"France Football" magazine has compiled a list of the top 50 coaches of all time.
Leading the list is Dutch football legend Rinus Michels, who became the European Cup winner with Amsterdam's "Ajax" and the European champion with the Dutch national team.
R. Michels is the pioneer of "Total Football," followed by many famous European coaches.
In second place is "Manchester United" legend Sir Alex Ferguson, who has won 13 English "Premier" league titles and been crowned European champion three times.
In third place is the father of Italian football, Arrigo Sacchi, who left his mark on "Milan" club.
Johan Cruyff, who had the greatest influence on the "Barcelona" team, took the fourth position, and his best student Pep Guardiola ranked fifth.
Among the most famous coaches of today, Carlo Ancelotti made it to the top ten. Jose Mourinho took the 13th place, and Louis van Gaal the 18th.
Zinedine Zidane, who has made history in the UEFA Champions League during his short coaching career, ranked 22nd. He surpassed Jupp Heynckes (25th) and Arsene Wenger (32nd). Above Wenger are Jurgen Klopp and Diego Simeone.
Here is the list of the top 50 coaches of all time:
Rinus Michels Sir Alex Ferguson Arrigo Sacchi Johan Cruyff Pep Guardiola Valeriy Lobanovski Helenio Herrera Carlo Ancelotti Ernst Happel Bill Shankly Matt Busby Giovanni Trapattoni Jose Mourinho Miguel Munnoz Brian Clough Marcelo Lippi Nereo Rocco Louis van Gaal Ottmar Hitzfeld Bela Guttmann Fabio Capello Zinedine Zidane Viktor Maslov Herbert Chapman Jupp Heynckes Bob Paisley Jurgen Klopp Albert Batteux Guus Hiddink Udo Lattek Diego Simeone Arsene Wenger Vicente del Bosque Jock Stein Tele Santana Vic Buckingham Rafa Benitez Hennes Weisweiler Sir Bobby Robson Dettmar Cramer Mircea Lucescu Tomislav Ivic Stefan Kovacs Luis Aragones Frank Rijkaard Otto Rehhagel Raymond Goethals Marcelo Bielsa Antonio Conte Jean-Claude Suaudeau
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">France Football’s greatest managers of all time. <a href="https://t.co/AnALsamvZS">pic.twitter.com/AnALsamvZS</a></p>— football.london (@Football_LDN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Football_LDN/status/1107971689755889664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
