SPORTS
Club Football - England
*EFL Cup*
Most Cup Wins (Manager)
This list features the most successful managers in the history of the English Football League Cup.
RANK | MANAGERS | TROPHIES | WINNING YEARS |
1 | Brian Clough | 4 | Nottingham Forest (1977-78, 1978-79, 1988-89, 1989-90) |
2 | Alex Ferguson | 4 | Manchester United (1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 2000-01) |
3 | José Mourinho | 4 | Chelsea (2004-05, 2005-06, 2014-15), Manchester United (2016-17) |
4 | Pep Guardiola | 4 | Manchester City (2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22) |
5 | Bob Paisley | 3 | Liverpool (1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84) |
6 | George Graham | 3 | Arsenal (1986-87, 1988-89), Tottenham Hotspur (1998-99) |
7 | Joe Mercer | 2 | Manchester City (1969-70, 1970-71) |
8 | Bill Nicholson | 2 | Tottenham Hotspur (1970-71, 1972-73) |
9 | Ron Saunders | 2 | Aston Villa (1974-75, 1976-77) |
10 | Ron Atkinson | 2 | Aston Villa (1993-94, 1994-95) |
11 | Martin O'Neill | 2 | Leicester City (1996-97, 1998-99) |
12 | Gérard Houllier | 2 | Liverpool (2000-01, 2002-03) |
13 | Manuel Pellegrini | 2 | Manchester City (2013-14, 2015-16) |
14 | Jürgen Klopp | 2 | Liverpool (2021-22, 2023-24) |
15 | Willie Reid | 1 | Norwich City (1961-62) |
16 | Gil Merrick | 1 | Birmingham City (1962-63) |
17 | Matt Gillies | 1 | Leicester City (1963-64) |
18 | Tommy Docherty | 1 | Chelsea (1964-65) |
19 | Jimmy Hagan | 1 | West Bromwich Albion (1965-66) |
20 | Alec Stock | 1 | Queens Park Rangers (1966-67) |
21 | Don Revie | 1 | Leeds United (1967-68) |
22 | Danny Williams | 1 | Swindon Town (1968-69) |
23 | Tony Waddington | 1 | Stoke City (1971-72) |
24 | Bill McGarry | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (1973-74) |
25 | Tony Book | 1 | Manchester City (1975-76) |
26 | John Barnwell | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (1979-80) |
27 | Joe Fagan | 1 | Liverpool (1983-84) |
28 | Ken Brown | 1 | Norwich City (1984-85) |
29 | Maurice Evans | 1 | Oxford United (1985-86) |
30 | Ray Harford | 1 | Luton Town (1987-88) |
31 | Roy Evans | 1 | Liverpool (1994-95) |
32 | Brian Little | 1 | Aston Villa (1995-96) |
33 | Gianluca Vialli | 1 | Chelsea (1997-98) |
34 | Graeme Souness | 1 | Blackburn Rovers (2001-02) |
35 | Steve McClaren | 1 | Middlesbrough FC (2003-04) |
36 | Juande Ramos | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur (2007-08) |
37 | Alex McLeish | 1 | Birmingham City (2010-11) |
38 | Kenny Dalglish | 1 | Liverpool (2011-12) |
39 | Michael Laudrup | 1 | Swansea City (2012-13) |
40 | Erik ten Hag | 1 | Manchester United (2022-23) |
41 | Eddie Howe | 1 | Newcastle United (2024-25) |
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