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.
[2] 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.
[4] 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.
Key: T – tournaments appeared in; N – different nations managed; M – matches; W – wins; D – draws; L – losses.