List of Head Coaches Winning European Cup and UEFA Champions League

Champions League Cup

Below is a list of the head coaches who won the European Cup and the UEFA Champions League . The Spanish coach Jose Villalonga became the first coach to win the European Cup in 1956 with Real Madrid . English clubs and coaches dominated the tournament in the late 1970s and early 1980s, winning all European Cup competitions from 1977 to 1982 . Despite this, the most successful coaches in the European Cup are Italian coaches who have won this tournament eleven times.

Since 1993 , the tournament was officially called the UEFA Champions League, ^[1] and the first head coach to win this tournament in a new format was the Belgian Raymond Gutals , who led the French Marseille to victory.

Only the Englishman Bob Paisley , the Italian Carlo Ancelotti and the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane won this tournament three times, while Paisley as the head coach of one team - Liverpool in 1977 , 1978 and 1981 , Ancelotti won the tournament twice with Milan in 2003 and in 2007 and once with Real Madrid in 2014 , Zidane won the tournament three times in a row with Real Madrid in 2016 , 2017 and 2018 ; another 18 coaches won the tournament twice. Seven people won the European Cup both as a player and as a coach, namely: Miguel Munoz , Giovanni Trapattoni , Johan Cruyff , Carlo Ancelotti , Frank Raikard , Pep Guardiola and Zinedine Zidane . Five coaches won the tournament with two different clubs: Ernst Happel with Feyenoord in 1970 and Hamburg in 1983 , Ottmar Hitzfeld with Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Bayern in 2001 , Jose Mourinho with Porto in 2004 and the Internationale in 2010 , Jupp Heynckes with Real Madrid in 1998 and Bavaria in 2013 , Carlo Ancelotti with Milan in 2003 and 2007 and Real Madrid in 2014 .

Content

1 List of winners by year
2 Coaches who have won the tournament more than once
3 Country Head Coaches
4 notes
5 Links

Winner List by Years

Carlo Ancelotti won the Champions League in 2003, 2007 and 2014

Zinedine Zidane won the Champions League in 2016, 2017 and 2018

Ottmar Hitzfeld won the Champions League in 1997 and 2001

Jupp Heynckes won the Champions League in 1998 and 2013

Alex Ferguson won the Champions League in 1999 and 2008

Jose Mourinho won the Champions League in 2004 and 2010

Pep Guardiola won the Champions League in 2009 and 2011

The final	A country	Winning Coach	Club	Note
1956	Spain! Spain	Villalonga, Jose! Jose Villalonga	Spain! RealMadrid	^[2]
1957	Spain! Spain	Villalonga, Jose! Jose Villalonga	Spain! RealMadrid	^[2]
1958	Argentina! Argentina	Carniglia, Louis! Louis carniglia	Spain! RealMadrid	^[2]
1959	Argentina! Argentina	Carniglia, Louis! Louis carniglia	Spain! RealMadrid	^[2]
1960	Spain! Spain	Munoz, Miguel! Miguel Munoz	Spain! RealMadrid	^[2]
1961	Hungary! Hungary	Guttmann, Bela! Bela Guttmann	Portugal! Benfica Lisbon	^[2]
1962	Hungary! Hungary	Guttmann, Bela! Bela Guttmann	Portugal! Benfica Lisbon	^[2]
1963	Italy! Italy	Rocco, Nereo! Nereo Rocco	Italy! Milan	^[2]
1964	Argentina! Argentina	Herrera, Elenio! Elenio Herrera	Italy! International	^[2]
1965	Argentina! Argentina	Herrera, Elenio! Elenio Herrera	Italy! International	^[2]
1966	Spain! Spain	Munoz, Miguel! Miguel Munoz	Spain! RealMadrid	^[2]
1967	Scotland! Scotland	Stein, Jock! Jock stein	Scotland! Celtic	^[3]
1968	Scotland! Scotland	Busby, Matt! Matt Busby	England! Manchester United	^[four]
1969	Italy! Italy	Rocco, Nereo! Nereo Rocco	Italy! Milan	^[2]
1970	Austria! Austria	Happel, Ernst! Ernst Happel	The Netherlands! Feyenoord	^[5]
1971	The Netherlands! Netherlands	Michels, Rinus! Rinus Michels	The Netherlands! Ajax Amsterdam	^[6]
1972	Romania! Romania	Kovacs, Stefan! Stefan Kovacs	The Netherlands! Ajax Amsterdam	^[2]
1973	Romania! Romania	Kovacs, Stefan! Stefan Kovacs	The Netherlands! Ajax Amsterdam	^[2]
1974	Germany! Germany	Lattec, Udo! Udo Lattek	Germany! Bayern Munich	^[7]
1975	Germany! Germany	Kramer, Dettmar! Dettmar kramer	Germany! Bayern Munich	^[2]
1976	Germany! Germany	Kramer, Dettmar! Dettmar kramer	Germany! Bayern Munich	^[2]
1977	England! England	Paisley Bob! Bob paisley	England! Liverpool	^[2]
1978	England! England	Paisley Bob! Bob paisley	England! Liverpool	^[2]
1979	England! England	Clough, Brian! Brian Clough	England! Nottingham forest	^[2]
1980	England! England	Clough, Brian! Brian Clough	England! Nottingham forest	^[2]
1981	England! England	Paisley Bob! Bob paisley	England! Liverpool	^[2]
1982	England! England	Barton, Tony! Tony barton	England! Aston Villa	^[8]
1983	Austria! Austria	Happel, Ernst! Ernst Happel	Germany! Hamburg	^[9]
1984	England! England	Fagan, Joe! Joe Fagan	England! Liverpool	^[10]
1985	Italy! Italy	Trapattoni, Giovanni! Giovanni Trapattoni	Italy! Juventus	^[eleven]
1986	Romania! Romania	Eugene, Emerik! Emerick Zheney	Romania! Steaua	^[12]
1987	Portugal! Portugal	Arthur Georges! Arthur Georges	Portugal! Porto	^[13]
1988	The Netherlands! Netherlands	Hiddink, Gus! Gus Hiddink	The Netherlands! PSV	^[fourteen]
1989	Italy! Italy	Sacchi, Arrigo! Arrigo Sacchi	Italy! Milan	^[2]
1990	Italy! Italy	Sacchi, Arrigo! Arrigo Sacchi	Italy! Milan	^[2]
1991	Yugoslavia! Yugoslavia	Petrovich, Lyubko! Lyubko Petrovich	Yugoslavia! Crvena Star	^[fifteen]
1992	The Netherlands! Netherlands	Cruyff, Johan! Johan Cruyff	Spain! Barcelona	^[16]
1993	Belgium! Belgium	Gutals, Raymond! Raymond Gutals	France! Olympic Marseille	^[17]
1994	Italy! Italy	Capello, Fabio! Fabio Capello	Italy! Milan	^[eighteen]
1995	The Netherlands! Netherlands	Gal, Louis Van! Louis van Gal	The Netherlands! Ajax Amsterdam	^[19]
1996	Italy! Italy	Lippi, Marcello! Marcello Lippi	Italy! Juventus	^[twenty]
1997	Germany! Germany	Hitzfeld, Ottmar! Ottmar Hitzfeld	Germany! Borussia Dortmund	^[2]
1998	Germany! Germany	Germany! Jupp Heynckes	Spain! RealMadrid	^[21]
1999	Scotland! Scotland	Ferguson, Alex! Alex Ferguson	England! Manchester United	^[22]
2000	Spain! Spain	Del Bosque, Vicente! Vicente Del Bosque	Spain! RealMadrid	^[2]
2001	Germany! Germany	Hitzfeld, Ottmar! Ottmar Hitzfeld	Germany! Bayern Munich	^[2]
2002	Spain! Spain	Del Bosque, Vicente! Vicente Del Bosque	Spain! RealMadrid	^[2]
2003	Italy! Italy	Ancelotti, Carlo! Carlo Anchelotti	Italy! Milan	^[23]
2004	Portugal! Portugal	Mourinho, Jose! Jose Mourinho	Portugal! Porto	^[24]
2005	Spain! Spain	Benitez, Raphael! Rafael Benitez	England! Liverpool	^[25]
2006	The Netherlands! Netherlands	Raycard, Frank! Frank Rykard	Spain! Barcelona	^[26]
2007	Italy! Italy	Ancelotti, Carlo! Carlo Anchelotti	Italy! Milan	^[27]
2008	Scotland! Scotland	Ferguson, Alex! Alex Ferguson	England! Manchester United	^[28]
2009	Spain! Spain	Guardiola, Pep! Pep Guardiola	Spain! Barcelona	^[29]
2010	Portugal! Portugal	Mourinho, Jose! Jose Mourinho	Italy! International	^[thirty]
2011	Spain! Spain	Guardiola, Pep! Pep Guardiola	Spain! Barcelona	^[31]
2012	Italy! Italy	Di Matteo, Roberto! Roberto Di Matteo	England! Chelsea	^[32]
2013	Germany! Germany	Hainkes, Jupp! Jupp Heynckes	Germany! Bayern Munich	^[33]
2014	Italy! Italy	Ancelotti, Carlo! Carlo Anchelotti	Spain! RealMadrid	^[34]
2015	Spain! Spain	Enrique, Louis! Luis Enrique	Spain! Barcelona	^[35]
2016	France	Zinedine Zidane	Spain! RealMadrid	^[36]
2017	France	Zinedine Zidane	Spain! RealMadrid	^[37]
2018	France	Zinedine Zidane	Spain! RealMadrid	^[38]
2019	Germany	Jürgen Klopp	England! Liverpool	^[39]

Coaches who have won the tournament more than once

3 times

Bob Paisley : 1977, 1978, 1981
Carlo Ancelotti : 2003, 2007, 2014
Zinedine Zidane : 2016, 2017, 2018

2 times

Jose Villalonga : 1956, 1957
Louis Carniglia : 1958, 1959
Bela Guttmann : 1961, 1962
Elenio Herrera : 1964, 1965
Miguel Munoz : 1960, 1966
Nereo Rocco : 1963, 1969
Stefan Kovacs : 1972, 1973
Dettmar Kramer : 1975, 1976
Brian Clough : 1979, 1980
Ernst Happel : 1970, 1983
Arrigo Sacchi : 1989, 1990
Ottmar Hitzfeld : 1997, 2001
Vicente Del Bosque : 2000, 2002
Alex Ferguson : 1999, 2008
Jose Mourinho : 2004, 2010
Pep Guardiola : 2009, 2011
Jupp Heynckes : 1998, 2013

Note: the coaches who won the tournament with two different clubs are highlighted in bold.

Country Coaches

This table shows the number of victories for the nationality of the head coaches.

A country	amount victories
Italy	eleven
Spain	10
Germany	8
England	7
Netherlands	5
Argentina	four
Scotland	four
Romania	3
Portugal	3
France	3
Hungary	2
Austria	2
Yugoslavia	one
Belgium	one

Notes

↑ History. UEFA. 2.7.2007.
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ ¹⁶ ¹⁷ ¹⁸ ¹⁹ ²⁰ ²¹ ²² ²³ ²⁴ ²⁵ ²⁶ ²⁷ Final facts and figures.
↑ Celtic adventure reaps reward. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Charlton leads United charge. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Feyernoord establish new order. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Cruyff pulls the strings. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Müller ends Bayern wait. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Withe brings Villa glory. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Magath thunderbolt downs Juve. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Kennedy spot on for Liverpool. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Football mourns Heysel victims. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Steaua stun Barcelona UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Future inspires Porto triumph UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ PSV prosper from Oranje boom. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Crvena Zvezda spot on. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Koeman ends Barcelona's wait. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Ex-Marseille coach Goethals dies. BBC Sport.
↑ Massaro leads Milan rout. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Kluivert strikes late for Ajax. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Juve hold their nerve. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Seventh heaven for Madrid. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Solskjaer answers United's prayers. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Shevchenko spot on for Milan. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Porto pull off biggest surprise. UEFA. 1.1.2006.
↑ Liverpool belief defies Milan. 1.1.2006.
↑ Ronaldinho delivers for Barça. UEFA. 1.6.2006.
↑ Milan avenge Liverpool defeat. UEFA. 5/23/2007.
↑ United strike gold in shoot out. UEFA. 5/25/2008.
↑ Stylish Barcelona take United's crown (neopr.) . UEFA (May 27, 2009). Date of appeal May 27, 2009.
↑ Live - Champions League final (neopr.) . BBC Sport (May 22, 2010). Date of treatment May 22, 2010.
↑ Barça crowned as Messi and Villa see off United (neopr.) . UEFA (May 28, 2011). Date of treatment May 28, 2011.
↑ Match report: Bayern Munich 1 Chelsea 1 (3-4 on pens) (neopr.) (May 19, 2012).
↑ Super Bayern crowned champions of Europe (neopr.) . FC Bayern Munich AG (May 25, 2013). Date of treatment May 26, 2013.
↑ Madrid finally fulfil Décima dream (neopr.) . UEFA (May 24, 2014). Date of appeal April 25, 2014.
↑ Barcelona claim fifth crown (neopr.) . UEFA (January 27, 2016). Date of treatment May 28, 2016.
↑ Zidane proud after Real Madrid penalties win (neopr.) . UEFA (May 29, 2016). Date of treatment May 29, 2016.
↑ Zidane completes player / coach double double (unspecified) . UEFA (4 June 2017). Date of treatment June 5, 2017.
↑ Zidane reaches more milestones in Kyiv (neopr.) . UEFA (May 26, 2018). Date of appeal May 27, 2018.
↑ Klopp warns Europe: 'This is still only the start' (neopr.) . UEFA (1 June 2019). Date of treatment June 1, 2019.

Links

[1] History. UEFA. 2.7.2007.

[uefa-2] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ ¹⁶ ¹⁷ ¹⁸ ¹⁹ ²⁰ ²¹ ²² ²³ ²⁴ ²⁵ ²⁶ ²⁷ Final facts and figures.

[3] Celtic adventure reaps reward. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[4] Charlton leads United charge. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[5] Feyernoord establish new order. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[6] Cruyff pulls the strings. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[7] Müller ends Bayern wait. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[8] Withe brings Villa glory. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[9] Magath thunderbolt downs Juve. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[10] Kennedy spot on for Liverpool. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[11] Football mourns Heysel victims. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[12] Steaua stun Barcelona UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[13] Future inspires Porto triumph UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[14] PSV prosper from Oranje boom. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[15] Crvena Zvezda spot on. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[16] Koeman ends Barcelona's wait. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[17] Ex-Marseille coach Goethals dies. BBC Sport.

[18] Massaro leads Milan rout. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[19] Kluivert strikes late for Ajax. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[20] Juve hold their nerve. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[21] Seventh heaven for Madrid. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[22] Solskjaer answers United's prayers. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[23] Shevchenko spot on for Milan. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[24] Porto pull off biggest surprise. UEFA. 1.1.2006.

[25] Liverpool belief defies Milan. 1.1.2006.

[26] Ronaldinho delivers for Barça. UEFA. 1.6.2006.

[27] Milan avenge Liverpool defeat. UEFA. 5/23/2007.

[28] United strike gold in shoot out. UEFA. 5/25/2008.

[29] Stylish Barcelona take United's crown (neopr.) . UEFA (May 27, 2009). Date of appeal May 27, 2009.

[30] Live - Champions League final (neopr.) . BBC Sport (May 22, 2010). Date of treatment May 22, 2010.

[31] Barça crowned as Messi and Villa see off United (neopr.) . UEFA (May 28, 2011). Date of treatment May 28, 2011.

[32] Match report: Bayern Munich 1 Chelsea 1 (3-4 on pens) (neopr.) (May 19, 2012).

[33] Super Bayern crowned champions of Europe (neopr.) . FC Bayern Munich AG (May 25, 2013). Date of treatment May 26, 2013.

[34] Madrid finally fulfil Décima dream (neopr.) . UEFA (May 24, 2014). Date of appeal April 25, 2014.

[35] Barcelona claim fifth crown (neopr.) . UEFA (January 27, 2016). Date of treatment May 28, 2016.

[36] Zidane proud after Real Madrid penalties win (neopr.) . UEFA (May 29, 2016). Date of treatment May 29, 2016.

[37] Zidane completes player / coach double double (unspecified) . UEFA (4 June 2017). Date of treatment June 5, 2017.

[38] Zidane reaches more milestones in Kyiv (neopr.) . UEFA (May 26, 2018). Date of appeal May 27, 2018.

[39] Klopp warns Europe: 'This is still only the start' (neopr.) . UEFA (1 June 2019). Date of treatment June 1, 2019.