Coaches with the best Champions League win ratio
Thursday, February 11, 2016
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Laurent Blanc, handed a new contract extension on Thursday, has a better European Cup win ratio than most – of the seven coaches above him, only one has never lifted the trophy.
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- Minimum number of games coached in competition: 40
- Clubs listed only those coach has led in European Cup/UEFA Champions League
- Includes European Cup and UEFA Champions League but not qualifiers
- Win after extra time counts as victory, triumph on penalties counts as draw
- *Indicates still involved in competition this season
1 Jupp Heynckes (Bayern München, Real Madrid): 41 wins from 59 games = 69.5%
2 Bob Paisley (Liverpool): 27 from 41 = 65.9%
3 Sir Matt Busby (Manchester United): 26 from 41 = 63.4%
4 Tomislav Ivić (Hajduk Split, Ajax, Anderlecht, Panathinaikos, Porto, Marseille): 29 from 46 = 63.0%
5 Josep Guardiola* (Barcelona, Bayern München) 50 from 80 = 62.5%
6 Helenio Herrera (Internazionale Milano) 25 from 40 = 62.5%
7 Louis van Gaal (Ajax, Bayern München, Barcelona, Manchester United) 57 from 95 = 60%
8 Laurent Blanc* (Bordeaux, Paris Saint-Germain) 25 from 42 = 59.5%
9 Miguel Muñoz (Real Madrid) 41 from 71 = 57.7%
10 Jock Stein (Celtic) 33 from 58 = 56.9%
11 Rafael Benítez (Valencia, Liverpool, Internazionale Milano, Chelsea, Napoli, Real Madrid) 54 from 95 = 56.8%
12 Vicente del Bosque (Real Madrid) 34 from 60 = 56.7%
13 Ernst Happel (Feyenoord, Club Brugge, Hamburg, Wacker Innsbruck) 30 from 53 = 56.6%
14 Carlo Ancelotti (Parma, Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid) 78 from 138 = 56.5%
15 Udo Lattek (Bayern München, Borussia Mönchengladbach) 31 from 56 = 55.4%
16 Sven-Göran Eriksson (Benfica, Lazio) 26 from 47 = 55.3%
17 Sir Alex Ferguson (Aberdeen, Manchester United) 105 from 194 = 54.1%
18 José Mourinho (Porto, Chelsea, Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid) 71 from 133 = 53.4%
19 Fabio Capello (AC Milan, Roma, Juventus) 45 from 86 = 52.3%
20 Leo Beenhakker (Ajax, Real Madrid, Feyenoord) 27 from 53 = 50.9%