The coaches who have played in a Champions League final the most times: Ancelotti extends his advantage

A new edition of the Champions League is coming to an end. Only the grand final of this prestigious European competition remains to be played, which will take place on June 1 in the city of London, at Wembley. Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid will be the teams that will try to take over La Orejona.

Borussia Dortmund is facing its best opportunity to recover a title that it has not won for more than 20 years. Edin Terzic’s team managed to eliminate Paris Saint Germain in the semi-finals and is one step away from glory.

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Their rival in this final, Real Madrid, will try to win this edition and thus add another Champions League to their record. Last season they could not reach the final after Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City stood in their way, this time, they have taken revenge. The white team reaches this final after making the epic -once more- against Bayern Munich.

Today, from 90min and because we are in the final of this competition, we bring you the coaches who have led their team the most times in the Champions League finals.

There are many coaches who have played at least one Champions League final, but fewer have done so on more than one occasion. Well, imagine that there are four times that he has managed his team in the most difficult competition at club level. There are few coaches who enter this select club, specifically five. With the Champions League won last season by Manchester City, Pep Guardiola He reached a Champions League final for the fourth time in his career as a coach, two with FC Barcelona, ​​which he won in 2009 and 2011, and two with the English team, one in 2021 where he was surpassed by Chelsea and the from the previous edition in 2023 where it was superior to Inter Milan.

Another coach who has reached this number of finals is Jurgen Kloppwho has reached the final three times with Liverpool where he managed to win the title against Tottenham in 2019 plus the other two finals that he lost against Real Madrid in 2018 and 2022. He was also the coach the last time the Borussia, current finalist, reached the final in 2013.

Sir Alex Fergusona figure of English football and legend of Manchester United, is another of the coaches who enter this group after reaching the final four times, winning the 1999 and 2008 editions, and losing the 2009 and 2011 editions, both against FC Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona.

This group is completed Marcello Lippi and Miguel Munoz. The first reached the final of the Champions League in the 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2003 editions, with Juventus on all four occasions, winning only the 1996 final. On the other hand, the Spanish Miguel Muñoz managed to reach the final in the editions of 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1966, with Real Madrid winning two of them (1960 and 1966).

There is only one coach who has played in more Champions League finals, and it is none other than Carlo Ancelotti, who will play a new final after eliminating Bayern Munich. The Italian thus has six UCL finals in his career, three with AC Milan (2003, 2005 and 2007), and another three with Real Madrid (2014, 2022 and 2024), also being the coach who has won this title the most times. tournament up to four times. He will now try to add his fifth Champions League to his record.