PFA Scotland Manager of the Year

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PFA Scotland Manager of the Year
Gordon David Strachan.jpg
Gordon Strachan received two Manager of the Year awards.
Awarded forThe outstanding manager in each given Scottish football season
CountryScotland
Presented by PFA Scotland
First awarded2007
Last awarded2023
Manager of the Season Ange Postecoglou
Most awardsAnge Postecoglou
Gordon Strachan
(2 wins each)

The PFA Scotland Manager of the Year is awarded by the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland to the football manager in Scottish football who is seen to have been the best manager over the previous season. The award replaced, and is considered a direct continuation of, [1] [2] the SPFA Manager of the Year award which was awarded just once, in the 2006–07 season to Celtic boss Gordon Strachan. [3]

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List of winners

As of 2023, the award has been presented 16 times and won by 14 different managers. Ange Postecoglou and Gordon Strachan are the only managers to have won the award more than once.

SeasonManagerClubNotesRef
2006–07 Gordon Strachan Celtic Also won the SFWA award [3]
2007–08 Billy Reid Hamilton Academical
2008–09 Gordon Strachan Celtic
2009–10 Walter Smith Rangers Also won the SFWA award [4]
2010–11 John McGlynn Raith Rovers [5]
2011–12 Derek Adams Ross County [6]
2012–13 Allan Johnston Queen of the South [7]
2013–14 Derek McInnes Aberdeen Also won the SFWA award [8] [9]
2014–15 John Hughes Inverness Caledonian Thistle Also won the SFWA award [10] [11]
2015–16 Mark Warburton Rangers [12]
2016–17 Brendan Rodgers CelticAlso won the SFWA award [13]
2017–18 Jack Ross St Mirren [14] [15]
2018–19 Steve Clarke Kilmarnock [16]
2019–20 ——Due to the covid-19 pandemic, PFA Scotland cancelled their awards for the 2019–20 season. [17]
2020–21 Steven Gerrard RangersAlso won the SFWA award [18] [19]
2021–22 Ange Postecoglou CelticAlso won the SFWA award [20]
2022–23 Ange Postecoglou CelticAlso won the SFWA award [21]

Winners by club

ClubNumber of winsWinning seasons
Celtic 5 2006–07, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23
Rangers 3 2009–10, 2015–16, 2020–21
Hamilton Academical 1 2007–08
Raith Rovers 1 2010–11
Ross County 1 2011–12
Queen of the South 1 2012–13
Aberdeen 1 2013–14
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 2014–15
St Mirren 1 2017–18
Kilmarnock 1 2018–19

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