IFFHS NEWS - ALL TIME RANKING COACHES WITH 1000+ MATCHES



Picture : Sir Alex Ferguson's Record with 2155 matches ! He received two IFFHS Awards as THE WORLD'S BEST COACH and was ranked in the World's Top 3 many years.


Coaches with 1000+ matches: all-time ranking

Continuing the topic of Jose Mourinho’s 1000th match (see IFFHS publication on Sep 13), we publish the ranking of coaches who have held 1000 or more official matches with their teams. Alex Ferguson is topping the ranking, the only coach with a track record exceeding 2,000 games.
The matches for both clubs and national teams are counted. The ranking only includes the coaches, most of whose matches belong to the top level.



French Coaches Arsène WENGER (left) and Guy ROUX (right) complete the Podium with Sir Alex Ferguson, the leader !


 ALL-TIME RANKING   
 COACHES WITH MOSTGAMES  
     
 CoachCountryGamesPeriod
     
1Alex FergusonScotland21551974-2013
2Arsène WengerFrance17011984-2018
3Guy RouxFrance16381961-2007
4Willie MaleyScotland16121897-1940
5Fred EverissEngland15201902-1948
6Brian CloughEngland14531965-1993
7Bobby RobsonEngland14461968-2004
8Mircea LucescuRomania14341979-
9Ricardo FerrettiMexico14091991-
10Manuel Pellegrini Chile14021988-
11Harry RedknappEngland13911983-2017
12Graham TaylorEngland13841972-2003
13Giovanni TrapattoniItaly13821974-2013
14Yuri SeminUSSR/Russia13591982-
15George RamsayScotland13271884-1926
16Valeriy LobanovskyiUSSR/Ukraine13171969-2002
17Carlo MazzoneItaly12781968-2006
18Otto RehhagelGermany12251972-2012
19Jupp HeynckesGermany12241979-2018
20Roy HodgsonEngland12131976-2021
21Bill ShanklyScotland11901949-1974
22Bill StruthScotland11801920-1954
23Carlo Ancelotti Italy11711995-
24Luis AragonésSpain11511974-2009
25Dušan BajevićYugoslavia/Bosnia11481983-2020
26Matt BusbyScotland11471945-1971
27Jack AddenbrookeEngland11251885-1922
28Jim JefferiesScotland11161983-2014
29Joe RoyleEngland10961982-2009
30Jim McLeanScotland10941971-1993
31Sven-Göran ErikssonSweden10921977-2019
32John ToshackWales10901978-2016
33Ron AtkinsonEngland10781971-1999
34Ottmar HitzfeldGermany10391983-2014
35Jock SteinScotland10381960-1985
36Mick McCarthyRepublic of Ireland10191992-
37Ivica OsimYugoslavia/Bosnia10101978-2007
38Fernando SantosPortugal10081988-
39José MourinhoPortugal10002000-