UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award
{{Short description|Football award}}
{{About|the men's award|the women's award|UEFA Women's Coach of the Year Award}}
{{Infobox award
| name = UEFA Men's Coach of the Year
| year = 2020
| year2 = 2023
| presenter = UEFA
| sponsor = ESM
| former name =
| most_wins = {{flagicon|GER}} Hansi Flick
{{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Tuchel
{{flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Ancelotti
{{flagicon|ESP}} Pep Guardiola
(1st award)
| website = {{URL|https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0284-18de4f108cc9-ed700d7f4e1a-1000--men-s-coach-of-the-year-josep-guardiola/|UEFA.com}}
| main = UEFA Club Football Awards
}}
The UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award is an association football award given to the manager coaching a men'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{{cite news |title=Shortlist of nominees for 2019/20 UEFA club competition awards revealed |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0261-10657c4cbf33-3fc280ec8da7-1000--shortlist-of-nominees-for-2019-20-uefa-club-competition-awards-/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 September 2020 |access-date=23 September 2020}}
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."{{cite web |title=Men's Coach of the Year: Flick, Klopp or Nagelsmann |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0261-107135de7c40-67dde23c4c0f-1000--men-s-coach-of-the-year/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=23 September 2020 |access-date=23 September 2020}}
Voting
80 coaches, from the clubs that participated in the group stages of that year's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, along with 55 sports journalists selected by the European Sports Media group representing each of the UEFA national associations, provide a list of their three best-ranked coaches from one to three, with the first coach receiving five points, the second three points and the third one point. Coaches are not allowed to vote for themselves. The three coaches with the most points overall are shortlisted, and the winner is announced during the group stage draw of the next season's UEFA Champions League.
Award history
=Winners=
| class="wikitable" |
| Season
!Coach !Team(s) managed |
|---|
| 2019–20
|{{flagicon|GER}} Hansi Flick |{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich |
| 2020–21
|{{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Tuchel |{{fbaicon|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2021–22
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Ancelotti |{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |
| 2022–23
|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pep Guardiola |{{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City |
=Finalists=
{{legend2|#FFF68F|Winner}} {{legend2|#D0F0C0|Shortlisted}}
==2019–20==
| class="wikitable" |
| style="width:25px"| Rank
!style="width:200px"| Coach !style="width:80px"| Points{{cite news |title=Hansi Flick wins Men's Coach of the Year award |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0262-1081db84296e-cd19963ef158-1000--flick-named-coach-of-the-year/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=1 October 2020 |access-date=1 October 2020}} !style="width:170px"| Team(s) managed |
|---|
| bgcolor="#FFF68F"
| 1 | {{flagicon|GER}} Hansi Flick |style="text-align:center"| 476 | {{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich |
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
| 2 | {{flagicon|GER}} Jurgen Klopp |style="text-align:center"| 212 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool |
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
| 3 | {{flagicon|GER}} Julian Nagelsmann |style="text-align:center"| 76{{efn-ua|name="Nagelsmann"|Nagelsmann finished third above Tuchel after receiving a higher number of five-point votes}} | {{fbaicon|GER}} RB Leipzig |
| 4
| {{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Tuchel |style="text-align:center"| 76{{efn-ua|name="Nagelsmann"}} | {{fbaicon|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain |
| 5
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gian Piero Gasperini |style="text-align:center"| 68 | {{fbaicon|ITA}} Atalanta |
| 6
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Julen Lopetegui |style="text-align:center"| 57 | {{fbaicon|ESP}} Sevilla |
| 7
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Rudi Garcia |style="text-align:center"| 32 | {{fbaicon|FRA}} Lyon |
| 8
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane |style="text-align:center"| 25 | {{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |
| 9
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pep Guardiola |style="text-align:center"| 11 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City |
| 10
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Conte |style="text-align:center"| 9 | {{fbaicon|ITA}} Inter Milan |
{{notelist-ua}}
==2020–21==
| class="wikitable" |
| style="width:25px"| Rank
!style="width:200px"| Coach !style="width:80px"| Points{{cite news |title=Thomas Tuchel wins Men's Coach of the Year award |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/026c-1317c3def86e-55c23a7dd7ca-1000--coach-of-the-year-tuchel/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=26 August 2021 |access-date=26 August 2021}} !style="width:170px"| Team(s) managed |
|---|
| bgcolor="#FFF68F"
| 1 | {{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Tuchel |style="text-align:center"| 378 | {{fbaicon|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain |
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
| 2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Mancini |style="text-align:center"| 292 | {{fb|ITA}} |
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
| 3 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Pep Guardiola |style="text-align:center"| 198 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City |
| 4
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Unai Emery |style="text-align:center"| 64 | {{fbaicon|ESP}} Villarreal |
| 5
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Simeone |style="text-align:center"| 29 | {{fbaicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid |
| 6
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Conte |style="text-align:center"| 19 | {{fbaicon|ITA}} Inter Milan |
| 7
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Gareth Southgate |style="text-align:center"| 18 | {{fb|ENG}} |
| 8
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Christophe Galtier |style="text-align:center"| 16 | {{fbaicon|FRA}} Lille |
| 9
| {{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Gunnar Solskjær |style="text-align:center"| 14 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United |
| 10
| {{flagicon|DEN}} Kasper Hjulmand |style="text-align:center"| 11 | {{fb|DEN}} |
==2021–22==
| class="wikitable" |
| style="width:25px"| Rank
!style="width:200px"| Coach !style="width:80px"| Points{{cite news |title=Carlo Ancelotti wins UEFA Men's Coach of the Year award |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0278-15d967d1d073-23d616e93025-1000--men-s-coach-of-the-year-ancelotti/ |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=25 August 2022 |access-date=25 August 2022}} !style="width:170px"| Team(s) managed |
|---|
| bgcolor="#FFF68F"
| 1 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Ancelotti |style="text-align:center"| 526 | {{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid |
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
| 2 | {{flagicon|GER}} Jürgen Klopp |style="text-align:center"| 210 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Liverpool |
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
| 3 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Pep Guardiola |style="text-align:center"| 108 | {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester City |
| 4
| {{flagicon|AUT}} Oliver Glasner |style="text-align:center"| 75 | {{fbaicon|GER}} Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 5
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Unai Emery |style="text-align:center"| 74 | {{fbaicon|ESP}} Villarreal |
| 6
| {{flagicon|POR}} José Mourinho |style="text-align:center"| 51 | {{fbaicon|ITA}} Roma |