PFA Scotland Manager of the Year | |
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![]() Gordon Strachan received two Manager of the Year awards. | |
Awarded for | The outstanding manager in each given Scottish football season |
Country | Scotland |
Presented by | PFA Scotland |
First award | 2007 |
Manager of the Season | John McGlynn |
Most awards | John McGlynn (3 wins) |
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]
As of 2025, the award has been presented 18 times and won by 14 different managers. John McGlynn has won the award three times and is the only manager to have won it with more than one club.
Club | Number of wins | Winning seasons |
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Celtic | 5 | 2006–07, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23 |
Rangers | 3 | 2009–10, 2015–16, 2020–21 |
Falkirk | 2 | 2023–24, 2024–25 |
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 |
Celtic winger Aiden McGeady has pulled off an awards double by winning the PFA Scotland Player Of The Year and Young Player Of The Year awards... McGeady follows in the footsteps of former Parkhead team-mate Shaun Maloney, who won both awards in a single season in 2006.[ dead link ]
The only other player to have claimed the PFA Scotland double was Shaun Maloney, the Celtic midfielder who went on to carve out a career in the Premier League with Aston Villa.