List of FIFA Women's World Cup winning managers

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Anson Dorrance was the first World Cup winning manager.
Jill Ellis is the only manager to have won the World Cup twice.

The FIFA Women's World Cup is considered the most prestigious women's association football tournament in the world. The nine World Cup tournaments have been won by five national teams. United States have won four times, followed by Germany with two titles, and Norway, Japan, and Spain with one title each.

Anson Dorrance led the United States national team to victory in the inaugural tournament in 1991. Jill Ellis is the only person who has won the World Cup twice as a manager, in 2015 and 2019 with United States.[1] Eight different managers have won the World Cup and all winning managers led their own country's national team. Two other managers finished as winners once and runners-up once; Even Pellerud (winner in 1995, runners-up in 1991) for Norway, and Norio Sasaki (winner in 2011, runner-up in 2015) for Japan.

Even Pellerud holds the records for both most matches managed (25) and most matches won (16).[2] Anson Dorrance is the youngest manager to win the World Cup, being 40 in 1991. Norio Sasaki is the oldest coach to win the World Cup, being aged 53 years and 54 days in 2011.

Winning managers[edit]

Tournament Winning manager Nationality Winning national team Ref.
1991 Anson Dorrance  United States  United States [3]
1995 Even Pellerud  Norway  Norway [4]
1999 Tony DiCicco  United States  United States [5]
2003 Tina Theune-Meyer  Germany  Germany [6]
2007 Silvia Neid  Germany  Germany [7]
2011 Norio Sasaki  Japan  Japan [8]
2015 Jill Ellis  England
 United States 		 United States [9]
2019
2023 Jorge Vilda  Spain  Spain [10]

By nationality[edit]

Nationality Manager(s) Number of
wins
 United States 3 4
 Germany 2 2
 Norway 1 1
 Japan 1 1
 England 1 1
 Spain 1 1

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jill Ellis to step down as USWNT head coach". Goal. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019" (PDF). FIFA. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Anson Dorrance, The First Winning Coach Of A Women's World Cup, Is Still Chasing History". Forbes. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Pellerud named new Canadian coach". Canadian Soccer Association. 18 October 1999.
  5. ^ "Former USWNT Coach Tony DiCicco Dies at Age 68". Bleacher Report. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Final flourish for Theune-Meyer". UEFA. 7 June 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2005.
  7. ^ "Germany coach Neid to step down; Jones to take over". The Equalizer. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Sasaki steps down as Japan coach after Rio failure". The Equalizer. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Jill Ellis to Step Down as U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach". United States Soccer Federation. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  10. ^ Sanders, Emma (20 August 2023). "Women's World Cup final: England lose to Spain in Sydney". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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