These are the most popular coaches of the year 2023

The year 2023 is about to end and there are many coaches who have stood down for one reason or another. Below is a list of some of them.

Pep Guardiola

City of Manchester

This was the big winner of the year. He won the FA Cup, Premier League, Champions League, European Super Cup and Club World Cup.

2

Luciano Spalletti

Naples/Italian national team

He won the ‘scudetto’ with Naples, something this team had not achieved in 33 years. He left the team at the end of the season and is now Italy’s coach.

3

Simone Inzaghi

Inter Milan

Despite finishing third in the Italian league, they managed to become Cup champions and put Inter in the finals of the Champions League, losing to Manchester City. He is currently the leader of Serie A.

4

Xabi Alonso

Bayer Leverkusen

He managed the team last season in a very precarious situation and it ended up in the Europa League, a competition where it achieved full success in the group stage. He is the current leader of the Bundesliga.

5

Xavi Hernandez

FC Barcelona

Even though Barça is not going through the best moments in its history and the coach has been questioned recently, he managed to win the Spanish League and his team qualified for the round of 16 of the Champions League as the first in the group.

6

Roberto de Zerbi

Brighton

The Italian was the revelation coach last season, giving his team good football and they qualified for the first time in their history for the Europa League, where they finished first in their group.

7

Fernando Diniz

Fluminense

He led his team to win the Copa Libertadores, defeating Boca Juniors in the final (2-1) and also reaching the final of the Club World Cup, where they found themselves against an unstoppable Manchester City

8

Eddie Howe

Newcastle

The ‘magpies’ finished fourth in the Premier League and qualified for the Champions League, where they were unlucky to be placed in the group of death with PSG, Milan and Dortmund. They were finalists in the Carabao Cup, which they lost to Manchester United.

9

Michel Sanchez

Girona

Another of the great revelations of the year. Last season he was on the verge of placing his team in the Conference League and in the current season he is a surprising and deserved co-leader of the Spanish league.

10

Arne Slott

Feyenoord

They won the Eredivisie, a title this club has not won since 2017, living in the shadow of giants Ajax and PSV. He got the team into the Champions League, where they finished third in the group and now face Roma in the Europa League.