La Liga Manager of the Month

Ernesto Valverde won the Manager of the Month Award a record five times.

Marcelino won the first Manager of the Month award in September 2013.

Francisco was the first manager to win the award twice in a season.

Nuno Espírito Santo won the award three times in the 2014–15 season.

The Manager of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best La Liga manager each month of the season.

Winners

Month	Year[nb 1]	Nationality	Manager	Team	Ref
September	2013	Spain	García Toral, MarcelinoMarcelino García Toral	Villarreal	[1]
October	2013	Argentina	Simeone, DiegoDiego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	[2]
November	2013	Spain	Francisco	Almería	[3]
December	2013	Spain	Jagoba Arrasate	Real Sociedad	[4]
January	2014	Spain	Ernesto Valverde	Athletic Bilbao	[5]
February	2014	Argentina	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Valencia	[6]
March	2014	Spain	Unai Emery	Sevilla	[7]
April	2014	Spain	Paco Jémez	Rayo Vallecano	[8]
May	2014	Spain	Francisco	Almería	[9]
September	2014	Portugal	Nuno Espírito Santo	Valencia	[10]
October	2014	Italy	Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid	[11]
November	2014	Spain	Ernesto Valverde	Athletic Bilbao	[12]
December	2014	Portugal	Nuno Espírito Santo	Valencia	[13]
January	2015	Spain	Unai Emery	Sevilla	[14]
February	2015	Portugal	Nuno Espírito Santo	Valencia	[15]
March	2015	Spain	Ernesto Valverde	Athletic Bilbao	[16]
April	2015	Italy	Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid	[17]
May	2015	Spain	José Ramón Sandoval	Granada	[18]
September	2015	Spain	García Toral, MarcelinoMarcelino García Toral	Villarreal	[19]
October	2015	Spain	Valverde, ErnestoErnesto Valverde	Athletic Bilbao	[20]
November	2015	Argentina	Simeone, DiegoDiego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	[21]
December	2015	Spain	Gracia, JaviJavi Gracia	Málaga	[22]
January	2016	Spain	Unai Emery	Sevilla	[23]
February	2016	Spain	Eusebio Sacristán	Real Sociedad	[24]
March	2016	Spain	Quique Setién	Las Palmas	[25]
April	2016	France	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	[26]
May	2016	Spain	Luis Enrique	Barcelona	[27]
August	2016	Spain	Quique Setién	Las Palmas	[28]
September	2016	Spain	Ernesto Valverde	Athletic Bilbao	[29]
October	2016	Argentina	Jorge Sampaoli	Sevilla	[30]

Multiple winners

The below table lists all the people that have won on more than one occasion.

*	Indicates current La Liga manager
Italics	Indicates managers still managing in professional football

Rank	Managers	Wins
1st	Ernesto Valverde	5
2nd	Unai Emery	3
	Nuno Espírito Santo	3
4th	Carlo Ancelotti	2
	Francisco	2
	Marcelino García Toral	2
	Quique Setién	2
	Diego Simeone	2

Awards won by nationality

Country	Wins
Spain	20
Argentina	4
Portugal	3
Italy	2
France	1

Awards won by club

Club	Wins
Athletic Bilbao	5
Sevilla	4
Valencia	4
Real Madrid	3
Almería	2
Atlético Madrid	2
Las Palmas	2
Real Sociedad	2
Villarreal	2
Barcelona	1
Granada	1
Málaga	1
Rayo Vallecano	1

Footnotes

1. Each year is linked to an article on the particular season associated with the month of that year.

References

1. Premios Liga BBVA y Liga Adelante a los mejores del mes; LFP.es, 22 October 2013 (Spanish)
2. Premios Liga BBVA y Liga Adelante a los mejores de Octubre; LFP.es, 6 November 2013 (Spanish)
3. Premios BBVA a los mejores de noviembre; LFP.es 10 December 2013 (Spanish)
4. Premios BBVA a los mejores de diciembre; LFP.es 20 January 2014 (Spanish)
5. Premios BBVA a los mejores de enero; LFP.es 5 February 2014 (Spanish)
6. Premios BBVA a los mejores de febrero; LFP.es 27 February 2014 (Spanish)
7. Premios BBVA a los mejores de marzo; LFP.es 7 April 2014 (Spanish)
8. Premios BBVA a los mejores de abril; LFP.es 30 April 2014 (Spanish)
9. Premios BBVA a los mejores de mayo; LFP.es 19 May 2014 (Spanish)
10. Premios BBVA a los mejores de septiembre; LFP.es 6 October 2014 (Spanish)
11. BBVA Awards for the best of October; LFP.es 12 November 2014
12. BBVA Awards for the best of November; LFP.es 10 December 2014
13. The BBVA Prizes for December's best; LFP.es 14 January 2015
14. Unai Emery, Liga BBVA manager of the month for January; LFP.es, 5 February 2015
15. BBVA Awards: Nuno, Liga BBVA Manager of the month for February; LFP.es, 5 March 2015
16. BBVA Prizes: Ernesto Valverde, best coach in the Liga BBVA in March; LFP.es, 2 April 2015
17. Carlo Ancelotti named Liga BBVA coach of the month for April; LFP.es 7 May 2015
18. BBVA Awards: José Ramón Sandoval, Liga BBVA coach of the month for May; LFP.es, 4 June 2015
19. Marcelino wins Liga BBVA Manager of the Month for September; LFP.es, 5 October 2015
20. "Ernesto Valverde named Liga BBVA manager of the Month for October". La Liga. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
21. Diego Simeone named Liga BBVA Manager of the Month for November; LFP.es, 8 December 2015
22. ;LFP.es, 12 January 2016
23. Unai Emery, Liga BBVA manager of the month for January; LFP.es, 12 February 2016
24. Eusebio Sacristan named Liga BBVA Manager of the Month for February; LFP.es, 4 March 2016
25. "Quique Setien named Liga BBVA Manager of the Month for March". LaLiga.es. 1 April 2016.
26. "Zinedine Zidane named Liga BBVA Manager of the Month for April". LFP.es. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
27. "Luis Enrique named Liga BBVA Manager of the Month for May". LaLiga.es. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
28. "Quique Setien, LaLiga Santander's Coach of the Month for August". LaLiga. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
29. "Ernesto Valverde named LaLiga Santander Manager of the Month for September". LaLiga.es. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
30. "Jorge Sampaoli named LaLiga Santander Manager of the Month for October". LaLiga.es. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.