List of Intercontinental Cup winning managers

The Intercontinental Cup (known as Toyota Cup from 1980–2004) was an annual contest held between 1960 and 2004 and played between the previous season's UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores winners. From 1960 to 1979, the cup was played over two legs. Between 1960 and 1968, the cup was decided on points, which meant that a third play-off match was played when both teams were equal on points. From 1969 to 1979, the competition adopted the aggregate score method, with away goals. In 1980, the Toyota Motor Corporation assumed sponsorship of the contest, renaming it Toyota Cup and transforming it into a single-match contest, held at a neutral venue in Japan. From 1980 to 2001, the match was held at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, and the last three – from 2002 to 2004 – were held at the International Stadium in Yokohama. The competition was then discontinued and merged into the FIFA Club World Cup, which was held for the first time in 2000.

The first cup was played in July and September 1960 between Spanish team Real Madrid and Uruguay's Peñarol. Real Madrid lifted the trophy under the guidance of manager Miguel Muñoz, winning 5–1 over two legs.^[1] The first single-match final was held in February 1981 and ended in success for Uruguayan side Nacional, led by Juan Mujica, who defeated England's Nottingham Forest 1–0.^[2] The last Intercontinental Cup was played on 12 December 2004 and was won by Porto of Portugal, who defeated Colombian side Once Caldas in a penalty shoot-out.^[3]

Argentine managers have fared most successfully in the contest, winning 11 titles. Carlos Bianchi won the title on three occasions and is the only manager to have won it with different clubs (with Vélez Sarsfield in 1994 and with Boca Juniors in 2000 and 2003).

Four managers have won two titles, each of them back-to-back and with the same club (Luís Alonso Pérez with Santos in 1962 and 1963, Helenio Herrera with Internazionale in 1964 and 1965, Arrigo Sacchi with Milan in 1989 and 1990 and Telê Santana with São Paulo in 1992 and 1993).

By year

Final	Nationality	Winning manager	Country	Club	Ref(s)
1960	ESP	Miguel Muñoz	ESP	Real Madrid	[1]
1961	URU	Roberto Scarone	URU	Peñarol	[4]
1962	BRA	Lula	BRA	Santos	[5]
1963	BRA	Lula	BRA	Santos	[5]
1964	ARG	Helenio Herrera	ITA	Internazionale	[6]
1965	ARG	Helenio Herrera	ITA	Internazionale	[6]
1966	URU	Roque Máspoli	URU	Peñarol	[7]
1967	ARG	Juan Pizzuti	ARG	Racing Club	[8]
1968	ARG	Osvaldo Zubeldía	ARG	Estudiantes La Plata	[9]
1969	ITA	Nereo Rocco	ITA	Milan	[10]
1970	AUT	Ernst Happel	NED	Feyenoord	[11]
1971	URU	Washington Etchamendi	URU	Nacional	[12]
1972	ROU	Ștefan Kovács	NED	Ajax	[13]
1973	ARG	Roberto Ferreiro	ARG	Independiente	[14]
1974	ESP	Luis Aragonés	ESP	Atlético Madrid	[15]
1975	–	–	–	–	[16]
1976	FRG	Dettmar Cramer	FRG	Bayern Munich	[17]
1977	ARG	Juan Carlos Lorenzo	ARG	Boca Juniors	[18]
1978	–	–	–	–	[16]
1979	URU	Luis Cubilla Pedro Cubilla	PAR	Olimpia	[19][20][21]
1980	URU	Juan Mujica	URU	Nacional	[2]
1981	BRA	Paulo César Carpegiani	BRA	Flamengo	[22]
1982	URU	Hugo Bagnulo	URU	Peñarol	[23]
1983	BRA	Valdir Espinosa	BRA	Grêmio	[24]
1984	ARG	José Pastoriza	ARG	Independiente	[25]
1985	ITA	Giovanni Trapattoni	ITA	Juventus	[26]
1986	ARG	Héctor Veira	ARG	River Plate	[27]
1987	YUG	Tomislav Ivić	POR	Porto	[28]
1988	URU	Roberto Fleitas	URU	Nacional	[29]
1989	ITA	Arrigo Sacchi	ITA	Milan	[30]
1990	ITA	Arrigo Sacchi	ITA	Milan	[30]
1991	YUG	Vladica Popović	YUG	Red Star Belgrade	[31]
1992	BRA	Telê Santana	BRA	São Paulo	[32]
1993	BRA	Telê Santana	BRA	São Paulo	[32]
1994	ARG	Carlos Bianchi	ARG	Vélez Sarsfield	[33]
1995	NED	Louis van Gaal	NED	Ajax	[34]
1996	ITA	Marcello Lippi	ITA	Juventus	[35]
1997	ITA	Nevio Scala	GER	Borussia Dortmund	[36]
1998	NED	Guus Hiddink	ESP	Real Madrid	[37]
1999	SCO	Alex Ferguson	ENG	Manchester United	[38]
2000	ARG	Carlos Bianchi	ARG	Boca Juniors	[39]
2001	GER	Ottmar Hitzfeld	GER	Bayern Munich	[40]
2002	ESP	Vicente del Bosque	ESP	Real Madrid	[41]
2003	ARG	Carlos Bianchi	ARG	Boca Juniors	[42]
2004	ESP	Víctor Fernández	POR	Porto	[3]

Managers with multiple titles

Rank	Nation	Manager	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up	Clubs won
1		Carlos Bianchi	3	1	1994, 2000, 2003	2001	Vélez Sarsfield, Boca Juniors
2		Luís Alonso Pérez	2	0	1962, 1963		Santos
		Helenio Herrera	2	0	1964, 1965		Internazionale
		Arrigo Sacchi	2	0	1989, 1990		Milan
		Telê Santana	2	0	1992, 1993		São Paulo

Bold = Still active as manager

By nationality

This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality.

Nationality	Number of wins
Argentina	11
Uruguay	7
Brazil	6
Italy	6
Spain	4
Germany	2
Netherlands	2
Yugoslavia	2
Austria	1
Romania	1
Scotland	1

See also

• Intercontinental Cup records and statistics
• List of Copa Libertadores winning managers
• List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning managers

References

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