{"id":1944831,"date":"2026-05-20T07:39:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1944831"},"modified":"2026-05-20T07:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:39:35","slug":"ranking-the-best-european-trophy-winning-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1944831","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the best European trophy-winning managers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/branded_sport\/1200\/cpsprodpb\/3e6e\/live\/994b8870-5061-11f1-8b8c-6d33e1d5abb6.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"ssrcss-1k0hlxf-ArticleWrapper e1nh2i2l0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-15twdc6-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<div data-block=\"headline\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18pjzom-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<header data-testid=\"headline\">\n<h1 id=\"main-heading\" class=\"ssrcss-8zqj65-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">Ranking the best European trophy-winning managers<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-1uy5kw5-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-hc6arm-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pflr6j-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/50ef\/live\/eae8bdb0-5395-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/50ef\/live\/eae8bdb0-5395-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/50ef\/live\/eae8bdb0-5395-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/50ef\/live\/eae8bdb0-5395-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/50ef\/live\/eae8bdb0-5395-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/cpsprodpb\/50ef\/live\/eae8bdb0-5395-11f1-b682-cf91850925ea.jpg.webp 976w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"byline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"single-byline\" class=\"ssrcss-sevsa1-ContributorContainer ee66fvo3\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-dt4z-ContributorInfo ee66fvo0\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">By<\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-nsjd43-TextContributorName epw3ir01\">Alex Bysouth<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-dqo7s5-ContributorDetails ee66fvo2\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1m5444d-Text ee66fvo4\">BBC Sport Senior Journalist<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"metadata\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"metadata\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Published<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\"><time data-testid=\"timestamp\" datetime=\"2026-05-20T07:39:35.431Z\">12 minutes ago<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">There is nothing Unai Emery loves more than a Europa League final.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Basque coach already holds the record for winning the competition more than any other manager, notching three on the bounce with Sevilla between 2014 and 2016, before adding another with Villarreal in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Wednesday, the 54-year-old has the chance to extend that record to five, when Aston Villa face Freiburg in the final in Istanbul (20:00 BST).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But how does he stack up against the best European trophy-winning bosses of all time? I&#8217;ve attempted to rank the top 10 below &#8211; you can have your say, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"links\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-94r6ik-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<li class=\"ssrcss-qzx51b-LinkItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0s6gx-LinkHeadline e3eyuya4\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Emery denies Euro king talk but Villa boss could be crowned again<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Published<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\">2 hours ago<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ssrcss-qzx51b-LinkItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0s6gx-LinkHeadline e3eyuya4\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Adriano, Samba, R.Larcos &#8211; ranking the most iconic video game footballers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Published<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\">5 May<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A quick nod to some of those who do not make the list. Udo Lattek won all three European trophies with different clubs &#8211; a European Cup at Bayern Munich, Uefa Cup with Borussia Monchengladbach and Cup Winners&#8217; Cup with Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sven-Goran Eriksson led Gothenburg to a Uefa Cup, won a Cup Winners&#8217; Cup with Lazio and lost European and Uefa Cup finals with Benfica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Raymond Goethals lifted the Champions League with Marseille in 1993, having lost the final two years earlier, and led Anderlecht to Cup Winners&#8217; Cup success in 1978 a year after finishing runners-up to Hamburg. He also lost a final with Standard Liege.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Then there&#8217;s Jurgen Klopp, Champions League winner in 2019 and three-time runner-up. And, of course, heavy-hitting omissions in Brian Clough, who clinched successive European Cups with Nottingham Forest, and Celtic great Jock Stein, the first British manager to win the continent&#8217;s top trophy and beaten finalist in 1970.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But on to those who made it&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18pjzom-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"10-Unai-Emery\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">10. Unai Emery<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Of course, European Cup and Champions League titles carry more weight here than second-tier European competitions, but that is not to diminish those achievements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Emery thrives in the Europa League environment. The only other trophies of his managerial career have come at Paris St-Germain where, despite domestic dominance, the iconic moment of his tenure was a dramatic collapse at Barcelona in the Champions League last 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wednesday will be his sixth final, losing the 2019 edition as Arsenal boss, and that is enough to sneak him in at number 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18pjzom-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"9-Johan-Cruyff\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">9. Johan Cruyff<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is hard to quantify Johan Cruyff&#8217;s achievements as a manager through trophies &#8211; his real legacy is in the foundations laid at Ajax and Barcelona and the crop of managers who have followed the Dutchman&#8217;s innovative ideas and philosophies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But in his fairly short managerial career, Cruyff pioneered success. He guided a young and exciting Ajax side to Cup Winners&#8217; Cup glory in 1987, Marco van Basten scoring the winner against Lokomotive Leipzig in Athens, and then turned a turbulent Barcelona era into another Cup Winners&#8217; Cup crown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The culmination of Cruyff&#8217;s work, though, came in 1992 when Barcelona&#8217;s &#8216;Dream Team&#8217; won the European Cup for the first time in the club&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ronald Koeman&#8217;s extra-time winner carried huge significance, not just in making Barcelona European champions for the first time, but in marking the start of the Catalan giants&#8217; unprecedented success since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18pjzom-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"8-Giovanni-Trapattoni\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">8. Giovanni Trapattoni<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Giovanni Trapattoni won two European Cups as a player with AC Milan before hanging up his boots and guiding the Rossoneri to the brink of more continental success as caretaker boss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Milan were beaten in the 1974 Cup Winners&#8217; Cup final by Magdeburg but that would by no means be the end of Trapattoni&#8217;s European destiny &#8211; albeit in rival colours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Italian won every European trophy going during two spells at Juventus &#8211; a European Cup, Cup Winners&#8217; Cup and two Uefa Cups, plus another during a sabbatical at Inter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His subsequent journeying around Europe yielded domestic trophies, but no more on the continent for a man who finished his varied career as Vatican City boss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18pjzom-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"7-Nereo-Rocco\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">7. Nereo Rocco<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Trapattoni was part of the first AC Milan side to win the European Cup in 1963 under the guidance of boss Nereo Rocco, a purveyor of Catenaccio &#8211; a system built around a type of sweeper, known as a libero and, in Rocco&#8217;s case, swift attacking breaks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A physical and pragmatic Milan stopped the great Benfica side of Eusebio clinching three in a row to win their first continental crown, before adding another in 1969 by thrashing Cruyff&#8217;s Ajax 4-1 in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It may have been more had Rocco and Milan not been competing with Helenio Herrera&#8217;s Inter, who won successive European titles after their rivals&#8217; first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But Milan&#8217;s longest-serving and most successful coach, known for being charismatic and socialising with players and journalists, added to their continental glory with Cup Winners&#8217; Cups in 1968 and 1973.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-1uy5kw5-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-hc6arm-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-pl64zr-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/9f92\/live\/2241be60-506c-11f1-b25f-935f2b5ef09e.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/9f92\/live\/2241be60-506c-11f1-b25f-935f2b5ef09e.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/9f92\/live\/2241be60-506c-11f1-b25f-935f2b5ef09e.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/9f92\/live\/2241be60-506c-11f1-b25f-935f2b5ef09e.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/9f92\/live\/2241be60-506c-11f1-b25f-935f2b5ef09e.jpg.webp 800w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tzgxt7-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Image source, <\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18pjzom-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"6-Pep-Guardiola-and-5-Sir-Alex-Ferguson\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">6. Pep Guardiola, and 5. Sir Alex Ferguson<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This is an argument-starter. Your opinion probably depends on if your bedroom wallpaper was red or blue growing up &#8211; is Sir Alex Ferguson or Pep Guardiola the most successful European boss?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Guardiola has three Champions Leagues to Ferguson&#8217;s two. The Catalan boss won his with a Barcelona side that can lay claim to being one of the best ever, and a Manchester City team who have dominated English football over the past decade &#8211; both enhanced by his genius.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United, meanwhile, were top dogs in the Premier League during Ferguson&#8217;s tenure but clinched that first Champions League crown in the most dramatic of circumstances &#8211; Sheringham, Solskjaer and all that &#8211; and then pipped a lavishly assembled Chelsea in 2008.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tipping the balance in Ferguson&#8217;s favour, though, are those Cup Winners&#8217; Cup triumphs &#8211; the 1991 win against Barcelona set the foundations for Ferguson&#8217;s Old Trafford future, the one with Aberdeen in 1983 put him on the managerial map, knocking out Bayern Munich and then stunning Alfredo di Stefano&#8217;s Real Madrid in Gothenburg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-1uy5kw5-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-hc6arm-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pflr6j-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/1e05\/live\/d9a56120-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1e05\/live\/d9a56120-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1e05\/live\/d9a56120-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1e05\/live\/d9a56120-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/1e05\/live\/d9a56120-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/cpsprodpb\/1e05\/live\/d9a56120-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 976w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tzgxt7-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Image source, <\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18pjzom-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"4-Jose-Mourinho\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">4. Jose Mourinho<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Now then &#8211; the Special One. Talking of shocks, Porto&#8217;s Champions League triumph in 2004 was probably the last great underdog victory in Europe&#8217;s showpiece competition. Jose Mourinho&#8217;s talented side had won the Uefa Cup the previous year, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That earned the knee-sliding enigma a big-money move to Stamford Bridge, but for all his domestic success Mourinho would have to wait until his Inter Milan days for another Champions League crown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mourinho registered epic wins over his former clubs Chelsea and Barcelona &#8211; where the Portuguese was assistant to Sir Bobby Robson for the 1997 Cup Winners&#8217; Cup success &#8211; before Inter beat Bayern Munich in the final to clinch a treble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Perhaps surprisingly, given his next move was Real Madrid, Mourinho has not won the Champions League since. But there has been other continental success &#8211; a Europa League at Manchester United and Conference League with Roma to complete the set.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18pjzom-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"3-Zinedine-Zidane\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">3. Zinedine Zidane<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Zinedine Zidane made this management lark look easy. In his first two and a half seasons at Real Madrid, the Frenchman won three successive Champions Leagues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It made him the first person since Miguel Munoz &#8211; who deserves a mention &#8211; to become European champion as a player and a coach with the Spanish giants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Zizou was of course blessed with Galactico-esque individual talent in his side, but that is never a guarantee of success &#8211; by the time he returned for a second spell in March 2019, Madrid were already out of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He exited in the following seasons to Manchester City and Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But in 53 games managed in the competition, Zidane has more Champions League titles than most coaches dream of, winning it in three out of five attempts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-1uy5kw5-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-hc6arm-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pflr6j-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/51af\/live\/85825c80-539d-11f1-960b-071e01d068d2.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/51af\/live\/85825c80-539d-11f1-960b-071e01d068d2.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/51af\/live\/85825c80-539d-11f1-960b-071e01d068d2.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/51af\/live\/85825c80-539d-11f1-960b-071e01d068d2.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/51af\/live\/85825c80-539d-11f1-960b-071e01d068d2.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/cpsprodpb\/51af\/live\/85825c80-539d-11f1-960b-071e01d068d2.jpg.webp 976w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tzgxt7-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Image source, <\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18pjzom-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"2-Bob-Paisley\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">2. Bob Paisley<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bill Shankly was an almost impossible figure to follow at Anfield. But somehow Bob Paisley &#8211; a Liverpool player, then physio, then Shankly&#8217;s right-hand man and eventually his successor &#8211; managed to bring unprecedented success to the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The County Durham-born boss forged Liverpool into a dominant force in England and Europe &#8211; winning the Uefa Cup in 1976 before a first European Cup in the club&#8217;s history the following season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Paisley&#8217;s side defended that crown at Wembley in 1978, Kenny Dalglish scoring the winner, and &#8211; after Clough&#8217;s Nottingham Forest clinched two on the bounce &#8211; he became the first manager in history to win three European Cups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He would hold the honour of being the only coach to achieve such a feat until &#8211; spoiler alert &#8211; Carlo Ancelotti matched his success in 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Paisley retired from the Anfield dugout in 1983, so could probably lay a claim to Liverpool&#8217;s fourth European crown &#8211; under Joe Fagan &#8211; the following season, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-1uy5kw5-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-hc6arm-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pflr6j-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/fe16\/live\/bf31d580-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/fe16\/live\/bf31d580-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/fe16\/live\/bf31d580-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/fe16\/live\/bf31d580-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/fe16\/live\/bf31d580-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/cpsprodpb\/fe16\/live\/bf31d580-5061-11f1-b5fd-657572a40ad0.jpg.webp 976w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tzgxt7-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Image source, <\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18pjzom-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"1-Carlo-Ancelotti\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">1. Carlo Ancelotti<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Carlo Ancelotti &#8211; the Champions League Don. Not only was he European champion twice as a player with AC Milan, the Italian has since surpassed that in the dugout with five titles to his name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His first two came in red and black, winning the competition with a vintage AC Milan team in 2003 and 2007, either side of that dramatic collapse from 3-0 up against Liverpool in 2005.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But perhaps one of the most impressive parts of Ancelotti&#8217;s achievement is winning the Champions League across several eras &#8211; his victories coming in three different decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Three of those were as manager of Real Madrid. Surprisingly, though, after beating rivals Atletico in 2014, the Italian had spells at Bayern Munich, Napoli and Everton before returning to the Bernabeu to enjoy more European glory in 2022 and 2024. Bellissimo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"riddle\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-oyhass-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"riddle\" class=\"ssrcss-1rtqwma-RiddleWrapper ecegd043\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-u69y16-EmbedPortraitContainer ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1i8v341-MessageContainer ecegd041\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1n29i04-MessageTextContainer ecegd040\">What information do we collect from this quiz?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"topicList\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1opfpqj-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"topic-list\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nj9heb-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pfbb52-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0\">Related topics<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1\">\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-w8zanw-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0\">\n<li>Europa League<\/li>\n<li>European Football<\/li>\n<li>Football<\/li>\n<li>Aston Villa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"promoList\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1opfpqj-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0\">More on this story<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ssrcss-1ughxsy-List e880cno1\">\n<li>\n<div data-testid=\"promo\" class=\"ssrcss-ccqz3i-Promo e1vyq2e80\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1iahvul-PromoCompact e18gnqux0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-wg79iw-PromoContent exn3ah912\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-l0lt4o-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span role=\"text\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-6bmydz-PromoHeadline exn3ah99\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Listen to the latest Football Daily podcast<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cq8pe5p491do&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/branded_sport\/1200\/cpsprodpb\/3e6e\/live\/994b8870-5061-11f1-8b8c-6d33e1d5abb6.png&#8221;] Ranking the best European trophy-winning managers ByAlex Bysouth BBC Sport Senior Journalist Published 12 minutes ago There is nothing Unai Emery loves more than a Europa League final. 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