CARLO ANCELOTTI'S RECORD


Ancelotti, new record holder for games as coach in EC&CL

On 27 November, Carlo Ancelotti broke Alex Ferguson's record for coaches with most games in the main European club tournament. 
After the Real Madrid match against Liverpool (0-2), Ancelotti has 215 games, one more than Ferguson.
He debutted in the competition on 13 August 1997 as a Parma coach, vs Widzew Lodz (3-1). 
Throughout his long career, Ancelotti was in charge with 8 clubs: Milan (77 games), Real Madrid (68), Chelsea (18), Bayern (12), Napoli (12), Juventus (10), PSG (10), Parma (8).
In the ranking, all matches in the European Cup and Champions League since 1955 were taken into account, including qualifiers.

 EUROPEAN  CUP  &CHAMPIONSLEAGUE1955-
 COACHESMOST GAMES 
     
 CoachNationPeriodGames
     
1Carlo AncelottiItaly1997-215
2Alex FergusonScotland1980-2013214
3Arsène Wenger France1988-2017208
4Pep Guardiola Spain2008-180
5José MourinhoPortugal2002-155
6Mircea LucescuRomania1998-2022152
7Rafa BenítezSpain2002-111
8Diego SimeoneArgentina2013-110
9Jürgen KloppGermany2011-2023104
10Massimiliano AllegriItaly2010-102
11Ottmar HitzfeldGermany1990-2007101
12Louis van GaalNetherlands1994-2016101