Rinus Michels Award

Rinus Michels

The Rinus Michels Award is an annual prize in Dutch football. It is supported by the official football coaches union ("Coaches Betaald Voetbal"). The award is named after Rinus Michels, who was named coach of the century by FIFA in 1999.^[1]

Categories[]

Manager of the year in the Eredivisie
Manager of the year in the Eerste Divisie
Manager of the year in amateur football
Youth academies of the year in professional football
Youth academies of the year in amateur football
Overall oeuvre prize

Winners Manager of the Year Eredivisie[]

Season	Best Coach	Club	Sources
2003–04	Co Adriaanse	AZ	^[2]
2004–05	Guus Hiddink	PSV	^[3]
2005–06	Guus Hiddink	PSV
2006–07	Louis van Gaal	AZ	^[4]
2007–08	Fred Rutten	FC Twente	^[5]
2008–09	Louis van Gaal	AZ	^[6]
2009–10	Steve McClaren	FC Twente	^[7]
2010–11	Michel Preud'homme	FC Twente	^[8]
2011–12	Ronald Koeman	Feyenoord
2012–13	Frank de Boer	Ajax	^[9]
2013–14	Frank de Boer	Ajax	^[10]
2014–15	Phillip Cocu	PSV	^[11]
2015–16	Erik ten Hag	FC Utrecht	^[12]
2016–17	Peter Bosz	Ajax
2017–18	Phillip Cocu	PSV
2018–19	Erik ten Hag	Ajax

Winners Manager of the Year Eerste Divisie[]

Maurice Steijn (2017)
Michael Reiziger (2018)

Winners Manager of the Year in Amateur Football[]

Season	Best Coach	Club	Sources
2003–04	Gert Aandewiel	Quick Boys	^[2]
2004–05	Jan Zoutman	SV Argon	^[3]
	Jack van den Berg	ASWH
	Michel Jansen	HHC Hardenberg	^[4]
	Hans van Arum	Sparta Nijkerk	^[5]
	Henk de Jong	Harkemase Boys	^[6]
	Dennis Demmers	Excelsior '31,	^[7]
	Peter Wesselink	SVZW
	Eric Meijers	Achilles '29
	Marcel Groninger	Be Quick 1887	^[9]
	Simon Ouaali	Sparta Nijkerk	^[10]
2014–15	Adrie Poldervaart	VV Zwaluwen	^[11]
	Wilfred van Leeuwen	VVSB	^[12]
2016–17	Jan van Raalte	SC Genemuiden
2017–18		Quick Den Haag
2018–19		RKZVC

Lifetime prize winners[]

The following managers have been awarded the lifetime prize for their contributions spanning their entire career:

Kees Rijvers (2004)^[2]
Piet de Visser (2005)^[13]
Wiel Coerver (2008)^[14]
Foppe de Haan (2009)^[6]
Leo Beenhakker (2010)^[7]
Louis van Gaal (2013)^[9]
Guus Hiddink (2015)^[11]
Johan Cruyff (2016)^[12]
Co Adriaanse (2017)

References[]

^ Berend Scholten (2005-03-03). "Michels – a total footballing legend". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Adriaanse krijgt Rinus Michels Award". Sport 1. 2004-05-21. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
^ ^a ^b "Hiddink wederom coach van het jaar". NRC Handelsblad. 2006-05-26. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
^ ^a ^b "Van Gaal krijgt zaterdag Rinus Michels Award". Algemeen Dagblad. 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
^ ^a ^b "Best Dutch Coach Plans Netherlands Raid". Goal.com. 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rinus Michels Award voor Van Gaal". NOS. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2009-05-23.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Michels Award voor Steve McClaren" (in Dutch). NOS. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
^ "Preud'homme winnaar Rinus Michels Award" [Preud'homme wins Rinus Michels Award]. voetbal primeur. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Winnaars Rinus Michels Award" (in Dutch). Trainerscongres. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
^ ^a ^b "De Boer opnieuw winnaar Rinus Michels Award" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cocu krijgt Rinus Michels award" (in Dutch). NOS.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Winnaars Rinus Michels Awards 2016" (in Dutch). De Voetbal Trainer. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
^ "Oeuvreprijs naar Piet de Visser". Rinus Michels Awards 2005. 2005-05-28. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
^ "Rutten geëerd als beste coach met Rinus Michels Award". Sportweek. 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-05-24.

[1] Berend Scholten (2005-03-03). "Michels – a total footballing legend". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-08-16.

[sport1-2] "Adriaanse krijgt Rinus Michels Award". Sport 1. 2004-05-21. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2007-08-16.

[hiddink-3] "Hiddink wederom coach van het jaar". NRC Handelsblad. 2006-05-26. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-16.

[Algemeen_Dagblad-4] "Van Gaal krijgt zaterdag Rinus Michels Award". Algemeen Dagblad. 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-16.

[Goal.com-5] "Best Dutch Coach Plans Netherlands Raid". Goal.com. 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-05-24.

[2009award-6] "Rinus Michels Award voor Van Gaal". NOS. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2009-05-23.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2010award-7] "Michels Award voor Steve McClaren" (in Dutch). NOS. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-05-14.

[8] "Preud'homme winnaar Rinus Michels Award" [Preud'homme wins Rinus Michels Award]. voetbal primeur. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[2013award-9] "Winnaars Rinus Michels Award" (in Dutch). Trainerscongres. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

[Voetbal_International-10] "De Boer opnieuw winnaar Rinus Michels Award" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.

[2015award-11] "Cocu krijgt Rinus Michels award" (in Dutch). NOS.

[2016award-12] "Winnaars Rinus Michels Awards 2016" (in Dutch). De Voetbal Trainer. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2016-10-25.

[13] "Oeuvreprijs naar Piet de Visser". Rinus Michels Awards 2005. 2005-05-28. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-16.

[14] "Rutten geëerd als beste coach met Rinus Michels Award". Sportweek. 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-05-24.

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Eredivisie	Adriaanse (2004) Hiddink (2005) Hiddink (2006) Van Gaal (2007) Rutten (2008) Van Gaal (2009) McClaren (2010) Preud'homme (2011) Koeman (2012) De Boer (2013) De Boer (2014) Cocu (2015) Ten Hag (2016) Bosz (2017) Cocu (2018) Ten Hag (2019)
Eerste Divisie	Steijn (2017) Reiziger (2018) Pušić (2019)
Amateur leagues	Aandewiel (2004) Zoutman (2005) Van den Berg (2006) Jansen (2007) Van Arum (2008) De Jong (2009) Demmers (2010) Wesselink (2011) Meijers (2012) Groninger (2013) Ouaali (2014) Poldervaart (2015) Van Leeuwen (2016) Van Raalte (2017) (2018) (2019)
Lifetime achievement	Rijvers (2004) De Visser (2005) Coerver (2008) De Haan (2009) Beenhakker (2010) Van Gaal (2013) Hiddink (2015) Cruyff (2016) Adriaanse (2017)

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