Women's EURO coaches: Most successful, records
Sunday, July 31, 2022
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Only seven different head coaches have led teams to victory across the 13 editions up to 2022: all the facts.
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A select list of seven different head coaches have tasted victory across the first 13 UEFA Women's EURO editions.
Which coaches have won a Women's EURO?
2022: Sarina Wiegman (England)
2017: Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands)
2013: Silvia Neid (Germany)
2009: Silvia Neid (Germany)
2005: Tina Theune (Germany)
2001: Tina Theune (Germany)
1997: Tina Theune (Germany)
1995: Gero Bisanz (Germany)
1993: Even Pellerud (Norway)
1991: Gero Bisanz (Germany)
1989: Gero Bisanz (West Germany)
1987: Erling Hokstad (Norway)
1984: Ulf Lyfors (Sweden)
• Neid was also a player in 1989, 1991 and 1995, and assistant coach in 1997, 2001 and 2005. She additionally won the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2016 Olympic gold as coach, as well as the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Cup and three U18/U19 EURO titles.
• Theune was also assistant coach in 1989, 1991 and 1995, and won the 2003 World Cup.
• Pellerud steered Norway to victory in the 1995 World Cup, and also coached Norway to the Women's EURO final in 1991 and 2013 (equalling Bisanz and Theune's record of three final appearances).
• Every winner up to 1995 was coached by a man. Every winner since the introduction of the group stage in 1997 has been coached by a woman.
• In 2022, Wiegman became the first person to coach different nations to the title and the first coach to win with a team other than their native country. She was also the second coach to twice win with host nations, as Bisanz did so in 1989 (four-team knockout finals) and 1995 (one-off final against Sweden in Kaiserslautern).
• Had Germany won the 2022 final, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (among Bisanz's winning teams in 1989 and 1995 as well as 1991) would have been the first person to win UEFA's club and senior women's national-team competitions as a coach, having led Duisburg to 2009 UEFA Women's Cup victory.
Who has coached at the most Women's EURO final tournaments?
4 Gero Bisanz (Germany/West Germany 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995)
4 Even Pellerud (Norway 1991, 1993, 1995, 2013)
4 Hope Powell (England 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
• Hope Powell was a runner-up as a player in 1984 and as a coach in 2009. Pia Sundhage won as a player in 1984 and coached Sweden to the 2013 semi-finals.
• Wiegman (Netherlands 2017, England 2022), Voss-Tecklenburg (Switzerland 2017, Germany 2022), Nils Nielsen (Denmark 2017, Switzerland 2022) and Anna Signeul (Scotland 2017, Finland 2022) were the first coaches to lead two different teams into final tournaments.
Who has been head coach for the most Women's EURO final tournament games?
15 Hope Powell (England)
15 Tina Theune (Germany)
13 Marika Domanski Lyfors (Sweden)
12 Silvia Neid (Germany)
11 Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands/England)*
10 Bjarne Berntsen (Norway)
10 Even Pellerud (Norway)
Who has been head coach for the most Women's EURO final tournament match wins?
13 Tina Theune (Germany)
11 Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands/England)*
10 Silvia Neid (Germany)
7 Marika Domanski Lyfors (Sweden)
6 Gero Bisanz (Germany)
6 Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (Switzerland/Germany)
*Only games where coaches were present on the bench count; Wiegman was absent when England played and beat Northern Ireland in 2022.