PEP GUARDIOLA'S GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS
Picture : After 2009 and 2011, Pep Guardiola won yesterday his third UEFA Champions League title as Coach !
Pep Guardiola’s great achievements
*Guardiola became the 4th coach to win the European Cup/Champions League 3+ times, after Carlo Ancelotti (4), Bob Paisley (3) and Zinédine Zidane (3).
*Guardiola has won the 2nd treble in his coaching career; he is the first ever coach to do it with two different clubs (Barcelona in the 2008-09 season and Manchester City in 2022-23).
*It was Guardiola’s 4th Champions League final as a coach (with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011, with Manchester City in 2021 and 2023).
Only Carlo Ancelotti has more finals (5).
*With only 14 years of coaching career, Guardiola has already become the 2nd most titled coach in the football history (35 trophies won).
Only Alex Ferguson is above him with 49 trophies (over 39 years of career).
Mircea Lucescu is joint second with Guardiola with 35; his career lasts 42 years.
*The win over Inter was 300th for Guardiola as Manchester City coach.
*Guardiola is now one of 6 coaches in the history to win the Champions League with two different teams.
COACHES | WINNING | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | |
WITH TWO | DIFFERENT TEAMS | ||
Coach | Nationality | Team 1 | Team 2 |
Ernst Happel | Netherlands | Feyenoord 1970 | Hamburg 1983 |
Ottmar Hitzfeld | Germany | Borussia Dortmund 1997 | Bayern Munich 2001 |
José Mourinho | Portugal | Porto 2004 | Inter 2010 |
Jupp Heynckes | Germany | Real Madrid 1998 | Bayern Munich 2013 |
Carlo Ancelotti | Italy | Milan 2003, 2007 | Real Madrid 2014, 2022 |
Pep Guardiola | Spain | Barcelona 2009, 2011 | Manchester City 2023 |