100 Greatest Football (Soccer) Managers
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2024 12:13 pm
Criteria: Influence, achievements, reputation, style of play
1. Alex Ferguson (Aberdeen; Manchester United)
2. Rinus Michels (Ajax; FC Barcelona; Netherlands)
3. Pep Guardiola (FC Barcelona; Bayern Munich; Manchester City)
4. Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan; Chelsea; Real Madrid)
5. Helenio Herrera (Atletico Madrid; FC Barcelona; Inter Milan)
6. Ernst Happel (Feyenoord; Club Brugge; Netherlands; Hamburger SV)
7. Bob Paisley (Liverpool)
8. Valeriy Lobanovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv; Soviet Union)
9. José Mourinho (Porto; Chelsea; Inter Milan; Real Madrid)
10. Johan Cruyff (Ajax; FC Barcelona)
11. Arrigo Sacchi (AC Milan; Italy)
12. Carlos Bianchi (Vélez Sársfield; Boca Juniors)
13. Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund; Bayern Munich)
14. Helmut Schön (West Germany)
15. Jock Stein (Celtic)
16. Herbert Chapman (Huddersfield Town; Arsenal)
17. Alf Ramsey (Ipswich Town; England)
18. Luis Enrique (FC Barcelona; PSG)
19. Béla Guttmann (Újpest; Porto; Benfica)
20. Brian Clough (Derby County; Nottingham Forrest)
21. Miguel Muñoz (Real Madrid; Spain)
22. Otto Rehhagel (Werder Bremen; 1. FC Kaiserslautern; Greece)
23. Giovanni Trapattoni (Juventus; Inter Milan)
24. Udo Lattek (Bayern Munich; Borussia Mönchengladbach; FC Barcelona)
25. Mário Zagallo (Brazil)
26. Marcello Lippi (Juventus; Italy)
27. Vicente del Bosque (Real Madrid; Spain)
28. Nereo Rocco (Triestina; Padova; AC Milan)
29. Guus Hiddink (PSV Eindhoven; South Korea; Australia; Russia)
30. Osvaldo Zubeldía (Estudiantes de La Plata)
31. Jimmy Hogan (MTK Budapest; Austria; Aston Villa)
32. Luis Cubilla (Olimpia Asunción)
33. Viktor Maslov (Torpedo Moscow; Dynamo Kyiv)
34. Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich; Real Madrid)
35. Louis van Gaal (Ajax; FC Barcelona; Netherlands; AZ Alkmaar; Bayern Munich)
36. Carlos Bilardo (Argentina)
37. Vittorio Pozzo (Italy)
38. Matt Busby (Manchester United)
39. Bill Shankley (Liverpool)
40. Jürgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund; Liverpool)
41. Tomislav Ivić (Hajduk Split; Ajax; Porto)
42. Fabio Capello (AC Milan; AS Roma)
43. Lula (Santos)
44. Arsène Wenger (AS Monaco; Arsenal)
45. Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
46. José Villalonga (Real Madrid; Spain)
47. Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil; Saudi Arabia; South Africa)
48. Luiz Felipe Scolari (Grêmio; Palmeiras; Brazil)
49. Telê Santana (Brazil; São Paolo)
50. Hansi Flick (Bayern Munich; FC Barcelona)
51. Hennes Weisweiler (Borussia Mönchengladbach; 1. FC Köln)
52. Albert Batteux (Reims; Saint-Étienne)
53. Ștefan Kovács (Ajax)
54. Roberto Scarone (Penarol; Club América; Universitario)
55. Don Revie (Leeds United)
56. Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany; FC Bayern)
57. Didier Deschamps (AS Monaco; Marseille; France)
58. Aime Jacquet (Bordeaux; France)
59. Raymond Goethals (Belgium; Anderlecht; Standard Liège; Marseille)
60. Guillermo Stabile (Argentina)
61. Juan Carlos Lorenzo (Atletico Madrid; Boca Juniors)
62. Lionel Scaloni (Argentina)
63. Bobby Robson (Ipswich; England; PSV Eindhoven; Porto; FC Barcelona)
64. Gusztáv Sebes (Hungary)
65. Diego Simeone (Estudiantes; River Plate; Atletico Madrid)
66. Antonio Conte (Juventus; Chelsea; Inter Milan; Napoli)
67. Rafael Benitez (Valencia; Liverpool)
68. Guy Roux (Auxerre)
69. George Ramsey (Aston Villa)
70. William Struth (Rangers)
71. Sven-Göran Eriksson (Goteborg; Benfica; Lazio)
72. Willie Maley (Celtic)
73. Enzo Bearzot (Italy)
74. Sepp Herberger (West Germany)
75. Vicente Feola (Brazil)
76. César Luis Menotti (Argentina)
77. Hugo Meisl (Austria)
78. Stan Cullis (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
79. Jenő Kalmár (Honvéd)
80. Luis Carniglia (Nice; Real Madrid; AS Roma)
81. Dettmar Cramer (Bayern Munich)
82. Frank Rijkaard (Barcelona)
83. Thomas Tuchel (Borussia Dortmund; Chelsea; Bayern Munich)
84. Emerich Jenei (Steaua Bucharest; Romania)
85. Vanderlei Luxemburgo (Palmeiras; Corinthians; Cruzeiro; Santos)
86. Massimiliano Allegri (AC Milan; Juventus)
87. Robert Herbin (Saint Etienne)
88. Otto Gloria (Benfica)
89. Ramón Díaz (River Plate)
90. Ljupko Petrović (Red Star Belgrade)
91. Claudio Ranieri (Chelsea; AS Roma; Leicester City)
92. Roberto Mancini (Inter Milan; Manchester City; Italy)
93. Marcelo Bielsa (Newell's Old Boys; Chile; Athletic Bilbao; Leeds United)
94. Fernando Daucik (FC Barcelona)
95. Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk)
96. Luciano Spalletti (AS Roma; Zenit St. Petersburg; Napoli)
97. Fatih Terim (Galatasaray; Turkey)
98. Nils Liedholm (AC Milan; AS Roma)
99. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
100. Unai Emery (Sevilla; Villarreal; Aston Villa)
1. Alex Ferguson (Aberdeen; Manchester United)
2. Rinus Michels (Ajax; FC Barcelona; Netherlands)
3. Pep Guardiola (FC Barcelona; Bayern Munich; Manchester City)
4. Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan; Chelsea; Real Madrid)
5. Helenio Herrera (Atletico Madrid; FC Barcelona; Inter Milan)
6. Ernst Happel (Feyenoord; Club Brugge; Netherlands; Hamburger SV)
7. Bob Paisley (Liverpool)
8. Valeriy Lobanovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv; Soviet Union)
9. José Mourinho (Porto; Chelsea; Inter Milan; Real Madrid)
10. Johan Cruyff (Ajax; FC Barcelona)
11. Arrigo Sacchi (AC Milan; Italy)
12. Carlos Bianchi (Vélez Sársfield; Boca Juniors)
13. Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund; Bayern Munich)
14. Helmut Schön (West Germany)
15. Jock Stein (Celtic)
16. Herbert Chapman (Huddersfield Town; Arsenal)
17. Alf Ramsey (Ipswich Town; England)
18. Luis Enrique (FC Barcelona; PSG)
19. Béla Guttmann (Újpest; Porto; Benfica)
20. Brian Clough (Derby County; Nottingham Forrest)
21. Miguel Muñoz (Real Madrid; Spain)
22. Otto Rehhagel (Werder Bremen; 1. FC Kaiserslautern; Greece)
23. Giovanni Trapattoni (Juventus; Inter Milan)
24. Udo Lattek (Bayern Munich; Borussia Mönchengladbach; FC Barcelona)
25. Mário Zagallo (Brazil)
26. Marcello Lippi (Juventus; Italy)
27. Vicente del Bosque (Real Madrid; Spain)
28. Nereo Rocco (Triestina; Padova; AC Milan)
29. Guus Hiddink (PSV Eindhoven; South Korea; Australia; Russia)
30. Osvaldo Zubeldía (Estudiantes de La Plata)
31. Jimmy Hogan (MTK Budapest; Austria; Aston Villa)
32. Luis Cubilla (Olimpia Asunción)
33. Viktor Maslov (Torpedo Moscow; Dynamo Kyiv)
34. Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich; Real Madrid)
35. Louis van Gaal (Ajax; FC Barcelona; Netherlands; AZ Alkmaar; Bayern Munich)
36. Carlos Bilardo (Argentina)
37. Vittorio Pozzo (Italy)
38. Matt Busby (Manchester United)
39. Bill Shankley (Liverpool)
40. Jürgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund; Liverpool)
41. Tomislav Ivić (Hajduk Split; Ajax; Porto)
42. Fabio Capello (AC Milan; AS Roma)
43. Lula (Santos)
44. Arsène Wenger (AS Monaco; Arsenal)
45. Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
46. José Villalonga (Real Madrid; Spain)
47. Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil; Saudi Arabia; South Africa)
48. Luiz Felipe Scolari (Grêmio; Palmeiras; Brazil)
49. Telê Santana (Brazil; São Paolo)
50. Hansi Flick (Bayern Munich; FC Barcelona)
51. Hennes Weisweiler (Borussia Mönchengladbach; 1. FC Köln)
52. Albert Batteux (Reims; Saint-Étienne)
53. Ștefan Kovács (Ajax)
54. Roberto Scarone (Penarol; Club América; Universitario)
55. Don Revie (Leeds United)
56. Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany; FC Bayern)
57. Didier Deschamps (AS Monaco; Marseille; France)
58. Aime Jacquet (Bordeaux; France)
59. Raymond Goethals (Belgium; Anderlecht; Standard Liège; Marseille)
60. Guillermo Stabile (Argentina)
61. Juan Carlos Lorenzo (Atletico Madrid; Boca Juniors)
62. Lionel Scaloni (Argentina)
63. Bobby Robson (Ipswich; England; PSV Eindhoven; Porto; FC Barcelona)
64. Gusztáv Sebes (Hungary)
65. Diego Simeone (Estudiantes; River Plate; Atletico Madrid)
66. Antonio Conte (Juventus; Chelsea; Inter Milan; Napoli)
67. Rafael Benitez (Valencia; Liverpool)
68. Guy Roux (Auxerre)
69. George Ramsey (Aston Villa)
70. William Struth (Rangers)
71. Sven-Göran Eriksson (Goteborg; Benfica; Lazio)
72. Willie Maley (Celtic)
73. Enzo Bearzot (Italy)
74. Sepp Herberger (West Germany)
75. Vicente Feola (Brazil)
76. César Luis Menotti (Argentina)
77. Hugo Meisl (Austria)
78. Stan Cullis (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
79. Jenő Kalmár (Honvéd)
80. Luis Carniglia (Nice; Real Madrid; AS Roma)
81. Dettmar Cramer (Bayern Munich)
82. Frank Rijkaard (Barcelona)
83. Thomas Tuchel (Borussia Dortmund; Chelsea; Bayern Munich)
84. Emerich Jenei (Steaua Bucharest; Romania)
85. Vanderlei Luxemburgo (Palmeiras; Corinthians; Cruzeiro; Santos)
86. Massimiliano Allegri (AC Milan; Juventus)
87. Robert Herbin (Saint Etienne)
88. Otto Gloria (Benfica)
89. Ramón Díaz (River Plate)
90. Ljupko Petrović (Red Star Belgrade)
91. Claudio Ranieri (Chelsea; AS Roma; Leicester City)
92. Roberto Mancini (Inter Milan; Manchester City; Italy)
93. Marcelo Bielsa (Newell's Old Boys; Chile; Athletic Bilbao; Leeds United)
94. Fernando Daucik (FC Barcelona)
95. Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk)
96. Luciano Spalletti (AS Roma; Zenit St. Petersburg; Napoli)
97. Fatih Terim (Galatasaray; Turkey)
98. Nils Liedholm (AC Milan; AS Roma)
99. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
100. Unai Emery (Sevilla; Villarreal; Aston Villa)