List of UEFA Cup and Europa League–winning managers

English manager Bill Nicholson led Tottenham Hotspur to victory in the inaugural final, an all-English encounter against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

In 1998, Luigi Simoni led Inter Milan to victory over Lazio in the competition's first single-legged final held at a neutral venue, the Parc des Princes in Paris.

Unai Emery is a record four-time winner: he won three consecutive editions of the UEFA Europa League with Sevilla in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and a fourth title with Villarreal in 2021.

Three-time winner Giovanni Trapattoni led Juventus to victory in 1977, Internazionale in 1991, and Juventus once again in 1993, and Luis Molowny led Real Madrid to consecutive wins in 1985 and 1986, as did fellow Spaniard Juande Ramos who managed Sevilla to victory in both the 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup Finals.

This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality.

Unai Emery is a record four-time winner of the competition as manager
Giovanni Trapattoni , Three-time winner in 1977 and 1991 and 1993.
Rafael Benítez , winning manager in 2004 and 2013 , also became the second manager to win the cup with two different teams.
José Mourinho , winning manager in 2003 and 2017
Juande Ramos , winning manager in 2006 and 2007
Diego Simeone , winning manager in 2012 and 2018
Bobby Robson , winning manager in 1981
Dino Zoff , winning manager in 1990
Franz Beckenbauer , winning manager in 1996
Fatih Terim , winning manager in 2000
Mircea Lucescu , winning manager in 2009 the last UEFA Cup format
André Villas-Boas , winning manager in 2011, and the youngest manager ever to win a European competition, at age 33