List of UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers

Giovanni Trapattoni, record three-time winner of the UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup was a European association football competition contested from 1972 to 2009. English manager Bill Nicholson led Tottenham Hotspur to victory in the inaugural final of the contest in all-English encounter against Wolverhampton Wanderers. For the first 25 years of the competition, the final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium, but in 1998, Luigi Simoni led Inter Milan to victory over S.S. Lazio in the competition's first single-legged final held at a neutral venue, the Parc des Princes in Paris.

Only three managers have won the UEFA Cup on more than one occasion. Three-time winner Giovanni Trapattoni led Juventus to victory in 1977, Inter Milan in 1991, and Juventus once again, in 1993. Luis Molowny led Real Madrid to consecutive Cup wins in 1985 and 1986, a feat emulated by fellow Spaniard Juande Ramos who managed Sevilla to victory in both the 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup Finals.

While Italian managers have won more UEFA Cups than any other nationality, recent finals have been dominated by Spanish managers, with three wins between 2004 and 2007. Five managers have won the title in charge of teams from a country other than their own; the most recent of these was Romanian Mircea Lucescu, as manager of Ukrainian club FC Shakhtar Donetsk.

By year

Bobby Robson, winning manager in 1981

Franz Beckenbauer, winning manager in 1996

José Mourinho, winning manager in 2003

Juande Ramos, winning manager in 2006 and 2007

Final		Winning manager		Club	Ref
1972	ENG !	Nicholson, BillBill Nicholson	ENG !	Tottenham Hotspur	[1]
1973	SCO !	Shankly, BillBill Shankly	ENG !	Liverpool	[2]
1974	NED !	Coerver, WielWiel Coerver	NED !	Feyenoord	[3]
1975	GER !	Weisweiler, HennesHennes Weisweiler	GER !	Borussia Mönchengladbach	[4]
1976	ENG !	Paisley, BobBob Paisley	ENG !	Liverpool	[5]
1977	ITA !	Trapattoni, GiovanniGiovanni Trapattoni	ITA !	Juventus	[6]
1978	NED !	Rijvers, KeesKees Rijvers	NED !	PSV	[7]
1979	GER !	Lattek, UdoUdo Lattek	GER !	Borussia Mönchengladbach	[8]
1980	GER !	Rausch, FriedelFriedel Rausch	GER !	Eintracht Frankfurt	[9]
1981	ENG !	Robson, BobbyBobby Robson	ENG !	Ipswich Town	[10]
1982	SWE !	Eriksson, Sven-GöranSven-Göran Eriksson	SWE !	Göteborg	[11]
1983	BEL !	Van Himst, PaulPaul Van Himst	BEL !	Anderlecht	[12]
1984	ENG !	Burkinshaw, KeithKeith Burkinshaw	ENG !	Tottenham Hotspur	[13]
1985	ESP !	Molowny, LuisLuis Molowny	ESP !	Real Madrid	[14]
1986	ESP !	Molowny, LuisLuis Molowny	ESP !	Real Madrid	[14]
1987	SWE !	Bengtsson, GunderGunder Bengtsson	SWE !	Göteborg	[15]
1988	GER !	Ribbeck, ErichErich Ribbeck	GER !	Bayer Leverkusen	[16]
1989	ITA !	Bianchi, OttavioOttavio Bianchi	ITA !	Napoli	[17]
1990	ITA !	Zoff, DinoDino Zoff	ITA !	Juventus	[18]
1991	ITA !	Trapattoni, GiovanniGiovanni Trapattoni	ITA !	Internazionale	[6]
1992	NED !	Gaal, Louis vanLouis van Gaal	NED !	Ajax	[19]
1993	ITA !	Trapattoni, GiovanniGiovanni Trapattoni	ITA !	Juventus	[6]
1994	ITA !	Marini, GiampieroGiampiero Marini	ITA !	Internazionale	[20]
1995	ITA !	Scala, NevioNevio Scala	ITA !	Parma	[21]
1996	GER !	Beckenbauer, FranzFranz Beckenbauer	GER !	Bayern Munich	[22]
1997	NED !	Stevens, HuubHuub Stevens	GER !	Schalke 04	[23]
1998	ITA !	Simoni, LuigiLuigi Simoni	ITA !	Internazionale	[24]
1999	ITA !	Malesani, AlbertoAlberto Malesani	ITA !	Parma	[25]
2000	TUR !	Terim, FatihFatih Terim	TUR !	Galatasaray S.K.	[26]
2001	FRA !	Houllier, GérardGérard Houllier	ENG !	Liverpool	[27]
2002	NED !	Marwijk, Bert vanBert van Marwijk	NED !	Feyenoord	[28]
2003	POR !	Mourinho, JoseJose Mourinho	POR !	Porto	[29]
2004	ESP !	Benitez, RafaRafa Benitez	ESP !	Valencia	[30]
2005	RUS !	Gazzaev, ValeryValery Gazzaev	RUS !	CSKA Moscow	[31]
2006	ESP !	Ramos, JuandeJuande Ramos	ESP !	Sevilla	[32]
2007	ESP !	Ramos, JuandeJuande Ramos	ESP !	Sevilla	[32]
2008	NED !	Advocaat, DickDick Advocaat	RUS !	Zenit Saint Petersburg	[33]
2009	ROM !	Lucescu, MirceaMircea Lucescu	UKR !	Shakhtar Donetsk	[34]
2010	ESP !	Sánchez Flores, QuiqueQuique Sánchez Flores	ESP !	Atlético Madrid	[35]

By nationality

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

Nationality	Number of wins
Italy	9
Netherlands	6
Germany	6
Spain	6
England	4
Sweden	2
Russia	1
Portugal	1
Romania	1
France	1
Turkey	1
Belgium	1
Scotland	1

See also

• List of UEFA Cup and Europa League winners
• UEFA Cup and Europa League records and statistics

References

General

• "European Cups - Performances by Coach". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. 2008-02-06. http://www.rsssf.com/players/ec-coach.html. Retrieved 2008-03-11. 
• "UEFA Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. 2007-05-18. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/ec3b.html. Retrieved 2008-03-11. 

Specific

External links

• UEFA Cup official history