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Managers up to 1954
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  Managers up to 1954  
     
     
 
All the managers up to the 1954 World Cup are shown in the table below. Those marked in gold, silver or bronze in WC1 or WC2 were the managers of the teams that were world champions, runners up or got the third place. Inside, the year of the world cup.
The order of the table is based on the matches won.
 
     
Pos
Flag
Tm
Manager
Pld
W
AP
Perf.
WC1
WC2
1
  Vittorio Pozzo
9
8
2
89%
34
38
2
    Juan López Fontana
9
6
2
67%
50
54
3
 
8
5
2
62%
38
54
4
  Alberto Suppici
4
4
1
100%
30
  Francisco Olazar
5
4
1
80%
30
  Juan José Tramutola
5
4
1
80%
30
    Gusztáv Sebes
5
4
1
80%
54
    Flávio Costa
6
4
1
67%
50
    Walter Nausch
5
4
1
80%
54
10
  Karel Petrů
4
3
1
75%
34
  Otto Nerz
4
3
1
75%
34
7
3
2
43%
38
54
    Alfréd Schaffer
4
3
1
75%
38
    Károly Dietz
4
3
1
75%
38
    Adhemar Pimenta
5
3
1
60%
38
 
6
3
1
50%
50
17
  Robert Millar
3
2
1
67%
30
  George Raynor
5
2
1
40%
50
  György Orth 
3
2
1
67%
30
 
3
2
1
67%
50
  Boško Simonović
3
2
1
67%
30
  Hugo Meisl
4
2
1
50%
34
  József Nagy
5
2
1
40%
34
38
6
2
2
33%
50
54
25
  José Durand Laguna 
2
1
1
50%
30
  Píndaro de Carvalho
2
1
1
50%
30
 
2
1
1
50%
38
    Pierre Pibarot
2
1
1
50%
54
  Ödön Nádas
2
1
1
50%
34
    Ferruccio Novo
2
1
1
50%
50
  Sandro Puppo 
3
1
1
33%
54
  Octav Luchide
2
1
1
50%
30
  Heini Müller
2
1
1
50%
34
    Zezé Moreira
3
1
1
33%
54
 
3
1
1
33%
50
 
3
1
1
33%
38
 
3
1
1
33%
38
  Raoul Caudron
3
1
1
33%
30
  Lajos Czeizler 
3
1
1
33%
54
  Costel Rădulescu
3
1
2
33%
30
34
  Amadeo García
3
1
1
33%
34
 
3
1
1
33%
50
 
3
1
1
33%
50
    Aleksandar Tirnanić
3
1
1
33%
54
45
  Felipe Pascucci
1
0
1
0%
34
  Josef Uridil 
1
0
1
0%
34
  Luiz Vinhaes
1
0
1
0%
34
  George Kimpton 
1
0
1
0%
34
1
0
1
0%
38
1
0
1
0%
50
1
0
1
0%
38
1
0
1
0%
38
1
0
1
0%
38
  James McCrae 
1
0
1
0%
34
  David Gould
1
0
1
0%
34
  Ulises Saucedo
2
0
1
0%
30
  Jaroslav Cejp
2
0
1
0%
54
2
0
2
0%
34
38
 
2
0
1
0%
50
 
2
0
1
0%
38
  Doug Livingstone
2
0
1
0%
54
    Andy Beattie
2
0
1
0%
54
  Francisco Bru 
2
0
1
0%
30
  Antonio López Herranz 
2
0
1
0%
54
    Kim Yong-sik
2
0
1
0%
54
  Hector Goetinck
3
0
2
0%
30
34
 
3
0
1
0%
50
  Juan Luque
3
0
1
0%
30
 
     
 
 
 
1930: Alberto Suppici (Uruguay, 1898-1981) was the first manager to lead a team, the host nation, to victory in the first ever FIFA World Cup.
1930: Juan José Tramutola (Argentina, 1902-1968) and  Francisco Olazar (Argentina, 1885-1958) were both the managers of Argentina in 1930.
1930: Costel Rădulescu (Romania, 1896-1981) and Octav Luchide (Romania) were both the managers of Romania in 1930.
1934: Hector Goetinck (Belgium, 1886-1943) and Costel Rădulescu (Romania, 1896-1981) were the first managers to lead a team in two differents World Cups.
1934: Costel Rădulescu (Romania, 1896-1981) and  Josef Uridil (Austria, 1895-1962) were both the managers of Romania in 1934.
1938: Károly Dietz and Alfréd Schaffer were both the managers of Hungary in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
1938: Vittorio Pozzo was the first manager to win 2 world cups in a row.
 
     
     
     
     
  Managers with most games managed up to 1954  
 
     
 
     
     
     
     
  Managers with most world cup appearances up to 1954  
 
     
 
     
     
     
     
  Country of the managers and statistics up to 1954  
     
 
The number of managers contributed by country up to the 1954 World Cup is shown in the table below.
The order of the table is based on the matches won.
     
     
 
Pos
Flag
Country
Pld
W
NM
Perf.
1
  Hungary
26
16
8
61%
2
  Italy
20
12
5
60%
3
13
10
3
77%
4
13
9
4
69%
  Austria
17
9
5
53%
  Brazil
17
9
6
53%
7
  West Germany
12
8
3
67%
8
  Yugoslavia
9
5
3
55%
9
  Czechoslovakia
9
4
3
44%
  Spain
13
4
4
31%
11
  France
7
3
3
43%
7
3
3
43%
13
  Switzerland
5
2
2
40%
  Romania
7
2
4
29%
  England
10
2
7
20%
16
  Chile
3
1
1
33%
  Cuba
3
1
1
33%
18
  Netherlands
1
0
1
0%
  Norway
1
0
1
0%
  Poland
1
0
1
0%
  Bolivia
2
0
1
0%
  Paraguay
2
0
1
0%
2
0
1
0%
  Belgium
3
0
2
0%
  Scotland
5
0
3
0%
  Mexico
6
0
2
0%
 
     
     
     
     
  Countries with most managers up to 1954  
     
     
 
Pos
Flag
Country
NM
1
  Hungary
8
2
  England
7
3
  Brazil
6
4
  Austria
5
  Italy
5
6
4
  Romania
4
  Spain
4
9
  Czechoslovakia
3
  France
3
  Scotland
3
3
3
  West Germany
3
  Yugoslavia
3
16
  Belgium
2
  Mexico
2
  Switzerland
2
19
  Bolivia
1
  Chile
1
 
     
     
     
     
  
          Last updated: 7 January 2020
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