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
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 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	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 Iordănescu	Romania national team
2024	Edward Iordănescu	Romania national team

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
Edward Iordanescu	2	2023, 2024
Răzvan Lucescu	2 (1/1)	2018, 2020*
Cosmin Olăroiu	2 (1/1)	2006, 2020*
4 others	1	—

See also

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