List of Intercontinental Cup winning managers

Carlos Bianchi in a blue kit with a white stripe in the shape of a V
Carlos Bianchi, pictured playing for Vélez Sarsfield c. 1970, won the competition a record three times.

The Intercontinental Cup was an association football club competition contested annually from 1960 to 2004 between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores.[1] The competition was endorsed by both the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) and, until 1979, it was played over two legs. In 1980, the Toyota Motor Corporation assumed sponsorship of the contest, renaming it the Toyota Cup and transforming it into a single-match contest, held at a neutral venue in Japan.[2] The competition was discontinued following the introduction in 2000 of the FIFA Club World Cup, which features the champion clubs from all of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) member confederations.[3]

Miguel Muñoz managed Real Madrid to the inaugural title in 1960.[4]Lula became the first manager to win successive titles, leading Santos to victory in 1962 and 1963. Carlos Bianchi won three Intercontinental Cups, the most won by any manager, one with Vélez Sarsfield and two with Boca Juniors. Lula, Helenio Herrera, Arrigo Sacchi and Telê Santana are the only other managers to have won more than one Intercontinental Cup, with each winning the competition twice. Víctor Fernández won the last Intercontinental Cup in 2004, leading Porto to victory against Once Caldas.[5]

Argentine managers won the competition the most times with eleven victories by seven different managers. Uruguayan managers are next with seven victories, followed by Brazilian and Italian coaches with six victories. Two managers won the competition as a player and a manager; Luis Cubilla won the competition in 1961 and 1971 playing for Peñarol and Club Nacional de Football, respectively, before leading Club Olimpia to victory in 1979. Juan Mujica also won the competition as a player with Nacional in 1971 and then led the club to victory in 1980.[6]

List

By year

Lula in 1962
Lula
Miguel Muñoz in 1973
Miguel Muñoz
Arrigo Sacchi in 2007
Arrigo Sacchi
Lula was the first manager to win successive titles and Miguel Muñoz won the inaugural competition in 1960 as manager of Real Madrid. Arrigo Sacchi won the competition in successive years with Milan.
Intercontinental Cup winning managers by year[6]
YearNationalityWinning managerCountryClubRef(s).
1960 SpainMiguel Muñoz SpainReal Madrid[4]
1961 UruguayRoberto Scarone UruguayPeñarol[7]
1962 BrazilLula  BrazilSantos[8]
1963 BrazilLula  BrazilSantos[8]
1964 ArgentinaHelenio Herrera ItalyInternazionale[9]
1965 ArgentinaHelenio Herrera ItalyInternazionale[9]
1966 UruguayRoque Máspoli UruguayPeñarol[10]
1967 ArgentinaJuan Pizzuti ArgentinaRacing Club[11]
1968 ArgentinaOsvaldo Zubeldía ArgentinaEstudiantes La Plata[12]
1969 ItalyNereo Rocco ItalyMilan[13]
1970 AustriaErnst Happel NetherlandsFeyenoord[14]
1971 UruguayWashington Etchamendi UruguayNacional[15]
1972 RomaniaȘtefan Kovács NetherlandsAjax[16]
1973 ArgentinaRoberto Ferreiro ArgentinaIndependiente[17]
1974 SpainLuis Aragonés SpainAtlético Madrid[18]
1975[a]
1976 West GermanyDettmar Cramer West GermanyBayern Munich[19]
1977 ArgentinaJuan Carlos Lorenzo ArgentinaBoca Juniors[20]
1978[b]
1979 UruguayLuis Cubilla ParaguayOlimpia[21][22][23]
1980 UruguayJuan Mujica UruguayNacional[24]
1981 BrazilPaulo César Carpegiani BrazilFlamengo[25]
1982 UruguayHugo Bagnulo UruguayPeñarol[26]
1983 BrazilValdir Espinosa BrazilGrêmio[27]
1984 ArgentinaJosé Pastoriza ArgentinaIndependiente[28]
1985 ItalyGiovanni Trapattoni ItalyJuventus[29]
1986 ArgentinaHéctor Veira ArgentinaRiver Plate[30]
1987 YugoslaviaTomislav Ivić PortugalPorto[31]
1988 UruguayRoberto Fleitas UruguayNacional[32]
1989 ItalyArrigo Sacchi ItalyMilan[33]
1990 ItalyArrigo Sacchi ItalyMilan[33]
1991 YugoslaviaVladica Popović YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade[34]
1992 BrazilTelê Santana BrazilSão Paulo[35]
1993 BrazilTelê Santana BrazilSão Paulo[35]
1994 ArgentinaCarlos Bianchi ArgentinaVélez Sarsfield[36]
1995 NetherlandsLouis van Gaal NetherlandsAjax[37]
1996 ItalyMarcello Lippi ItalyJuventus[38]
1997 ItalyNevio Scala GermanyBorussia Dortmund[39]
1998 NetherlandsGuus Hiddink SpainReal Madrid[40]
1999 ScotlandAlex Ferguson EnglandManchester United[41]
2000 ArgentinaCarlos Bianchi ArgentinaBoca Juniors[42]
2001 GermanyOttmar Hitzfeld GermanyBayern Munich[43]
2002 SpainVicente del Bosque SpainReal Madrid[44]
2003 ArgentinaCarlos Bianchi ArgentinaBoca Juniors[45]
2004 SpainVíctor Fernández PortugalPorto[46]

Managers with multiple titles

Managers with multiple Intercontinental Cup wins[6]
RankNationManagerWonRunner-upYears wonYears runner-upClubs won
1 ArgentinaCarlos Bianchi311994, 2000, 20032001Vélez Sarsfield, Boca Juniors
2 BrazilLuís Alonso Pérez201962, 1963Santos
 ArgentinaHelenio Herrera201964, 1965Internazionale
 ItalyArrigo Sacchi201989, 1990Milan
 BrazilTelê Santana201992, 1993São Paulo

By nationality

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

Intercontinental Cup winning managers by nationality[6]
NationalityNumberof wins
 Argentina11
 Uruguay7
 Brazil6
 Italy6
 Spain4
 Germany2
 Netherlands2
 Yugoslavia2
 Austria1
 Romania1
 Scotland1

See also

Notes

  1. The 1975 competition was not held as Bayern Munich and Independiente could not decide on dates to play.[2]
  2. The 1978 competition was not held as Boca Juniors and Liverpool declined to play each other.[2]

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