List Of European Cup And UEFA Champions League Winning Managers
The competition became the UEFA Champions League in 1992, with Belgian Raymond Goethals leading French club Marseille to success that season.
Carlo Ancelotti is the only manager to have won the tournament more than three times, winning five in total. Bob Paisley, Zinedine Zidane and Pep Guardiola have won the tournament three times. Ancelotti won five titles and reached six finals with Milan and Real Madrid, Paisley led Liverpool to three titles in five seasons, and Zidane won three consecutive titles with Real Madrid. Sixteen other managers have won the competition twice. 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.
European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning managers
By year
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Managers with multiple titles
Managers in bold are still active.
Most wins as both player and manager
This table lists the individuals who have won the competition both as a player and a manager, in order of frequency.
| Wins as player | Wins as manager | Total | |
| Carlo Ancelotti | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Miguel Munoz | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Johan Cruyff | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Frank Rijkaard | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Josep Guardiola | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Zinedine Zidane | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Giovanni Trapattoni | 2 | 1 | 3 |
By nationality
This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each country. Accurate as of the 2024 final.
| Nationality | Number of wins |
|---|---|
 Italy
|
13 |
 Spain
|
11 |
 Germany
|
10 |
 England
|
7 |
 Netherlands
|
5 |
 Argentina
|
4 |
 Scotland
|
4 |
 France
|
3 |
 Portugal
|
3 |
 Romania
|
3 |
 Austria
|
2 |
 Hungary
|
2 |
 Belgium
|
1 |
 Yugoslavia
|
1 |
- ^ Includes West Germany.
- ^ Includes the titles won by Helenio Herrera, who also had French citizenship.