Top 10 Greatest Managers in the history of Serie A

The Italian Football has been dominating in the European stage of Football for quite a some time now and we have also seen some great leaders and tacticians who have emerged as one of the best.

The Italian Football or the Serie A has been around for more than a century now and we have definitely seen some fierce managers who have been known for their tactics with which they continued to dominate and bring glory to their respective clubs. Let’s take a look today at the top ten manager who have proved themselves to be one of the greatest in the Italian Football.

#10) Roberto Mancini

Roberto Mancini has definitely showed his class in the European stage of football both as a player and as a manager. During his first stint with Inter Milan he has created history in the club by winning back to back three Serie A titles.

Inter Milan was just a stepping stone in Mancini’s managerial career as he went on to create history with Manchester City also where he delivered the Blues their very first Premier League title in the 2011/12 campaign.

Currently he has been managing the Italian National Team where his attacking tactics has definitely proved to be one of the key element for the recent success as Italy recently won the Euro 2020 and also earned the bronze in the UEFA Nations League.

#9) Antonio Conte

Antonio Conte, the Italian manager has proved himself as one of a kind after he started to re introduce the three defense ormation into the world football. His stint with Juventus was an absolute display of class tactician as he went on to win back to back three Serie A titles.

He is definitely one of the top ten managers in the Italian football as he continued to inject his tactical knowledge into the likes of Chelsea and even the Italian National team. Antonio Conte was recently appointed as the manager of Tottenham Hotspur after the dismissal of Nuno Espirito Santo, as the Italian boss gets ready to dominate again in the English Premier League.

#8) Massimiliano Allegri

Another Italian tactician in the modern world of football who comes into the list is Massimilianno Allegri, the Italian boss who has definitely continued to prove himself as one of the greatest in Italy. Allegri’s first Serie A title came during his stint with AC Milan in the 2010/11 campaign, which remains as the last Scudetto for the Rossoneri.

Allegri’s time with Juventus has definitely been the highlight of his career as he won five Serie A titles, four Coppa Italia, two Supercoppa Italiana and also took the Bianconeri very close to the UEFA Champions League title two times in 2015 and in 2017 where Juventus lost to Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively in the finals.

#7) Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello is another big name that comes up in this list as the Italian is known to dominate in the European football. His stint with AC Milan from 1991 was one of the most remarkable as he won 4 Scudettos in 5 seasons and was even successful enough to beat FC Barcelona in the 1993/94 season where the Rossoneri beat the Catalan club 4-0.

Capello’s stint in Spain with Real Madrid was another of his success story where he managed to win two La Liga titles during his two stints with the Los Blancos. Although his time with the English National team from 2007-2012 was not much of a success as the team failed to provide performance two times in the 2010 World Cup as well as in the 2012 Euro.

#6) Arrigo Sacchi

Arrigo Sacchi has dominated the European football with AC Milan and had the eye to reach the top from the very first season as he won the Serie A in his debut season with the Rossoneri. In an era of strong defensive gameplay in the Italian football, Sacchi implemented an attacking 4-4-2 formation.

The attacking playing style seemed to have had a strong influence in the European football as AC Milan went on to win back to back two Champions League in the 1988/89 and 1989/90. Many new managers in the world football seems to have been implementing Sacchi’s play style which continues to be a successful tactics.

#5) Marcello Lippi

Marcello Lippi is another legendary manager who has been the forefront of Italian football for a long span of time. He is the only manager in the history of football to have won the UEFA Champions League and the AFC Champions League.

Lippi’s tenure with Juventus was one of the most notable as he won 5 Serie A and a Champions league title. The 2006 World Cup was one of the biggest turning point in his managerial career as he guided Italy to their 4th World Cup title which led him to win IFFHS Best Nations coach in 2006.

#4) Giovanni Trapattoni

Giovanni Trapattoni has been regarded as the most successful boss in the Italian football where he continued to dominate for more than a 20 years. His stint with Juventus is regarded as the most successful era as he won 6 Serie A titles, 2 Coppa Italia and the Champions League also in 1984/85 season.

Giovanni Trapattoni’s tactical knowledge was unmatched to none as he kept on to providing result and earned much respect from football fans all over the world. He is one of the five coaches in the world who have won League titles in four different countries, Italy, Germany, Portugal and Austria.

#3) Nereo Rocco

Nereo Rocco another great Italian manager was known for the usage of 1-3-3-3 formation where a player remained at the back to play as a sweeper who kept putting long balls into the forward line.

He had a great stint with AC Milan with whom he won 2 Serie A, 2 Champions League, 3 Coppa Italia and many more. His tactics of combining both Italian and Dutch style of man to man marking with zonal marking influenced many managers in the recent time to gain immense amount of success.

#2) Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti is one of the greatest and biggest name in the the World football right now due to the number of titles which he have earned in his last two decade of managerial stint. He is one of the five managers to have won the league title in four different nations, Italy, Spain, French and Germany.

Ancelotti has won the UEFA Champions League three times (2x AC Milan and 1x Real Madrid) and remains one of the few persons to have won the Champions League both as a player and a manager. He is definitely the best and most successful Italian manager in recent times as he continues to show his dominance with Real Madrid.

#1) Helenio Herrera

Helenio Herrera is known as the best manager of all time as he continued to dominate in the European football for more than three decades. He is famous for his tenure with Inter Milan which is still known as the Herrera’s Inter era.

The Grande Inter era (1960s) was one of the greatest time for Inter Milan in the European stage as they won the European Cup (UEFA Champions League) back to back two times in 1964 and 1965. He also gave inter three Scudettos during that tenure.

Helenio Herrera believed in discipline as he was very strict with the routine, lifestyle and diet of his players. He mostly implemented 5-3-2 formation with a sweeper playing at the back line. He was the one who started the notion of the Ultras fans who were regarded by him as the 12th member of the squad.

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