Top 10 famous managers who did not win the Champions League

The UFA Champions League, or UFA Champions League for short, has been held annually since 1956. It is a club cup tournament consisting of the most powerful clubs from all over Europe in the current season, representing the highest annual honor of European club soccer.

Each year, only one club can win the Champions League, which is a testament to the history of the club and the dreams of countless players in their club careers. While only one team wins the Champions League each year, it also means that only one manager can be the manager of the Champions League that year.

The world of sports is cruel and full of competition, looking back on the history of the Champions League, of course, in the post of manager, including Ancelotti, Zinedine Zidane, Ferguson and other famous managers won the Champions League more than once, but there are bound to be more good coaches who never won the Champions League in their lifetime.

In this article, I will compile a list of the top ten managers who did not win the Champions League for reference. Of course, I will give priority to those who have been active as club managers for a long time. Due to the limitation of space, you are welcome to share and add your comments in the comment section if there are any debatable or missing choices.

X, Gerard Houllier

As a player, Gerard Houllier from France can be said to be an unknown and almost transparent player in European football. However, in the field of coaching, he has achieved quite outstanding results.

In his 38 years of coaching from 1973 to 2011, he coached famous teams including Paris Saint-German, Liverpool and Lyon. During this period, he won 3 Miguel 1 titles, 1 EU Cup, 1 EFFACE Super Cup, 1 League Cup and 1 Community Shield.

The year 2001 is arguably the most impressive year for Gerard Hotelier, when he led his team to complete a season of five titles (EU Cup, UFA Super Cup, FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield).

IX. Roberto Mancini

Older fans first knew Roberto Mancini for his notable forward play as a player and his heyday as an Italian international. Younger fans will remember him mostly as an elegant-looking and powerful coach.

Three times Serie A champion (triple crown), a Premier League champion, as the current Italian national team manager, Mancini's coaching achievements before 2018 is quite good, at least at the league level is widely recognized as good, in Serie A with Inter Milan to make a three-year dynasty, led Manchester City to take the first title of the Premier League era, the last European Cup national team championship, are indelible Mancini coaching memories.

The more unfortunate thing is that Roberto Mancini as the club's performance at the European level is general, the experience of letting Inter top the Champions League soon after the replacement Mourinho took office that year, as well as the European Championships championship without the chance to take over the next World Cup final round of the record, is also slightly let Mancini lose some face. However, overall, Roberto Mancini is still a top coach who stands out and may return to the club circuit in the future.

VIII. Kenny Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish, a Scottish soccer superstar, the legendary scorer of two historical teams, Celtic in the Scottish Premier League and Liverpool in the English Premier League, and one of the classic coaches in European football, nicknamed [King].

As a player, Kenny Dalglish was mainly active from the 1970s to 1980s; as a coach, Kenny Dalglish was mainly active from the mid-1980s to the new century. In the 11/12 season, the veteran manager was appointed as the Reds' relief manager for less than a season.

As a manager, Kenny Dalglish was an iconic figure who made his debut and legendarily led Liverpool to three English top flight titles as a manager and player. In the early nineties, Kenny Dalglish single-handedly created the Blackburn myth, taking the modest Blackburn club from the teeth of promotion to the 94-95 Premier League title in three years.

Incidentally, Kenny Dalglish and Ferguson can be said to be sworn enemies, once every double red eve of the war more often openly scolded. In the not won the Champions League and long coached the club's famous manager, this can become Ferguson's thorn in the side of the opponent, enjoy the name of [King] Dalglish naturally counted as a number of people.

VII: Claudio Ranieri

In 1986 to 2022 so far unfinished coaching journey, Claudio Ranieri coached a considerable number of clubs, including Napoli, Fiorentina, Valencia, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Parma, Juventus, Roma, Inter Milan, Monaco, Nantes, Sampdoria, these five league well-known teams, can be called one of the living stones of the coaching world.

Looking back on his coaching career, Ranieri has coached many first-class teams, but his most outstanding traits are mostly to help the club out of the doldrums and crises, with few moments of really winning important pennants, hence the name [pot mender]. In the 15-16 season, Ranieri led Leicester City to win the Premier League title as an incredible dark horse, which was his most glittering and legendary season.

Although he has never won the Champions League and has only won the top five leagues once, Ranieri, who has contributed to a very high level of gold and has been in the football world for many years, has a nomination position that makes sense when it comes to legendary managers who have not won the Champions League.

VI, Leo Benhak

He is also a well-known soccer evangelist who has left coaching footprints in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago and Poland, in addition to the mainstream perception of the soccer world.

At the age of 23 in 1965, Benhak began coaching soccer, with his last head coaching job coming in 2009 as head coach of the Polish national team. During his long 44 years, he coached famous teams such as Ajax, Feyenoord, Real Madrid and Zaragoza, and national teams such as the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Tobago and Poland.

The unfortunate thing is that in his career, he has never won the Champions League after coaching at Feyenoord, Ajax and Real Madrid for a short time. For this manager's ability, I am impressed by the fact that he led Trinidad and Tobago, a team that advanced to the World Cup final round in 2006, and then helped Poland reach the European Championship final round in 2008 in a historic fashion.

V, Antonio Conte

As the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur, Antonio Conte has coached many teams in his career, but really entered the golden age after 2010, after that, Conte has coached Juventus, Chelsea, Inter Milan and other teams, during which he has won four Serie A titles and one PL title.

In terms of coaching style, most fans who know Conte know that he is a big believer in defensive counter-attacking and most often uses a 3-5-2 formation. Comte's guidance and system is to blame for Son's re-evolution and continued outbreak this season. Only, in the Champions League battlefield, Conte has yet to prove that his defensive-oriented tactical style that prioritizes waiting for others to make mistakes can achieve great success or the hearts of the management of the most high-end soccer giants.

IV, Manuel Pellegrini

Manuel Pellegrini, from Chile, because of the civil engineer certificate, is the Jiang people send nickname [Chilean engineer].

In his coaching career from 1988 to 2020, Pellegrini coached many teams, including River Plate, Villarreal, Real Madrid and Manchester City. During this period, Peregrine's main team honors were one Premier League title. In addition, Pellegrini once led Villarreal to a runner-up finish in La Liga, which is also an unmissable achievement in his coaching career.

Looking back at Peregrine's career, you will see that his closest moment to the Champions League was neither at Real Madrid nor at Manchester City, but at Villarreal [Yellow Submarine]. In 2006, Manuel Peregrine led the Yellow Submarine to a magical Champions League quarterfinal, falling 0-1 to Arlene Zenger's Arsenal in the two-legged quarterfinals.

III, Assimilation Allegra

As a manager, Allegri emerged in 2008, the year he took Sassuolo to the Serie C championship, and really entered the mainstream of fans in 2010. In his first season in charge of AC Milan, Allegri had his highlight moment, helping the club to win the 18th Serie A trophy two rounds ahead of schedule.

In his second season at AC Milan, Allegri led the team to a narrow defeat against Juventus to finish second in Serie A after encountering a huge injury crisis, showing his resilience and ability to recognize talent. After joining Juventus in 2014, Allegri led Juventus to complete five consecutive championships, playing all over Italy without any rival.

Unfortunately, in the Champions League battlefield, which is highly valued by the management, Allegri still fell short of some fire, and the latter left Juve after 2019. However, after Andrea Pirlo was sacked last year, Allegri returned to continue coaching the team. At the age of 54, Allegri went to chase the Champions League dream that belongs to him.

II, Diego Simeone

As a player, Simeone, the player era as a back, itself is known for good defense and hard, can be said to be a very classic Argentine player in the nineties.

In the coaching era, Diego Simeone, more or less continued his temperament, known in the coaching field for being good at transforming the team's defensive system and cultivating the team's iron spirit.

Looking back at Simeone's unfinished coaching career so far, he landed at Atletico Madrid in 2011 after five years of experience in the pre-Namerican football world, and transformed Atletico into a first-class team that almost became European champions. During his time at Atletico, he won two La Liga titles and two UFA Cups. In 2014 & 2016, Simeone took his team to the Champions League final, defeating fellow city team Real Madrid on both occasions.

In terms of the size of the team, it is quite a remarkable coaching achievement for Simeone to get Atletico to this point. For him, the Champions League should be an important chase for the rest of his career that he still has a chance to accomplish.

I. Arsenal Wenger

In his long coaching career from 1984 to 2018, Arsenal Wenger has coached in Ligue 1 Nancy and Monaco, Japan's J-League Nagoya Whale-8, and the English Premier League Arsenal, with Arsenal's coaching period being the most glorious.

During this period, Arsenal Wenger showed his excellent ability to discover talents, and created a beautiful Wenger-style soccer with a flowing attack and excellent teamwork, which was admired and loved by thousands of fans.

As the longest manager of a single team in the history of the Premier League, Wenger has led the team to three Premier League titles in 22 years at Arsenal, including a legendary unbeaten season.

In addition, Wenger brought Arsenal seven English FA Cup titles and seven Community Shields. And not to be overlooked, during Wenger's tenure, Arsenal built the current Emirates Stadium in a rather smooth and ideal financial operation, completing a major home upgrade.

Looking back on Wenger's coaching career, the closest he came to the Champions League was in 2006. At that time, Wenger led Arsenal all the way to the Champions League final, facing the rising Barcelona Dream Team II. In the case of goalkeeper Lehman's early attack on Eton and the team playing with one man less, Arsenal still relied on Campbell's iron tree to build up an advantage, but could not stop the opponent's fierce attack in the second half, and finally lost 1-2 to be the runner-up.

After 2006, perhaps Wenger's most regrettable trip to the Champions League was in 2011. In that year's 1/8 final, Wenger's Arsenal encountered the then cosmic team Barcelona, and after a 2-1 win in London, they lost 1-3 in the second round with one man short of the opponent, and finally went out 3-4. In that game, Van Persia got two yellows and a red quite controversial.

Incidentally, during the coaching of the Gunners, Wenger has more than once been pursued by the giants, including Real Madrid, which is more than adequate in terms of funding, and has also received invitations from the England national team, including the manager, but he was indifferent and has chosen to stay in Arsenal coaching, until 2018 in the years without a title under the pressure of the outside world and a lot of fans blame and Arsenal to terminate the contract, and from then on parted from the coaching career.