The PFA Scotland Manager of the Year is awarded by the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland to the football manager in Scottish football who is seen to have been the best manager over the previous season. The award replaced, and is considered a direct continuation of,[1][2] the SPFA Manager of the Year award which was awarded just once, in the 2006–07 season to Celtic boss Gordon Strachan.[3]
PFA Scotland Manager of the Year | |
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Awarded for | The outstanding manager in each given Scottish football season |
Country | Scotland |
Presented by | PFA Scotland |
First awarded | 2007 |
Last awarded | 2023 |
Manager of the Season | Ange Postecoglou |
Most awards | Ange Postecoglou Gordon Strachan (2 wins each) |
As of 2023, the award has been presented 16 times and won by 14 different managers. Ange Postecoglou and Gordon Strachan are the only managers to have won the award more than once.
Season | Manager | Club | Notes | Ref |
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2006–07 | Gordon Strachan | Celtic | Also won the SFWA award | [3] |
2007–08 | Billy Reid | Hamilton Academical | ||
2008–09 | Gordon Strachan | Celtic | ||
2009–10 | Walter Smith | Rangers | Also won the SFWA award | [4] |
2010–11 | John McGlynn | Raith Rovers | [5] | |
2011–12 | Derek Adams | Ross County | [6] | |
2012–13 | Allan Johnston | Queen of the South | [7] | |
2013–14 | Derek McInnes | Aberdeen | Also won the SFWA award | [8][9] |
2014–15 | John Hughes | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Also won the SFWA award | [10][11] |
2015–16 | Mark Warburton | Rangers | [12] | |
2016–17 | Brendan Rodgers | Celtic | Also won the SFWA award | [13] |
2017–18 | Jack Ross | St Mirren | [14][15] | |
2018–19 | Steve Clarke | Kilmarnock | [16] | |
2019–20 | — | — | Due to the covid-19 pandemic, PFA Scotland cancelled their awards for the 2019–20 season. | [17] |
2020–21 | Steven Gerrard | Rangers | Also won the SFWA award | [18][19] |
2021–22 | Ange Postecoglou | Celtic | Also won the SFWA award | [20] |
2022–23 | Ange Postecoglou | Celtic | Also won the SFWA award | [21] |
Club | Number of wins | Winning seasons |
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Celtic | 5 | 2006–07, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23 |
Rangers | 3 | 2009–10, 2015–16, 2020–21 |
Hamilton Academical | 1 | 2007–08 |
Raith Rovers | 1 | 2010–11 |
Ross County | 1 | 2011–12 |
Queen of the South | 1 | 2012–13 |
Aberdeen | 1 | 2013–14 |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1 | 2014–15 |
St Mirren | 1 | 2017–18 |
Kilmarnock | 1 | 2018–19 |
Celtic winger Aiden McGeady has pulled off an awards double by winning the PFA Scotland Player Of The Year and Young Player Of The Year awards... McGeady follows in the footsteps of former Parkhead team-mate Shaun Maloney, who won both awards in a single season in 2006.[dead link]
The only other player to have claimed the PFA Scotland double was Shaun Maloney, the Celtic midfielder who went on to carve out a career in the Premier League with Aston Villa.