Guardiola Surpasses to Xavi in the vote like Catalan trainer of the 2023

Published:4/12/2023 - 20:27h

Updated:4/12/2023 - 20:27h

Pep Guardiola has been recognised once again like the best Catalan trainer of the year. This time has surpassed to Xavi Hernández and Francisco García Pepper. This turns it into the technician that has received this prize in more occasions

Pep Guardiola has been recognised by the Catalan Federation of Football like the best trainer of masculine football in the season 2022/2023. The one of Santpedor imposed with 75,61% of the votes to the preparador of the FC Barcelona, Xavi Hernández, the one who obtained 17,07%, and finally to Francisco García Pepper, technician of the UD The Palms, with 7,32%.

The exentrenador of the Barça had a year memorable with his Manchester City. The 'citizens' attained to be champions of the Premier League by third consecutive year, aventajando to the Arsenal by five points. Besides, his group won the FA Cup when winning in the final to the Manchester United (2-1) and, perhaps the most stood out attainment of all, achieved his first League of Champions in the history of the club when winning to the Inter of Milan in the final (1-0).

It fits to stand out that this is the fourth consecutive distinction that obtains Pep Guardiola (2023, 2022, 2021, 2019), of the six that already has received in this contest. It is necessary to review that the one of Santpedor won the first edition in 2012, afterwards went back to triumph in 2016 and from 2019 has been creditor of the to date current prize.

The Barça achieved several awards in this edition

In spite of not to have carried the prize to the best Catalan trainer of the year, several names of the Barça arrasaron in other lines of this competition. The FC Barcelona obtained a total of six distinctions of the 12 possible. Between these find the one of Aitana Bonmati like the best player and maximum goleadora of the feminine football, Oriol Romeu like the best player, Alejandro Balde like the player with greater projection, Sergio González like the best player of masculine five-a-side football and Bojan Krkić, the one who will receive the prize of the jury by his sportive path and by his contribution to the care and welfare of the Catalan football.

This gala, that fits to stand out will assume his eleventh edition, will carry out next Monday 18 December in the Ancient Factory Estrella Damm. The event will be presented by the actor and director of theatre Quim Masferrer and the journalist Miriam Riau, and will be able to be been still in direct by 'TV3'.