Guardiola – the second most successful coach in history

Spanish Pep Guardiola, the current Manchester City Boss, has become the second most successful title-winning coach in football history won his 36th trophy, and surpassed Lucescu, according to the Spanish newspaper "Sport". As per Sport, the 2023 European Super Cup is the 36th trophy of Guardiola's managerial career, which means that he is now the second most successful manager in terms of honors, overtaking Mircea Lucescu, who has 35. Previously, the 52-year-old specialist shared the second-third place with Dynamo Kyiv coach Mircea Lucescu, both having 35 trophies. Now Guardiola has moved to a clear second place, surpassing the Romanian. Sir Alex Ferguson leads with the most awards – 49, and Valeriy Lobanovskyi holds the fourth place with 29. The top 5 also include Luiz Felipe Scolari and Carlo Ancelotti, who have 27 trophies each. It is the first time that Man City has won the trophy, but Guardiola has won it on four occasions, the last of which being in 2013, which was his first season at Bayern Munich. He has a 100% win rate in the competition. He is still some way behind legendary Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who won 49 titles during his illustrious career. However, former Barcelona head coach Guardiola will likely fancy his chances of overhauling that record. Guardiola also became the second coach to win the European Super Cup 4 times, after Italian Carlo Ancelotti, the current Real Madrid coach, who won the cup twice with AC Milan, and the same with Al-Mrenji. And the official account of Manchester City, via the “X” platform, revealed a new achievement for Guardiola, as he confirmed that the Spanish coach broke the record for the number of championships he achieved with one club, after he reached the 15th championship with Manchester City, while he achieved 14 with Barcelona.