# Who is the best club coach in UEFA Champions League history?

> Dynasty-builders, treble-winners and once-in-a-generation tacticians battle for European supremacy. Who deserves the crown?

*By YPB Team · Published May 12, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-best-club-coach-in-uefa-champions-league-history*

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## Current results (0 votes)

1. **Carlo Ancelotti**
   Italian record holder with five Champions League titles across AC Milan and Real Madrid.
2. **Zinedine Zidane**
   French coach who delivered an unprecedented three-in-a-row Champions League titles with Real Madrid.
3. **Pep Guardiola**
   Catalan tactician who lifted the Champions League with Barcelona and Manchester City.
4. **Jupp Heynckes**
   German manager who won European Cups with Real Madrid and a famous treble with Bayern Munich.
5. **Alex Ferguson**
   Manchester United legend who masterminded two Champions League triumphs, including the 1999 treble.
6. **José Mourinho**
   Charismatic Portuguese coach who lifted the Champions League with Porto and Inter Milan.
7. **Helenio Herrera**
   Father of the catenaccio who won back-to-back European Cups with Inter Milan in the 1960s.
8. **Arrigo Sacchi**
   Italian innovator whose AC Milan won consecutive European Cups in 1989 and 1990 with attacking football.
9. **Miguel Muñoz**
   Spanish coach who won two European Cups as Real Madrid manager in the 1960s.
10. **Brian Clough**
   Outspoken English manager who won back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest.
11. **Ottmar Hitzfeld**
   German coach who lifted the Champions League with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
12. **Marcello Lippi**
   Italian tactician who won the Champions League with Juventus in 1996.
13. **Hansi Flick**
   German coach who delivered Bayern Munich a perfect Champions League run in 2020.

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