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The 16 Best Barcelona Managers of All Time

By YPB Team

Dream Team architects, treble-winning innovators and returning club legends all chase the Camp Nou crown. Cast your vote!

  1. Pep Guardiola — ranked #11
    Pep Guardiola
    Catalan icon whose Barcelona side won an unprecedented sextuple in 2009 and redefined modern football.
    1000pts
  2. Bobby Robson — ranked #22
    Bobby Robson
    English manager who guided a young Ronaldo and won the Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona in 1997.
    722pts
  3. Luis Enrique — ranked #33
    Luis Enrique
    Asturian boss who delivered the 2015 treble in his first season at Camp Nou.
    676pts
  4. Johan Cruyff — ranked #44
    Johan Cruyff
    Dutch visionary who built the 'Dream Team', winning four straight La Liga titles from 1991 to 1994 and Barcelona's first European Cup in 1992.
    611pts
  5. Udo Lattek — ranked #55
    Udo Lattek
    German coach who won the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona, completing his collection of all three major European club trophies.
    500pts
  6. Tito Vilanova — ranked #66
    Tito Vilanova
    Guardiola's deputy who took the head role and won La Liga with a record 100 points in 2013.
    433pts
  7. Hansi Flick — ranked #77
    Hansi Flick
    German coach who took charge in 2024 and delivered an attacking domestic double.
    433pts
  8. Josep Samitier — ranked #88
    Josep Samitier
    Barcelona legend who returned as coach and won the 1944-45 La Liga title, the club's first league crown after the Civil War.
    433pts
  9. Helenio Herrera — ranked #99
    Helenio Herrera
    Argentine-born coach who won back-to-back La Liga titles in 1959 and 1960 and the Fairs Cup with Barcelona before leaving for Inter.
    433pts
  10. Xavi Hernández — ranked #1010
    Xavi Hernández
    Club legend who returned as manager and delivered the 2023 La Liga title.
    433pts
  11. Louis van Gaal — ranked #1111
    Louis van Gaal
    Dutch coach who won two La Ligas and pushed La Masia academy players into the first team.
    357pts
  12. Ernesto Valverde — ranked #1212
    Ernesto Valverde
    Spanish coach who won back-to-back La Ligas in 2018 and 2019.
    357pts
  13. Rinus Michels — ranked #1313
    Rinus Michels
    Dutch Total Football pioneer who brought Cruyff to Barcelona and won the 1974 La Liga title, the club's first in fourteen years.
    357pts
  14. Frank Rijkaard — ranked #1414
    Frank Rijkaard
    Dutch manager who won two La Ligas and the 2006 Champions League with Barcelona.
    269pts
  15. Ronald Koeman — ranked #1515
    Ronald Koeman
    Dutch icon who returned as manager and won the 2021 Copa del Rey amid a financial crisis.
    269pts
  16. Terry Venables — ranked #1616
    Terry Venables
    English manager who won La Liga with Barcelona in 1985 and reached the European Cup final.
    167pts

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