List of UEFA club competition winning managers

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Carlo Ancelotti became the first manager to win nine UEFA competition titles.

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 Europa Conference League, the UEFA Intertoto Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.

Italian Carlo Ancelotti is the most successful manager, claiming 9 titles. Italian managers have won more tournaments than any other nationality, having secured 50 titles, while Spanish managers are in second place with 45 competition victories.

Although no manager has ever won all of these competitions, Giovanni 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 pre-1999 UEFA competitions: the European Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup. Portuguese José Mourinho is the first manager to win at least once the three current seasonal UEFA competitions: the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup or Europa League, and the UEFA Europa Conference League. Zinedine Zidane is the only manager to win three UEFA Champions League tournaments in a row, winning with Real Madrid in the 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.

Starting the 2021–22 football season, UEFA commenced the UEFA Europa Conference League which is a third seasonal competition organized by UEFA. For this reason, a manager can now win three main UEFA club competitions which was previously not possible since the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was last competed in 1999.

Winning managers[edit]

The following lists have been last updated on 16 August 2023, after the 2023 UEFA Super Cup.

By number of titles[edit]

Giovanni Trapattoni has won a total of seven UEFA competition titles. He was the first to have won five out of five confederation tournaments and is the only one alongside Udo Lattek and José Mourinho to have won the three seasonal European competitions.
Alex Ferguson, winner of seven UEFA tournaments.
Louis van Gaal has claimed five UEFA club tournament victories.
José Mourinho has claimed five UEFA club tournament victories, and the first to have won the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Juande Ramos has won three UEFA titles, including two successful UEFA Cup campaigns.
Marcello Lippi has won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.
Fabio Capello, winner of two UEFA club titles.
Bobby Robson won the UEFA Cup in 1981 and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1997.
Aad de Mos has claimed both the Cup Winners' Cup and the Super Cup.
Guus Hiddink won the European Cup with PSV Eindhoven in 1988 and the Intercontinental Cup with Real Madrid in 1998.
Ernst Happel was the only Austrian manager to have won a UEFA competition twice.
Franz Beckenbauer won the UEFA Cup in 1996.
Alain Perrin won the Intertoto Cup in 2001.
Frank Rijkaard won the UEFA Champions League in 2006.
Oliver Glasner won the UEFA Europa League in 2022.
Key
CL European Cup / UEFA Champions League
CWC UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
EL UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
UECL UEFA Europa Conference League
UIC UEFA Intertoto Cup (defunct)
SC UEFA Super Cup
IC Intercontinental Cup (defunct)
Nat. Manager CL CWC EL UECL UIC SC IC Total
Italy Carlo Ancelotti 4 1 4 9
Spain Pep Guardiola 3 4 7
Scotland Alex Ferguson 2 2 2 1 7
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni 1 1 3 1 1 7
Italy Arrigo Sacchi 2 2 2 6
England Bob Paisley 3 1 1 5
France Zinedine Zidane 3 2 5
Italy Nereo Rocco 2 2 1 5
Portugal José Mourinho 2 2 1 5
Netherlands Louis van Gaal 1 1 2 1 5
Germany Jupp Heynckes 2 2 4
Spain Vicente del Bosque 2 1 1 4
Argentina Helenio Herrera 2 2 4
Netherlands Johan Cruyff 1 2 1 4
Belgium Raymond Goethals 1 1 2 4
Spain Rafael Benítez 1 2 1 4
Italy Nevio Scala 1 1 1 1 4
Spain Unai Emery 4 4
Argentina Diego Simeone 2 2 4
Spain José Villalonga 2 1 3
England Brian Clough 2 1 3
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld 2 1 3
Romania Ștefan Kovács 2 1 3
Germany Dettmar Cramer 2 1 3
Austria Ernst Happel 2 1 3
Spain Miguel Muñoz 2 1 3
Germany Udo Lattek 1 1 1 3
Italy Marcello Lippi 1 1 1 3
Soviet Union Valeriy Lobanovskyi 2 1 3
Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson 1 1 1 3
Spain Víctor Fernández 1 1 1 3
Spain Juande Ramos 2 1 3
Argentina Luis Carniglia 2 2
Hungary Béla Guttmann 2 2
England Tony Barton 1 1 2
Italy Fabio Capello 1 1 2
Spain Luis Enrique 1 1 2
Germany Jürgen Klopp 1 1 2
Germany Hansi Flick 1 1 2
Germany Thomas Tuchel 1 1 2
Netherlands Guus Hiddink 1 1 2
England Bill Nicholson 1 1 2
England Bobby Robson 1 1 2
France Luis Fernandez 1 1 2
Italy Gianluca Vialli 1 1 2
Netherlands Aad de Mos 1 1 2
Spain Luis Molowny 2 2
Netherlands Huub Stevens 1 1 2
Romania Mircea Lucescu 1 1 2
Netherlands Dick Advocaat 1 1 2
France Gérard Houllier 1 1 2
Spain Quique Sánchez Flores 1 1 2
Italy Claudio Ranieri 1 1 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tomislav Ivić 1 1 2
England Joe Fagan 1 1
Scotland Jock Stein 1 1
Netherlands Rinus Michels 1 1
Netherlands Frank Rijkaard 1 1
Scotland Matt Busby 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljupko Petrović 1 1
Romania Emerich Jenei 1 1
Portugal Artur Jorge 1 1
Italy Roberto Di Matteo 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vujadin Boškov 1 1
Hungary Nándor Hidegkuti 1 1
England Ron Greenwood 1 1
Spain Joaquim Rifé 1 1
Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano 1 1
Germany Otto Rehhagel 1 1
Scotland George Graham 1 1
Portugal Anselmo Fernandez 1 1
Germany Willi Multhaup 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Čajkovski 1 1
Czechoslovakia Michal Vičan 1 1
England Joe Mercer 1 1
England Dave Sexton 1 1
Scotland William Waddell 1 1
Germany Heinz Krügel 1 1
Netherlands Hans Croon 1 1
Germany Kuno Klötzer 1 1
Soviet Union Nodar Akhalkatsi 1 1
England Howard Kendall 1 1
Scotland Bill Shankly 1 1
Italy Ottavio Bianchi 1 1
Netherlands Wiel Coerver 1 1
Belgium Paul Van Himst 1 1
Netherlands Bert van Marwijk 1 1
Russia Valery Gazzaev 1 1
Germany Hennes Weisweiler 1 1
Germany Friedel Rausch 1 1
England Keith Burkinshaw 1 1
Sweden Gunder Bengtsson 1 1
Turkey Fatih Terim 1 1
Germany Erich Ribbeck 1 1
Italy Dino Zoff 1 1
Italy Giampiero Marini 1 1
Germany Franz Beckenbauer 1 1
Italy Luigi Simoni 1 1
Italy Alberto Malesani 1 1
Portugal André Villas-Boas 1 1
Netherlands Kees Rijvers 1 1
Italy Maurizio Sarri 1 1
Spain Julen Lopetegui 1 1
Austria Oliver Glasner 1 1
Spain José Luis Mendilibar 1 1
Scotland David Moyes 1 1
France Frédéric Antonetti 1 1
Italy Serse Cosmi 1 1
Italy Luigi De Canio 1 1
Germany Thomas Doll 1 1
France Jacky Duguépéroux 1 1
Denmark Preben Elkjær 1 1
France Jean Fernandez 1 1
Spain Benito Floro 1 1
France Jean-Louis Gasset 1 1
France Francis Gillot 1 1
England John Gregory 1 1
France Bernard Lacombe 1 1
Germany Felix Magath 1 1
Italy Carlo Mazzone 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavoljub Muslin 1 1
Spain Joaquín Peiró 1 1
Chile Manuel Pellegrini 1 1
France Alain Perrin 1 1
France Claude Puel 1 1
Germany Ralf Rangnick 1 1
England Harry Redknapp 1 1
England Glenn Roeder 1 1
France Guy Roux 1 1
Germany Winfried Schäfer 1 1
Germany Wolfgang Sidka 1 1
France Francis Smerecki 1 1
France Jean Tigana 1 1
Portugal Jorge Jesus 1 1
Netherlands George Knobel 1 1
Spain Bernardino Pérez 1 1
Romania Anghel Iordănescu 1 1
Spain Luis Aragonés 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladica Popović 1 1

By nationality[edit]

This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality.

Nationality CL CWC EL UECL UIC SC IC Total
 Italy 12 5 10 5 12 6 50
 Spain 11 4 13 3 10 4 45
 Germany 10 5 5 7 3 2 32
 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 1 2 1 13
 Argentina 4 2 2 2 10
 Portugal 3 1 3 1 1 9
 Romania 3 1 2 1 7
 Yugoslavia 1 2 1 1 2 7
 Belgium 1 1 1 2 5
 Austria 2 1 1 4
 Soviet Union 3 1 4
 Sweden 1 2 1 4
 Hungary 2 1 3
 Czechoslovakia 1 1
 Russia 1 1
 Turkey 1 1
 Chile 1 1
 Denmark 1 1

References[edit]

General[edit]

  • "European Cups – Performances by Coach". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  • "UEFA Cup official history". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  • "UEFA Cup Winners' Cup official history". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  • "UEFA Champions League official history". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  • "UEFA Intertoto Cup official history". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
  • "UEFA Super Cup official history". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2008.

Specific[edit]

  1. ^ "UEFA Cup: All-time finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
  2. ^ "UEFA Super Cup – History". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

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