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

The teams are listed in decreasing order of number of appearances in the World Cup.

By individual (multiple tournaments)

Key: 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
Even Pellerud  Norway 5 2 251627 1991 NOR, 1995 NOR, 2003 CAN, 2007 CAN, 2015 NOR
Tom Sermanni  Scotland 4 2 14329 1995 AUS, 2007 AUS, 2011 AUS, 2019 NZL
Marika Domanski-Lyfors  Sweden 3 2 14806 1999 SWE, 2003 SWE, 2007 CHN
Leonardo Cuéllar  Mexico 3 1 9016 1999 MEX, 2011 MEX, 2015 MEX
John Herdman  England 3 2 11236 2007 NZL, 2011 NZL, 2015 CAN
Silvia Neid  Germany 3 1 171133 2007 GER, 2011 GER, 2015 GER
Carlos Borrello  Argentina 3 1 9027 2003 ARG, 2007 ARG, 2019 ARG
Thomas Dennerby  Sweden 3 2 12615 2007 SWE, 2011 SWE, 2019 NGA
Pia Sundhage  Sweden 3 3 13463 2011 USA, 2015 SWE, 2023 BRA
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg  Germany 3 2 12615 2015 SWI, 2019 GER, 2023 GER
Gero Bisanz  Germany 2 1 12804 1991 GER, 1995 GER
Keld Gantzhorn  Denmark 2 1 7205 1991 DEN, 1995 DEN
Tamotsu Suzuki  Japan 2 1 7106 1991 JPN, 1995 JPN
Tony DiCicco  United States 2 1 12921 1995 USA, 1999 USA
Yuri Bystritsky  Russia 2 1 8404 1999 RUS, 2003 RUS
Tina Theune-Meyer  Germany 2 1 10721 1999 GER, 2003 GER
Kim Kwang-min  North Korea 2 1 7124 2007 PRK, 2011 PRK
Norio Sasaki  Japan 2 1 131012 2011 JPN, 2015 JPN
Kenneth Heiner-Møller  Denmark 2 1 7304 2007 DEN, 2019 CAN
Jill Ellis  England
 United States		 2 1 141310 2015 USA, 2019 USA
Nuengrutai Srathongvian  Thailand 2 1 6105 2015 THA, 2019 THA
Vadão  Brazil 2 1 8503 2015 BRA, 2019 BRA
Yoon Deok-yeo  South Korea 2 1 7115 2015 KOR, 2019 KOR
Alen Stajcic  Australia 2 2 8314 2015 AUS, 2023 PHI
Amelia Valverde  Costa Rica 2 1 6024 2015 CRC, 2023 CRC
Milena Bertolini  Italy 2 1 8404 2019 ITA, 2023 ITA
Desiree Ellis  South Africa 2 1 7115 2019 RSA, 2023 RSA
Peter Gerhardsson  Sweden 2 1 141013 2019 SWE, 2023 SWE
Jorge Vilda  Spain 2 1 11713 2019 ESP, 2023 ESP
Sarina Wiegman  Netherlands 2 2 141112 2019 NED, 2023 ENG

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019" (PDF). FIFA. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Jill Ellis to step down as USWNT head coach". Goal. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup: From humble beginnings to global event". Sportsnet. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - Players" (PDF). FIFA. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "History - Ultimate NZ Soccer". Ultimate NZ Soccer.
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