Women's Super League Manager of the Season

Women's Super League Manager of the Season
Matt Beard is the current holder of the award.
Awarded forThe most outstanding manager in each given Women's Super League season
Sponsored byBarclays
CountryEngland
Presented byWomen's Super League
Highlights
Most awardsEmma Hayes (6)
Most team winsChelsea (6)

The Women's Super League Manager of the Season is an annual association football award presented to managers in England. It recognises the most outstanding manager in the Women's Super League each season. Below is a list of all the recipients named as WSL manager of the year either at The FA Women's Football Awards (2011–18), by the League Managers Association (2019) or Women's Super League awards (2020–present):

Winners

Key
† Denotes the club was not WSL champion in same season

Number of wins in brackets.

Year Name Club Ref.
2011 England Laura Harvey Arsenal [1]
2012 Wales Mark Sampson Bristol Academy † [2]
2013 England Matt Beard Liverpool [3]
2014 England David Parker Birmingham City † [4]
2015 England Emma Hayes Chelsea [5]
2016 England Nick Cushing Manchester City [6]
2017 (Spring Series) England Andy Spence Everton † [7]
2017–18 England Emma Hayes (2) Chelsea [8]
2018–19 Australia Joe Montemurro Arsenal [9]
2019–20 England Emma Hayes (3) Chelsea [10]
2020–21 England Emma Hayes (4) Chelsea [11]
2021–22 England Emma Hayes (5) Chelsea [12]
2022–23 England Emma Hayes (6) Chelsea [13]
2023–24 England Matt Beard (2) Liverpool † [14]

Multiple awards won by managers

The following table lists the number of awards won by managers who have won the Manager of the Season awards.

Managers in bold are still active in the Women's Super League.

Awards Manager Club(s) Year(s)
6 England Emma Hayes Chelsea 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
2 England Matt Beard Liverpool 2013, 2024
1 England Laura Harvey Arsenal 2011
Wales Mark Sampson Bristol Academy 2012
England David Parker Birmingham City 2014
England Nick Cushing Manchester City 2016
England Andy Spence Everton 2017
Australia Joe Montemurro Arsenal 2019

Awards won by nationality

Country Managers Total
 England 6 12
 Australia 1 1
 Wales 1 1

Awards won by club

Club Managers Total
Chelsea 1 6
Liverpool 1 2
Arsenal 2 2
Birmingham City 1 1
Bristol Academy 1 1
Everton 1 1
Manchester City 1 1

See also

References

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  3. ^ Magowan, Alistair (22 November 2013). "Liverpool dominate 2013 FA Women's Awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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  6. ^ "2016 FA Women's Football Awards". The Football Association. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  7. ^ "2017 FA Women's Football Awards". The Football Association. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  8. ^ "2018 FA Women's Football Awards". The Football Association. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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  11. ^ Ouzia, Malik (24 May 2021). "Chelsea star Kirby named WSL Player of the Season". The London Evening Standard.
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  14. ^ "Guardiola & Beard win manager awards". BBC Sport. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.