Top coach appearances in Champions League era

Alex Ferguson has made the most appearances in the competition.Tính đến 17 April 2019[77]

The table below does not include the qualification stage of the competition.

	Coach	Country	Apps	Năms	Club(s)
1	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	190	1993–2013	Manchester United
2	Arsène Wenger	Pháp	184[lower-alpha 1]	1988–2017	Monaco (13), Arsenal (171)
3	Carlo Ancelotti	Ý	160	1997–	Parma (6), Juventus (10), Milan (73), Chelsea (18), Paris Saint-Germain (10), Real Madrid (25), Bayern Munich (12), Napoli (6)
4	José Mourinho	Bồ Đào Nha	141	2002–	Porto (17), Chelsea (57), Inter Milan (21), Real Madrid (32), Manchester United (14)
5	Pep Guardiola	Tây Ban Nha	113	2008–	Barcelona (49), Bayern Munich (36), Manchester City (28)
6	Mircea Lucescu	România	103	1998–2016	Inter Milan (3), Galatasaray (26), Beşiktaş (6), Shakhtar Donetsk (68)
7	Louis van Gaal	Hà Lan	95	1994–2015	Ajax (32), Barcelona (36), Bayern Munich (21), Manchester United (6)
Ottmar Hitzfeld	Đức	95	1995–2004	Borussia Dortmund (19), Bayern Munich (76)
Rafael Benítez	Tây Ban Nha	95	2002–2015	Valencia (14), Liverpool (62), Inter Milan (6), Chelsea (1), Napoli (6), Real Madrid (6)
10	Massimiliano Allegri	Ý	86	2010–	Milan (32), Juventus (54)

Notes

Final and winning records

Carlo Ancelotti is the only manager to hold the record of being a three-time champion and reaching four finals of the UEFA Champions League.

• Carlo Ancelotti holds the record of being a three-time champion and reaching four finals of the UEFA Champions League.
• Three managers have won the UEFA European Cup three times.
  • Zinedine Zidane in 2016, 2017, 2018 (all with Real Madrid). He is the only manager to have succeeded winning three consecutive times.
  • Bob Paisley in 1977, 1978 và 1981 (all with Liverpool).
  • Carlo Ancelotti in 2003, 2007 (Milan) and 2014 (Real Madrid).
• Four managers have managed four finalists:
  • Marcello Lippi in 1996, 1997, 1998 và 2003 (all with Juventus).
  • Miguel Muñoz in 1960, 1962, 1964 và 1966 (all with Real Madrid).
  • Sir Alex Ferguson in 1999, 2008, 2009 và 2011 (all with Manchester United).
  • Carlo Ancelotti in 2003, 2005, 2007 (all three Milan) and 2014 (Real Madrid).
• Seven individuals have won the Champions League as a player then later as a manager, four of them with the same club:
  • Miguel Muñoz of Real Madrid won as a player in 1956 và 1957 and as a manager in 1960 và 1966.
  • Carlo Ancelotti won as a player in 1989 và 1990 and as a manager in 2003 và 2007 with Milan, then as a manager in 2014 with Real Madrid.
  • Pep Guardiola of Barcelona won as a player in 1992 and as a manager in 2009 và 2011.
  • Giovanni Trapattoni won as a player in 1963 và 1969, both with Milan, and as a manager in 1985 with Juventus.
  • Johan Cruyff won as a player in 1971, 1972 và 1973, all with Ajax, and as a manager in 1992 with Barcelona.
  • Frank Rijkaard won as a player in 1989 và 1990, both with Milan and in 1995 with Ajax, and as a manager in 2006 with Barcelona.
  • Zinedine Zidane of Real Madrid won as player in 2002 and as a manager in 2016, 2017 và 2018.
• Five managers have won the title with two clubs:
  • Ernst Happel did so with Feyenoord in 1970 và Hamburg in 1983.
  • Ottmar Hitzfeld did so with Borussia Dortmund in 1997 và Bayern Munich in 2001.
  • José Mourinho did it with Porto in 2004 và Inter Milan in 2010.
  • Jupp Heynckes did so with Real Madrid in 1998 và Bayern Munich in 2013.
  • Carlo Ancelotti did so with Milan in 2003 và 2007, and Real Madrid in 2014.
• Ernst Happel is the only manager to reach the Champions League final with three teams:
  • Feyenoord (1970), Club Brugge (1978) và Hamburg in (1983).

Winning other trophies

Vicente del Bosque is the only manager to win the Champions League, the FIFA World Cup and the European Championship.

• Vicente del Bosque is the only manager to have won the Champions League, the World Cup and the European Championship:
  • Real Madrid in 2000 và 2002, the World Cup in 2010 and the European Championship in 2012 with Spain
• One other manager has won the Champions League as well as the World Cup:
  • Marcello Lippi won the Champions League with Juventus in 1996 and the World Cup in 2006 with Italy. In addition, he won the 2013 AFC Champions League with Guangzhou Evergrande, to become the only manager to win both the AFC and UEFA Champions League.[78]
• Two other managers have won the European Cup as well as the European Championship:
  • José Villalonga won the European Cup with Real Madrid in 1956 và 1957 and the European Championship in 1964 with Spain
  • Rinus Michels won the European Cup with Ajax in 1971 and the European Championship in 1988 with Netherlands
• Two managers have won the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Cup with the same club in two consecutive seasons:
  • Nereo Rocco of Milan won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1968 and the European Cup in 1969
  • Giovanni Trapattoni of Juventus won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 and the European Cup in 1985
• Three managers have won the UEFA Cup and the European Cup in two consecutive seasons, two of them with the same club:
  • Bob Paisley won the UEFA Cup in 1976 and the European Cup in 1977, both with Liverpool
  • José Mourinho won the UEFA Cup in 2003 and the Champions League in 2004, both with Porto
  • Rafael Benítez won the UEFA Cup in 2004 with Valencia and the Champions League in 2005 with Liverpool
• Rafael Benítez is the only manager to have won the FIFA Club World Cup, the UEFA Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.[79]
• Two managers have won the Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup and the European Cup:
  • Giovanni Trapattoni of Juventus won the UEFA Cup in 1977 và 1993, the Cup Winners' Cup in 1984 and the European Cup in 1985. He also won the UEFA Cup in 1991 with Inter Milan.
  • Udo Lattek won the European Cup in 1974 with Bayern Munich, the UEFA Cup in 1979 with Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1982 with Barcelona.

Other records

• José Villalonga Llorente is the youngest coach to win the European Cup with Real Madrid in 1955–56 at age 36 years and 185 days.[51]
• Pep Guardiola is the youngest coach to win the Champions League with Barcelona in 2008–09 at age 38 years and 129 days.[80]
• Raymond Goethals is the oldest coach to win the competition with Marseille in 1992–93 at age 71 years and 232 days.[51]
• Julian Nagelsmann of 1899 Hoffenheim is the youngest (31 years, 58 days) coach to feature in a Champions League match, doing so in the 2018–19 season.[81]
• Ricardo Gomes of Paris Saint-Germain is the youngest (32 years, 278 days) coach to win in a Champions League match, doing so in the 1997–98 season.[81]
• Jupp Heynckes of Bayern Munich is the oldest (72 years, 329 days) coach to win in a Champions League match, doing so in the 2017–18 season against Sevilla in the quarter-finals. Moreover, he became the oldest (72 years, 357 days) coach to feature in a Champions League match, doing so in the semi-finals of the same season against Real Madrid.[82]
• Alex Ferguson holds the record of winning 104 UEFA Champions League matches.[83]
• Jupp Heynckes holds the record of most consecutive wins in the competition, twelve wins all with Bayern Munich. The winning run started on 2 April 2013 by beating Juventus 2–0 in the quarter-finals, then winning the second leg, two semi-finals against Barcelona and the 2013 final against Borussia Dortmund. After two group stage matches with Carlo Ancelotti in the 2017–18 season, Heynckes came out of retirement winning four group stage matches, two round of 16 matches, then he reached the twelfth successive win on 3 April 2018 by defeating Sevilla 2–1 in the first leg of quarter-finals, the run ended with a goalless draw against Sevilla on the second leg.[84]
• Carlo Ancelotti became the first coach to feature in the Champions League group stage with eight clubs: Parma, Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich và Napoli.
• Two non-European coaches won the European Cup twice:
  • Luis Carniglia: (1958 và 1959) with Real Madrid
  • Helenio Herrera: (1964 và 1965) with Inter Milan
• During Champions League era, all winning coaches are Europeans. However, three non-European coaches lost their final matches:[85]
  • Héctor Cúper: (2000 và 2001) with Valencia
  • Diego Simeone: (2014 và 2016) with Atlético Madrid
  • Mauricio Pochettino: (2019) with Tottenham Hotspur