The best Champions League managers ever

Carlo Ancelotti was the first manager to win the European Cup or Champions League four times (Image credit: Alamy)

Dettmar Cramer in training with Bayern Munich goalkeepers Sepp Maier and Hugo Robl (Image credit: Alamy)

Jupp Heynckes lifts the Champions League trophy after Bayern Munich's victory over Borussia Dortmund in the 2013 final (Image credit: Alamy)

Ottmar Hitzfeld with the Champions League trophy after Borussia Dortmund's 1997 win (Image credit: Getty Images)

Jose Villalonga in 1956 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stefan Kovacs is carried by fans following Ajax's 1972 European Cup final win over Inter (Image credit: Alamy)

Bela Guttmann celebrates Benfica's 1962 European Cup final victory over Real Madrid (Image credit: Alamy)

Alex Ferguson and Peter Schmeichel lift the Champions League trophy in 1999 (Image credit: Alamy)

Jose Mourinho lifts the trophy after Inter's 2010 Champions League final win over Bayern Munich (Image credit: Alamy)

Brian Clough and trusty assistant Peter Taylor ahead of the 1980 European Cup final against Hamburg in Madrid (Image credit: Getty Images)

Helenio Herrera during a training session in 1965 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Arrigo Sacchi in 1990 (Image credit: Alamy)

Ernst Happel (second from right) with (left to right) Hamburg assistant manager Aleksandar Ristic, 1983 European Cup final winning goalscorer Felix Magath and fellow Hamburg player Gunter Netzer (Image credit: Alamy)

Bob Paisley celebrates Liverpool's victory over Real Madrid in the 1981 European Cup final (Image credit: Alamy)

Zinedine Zidane kisses the trophy after Real Madrid's 2018 Champions League final win over Liverpool (Image credit: Getty Images)

Pep Guardiola is thrown in the air by his players in celebration after victory against Manchester United in the 2009 Champions League final (Image credit: Alamy)

Carlo Ancelotti lifts the Champions League trophy following his Real Madrid's victory over Borussia Dortmund in the 2024 final (Image credit: Alamy)