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).
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. 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.
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.
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.
By team The teams are listed in decreasing order of number of appearances in the World Cup.
Brazil Year Manager 1991 Fernando Pires 1995 Ademar Fonseca 1999 Wilsinho 2003 Paulo Gonçalves 2007 Jorge Barcellos 2011 Kleiton Lima 2015 Vadão 2019 Vadão 2023 Pia Sundhage
Germany Year Manager 1991 Gero Bisanz 1995 Gero Bisanz 1999 Tina Theune-Meyer 2003 Tina Theune-Meyer 2007 Silvia Neid 2011 Silvia Neid 2015 Silvia Neid 2019 Martina Voss-Tecklenburg 2023 Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
Japan Year Manager 1991 Tamotsu Suzuki 1995 Tamotsu Suzuki 1999 Satoshi Miyauchi 2003 Eiji Ueda 2007 Hiroshi Ohashi 2011 Norio Sasaki 2015 Norio Sasaki 2019 Asako Takakura 2023 Futoshi Ikeda
Nigeria Year Manager 1991 Jo Bonfrère 1995 Paul Hamilton 1999 Mabo Ismaila 2003 Samuel Okpodu 2007 Ntiero Effiom 2011 Ngozi Eucharia Uche 2015 Edwin Okon 2019 Thomas Dennerby 2023 Randy Waldrum
Norway Year Manager 1991 Even Pellerud 1995 Even Pellerud 1999 Per-Mathias Høgmo 2003 Åge Steen 2007 Bjarne Berntsen 2011 Eli Landsem 2015 Even Pellerud 2019 Martin Sjögren 2023 Hege Riise
Sweden Year Manager 1991 Gunilla Paijkull 1995 Bengt Simonsson 1999 Marika Domanski-Lyfors 2003 Marika Domanski-Lyfors 2007 Thomas Dennerby 2011 Thomas Dennerby 2015 Pia Sundhage 2019 Peter Gerhardsson 2023 Peter Gerhardsson
United States Year Manager 1991 Anson Dorrance 1995 Tony DiCicco 1999 Tony DiCicco 2003 April Heinrichs 2007 Greg Ryan 2011 Pia Sundhage 2015 Jill Ellis 2019 Jill Ellis 2023 Vlatko Andonovski
Australia Year Manager 1995 Tom Sermanni 1999 Greg Brown 2003 Adrian Santrac 2007 Tom Sermanni 2011 Tom Sermanni 2015 Alen Stajcic 2019 Ante Milicic 2023 Tony Gustavsson
Canada Year Manager 1995 Sylvie Béliveau 1999 Neil Turnbull 2003 Even Pellerud 2007 Even Pellerud 2011 Carolina Morace 2015 John Herdman 2019 Kenneth Heiner-Møller 2023 Bev Priestman
China PR Year Manager 1991 Shang Ruihua 1995 Ma Yuanan 1999 Ma Yuanan 2003 Ma Liangxing 2007 Marika Domanski-Lyfors 2015 Hao Wei 2019 Jia Xiuquan 2023 Shui Qingxia
England Year Manager 1995 Ted Copeland 2007 Hope Powell 2011 Hope Powell 2015 Mark Sampson 2019 Phil Neville 2023 Sarina Wiegman
New Zealand Year Manager 1991 Dave Boardman 2007 John Herdman 2011 John Herdman 2015 Tony Readings 2019 Tom Sermanni 2023 Jitka Klimková
Denmark Year Manager 1991 Keld Gantzhorn 1995 Keld Gantzhorn 1999 Jørgen Hvidemose 2007 Kenneth Heiner-Møller 2023 Lars Søndergaard
France Year Manager 2003 Élisabeth Loisel 2011 Bruno Bini 2015 Philippe Bergeroo 2019 Corinne Diacre 2023 Hervé Renard
Argentina Year Manager 2003 Carlos Borrello 2007 Carlos Borrello 2019 Carlos Borrello 2023 Germán Portanova
Italy Year Manager 1991 Sergio Guenza 1999 Carlo Facchin 2019 Milena Bertolini 2023 Milena Bertolini
North Korea Year Manager 1999 Myong Dong-chan 2003 Ri Song-gun 2007 Kim Kwang-min 2011 Kim Kwang-min
South Korea Year Manager 2003 An Jong-goan 2015 Yoon Deok-yeo 2019 Yoon Deok-yeo 2023 Colin Bell
Colombia Year Manager 2011 Ricardo Rozo 2015 Fabián Taborda 2023 Nelson Abadía
Ghana Year Manager 1999 Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie 2003 Oko Aryee 2007 Isaac Paha
Mexico Year Manager 1999 Leonardo Cuéllar 2011 Leonardo Cuéllar 2015 Leonardo Cuéllar
Netherlands Year Manager 2015 Roger Reijners 2019 Sarina Wiegman 2023 Andries Jonker
Spain Year Manager 2015 Ignacio Quereda 2019 Jorge Vilda 2023 Jorge Vilda
Cameroon Year Manager 2015 Carl Enow 2019 Alain Djeumfa
Costa Rica Year Manager 2015 Amelia Valverde 2023 Amelia Valverde
Jamaica Year Manager 2019 Hue Menzies 2023 Lorne Donaldson
Russia Year Manager 1999 Yuri Bystritsky 2003 Yuri Bystritsky
South Africa Year Manager 2019 Desiree Ellis 2023 Desiree Ellis
Switzerland Year Manager 2015 Martina Voss-Tecklenburg 2023 Inka Grings
Thailand Year Manager 2015 Nuengrutai Srathongvian 2019 Nuengrutai Srathongvian
Chile Year Manager 2019 José Letelier
Chinese Taipei Year Manager 1991 Chong Tsu-pin
Ecuador Year Manager 2015 Vanessa Arauz
Equatorial Guinea Year Manager 2011 Marcello Frigério
Haiti Year Manager 2023 Nicolas Delépine
Ivory Coast Year Manager 2015 Clémentine Touré
Morocco Year Manager 2023 Reynald Pedros
Panama Year Manager 2023 Ignacio Quintana
Philippines Year Manager 2023 Alen Stajcic
Portugal Year Manager 2023 Francisco Neto
Republic of Ireland Year Manager 2023 Vera Pauw
Scotland Year Manager 2019 Shelley Kerr
Vietnam Year Manager 2023 Mai Đức Chung
Zambia Year Manager 2023 Bruce Mwape
By individual (multiple tournaments) Key: ; ; ; ; ; .
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 5 2 25 16 2 7 1991 , 1995 , 2003 , 2007 , 2015 Tom Sermanni 4 2 14 3 2 9 1995 , 2007 , 2011 , 2019 Marika Domanski-Lyfors 3 2 14 8 0 6 1999 , 2003 , 2007 Leonardo Cuéllar 3 1 9 0 1 6 1999 , 2011 , 2015 John Herdman 3 2 11 2 3 6 2007 , 2011 , 2015 Silvia Neid 3 1 17 11 3 3 2007 , 2011 , 2015 Carlos Borrello 3 1 9 0 2 7 2003 , 2007 , 2019 Thomas Dennerby 3 2 12 6 1 5 2007 , 2011 , 2019 Pia Sundhage 3 3 13 4 6 3 2011 , 2015 , 2023 Martina Voss-Tecklenburg 3 2 12 6 1 5 2015 , 2019 , 2023 Gero Bisanz 2 1 12 8 0 4 1991 , 1995 Keld Gantzhorn 2 1 7 2 0 5 1991 , 1995 Tamotsu Suzuki 2 1 7 1 0 6 1991 , 1995 Tony DiCicco 2 1 12 9 2 1 1995 , 1999 Yuri Bystritsky 2 1 8 4 0 4 1999 , 2003 Tina Theune-Meyer 2 1 10 7 2 1 1999 , 2003 Kim Kwang-min 2 1 7 1 2 4 2007 , 2011 Norio Sasaki 2 1 13 10 1 2 2011 , 2015 Kenneth Heiner-Møller 2 1 7 3 0 4 2007 , 2019 Jill Ellis 2 1 14 13 1 0 2015 , 2019 Nuengrutai Srathongvian 2 1 6 1 0 5 2015 , 2019 Vadão 2 1 8 5 0 3 2015 , 2019 Yoon Deok-yeo 2 1 7 1 1 5 2015 , 2019 Alen Stajcic 2 2 8 3 1 4 2015 , 2023 Amelia Valverde 2 1 6 0 2 4 2015 , 2023 Milena Bertolini 2 1 8 4 0 4 2019 , 2023 Desiree Ellis 2 1 7 1 1 5 2019 , 2023 Peter Gerhardsson 2 1 14 10 1 3 2019 , 2023 Jorge Vilda 2 1 11 7 1 3 2019 , 2023 Sarina Wiegman 2 2 14 11 1 2 2019 , 2023
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