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Club Football - AFC Champions League

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Most Trophy Wins (Manager)

This list features the managers that have the won the most trophies in the history of the AFC Champions League.

RANK

MANAGER

TROPHIES

WINNING YEARS

1

Yosef Merimovich

2

Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel) (1967), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) (1969)

2

Charnwit Polcheewin

2

Thai Farmers Bank (Thailand) (1993/94, 1994/95)

3

Park Seong-hwa

2

Pohang Steelers (South Korea) (1996/97, 1997/98)

4

Angel Iordanescu

2

Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) (1999/00), Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia) (2005)

5

Kim Ho

2

Suwon Samsung Bluewings (South Korea) (2000/01, 2001/02)

6

Choi Kang-hee

2

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea) (2006, 2016)

7

Zdravko Rajikov

1

Taj (Iran) (1970)

8

Israel Halivner

1

Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) (1971)

9

Chang Woon-soo

1

Daewoo Royals (South Korea) (1985/86)

10

Eijun Kiyokumo

1

Furukawa Electric (Japan) (1986)

11

George Yonashiro

1

Yomiuri FC (Japan) (1987)

12

Obeid Jumma

1

Al-Sadd (Qatar) (1988/89)

13

Li Yingfa

1

Liaoning FC (China) (1989/90)

14

Mansour Pourheidari

1

Esteghlal (Iran) (1990/91)

15

Edson Tavares

1

Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) (1991)

16

Firouz Karimi

1

PAS Tehran (Iran) (1992/93)

17

Park Jong-hwan

1

Ilhwa Chunma (South Korea) (1995)

18

Takashi Kuwahara

1

Júbilo Iwata (Japan) (1998/99)

19

Bruno Metsu

1

Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) (2002/03)

20

Dragan Talajić

1

Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia) (2004)

21

Holger Osieck

1

Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan) (2007)

22

Akira Nishino

1

Gamba Osaka (Japan) (2008)

23

Sérgio Farias

1

Pohang Steelers (South Korea) (2009)

24

Shin Tae-yong

1

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (South Korea) (2010)

25

Jorge Fossati

1

Al-Sadd (Qatar) (2011)

26

Kim Ho-kon

1

Ulsan Hyundai (South Korea) (2012)

27

Marcello Lippi

1

Guangzhou Evergrande (China) (2013)

28

Tony Popovic

1

Western Sydney Wanderers (Australia) (2014)

29

Luiz Felipe Scolari

1

Guangzhou Evergrande (China) (2015)

30

Takafumi Hori

1

Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan) (2017)

31

Go Oiwa

1

Kashima Antlers (Japan) (2018)

32

Razvan Lucescu

1

Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) (2019)

33

Kim Do-hoon

1

Ulsan Hyundai (South Korea) (2020)

34

Leonardo Jardim

1

Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) (2021)

35

Maciej Skorża

1

Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan) (2022)

36

Hernán Crespo

1

Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) (2023/24)

37

Matthias Jaissle

1

Al-Ahli (Saudi Arabia) (2024/25)


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References

Wikipedia. (2025). List of Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League Elite winning managers – By year. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_Club_Championship_and_AFC_Champions_League_Elite_winning_managers#By_year (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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