Pep Guardiola, the manager of Manchester City, has surpassed Sir Alex Ferguson, the previous manager of Manchester United, in terms of the total number of Champions League victories.
Before Manchester City’s match against RB Leipzig of the German Bundesliga on Wednesday, October 4, at the Red Bull Arena Leipzig, Pep Guardiola and Ferguson both had the same total amount of Champions League victories.
Manchester City defeated RB Leipzig 3-1 in Germany, with goals from Phil Foden, Julián Alvarez, and Jérémy Doku. This victory put City on top of Group G and enabled Guardiola to pass Ferguson in the winners’ list.
Remember that Sir Alex Ferguson, a great Scottish coach who left coaching in 2013, won the UEFA Champions League 102 times in 190 games. Since that time, he has had the most victories in the illustrious competition—that is, until Carlo Ancelotti, the current Real Madrid manager, passed him last year.
Therefore, Ancelotti, who presently has 109 wins in 190 games, is still in first place, while Sir Ferguson, who currently has 109 wins in 190 games, is second in history with the highest number of victories in the Champions.
That has slightly changed, though, as Pep Guardiola is currently the second-place coach in history in terms of victories. The 52-year-old Spanish coach has 103 victories out of 161 victories in the Champions League.
Guardiola has a record of 33 draws and 25 losses in the Champions League while coaching FC Barcelona, where he won two Champions League crowns, Bayern Munich, and most recently Manchester City.
Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, and Jurgen Klopp are the other coaches on the top six list of coaches with the most victories in the Champions League. Wenger has 82 victories in 188 games, Mourinho has 77 victories in 151 games, and Klopp has 58 victories in 102 games.
