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The greatest football managers of all time according to France Football

The top 3 according to 6 votes from people: Pep Guardiola · Helenio Herrera · Carlo Ancelotti. (Updated May 21, 2019.)

The top 30 of the ranking of the 50 greatest managers in history published by France Football in March 2019, based on trophies, influence and length of career. Rinus Michels came first.

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Top 30

  1. 1

    Pep Guardiola

    The Barça of six trophies in 2009, then Bayern and Manchester City.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  2. 2

    Helenio Herrera

    The catenaccio of "La Grande Inter", European Cups in 1964 and 1965.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  3. 3

    Carlo Ancelotti

    Champions Leagues with Milan (2003, 2007) and Real Madrid (2014).

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  4. 4

    Miguel Muñoz

    1960s Real Madrid: two European Cups and nine league titles.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    Viktor Maslov

    The 1960s Dynamo Kyiv, a pioneer of pressing.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    Rinus Michels

    The father of "Total Football": 1971 European Cup with Ajax and Euro 1988 with the Netherlands.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  7. 7

    Sir Alex Ferguson

    26 years at Manchester United, 13 league titles and two European Cups (1999 and 2008).

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  8. 8

    Arrigo Sacchi

    Milan's pressing machine and two European Cups in a row (1989 and 1990).

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  9. 9

    Johan Cruyff

    Barça's "Dream Team" and the club's first European Cup, in 1992.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  10. 10

    Valeriy Lobanovskyi

    The scientific Dynamo Kyiv, two Cup Winners' Cups (1975 and 1986).

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  11. 11

    Ernst Happel

    European Cups with Feyenoord (1970) and Hamburg (1983).

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  12. 12

    Bill Shankly

    The man who built modern Liverpool (1959-1974).

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  13. 13

    Matt Busby

    The "Busby Babes", the rebuild after Munich and the 1968 European Cup.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  14. 14

    Giovanni Trapattoni

    The Juventus that won every European trophy.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  15. 15

    José Mourinho

    Champions League with Porto (2004) and Inter (2010).

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  16. 16

    Brian Clough

    Nottingham Forest, European champions twice (1979 and 1980).

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  17. 17

    Marcello Lippi

    1996 Champions League with Juventus and the 2006 World Cup with Italy.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  18. 18

    Louis van Gaal

    The young Ajax side that won the 1995 Champions League.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  19. 19

    Ottmar Hitzfeld

    Champions League with Dortmund (1997) and Bayern (2001).

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  20. 20

    Béla Guttmann

    Benfica's double European champions (1961 and 1962), and his famous "curse".

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  21. 21

    Fabio Capello

    The unbeaten Milan and the 1994 Champions League.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  22. 22

    Zinedine Zidane

    Three Champions Leagues in a row with Real Madrid (2016-2018).

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  23. 23

    Herbert Chapman

    Huddersfield and Arsenal between the wars, inventor of the WM formation.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  24. 24

    Jupp Heynckes

    European Cup with Real Madrid (1998) and the treble with Bayern (2013).

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  25. 25

    Bob Paisley

    Three European Cups with Liverpool (1977, 1978 and 1981).

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  26. 26

    Jürgen Klopp

    Dortmund's 2012 double and "gegenpressing".

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  27. 27

    Albert Batteux

    The great Reims of the 1950s and France third at the 1958 World Cup.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  28. 28

    Guus Hiddink

    1988 European Cup with PSV and South Korea's run to the 2002 semi-finals.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  29. 29

    Udo Lattek

    The only coach to win all three European trophies with three different clubs.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  30. 30

    Nereo Rocco

    The Milan that won the European Cup in 1963 and 1969.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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