List of UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers

Unai Emery is a record four-time winner of the competition as manager

The UEFA Cup was a European association football competition contested from 1971 to 2009. In the 2009–10 season its name was changed to UEFA Europa League.

English manager Bill Nicholson led Tottenham Hotspur to victory in the inaugural final, an all-English encounter against Wolverhampton Wanderers. For the first 25 years of the competition, the final was contested over two legs, one at each club's stadium. In 1998, Luigi Simoni led Inter Milan to victory over Lazio in the competition's first single-legged final held at a neutral venue, the Parc des Princes in Paris.

Only seven managers have won the competition more than once. Unai Emery is a record four-time winner: he won three consecutive editions of the UEFA Europa League with Sevilla in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and a fourth title with Villarreal in 2021. Three-time winner Giovanni Trapattoni led Juventus to victory in 1977, Internazionale in 1991, and Juventus once again in 1993, and Luis Molowny led Real Madrid to consecutive wins in 1985 and 1986, as did fellow Spaniard Juande Ramos who managed Sevilla to victory in both the 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup Finals. Rafael Benítez became the first manager to win the competition as both the UEFA Cup (in 2004) and as the UEFA Europa League (in 2013), a feat later achieved by José Mourinho, who won the UEFA Cup with Porto in 2003 and the UEFA Europa League with Manchester United in 2017. Diego Simeone won in 2012 and 2018, both times with Atlético Madrid.

Spanish managers have won the title thirteen times. Recent finals have been dominated by Spanish managers, with eight wins between 2010 and 2023. Ten managers have won the title in charge of teams from a country other than their own; the most recent was Austrian Oliver Glasner, as manager of German club Eintracht Frankfurt.

Managers

Giovanni Trapattoni, Three-time winner in 1977 and 1991 and 1993.
Rafael Benítez, winning manager in 2004 and 2013, also became the second manager to win the cup with two different teams.
José Mourinho, winning manager in 2003 and 2017
Juande Ramos, winning manager in 2006 and 2007
Diego Simeone, winning manager in 2012 and 2018
Bobby Robson, winning manager in 1981
Dino Zoff, winning manager in 1990
Franz Beckenbauer, winning manager in 1996
Fatih Terim, winning manager in 2000
Mircea Lucescu, winning manager in 2009 the last UEFA Cup format
André Villas-Boas, winning manager in 2011, and the youngest manager ever to win a European competition, at age 33
UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers
Final Nationality Winning manager Country Club Ref.
1972  England Bill Nicholson  England Tottenham Hotspur
1973  Scotland Bill Shankly  England Liverpool
1974  Netherlands Wiel Coerver  Netherlands Feyenoord
1975  West Germany Hennes Weisweiler  West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
1976  England Bob Paisley  England Liverpool
1977  Italy Giovanni Trapattoni  Italy Juventus
1978  Netherlands Kees Rijvers  Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
1979  West Germany Udo Lattek  West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
1980  West Germany Friedel Rausch  West Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
1981  England Bobby Robson  England Ipswich Town
1982  Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson  Sweden IFK Göteborg
1983  Belgium Paul Van Himst  Belgium Anderlecht
1984  England Keith Burkinshaw  England Tottenham Hotspur
1985  Spain Luis Molowny  Spain Real Madrid
1986  Spain Luis Molowny  Spain Real Madrid
1987  Sweden Gunder Bengtsson  Sweden IFK Göteborg
1988  West Germany Erich Ribbeck  West Germany Bayer Leverkusen
1989  Italy Ottavio Bianchi  Italy Napoli
1990  Italy Dino Zoff  Italy Juventus
1991  Italy Giovanni Trapattoni  Italy Inter Milan
1992  Netherlands Louis van Gaal  Netherlands Ajax
1993  Italy Giovanni Trapattoni  Italy Juventus
1994  Italy Giampiero Marini  Italy Inter Milan
1995  Italy Nevio Scala  Italy Parma
1996  Germany Franz Beckenbauer  Germany Bayern Munich
1997  Netherlands Huub Stevens  Germany Schalke 04
1998  Italy Luigi Simoni  Italy Inter Milan
1999  Italy Alberto Malesani  Italy Parma
2000  Turkey Fatih Terim  Turkey Galatasaray
2001  France Gérard Houllier  England Liverpool
2002  Netherlands Bert van Marwijk  Netherlands Feyenoord
2003  Portugal José Mourinho  Portugal Porto
2004  Spain Rafael Benítez  Spain Valencia
2005  Russia Valery Gazzaev  Russia CSKA Moscow
2006  Spain Juande Ramos  Spain Sevilla
2007  Spain Juande Ramos  Spain Sevilla
2008  Netherlands Dick Advocaat  Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
2009  Romania Mircea Lucescu  Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
2010  Spain Quique Sánchez Flores  Spain Atlético Madrid
2011  Portugal André Villas-Boas  Portugal Porto
2012  Argentina Diego Simeone  Spain Atlético Madrid
2013  Spain Rafael Benítez  England Chelsea
2014  Spain Unai Emery  Spain Sevilla
2015  Spain Unai Emery  Spain Sevilla
2016  Spain Unai Emery  Spain Sevilla
2017  Portugal José Mourinho  England Manchester United
2018  Argentina Diego Simeone  Spain Atlético Madrid
2019  Italy Maurizio Sarri  England Chelsea
2020  Spain Julen Lopetegui  Spain Sevilla
2021  Spain Unai Emery  Spain Villarreal
2022  Austria Oliver Glasner  Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
2023  Spain José Luis Mendilibar  Spain Sevilla

Managers with multiple titles

Managers who've won multiple UEFA Cups/Europa Leagues
Rank Nationality Manager Number of wins Years won Club(s)
1 Spain Unai Emery 4 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021 Sevilla (3), Villarreal
2 Italy Giovanni Trapattoni 3 1977, 1991, 1993 Juventus (2), Inter Milan
3 Spain Luis Molowny 2 1985, 1986 Real Madrid
Spain Juande Ramos 2 2006, 2007 Sevilla
Spain Rafael Benítez 2 2004, 2013 Valencia, Chelsea
Portugal José Mourinho 2 2003, 2017 Porto, Manchester United
Argentina Diego Simeone 2 2012, 2018 Atlético Madrid
Bold = Still active as manager

By nationality

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

UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers by nationality
Nationality Number of
wins
 Spain 13
 Italy 10
 Netherlands 6
 Germany 5
 England 4
 Portugal 3
 Argentina 2
 Sweden 2
 Austria 1
 Belgium 1
 France 1
 Romania 1
 Russia 1
 Scotland 1
 Turkey 1

See also


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