Enrique Approaches Historic Achievement in the UEFA Champions League

Spanish coach Luis Enrique is close to entering a distinguished historical list in the UEFA Champions League, while Italian Carlo Ancelotti continues to lead the list of the most decorated coaches in the tournament, according to the official website of the Union of European Football Associations.

The same source indicated that Luis Enrique has become one of only seven coaches in history who have succeeded in winning the UEFA Champions League with more than one club after leading Paris Saint-Germain to the 2025 title, following his previous triumph with Barcelona in 2015.

Thus, Enrique joined a list that includes prominent names of coaches who have achieved the title with more than one team, including Alex Ferguson, José Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jupp Heynckes, and Ernst Happel.

According to the report, 21 coaches in the history of the competition have succeeded in winning the title more than once, but only four have managed to achieve it more than twice, which opens the door for Luis Enrique to an additional historic opportunity in the future if he continues his successes.

Luis Enrique can add his name to the list of coaches with three titles if he wins with Paris Saint-Germain in the 2026 final, approaching a historic achievement represented by joining a select elite of coaches who have achieved this number in the history of the tournament.

In contrast, Carlo Ancelotti continues to solidify his position as the most decorated coach in the UEFA Champions League with five titles, achieved with AC Milan in 2003 and 2007, then with Real Madrid in 2014, 2022, and 2024, distancing himself at the top of the most successful list in the history of the tournament.

Behind Ancelotti in the number of titles are Pep Guardiola, Bob Paisley, and Zinedine Zidane with three titles each, within a list that includes an elite of the greatest coaches in the history of the European competition.

There is also a group of coaches who have won the UEFA Champions League twice, including Sir Alex Ferguson, José Mourinho, Louis van Gaal, Rafa Benítez, and Helenio Herrera, among other historical names in European football.