Best Barcelona managers ever: Who had the biggest impact

Best Barcelona managers ever!

Here we have for you a list of the Best Barcelona managers ever!

Who do you think will qualify for the Best Barcelona managers ever? One of the obvious choices will be modern day great Pep Guardiola. But how many managers from the previous millennium will make the Best Barcelona managers ever list?

Here we first start by taking a sneak peak at all the Barcelona managers ever! Watch & Bet Here =>

Best Barcelona managers ever: All managers ever

Name	From	To	Honours	No. of honours
Billy Lambe	1912	1912	1 Copa del Rey, 1 Pyrenees Cup	2
Miles Barron	1912	1912
Jack Alderson	1913	1913
Jack Greenwell	1913	1923	3 Copa del Rey, 5 Campionat de Catalunya, 1 Pyrenees Cup	9
Alf Spouncer	1923	1924	1 Campionat de Catalunya	1
Jesza Poszony	1924	December 1924
Ralph Kirby	December 1924	February 1926	1 Copa del Rey, 1 Campionat de Catalunya	2
Richard Dombi	February 1926	December 1926	1 Campionat de Catalunya, 1 Copa del Rey	2
Romà Forns	December 1926	March 1929	1 Campionat de Catalunya, 1 Copa del Rey	2
James Bellamy	March 1929	July 1931	1 La Liga, 2 Campionat de Catalunya	3
Jack Greenwell	July 1931	July 1933	1 Campionat de Catalunya	1
Richard Dombi	July 1933	February 1934
Ramón Zabalo	February 1934	July 1934
Franz Platko	July 1934	July 1935	1 Campionat de Catalunya	1
Patrick O’Connell	July 1935	March 1940	2 Campionat de Catalunya	2
Josep Planas	March 1940	July 1941
Ramón Guzmán	July 1941	January 1942
Joan Josep Nogués	January 1942	June 1944	1 Copa del Rey	1
Josep Samitier	June 1944	July 1947	1 La Liga, 1 Copa Eva Duarte	2
Enrique Fernández	July 1947	May 1950	2 La Liga, 1 Copa Eva Duarte, 1 Latin Cup	4
Ramón Llorens	May 1950	June 1950
Ferdinand Daučík	June 1950	July 1954	2 La Liga, 3 Copa del Rey, 2 Copa Eva Duarte, 1 Latin Cup	8
Sandro Puppo	July 1954	June 1955
Franz Platko	June 1955	June 1956
Domingo Balmanya	June 1956	April 1958	1 Copa del Rey, 1 Small Club World Cup	2
Helenio Herrera	April 1958	May 1960	2 La Liga, 1 Copa del Rey, 1 Fairs Cup	4
Enric Rabassa	May 1960	June 1960	1 Fairs Cup	1
Ljubiša Broćić	June 1960	January 1961
Enrique Orizaola	January 1961	June 1961
Luis Miró	June 1961	November 1961
Ladislao Kubala	November 1961	January 1963
Josep Gonzalvo	January 1963	July 1963	1 Copa del Rey	1
César Rodríguez	July 1963	October 1964
Vicente Sasot	October 1964	June 1965
Roque Olsen	June 1965	June 1967	1 Fairs Cup	1
Salvador Artigas	June 1967	October 1969	1 Copa del Rey	1
Josep Seguer	October 1969	December 1969
Vic Buckingham	December 1969	July 1971	1 Copa del Rey	1
Rinus Michels	July 1971	May 1975	1 La Liga	1
Hennes Weisweiler	May 1975	April 1976
Laureano Ruiz	April 1976	May 1976
Rinus Michels	May 1976	May 1978	1 Copa del Rey	1
Lucien Muller	May 1978	April 1979
Joaquim Rifé	April 1979	March 1980	1 Cup Winners’ Cup	1
Helenio Herrera	March 1980	May 1980
Ladislao Kubala	May 1980	November 1980
Helenio Herrera	November 1980	June 1981	1 Copa del Rey	1
Udo Lattek	June 1981	March 1983	1 Cup Winners’ Cup	1
José Luis Romero	March 1983	March 1983
César Luis Menotti	March 1983	June 1984	1 Copa del Rey, 1 Copa de la Liga, 1 Supercopa de España	3
Terry Venables	June 1984	September 1987	1 La Liga, 1 Copa de la Liga	2
Luis Aragonés	September 1987	May 1988	1 Copa del Rey	1
Carles Rexach	June 1988	June 1988
Johan Cruyff	May 1988	May 1996	1 Copa del Rey, 1 Cup Winners’ Cup,4 La Liga, 3 Supercopa de España, 1 European Cup, 1 European Super Cup	11
Carles Rexach	May 1996	June 1996
Bobby Robson	July 1996	June 1997	1 Copa del Rey, 1 Supercopa de España, 1 Cup Winners’ Cup	3
Louis van Gaal	June 1997	May 2000	2 La Liga, 1 Copa del Rey, 1 UEFA Super Cup	4
Lorenzo Serra Ferrer	May 2000	April 2001
Carles Rexach	April 2001	May 2002
Louis van Gaal	May 2002	January 2003
Antonio de la Cruz	January 2003	February 2003
Radomir Antić	February 2003	June 2003
Frank Rijkaard	June 2003	June 2008	2 La Liga, 2 Supercopa de España, 1 UEFA Champions League	5
Pep Guardiola	June 2008	June 2012	3 La Liga, 2 Copa del Rey, 3 Supercopa de España, 2 UEFA Champions League, 2 UEFA Super Cup, 2 FIFA Club World Cup	14
Tito Vilanova	July 2012	July 2013	1 La Liga	1
Gerardo Martino	July 2013	May 2014	1 Supercopa de España	1
Luis Enrique	May 2014	May 2017	2 La Liga, 3 Copa del Rey, 1 Supercopa de España, 1 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Super Cup, 1 FIFA Club World Cup	9
Ernesto Valverde	May 2017	January 2020	2 La Liga, 1 Copa del Rey, 1 Supercopa de España	4
Quique Setién	January 2020	August 2020
Ronald Koeman	August 2020	October 2021	1 Copa del Rey	1
Sergi Barjuán	October 2021	November 2021
Xavi	November 2021		1 La Liga, 1 Supercopa de España	2

Best Barcelona managers ever:

5. Luis Aragones

The former manager of Spain was credited with letting Spain adopt the style of Pep’s Barcelona which laid foundation to a passing style of football followed by unprecedented success in Spanish history of football.

He was however a former Barcelona coach whose biggest achievement was breaking down the dominance of the bureaucrats at Barcelona back in the 1980s in Camp Nou.

He came in as a manager but supported the players in their protest against a president who was just not the right fit for Barcelona.

4. Frank Rijkaard

Frank Rijkaard arrived at FC Barcelona in the year 2003 and stayed till 2008. He led the Blaugrana to their second ever UEFA Champions League trophy by beating Arsenal in the finals. The Dutch head coach also won the European Super Cup and two League titles, focusing mostly on a strong hold defense while apply pressure on the attacking front.

He managed Barcelona over the course of 283 matches out of which he won 167, lost 52 and drew the other 64. He left with a win percentage of over 59%!

3. Johann Cryuff

Johann Cryuff laid down the foundation on which the club exists now. He came into the club as their manager in 1988 and introduced the world to a style of football that the team practices to this day – tiki-taka.

He created the Barcelona “dream team” and went on to win the La Liga, Copa Del Rey, European Cup, the European Super Cup and the Supercopa de Espana. One of the greatest minds on football and also, one of the most successful Barcelona managers ever.

2. Marinus Michels

Marinus Michels defeated Leeds United in the Fairs Cup while managing his first spell from 1971 to 1975. He was only able to win one trophy in his second season and then was sakced after a dry spell in 1974-1975. Michels returned briefly from 1976 to 1978 to win Barcelona the Copa del Rey trophy.

1. Pep Guardiola : Best Barcelona managers ever : BEST

Yes, he was the man who has transformed Barcelona again into one of the most dangerous teams in the world. It has been over 7 years since he left the club but his style of play has been imprinted so deep that Barcelona still follow it.

Moreover, there are now other clubs who follow the same model. The Guardiola effect has taken over the world and most clubs had no answer to his football for years.

At Barcelona, he won every single trophy which can be won and most of them he won multiple times. There were two seasons when they were winners of everything.

He changed Barcelona forever. We are living in Pep’s world. Watch & Bet Here =>

Current Manager: Xavi

The Barcelona legend and current club manager Xavi took the managerial job in 2021 and made quite the recovery in recent months. With Lionel Messi’s departure in 2021, the club had a negative impact on their squad as fans and players were not prepared to for life without the Copa América winner.

He has helped to improve the morale and mood of the current squad and has brought the team to a Champions League qualifying spot. A Champions League qualification was his only aim in his debut season and has certainly nailed it with priority.

He later won the La Liga title for the first time since Messi’s departure and also won Supercopa de Espana. He helped Barcelona to beat Real Madrid thrice in a single season.