List of Real Madrid CF managers

Carlo Ancelotti is the current manager of Real Madrid in his second spell at the club.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain, which plays in La Liga. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Real Madrid from 1910, when the first professional manager was appointed, to the present day. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), major honours won and significant achievements under his leadership. Caretaker managers are included, where known. As of the start of the 2024–25 season, Real Madrid have had 49 full-time managers.

The first full-time manager for Real Madrid was Arthur Johnson.[1] He was signed by one of the founders of Real Madrid, and then director, Adolfo Meléndez, and coached the team for ten seasons, gaining one Spanish Cup.

The most successful coaches with Real Madrid is Carlo Ancelotti, as won 15 titles with the team. Ancelotti, in two spells, won La Liga twice, Copa del Rey twice, UEFA Champions League three time, Spanish Super Cup twice, UEFA Super Cup three times, FIFA Club World Cup twice, and one FIFA Intercontinental Cup.

List of managers

The complete list of Real Madrid managers is shown in the following table:[2]

Information correct as of the match played on 22 December 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.

Manager Nat. From To G[A] W D L GF GA Win%[B] Honours Notes
Arthur Johnson Ireland 1910 1920 23 11 3 9 48 39 047.83 1 Copa del Rey [C][D]
Juan de Cárcer Spain 1920 1926 22 10 2 10 38 45 045.45 [C]
Pedro Llorente (Interim) Spain 1926 1926 0 0 0 0 0 0 ! [C]
Santiago Bernabéu Spain 1926 1927 8 5 0 3 31 15 062.50 [C]
José Berraondo Spain 1927 1929 41 27 4 10 115 58 065.85 [C]
José Quirante Spain 1929 1930 18 7 3 8 45 42 038.89 [C]
Lippo Hertzka Hungary 1930 1932 52 26 15 11 95 58 050.00 1 La Liga
Robert Firth England 1932 1934 45 30 5 10 126 52 066.67 1 La Liga
Francisco Bru Spain 1934 1941 118 71 13 34 290 152 060.17 2 Copa del Rey
Juan Armet Spain 1941 September 1943 46 23 7 16 96 72 050.00
Ramón Encinas Spain September 1943 May 1945 84 45 15 24 199 126 053.57
Jacinto Quincoces Spain May 1945 March 1946 35 18 10 7 70 37 051.43 1 Copa del Rey [C]
Baltasar Albéniz Spain March 1946 April 1947 35 18 5 12 82 66 051.43 1 Copa del Rey
Jacinto Quincoces Spain April 1947 January 1948 17 5 4 8 32 41 029.41
Michael Keeping England January 1948 October 1950 82 37 20 25 192 153 045.12 1 Copa Eva Duarte
Baltasar Albéniz Spain October 1950 March 1951 16 7 2 7 41 37 043.75
Héctor Scarone Uruguay March 1951 April 1952 48 25 10 13 113 73 052.08
Juan Antonio Ipiña Spain April 1952 May 1953 34 21 2 11 82 57 061.76 [C]
Enrique Fernández Uruguay May 1953 10 December 1954 50 31 8 11 126 60 062.00 1 La Liga
José Villalonga Spain 10 December 1954 June 1957 105 66 14 25 269 141 062.86 2 La Liga
2 UEFA Champions League
[E]
Luis Carniglia Argentina June 1957 19 February 1959 68 48 11 9 178 58 070.59 1 La Liga
1 UEFA Champions League
Miguel Muñoz Spain 21 February 1959 13 April 1959 9 5 2 2 31 9 055.56 [C]
Luis Carniglia Argentina 13 April 1959 July 1959 13 8 1 4 28 16 061.54 1 UEFA Champions League
Manuel Fleitas Paraguay July 1959 12 April 1960 33 23 4 6 109 42 069.70
Miguel Muñoz Spain 13 April 1960 15 January 1974 595 352 126 117 1,194 553 059.16 9 La Liga
2 Copa del Rey
2 UEFA Champions League
1 Intercontinental Cup
[F]
Luis Molowny Spain 15 January 1974 May 1974 23 13 2 8 49 26 056.52 1 Copa del Rey [C]
Miljan Miljanić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia May 1974 7 September 1977 134 67 36 31 231 150 050.00 2 La Liga
1 Copa del Rey
Luis Molowny Spain 7 September 1977 June 1979 90 51 24 15 196 94 056.67 2 La Liga
Vujadin Boškov Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia June 1979 29 March 1982 139 80 31 28 249 136 057.55 1 La Liga
1 Copa del Rey
Luis Molowny Spain 29 March 1982 30 June 1982 6 4 1 1 11 7 066.67 1 Copa del Rey
Alfredo Di Stéfano Argentina 1 July 1982 22 May 1984 108 63 23 22 192 113 058.33 [C]
Amancio Amaro Spain 22 May 1984 16 April 1985 47 19 13 15 69 52 040.43 [C]
Luis Molowny Spain 16 April 1985 30 June 1986 61 39 7 15 137 67 063.93 1 La Liga
1 Copa de la Liga
2 UEFA Europa League
Leo Beenhakker Netherlands 1 July 1986 30 June 1989 169 107 40 22 357 158 063.31 3 La Liga
1 Copa del Rey
2 Supercopa de España
John Toshack Wales 1 July 1989 19 November 1990 64 41 15 8 161 56 064.06 1 La Liga
Alfredo Di Stéfano Argentina 21 November 1990 22 March 1991 21 9 3 9 32 22 042.86 1 Supercopa de España
Radomir Antić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 22 March 1991 27 January 1992 39 27 6 6 84 32 069.23
Leo Beenhakker Netherlands 27 January 1992 29 June 1992 28 14 7 7 47 27 050.00
Benito Floro Spain 1 July 1992 7 March 1994 92 52 21 19 165 90 056.52 1 Copa del Rey
1 Supercopa de España
Vicente del Bosque Spain 7 March 1994 30 June 1994 12 5 2 5 24 23 041.67 [C]
Jorge Valdano Argentina 1 July 1994 21 January 1996 78 39 17 22 142 87 050.00 1 La Liga [C]
Vicente del Bosque Spain 21 January 1996 24 January 1996 1 1 0 0 5 0 100.00
Arsenio Iglesias Spain 24 January 1996 29 May 1996 21 11 4 6 33 22 052.38
Fabio Capello Italy 1 July 1996 24 June 1997 48 31 12 5 96 41 064.58 1 La Liga
Jupp Heynckes Germany 25 June 1997 28 May 1998 53 26 15 12 92 55 049.06 1 Supercopa de España
1 UEFA Champions League
José Antonio Camacho Spain 17 June 1998 9 July 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 ! [C]
Guus Hiddink Netherlands 15 July 1998 23 February 1999 34 19 4 11 73 48 055.88 1 Intercontinental Cup
John Toshack Wales 24 February 1999 17 November 1999 37 19 9 9 73 62 051.35
Vicente del Bosque Spain 17 November 1999 23 June 2003 233 127 56 50 461 267 054.51 2 La Liga
1 Supercopa de España
2 UEFA Champions League
1 UEFA Super Cup
1 Intercontinental Cup
Carlos Queiroz Portugal 25 June 2003 24 May 2004 59 34 11 14 113 76 057.63 1 Supercopa de España
José Antonio Camacho Spain 25 May 2004 20 September 2004 6 4 0 2 7 5 066.67
Mariano García Remón Spain 20 September 2004 30 December 2004 20 12 4 4 37 18 060.00 [C]
Vanderlei Luxemburgo Brazil 30 December 2004 4 December 2005 45 28 7 10 83 45 062.22
Juan Ramón López Caro Spain 4 December 2005 1 June 2006 24 12 9 3 41 25 050.00
Fabio Capello Italy 5 July 2006 28 June 2007 50 28 12 10 91 55 056.00 1 La Liga
Bernd Schuster Germany 9 July 2007 9 December 2008 75 44 9 22 156 100 058.67 1 La Liga
1 Supercopa de España
[C]
Juande Ramos Spain 9 December 2008 1 June 2009 27 18 1 8 53 34 066.67
Manuel Pellegrini Chile 2 June 2009 26 May 2010 48 36 5 7 119 48 075.00
José Mourinho Portugal 31 May 2010 1 June 2013 178 128 28 22 475 168 071.91 1 La Liga
1 Copa del Rey
1 Supercopa de España
[FIFA]
Carlo Ancelotti Italy 25 June 2013 25 May 2015 119 89 14 16 323 103 074.79 1 Copa del Rey
1 UEFA Champions League
1 UEFA Super Cup
1 FIFA Club World Cup
Rafael Benítez Spain 3 June 2015 4 January 2016 25 17 5 3 69 22 068.00
Zinedine Zidane France 4 January 2016 31 May 2018 149 104 29 16 393 160 069.80 1 La Liga
1 Supercopa de España
3 UEFA Champions League
2 UEFA Super Cup
2 FIFA Club World Cup
[C][FIFA]
Julen Lopetegui Spain 12 June 2018[3] 29 October 2018 14 6 2 6 21 20 042.86 [C]
Santiago Solari Argentina 30 October 2018 11 March 2019 32 22 2 8 71 37 068.75 1 FIFA Club World Cup [C]
Zinedine Zidane France 11 March 2019[4] 27 May 2021 114 69 25 20 207 104 060.53 1 La Liga
1 Supercopa de España
[C]
Carlo Ancelotti Italy 1 June 2021[5] Present 198 138 32 28 433 191 069.70 2 La Liga
1 Copa del Rey
2 Supercopa de España
2 UEFA Champions League
2 UEFA Super Cup
1 FIFA Club World Cup
1 FIFA Intercontinental Cup

Trophies

Rank Manager LL CdR SdE CED CdlL UCL UEL USC IC FCWC FIC Total
1 Italy Carlo Ancelotti 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 15
2 Spain Miguel Muñoz 9 2 2 1 14
3 France Zinedine Zidane 2 2 3 2 2 11
4 Spain Luis Molowny 3 2 1 2 8
5 Spain Vicente del Bosque 2 1 2 1 1 7
6 Netherlands Leo Beenhakker 3 1 2 6
7 Spain José Villalonga 2 2 4
8 Argentina Luis Carniglia 1 2 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miljan Miljanić 2 1
Portugal José Mourinho 1 1 1
11 Spain Francisco Bru 2 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vujadin Boškov 1 1
Spain Benito Floro 1 1
Italy Fabio Capello 2
Germany Jupp Heynckes 1 1
Germany Bernd Schuster 1 1
17 Ireland Arthur Johnson 1 1
Hungary Lippo Hertzka 1
England Robert Firth 1
Spain Jacinto Quincoces 1
Spain Baltasar Albéniz 1
England Michael Keeping 1
Uruguay Enrique Fernández 1
Wales John Toshack 1
Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano 1
Argentina Jorge Valdano 1
Netherlands Guus Hiddink 1
Portugal Carlos Queiroz 1
Argentina Santiago Solari 1

Notes

A. ^ Campeonato Centro matches are not counted because it was a regional championship.[6]

B. ^ Win % is rounded to two decimal places.

C. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Formerly played for the club.

D. The club's first full-time manager.

E. The first manager to manage a Spanish club side in European competition and to win a European trophy (1955–56 European Cup).

F. Most honours won and longest-serving manager in club history.

FIFA. a b Won FIFA World Coach of the Year/The Best FIFA Football Coach while at Real Madrid.

References

  1. ^ "Johnson". Real Madrid CF. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Coaches". Real Madrid C.F. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Julen Lopetegui: Real Madrid name Spain manager as new head coach". BBC. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Zidane regresa al real madrid". reammadrid.com (in Spanish). 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Comunicado Oficial: Ancelotti". reammadrid.com (in Spanish). 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Spain – List of Champions of Centro". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 September 2009.