Panchina d'Oro

Panchina d'Oro (English: Golden Bench) is a yearly award given to the best Italian association football coaches of the Serie A.

[1] The Panchina d'Argento (English: Silver Bench) is awarded to the best Serie B and women's Serie B coach as well as the best coaches in women's Italian futsal.

[1] The award was originally conceived by Massimo Moratti to reward the best European football club managers.

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

[4] In the 2016–17 edition, the award was also opened to the best coaches in men's and women's Italian futsal.