Panchina d'Oro ( en, Golden Bench) is a yearly award given to the best

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coaches of the

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...

. 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 Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...

. The Panchina d'Argento ( en, Silver Bench) is awarded to the best

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...

and women's Serie B coach as well as the best coaches in women's Italian futsal.

History

The award was originally conceived by

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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

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

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. After the third and fourth tiers were unified in 2015, a single Golden Bench is awarded to the best

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

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

Recipients

List of men's football Gold and Silver Bench winners

List of Serie C Gold and Silver Bench winners

List of women's football Gold and Silver Bench winners

List of futsal Gold and Silver Bench winners

Other awards

Special Golden Bench

Lifetime Achievement Golden Bench

Special Award for Enhancing Young Players

"Positive Message" Award

"Mino Favini" Award

Footnotes

References

External links

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Recipients of the Panchina d'Oro until 2008–09
on Alleniamo.com Serie A trophies and awards Awards established in 1991