Top 10 Champions League Managers

1. Bob Paisley. Paisley, the former Liverpool manager who led the team for nine seasons, secured the club their first European Cup, and remains the only coach in history to take his side to three European Cup wins (1977, 1978 and 1981).

2. José Villalonga Llorente. Llorente won the European Cup twice, both times with Real Madrid. He was the first manager to win the trophy, in 1956, and at 36 years and 184 days, he remains to date the youngest coach to win the competition

3. Brian Clough. The Nottingham Forest manager won the European Cup twice, in 1979 and 1980 – a feat that is considered by many to be one of the most impressive in the competition's history considering the status of the side he was managing.

4. Helenio Herrera. Herrera won the competition twice with Inter Milan, in 1964 and 1965. He was one of the first managers to call the support of the "12th man", and left a lasting legacy: when fans look back to the club in the 1960s they still refer to it as Herrera's Inter.

5. Sir Alex Ferguson. Ferguson is generally considered one of the finest managers of all time. The Manchester United manager has won the Champions League twice, the first of which was in 1999, and most recently in 2008. Ferguson could join Paisley as the only managers to win the competition on more than two occasions.

6. Vicente del Bosque. Del Bosque coached Real Madrid from 1999–2003, the most successful spell in the club's modern history. He won the Champions League with Real twice, and finished in the last four of the competition every season he was in charge.

7. Arrigo Sacchi. Before becoming a football coach Sacchi was a shoe salesman, making his consecutive wins in 1989 and 1990 with AC Milan all the more impressive. He was appointed manager of Real Madrid as a result, but was not as successful in Spain.

8. Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian Ferguson, Ancelotti has won the Champions League twice, in 2003 and 2007, on both occasions with AC Milan. He is also one of only five men to have won the competition as both a player and manager.

9. Ottmar Hitzfeld and Ernst Happe. lHitzfeld, or 'der General' as he is sometimes known, and Happel are the only managers in the competition's history to win with two different teams. Hitzfeld guided Borussia Dortmund to the title in 1997, and Bayern Munich in 2001, while Happel took Feyenoord to the trophy in 1970 and Hamburg in 1983.

10. Luis Carniglia. This Argentine took Real Madrid to the final of the European Cup twice, winning in both 1958, with a 3-2 win over AC Milan, and in 1959, with a 2-0 win over Reims. However, he was sacked for leaving Ferenc Puskás out of the side in the win over the French side.