List of Primera División master coaches

The list of master coaches of the Spanish Primera División includes all coaches who have led their respective teams to a championship in the Primera División . The Primera División is the top division in Spanish men's football and began playing in 1929. Since then, 50 coaches have won 89 championship titles, including Bernd Schuster and Max Merkel , a German and an Austrian coach. The Dutch are the most successful foreign coaching guild with 12 championships.

The most successful coach in the history of the Primera División is Miguel Muñoz , who celebrated a total of 9 championships as coach of Real Madrid , followed by Johan Cruyff and Helenio Herrera with 4 championships. The first championship was won by Englishman James Bellamy together with his assistant coach Romà Forns , who was replaced as head coach with eleven rounds to go that season. The Englishman Fred Pentland was the first coach with two titles and the first title defense. The current master coach is Zinédine Zidane .

The oldest master coach was Luis Molowny with his third championship in 1986 , who at 61 was only a few weeks older than Fabio Capello in 2007. The youngest master coach was Lippo Hertzka in 1932 at the age of 27, followed by Javier Clemente in 1983 at the age of 33.

Note: The list can be sorted : By clicking on a column header, the list is sorted according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting. Any desired combination can be achieved by clicking two columns in a row.

The master trainers

Miguel Muñoz

Leo Beenhakker

Fabio Capello

Louis van Gaal

Rafael Benítez

Frank Rijkaard

Bernd Schuster

pep Guardiola

José Mourinho

Diego Simeone

Luis Enrique

• Season: Calls the playing time of the Primera División. There is a link to the seasonal article.
• Name: gives the name of the master trainer.
• Nationality: indicates the nationality of the master trainer through the flag of the country.
• Club: Name the club that the coach led to the championship title.
• Age: states the age of the coach at the end of the respective season. The deadline is June 30th.

season	Nat.	Surname	society	Age
1928/29		Romà Forns	FC Barcelona	47
		James Bellamy		47
1929/30		Fred Pentland	Athletic Bilbao	45
1930/31		Fred Pentland	Athletic Bilbao	46
1931/32		Lippo Hertzka	real Madrid	27
1932/33		Robert Firth	real Madrid	46
1933/34		Patricio Caicedo	Athletic Bilbao	35
1934/35		Patrick O'Connell	Betis Seville	48
1935/36		William Garbutt	Athletic Bilbao	53
1939/40		Ricardo Zamora	Atlético Madrid	39
1940/41		Ricardo Zamora	Atlético Madrid	40
1941/42		Ramon Encinas	Valencia CF	40
1942/43		Juan Urquizu	Athletic Bilbao	42
1943/44		Eduardo Cubells	Valencia CF	44
1944/45		Josep Samitier	FC Barcelona	43
1945/46		Ramon Encinas	Sevilla FC	44
1946/47		Luis Casas Pasarín	Valencia CF	45
1947/48		Enrique Fernández	FC Barcelona	36
1948/49		Enrique Fernández	FC Barcelona	37
1949/50		Helenio Herrera	Atlético Madrid	40
1950/51		Helenio Herrera	Atlético Madrid	41
1951/52		Ferdinand Daučík	FC Barcelona	42
1952/53		Ferdinand Daučík	FC Barcelona	43
1953/54		Enrique Fernández	real Madrid	42
1954/55		José Villalonga	real Madrid	35
1955/56		Ferdinand Daučík	Athletic Bilbao	46
1956/57		José Villalonga	real Madrid	37
1957/58		Luis Carniglia	real Madrid	40
1958/59		Helenio Herrera	FC Barcelona	49
1959/60		Helenio Herrera	FC Barcelona	50
1960/61		Miguel Muñoz	real Madrid	39
1961/62		Miguel Muñoz	real Madrid	40
1962/63		Miguel Muñoz	real Madrid	41
1963/64		Miguel Muñoz	real Madrid	42
1964/65		Miguel Muñoz	real Madrid	43
1965/66		Domingo Balmanya	Atlético Madrid	51
1966/67		Miguel Muñoz	real Madrid	45
1967/68		Miguel Muñoz	real Madrid	46
1968/69		Miguel Muñoz	real Madrid	47
1969/70		Marcel Domingo	Atlético Madrid	46
1970/71		Alfredo Di Stéfano	Valencia CF	44
1971/72		Miguel Muñoz	real Madrid	50
1972/73		Max Merkel	Atlético Madrid	44
1973/74		Rinus Michels	FC Barcelona	46
1974/75		Miljan Miljanić	real Madrid	45
1975/76		Miljan Miljanić	real Madrid	46
1976/77		Luis Aragonés	Atlético Madrid	39
1977/78		Luis Molowny	real Madrid	53
1978/79		Luis Molowny	real Madrid	54
1979/80		Vujadin Boškov	real Madrid	49
1980/81		Alberto Ormaetxea	Real Sociedad	42
1981/82		Alberto Ormaetxea	Real Sociedad	43
1982/83		Javier Clemente	Athletic Bilbao	33
1983/84		Javier Clemente	Athletic Bilbao	34
1984/85		Terry Venables	FC Barcelona	42
1985/86		Luis Molowny	real Madrid	61
1986/87		Leo Beenhakker	real Madrid	44
1987/88		Leo Beenhakker	real Madrid	45
1988/89		Leo Beenhakker	real Madrid	46
1989/90		John Toshack	real Madrid	41
1990/91		Johan Cruyff	FC Barcelona	44
1991/92		Johan Cruyff	FC Barcelona	45
1992/93		Johan Cruyff	FC Barcelona	46
1993/94		Johan Cruyff	FC Barcelona	47
1994/95		Jorge Valdano	real Madrid	39
1995/96		Radomir Antić	Atlético Madrid	47
1996/97		Fabio Capello	real Madrid	51
1997/98		Louis van Gaal	FC Barcelona	46
1998/99		Louis van Gaal	FC Barcelona	47
1999/2000		Javier Irureta	Deportivo La Coruña	52
2000/01		Vicente del Bosque	real Madrid	50
2001/02		Rafael Benítez	Valencia CF	42
2002/03		Vicente del Bosque	real Madrid	52
2003/04		Rafael Benítez	Valencia CF	44
2004/05		Frank Rijkaard	FC Barcelona	42
2005/06		Frank Rijkaard	FC Barcelona	43
2006/07		Fabio Capello	real Madrid	61
2007/08		Bernd Schuster	real Madrid	48
2008/09		pep Guardiola	FC Barcelona	38
2009/10		pep Guardiola	FC Barcelona	39
2010/11		pep Guardiola	FC Barcelona	40
2011/12		José Mourinho	real Madrid	49
2012/13		Tito Vilanova	FC Barcelona	44
2013/14		Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	44
2014/15		Luis Enrique	FC Barcelona	45
2015/16		Luis Enrique	FC Barcelona	46
2016/17		Zinedine Zidane	real Madrid	45
2017/18		Ernesto Valverde	FC Barcelona	54
2018/19		Ernesto Valverde	FC Barcelona	55
2019/20		Zinedine Zidane	real Madrid	48

The successful trainers

• Place: Indicates the order of the master coaches. This is determined by the number of titles. If the number of titles is the same, they are sorted alphabetically.
• Name: gives the name of the master trainer. Currently active coaches in the Primera División are highlighted in bold .
• Title: states the number of championship titles.
• Years: Name the years in which the coach was able to win the championship.

rank	Surname	title	Years
1	Miguel Muñoz	9	1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972
2	Johan Cruyff	4th	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	Helenio Herrera		1950, 1951, 1959, 1960
4th	Leo Beenhakker	3	1987, 1988, 1989
	Ferdinand Daučík		1952, 1953, 1956
	Enrique Fernández		1948, 1949, 1954
	pep Guardiola		2009, 2010, 2011
	Luis Molowny		1978, 1979, 1986
9	Rafael Benítez	2	2002, 2004
	Fabio Capello		1997, 2007
	Javier Clemente		1983, 1984
	Vicente del Bosque		2001, 2003
	Ramon Encinas		1942, 1946
	Luis Enrique		2015, 2016
	Miljan Miljanić		1975, 1976
	Alberto Ormaetxea		1981, 1982
	Fred Pentland		1930, 1931
	Frank Rijkaard		2005, 2006
	Ernesto Valverde		2018, 2019
	Louis van Gaal		1998, 1999
	José Villalonga		1955, 1957
	Ricardo Zamora		1940, 1941
	Zinedine Zidane		2017, 2020
24	Radomir Antić	1	1996
	Luis Aragonés		1977
	Domingo Balmanya		1966
	James Bellamy		1929
	Vujadin Boškov		1980
	Patricio Caicedo		1934
	Luis Carniglia		1958
	Eduardo Cubells		1944
	Alfredo Di Stéfano		1971
	Marcel Domingo		1970
	Robert Firth		1933
	Romà Forns		1929
	William Garbutt		1936
	Lippo Hertzka		1932
	Javier Irureta		2000
	Max Merkel		1973
	Rinus Michels		1974
	José Mourinho		2012
	Patrick O'Connell		1935
	Luis Casas Pasarín		1947
	Josep Samitier		1945
	Bernd Schuster		2008
	John Toshack		1990
	Juan Urquizu		1943
	Jorge Valdano		1995
	Terry Venables		1985
	Tito Vilanova		2013

Master trainer by nationality

• Place: Indicates the order of the nations. This is determined by the number of titles. If the number of titles is the same, they are sorted alphabetically.
• Country: Name the respective country.
• Title: states the number of championship titles.

rank	country	title
1	Spain	41
2	Netherlands	12
3	Argentina	7th
4th	England	6th
5	Yugoslavia / Serbia	4th
6th	France	3
	Czechoslovakia
	Uruguay
9	Italy	2
10	Germany	1
	Ireland
	Austria
	Portugal
	Hungary
	Wales

Individual evidence

1. ↑ El Mundo Deportivo: GALERIA DE ENTRENADORES - Mr. James Bellamy , April 20, 1988.
2. ↑ El Mundo Deportivo , July 3, 2004.
3. ↑ FCBarcelona.cat: Eighty years since first league win. ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Romà Forns was dismissed eleven game days before the end of the season and replaced by James Bellamy, whose assistant coach he was then.

Web links

• Coaches of Championship Teams