Guardiola, in attacking Ferguson

Pep Guardiola premiered his Champions League record this Saturday with the City of Manchester, which he led to his first title in this competition. In the victory against Inter Milan, the Catalan coach has now added 35 titles from the bench and come a little nearer, though they are still far off, to Sir Alex Ferguson is 49who leads the list of the most successful coaches in history.

Guardiola distributed his 35 wounds in between boat (14), Bayern (7) and city (14). He is the first coach to achieve two ‘big’ triplets (Champions, League and domestic Cup) in history, after doing so at Barça and City.

And in 52 years (19 fewer than the 71 Ferguson retired with) is in a position to continue adding to the list of winners that consists of 3 Spanish Leagues, 3 Bundesligas, 5 Premiers, 2 Copas del Rey, 2 German Cups, 4 English League Cups, 3 Spanish Super Cups, 2 Community Shields, 2 Champion with Barça, 1 Champions League with City, 2 European Super Cups with Barça, 1 with Bayern, 2 Club World Cups for the Blaugrana, 1 with the German team and 2 FA Cups.

These are the 10 most successful coaches in football historythe titles obtained in the highest category of the respective competitions are counted.

Sir Alex Ferguson, 49 titles

3 Scottish League, 4 Scottish Cup, 1 Scottish League Cup, 1 Drybrough Cup, 5 English FA Cup, 5 Charity Shield, 4 English League Cup, 13 Premier, 5 Community Shield, 2 European Cup Winners’ Cup, 2 Super Cups Europe, 2 Champions, 1 Intercontinental and 1 Club World Cup.

2

Pep Guardiola, 35 titles

3 Spanish Leagues, 3 Bundesligas, 5 Premiers, 2 Copas del Rey, 2 German Cups, 4 English League Cups, 3 Spanish Super Cups, 2 Community Shields, 2 Champions with Barça, 1 Champions with City, 2 Super Cups Europe with Barça, 1 with Bayern, 2 Club World Cups for the Blaugrana, 1 with the German team and 2 FA Cups.

3

Mircea Lucescu, 34 titles

2 Romanian Leagues, 2 Romanian Cups, 1 Romanian Super Cup, 2 Turkish Leagues, 1 European Super Cup, 9 Ukrainian Leagues, 7 Ukrainian Cups, 8 Ukrainian Super Cups, 1 UEFA Cup and 1 Russian Super Cup.

4

Valeri Lobanovski, 30 titles

9 Soviet Leagues, 6 Soviet Cups, 3 Soviet Super Cups, 5 Ukrainian Leagues, 3 Ukrainian Cups, 2 European Cup Winners’ Cups, 1 European Super Cup and 1 Gulf Nations Cup.

5

Ottmar Hitzfeld, 26 titles

2 Swiss Leagues, 1 Swiss Super Cup, 3 Swiss Cups, 7 Bundesligas, 2 German Super Cups, 3 German Cups, 4 German League Cups, 2 Champions Leagues and 2 Intercontinental Cups.

6

Jock Stein, 26 titles

9 Scottish Cups, 6 Scottish League Cups, 10 Scottish Championships and 1 European Cup

7

Jose Mourinho, 26 titles

2 Portuguese League, 1 Portuguese Cup, 1 Portuguese Super Cup, 3 Premier, 4 English League Cup, 2 Community Shield, 1 FA Cup, 2 Italian League, 1 Italian Cup, 1 Italian Super Cup, 1 Spanish League, 1 Copa del Rey , 1 Spanish Super Cup, 2 Europa Leagues, 2 Champions and 1 Conference League

8

Carlo Ancelotti, 26 titles

1 Italian Cup, 1 Italian League, 1 Italian Super Cup, 1 English Super Cup, 1 Premier, 1 English Cup, 1 French League, 2 Copas del Rey, 1 Spanish League, 1 Spanish Super Cup, 1 Bundesliga, 2 German Super Cups , 1 Intertoto, 4 Champions, 4 European Super Cups, 3 Club World Cups

9

Giovanni Trapattoni, 23 titles

7 Italian League, 2 Italian Cup, 1 Italian Super Cup, 1 Bundesliga, 1 German Cup, 1 German League Cup, 1 Portuguese League, 1 Austrian League, 3 UEFA Cup, 1 Cup Winners’ Cup, 1 European Super Cup and 3 Cups of Europe

10

Lus Felipe Scolari, 21 titles

1 Kuwait Emir Cup, 4 Brazil Cup, 2 Brazilian Championship, 1 Uzbek League, 3 Chinese Super League, 2 Chinese Super Cup, 1 Chinese Cup, 2 Libertadores, 1 Mercosur Cup, 1 AFC Champions League, 1 Cup of Gulf Nations, 1 World Cup and 1 Confederations Cup