List of UEFA club competition winning managers
This is a list of UEFA club competition winning football managers. It includes victories in the European Cup and UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup and Europa League, the UEFA Intertoto Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.
Italians Giovanni Trapattoni and Carlo Ancelotti, and Alex Ferguson from Scotland are the most successful managers, claiming seven titles each. As of September 2020, Italian managers have won more tournaments than any other nationality, having secured 48 titles, while Spanish managers are in a distant second place with 41 competition victories.
Although no manager has ever won all of these competitions, Trapattoni is the only manager to have claimed the title of five different confederation tournaments. Trapattoni and German Udo Lattek are the only managers to have won at least once the three seasonal UEFA competitions: the European Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup. Zinedine Zidane is the only manager to win three UEFA Champions League tournaments in a row, winning it with Real Madrid in 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18 seasons.
While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is considered to be the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) does not recognise it officially, and therefore successes in this competition are not included in this list.[1] Also excluded are the unofficial 1972 European Super Cup,[2] and the Club World Cup, a FIFA competition.
Winning managers
The following lists have been last updated on 24 September 2020, after the 2020 UEFA Super Cup.
By number of titles
- Key
CL | European Cup / UEFA Champions League |
CWC | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) |
EL | UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League |
UIC | UEFA Intertoto Cup (defunct) |
SC | UEFA Super Cup |
IC | Intercontinental Cup (defunct) |
Manager | CL | CWC | EL | UIC | SC | IC | Total | |
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Carlo Ancelotti | 3 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | |
Sir Alex Ferguson | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
Giovanni Trapattoni | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
Arrigo Sacchi | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Bob Paisley | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 5 | |
Zinedine Zidane | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 5 | |
Pep Guardiola | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | – | 5 | |
Nereo Rocco | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | |
Louis van Gaal | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
José Mourinho | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | |
Jupp Heynckes | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 4 | |
Vicente del Bosque | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Helenio Herrera | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | |
Rafael Benítez | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 4 | |
Johan Cruyff | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | |
Raymond Goethals | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | |
Diego Simeone | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 4 | |
Nevio Scala | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
José Villalonga | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
Brian Clough | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | |
Ottmar Hitzfeld | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | |
Ștefan Kovács | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | |
Dettmar Cramer | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | |
Ernst Happel | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | |
Miguel Muñoz | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | |
Udo Lattek | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | |
Marcello Lippi | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Valeriy Lobanovskyi | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | |
Unai Emery | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
Juande Ramos | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 3 | |
Sven-Göran Eriksson | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | |
Víctor Fernández | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | |
Luis Carniglia | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
Béla Guttmann | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
Tony Barton | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Fabio Capello | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Luis Enrique | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Jürgen Klopp | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Hans-Dieter Flick | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Bill Nicholson | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | |
Bobby Robson | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | |
Luis Fernandez | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | |
Gianluca Vialli | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Aad de Mos | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Luis Molowny | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
Huub Stevens | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | |
Mircea Lucescu | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Dick Advocaat | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Gérard Houllier | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Quique Sánchez Flores | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
Claudio Ranieri | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
Tomislav Ivić | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Guus Hiddink | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
Joe Fagan | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Jock Stein | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Rinus Michels | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Frank Rijkaard | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Matt Busby | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Ljupko Petrović | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Emerich Jenei | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Artur Jorge | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Roberto Di Matteo | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Vujadin Boškov | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Nándor Hidegkuti | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Ron Greenwood | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Joaquim Rifé | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Alfredo Di Stéfano | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Otto Rehhagel | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
George Graham | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Anselmo Fernandez | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Willi Multhaup | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Zlatko Čajkovski | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Michal Vičan | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Joe Mercer | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Dave Sexton | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
William Waddell | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Heinz Krügel | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Hans Croon | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Kuno Klötzer | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Nodar Akhalkatsi | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Howard Kendall | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Bill Shankly | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Ottavio Bianchi | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Wiel Coerver | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Paul Van Himst | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Bert van Marwijk | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Valery Gazzaev | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Hennes Weisweiler | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Friedel Rausch | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Keith Burkinshaw | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Gunder Bengtsson | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Fatih Terim | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Erich Ribbeck | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Dino Zoff | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Giampiero Marini | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Franz Beckenbauer | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Luigi Simoni | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Alberto Malesani | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
André Villas-Boas | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Kees Rijvers | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Maurizio Sarri | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Julen Lopetegui | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
Frédéric Antonetti | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Serse Cosmi | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Luigi De Canio | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Thomas Doll | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Jacky Duguépéroux | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Preben Elkjær | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Jean Fernandez | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Benito Floro | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Jean-Louis Gasset | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Francis Gillot | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
John Gregory | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Bernard Lacombe | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Felix Magath | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Carlo Mazzone | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Slavoljub Muslin | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Joaquín Peiró | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Manuel Pellegrini | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Alain Perrin | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Claude Puel | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Ralf Rangnick | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Harry Redknapp | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Glenn Roeder | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Guy Roux | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Winfried Schäfer | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Wolfgang Sidka | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Francis Smerecki | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Jean Tigana | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
Jorge Jesus | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
George Knobel | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
Bernardino Pérez | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
Anghel Iordănescu | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
Luis Aragonés | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
Vladica Popovic | – | – | – | – | — | 1 | 1 | |
By nationality
This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality.
Nationality | CL | CWC | EL | UIC | SC | IC | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italy | 11 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 48 |
Spain | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 41 |
Germany | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
England | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | 23 |
France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | – | 20 |
Scotland | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Argentina | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Portugal | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 8 |
Romania | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Yugoslavia | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 5 |
Soviet Union | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 |
Sweden | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 4 |
Hungary | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Austria | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 |
Czechoslovakia | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Russia | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
Turkey | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
Chile | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
Denmark | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
References
General
- "European Cups – Performances by Coach". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- "UEFA Cup official history". UEFA. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- "UEFA Cup Winners' Cup official history". UEFA. Archived from the original on 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- "UEFA Champions League official history". UEFA. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- "UEFA Intertoto Cup official history". UEFA. Archived from the original on 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- "UEFA Super Cup official history". UEFA. Archived from the original on 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
Specific
- "UEFA Cup: All-time finals". UEFA. 2005-06-30. Archived from the original on 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- "UEFA Super Cup – History". UEFA. Retrieved 2012-08-22.