Premier League Manager of the Season

The Manager of the Season is an association football award that recognises the most outstanding Premier League manager of the season. The recipient is chosen by a panel assembled by the league's sponsor and is announced on the second or third week of May.[1] It has been called the Carling Manager of the Year (1994–2001) and the Barclaycard Manager of the Year (2001–2004); it is currently known as the Barclays Manager of the Season, however it has been referred to as the Barclays Manager of the Year.[2]

The Premier League was formed in 1992, when the members of the First Division resigned from The Football League. These clubs set up a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements.[3] The inaugural season had no sponsor until Carling agreed to a four-year deal for £12 million that started the following season.[4] Carling introduced the Manager of the Month and Manager of the Season and awards for the 1993–94 season,[5] supplementing the existing LMA Manager of the Year‎ award. The first Manager of the Season was awarded to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson for retaining the league championship.[6]

Ferguson has been Manager of the Season the most times with ten awards. Arsène Wenger became the first manager outside of Britain to win the award, winning on three separate occassions and Jose Mourinho became the first manager other than Ferguson to win the award in consecutive seasons. Two managers have won the award having not won the Premier League trophy: George Burley in 2000–01 after guiding Ipswich Town to fifth place in the league, having secured the club's promotion from the Football League First Division the previous season and Harry Redknapp in 2009–10 for steering Tottenham Hotspur into a top–four finish for the first time in twenty years.[7][8] As of May 2011, the most recent recipient of the award is Scottish manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who manages Manchester United.[9]

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Winners

Season Manager Nationality Club Ref
1993–94 Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [9]
1994–95 Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish  Scotland Blackburn Rovers [10]
1995–96 Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [9]
1995–97 Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [9]
1997–98 Wenger, ArsèneArsène Wenger  France Arsenal [11]
1998–99 Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [9]
1999–2000 Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [9]
2000–01 Burley, GeorgeGeorge Burley  Scotland Ipswich Town [7]
2001–02 Wenger, ArsèneArsène Wenger  France Arsenal [11]
2002–03 Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [9]
2003–04 Wenger, ArsèneArsène Wenger  France Arsenal [11]
2004–05 Mourinho, JoséJosé Mourinho  Portugal Chelsea [12]
2005–06 Mourinho, JoséJosé Mourinho  Portugal Chelsea [12]
2006–07 Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [9]
2007–08 Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [9]
2008–09 Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [9]
2009–10 Redknapp, HarryHarry Redknapp  England Tottenham Hotspur [13]
2010–11 Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [9]

Awards won by nationality

Country Wins
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References

  1. ^ "Ronaldo & Ferguson win top awards". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7401795.stm. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  2. ^ Rice, Simon (23 May 2011). "Too many awards in football make them worthless". The Independent. http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/05/23/too-many-awards-in-football-make-them-worthless/. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  3. ^ "History of the Premier League". Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/about/history.html. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  4. ^ Jones, Peter (19 January 2001). "Why Carling called time on Premiership". BBC Sport. BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1118425.stm. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "Premier League Awards". Premier League. Archived from the original on 10 December 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061210142537/www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=forwardOnly&nextPage=enSeasons. Retrieved 20 October 2009. 
  6. ^ Traynor, James (14 May 1994). "Ferguson's secret has led to a United stand". The Herald. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/ferguson-s-secret-has-led-to-a-united-stand-1.706434. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  7. ^ a b "Burley scoops top manager award". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 May 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1342681.stm. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  8. ^ "Harry Redknapp named Barclays Manager of the Season". Barclays FC. http://www.sponsorship.barclays.co.uk/barclaysfc/bfc-season/winners/mar10/index.html. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Manager profile, Sir Alex Ferguson". Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/clubs/managers/profile.overview.html/sir-alex-ferguson. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  10. ^ "Manager profile, Kenny Dalglish". Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/clubs/managers/profile.overview.html/kenny-dalglish. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  11. ^ a b c "Manager profile, Arsene Wenger". Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/clubs/managers/profile.overview.html/arsene-wenger. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  12. ^ a b "Chelsea statement: Jose's gone, Grant to take reins". Premier League. 22 September 2007. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-482825/Chelsea-statement-Joses-gone-Grant-reins.html. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 
  13. ^ "Manager profile, Harry Redknapp". Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/search.html?o=BEST_FIT&start=0&tag=managers:harry-redknapp. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 

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