List of UEFA club competition winning managers

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Carlo Ancelotti became the first manager to win nine UEFA competition titles. Carlo Ancelotti 2016 (cropped).jpg
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.

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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

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

By number of titles

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 Jose Mourinho to have won the three seasonal European competitions. FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs Ireland 2013-09-10 - Giovanni Trapattoni 03 (cropped).JPG
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. Alex Ferguson.jpg
Alex Ferguson, winner of seven UEFA tournaments.
Louis van Gaal has claimed five UEFA club tournament victories. Louis van Gaal 2014.jpg
Louis van Gaal has claimed five UEFA club tournament victories.
Jose Mourinho has claimed five UEFA club tournament victories, and the first to have won the UEFA Europa Conference League. Jose Mourinho - Inter Mailand (3).jpg
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. Juande Ramos-ua.jpeg
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. Marcello Lippi by Martina De Siervo - International Journalism Festival 2010.jpg
Marcello Lippi has won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.
Fabio Capello, winner of two UEFA club titles. Russia-Aizer (4).jpg
Fabio Capello, winner of two UEFA club titles.
Bobby Robson won the UEFA Cup in 1981 and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1997. Bobby Robson Cropped.jpg
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. Aad-de-mos.jpg
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. Guus Hiddink 2012.jpg
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. Ernst Happel 1978.jpg
Ernst Happel was the only Austrian manager to have won a UEFA competition twice.
Franz Beckenbauer won the UEFA Cup in 1996. 14-01-10-tbh-013.jpg
Franz Beckenbauer won the UEFA Cup in 1996.
Alain Perrin won the Intertoto Cup in 2001. Jean-Claude Plessis 01 (cropped).jpg
Alain Perrin won the Intertoto Cup in 2001.
Frank Rijkaard won the UEFA Champions League in 2006. Frank Rijkaard (2007).jpg
Frank Rijkaard won the UEFA Champions League in 2006.
Oliver Glasner won the UEFA Europa League in 2022. FC Admira Wacker Modling vs. LASK Linz 2018-08-12 (028).jpg
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.ManagerCLCWCELUECLUICSCICTotal
Flag of Italy.svg Carlo Ancelotti 4149
Flag of Spain.svg Pep Guardiola 347
Flag of Scotland.svg Alex Ferguson 22217
Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Trapattoni 113117
Flag of Italy.svg Arrigo Sacchi 2226
Flag of England.svg Bob Paisley 3115
Flag of France.svg Zinedine Zidane 325
Flag of Italy.svg Nereo Rocco 2215
Flag of Portugal.svg José Mourinho 2215
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Louis van Gaal 11215
Flag of Germany.svg Jupp Heynckes 224
Flag of Spain.svg Vicente del Bosque 2114
Flag of Argentina.svg Helenio Herrera 224
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Johan Cruyff 1214
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Raymond Goethals 1124
Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Benítez 1214
Flag of Italy.svg Nevio Scala 11114
Flag of Spain.svg Unai Emery 44
Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Simeone 224
Flag of Spain.svg José Villalonga 213
Flag of England.svg Brian Clough 213
Flag of Germany.svg Ottmar Hitzfeld 213
Flag of Romania.svg Ștefan Kovács 213
Flag of Germany.svg Dettmar Cramer 213
Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Happel 213
Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Muñoz 213
Flag of Germany.svg Udo Lattek 1113
Flag of Italy.svg Marcello Lippi 1113
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeriy Lobanovskyi 213
Flag of Sweden.svg Sven-Göran Eriksson 1113
Flag of Spain.svg Víctor Fernández 1113
Flag of Spain.svg Juande Ramos 213
Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Carniglia 22
Flag of Hungary.svg Béla Guttmann 22
Flag of England.svg Tony Barton 112
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Capello 112
Flag of Spain.svg Luis Enrique 112
Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Klopp 112
Flag of Germany.svg Hansi Flick 112
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Tuchel 112
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Guus Hiddink 112
Flag of England.svg Bill Nicholson 112
Flag of England.svg Bobby Robson 112
Flag of France.svg Luis Fernandez 112
Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Vialli 112
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Aad de Mos 112
Flag of Spain.svg Luis Molowny 22
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Huub Stevens 112
Flag of Romania.svg Mircea Lucescu 112
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dick Advocaat 112
Flag of France.svg Gérard Houllier 112
Flag of Spain.svg Quique Sánchez Flores 112
Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Ranieri 112
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Tomislav Ivić 112
Flag of England.svg Joe Fagan 11
Flag of Scotland.svg Jock Stein 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus Michels 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Frank Rijkaard 11
Flag of Scotland.svg Matt Busby 11
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Ljupko Petrović 11
Flag of Romania.svg Emerich Jenei 11
Flag of Portugal.svg Artur Jorge 11
Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Di Matteo 11
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Vujadin Boškov 11
Flag of Hungary.svg Nándor Hidegkuti 11
Flag of England.svg Ron Greenwood 11
Flag of Spain.svg Joaquim Rifé 11
Flag of Spain.svg Alfredo Di Stéfano 11
Flag of Germany.svg Otto Rehhagel 11
Flag of Scotland.svg George Graham 11
Flag of Portugal.svg Anselmo Fernandez 11
Flag of Germany.svg Willi Multhaup 11
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zlatko Čajkovski 11
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Vičan 11
Flag of England.svg Joe Mercer 11
Flag of England.svg Dave Sexton 11
Flag of Scotland.svg William Waddell 11
Flag of Germany.svg Heinz Krügel 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hans Croon 11
Flag of Germany.svg Kuno Klötzer 11
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nodar Akhalkatsi 11
Flag of England.svg Howard Kendall 11
Flag of Scotland.svg Bill Shankly 11
Flag of Italy.svg Ottavio Bianchi 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wiel Coerver 11
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Van Himst 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bert van Marwijk 11
Flag of Russia.svg Valery Gazzaev 11
Flag of Germany.svg Hennes Weisweiler 11
Flag of Germany.svg Friedel Rausch 11
Flag of England.svg Keith Burkinshaw 11
Flag of Sweden.svg Gunder Bengtsson 11
Flag of Turkey.svg Fatih Terim 11
Flag of Germany.svg Erich Ribbeck 11
Flag of Italy.svg Dino Zoff 11
Flag of Italy.svg Giampiero Marini 11
Flag of Germany.svg Franz Beckenbauer 11
Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Simoni 11
Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Malesani 11
Flag of Portugal.svg André Villas-Boas 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kees Rijvers 11
Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Sarri 11
Flag of Spain.svg Julen Lopetegui 11
Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Glasner 11
Flag of Spain.svg José Luis Mendilibar 11
Flag of Scotland.svg David Moyes 11
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Antonetti 11
Flag of Italy.svg Serse Cosmi 11
Flag of Italy.svg Luigi De Canio 11
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Doll 11
Flag of France.svg Jacky Duguépéroux 11
Flag of Denmark.svg Preben Elkjær 11
Flag of France.svg Jean Fernandez 11
Flag of Spain.svg Benito Floro 11
Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Gasset 11
Flag of France.svg Francis Gillot 11
Flag of England.svg John Gregory 11
Flag of France.svg Bernard Lacombe 11
Flag of Germany.svg Felix Magath 11
Flag of Italy.svg Carlo Mazzone 11
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Slavoljub Muslin 11
Flag of Spain.svg Joaquín Peiró 11
Flag of Chile.svg Manuel Pellegrini 11
Flag of France.svg Alain Perrin 11
Flag of France.svg Claude Puel 11
Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Rangnick 11
Flag of England.svg Harry Redknapp 11
Flag of England.svg Glenn Roeder 11
Flag of France.svg Guy Roux 11
Flag of Germany.svg Winfried Schäfer 11
Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Sidka 11
Flag of France.svg Francis Smerecki 11
Flag of France.svg Jean Tigana 11
Flag of Portugal.svg Jorge Jesus 11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg George Knobel 11
Flag of Spain.svg Bernardino Pérez 11
Flag of Romania.svg Anghel Iordănescu 11
Flag of Spain.svg Luis Aragonés 11
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Vladica Popović 11

By nationality

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

NationalityCLCWCELUECLUICSCICTotal
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12510512650
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11413310445
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 105573232
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54616224
Flag of England.svg  England 7643323
Flag of France.svg  France 31112320
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 44112113
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 422210
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 313119
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 31217
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 121127
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 11125
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2114
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 314
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1214
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 213
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 11
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 11
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 11
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 11
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 11

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