Women's Super League Manager of the Season

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Women's Super League Manager of the Season
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Sonia Bompastor is the current holder of the award.
Awarded forThe most outstanding manager in each given Women's Super League season
Sponsored byBarclays
CountryEngland
Presented by Women's Super League
Highlights
Most awards Emma Hayes (6)
Most team wins Chelsea (7)

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):

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Winners

Key
†Denotes the club was not WSL champion in same season

Number of wins in brackets.

YearNameClubRef.
2011 Flag of England.svg Laura Harvey Arsenal [1]
2012 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Sampson Bristol Academy † [2]
2013 Flag of England.svg Matt Beard Liverpool [3]
2014 Flag of England.svg David Parker Birmingham City † [4]
2015 Flag of England.svg Emma Hayes Chelsea [5]
2016 Flag of England.svg Nick Cushing Manchester City [6]
2017 (Spring Series) Flag of England.svg Andy Spence Everton † [7]
2017–18 Flag of England.svg Emma Hayes (2)Chelsea [8]
2018–19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Montemurro Arsenal [9]
2019–20 Flag of England.svg Emma Hayes (3)Chelsea [10]
2020–21 Flag of England.svg Emma Hayes (4)Chelsea [11]
2021–22 Flag of England.svg Emma Hayes (5)Chelsea [12]
2022–23 Flag of England.svg Emma Hayes (6)Chelsea [13]
2023–24 Flag of England.svg Matt Beard (2)Liverpool † [14]
2024–25 Flag of France.svg Sonia Bompastor Chelsea [15]

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.

AwardsManagerClub(s)Year(s)
6 Flag of England.svg Emma Hayes Chelsea 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
2 Flag of England.svg Matt Beard Liverpool 2013, 2024
1 Flag of England.svg Laura Harvey Arsenal 2011
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Sampson Bristol Academy 2012
Flag of England.svg David Parker Birmingham City 2014
Flag of England.svg Nick Cushing Manchester City 2016
Flag of England.svg Andy Spence Everton 2017
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Montemurro Arsenal 2019
Flag of France.svg Sonia Bompastor Chelsea 2025

Awards won by nationality

CountryManagersTotal
Flag of England.svg  England 612
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 11
Flag of France.svg  France 11

Awards won by club

ClubManagersTotal
Chelsea 27
Liverpool 12
Arsenal 22
Birmingham City 11
Bristol Academy 11
Everton 11
Manchester City 11

See also

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.
  15. ↑ "Sonia Bompastor voted WSL Manager of the Season". Chelsea F.C. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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