Longest-Serving Barcelona Manager : Biggest tenures of Barca bosses

Longest-Serving Barcelona Manager!

Who are the Longest-Serving Barcelona Manager listmakers? Do you have any idea who they could be?

We will talk about the Longest-Serving Barcelona Manager toppers over here! Some names are a blast from the past while others are relatively new. Let us sit and discuss about the Longest-Serving Barcelona Manager!

Here we look at the Longest-Serving Barcelona Manager of all-time. We will look throughout history of FC Barcelona past managers to find out who were the best.

When you think of Longest-Serving Barcelona Manager, Pep Guardiola probably comes to mind (depending on your age). But you’ll be surprised to find out that others like Valverde doesn’t even reach the Top 5 Longest-Serving Barcelona Manager.

First, dont you want to know who all the Barca bosses have been? Check out the following list!

Name	From	To	Honours	number of honours
Enrique Fernández	July 1947	May 1950	2 La Liga, 1 Copa Eva Duarte, 1 Latin Cup	4
Joan Gamper	1902	1917	3 Copa del Rey, 1 Copa Macaya, 1 Copa Barcelona, 7 Campionat de Catalunya	12
Tito Vilanova	June 2012	July 2013	1 La Liga	1
Ernesto Valverde	May 2017		2 La Liga, 1 Copa del Rey, 1 Supercopa de España	4
Josep Seguer	Oct 1969	Dec 1969
Vicente Sasot	Oct 1964	June 1965
Josep Samitier	June 1944	July 1947	1 La Liga, 1 Copa Eva Duarte	2
Laureano Ruiz	Apr 1976	May 1976
José Luis Romero	Mar 1983	Mar 1983
César Rodríguez	July 1963	Oct 1964
Joaquim Rifé	Apr 1979	Mar 1980	1 Cup Winners’ Cup	1
Carles Rexach	May 1988	May 1988
Carles Rexach	May 1996	May 1996
Carles Rexach	Apr 2001	May 2002
Enric Rabassa	May 1960	June 1960
Josep Planas	Mar 1940	July 1941
Enrique Orizaola	Jan 1961	June 1961
Joan Josep Nogués	Jan 1942	June 1944	1 Copa del Rey	1
Luis Miró	June 1961	Nov 1961
Ramón Llorens	May 1950	June 1950
Llorenç Serra Ferrer	May 2000	Apr 2001
Ramón Guzmán	July 1941	Jan 1942
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
Josep Gonzalvo	Jan 1963	July 1963	1 Copa del Rey	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
Domingo Balmanya	June 1956	Apr 1958	1 Copa del Rey, 1 Fairs Cup	2
Salvador Artigas	June 1967	Oct 1969	1 Copa del Rey	1
Luis Aragonés	Sep 1987	May 1988	1 Copa del Rey	1
Ljubiša Broćić	June 1960	Jan 1961
Jesza Poszony	1924	Dec 1924	1 Copa del Rey, 1 Campionat de Catalunya	2
Franz Platko	July 1934	July 1935	1 Campionat de Catalunya	1
Louis van Gaal	June 1997	May 2000	2 La Liga, 1 Copa del Rey, 1 UEFA Super Cup	4
Louis van Gaal	May 2002	Jan 2003
Frank Rijkaard	June 2003	June 2008	2 La Liga, 2 Supercopa de España, 1 UEFA Champions League	5
Rinus Michels	July 1971	May 1975	1 La Liga	1
Rinus Michels	May 1976	May 1978	1 Copa del Rey	1
Johan Cruyff	May 1988	May 1996	4 La Liga, 3 Supercopa de España, 1 European Cup, 1 UEFA Super Cup, 1 Copa del Rey, 1 Cup Winners’ Cup	11
Sandro Puppo	July 1954	June 1955
Patrick O’Connell	July 1935	Mar 1940	2 Campionat de Catalunya	2
Franz Platko	June 1955	June 1956
Ladislao Kubala	Nov 1961	Jan 1963
Ladislao Kubala	May 1980	Nov 1980
Udo Lattek	June 1981	Mar 1983	1 Cup Winners’ Cup	1
Hennes Weisweiler	May 1975	Apr 1976
Lucien Muller	May 1978	Apr 1979
Romà Forns	Dec 1926	Mar 1929	1 La Liga, 1 Campionat de Catalunya, 1 Copa del Rey	3
Radomir Antić	Jan 2003	June 2003
Terry Venables	June 1984	Sep 1987	1 La Liga, 1 Copa de la Liga	2
Alf Spouncer[8]	1923	1924	1 Campionat de Catalunya	1
Bobby Robson	May 1996	June 1997	1 Copa del Rey, 1 Supercopa de España, 1 Cup Winners’ Cup	3
Ralph Kirby	Dec 1924	Feb 1926	1 Copa del Rey, 1 Campionat de Catalunya	2
Jack Greenwell	1917	1923	2 Copa del Rey, 4 Campionat de Catalunya	6
Jack Greenwell	July 1931	July 1933	1 Campionat de Catalunya	1
Vic Buckingham	Dec 1969	July 1971	1 Copa del Rey	1
James Bellamy	Mar 1929	July 1931	2 Campionat de Catalunya	2
John Barrow	1917	1917
Ferdinand Daučík	June 1950	July 1954	2 La Liga, 3 Copa del Rey, 2 Copa Eva Duarte, 1 Latin Cup	8
Jack Dumby	Feb 1926	Dec 1926	1 Campionat de Catalunya	1
Jack Dumby	July 1933	July 1934
Roque Olsen	June 1965	June 1967	1 Fairs Cup	1
César Luis Menotti	Mar 1983	June 1984	1 Copa del Rey, 1 Copa de la Liga, 1 Supercopa de España	3
Gerardo Martino	July 2013	May 2014	1 Supercopa de España	1
Helenio Herrera	Apr 1958	May 1960	2 La Liga, 1 Copa del Rey, 1 Fairs Cup	4
Helenio Herrera	Mar 1980	May 1980
Helenio Herrera	Nov 1980	Jun 1981	1 Copa del Rey	1

Now that we know who have managed Barcelona in their rich century old history, let us check out the legendary bosses who have been there for the longest time!

Longest-Serving Barcelona Manager

1. Pep Guardiola

He served for 4 years at Barcelona – from June 2008 to June 2012. He is perhaps the greatest manager Barcelona will ever have after Johann Cryuff. And in terms of silverware he is indeed the best Barca boss. Pep Guardiola came to the Barca coaching system as nothing more than a formal captain of the club with little managerial experience.

However, Barcelona trusted him and the result was their for everyone to see. He ruled Spain and Europe for four years, winning two CLs, three league titles and multiple other trophies. His Barca team is considered to be one of the best teams ever. He then went off to Bayern Munich and Manchester City after that. Everywhere he has gone, he has done well.

2. Louis Van Gaal

He was Barca boss from May 1997 to May 2000. Van Gaal moved to Barcelona in 1997, taking over from Bobby Robson, and helped the group win two La Liga titles (1997–98, 1998–99) and the Copa del Rey once.[13] Despite this achievement, he conflicted with the media and went under analysis. He communicated that it was hard to actualize his football reasoning at Barcelona because of social contrasts.

3. Rinus Michels

From 1971 to 1978, with a brief 1 year break in between, Rinus Michels served his tenure at Barcelona. Michels turned out to be generally outstanding for his instructing accomplishments; he won the European Cup with Ajax and the Spanish class with Barcelona, and had four residencies as mentor of the Netherlands national group, who he prompted arrive at the last of the 1974 FIFA World Cup and to win the 1988 UEFA European Championship.

4. Patrick O’ Connell

A man from the history books, he was in charge of the club prior to the second world war. He played for United and Ireland as a defender and later managed Barca and led them to great financial and silverware success. His era reigned from 1935-1940.

5. Johan Cryuff

The man who invented the Cryuff turn was one of the most iconic and longest serving managers at Barcelona. He introduced the initial tiki-taka system of football at the club which changed how people looked at football. He will always be an inspiration to every player and manager who will ever grace the game.

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