Official: Alvini wins Serie A coach of the month after flying Frosinone start to 2026-27
Massimiliano Alvini has been crowned the Serie A coach of the month for the period spanning August and September after a flying start with his newly-promoted Frosinone side, who have picked up 10 points from their first five matches back in the Italian top flight.
Alvini wins Serie A coach of the month for August-September
Alvini was appointed head coach of Frosinone ahead of the 2025-26 season after a disappointing 15th-place Serie B finish the year before, finishing second and earning promotion back to the top flight in his first season in charge.
He and Frosinone now sit in sixth place in Serie A with 10 points to their name after the first five matches of the 2026-27 season and are currently on a four-match unbeaten run in the league.
Their campaign began with a narrow 1-0 defeat against Juventus before hammering a then-struggling Fiorentina 3-0 away from home the following week. A 3-2 victory over fellow Serie A newcomers Venezia and a 1-1 draw away against Genoa followed.
Their most recent result was perhaps their most impressive, claiming a 2-0 victory over Champions League outfit Como just before the international break.
Alvini has also earned praise across Italy for his use of young Italian players at the start of the 2026-27 Serie A season. Five of the players included in the Frosinone squad for their 2-0 win over Como have been called up to Silvio Baldini’s Italy U21 side, including Antonio Raimondo, who was awarded the Serie A rising star of the month award for August and September.
These results see Alvini honoured with his first ever Serie A coach of the month award. He will be awarded with the trophy ahead of Frosinone’s next home match, which will be against Sassuolo on Friday, October 16.
Given that there were only five rounds of Serie A fixtures prior to the September-October international break, the first coach of the month award spanned the period across the months of both August and September.
That was also the case for the Serie A player of the month award, which was claimed by Roma’s Donyell Malen on Thursday.
