After seven months in the "Real" head coach position, Rafael Benitez joined Jose Mourinho, Brendan Rodgers, and Tim Sherwood, who were also fired this season. Former "Real Madrid Castilla" coach was recently replaced and will be replaced by Zinedine Zidane, who led the team to victory in 17 out of 25 matches and coached the league's most scoring team (47 goals). In his two coaching stints at Real, Florentino Perez appointed a total of 11 coaches, of which only three lasted more than a season. During this period, the club invested over a billion euros in transfers and won two "La Liga" titles, one "Copa del Rey" cup, and two Champions League trophies. Bleacherreport.com writer Ryan Bailey provides a list of the eight least-serving coaches during Perez's tenure, ranking them based on the number of games coached.
Carlos Queiroz (59 matches, 2003-2004) A longtime assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, who joined the Real team shortly after David Beckham, in the 2003-2004 season. Queiroz started well - they won "El Clasico" in December, but the end of the season did not go well. After losing to Barcelona with four games left in the season, the team fell apart and finished a disappointing fourth in La Liga. The exit in the Champions League quarterfinals did not help the Mexican either. Manuel Pellegrini (48 matches, 2009-2010) Perez's first coach, who returned to the team in 2009, was Manuel Pellegrini, invited for his excellent work at Villarreal. The Chilean brought Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo to his team, and hopes were high for the 2009-2010 season. However, Pellegrini's team lost the La Liga title to Barcelona on the last matchday. Furthermore, the star-studded team lost both El Clasico matches in the Spanish league, was defeated by Lyon in the Champions League quarterfinals, and was humiliatingly knocked out in the Copa del Rey tournament with a 4-0 loss to the small Alcornon club. He had to leave the team. Vanderlei Luxemburgo (45 matches, 2004-2005) Vanderlei Luxemburgo was appointed as a coach at least 32 times during his career, with the Real Madrid name being the most prominent among his many workplaces. The well-traveled Brazilian arrived at the club in the second half of the 2004-2005 season but was fired at the beginning of the next season after a humiliating 0:3 loss to Barcelona in November 2005. Those games are also memorable because Ronaldinho played so well in that match that even Madrid fans applauded him standing up. As many coaches have experienced - a huge loss to Barcelona is usually a death kiss for a coach's job at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Juande Ramos (27 matches, 2008-2009) Juande Ramos is not very popular in certain parts of North London. Nevertheless, after the end of a unsuccessful career at Tottenham, he was almost immediately appointed as the Real coach in December 2008. In his first matches, he lost 0:2 to the main rivals at the Camp Nou Stadium, but later managed to win 17 out of the next 18 matches. However, a 2:6 defeat to Barcelona and four consecutive losses thereafter ended any chances of competing for the La Liga champion title, leaving Ramos jobless. Interestingly, his dismissal story closely resembles Carlos Queiroz's career end at Real - the loss of both to Barcelona is usually followed by four consecutive failures after those games. Rafa Benitez (25 matches, 2015) Approaching Benitez, who was recently appointed as Real coach, he saw the job as a "dream job." Most neutr... Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
