List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning managers

Spanish manager José Villalonga led Real Madrid to success in the inaugural final in 1956 and repeated the feat the following season.

The competition became the UEFA Champions League in 1992,[1] with Belgian Raymond Goethals leading French club Marseille to success that season.

Bob Paisley, Zinedine Zidane and Pep Guardiola have won the tournament three times.

Only six managers have won the title with two clubs: Ancelotti with Milan in 2003 and 2007 and Real Madrid in 2014, 2022, and 2024; Ernst Happel with Feyenoord in 1970 and Hamburg in 1983; Ottmar Hitzfeld with Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Bayern Munich in 2001; José Mourinho with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010; Jupp Heynckes with Real Madrid in 1998 and Bayern Munich in 2013; and Guardiola with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011 and Manchester City in 2023.

Seven men have won the tournament both as a player and as a manager: Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff, Frank Rijkaard, Ancelotti, Guardiola and Zidane.

UEFA Champions League trophy
Carlo Ancelotti became the first and only manager to win five titles when he led Real Madrid to victory in 2024. He also reached a record total of six Champions League finals.
Bob Paisley was the first manager to win the title three times, all with Liverpool .
Zinedine Zidane is the only manager to have won titles in three consecutive years, all with Real Madrid.
Pep Guardiola won three titles in 2009, 2011 and 2023, with Barcelona and Manchester City .
Brian Clough won back-to-back titles as manager of Nottingham Forest .
Ernst Happel was the first manager to win the title with two different clubs.
Ottmar Hitzfeld , winning manager in 1997 and 2001.
Jupp Heynckes , winning manager in 1998 and 2013.
Alex Ferguson won two titles as manager of Manchester United in 1999 and 2008, and reached a further two finals.
Vicente del Bosque won two titles as manager of Real Madrid in 2000 and 2002.