List of UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers

The UEFA Cup was a European association football competition contested from 1972 to 2009. In the 2009–10 season its name was changed to UEFA Europa League.

Giovanni Trapattoni and Unai Emery, a record three-time winners

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 Internazionale 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. Three-time winner Giovanni Trapattoni led Juventus to victory in 1977, Internazionale in 1991, and Juventus once again in 1993, and Unai Emery won three consecutive editions of the UEFA Europa League with Sevilla in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Luis Molowny led Real Madrid to consecutive Cup 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 eleven times. Recent finals have been dominated by Spanish managers, with nine wins between 2004 and 2020. Nine managers have won the title in charge of teams from a country other than their own; the most recent was Italian Maurizio Sarri, as manager of English club Chelsea.

By year
Rafael Benítez, winning manager in 2004 and 2013, also became the second manager to win the cup with two different teams.
Juande Ramos, winning manager in 2006 and 2007
Bobby Robson, winning manager in 1981
Dino Zoff, winning manager in 1990
Franz Beckenbauer, winning manager in 1996
Fatih Terim, winning manager in 2000
José Mourinho, winning manager in 2003 and 2017
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
Diego Simeone, winning manager in 2012 and 2018
Final Nationality Winning manager Country Club Ref
1972  ENGBill Nicholson  ENGTottenham Hotspur [1]
1973  SCOBill Shankly  ENGLiverpool [2]
1974  NEDWiel Coerver  NEDFeyenoord [3]
1975  FRGHennes Weisweiler  FRGBorussia Mönchengladbach [4]
1976  ENGBob Paisley  ENGLiverpool [5]
1977  ITAGiovanni Trapattoni  ITAJuventus [6]
1978  NEDKees Rijvers  NEDPSV Eindhoven [7]
1979  FRGUdo Lattek  FRGBorussia Mönchengladbach [8]
1980  FRGFriedel Rausch  FRGEintracht Frankfurt [9]
1981  ENGBobby Robson  ENGIpswich Town [10]
1982  SWESven-Göran Eriksson  SWEIFK Göteborg [11]
1983  BELPaul Van Himst  BELAnderlecht [12]
1984  ENGKeith Burkinshaw  ENGTottenham Hotspur [13]
1985  ESPLuis Molowny  ESPReal Madrid [14]
1986  ESPLuis Molowny  ESPReal Madrid [14]
1987  SWEGunder Bengtsson  SWEIFK Göteborg [15]
1988  FRGErich Ribbeck  FRGBayer Leverkusen [16]
1989  ITAOttavio Bianchi  ITANapoli [17]
1990  ITADino Zoff  ITAJuventus [18]
1991  ITAGiovanni Trapattoni  ITAInternazionale [6]
1992  NEDLouis van Gaal  NEDAjax [19]
1993  ITAGiovanni Trapattoni  ITAJuventus [6]
1994  ITAGiampiero Marini  ITAInternazionale [20]
1995  ITANevio Scala  ITAParma [21]
1996  GERFranz Beckenbauer  GERBayern Munich [22]
1997  NEDHuub Stevens  GERSchalke 04 [23]
1998  ITALuigi Simoni  ITAInternazionale [24]
1999  ITAAlberto Malesani  ITAParma [25]
2000  TURFatih Terim  TURGalatasaray [26]
2001  FRAGérard Houllier  ENGLiverpool [27]
2002  NEDBert van Marwijk  NEDFeyenoord [28]
2003  PORJosé Mourinho  PORPorto [29]
2004  ESPRafael Benítez  ESPValencia [30]
2005  RUSValery Gazzaev  RUSCSKA Moscow [31]
2006  ESPJuande Ramos  ESPSevilla [32]
2007  ESPJuande Ramos  ESPSevilla [32]
2008  NEDDick Advocaat  RUSZenit Saint Petersburg [33]
2009  ROMMircea Lucescu  UKRShakhtar Donetsk [34]
2010  ESPQuique Sánchez Flores  ESPAtlético Madrid [35]
2011  PORAndré Villas-Boas  PORPorto [36]
2012  ARGDiego Simeone  ESPAtlético Madrid [37]
2013  ESPRafael Benítez  ENGChelsea [38]
2014  ESPUnai Emery  ESPSevilla [39]
2015  ESPUnai Emery  ESPSevilla [40]
2016  ESPUnai Emery  ESPSevilla [41]
2017  PORJosé Mourinho  ENGManchester United [42]
2018  ARGDiego Simeone  ESPAtlético Madrid [43]
2019  ITAMaurizio Sarri  ENGChelsea [44]
2020  ESPJulen Lopetegui  ESPSevilla [45]

Managers with multiple titles
Rank Nation Manager Won Years won Club(s) won
1 Giovanni Trapattoni 3 1977, 1991, 1993 Internazionale, Juventus
Unai Emery 3 2014, 2015, 2016 Sevilla
2 Luis Molowny 2 1985, 1986 Real Madrid
Juande Ramos 2 2006, 2007 Sevilla
Rafael Benítez 2 2004, 2013 Valencia, Chelsea
José Mourinho 2 2003, 2017 Porto, Manchester United
Diego Simeone 2 2012, 2018 Atlético Madrid

By nationality

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

NationalityNumber of
wins
 Spain11
 Italy10
 Netherlands6
 Germany5
 England4
 Portugal3
 Argentina2
 Sweden2
 Belgium1
 France1
 Romania1
 Russia1
 Scotland1
 Turkey1

See also

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