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Longest Reigning International Managers

This list features the longest serving national team managers in international football history.

RANK	MANAGERS	NATION	DURATION	YEARS
1	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	18 years, 306 days	1939–1958
2	Vittorio Pozzo	Italy	18 years, 248 days	1929–1948
3	Mohammad Anwar Elahee	Mauritius	18 years, 0 days	1970–1988
4	Hugo Meisl	Austria	17 years, 135 days	1919–1937
5	Walter Winterbottom	England	16 years, 54 days	1946–1962
6	Koldo Álvarez	Andorra	15 years, 294 days	2010–present
7	Paul Philipp	Luxembourg	15 years, 258 days	1985–2001
8	Óscar Tabárez	Uruguay	15 years, 257 days	2006–2021
9	John Pettersson	Sweden	15 years, 185 days	1921–1936
10	Gaston Barreau	France	15 years, 163 days	1930–1946
11	Morten Olsen	Denmark	15 years, 139 days	2000–2015
12	Bob Glendenning	Netherlands	15 years, 37 days	1925–1940
13	Luc Holtz	Luxembourg	15 years, 7 days	2010–2025
14	Giampaolo Mazza	San Marino	15 years, 5 days	1998–2013
15	Joachim Löw	Germany	14 years, 352 days	2006–2021
16	Billy Bingham	Northern Ireland	13 years, 236 days	1980–1993
17	Helmut Schön	West Germany	13 years, 229 days	1964–1978
18	Sepp Herberger	West Germany	13 years, 198 days	1950–1964
19	Didier Deschamps	France	13 years, 138 days	2012–present
20	Guy Thys	Belgium	13 years, 17 days	1976–1989
21	Olavi Laaksonen	Finland	12 years, 112 days	1962–1974
22	Helmut Kosmehl	Mauritius	12 years, 0 days	1976–1988
23	Alf Ramsey	England	11 years, 35 days	1963–1974
24	Georg Buschner	East Germany	11 years, 30 days	1970–1981
25	David Rodrigo	Andorra	10 years, 276 days	1999–2010
26	Sepp Piontek	Denmark	10 years, 274 days	1979–1990
27	Enzo Bearzot	Italy	10 years, 263 days	1975–1986
28	Peter Doherty	Northern Ireland	10 years, 215 days	1951–1962
29	Gaston Barreau	France	10 years, 127 days	1920–1930

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References

Wikipedia. (2024). List of longest managerial reigns in association football — National teams. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_managerial_reigns_in_association_football#National_teams (Accessed 1 December 2025).

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