}
| style="text-align: center" | 3
| style="text-align: center" | 3
|-
! scope="row"| {{ENG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 2
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|-
! scope="row"| {{NED}}
| style="text-align: center" | 2
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|-
! scope="row"| {{POR}}
| style="text-align: center" | 2
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|-
! scope="row"| {{AUT}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|-
! scope="row"| {{URS}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|-
! scope="row"| {{ARG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{DEN}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{ROM}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{SCO}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{UKR}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|}

==See also==

*[[South American Coach of the Year]]
*[[European Coach of the Season]]
*[[UEFA Club Football Awards]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

*{{cite web| title = Ukrainian Football, 24.01.2017| url = https://footballgreatones.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ksuf-122.pdf| date =| accessdate = May 31, 2017|work =}} ([[Ukrainian language|''ukr.'']])

== Sources ==
* Newspaper "Ukrainian Football", 24 January 2017, No.3—4

{{European Coach of the Year}}

[[Category:Association football manager of the year awards|*Euro]]
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[[Category:Awards established in 1978]]

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