Romania Coach of the Year

Mircea Lucescu (pictured) holds the record for the most wins along with Dan Petrescu

Sport| Association football
Competition| All levels of Romanian and international football
Local name| Antrenorul anului în România (Romanian)
Country| Romania
Presented by| Gazeta Sporturilor
History
First award| 2004
Editions| 20
First winner| Mircea Lucescu
Most wins| Mircea Lucescu, Dan Petrescu

5 times
Most recent| Edward Iordanescu
Website| Official website

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.

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[edit]

Year  | Winner  | Club  | Ref.

|
|
|

2004

| Mircea Lucescu |

Shakhtar Donetsk

2005

|  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 |

Shakhtar Donetsk

2011

| Dan Petrescu |

Kuban Krasnodar

2012

| Mircea Lucescu |

Shakhtar Donetsk

| [1]

2013

| Laurențiu Reghecampf |

Steaua București

2014

| Mircea Lucescu |

Shakhtar Donetsk

2015

| Gheorghe Hagi |

Viitorul Constanța

2016

| Marius Șumudică |

Astra Giurgiu

2017

| Gheorghe Hagi |

Viitorul Constanța

| [2]

2018

| Răzvan Lucescu |

PAOK

2019

| Dan Petrescu |

CFR Cluj

2020

| Cosmin Olăroiu
Răzvan Lucescu |

Jiangsu Suning
Al-Hilal

| [3]

2021

| Mircea Lucescu |

Dynamo Kyiv

| [4]

2022

| Dan Petrescu | CFR Cluj |

2023

| Edward Iordanescu | Romania |

## Breakdown of winners[edit]

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[edit]

Manager/Coach  | Win(s)
(outright wins/shared titles)  | Year(s) (* title was shared)

|
|

Mircea Lucescu |

| 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2021
Dan Petrescu |

| 2008, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2022
Gheorghe Hagi |

| 2015, 2017
Răzvan Lucescu |

2 (1/1)

| 2018, 2020*
Cosmin Olăroiu |

2 (1/1)

| 2006, 2020*
5 others |

## See also[edit]

* Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year
* Gazeta Sporturilor Foreign Player of the Year in Romania
* Gazeta Sporturilor Monthly Football Awards

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Gazeta Sporturilor official website (in Romanian)

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Gazeta Sporturilor Romania Coach of the Year

* 2004: M. Lucescu
* 2005: Protasov
* 2006: Olăroiu
* 2007: Pițurcă
* 2008: Petrescu
* 2009: Petrescu
* 2010: M. Lucescu
* 2011: Petrescu
* 2012: M. Lucescu
* 2013: Reghecampf
* 2014: M. Lucescu
* 2015: Hagi
* 2016: Șumudică
* 2017: Hagi
* 2018: R. Lucescu
* 2019: Petrescu
* 2020: Olăroiu & R. Lucescu
* 2021: M. Lucescu
* 2022: Petrescu

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