List of Copa Libertadores winning managers

This is a list of Copa Libertadores winning football managers. Uruguayan manager Roberto Scarone led Peñarol to success in the inaugural Copa Libertadores finals in 1960 and repeated the feat the following season. Argentine clubs and managers dominated the competition in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning 12 out of 15 tournaments from 1964 to 1978. In the 1990s Brazilian clubs and managers dominated the competition with six wins from 1992 to 1999, after which the second period of Argentine dominance began, with seven wins in the period from 2000 to 2009.

As of the most recent 2020 final, Argentine managers have been the most successful, winning 27 out of 61 tournaments held, followed by Brazilians with 18 wins and Uruguayans with 10 titles. On only seven occasions the tournament was won by foreign managers: Croatian coach Mirko Jozić led Chilean side Colo-Colo to victory in 1991, and Argentine Edgardo Bauza won the tournament with Ecuadorian club LDU Quito. All three wins by Paraguayan side Olimpia came under foreign managers: Uruguayan Luis Cubilla led them to victory in 1979 and 1990, and Argentine Nery Pumpido in 2002. Portuguese managers Jorge Jesus and Abel Ferreira won the title with Brazilian sides Flamengo and Palmeiras in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Jozić, Jesus, and Ferreira are also the only managers from outside South America to have won the competition.

The most successful individual manager is Argentine Carlos Bianchi who won the tournament on four occasions, leading Vélez Sársfield to success in 1994, and then again Boca Juniors in 2000, 2001 and 2003. He is followed by fellow Argentine Osvaldo Zubeldía with three consecutive wins in 1968, 1969 and 1970 (all with Estudiantes), while eleven other managers won the tournament twice.

Along with Carlos Bianchi, only three other managers have won the title with more than one club: Brazilians Paulo Autuori (with Cruzeiro in 1997 and São Paulo in 2005), Luiz Felipe Scolari (with Grêmio in 1995 and Palmeiras in 1999), and Argentine Edgardo Bauza (with LDU Quito in 2008 and San Lorenzo in 2014). Bauza is also the only manager to have won the competition with two clubs from different countries.

The data below does not include the 1948 South American Championship of Champions, as it is not listed by CONMEBOL either as a Copa Libertadores edition or as an official competition. However, at least in the years 1996 and 1997, CONMEBOL entitled equal status to both Copa Libertadores and the 1948 tournament, in that the 1948 champion club (CR Vasco da Gama) was allowed to participate in Supercopa Libertadores, a CONMEBOL official competition that allowed participation for former Libertadores champions only (for example, not admitting participation for champions of other CONMEBOL official competitions, such as Copa CONMEBOL).

By year
Osvaldo Zubeldía, winning manager in 1968, 1969 and 1970
Telê Santana, winning manager in 1992 and 1993
Luiz Felipe Scolari, winning manager in 1995 and 1999
Alejandro Sabella, winning manager in 2009
Finals Nationality Winning manager Country Club Ref
001960 (1st)  URU Roberto Scarone  URU Peñarol [1]
001961 (2nd)  URU Roberto Scarone (2)  URU Peñarol (2) [1]
001962 (3rd)  BRA Luís Alonso Pérez  BRA Santos [1]
001963 (4th)  BRA Luís Alonso Pérez (2)  BRA Santos (2) [1]
001964 (5th)  ARG Manuel Giúdice  ARG Independiente [1]
001965 (6th)  ARG Manuel Giúdice (2)  ARG Independiente (2) [1]
001966 (7th)  URU Roque Máspoli  URU Peñarol (3) [1]
001967 (8th)  ARG Juan José Pizzuti  ARG Racing [1]
001968 (9th)  ARG Osvaldo Zubeldía  ARG Estudiantes [1]
001969 (10th)  ARG Osvaldo Zubeldía (2)  ARG Estudiantes (2) [1]
001970 (11th)  ARG Osvaldo Zubeldía (3)  ARG Estudiantes (3) [1]
001971 (12th)  URU Washington Etchamendi  URU Nacional [1]
001972 (13th)  ARG Pedro Dellacha  ARG Independiente (3) [1]
001973 (14th)  ARG Humberto Maschio  ARG Independiente (4) [1]
001974 (15th)  ARG Roberto Ferreiro  ARG Independiente (5) [1]
001975 (16th)  ARG Pedro Dellacha (2)  ARG Independiente (6) [1]
001976 (17th)  BRA Zezé Moreira  BRA Cruzeiro [1]
001977 (18th)  ARG Juan Carlos Lorenzo  ARG Boca Juniors [1]
001978 (19th)  ARG Juan Carlos Lorenzo (2)  ARG Boca Juniors (2) [1]
001979 (20th)  URU Luis Cubilla  PAR Olimpia [1]
001980 (21st)  URU Juan Mujica  URU Nacional (2) [1]
001981 (22nd)  BRA Paulo César Carpegiani  BRA Flamengo [1]
001982 (23rd)  URU Hugo Bagnulo  URU Peñarol (4) [1]
001983 (24th)  BRA Valdir Espinosa  BRA Grêmio [1]
001984 (25th)  ARG José Pastoriza  ARG Independiente (7) [1]
001985 (26th)  ARG José Yudica  ARG Argentinos Juniors [1]
001986 (27th)  ARG Héctor Veira  ARG River Plate [1]
001987 (28th)  URU Oscar Tabárez  URU Peñarol (5) [1]
001988 (29th)  URU Roberto Fleitas  URU Nacional (3) [1]
001989 (30th)  COL Francisco Maturana  COL Atlético Nacional [1]
001990 (31st)  URU Luis Cubilla (2)  PAR Olimpia (2) [1]
001991 (32nd)  CRO Mirko Jozić  CHI Colo-Colo [1]
001992 (33rd)  BRA Telê Santana  BRA São Paulo [1]
001993 (34th)  BRA Telê Santana (2)  BRA São Paulo (2) [1]
001994 (35th)  ARG Carlos Bianchi  ARG Vélez Sársfield [1]
001995 (36th)  BRA Luiz Felipe Scolari  BRA Grêmio (2) [1]
001996 (37th)  ARG Ramón Díaz  ARG River Plate (2) [1]
001997 (38th)  BRA Paulo Autuori  BRA Cruzeiro (2) [1]
001998 (39th)  BRA Antônio Lopes  BRA Vasco da Gama [1]
001999 (40th)  BRA Luiz Felipe Scolari (2)  BRA Palmeiras [1]
002000 (41st)  ARG Carlos Bianchi (2)  ARG Boca Juniors (3) [1]
002001 (42nd)  ARG Carlos Bianchi (3)  ARG Boca Juniors (4) [1]
002002 (43rd)  ARG Nery Pumpido  PAR Olimpia (3) [1]
002003 (44th)  ARG Carlos Bianchi (4)  ARG Boca Juniors (5) [1]
002004 (45th)  COL Luis Fernando Montoya  COL Once Caldas [1]
002005 (46th)  BRA Paulo Autuori (2)  BRA São Paulo (3) [2]
002006 (47th)  BRA Abel Braga  BRA Internacional
002007 (48th)  ARG Miguel Ángel Russo  ARG Boca Juniors (6) [3]
002008 (49th)  ARG Edgardo Bauza  ECU LDU Quito [4]
002009 (50th)  ARG Alejandro Sabella  ARG Estudiantes (4) [5]
002010 (51st)  BRA Celso Roth  BRA Internacional (2)
002011 (52nd)  BRA Muricy Ramalho  BRA Santos (3)
002012 (53rd)  BRA Tite  BRA Corinthians
002013 (54th)  BRA Cuca  BRA Atlético Mineiro
002014 (55th)  ARG Edgardo Bauza (2)  ARG San Lorenzo
002015 (56th)  ARG Marcelo Gallardo  ARG River Plate (3)
002016 (57th)  COL Reinaldo Rueda  COL Atlético Nacional (2)
002017 (58th)  BRA Renato Gaúcho  BRA Grêmio (3)
002018 (59th)  ARG Marcelo Gallardo (2)  ARG River Plate (4)
002019 (60th)  POR Jorge Jesus  BRA Flamengo (2)
002020 (61st)  POR Abel Ferreira  BRA Palmeiras (2)

Managers with multiple titles
Rank Nation Manager Won Runner-up Years won Years runner-up Clubs won
1 Carlos Bianchi 4 1 1994, 2000, 2001, 2003 2004 Vélez Sarsfield, Boca Juniors
2 Osvaldo Zubeldía 3 — 1968, 1969, 1970 — Estudiantes
3 Luis Cubilla 2 2 1979, 1990 1989, 1991 Olimpia
4 Roberto Scarone 2 1 1960, 1961 1972 Peñarol
Juan Carlos Lorenzo 2 1 1977, 1978 1979 Boca Juniors
Telê Santana 2 1 1992, 1993 1994 São Paulo
Luiz Felipe Scolari 2 1 1995, 1999 2000 Grêmio, Palmeiras
Marcelo Gallardo 2 1 2015, 2018 2019 River Plate
9 Lula 2 — 1962, 1963 — Santos
Manuel Giúdice 2 — 1964, 1965 — Independiente
Pedro Dellacha 2 — 1972, 1975 — Independiente
Paulo Autuori 2 — 1997, 2005 — Cruzeiro, São Paulo
Edgardo Bauza 2 — 2008, 2014 — LDU Quito, San Lorenzo
Bold=Still active as manager

By nationality

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

NationalityNumber
of wins
 Argentina27
 Brazil18
 Uruguay10
 Colombia3
 Portugal2
 Croatia1

See also

References
General
  • "Copa Libertadores de América". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  • "Copa Libertadores - Winning Coaches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. 2004-07-10. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
Specific
  1. Andrés, Juan Pablo (10 July 2004). "Copa Libertadores - Winning Coaches". Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. Homewood, Brian (10 September 2013). "Sao Paulo fire Autuori after 13 games". Reuters. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. "Russo ready for Japanese challenge". FIFA. 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  4. "Edgardo Bauza, Quito's redeemer". FIFA. 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  5. "Así llegó Estudiantes de La Plata a su cuarto título de América" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
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