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List of UEFA Cup and Europa League–winning managers

The UEFA Europa League, known as the UEFA Cup before 2009, is a European association football competition contested since 1971. English manager Bill Nicholson led Tottenham Hotspur to victory in the inaugural final, an all-English encounter against Wolverhampton Wanderers. For the first 25 years of the competition, the final was contested over two legs, one at each club's stadium. In 1998, Luigi Simoni led Inter Milan to victory over Lazio in the competition's first single-legged final held at a neutral venue, the Parc des Princes in Paris.

Unai Emery is a record five-time winner of the competition as manager.

Since the 2010s, the finals have been dominated by Spanish managers, who achieved nine victories between 2010 and 2026; Spanish managers have also won the most overall titles, fourteen. Twelve managers have won the title in charge of teams from a country other than their own; the most recent was Spaniard Unai Emery as manager of English club Aston Villa.

Only seven managers have won the competition more than once. Unai Emery is a record five-time winner: he won three consecutive editions with Sevilla in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and another two titles with Villarreal and Aston Villa in 2021 and 2026, respectively. Three-time winner Giovanni Trapattoni led Juventus to victory in 1977, Inter Milan in 1991, and Juventus once again in 1993, and Luis Molowny led Real Madrid to consecutive wins in 1985 and 1986, as did fellow Spaniard Juande Ramos who managed Sevilla to victory in both the 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup finals. Rafael Benítez became the first manager to win the competition as both the UEFA Cup (in 2004) and as the Europa League (in 2013), a feat later achieved by José Mourinho, who won the UEFA Cup with Porto in 2003 and the Europa League with Manchester United in 2017. Diego Simeone won in 2012 and 2018, both times with Atlético Madrid.

Managers

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Giovanni Trapattoni, three-time winner in 1977 and 1991 and 1993
Rafael Benítez, winning manager in 2004 and 2013, also became the second manager to win the cup with two different teams.
José Mourinho, winning manager in 2003 and 2017
Juande Ramos, winning manager in 2006 and 2007
Diego Simeone, winning manager in 2012 and 2018
Bobby Robson, winning manager in 1981
Dino Zoff, winning manager in 1990
André Villas-Boas, winning manager in 2011, and the youngest manager ever to win a European competition, at age 33
UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers[1][2]
Final Nationality Winning manager Country Club Ref.
1972 England Bill Nicholson  EnglandTottenham Hotspur [3]
1973 Scotland Bill Shankly  EnglandLiverpool [4]
1974 Netherlands Wiel Coerver  NetherlandsFeyenoord [5]
1975 West Germany Hennes Weisweiler  West GermanyBorussia Mönchengladbach [6]
1976 England Bob Paisley  EnglandLiverpool [7]
1977 Italy Giovanni Trapattoni  ItalyJuventus [8]
1978 Netherlands Kees Rijvers  NetherlandsPSV Eindhoven [9]
1979 West Germany Udo Lattek  West GermanyBorussia Mönchengladbach [10]
1980 West Germany Friedel Rausch  West GermanyEintracht Frankfurt [11]
1981 England Bobby Robson  EnglandIpswich Town [12]
1982 Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson  SwedenIFK Göteborg [13]
1983 Belgium Paul Van Himst  BelgiumAnderlecht [14]
1984 England Keith Burkinshaw  EnglandTottenham Hotspur [15]
1985 Spain Luis Molowny  SpainReal Madrid [16]
1986 Spain Luis Molowny  SpainReal Madrid [16]
1987 Sweden Gunder Bengtsson  SwedenIFK Göteborg [17]
1988 West Germany Erich Ribbeck  West GermanyBayer Leverkusen [18]
1989 Italy Ottavio Bianchi  ItalyNapoli [19]
1990 Italy Dino Zoff  ItalyJuventus [20]
1991 Italy Giovanni Trapattoni  ItalyInter Milan [8]
1992 Netherlands Louis van Gaal  NetherlandsAjax [21]
1993 Italy Giovanni Trapattoni  ItalyJuventus [8]
1994 Italy Giampiero Marini  ItalyInter Milan [22]
1995 Italy Nevio Scala  ItalyParma [23]
1996 Germany Franz Beckenbauer  GermanyBayern Munich [24]
1997 Netherlands Huub Stevens  GermanySchalke 04 [25]
1998 Italy Luigi Simoni  ItalyInter Milan [26]
1999 Italy Alberto Malesani  ItalyParma [27]
2000 Turkey Fatih Terim  TurkeyGalatasaray [28]
2001 France Gérard Houllier  EnglandLiverpool [29]
2002 Netherlands Bert van Marwijk  NetherlandsFeyenoord [30]
2003 Portugal José Mourinho  PortugalPorto [31]
2004 Spain Rafael Benítez  SpainValencia [32]
2005 Russia Valery Gazzaev  RussiaCSKA Moscow [33]
2006 Spain Juande Ramos  SpainSevilla [34]
2007  Spain Juande Ramos  SpainSevilla [34]
2008 Netherlands Dick Advocaat  RussiaZenit Saint Petersburg [35]
2009 Romania Mircea Lucescu  UkraineShakhtar Donetsk [36]
2010 Spain Quique Sánchez Flores  SpainAtlético Madrid [37]
2011 Portugal André Villas-Boas  PortugalPorto [38]
2012 Argentina Diego Simeone  SpainAtlético Madrid [39]
2013 Spain Rafael Benítez  EnglandChelsea [40]
2014 Spain Unai Emery  SpainSevilla [41]
2015 Spain Unai Emery  SpainSevilla [42]
2016 Spain Unai Emery  SpainSevilla [43]
2017 Portugal José Mourinho  EnglandManchester United [44]
2018 Argentina Diego Simeone  SpainAtlético Madrid [45]
2019 Italy Maurizio Sarri  EnglandChelsea [46]
2020 Spain Julen Lopetegui  SpainSevilla [47]
2021 Spain Unai Emery  SpainVillarreal [48]
2022 Austria Oliver Glasner  GermanyEintracht Frankfurt [49]
2023 Spain José Luis Mendilibar  SpainSevilla [50]
2024 Italy Gian Piero Gasperini  ItalyAtalanta [51]
2025 Australia Ange Postecoglou  EnglandTottenham Hotspur [52]
2026 Spain Unai Emery  EnglandAston Villa [53]

Managers with multiple titles

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Managers who have won multiple UEFA Cups/Europa Leagues
Rank Nationality Manager Number of wins Years won Club(s)
1 Spain Unai Emery 5 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2026 Sevilla (3), Villarreal, Aston Villa
2 Italy Giovanni Trapattoni 3 1977, 1991, 1993 Juventus (2), Inter Milan
3 Spain Luis Molowny 2 1985, 1986 Real Madrid
Spain Juande Ramos 2 2006, 2007 Sevilla
Spain Rafael Benítez 2 2004, 2013 Valencia, Chelsea
Portugal José Mourinho 2 2003, 2017 Porto, Manchester United
Argentina Diego Simeone 2 2012, 2018 Atlético Madrid

By nationality

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This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality.

UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers by nationality
Nationality Number of
wins
Spain 14
Italy 11
Netherlands 6
Germany 5
England 4
Portugal 3
Argentina 2
Sweden 2
Australia 1
Austria 1
Belgium 1
France 1
Romania 1
Russia 1
Scotland 1
Turkey 1

See also

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References

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