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League Managers Association Awards

Annual award in English football

Summary

Annual award in English football

The League Managers Association Awards is an annual award ceremony in English football, awarded by the League Managers Association. The most prestigious award is the LMA Manager of the Year award. It is presented to a manager from any division for his achievements in the prior season. The award is voted by fellow professional managers and as a result consideration is also given to managers who inherit poor sides or financial difficulties and not only those managers who do not have such financial constraints and have won trophies. On only five occasions has the Premier League winning manager won the award compared with the Premier League Manager of the Year award which has been won on all but four occasions by the manager of the team who were league champions. Trophies for the event are hand-crafted by silversmith Thomas Lyte, which also makes trophies for the LG Performance of the Week Award throughout the league season.

LMA Manager of the Year

The LMA Manager of the Year Award is voted by fellow managers and the winner can come from any of the four professional leagues. To date seven have come from outside the Premier League: 1996 winner Peter Reid, who led Sunderland to the Division One title; 1997 winner Danny Wilson, who guided Barnsley into the Premier League; 2000 winner Alan Curbishley who led Charlton to the Division One title; 2006 winner Steve Coppell, who led Reading to win the Championship; 2015 winner Eddie Howe, who guided AFC Bournemouth into the Premier League; 2019 winner Chris Wilder, who took Sheffield United up from the Championship; and 2024 winner Kieran McKenna who guided Ipswich Town to back-to-back promotions from League One to the Premier League.

Year	Nationality	Club	Ref
1993	Scotland	Manchester United
1994	Republic of Ireland	Wimbledon
1995	England	Nottingham Forest
1996	England	Sunderland
1997	Northern Ireland	Barnsley
1998	England	Southampton
1999	Scotland	Manchester United
2000	England	Charlton Athletic
2001	Scotland	Ipswich Town	title=Burley sees double at annual dinner	url=http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-544.html	work=League Managers Association	date=22 May 2001	accessdate=3 May 2012	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204161722/http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-544.html	archive-date=4 February 2015 }}
2002	France	Arsenal	title=Wenger picks up another double	url=http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-2283.html	work=League Managers Association	date=14 May 2002	accessdate=3 May 2012	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000059/http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-2283.html	archive-date=3 December 2013 }}
2003	Scotland	Everton	title=Moyes is manager's choice	url=http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-3663.html	work=League Managers Association	date=13 May 2003	accessdate=3 May 2012	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204161903/http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-3663.html	archive-date=4 February 2015 }}
2004	France	Arsenal	title=Wenger secures LMA award	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3723881.stm	work=BBC Sport	publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation	date=18 May 2004	access-date=26 April 2012}}
2005	Scotland	Everton
2006	England	Reading
2007	England	Reading
2008	Scotland	Manchester United	title=Ferguson wins managerial honour	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7397622.stm	work=BBC Sport	publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation	date=13 May 2008	access-date=26 April 2012}}
2009	Scotland	Everton	title=Moyes wins record third LMA award	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8069391.stm	work=BBC Sport	publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation	date=26 May 2009	access-date=26 April 2012}}
2010	England	Fulham	title=Fulham boss Roy Hodgson voted manager of the year	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/8673848.stm	work=BBC Sport	publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation	date=10 May 2010	access-date=26 April 2012}}
2011	Scotland	Manchester United	title=Sir Alex Ferguson scoops LMA manager award	url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13514227	work=BBC Sport	publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation	date=23 May 2011	access-date=26 April 2012}}
2012	England	Newcastle United	title=Alan Pardew wins LMA award 2012	url=http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-7005.html	work=LMA	publisher=LMA	date=14 May 2012	accessdate=15 May 2012	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521083313/http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-7005.html	archive-date=21 May 2012 }}
2013	Scotland	Manchester United	title=Sir Alex Ferguson wins Manager of Year award	url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22604396	work=BBC Sport	date=20 May 2013	accessdate=20 May 2013}}
2014	Northern Ireland	Liverpool	title=LMA Members Choose Brendan Rodgers for LMA Manager of the Year Award, Sponsored by Barclays	newspaper=LMA	url=http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-7392.html	url-status=dead	accessdate=22 May 2015	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103231337/http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/news-7392.html	archive-date=3 November 2014}}
2015	England	AFC Bournemouth
2016	Italy	Leicester City
2017	Italy	Chelsea	date=23 May 2017	title=Antonio Conte wins LMA Manager of the Year sponsored by Everest	url=http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/lma-latest/antonio-conte-wins-lma-manager-year	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604014524/https://leaguemanagers.com/news/lma-latest/antonio-conte-wins-lma-manager-year/	archive-date=4 June 2017	publisher=League Managers Association}}
2018	Spain	Manchester City
2019	England	Sheffield United
2020	Germany		Liverpool
2021	Spain	Manchester City
2022	Germany		Liverpool	date=25 May 2022	title=Jürgen Klopp wins The Sir Alex Ferguson Trophy for The LMA Manager of the Year	url=https://leaguemanagers.com/news/lma-latest/klopp-wins-sir-alex-ferguson-trophy/	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524233643/https://leaguemanagers.com/news/lma-latest/klopp-wins-sir-alex-ferguson-trophy/	archive-date=24 May 2022	access-date=3 June 2023	website=League Managers Association}}
2023	Spain	Manchester City	date=30 May 2023	title=Pep Guardiola wins The Sir Alex Ferguson Trophy for the LMA Manager of the Year	url=https://leaguemanagers.com/news/lma-latest/pep-guardiola-wins-lma-manager-year-23/	url-status=live	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603072240/https://leaguemanagers.com/news/lma-latest/pep-guardiola-wins-lma-manager-year-23/	archive-date=3 June 2023	access-date=3 June 2023	website=League Managers Association}}
2024	Northern Ireland	Ipswich Town	title=Kieran McKenna Wins LMA Manager of the Year	url=https://www.leaguemanagers.com/latest-news/kieran-mckenna-wins-lma-manager-of-the-year	date=22 May 2024	access-date=22 May 2024	website=League Managers Association}}
2025	Netherlands	Liverpool

Breakdown of winners

Winners by individual

Manager Name	Wins	Winning years
		5
		3
		3
		2
		2
		2
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1

Winners by nationality

Country	Individuals	Total wins
	9	10
	3	9
	3	3
	2	2
	1	3
	1	2
	1	1
	1	2
	1	1

Divisional Award Winners

The divisional award winners are voted by a panel.

Year	Premier League / Premiership	Championship / Division One	League One / Division Two	League Two / Division Three	Manager	Club	Manager	Club
1994	SCO	Manchester United					NIR	Wycombe Wanderers
1995	SCO	Blackburn Rovers	SCO	Bolton Wanderers	ENG	Birmingham City	SCO	Chesterfield
1996	SCO	Manchester United	NIR	Leicester City	ENG	Swindon Town	WAL	Gillingham
1997	SCO	Manchester United
1998	FRA	Arsenal
1999	SCO	Manchester United	ENG	Sunderland	SCO	Preston North End	ENG	Walsall
2000	SCO	Manchester United	ENG	Charlton Athletic	SCO	Preston North End	ENG	Swansea City
2001	SCO	Ipswich Town	FRA	Fulham	ENG	Rotherham United	ENG	Brighton & Hove Albion
2002	FRA	Arsenal	ENG	West Bromwich Albion	ENG	Brighton & Hove Albion	SCO	Plymouth Argyle
2003	SCO	Manchester United	ENG	Portsmouth	ENG	Wigan Athletic	ENG	Wrexham
2004	FRA	Arsenal	NIR	Norwich	SCO	Plymouth Argyle	ENG	Doncaster Rovers
2005	POR	Chelsea	IRE	Sunderland	ENG	Luton Town	ENG	Southend United
2006	POR	Chelsea	ENG	Reading	ENG	Southend United	ENG	Carlisle United
2007	SCO	Manchester United	IRE	Sunderland	ENG	Yeovil Town	NIR	Hartlepool United
2008	SCO	Manchester United	ENG	West Bromwich Albion	ESP	Swansea City	ENG	Hereford United
2009	SCO	Manchester United	IRE	Wolverhampton Wanderers	SCO	Peterborough United	ENG	Exeter City
2010	ENG	Tottenham Hotspur	IRE	Newcastle United	SCO	Norwich City	ENG	Rochdale
2011	SCO	Manchester United	SCO	Norwich City	URU	Brighton & Hove Albion	IRE	Chesterfield
2012	ENG	Newcastle United	ENG	Reading	ENG	Charlton Athletic	ITA	Swindon Town
2013	SCO	Manchester United	SCO	Cardiff City	ENG	Yeovil Town	ENG	Gillingham
2014	WAL	Crystal Palace	ENG	Leicester City	WAL
ENG	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leyton Orient	ENG	Scunthorpe United
2015	PRT	Chelsea	ENG	AFC Bournemouth	ENG	Bristol City	ENG	Wycombe Wanderers
2016	ITA	Leicester City	IRE	Brighton and Hove Albion	SCO	Wigan Athletic	ENG	Northampton Town
2017	ITA	Chelsea	IRL	Brighton and Hove Albion	ENG	Sheffield United	ENG	Portsmouth
2018	ESP	Manchester City	POR	Wolverhampton Wanderers	ENG	Shrewsbury Town	ENG	Accrington Stanley
2019	ESP	Manchester City	ENG	Sheffield United	ENG	Luton Town	ENG	Lincoln City
2020	GER	Liverpool	ARG	Leeds United	ENG	Coventry City	GIB	Crewe Alexandra
2021	ESP	Manchester City	GER	Norwich City	NIR	Hull City	NIR	Cheltenham Town
2022	GER	Liverpool	POR	Fulham	ENG Leam Richardson	Wigan Athletic	ENG Matt Taylor	Exeter City
2023	ESP	Manchester City	BEL	Burnley	ENG	Plymouth Argyle	ENG	Leyton Orient
2024	ESP	Manchester City	NIR	Ipswich Town	ENG	Portsmouth	ENG	Stockport County
2025	NED	Liverpool	GER	Leeds United	ENG Chris Davies	Birmingham City	NIR	Doncaster Rovers

FA Cup Manager of the Year

Year	Nationality	Club	Ref
2012	Italy	Chelsea
2013	Spain	Wigan Athletic
2014	England	Sheffield United	url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11706/9309462/premier-league-brendan-rodgers-and-tony-pulis-win-lma-manager-of-year-awards	title=Premier League: Brendan Rodgers and Tony Pulis win LMA Manager of Year awards	publisher=Sky Sports	date=13 May 2014	accessdate=13 May 2014}}
2015	England	Bradford City

Winners by individual

The following managers have won two or more awards.

Manager Name	Total Wins	LMA Manager of the Year	Premier League
/ Premiership	Championship
/ Division One	League One
/ Division Two	League Two
/ Division Three	FA Cup
		16	5	11
		7	3	4
		5	3			2
		5	2	3
		4	1		1	1	1
		4	2	2
		3	2		1
		3		3
		3			3
		2	1	1
		2	1	1
		2	1	1
		2	1	1
		2	1	1
		2	1		1
		2	1		1
		2	1		1
		2	1				1
		2	1		1
		2		1	1
		2		1			1
		2			2
		2			2
		2			1	1
		2			1		1
		2				2
		2				1	1
		2				1	1
		2				1

Wins by country

Total country wins	Wins by Managers	LMA Manager of the Year	Premier League
/ Premiership	Championship
/ Division One	League One
/ Division Two	League Two
/ Division Three	FA Cup
England	62	50	10	2	11	19	21
Scotland	32	11	8	13	3	6	2
Spain	9	2	3	4		1
Northern Ireland	9	6	3		3		3
Ireland	8	6	1		6		1
France	6	2	2	3	1
Germany	6	2	2	2	2
Italy	6	4	2	2			1
Portugal	5	3		3	2
Wales	3	2		1		1	1
Netherlands	2	1	1	1
Argentina	1	1		1
Belgium	1	1			1
Gibraltar	1	1				1
Uruguay	1	1				1

Special Merit Award

Also referred to as Service to Football Award.

Year	Nationality	Name	Notes
2002
2004			Service to youth coaching.
2006			Champions League win in first season at Liverpool.
2007			Long service to Crewe Alexandra.
2009			Champions League win, Club World Cup win and third league title in a row.
2010			Winning the Eredivisie with FC Twente, their first championship in their 45-year history.
2011			Surpassing 2,000 competitive games and becoming Manchester United's longest serving manager.
2012			Record 42 Football League games unbeaten
2013			Winning the FA Cup and Champions League with Chelsea
2013			Taking Bradford to League Two play-off promotion and the League Cup Final.

John Duncan Award

Awarded to an individual chosen by the LMA board who has accomplished something significant in the field of football, or represents the passion and service to football that it was said John Duncan personified.

Year	Nationality	Name	Reason
2023			Awarded for Macari's work creating the Macari Foundation which is helping people impacted by homelessness in Stoke-on-Trent.
2024			Awarded for reaching 1250 games in professional management.
2025			Awarded for winning a first major trophy with Crystal Palace.

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