Panchina d'Oro () is a yearly award given to the best Italian association football coaches of the Serie A. The Golden Bench is also awarded to the best men's Serie C and women's Serie A coaches as well as the best coaches in men's Italian futsal. The Panchina d'Argento () is awarded to the best Serie B and women's Serie B coach as well as the best coaches in women's Italian futsal.

History The award was originally conceived by Massimo Moratti to reward the best European football club managers. While the award was initially assigned by journalists, from the 1993–94 season it started to be awarded by manager themselves to the colleagues considered to have performed the best throughout the previous season.

From 1994–95 to 2005-06, the Golden Bench was awarded to the best Serie A or Serie B manager and the Silver Bench to the best Serie C1 or Serie C2 managers.

From the 2006–07 season, the Golden Bench is awarded to the best Serie A manager and the Silver Bench to the best Serie B manager. A new category was therefore added to reward managers from the third (Serie C1/Prima Divisione) and fourth (Serie C2/Seconda Divisione) tier of the Italian football league system. After the third and fourth tiers were unified in 2015, a single Golden Bench is awarded to the best Serie C manager.

In the 2013–14 edition, the award was opened to Italian's women football, celebrating the best women's Serie A and Serie B coaches. In the 2016–17 edition, the award was also opened to the best coaches in men's and women's Italian futsal.

Recipients List of men's football Golden and Silver Bench winners

SeasonGolden BenchClubSilver BenchClubSource1990–91Raymond GoethalsMarseilleVujadin BoškovSampdoriaLjupko PetrovićRed Star BelgradeJohan CruyffBarcelona1991–92Fabio CapelloAC MilanCarlos Alberto SilvaPortoRaymond GoethalsMarseilleHoward WilkinsonLeeds UnitedBobby RobsonPSV Eindhoven1992–93 Not awarded1993–94Fabio CapelloAC Milan––1994–95Marcello LippiJuventusRenzo UlivieriBologna1995–96Marcello LippiJuventusOsvaldo JaconiCastel di Sangro1996–97Alberto ZaccheroniUdineseGiuseppe PillonTreviso1997–98Luigi SimoniInter MilanCorrado BenedettiCesena1998–99Alberto ZaccheroniAC MilanClaudio FoscariniAlzano Virescit1999–2000Alberto CavasinLecceSerse CosmiArezzo2000–01Fabio CapelloRomaGianni De BiasiModena2001–02Luigi DelneriChievoEzio RossiTriestina2002–03Carlo AncelottiAC MilanElio GustinettiAlbinoleffe2003–04Carlo AncelottiAC MilanMario SommaEmpoli2004–05Luciano SpallettiUdineseDomenico Di CarloMantova2005–06Cesare PrandelliFiorentinaAntonio SodaSpezia2006–07Cesare PrandelliFiorentinaGian Piero GasperiniGenoa2007–08Roberto ManciniInter MilanGiuseppe IachiniChievo2008–09Massimiliano AllegriCagliariAntonio ConteBari2009–10José MourinhoInter MilanPierpaolo BisoliCesena2010–11Francesco GuidolinUdineseAttilio TesserNovara2011–12Antonio ConteJuventusZdeněk ZemanPescara2012–13Antonio ConteJuventusEusebio Di FrancescoSassuolo2013–14Antonio ConteJuventusMaurizio SarriEmpoli2014–15Massimiliano AllegriJuventusRoberto StelloneFrosinone2015–16Maurizio SarriNapoliIvan JurićCrotone2016–17Massimiliano AllegriJuventusLeonardo SempliciSPAL2017–18Massimiliano AllegriJuventusAurelio AndreazzoliEmpoli2018–19Gian Piero GasperiniAtalantaFabio LiveraniLecce2019–20Gian Piero GasperiniAtalantaFilippo InzaghiBenevento2020–21Antonio ConteInter MilanAlessio DionisiEmpoli2021–22Stefano PioliAC MilanFabio PecchiaCremonese2022–23Luciano SpallettiNapoliFabio GrossoFrosinone2023–24Simone InzaghiInter MilanFabio PecchiaParma2024–25Antonio ConteNapoliGiovanni StroppaVenezia

List of Serie C Golden and Silver Bench winners SeasonGolden BenchClubSilver BenchClubSource2006–07Dino PagliariRavennaGiovanni PagliariFoligno2007–08Massimiliano AllegriSassuoloAlessandro PaneReggiana2008–09Pierpaolo BisoliCesenaLeonardo SempliciFigline2009–10Giuseppe SanninoVareseGiancarlo FavarinLucchese2010–11Vincenzo TorrenteGubbioRoberto BoscagliaTrapani2011–12Domenico ToscanoTernanaPier Francesco BattistiniPerugia2012–13Roberto BoscagliaTrapaniPaolo IndianiPontedera2013–14Roberto StelloneFrosinoneMario PetroneBassano Virtus2014–15Vincenzo VivariniTeramo–2015–16Leonardo SempliciSPAL–2016–17Giovanni StroppaFoggia–2017–18Paolo ZanettiSüdtirol–2018–19Fabio CasertaJuve Stabia–2019–20Massimiliano AlviniReggiana–2020–21Cristiano LucarelliTernana–2021–22Silvio BaldiniPalermo–2022–23Vincenzo VivariniCatanzaro–2023–24Guido PagliucaJuve Stabia–2024–25Fabio GalloVirtus Entella–

List of women's football Golden and Silver Bench winners SeasonGolden BenchClubSilver BenchClubSource2013–14Milena BertoliniBresciaIsabella CardonePink Sport Time2014–15Milena BertoliniBresciaFederica D'AstolfoReggiana2015–16Milena BertoliniBresciaFederica D'AstolfoReggiana2016–17Sauro FattoriFiorentinaFederica D'AstolfoReggiana2017–18Gianpiero PiovaniBresciaManuela TesseLazio2018–19Elisabetta BavagnoliRomaAlessandro PistolesiEmpoli2019–20Gianpiero PiovaniSassuoloAlain ConteSan Marino2020–21Rita GuarinoJuventusManuela TessePomigliano2021–22Joe MontemurroJuventusSebastian de la FuenteComo2022–23Alessandro SpugnaRomaSalvatore ColantuonoCittadella2023–24Alessandro SpugnaRomaGianluca GrassadoniaLazio2024–25Massimiliano CanziJuventusAntonio CincottaTernana

List of men's futsal Golden Bench winners SeasonGoldenClubSource2016–17David MarínLuparense2017–18Faustino PérezAcqua e Sapone2018–19Fulvio ColiniItalservice2019–20Fulvio ColiniItalservice2020–21Salvatore SamperiMeta Catania2021–22Fulvio ColiniItalservice2022–23Salvatore SamperiFeldi Eboli2023–24Juan Ramón CalvoMeta Catania2024–25Luciano AntonelliFeldi Eboli

List of women's futsal Golden Bench winners SeasonSilverClubSource2016–17Daniele D'OrtoOlimpus2017–18Gianluca MarzuoliMontesilvano2018–19Gianluca MarzuoliMontesilvano2019–20Antonio MarzellaReal Statte2020–21Massimiliano NeriCittà di Falconara2021–22Massimiliano NeriCittà di Falconara2022–23Gianluca MarzuoliBitonto2023–24Gianluca MarzuoliBitonto2024–25Giulia DomenichettiCittà di Falconara

Other awards Special Golden Bench YearWinner(s)Source1997Giovanni TrapattoniFabio CapelloAlberto Bigon2006Marcello Lippi2011Azeglio ViciniAlberto Zaccheroni2014Roberto Menichelli2015Marcelo Bielsa2016Gianni De Biasi2017Claudio Ranieri2018Carlo AncelottiRoberto BordinAntonio ConteMassimo CarreraMarco Rossi2023Ferdinando De GiorgiLionel Scaloni2024Alberto BolliniEmiliano Del Duca2025Gian Piero GasperiniMassimiliano FavoCarlo Ancelotti2026Enzo Maresca

Lifetime Achievement Golden Bench YearWinner(s)Source1991Azeglio Vicini1992Enzo Bearzot1996Cesare Maldini2002Carlo Mazzone2016Luís Vinício

Futsal Lifetime Achievement Golden Bench YearWinner(s)Source2016Piero Gialli

Special Award for Enhancing Young Players YearWinner(s)Source1998Giuseppe Materazzi1999Marco Tardelli2000Giovanni Vavassori2003Eugenio Fascetti2006Claudio Gentile

"Positive Message" Award YearWinner(s)Source2020Siniša Mihajlović

"Mino Favini" Award YearWinner(s)ClubSource2018–19Roberto SamadenInter Milan Youth Sector2021–22Francesco PalmieriSassuolo2022–23Roberto SamadenInter Milan Youth Sector2023–24Francesco PalmieriSassuolo2024–25Massimo TarantinoInter Milan Youth Sector

Footnotes

References

External links Recipients of the Panchina d'Oro until 2008–09 on Alleniamo.com