Romania Coach of the Year

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.

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
Editions19
First winnerMircea Lucescu
Most winsMircea Lucescu, Dan Petrescu
5 times
Most recentDan Petrescu
WebsiteOfficial website

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
Year Winner Club Ref.
2004
 Mircea Lucescu
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
2005
 Ukraine Oleh Protasov
Steaua București
2006
 Cosmin Olăroiu
Steaua București
2007
 Victor Pițurcă
Romania national team
2008
 Dan Petrescu
Unirea Urziceni
2009
 Dan Petrescu
Unirea Urziceni
2010
 Mircea Lucescu
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
2011
 Dan Petrescu
Russia Kuban Krasnodar
2012
 Mircea Lucescu
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
 [1]
2013
 Laurențiu Reghecampf
Steaua București
2014
 Mircea Lucescu
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
2015
 Gheorghe Hagi
Viitorul Constanța
2016
 Marius Șumudică
Astra Giurgiu
2017
 Gheorghe Hagi
Viitorul Constanța
 [2]
2018
 Răzvan Lucescu
Greece PAOK
2019
 Dan Petrescu
CFR Cluj
2020
 Cosmin Olăroiu
Răzvan Lucescu
China Jiangsu Suning
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
 [3]
2021
 Mircea Lucescu
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
 [4]
2022
 Dan Petrescu CFR Cluj

Breakdown of winners
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
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*
4 others
1
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See also

References
  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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