Guardiola, record

Pep Guardiola wrote a new page in the book records of the history of Champions. Manchester City’s classification in the Champions League semifinals is not anecdotal and with it, they are 9the times the Santpedor coach was able to put his teams in those top four of the continent.

The Catalan coach is already one more times He achieved this by surpassing the record of Carlo Ancelotti Y Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese achieved this on 8 occasions (Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid). In the case of Ancelotti, the Italian coach also achieved this with several teams (Juventus, Milan, Bayern and with Madrid). With meringues he achieved this three times; the latter on Tuesday.

4 in Barça, 3 in Bayern and 2 in City

Guardiola his idyll in the Champions League began with Barça. He is 4 seasons being the coach of the first team and in all of them he reached the semis. Full tree. Also in Bayern. In Bavaria, Pep was unlucky to reach the final and ran into the best moments of the Spanish teams in Europe. Three consecutive eliminations at the hands of Barça, Madrid and Atlético.

Within City of Manchester had more complications and then developed a very solid project for six seasons, Guardiola was limited to success in the previous campaign. He reached the final and lost to Chelsea by Tuchel. Now, against Madrid, he will have the opportunity to redeem himself and put a golden grip on the history of the City.

Coaches with the most appearances in the semi-finals of the Champions League

*Spanish coaches

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Pep Guardiola* – 9 occasions (Barça, Bayern and City)

two

Jose Mourinho – 8 times (Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Madrid)

3

Carlo Ancelotti – 8 occasions (Juventus, Milan, Bayern and Madrid)

4

Sir Alex Ferguson – 7 occasions (Manchester United)

5

Jupp Heynckes – 6 occasions (Bayern and Madrid)

6

Miguel Munoz* – 6 occasions (Madrid)

7

Helenio Herrera* – 5 occasions (Barça and Inter Milan)

8

louis van gaal – 5 occasions (Ajax, Barça and Bayern)