League Managers Association Awards

The League Managers Association Awards is an annual award ceremony in English football, awarded by the League Managers Association. The most prestigious award is the LMA Manager of the Year award. It is presented to a manager from any division for his achievements in the prior season. The award is voted by fellow professional managers and as a result consideration is also given to managers who inherit poor sides or financial difficulties and not only those managers who do not have such financial constraints and have won trophies. On only five occasions has the Premier League winning manager won the award compared with the Premier League Manager of the Year award which has been won on all but four occasions by the manager of the team who were league champions. Trophies for the event are hand-crafted by silversmith Thomas Lyte, which also makes trophies for the LG Performance of the Week Award throughout the league season. ^[1]

LMA Manager of the Year

The LMA Manager of the Year Award is voted by fellow managers and the winner can come from any of the four professional leagues. To date seven have come from outside the Premier League: 1996 winner Peter Reid, who led Sunderland to the Division One title; 1997 winner Danny Wilson, who guided Barnsley into the Premier League; 2000 winner Alan Curbishley who led Charlton to the Division One title; 2006 winner Steve Coppell, who led Reading to win the Championship; 2015 winner Eddie Howe, who guided AFC Bournemouth into the Premier League; 2019 winner Chris Wilder, who took Sheffield United up from the Championship; ^[2] and 2024 winner Kieran McKenna who guided Ipswich Town to back-to-back promotions from League One to the Premier League. ^[3]

Year	Manager	Nationality	Club	Ref
1993	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United	[2]
1994	Joe Kinnear	Republic of Ireland	Wimbledon	[2]
1995	Frank Clark	England	Nottingham Forest	[2]
1996	Peter Reid	England	Sunderland	[2]
1997	Danny Wilson	Northern Ireland	Barnsley	[2]
1998	Dave Jones	England	Southampton	[2]
1999	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United	[2]
2000	Alan Curbishley	England	Charlton Athletic	[2]
2001	George Burley	Scotland	Ipswich Town	[4]
2002	Arsène Wenger	France	Arsenal	[5]
2003	David Moyes	Scotland	Everton	[6]
2004	Arsène Wenger	France	Arsenal	[7]
2005	David Moyes	Scotland	Everton	[8]
2006	Steve Coppell	England	Reading	[9]
2007	Steve Coppell	England	Reading	[10]
2008	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United	[11]
2009	David Moyes	Scotland	Everton	[12]
2010	Roy Hodgson	England	Fulham	[13]
2011	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United	[14]
2012	Alan Pardew	England	Newcastle United	[15]
2013	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United	[16]
2014	Brendan Rodgers	Northern Ireland	Liverpool	[17]
2015	Eddie Howe	England	AFC Bournemouth	[18]
2016	Claudio Ranieri	Italy	Leicester City	[19]
2017	Antonio Conte	Italy	Chelsea	[20]
2018	Pep Guardiola	Spain	Manchester City	[21]
2019	Chris Wilder	England	Sheffield United	[22]
2020	Jürgen Klopp	Germany	Liverpool	[23]
2021	Pep Guardiola	Spain	Manchester City	[24]
2022	Jürgen Klopp	Germany	Liverpool	[25]
2023	Pep Guardiola	Spain	Manchester City	[26]
2024	Kieran McKenna	Northern Ireland	Ipswich Town	[3]
2025	Arne Slot	Netherlands	Liverpool	[27]

Breakdown of winners

Winners by individual

	Manager Name	Wins	Winning Years
	Alex Ferguson	5	1993, 1999, 2008, 2011, 2013
	Pep Guardiola	3	2018, 2021, 2023
	David Moyes	3	2003, 2005, 2009
	Jürgen Klopp	2	2020, 2022
	Arsène Wenger	2	2002, 2004
	Steve Coppell	2	2006, 2007
	Joe Kinnear	1	1994
	Frank Clark	1	1995
	Peter Reid	1	1996
	Danny Wilson	1	1997
	Dave Jones	1	1998
	Alan Curbishley	1	2000
	George Burley	1	2001
	Roy Hodgson	1	2010
	Alan Pardew	1	2012
	Brendan Rodgers	1	2014
	Eddie Howe	1	2015
	Claudio Ranieri	1	2016
	Antonio Conte	1	2017
	Chris Wilder	1	2019
	Kieran McKenna	1	2024
	Arne Slot	1	2025

Winners by nationality

Country	Individuals	Total Wins
England	9	10
Scotland	3	9
Northern Ireland	3	3
Italy	2	2
Spain	1	3
France	1	2
Republic of Ireland	1	1
Germany	1	2
Netherlands	1	1

Divisional Award Winners

The divisional award winners are voted by a panel.

Year	Premier League / Premiership		Championship / Division One		League One / Division Two		League Two / Division Three
	Manager	Club	Manager	Club	Manager	Club	Manager	Club
1994	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United					Martin O'Neill	Wycombe Wanderers
1995	Kenny Dalglish	Blackburn Rovers	Bruce Rioch	Bolton Wanderers	Barry Fry	Birmingham City	John Duncan	Chesterfield
1996	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Martin O'Neill	Leicester City	Steve McMahon	Swindon Town	Tony Pulis	Gillingham
1997	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United
1998	Arsène Wenger	Arsenal
1999	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Peter Reid	Sunderland	David Moyes	Preston North End	Ray Graydon	Walsall
2000	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Alan Curbishley	Charlton Athletic	David Moyes	Preston North End	John Hollins	Swansea City
2001 [4]	George Burley	Ipswich Town	Jean Tigana	Fulham	Ronnie Moore	Rotherham United	Mickey Adams	Brighton & Hove Albion
2002 [5]	Arsène Wenger	Arsenal	Gary Megson	West Bromwich Albion	Peter Taylor	Brighton & Hove Albion	Paul Sturrock	Plymouth Argyle
2003 [6]	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Harry Redknapp	Portsmouth	Paul Jewell	Wigan Athletic	Denis Smith	Wrexham
2004 [7]	Arsène Wenger	Arsenal	Nigel Worthington	Norwich	Paul Sturrock	Plymouth Argyle	Dave Penney	Doncaster Rovers
2005	José Mourinho	Chelsea	Mick McCarthy	Sunderland	Mike Newell	Luton Town	Steve Tilson	Southend United
2006 [28]	José Mourinho	Chelsea	Steve Coppell	Reading	Steve Tilson	Southend United	Paul Simpson	Carlisle United
2007 [29]	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Roy Keane	Sunderland	Russell Slade	Yeovil Town	Danny Wilson	Hartlepool United
2008 [11]	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Tony Mowbray	West Bromwich Albion	Roberto Martínez	Swansea City	Graham Turner	Hereford United
2009 [30]	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Mick McCarthy	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Darren Ferguson	Peterborough United	Paul Tisdale	Exeter City
2010 [11]	Harry Redknapp	Tottenham Hotspur	Chris Hughton	Newcastle United	Paul Lambert	Norwich City	Keith Hill	Rochdale
2011 [31]	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Paul Lambert	Norwich City	Gus Poyet	Brighton & Hove Albion	John Sheridan	Chesterfield
2012 [15]	Alan Pardew	Newcastle United	Brian McDermott	Reading	Chris Powell	Charlton Athletic	Paolo Di Canio	Swindon Town
2013 [11]	Alex Ferguson	Manchester United	Malky Mackay	Cardiff City	Gary Johnson	Yeovil Town	Martin Allen	Gillingham
2014 [17]	Tony Pulis	Crystal Palace	Nigel Pearson	Leicester City	Kenny Jackett Russell Slade	Wolverhampton Wanderers Leyton Orient	Russ Wilcox	Scunthorpe United
2015 [32]	José Mourinho	Chelsea	Eddie Howe	AFC Bournemouth	Steve Cotterill	Bristol City	Gareth Ainsworth	Wycombe Wanderers
2016 [33]	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City	Chris Hughton	Brighton and Hove Albion	Gary Caldwell	Wigan Athletic	Chris Wilder	Northampton Town
2017 [20]	Antonio Conte	Chelsea	Chris Hughton	Brighton and Hove Albion	Chris Wilder	Sheffield United	Paul Cook	Portsmouth
2018 [34]	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	Nuno Espírito Santo	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Paul Hurst	Shrewsbury Town	John Coleman	Accrington Stanley
2019 [35]	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	Chris Wilder	Sheffield United	Mick Harford	Luton Town	Danny Cowley	Lincoln City
2020 [36]	Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool	Marcelo Bielsa	Leeds United	Mark Robins	Coventry City	David Artell	Crewe Alexandra
2021 [37]	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	Daniel Farke	Norwich City	Grant McCann	Hull City	Michael Duff	Cheltenham Town
2022 [25]	Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool	Marco Silva	Fulham	Leam Richardson	Wigan Athletic	Matt Taylor	Exeter City
2023 [26]	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	Vincent Kompany	Burnley	Steven Schumacher	Plymouth Argyle	Richie Wellens	Leyton Orient
2024 [3]	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	Kieran McKenna	Ipswich Town	John Mousinho	Portsmouth	Dave Challinor	Stockport County
2025	Arne Slot	Liverpool	Daniel Farke	Leeds United	Chris Davies	Birmingham City	Grant McCann	Doncaster Rovers

FA Cup Manager of the Year

Year	Manager	Nationality	Club	Ref
2012	Roberto Di Matteo	Italy	Chelsea	[38]
2013	Roberto Martínez	Spain	Wigan Athletic	[39]
2014	Nigel Clough	England	Sheffield United	[40]
2015	Phil Parkinson	England	Bradford City	[41]

Winners by individual

The following managers have won two or more awards.

	Manager Name	Total Wins	LMA Manager of the Year	Premier League / Premiership	Championship / Division One	League One / Division Two	League Two / Division Three	FA Cup
	Alex Ferguson	16	5	11
	Pep Guardiola	7	3	4
	David Moyes	5	3			2
	Arsène Wenger	5	2	3
	Chris Wilder	4	1		1	1	1
	Jürgen Klopp	4	2	2
	Steve Coppell	3	2		1
	José Mourinho	3		3
	Chris Hughton	3			3
	George Burley	2	1	1
	Alan Pardew	2	1	1
	Claudio Ranieri	2	1	1
	Antonio Conte	2	1	1
	Arne Slot	2	1	1
	Eddie Howe	2	1		1
	Peter Reid	2	1		1
	Alan Curbishley	2	1		1
	Danny Wilson	2	1				1
	Kieran McKenna	2	1		1
	Harry Redknapp	2		1	1
	Tony Pulis	2		1			1
	Mick McCarthy	2			2
	Daniel Farke	2			2
	Paul Lambert	2			1	1
	Martin O'Neill	2			1		1
	Russell Slade	2				2
	Paul Sturrock	2				1	1
	Steve Tilson	2				1	1
	Roberto Martínez	2				1		1

Wins by country

	Total country wins	Wins by Managers	LMA Manager of the Year	Premier League / Premiership	Championship / Division One	League One / Division Two	League Two / Division Three	FA Cup
England	62	50	10	2	11	19	21	2
Scotland	32	11	8	13	3	6	2
Spain	9	2	3	4		1		1
Northern Ireland	9	6	3		3		3
Ireland	8	6	1		6		1
France	6	2	2	3	1
Germany	6	2	2	2	2
Italy	6	4	2	2			1	1
Portugal	5	3		3	2
Wales	3	2		1		1	1
Netherlands	2	1	1	1
Argentina	1	1		1
Belgium	1	1			1
Gibraltar	1	1				1
Uruguay	1	1				1

Special Merit Award

Also referred to as Service to Football Award.

Year	Nationality	Name	Notes
2002	England	Bobby Robson
2004	England	Don Howe [42]	Service to youth coaching.
2006	Spain	Rafael Benítez	Champions League win in first season at Liverpool.
2007	England	Dario Gradi	Long service to Crewe Alexandra.
2009	Scotland	Alex Ferguson [12]	Champions League win, Club World Cup win and third league title in a row.
2010	England	Steve McClaren [13]	Winning the Eredivisie with FC Twente, their first championship in their 45-year history.
2011	Scotland	Alex Ferguson [14]	Surpassing 2,000 competitive games and becoming Manchester United's longest serving manager.
2012	England	Lee Clark [43]	Record 42 Football League games unbeaten
2013	Italy	Roberto Di Matteo [44]	Winning the FA Cup and Champions League with Chelsea
2013	England	Phil Parkinson [45]	Taking Bradford to League Two play-off promotion and the League Cup Final.

John Duncan Award

Awarded to an individual chosen by the LMA board who has accomplished something significant in the field of football, or represents the passion and service to football that it was said John Duncan personified.

Year	Nationality	Name	Reason
2023	Scotland	Lou Macari [26]	Awarded for Macari's work creating the Macari Foundation which is helping people impacted by homelessness in Stoke-on-Trent.
2024	England	Roy Hodgson [3]	Awarded for reaching 1250 games in professional management.
2025	Austria	Oliver Glasner	Awarded for winning a first major trophy with Crystal Palace.

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External links

• League Managers Association