Carlo Ancelotti to Zinedine Zidane - Which managers have won the most Champions League titles?

Ritabrata Banerjee

Carlo Ancelotti to Zinedine Zidane - Which managers have won the most Champions League titles? image

The UEFA Champions League is considered as the most prestigious trophy in European football which is contested by the top clubs in the continent.

The Champions League in its current form and name started in 1992. Prior to that, it was known as the European Cup which was introduced in 1955. Real Madrid are the most successful club in the history of the Champions League with a record 13 titles to their name. 

Los Merengues are followed by Serie A giants AC Milan who have won seven titles, followed by Bayern Munich and Liverpool who have six titles. The current reigning champions of the competition are Chelsea who defeated Manchester City 1-0 in the final of the last season's competition. 

Only three managers in the history of the competition have won the title thrice. Legendary Liverpool manager Bob Paisely guided the Reds to three Champions League wins in 1977, 1978 and 1981. 

Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti won two Champions League titles with AC Milan in 2003 and 2007 and won a third one in 2014 with Real Madrid. Ancelotti's former assistant at Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane is the only manager in the history of the competition to win three titles in a row from 2016 to 2018 with Real Madrid.

Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid Champions League GFX

Other than Ancelotti and Zidane, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and AS Roma's Jose Mourinho are the only two active managers who have won the Champions League title more than once. While Guardiola guided Barcelona to title triumphs in 2009 and 2011, Mourinho won it with FC Porto (2004) and Inter Milan (2010).

Here, we take a look at all the managers who have won the Champions League title more than once.

Which managers have the most Champions League title?

ManagerTitlesYearsClubs
Bob Paisley31977, 1978, 1981Liverpool
Carlo Ancelotti32003, 2007, 2014AC Milan, Real Madrid
Zinedine Zidane32016, 2017, 2018Real Madrid
José Villalonga21956, 1957Real Madrid
Luis Carniglia21958, 1959Real Madrid
Bella Guttmann21961, 1962Benfica
Helenio Herrera21964, 1965Inter Milan
Miguel Munoz21960, 1966Real Madrid
Nereo Rocco21963, 1969AC Milan
Stefan Kovacs21972, 1973Ajax
Dettmar Cramer21975, 1976Bayern Munich
Brian Clough21979, 1980Nottingham Forest
Ernst Happel21970, 1983Feyenoord, Hamburger SV
Arrigo Sacchi21989, 1990AC Milan
Ottmar Hitzfeld21997, 2001Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich
Vicente del Bosque22000, 2002Real Madrid
Sir Alex Ferguson21998, 2008Manchester United
Jose Mourinho22004, 2010FC Porto, Inter Milan
Pep Guardiola22009, 2011FC Barcelona
Jupp Heynckes21998, 2013Real Madrid, Bayern Munich

 

Ritabrata Banerjee