England coach Wiegman is the 2022/23 UEFA Women's Coach of the Year

The England coach reached a fourth successive major final at the World Cup and is an inspiration for coaches everywhere.

Jonatan Giráldez, Jorge Vilda and Sarina Wiegman are the top three nominees for the 2022/23 UEFA Women's Coach of the Year award.

2022/23 UEFA Women's Coach of the Year nominees*

Jonatan Giráldez (Barcelona)

Jorge Vilda (Spain)

Sarina Wiegman (England)

*Listed in alphabetical order

The winner will be named – along with the UEFA Women's Player of the Year, UEFA Men's Player of the Year and UEFA Men's Coach of the Year – during the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony in Monaco on Thursday 31 August.

How was the shortlist selected?

An initial shortlist of coaches was provided by the UEFA technical observers based on their performances during the 2022/23 season at club and/or national team level. The top three nominees were voted for by a jury composed of the coaches of clubs participating in the group stage of the UEFA Women's Champions League, together with the coaches of the women's national teams of UEFA's member associations. A group of journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) were also part of the jury.

Coaches and journalists were asked to select their top three coaches from the shortlist by allocating them five points, three points and one point respectively. The final result was based on the total number of votes cast by the coaches and the journalists. The coaches were not allowed to vote for themselves.

The rest of the shortlist

4 Peter Gerhardsson (Sweden) – 62 points

5 Emma Hayes (Chelsea) – 56 points

6 Alessandro Spugna (Roma) – 12 points

7 Jonas Eidevall (Arsenal) – 11 points

8 Tommy Stroot (Wolfsburg) – 9 points

9 Sonia Bompastor (Lyon) – 7 points

10 Marc Skinner (Manchester United) – 0 points

Previous winners

2022: Sarina Wiegman (England)

2021: Lluís Cortés (Barcelona)

2020: Jean-Luc Vasseur (Lyon)

Sarina Wiegman (England)

Before taking the England job in 2021, Wiegman had led the Netherlands to a home victory at UEFA Women's EURO 2017 and the World Cup final two years later. Having also overseen England's EURO 2022 success as hosts, she repeated the trick in Australia and New Zealand this summer, only to be pipped in the final by Spain. She did guide the Lionesses to silverware in April, when they beat Brazil on penalties in the Women's Finalissima, also winning a home friendly four-team tournament in February.

At the World Cup, Wiegman was without four of the XI that began every EURO game due to injury or retirement, while also having to deal with Keira Walsh's knee problem and Lauren James' suspension. However, her tactical nous and motivational skills ensured she became the first coach to lead two different nations to a World Cup final.