Former Man City star Vincent Kompany wins Championship Manager of the Season award

Former Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has been named the 2022/23 Championship Manager of the Season, after leading Burnley to promotion back to the Premier League.

The Belgian, who played for City between 2008 and 2019, winning four Premier League titles, scooped the accolade at the annual EFL Awards in London on Sunday evening. Appointed Burnley boss last June following their relegation to the Championship, he has guided the Lancashire outfit back to the top flight at the very first attempt with ease.

They clinched promotion with seven games to spare, beating Middlesbrough 2-1 at the Riverside on Good Friday. Although they have not yet clinched the Championship title, they are on the cusp of putting the icing on the cake in that respect.

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Kompany, who watched his side suffer a shock 2-1 home defeat to QPR on Saturday afternoon, marking their first defeat at Turf Moor this season, saw off competition from Middlesbrough head coach Michael Carrick and Coventry City boss Mark Robins, both of whom are former Manchester United players, to win the award.

Burnley have been near-faultless in their quest to win the Championship title this season, losing just three league matches. Saturday's defeat to QPR was their first reverse in the league since being beaten 5-2 by fellow automatic promotion hopefuls Sheffield United on November 5.

Although Kompany had experience in management prior to taking charge at Burnley last summer, spending three years in charge of Anderlecht in Belgium, he has excelled in his debut campaign as a boss in England. He has transformed the Clarets' fortunes, resulting in them playing some of the most attractive football ever