Panchina d'Oro (English: Golden Bench) is a yearly award given to the best Italian association football coaches of the Serie A.[1] The Golden Bench is also awarded to the best men's Serie C and women's Serie A coaches as well as the best coaches in men's Italian futsal.[1] The Panchina d'Argento (English: Silver Bench) is awarded to the best Serie B and women's Serie B coach as well as the best coaches in women's Italian futsal.[1]

History

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The award was originally conceived by Massimo Moratti to reward the best European football club managers. While the award was initially assigned by journalists, from the 1993–94 season it started to be awarded by manager themselves to the colleagues considered to have performed the best throughout the previous season.[2]

From 1994–95 to 2005-06, the Golden Bench was awarded to the best Serie A or Serie B manager and the Silver Bench to the best Serie C1 or Serie C2 managers.[2]

From the 2006–07 season, the Golden Bench is awarded to the best Serie A manager and the Silver Bench to the best Serie B manager. A new category was therefore added to reward managers from the third (Serie C1/Prima Divisione) and fourth (Serie C2/Seconda Divisione) tier of the Italian football league system. After the third and fourth tiers were unified in 2015, a single Golden Bench is awarded to the best Serie C manager.[2][3]

In the 2013–14 edition, the award was opened to Italian's women football, celebrating the best women's Serie A and Serie B coaches.[4] In the 2016–17 edition, the award was also opened to the best coaches in men's and women's Italian futsal.[5]

Recipients

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List of men's football Golden and Silver Bench winners

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Season Golden Bench Club Silver Bench Club Source
1990–91 Raymond Goethals Marseille Vujadin Boškov Sampdoria [6][7]
Ljupko Petrović Red Star Belgrade
Johan Cruyff Barcelona
1991–92 Fabio Capello Milan Carlos Alberto Silva Porto [6]
Raymond Goethals Marseille
Howard Wilkinson Leeds United
Bobby Robson PSV Eindhoven
1992–93 Not awarded [6]
1993–94 Fabio Capello Milan [6]
1994–95 Marcello Lippi Juventus Renzo Ulivieri Bologna [6]
1995–96 Marcello Lippi Juventus Osvaldo Jaconi Castel di Sangro [6]
1996–97 Alberto Zaccheroni Udinese Giuseppe Pillon Treviso [6]
1997–98 Luigi Simoni Internazionale Corrado Benedetti Cesena [6]
1998–99 Alberto Zaccheroni Milan Claudio Foscarini Alzano Virescit [6]
1999–2000 Alberto Cavasin Lecce Serse Cosmi Arezzo [6]
2000–01 Fabio Capello Roma Gianni De Biasi Modena [6]
2001–02 Luigi Delneri Chievo Ezio Rossi Triestina [6]
2002–03 Carlo Ancelotti Milan Elio Gustinetti Albinoleffe [6]
2003–04 Carlo Ancelotti Milan Mario Somma Empoli [6]
2004–05 Luciano Spalletti Udinese Domenico Di Carlo Mantova [6]
2005–06 Cesare Prandelli Fiorentina Antonio Soda Spezia [6]
2006–07 Cesare Prandelli Fiorentina Gian Piero Gasperini Genoa [8]
2007–08 Roberto Mancini Internazionale Giuseppe Iachini Chievo [6]
2008–09 Massimiliano Allegri Cagliari Antonio Conte Bari [9][10]
2009–10 José Mourinho Internazionale Pierpaolo Bisoli Cesena [11][12]
2010–11 Francesco Guidolin Udinese Attilio Tesser Novara [13]
2011–12 Antonio Conte Juventus Zdeněk Zeman Pescara [14]
2012–13 Antonio Conte Juventus Eusebio Di Francesco Sassuolo [15]
2013–14 Antonio Conte Juventus Maurizio Sarri Empoli [16]
2014–15 Massimiliano Allegri Juventus Roberto Stellone Frosinone [17]
2015–16 Maurizio Sarri Napoli Ivan Jurić Crotone [18]
2016–17 Massimiliano Allegri Juventus Leonardo Semplici SPAL [19]
2017–18 Massimiliano Allegri Juventus Aurelio Andreazzoli Empoli [20]
2018–19 Gian Piero Gasperini Atalanta Fabio Liverani Lecce [21]
2019–20 Gian Piero Gasperini Atalanta Filippo Inzaghi Benevento [22]
2020–21 Antonio Conte Internazionale Alessio Dionisi Empoli [23]
2021–22 Stefano Pioli Milan Fabio Pecchia Cremonese [24]
2022–23 Luciano Spalletti Napoli Fabio Grosso Frosinone [25]

List of Serie C Golden and Silver Bench winners

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Season Golden Bench Club Silver Bench Club Source
2006–07 Dino Pagliari Ravenna Giovanni Pagliari Foligno [3]
2007–08 Massimiliano Allegri Sassuolo Alessandro Pane Reggiana [3]
2008–09 Pierpaolo Bisoli Cesena Leonardo Semplici Figline [3]
2009–10 Giuseppe Sannino Varese Giancarlo Favarin Lucchese [12]
2010–11 Vincenzo Torrente Gubbio Roberto Boscaglia Trapani [13]
2011–12 Domenico Toscano Ternana Pier Francesco Battistini Perugia [14]
2012–13 Roberto Boscaglia Trapani Paolo Indiani Pontedera [3]
2013–14 Roberto Stellone Frosinone Mario Petrone Bassano Virtus [3]
2014–15 Vincenzo Vivarini Teramo [17]
2015–16 Leonardo Semplici SPAL [18]
2016–17 Giovanni Stroppa Foggia [19]
2017–18 Paolo Zanetti Südtirol [20]
2018–19 Fabio Caserta Juve Stabia [21]
2019–20 Massimiliano Alvini Reggiana [22]
2020–21 Cristiano Lucarelli Ternana [23]
2021–22 Silvio Baldini Palermo [24]
2022–23 Vincenzo Vivarini Catanzaro [25]

List of women's football Golden and Silver Bench winners

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Season Golden Bench Club Silver Bench Club Source
2013–14 Milena Bertolini Brescia Isabella Cardone Pink Sport Time [4]
2014–15 Milena Bertolini Brescia Federica D'Astolfo Reggiana [26]
2015–16 Milena Bertolini Brescia Federica D'Astolfo Reggiana [18]
2016–17 Sauro Fattori Fiorentina Federica D'Astolfo Reggiana [19]
2017–18 Gianpiero Piovani Brescia Manuela Tesse Lazio [27]
2018–19 Elisabetta Bavagnoli Roma Alessandro Pistolesi Empoli [28]
2019–20 Gianpiero Piovani Sassuolo Alain Conte San Marino [22][29]
2020–21 Rita Guarino Juventus Manuela Tesse Pomigliano [23]
2021–22 Joe Montemurro Juventus Sebastian de la Fuente Como [24]
2022–23 Alessandro Spugna Roma Salvatore Colantuono Cittadella [25]

List of men's futsal Golden Bench winners

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Season Golden Club Source
2016–17 David Marín Luparense [5]
2017–18 Faustino Pérez Acqua e Sapone
2018–19 Fulvio Colini Italservice
2019–20 Fulvio Colini Italservice [30]
2020–21 Salvatore Samperi Meta Catania [23]
2021–22 Fulvio Colini Italservice [24]
2022–23 Salvatore Samperi Feldi Eboli [25]

List of women's futsal Golden Bench winners

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Season Silver Club Source
2016–17 Daniele D'Orto Olimpus [5]
2017–18 Gianluca Marzuoli Montesilvano
2018–19 Gianluca Marzuoli Montesilvano
2019–20 Antonio Marzella Real Statte [30]
2020–21 Massimiliano Neri Città di Falconara [23]
2021–22 Massimiliano Neri Città di Falconara [24]
2022–23 Gianluca Marzuoli Bitonto [25]

Other awards

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Special Golden Bench

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Year Winner(s) Source
1997 Giovanni Trapattoni [31]
Fabio Capello
Alberto Bigon
2006 Marcello Lippi[a]
2011 Azeglio Vicini
Alberto Zaccheroni
2014 Roberto Menichelli
2015 Marcelo Bielsa
2016 Gianni De Biasi
2017 Claudio Ranieri
2018 Carlo Ancelotti
Roberto Bordin
Antonio Conte
Massimo Carrera
Marco Rossi
2023 Ferdinando De Giorgi
Lionel Scaloni
2024 Alberto Bollini
Emiliano Del Duca

Lifetime Achievement Golden Bench

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Year Winner(s) Source
1991 Azeglio Vicini [31]
1992 Enzo Bearzot
1996 Cesare Maldini
2002 Carlo Mazzone
2016 Luís Vinício

Special Award for Enhancing Young Players

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Year Winner(s) Source
1998 Giuseppe Materazzi [31]
1999 Marco Tardelli
2000 Giovanni Vavassori
2003 Eugenio Fascetti
2006 Claudio Gentile

"Positive Message" Award

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Year Winner(s) Source
2020 Siniša Mihajlović [32]

"Mino Favini" Award

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Year Winner(s) Club Source
2018–19 Roberto Samaden Internazionale [33]
2021–22 Francesco Palmieri Sassuolo [24]
2022–23 Roberto Samaden Internazionale [25]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Award shared with the staff leading Italy national football team during the 2006 World Cup, which included Ivano Bordon, Claudio Gaudino, Ciro Ferrara, Narciso Pezzotti and Vito Scala.[31]

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