Romania Coach of the Year

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Romania Coach of the Year
Mircea Lucescu (pictured) holds the record for the most wins along with Dan Petrescu
SportAssociation football
CompetitionAll levels of Romanian and international football
Local nameAntrenorul anului în România (Romanian)
CountryRomania
Presented byGazeta Sporturilor
History
First award2004
Editions20
First winnerMircea Lucescu
Most winsMircea Lucescu, Dan Petrescu
5 times
Most recentEdward Iordanescu
WebsiteOfficial website

The Romania Coach of the Year (Romanian: Antrenorul anului în România) is an annual association football award given by the Gazeta Sporturilor newspaper to the head coach in Romania adjudged to have been the best during a calendar year. Mircea Lucescu and Dan Petrescu hold the record for the most wins with five each.

The award was created in 2004, with both Romanian coaches operating inside the country and abroad being eligible for the award, as well as foreign coaches in Romania. The only winner in the latter category is Ukrainian manager Oleh Protasov, who received the trophy for his performances with FC Steaua București in 2005.

Other annual honours handed out by Gazeta Sporturilor include the Romanian Footballer of the Year and the Foreign Player of the Year in Romania awards.

Winners[edit]

Year Winner Club Ref.
2004
Mircea Lucescu
2005
Ukraine Oleh Protasov
2006
Cosmin Olăroiu
2007
Victor Pițurcă
2008
Dan Petrescu
2009
Dan Petrescu
2010
Mircea Lucescu
2011
Dan Petrescu
2012
Mircea Lucescu [1]
2013
Laurențiu Reghecampf
2014
Mircea Lucescu
2015
Gheorghe Hagi
2016
Marius Șumudică
2017
Gheorghe Hagi [2]
2018
Răzvan Lucescu
2019
Dan Petrescu
2020
Cosmin Olăroiu
Răzvan Lucescu
[3]
2021
Mircea Lucescu [4]
2022
Dan Petrescu CFR Cluj
2023
Edward Iordănescu Romania national team

Breakdown of winners[edit]

Gheorghe Hagi won the award two times and also holds the record for the most Romanian Footballer of the Year trophies.

By number of wins[edit]

Manager/Coach Win(s)
(outright wins/shared titles)
Year(s) (* title was shared)
Mircea Lucescu
5
2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2021
Dan Petrescu
5
2008, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2022
Gheorghe Hagi
2
2015, 2017
Răzvan Lucescu
2 (1/1)
2018, 2020*
Cosmin Olăroiu
2 (1/1)
2006, 2020*
5 others
1

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Steaua striker Rusescu voted Romania's Footballer of Year". Reuters. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Hagi e antrenorul anului 2017 în ancheta Gazetei! Pentru că ne înveți să nu cedăm în meserie, mulțumim, Gică! » Iată și ceilalți 3 laureați". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. ^ "GALA GSP 2020. Cei mai buni sportivi ai anului: cine au fost marii câștigători în Ancheta Gazetei Sporturilor". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ^ "VIDEO GALA GSP 2021 » Gazeta a decernat Superlativele anului 2021 și a premiat 5 Legende: iată cine sunt laureații!" [VIDEO 2021 GSP GALA » Gazeta announced the Superlatives of the year 2021 and awarded 5 Legends: here are the winners!]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

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