List of FIFA World Cup winning managers

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Vittorio Pozzo is the only manager to have won the World Cup twice. Vittorio Pozzo 1920 year.jpg
Vittorio Pozzo is the only manager to have won the World Cup twice.

The FIFA World Cup is considered the most prestigious association football tournament in the world. [1] [2] The twenty-two World Cup tournaments have been won by eight national teams. Brazil have won five times, followed by Germany and Italy with four titles each; Argentina with three titles, France and Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain, with one title each. [3] The role of the manager is to select the squad for the World Cup and develop the tactics of the team. Pressure is attached to the role due to the significance of winning a World Cup and the lack of day-to-day contact with players during the regular club season aside from international breaks. [4]

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Alberto Suppici led the Uruguay national team to victory in the inaugural tournament in 1930. [5] Vittorio Pozzo is the only person who has won the World Cup twice as a manager, in 1934 and 1938 with Italy. [6] Twenty-one different managers have won the World Cup and all winning managers led their own country's national team. Five other managers finished as winners once and runners-up once; both Helmut Schön (winner in 1974, runner-up in 1966) and Franz Beckenbauer (winner in 1990, runner-up in 1986) for West Germany, Carlos Bilardo (winner in 1986, runner-up in 1990) for Argentina, Mário Zagallo (winner in 1970, runner-up in 1998) for Brazil, and Didier Deschamps (winner in 2018, runner-up in 2022) for France. [7] [8]

Carlos Alberto Parreira holds the record for managing at the most FIFA World Cup final tournaments with six appearances while managing five different national teams. [9] [10] Schön, who led West Germany to victory in the 1974 World Cup, has managed the most matches in the tournament at 25, [11] and won a record 16 matches during his spell as West Germany manager from 1966 to the 1978 FIFA World Cup. [12] Suppici is the youngest manager to win the World Cup, being 31 in 1930. [13] Zagallo and César Luis Menotti were also in their 30s when they won the World Cup. Zagallo was 38 years old in 1970 and Menotti was 39 years old in 1978. [14] Vicente del Bosque is the oldest coach to win the World Cup at 59 in 2010. [15]

Three men have won the tournament both as a player and as a manager; Zagallo (as a player in 1958 and 1962, as a manager in 1970), Beckenbauer (as a player in 1974, as a manager in 1990) and Didier Deschamps (as a player in 1998, as a manager in 2018). [16] [17] Both Beckenbauer and Deschamps were also the captain of their respective teams while winning the World Cup as a player. [18]

Winning managers

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Mário Zagallo of Brazil (left), Franz Beckenbauer of Germany (middle) and Didier Deschamps of France (right), have won the World Cup as a player and a manager for their respective countries.
FIFA World Cup-winning managers [7] [19]
TournamentWinning managerNationalityWinning national team
1930 Alberto Suppici Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
1934 Vittorio Pozzo Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
1938
1950 Juan López Fontana Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
1954 Sepp Herberger Flag of Germany.svg  FR Germany Flag of Germany.svg  FR Germany
1958 Vicente Feola Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
1962 Aymoré Moreira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
1966 Alf Ramsey Flag of England.svg  England Flag of England.svg  England
1970 Mário Zagallo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
1974 Helmut Schön Flag of Germany.svg  FR Germany Flag of Germany.svg  FR Germany
1978 César Luis Menotti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
1982 Enzo Bearzot Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1986 Carlos Bilardo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
1990 Franz Beckenbauer Flag of Germany.svg  FR Germany Flag of Germany.svg  FR Germany
1994 Carlos Alberto Parreira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
1998 Aimé Jacquet Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
2002 Luiz Felipe Scolari Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2006 Marcello Lippi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2010 Vicente del Bosque Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2014 Joachim Löw Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2018 Didier Deschamps Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
2022 Lionel Scaloni Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

By nationality

NationalityManager(s)Number of
wins
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 55
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 34
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [a] 44
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 33
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 22
Flag of France.svg  France 22
Flag of England.svg  England 11
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes West Germany [20]

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