This is a list of all managers who have appeared in the FIFA Women's World Cup, the most prestigious tournament for national teams in association football.
In total, over 100 individuals have managed a team in at least one match in the World Cup. Even Pellerud is the manager who has taken part in the most editions of the tournament, five from 1991 to 2015. Pellerud also holds the records for both most matches managed (25) and most matches won (16).[1]
Eight managers have won the World Cup, with Jill Ellis being the only one to do so twice, in 2015 and 2019 with United States.[2] The first person who had the roles of both a player and a manager in the tournament is April Heinrichs, who played for United States in 1991 and then coached them in 2003.[3]
The youngest manager to appear in the competition is Vanessa Arauz, who managed Ecuador at age 26 in 2015, while the oldest is Mai Đức Chung, who was in charge of Vietnam at age 72 in 2023.[4]
While many of the participating nations have on one or more occasions employed foreign managers for the World Cup, the three teams with the most appearances, Germany, Japan, and Sweden have always been led by natives. On the other side of the spectrum, New Zealand is the team with the most participations always coached by foreigners – five, always with managers coming from United Kingdom.[5]
By team
editThe teams are listed in decreasing order of number of appearances in the World Cup.
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By individual (multiple tournaments)
editKey: T – tournaments appeared in; N – different nations managed; M – matches; W – wins; D – draws; L – losses.
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Manager | Nationality | T | N | M | W | D | L | Editions and teams |
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| Even Pellerud |  Norway
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5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1991 NOR, 1995 NOR, 2003 CAN, 2007 CAN, 2015 NOR |
| Tom Sermanni |  Scotland
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4 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1995 AUS, 2007 AUS, 2011 AUS, 2019 NZL |
| Marika Domanski-Lyfors |  Sweden
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3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1999 SWE, 2003 SWE, 2007 CHN |
| Leonardo Cuéllar |  Mexico
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3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1999 MEX, 2011 MEX, 2015 MEX |
| John Herdman |  England
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3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2007 NZL, 2011 NZL, 2015 CAN |
| Silvia Neid |  Germany
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3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2007 GER, 2011 GER, 2015 GER |
| Carlos Borrello |  Argentina
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3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2003 ARG, 2007 ARG, 2019 ARG |
| Thomas Dennerby | Sweden
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3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2007 SWE, 2011 SWE, 2019 NGA |
| Pia Sundhage | Sweden
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3 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2011 USA, 2015 SWE, 2023 BRA |
| Martina Voss-Tecklenburg | Germany
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3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2015 SWI, 2019 GER, 2023 GER |
| Gero Bisanz | Germany
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2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1991 GER, 1995 GER |
| Keld Gantzhorn |  Denmark
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2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1991 DEN, 1995 DEN |
| Tamotsu Suzuki |  Japan
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2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1991 JPN, 1995 JPN |
| Tony DiCicco |  United States
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2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1995 USA, 1999 USA |
| Yuri Bystritsky |  Russia
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2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1999 RUS, 2003 RUS |
| Tina Theune-Meyer | Germany
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2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1999 GER, 2003 GER |
| Kim Kwang-min |  North Korea
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2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2007 PRK, 2011 PRK |
| Norio Sasaki | Japan
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2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2011 JPN, 2015 JPN |
| Kenneth Heiner-Møller | Denmark
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2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2007 DEN, 2019 CAN |
| Jill Ellis | England United States
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2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2015 USA, 2019 USA |
| Nuengrutai Srathongvian |  Thailand
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2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2015 THA, 2019 THA |
| Vadão |  Brazil
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2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2015 BRA, 2019 BRA |
| Yoon Deok-yeo |  South Korea
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2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2015 KOR, 2019 KOR |
| Alen Stajcic |  Australia
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2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2015 AUS, 2023 PHI |
| Amelia Valverde |  Costa Rica
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2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2015 CRC, 2023 CRC |
| Milena Bertolini |  Italy
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2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2019 ITA, 2023 ITA |
| Desiree Ellis |  South Africa
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2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2019 RSA, 2023 RSA |
| Peter Gerhardsson | Sweden
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2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2019 SWE, 2023 SWE |
| Jorge Vilda |  Spain
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2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2019 ESP, 2023 ESP |
| Sarina Wiegman |  Netherlands
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2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2019 NED, 2023 ENG |
References
edit- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019" (PDF). FIFA. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Jill Ellis to step down as USWNT head coach". Goal. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup: From humble beginnings to global event". Sportsnet. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - Players" (PDF). FIFA. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "History - Ultimate NZ Soccer". Ultimate NZ Soccer.