List of the most successful coaches in European football competitions

The list of the most successful coaches in European football competitions includes all 34 coaches currently looking at the three European cup competitions organized by UEFA , the UEFA Champions League , the European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Europa League (UEFA Cup) could win more than once. If the total number of titles is the same, the ranking is based on the value of the competitions won and the number of wins in these and then according to the alphabet.

A second list shows all coaches who have won a European Cup at least once, both as a player and as a coach.

Trainer with two or more titles

So far, 35 coaches have managed to win one of the three European Cup competitions at least twice.

title	Trainer	(European Champion Clubs' Cup) UEFA Champions League	European Cup Winners' Cup (held until 1999)	(UEFA Cup) UEFA Europa League
5	Giovanni Trapattoni	1985 ( Juventus Turin )	1984 ( Juventus Turin )	1977 , 1993 ( Juventus Turin ), 1991 ( Inter Milan )
4th	Bob Paisley	1977 , 1978 , 1981 ( Liverpool FC )		1976 ( Liverpool FC )
	Alex Ferguson	1999 , 2008 ( Manchester United )	1983 ( Aberdeen FC ), 1991 ( Manchester United )
	Nereo Rocco	1963 , 1969 ( AC Milan )	1968 , 1973 ( AC Milan )
	José Mourinho	2004 ( FC Porto ), 2010 ( Inter Milan )		2003 ( FC Porto ), 2017 ( Manchester United )
3	Carlo Ancelotti	2003 , 2007 ( AC Milan ), 2014 ( Real Madrid )
	Zinedine Zidane	2016 , 2017 , 2018 ( Real Madrid )
	José Villalonga Llorente	1956 , 1957 ( Real Madrid )	1962 ( Atlético Madrid )
	Johan Cruyff	1992 ( FC Barcelona )	1987 ( Ajax Amsterdam ), 1989 ( FC Barcelona )
	Udo Lattek	1974 ( FC Bayern Munich )	1982 ( FC Barcelona )	1979 ( Borussia Mönchengladbach )
	Rafael Benítez	2005 ( Liverpool FC )		2004 ( Valencia CF ), 2013 ( Chelsea FC )
	Unai Emery			2014 , 2015 , 2016 ( Sevilla FC )
2	Vicente del Bosque	2000 , 2002 ( Real Madrid )
	Ernst Happel	1970 ( Feyenoord Rotterdam ), 1983 ( Hamburger SV )
	Luis Carniglia *	1958 , 1959 ( Real Madrid )
	Brian Clough	1979 , 1980 ( Nottingham Forest )
	Dettmar Cramer	1975 , 1976 ( FC Bayern Munich )
	pep Guardiola	2009 , 2011 ( FC Barcelona )
	Béla Guttmann	1961 , 1962 ( Benfica Lisbon )
	Helenio Herrera **	1964 , 1965 ( Inter Milan )
	Jupp Heynckes	1998 ( Real Madrid ), 2013 ( FC Bayern Munich )
	Ottmar Hitzfeld	1997 ( Borussia Dortmund ), 2001 ( FC Bayern Munich )
	Ștefan Kovács	1972 , 1973 ( Ajax Amsterdam )
	Miguel Muñoz	1960 , 1966 ( Real Madrid )
	Arrigo Sacchi	1989 , 1990 ( AC Milan )
	Raymond Goethals	1993 ( Olympique Marseille )	1978 ( RSC Anderlecht )
	Louis van Gaal	1995 ( Ajax Amsterdam )		1992 ( Ajax Amsterdam )
	Valery Lobanovsky		1975 , 1986 ( Dynamo Kiev )
	Sven-Göran Eriksson		1999 ( Lazio Rome )	1982 ( IFK Gothenburg )
	Bill Nicholson		1963 ( Tottenham Hotspur )	1972 ( Tottenham Hotspur )
	Bobby Robson		1997 ( FC Barcelona )	1981 ( Ipswich Town )
	Nevio Scala		1993 ( AC Parma )	1995 ( AC Parma )
	Luis Molowny			1985 , 1986 ( Real Madrid )
	Juande Ramos			2006 , 2007 ( Sevilla FC )
	Diego Simeone			2012 , 2018 ( Atlético Madrid )
Coaches who have won all three competitions

* Won the Messestädte-Pokal 1960/61 with AS Roma .
** Still won the Exhibition Cities Cup 1958–1960 with FC Barcelona .
In addition, the Argentine Alejandro Scopelli won this competition twice in 1962 and 1963 with Valencia CF and the Englishman Don Revie in 1968 and 1971 with Leeds United .

Coaches who also won titles as players

So far, 17 players have won a European Cup at least once, both as players and then as coaches.
The titles as players are listed in italics in the top line.

title	Trainer	(European Champion Clubs' Cup) UEFA Champions League	European Cup Winners' Cup (held until 1999)	(UEFA Cup) UEFA Europa League
8th	Giovanni Trapattoni	1963 , 1969 ( AC Milan ) 1985 ( Juventus Turin )	1968 ( AC Milan ) 1984 ( Juventus Turin )	1977 , 1993 ( Juventus Turin ), 1991 ( Inter Milan )
6th	Johan Cruyff	1971 , 1972 , 1973 ( Ajax Amsterdam ) 1992 ( FC Barcelona )	1987 ( Ajax Amsterdam ), 1989 ( FC Barcelona )
5	Carlo Ancelotti	1989 , 1990 ( AC Milan ) 2003 , 2007 ( AC Milan ), 2014 ( Real Madrid )
	Miguel Muñoz	1956 , 1957 , 1958 ( Real Madrid ) 1960 , 1966 ( Real Madrid )
	/ Alfredo Di Stéfano	1956 , 1957 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960 ( Real Madrid )	1980 ( Valencia CF )
	Frank Rijkaard	1989 , 1990 ( AC Milan ), 1995 ( Ajax Amsterdam ) 2006 ( FC Barcelona )	1987 ( Ajax Amsterdam )
	Franz Beckenbauer	1974 , 1975 , 1976 ( FC Bayern Munich )	1967 ( FC Bayern Munich )	1996 ( FC Bayern Munich )
	Gianluca Vialli	1996 ( Juventus Turin )	1990 ( Sampdoria Genoa ), 1998 ( Chelsea FC ) 1998 ( Chelsea FC ) *	1993 ( Juventus Turin )
4th	Zinedine Zidane	2002 ( Real Madrid ) 2016 , 2017 , 2018 ( Real Madrid )
	pep Guardiola	1992 ( FC Barcelona ) 2009 , 2011 ( FC Barcelona )	1997 ( FC Barcelona )
	Nevio Scala	1969 ( AC Milan )	1968 ( AC Milan ) 1993 ( AC Parma )	1995 ( AC Parma )
3	Jupp Heynckes	1998 ( Real Madrid ), 2013 ( Bayern Munich )		1975 ( Borussia Mönchengladbach )
	Luis Molowny	1956 ( Real Madrid )		1985 , 1986 ( Real Madrid )
	Diego Simeone			1998 ( Inter Milan ) 2012 , 2018 ( Atlético Madrid )
2	Luis Enrique	2015 ( FC Barcelona )	1997 ( FC Barcelona )
	Huub Stevens			1978 ( PSV Eindhoven ) 1997 ( FC Schalke 04 )
	Dino Zoff			1977 ( Juventus Turin ) 1990 ( Juventus Turin )
Players who won all three competitions

* as a player-coach