List of managers at the FIFA Women's World Cup

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This is a list of all managers who have appeared in the FIFA Women's World Cup, the most prestigious tournament for national teams in association football.

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In total, over 100 individuals have managed a team in at least one match in the World Cup. Even Pellerud is the manager who has taken part in the most editions of the tournament, five from 1991 to 2015. Pellerud also holds the records for both most matches managed (25) and most matches won (16). [1]

Eight managers have won the World Cup, with Jill Ellis being the only one to do so twice, in 2015 and 2019 with United States. [2] The first person who had the roles of both a player and a manager in the tournament is April Heinrichs, who played for United States in 1991 and then coached them in 2003. [3]

The youngest manager to appear in the competition is Vanessa Arauz, who managed Ecuador at age 26 in 2015, while the oldest is Mai Đức Chung, who was in charge of Vietnam at age 72 in 2023. [4]

While many of the participating nations have on one or more occasions employed foreign managers for the World Cup, the three teams with the most appearances, Germany, Japan, and Sweden have always been led by natives. On the other side of the spectrum, New Zealand is the team with the most participations always coached by foreigners – five, always with managers coming from United Kingdom. [5]

By team

The teams are listed in decreasing order of number of appearances in the World Cup.

By individual (multiple tournaments)

Key: T – tournaments appeared in; N – different nations managed; M – matches; W – wins; D – draws; L – losses.

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

ManagerNationalityTNMWDLEditions and teams
Even Pellerud Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 52251627 1991 NOR , 1995 NOR , 2003 CAN , 2007 CAN , 2015 NOR
Tom Sermanni Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4214329 1995 AUS , 2007 AUS , 2011 AUS , 2019 NZL
Marika Domanski-Lyfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3214806 1999 SWE , 2003 SWE , 2007 CHN
Leonardo Cuéllar Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 319016 1999 MEX , 2011 MEX , 2015 MEX
John Herdman Flag of England.svg  England 3211236 2007 NZL , 2011 NZL , 2015 CAN
Silvia Neid Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31171133 2007 GER , 2011 GER , 2015 GER
Carlos Borrello Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 319027 2003 ARG , 2007 ARG , 2019 ARG
Thomas Dennerby Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3212615 2007 SWE , 2011 SWE , 2019 NGA
Pia Sundhage Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3313463 2011 USA , 2015 SWE , 2023 BRA
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3212615 2015 SWI , 2019 GER , 2023 GER
Gero Bisanz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2112804 1991 GER , 1995 GER
Keld Gantzhorn Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 217205 1991 DEN , 1995 DEN
Tamotsu Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 217106 1991 JPN , 1995 JPN
Tony DiCicco Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2112921 1995 USA , 1999 USA
Yuri Bystritsky Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 218404 1999 RUS , 2003 RUS
Tina Theune-Meyer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2110721 1999 GER , 2003 GER
Kim Kwang-min Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 217124 2007 PRK , 2011 PRK
Norio Sasaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 21131012 2011 JPN , 2015 JPN
Kenneth Heiner-Møller Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 217304 2007 DEN , 2019 CAN
Jill Ellis Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 		21141310 2015 USA , 2019 USA
Nuengrutai Srathongvian Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 216105 2015 THA , 2019 THA
Vadão Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 218503 2015 BRA , 2019 BRA
Yoon Deok-yeo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 217115 2015 KOR , 2019 KOR
Alen Stajcic Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 228314 2015 AUS , 2023 PHI
Amelia Valverde Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 216024 2015 CRC , 2023 CRC
Milena Bertolini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 218404 2019 ITA , 2023 ITA
Desiree Ellis Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 217115 2019 RSA , 2023 RSA
Peter Gerhardsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21141013 2019 SWE , 2023 SWE
Jorge Vilda Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2111713 2019 ESP , 2023 ESP
Sarina Wiegman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 22141112 2019 NED , 2023 ENG

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