List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning managers
The European Cup was an association football competition contested from 1956 to 1992. Spanish manager José Villalonga Llorente led Real Madrid to success in the inaugural final in 1956 and repeated the feat the following season. English clubs and managers dominated the competition in the late 1970s and early 1980s, winning every tournament from 1977 to 1982. Despite this, Italian managers have been the most successful, winning eleven of the tournaments since 1956.
The competition became the UEFA Champions League in 1992, with Belgian Raymond Goethals leading French club Marseille to success that season.
Only Bob Paisley, Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane have won the tournament on three occasions. Paisley led Liverpool to three titles in five seasons, Ancelotti won three titles and reached four finals with Milan and Real Madrid, and Zidane won three consecutive titles with Real Madrid. Seventeen other managers have won the title on two occasions. Only five managers have won the title with two clubs: Carlo Ancelotti with Real Madrid and Milan; Ernst Happel with Feyenoord in 1970 and Hamburg in 1983; Ottmar Hitzfeld with Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Bayern Munich in 2001; José Mourinho, with Porto in 2004 and Internazionale in 2010; and Jupp Heynckes with Real Madrid in 1998 and Bayern Munich in 2013. Seven men have won the tournament both as a player and as a manager, namely Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff, Carlo Ancelotti, Frank Rijkaard, Pep Guardiola and Zinedine Zidane.By year
| Final | Nationality | Winning manager | Country | Club | Ref |
| 1956 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 1957 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 1958 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 1959 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 1960 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 1961 | | | | Benfica | |
| 1962 | | | | Benfica | |
| 1963 | | | | Milan | |
| 1964 | | | | Internazionale | |
| 1965 | | | | Internazionale | |
| 1966 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 1967 | | | | Celtic | |
| 1968 | | | | Manchester United | |
| 1969 | | | | Milan | |
| 1970 | | | | Feyenoord | |
| 1971 | | | | Ajax | |
| 1972 | | | | Ajax | |
| 1973 | | | | Ajax | |
| 1974 | | | | Bayern Munich | |
| 1975 | | | | Bayern Munich | |
| 1976 | | | | Bayern Munich | |
| 1977 | | | | Liverpool | |
| 1978 | | | | Liverpool | |
| 1979 | | | | Nottingham Forest | |
| 1980 | | | | Nottingham Forest | |
| 1981 | | | | Liverpool | |
| 1982 | | | | Aston Villa | |
| 1983 | | | | Hamburg | |
| 1984 | | | | Liverpool | |
| 1985 | | | | Juventus | |
| 1986 | | | | Steaua București | |
| 1987 | | | | Porto | |
| 1988 | | | | PSV Eindhoven | |
| 1989 | | | | Milan | |
| 1990 | | | | Milan | |
| 1991 | | | | Red Star Belgrade | |
| 1992 | | | | Barcelona | |
| 1993 | | | | Marseille | |
| 1994 | | | | Milan | |
| 1995 | | | | Ajax | |
| 1996 | | | | Juventus | |
| 1997 | | | | Borussia Dortmund | |
| 1998 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 1999 | | | | Manchester United | |
| 2000 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 2001 | | | | Bayern Munich | |
| 2002 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 2003 | | | | Milan | |
| 2004 | | | | Porto | |
| 2005 | | | | Liverpool | |
| 2006 | | | | Barcelona | |
| 2007 | | | | Milan | |
| 2008 | | | | Manchester United | |
| 2009 | | | | Barcelona | |
| 2010 | | | | Internazionale | |
| 2011 | | | | Barcelona | |
| 2012 | | | | Chelsea | |
| 2013 | | | | Bayern Munich | |
| 2014 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 2015 | | | | Barcelona | |
| 2016 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 2017 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 2018 | | | | Real Madrid | |
| 2019 | | | | Liverpool | |
Managers with multiple European Cup and Champions League titles
By nationality
This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each country.
| Nationality | Number of
wins |
| 11 |
| 10 |
| 8 |
| 7 |
| 5 |
| 5 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 2 |
| 2 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
