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List of Copa Libertadores winning managers

This is a list of Copa Libertadores winning football managers. Uruguayan manager Roberto Scarone led Peñarol to success in the inaugural Copa Libertadores finals in 1960 and repeated the feat the following season. Argentine clubs and managers dominated the competition in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning 12 out of 15 tournaments from 1964 to 1978. In the 1990s Brazilian clubs and managers dominated the competition with six wins from 1992 to 1999, after which the second period of Argentine dominance began, with seven wins in the period from 2000 to 2009.

As of the most recent 2021 final, Argentine managers have been the most successful, winning 27 out of 62 tournaments held, followed by Brazilians with 18 wins and Uruguayans with 10 titles. On only eight occasions the tournament was won by foreign managers: then-Yugoslav coach Mirko Jozić led Chilean side Colo-Colo to victory in 1991, and Argentine Edgardo Bauza won the tournament with Ecuadorian club LDU Quito. All three wins by Paraguayan side Olimpia came under foreign managers: Uruguayan Luis Cubilla led them to victory in 1979 and 1990, and Argentine Nery Pumpido in 2002. Portuguese managers Jorge Jesus and Abel Ferreira won the title with Brazilian sides Flamengo and Palmeiras, respectively. Jesus won it in 2019 and Ferreira in 2020 and 2021. Jozić, Jesus, and Ferreira are also the only managers from outside South America to have won the competition.

The most successful individual manager is Argentine Carlos Bianchi who won the tournament on four occasions, leading Vélez Sársfield to success in 1994, and then again Boca Juniors in 2000, 2001 and 2003. He is followed by fellow Argentine Osvaldo Zubeldía with three consecutive wins in 1968, 1969 and 1970 (all with Estudiantes), while eleven other managers won the tournament twice.

Along with Carlos Bianchi, only three other managers have won the title with more than one club: Brazilians Paulo Autuori (with Cruzeiro in 1997 and São Paulo in 2005), Luiz Felipe Scolari (with Grêmio in 1995 and Palmeiras in 1999), and Argentine Edgardo Bauza (with LDU Quito in 2008 and San Lorenzo in 2014). Bauza is also the only manager to have won the competition with two clubs from different countries.

The data below does not include the 1948 South American Championship of Champions, as it is not listed by CONMEBOL either as a Copa Libertadores edition or as an official competition. However, at least in the years 1996 and 1997, CONMEBOL entitled equal status to both Copa Libertadores and the 1948 tournament, in that the 1948 champion club (CR Vasco da Gama) was allowed to participate in Supercopa Libertadores, a CONMEBOL official competition that allowed participation for former Libertadores champions only (for example, not admitting participation for champions of other CONMEBOL official competitions, such as Copa CONMEBOL).

By year edit

 
Osvaldo Zubeldía, winning manager in 1968, 1969 and 1970
 
Telê Santana, winning manager in 1992 and 1993
 
Luiz Felipe Scolari, winning manager in 1995 and 1999
 
Alejandro Sabella, winning manager in 2009
Finals Nationality Winning manager Country Club Ref
001960   URU Roberto Scarone   URU Peñarol [1]
001961   URU Roberto Scarone (2)   URU Peñarol (2) [1]
001962   BRA Lula   BRA Santos [1]
001963   BRA Lula (2)   BRA Santos (2) [1]
001964   ARG Manuel Giúdice   ARG Independiente [1]
001965   ARG Manuel Giúdice (2)   ARG Independiente (2) [1]
001966   URU Roque Máspoli   URU Peñarol (3) [1]
001967   ARG Juan José Pizzuti   ARG Racing [1]
001968   ARG Osvaldo Zubeldía   ARG Estudiantes [1]
001969   ARG Osvaldo Zubeldía (2)   ARG Estudiantes (2) [1]
001970   ARG Osvaldo Zubeldía (3)   ARG Estudiantes (3) [1]
001971   URU Washington Etchamendi   URU Nacional [1]
001972   ARG Pedro Dellacha   ARG Independiente (3) [1]
001973   ARG Humberto Maschio   ARG Independiente (4) [1]
001974   ARG Roberto Ferreiro   ARG Independiente (5) [1]
001975   ARG Pedro Dellacha (2)   ARG Independiente (6) [1]
001976   BRA Zezé Moreira   BRA Cruzeiro [1]
001977   ARG Juan Carlos Lorenzo   ARG Boca Juniors [1]
001978   ARG Juan Carlos Lorenzo (2)   ARG Boca Juniors (2) [1]
001979   URU Luis Cubilla   PAR Olimpia [1]
001980   URU Juan Mujica   URU Nacional (2) [1]
001981   BRA Paulo César Carpegiani   BRA Flamengo [1]
001982   URU Hugo Bagnulo   URU Peñarol (4) [1]
001983   BRA Valdir Espinosa   BRA Grêmio [1]
001984   ARG José Pastoriza   ARG Independiente (7) [1]
001985   ARG José Yudica   ARG Argentinos Juniors [1]
001986   ARG Héctor Veira   ARG River Plate [1]
001987   URU Oscar Tabárez   URU Peñarol (5) [1]
001988   URU Roberto Fleitas   URU Nacional (3) [1]
001989   COL Francisco Maturana   COL Atlético Nacional [1]
001990   URU Luis Cubilla (2)   PAR Olimpia (2) [1]
001991   YUG Mirko Jozić   CHI Colo-Colo [1]
001992   BRA Telê Santana   BRA São Paulo [1]
001993   BRA Telê Santana (2)   BRA São Paulo (2) [1]
001994   ARG Carlos Bianchi   ARG Vélez Sársfield [1]
001995   BRA Luiz Felipe Scolari   BRA Grêmio (2) [1]
001996   ARG Ramón Díaz   ARG River Plate (2) [1]
001997   BRA Paulo Autuori   BRA Cruzeiro (2) [1]
001998   BRA Antônio Lopes   BRA Vasco da Gama [1]
001999   BRA Luiz Felipe Scolari (2)   BRA Palmeiras [1]
002000   ARG Carlos Bianchi (2)   ARG Boca Juniors (3) [1]
002001   ARG Carlos Bianchi (3)   ARG Boca Juniors (4) [1]
002002   ARG Nery Pumpido   PAR Olimpia (3) [1]
002003   ARG Carlos Bianchi (4)   ARG Boca Juniors (5) [1]
002004   COL Luis Fernando Montoya   COL Once Caldas [1]
002005   BRA Paulo Autuori (2)   BRA São Paulo (3) [2]
002006   BRA Abel Braga   BRA Internacional
002007   ARG Miguel Ángel Russo   ARG Boca Juniors (6) [3]
002008   ARG Edgardo Bauza   ECU LDU Quito [4]
002009   ARG Alejandro Sabella   ARG Estudiantes (4) [5]
002010   BRA Celso Roth   BRA Internacional (2)
002011   BRA Muricy Ramalho   BRA Santos (3)
002012   BRA Tite   BRA Corinthians
002013   BRA Cuca   BRA Atlético Mineiro
002014   ARG Edgardo Bauza (2)   ARG San Lorenzo
002015   ARG Marcelo Gallardo   ARG River Plate (3)
002016   COL Reinaldo Rueda   COL Atlético Nacional (2)
002017   BRA Renato Gaúcho   BRA Grêmio (3)
002018   ARG Marcelo Gallardo (2)   ARG River Plate (4)
002019   POR Jorge Jesus   BRA Flamengo (2)
002020   POR Abel Ferreira   BRA Palmeiras (2)
002021   POR Abel Ferreira (2)   BRA Palmeiras (3)
002022   BRA Dorival Júnior   BRA Flamengo (3)
002023   BRA Fernando Diniz   BRA Fluminense

Managers with multiple titles edit

Rank Nation Manager Won Runner-up Years won Years runner-up Clubs won
1   Carlos Bianchi 4 1 1994, 2000, 2001, 2003 2004 Vélez Sarsfield, Boca Juniors
2   Osvaldo Zubeldía 3 — 1968, 1969, 1970 — Estudiantes
3   Luis Cubilla 2 2 1979, 1990 1989, 1991 Olimpia
  Luiz Felipe Scolari 2 2 1995, 1999 2000, 2022 Grêmio, Palmeiras
5   Roberto Scarone 2 1 1960, 1961 1972 Peñarol
  Juan Carlos Lorenzo 2 1 1977, 1978 1979 Boca Juniors
  Telê Santana 2 1 1992, 1993 1994 São Paulo
  Marcelo Gallardo 2 1 2015, 2018 2019 River Plate
9   Lula 2 — 1962, 1963 — Santos
  Manuel Giúdice 2 — 1964, 1965 — Independiente
  Pedro Dellacha 2 — 1972, 1975 — Independiente
  Paulo Autuori 2 — 1997, 2005 — Cruzeiro, São Paulo
  Edgardo Bauza 2 — 2008, 2014 — LDU Quito, San Lorenzo
  Abel Ferreira 2 — 2020, 2021 — Palmeiras
Bold = Still active as manager

By nationality edit

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

Nationality Number
of wins
  Argentina 27
  Brazil 20
  Uruguay 10
  Colombia 3
  Portugal 3
  Yugoslavia 1

See also edit

References edit

General
  • "Copa Libertadores de América". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  • "Copa Libertadores - Winning Coaches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. 2004-07-10. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as Andrés, Juan Pablo (10 July 2004). "Copa Libertadores - Winning Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ^ Homewood, Brian (10 September 2013). "Sao Paulo fire Autuori after 13 games". Reuters. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Russo ready for Japanese challenge". FIFA. 2007-11-16. Archived from the original on March 27, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  4. ^ "Edgardo Bauza, Quito's redeemer". FIFA. 2008-07-08. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  5. ^ "Así llegó Estudiantes de La Plata a su cuarto título de América" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
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