Women's Super League Manager of the Season

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):

Women's Super League Manager of the Season
Matt Beard is the current holder of the award.
Awarded for	The most outstanding manager in each given Women's Super League season
Sponsored by	Barclays
Country	England
Presented by	Women's Super League
Highlights
Most awards	Emma Hayes (6)
Most team wins	Chelsea (6)

Winners

Key

†	Denotes the club was not WSL champion in same season

Number of wins in brackets.

Year	Name	Club	Ref.
2011	Laura Harvey	Arsenal	[1]
2012	Mark Sampson	Bristol Academy †	[2]
2013	Matt Beard	Liverpool	[3]
2014	David Parker	Birmingham City †	[4]
2015	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	[5]
2016	Nick Cushing	Manchester City	[6]
2017 (Spring Series)	Andy Spence	Everton †	[7]
2017–18	Emma Hayes (2)	Chelsea	[8]
2018–19	Joe Montemurro	Arsenal	[9]
2019–20	Emma Hayes (3)	Chelsea	[10]
2020–21	Emma Hayes (4)	Chelsea	[11]
2021–22	Emma Hayes (5)	Chelsea	[12]
2022–23	Emma Hayes (6)	Chelsea	[13]
2023–24	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	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
2	Matt Beard	Liverpool	2013, 2024
1	Laura Harvey	Arsenal	2011
	Mark Sampson	Bristol Academy	2012
	David Parker	Birmingham City	2014
	Nick Cushing	Manchester City	2016
	Andy Spence	Everton	2017
	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

• List of Women's Super League managers
• Women's Super League Player of the Season
• Women's Super League Golden Boot
• Women's Super League Golden Glove
• The FA Women's Football Awards

References

1. Lara, Cindy (28 November 2017). "Who is Laura Harvey?". RSL Soapbox.
2. Magowan, Alistair (2 November 2012). "Skipper Stoney picks up FA award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
3. Magowan, Alistair (22 November 2013). "Liverpool dominate 2013 FA Women's Awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
4. "2014 FA Women's Football Awards". The Football Association. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
5. "2015 FA Women's Football Awards". The Football Association. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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.
9. "Chris Wilder beats Pep Guardiola to LMA Manager of the Year award". The Independent. 15 May 2019.
10. "Chelsea duo Emma Hayes and Beth England win Women's Super League awards". BT.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
11. Ouzia, Malik (24 May 2021). "Chelsea star Kirby named WSL Player of the Season". The London Evening Standard.
12. "Emma Hayes: Chelsea Women's boss named FA WSL Manager of the Season after third consecutive title". Sky Sports. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
13. Frith, Wilf (31 May 2023). "Emma Hayes and Lauren Smith win Manager of the Year awards - SheKicks". SheKicks. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
14. "Guardiola & Beard win manager awards". BBC Sport. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

External links

• Women's Super League website