Top 15 of all time The Greatest Football Coaches in History

In this article, we examine the greatest football coaches of all time. If modern football has reached this development and tactical richness, it is primarily because of the efforts of the greatest tacticians in history. What is known as football today is the result of a historical movement that began decades ago beautiful minds who each contributed to the beautiful game.

Pep Guardiola to Rinus Michels. Alex Ferguson to Helenio Herrera. The best players in history, waiting to be called upon. The greatest football coaches in history are listed here.

Top Football Coaches

A list of the top football coaches has been prepared by us. We do not assert that this is an exhaustive list. There will always be people who disagree with and criticize best lists. We therefore eagerly await your feedback and thoughts.

We have to first explain the election criteria before we get started. Two factors go into our selection process: first, honor and accomplishments; second, impact on football history. We define influence as formation on tactical streams or a notable scope of game development.

Another argument is that only the domestic cups of the top five European leagues and their titles are taken into account in the achievements section.

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Distinguished Mention

• Brian Clough
• Lobanovski Valery
• Matt Busby
• Shankly, Bill
• Bela Guttmann 

1. Arsene Wenger

With his diets and training regimens, he significantly altered English football. One of the most important figures in Premier League history is Arsenal Wenger.

 
He is the only coach in history to win the Premier League during an entire season without suffering a single setback. With seven FA Cup victories, Arsene Wenger is the most decorated manager in the 152-year history of the game. Wenger has won all three of the Gunners' Premier League championships.

 Notable Successes:

• 4 League Headlines
• 8 victories in the national main cups

2.Jurgen Klopp

It was he who ended Liverpool's 30-year drought.

Many people rank the 55-year-old as one of the world's greatest football coaches. So far, Klopp has attended four Champions League finals. As a manager, only Carlo Ancelotti has participated in more finals.
One of the most significant tactical developments of the past ten years has been his Gegenpressing method. It's one of the most alluring periods in the competition's history thanks to Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola's recent battle in the Premier League.

Aside from all of that, Jurgen Klopp's distinct demeanor and spirit have made him one of the most well-liked football coaches worldwide.

Notable Successes:

• 3 league title
• 1 champion league title 
• 2 championships in the domestic man cups 

3. Zinedine Zidane

Speaking about Zidane's coaching philosophy is challenging. Which fashion? Was he adding all of that? There are still tactics for those who replicate what they know, but Zidane is uncopyable!

 
Zizou had three different systems: one for entering the game, one for scoring, and one for leaving. These games did not suit his mood! Older kids had saw him on the field, dribbling as if he were drinking water. Being the European champion would now be like drinking water. Year following year!

He is credited by history as being the first manager to win the European championship three times in a row. The historical greats have all come and gone. It was Zinedine Zidane now. Less than three years had passed since his arrival. Madrid residents were yelling, "Long may he reign!" and pounding their mugs.

standing with his head held high in the technical area. He's never had his head down. Zidane has never submitted. The pride in his eyes is evident. The pride of a gambler who would sooner place a wager on himself. Proceed to the fight against the odds. May sparks rise from the ashes.

Notable Successes:

• 2 league tittle 
• 3 Champions League titles in UEFA

4. Louis van Gaal

"WELL DONE! THE GREATEST COACH IN THE WORLD WAS HIRE BY YOU!

When he was chosen to be the Ajax manager, he stated this. The world's best coach, really? It was his first time as the head coach of a football team sitting on the bench. Van Gaal made a jest.

After winning the trophy at Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium four years later against AC Milan under Fabio Capello, his name had to be known worldwide. It was with some youthful, unidentified that Louis van Gaal had become the European champion.

 
It's even more peculiar that Van Gaal led Ajax to the European Cup final the following year after leading the team there twenty years earlier. was beaten twice in penalty shootouts by Juventus, led by Marcello Lippi.

Notable Successes:

• 3 Championships in Leagues
• 1 Champions League championship
•  3 titles in the national main cups

5. Marcello Lippi

Marcello Lippi built Juventus, a formidable and intimidating squad in the 1990s.
They made it to the Champions League championship game three times in a row. They did not, however, take home the silverware in two of them.

With Juventus, Marcelo Lippi took home thirteen different trophies. After that, he took over as head coach of the Italian national team, helping the Azzurri win the World Cup in 2006. In celebration of winning the world title, Lippi lit up a cigar.

Notable Successes:

• 5 titles in leagues
• 1 Champions League championship and 
• 1 Domestic Main Cup championship
• 1 World Cup victory 

6. Ernst Happel

The only manager in football history to lead three different clubs to the European Cup final is him. Which clubs are they? Hamburg, Club Brugge, and Feyenoord!

 
Happel Ernst was a magician. While sitting on the bench of smaller clubs, he achieved much. Happel was there for three European finals and the 1978 World Cup as the Netherlands' coach.

Notable Successes:

• 2 League Headlines
• 2 Champions League Wins
• 1 victory in the national main cups

7. Bob Paisley

He was a coach for just nine years. During these nine years, Bob Paisley won twenty different trophies for the Reds, including three European Cup victories. During the Bob Paisley period, Liverpool was the undisputed superpower of European football.

Twenty awards in nine years! Isn't that incredible?

Notable Successes: 

• 6 league title 
• 3 championships in the European cup 

8. Johan Cruyff

One of the greatest football players in history is also regarded as one of the greatest football coaches in history.

 
In 1985, Johan Cruyff took over as manager of Ajax. After winning the European Cup Winners' Cup two years later, he moved to Barcelona. was victorious in the 1989 European Cup Winners' Cup, this time with Barcelona. and led Barcelona to their maiden European title after that. And finally, four straight La Liga championships for the first and only time.

Legendary manager turned legendary player.

Notable Successes: 

• 4 League Titles:
•  1 The European Cup Championship
• 1 victory in the Domestic Main Cup

9. Helenio Herrera

The Catenaccio style was primarily promoted by Herrera. He is among the all-time greats in Serie A coaching. In the 1960s, Herrera served as the head coach of Grande Inter, the storied Inter Milan team.

The father of all football defensive tactics is Helenio Herrera. The most significant figure in the development of Italy's tactical schools has been this Argentinian.

Notable Successes: 

• 8 League Titles
• 2 Championships in the European Cup
• 3 championships in national main cups.

10. Jose Mourinho

"I now know everything about football. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I KNOW IS THAT YOU WILL LOSE SOMEDAY.

28 large awards! Truly remarkable work has been done by The Special One. With Porto, he won the European championship. After 50 years, Mourinho turned Chelsea into the English champions. After forty-five years, he guided Inter Milan to the European Cup victory.

 
Eight times, Jose Mourinho has advanced to the Champions League semifinals. The only player who has outperformed the Portuguese is Pep Guardiola. With just 15 goals allowed in a Premier League season, Mourinho holds the record for the fewest goals given up.

Notable Successes: 

• 6 Championships
• 2 titles in the Champions League
• 3  titles in the national main cups

11. Carlo Ancelotti

He is the only football coach in history to have won titles in each of the top five European divisions. The only football coach in history to win four European Cup titles is Ancelotti. He is the first football coach in history to have made it to five Champions League finals. He truly is among the greatest football coaches of all time!

Carlo Ancelotti's list of achievements includes 25 major trophies.

Notable Successes: 

• 5 titles in leagues
• 6 titles in the Champions League
• 3 titles in the national main cups

12. Arrigo Sacchi

"I had no idea that you had to be a horse before you could be a jockey!"

When he was made fun of for never having played professional football, he responded in this way. However, Arrigo Sacchi went on to become one of the all-time great coaches.

Dependency on Total Football in theory. intense pressure. maintaining the defensive posture. labeling in zones. trap from the offside. A complete tactical revolution that had traditionalists in Italy quaking with fear.

One of the most significant individuals in football history is Arrigo Sacchi. an idealist revolutionary. Influenced by the Ajax school, which had a particular impact on Jurgen Klopp, Ancelotti, Cappelo, and Guardiola. Football now owes him.

Notable Successes: 

• 1 league championship and 
• 2  European Cup titles

13. Rinus Michels

the person who created Total Football. It takes only a few words to understand why Rinus Michels is regarded as one of the greatest football coaches of all time.

About him, Arrigo Sacchi stated, "There has only been one tactical revolution." And it was at Ajax in the 1970s that football changed from being an individual sport to a team sport.

Rinus Michels won La Liga for Barcelona after winning the European Cup with Ajax. Later, he took over as manager of the Netherlands, leading his team to the 1974 World Cup final, where Germany triumphed.

Notable Successes:

• League Standings
• European Cup championship
• victories in the national main cups
• Title of the European Championship 

14. Pep Guardiola

At just 52 years old, Guardiola is undoubtedly among the greatest football coaches of all time, and he still has a lot of work ahead of him.

Absent proof to the contrary, Guardiola's team always prevails. In ten of the fourteen seasons that he has participated in the Champions League, Pep Guardiola has advanced to the semifinals. In the top five European leagues, he now has ten titles; he will shortly have eleven. As a coach, the genius has already won 32 major trophies.

Is Pep Guardiola the best football coach ever? Not quite yet!

Notable Successes:

• 10 League Headlines
• 2 Champions League Wins
• 5 victories in the national main cups

15. Sir Alex Ferguson

The sole and unique one.

Any football fan will likely respond with Sir Alex Ferguson as the greatest football coach of all time if you ask them.

With 48 major trophies, he holds the record for the most awards won by football coaches! Thirteen times, Ferguson won the Premier League championship. An iconic record that is unlikely to be surpassed. This is unachievable, even by Pep Guardiola's standards.

Not only is Sir Alex Ferguson the greatest football coach of all time, but he's also one of the most well-liked.

Notable Successes:

• 13 League Titles 
•  2 Champions League Titles 
• 5 Championships in the Domestic Main Cups

Conclusion 

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