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Managers up to 1958

1958 FIFA World Cup - Managers up to 1958

Mgr up to 1958
Mgr with most games managed
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Managers up to 1958

•	All the managers up to the 1958 World Cup are shown in the table below. Those marked in gold, silver or bronze in WC1, WC2 or WC3 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	WC3
1			Vittorio Pozzo	9	8	2	89%	34	38
2			Sepp Herberger	14	7	3	50%	38	54	58
3			Juan López Fontana	9	6	2	67%	50	54
3			George Raynor	11	6	2	54%	50	58
5			Vicente Feola	6	5	1	83%	58
6			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
			Albert Batteux	6	4	1	67%	58
13			Karel Petrů	4	3	1	75%	34
			Otto Nerz	4	3	1	75%	34
			Karl Rappan	7	3	2	43%	38	54
			Károly Dietz	4	3	1	75%	38
			Alfréd Schaffer	4	3	1	75%	38
			Adhemar Pimenta	5	3	1	60%	38
			Guillermo Eizaguirre	6	3	1	50%	50
20			Robert Millar	3	2	1	67%	30
			György Orth	3	2	1	67%	30
			Milorad Arsenijević	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
			Peter Doherty	5	2	1	40%	58
			Gavril Kachalin	5	2	1	40%	58
			Aleksandar Tirnanić	7	2	2	28%	54	58
			Walter Winterbottom	10	2	3	20%	50	54	58
30			José Durand Laguna	2	1	1	50%	30
			Píndaro de Carvalho	2	1	1	50%	30
			Gaston Barreau	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
			Octav Luchide	2	1	1	50%	30
			Heini Müller	2	1	1	50%	34
			Guillermo Stábile	3	1	1	33%	58
			Zezé Moreira	3	1	1	33%	54
			Arturo Bucciardi	3	1	1	33%	50
			José Tapia	3	1	1	33%	38
			Josef Meissner	3	1	1	33%	38
			Raoul Caudron	3	1	1	33%	30
			Lajos Czeizler	3	1	1	33%	54
			Sandro Puppo	3	1	1	33%	54
			Aurelio González	3	1	1	33%	58
			Costel Rădulescu	3	1	2	33%	30	34
			Amadeo García	3	1	1	33%	34
			Franco Andreoli	3	1	1	33%	50
			William Jeffrey	3	1	1	33%	50
			Karel Kolský	4	1	1	25%	58
			Lajos Baróti	4	1	1	25%	58
			Jimmy Murphy	5	1	1	20%	58
54			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
			Jack Butler	1	0	1	0%	38
			Mario Pretto	1	0	1	0%	50
			Johan von Mastnbroek	1	0	1	0%	38
			Asbjørn Halvorsen	1	0	1	0%	38
			Józef Kałuża	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
			Bob Glendenning	2	0	2	0%	34	38
			Manuel Fleitas Solich	2	0	1	0%	50
			Alexandru Săvulescu	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
			Kim Yong-sik	2	0	1	0%	54
			Karl Argauer	3	0	1	0%	58
			Hector Goetinck	3	0	2	0%	30	34
			Juan Luque	3	0	1	0%	30
			Octavio Vial	3	0	1	0%	50
			Dawson Walker	3	0	1	0%	58
			Antonio López Herranz	5	0	2	0%	54	58

•	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.
•	1958: Sepp Herberger (Germany, 1897-1977) and Walter Winterbottom (England, 1913-2002) were the first managers to lead a team in three differents World Cups.
•	1958 : George Raynor (1907-1985) was one of the most succesful manager in all over the world. He led the Sweden national football team to the final in Sweden (1958), he got the third place in Brazil (1950), and he also managed them to an Olympic gold medal.

Managers with most games managed up to 1958

Pos	Flag	Tm	Manager	Pld
1			Sepp Herberger	14
2			George Raynor	11
3			Walter Winterbottom	10
4			Vittorio Pozzo	9
4			Juan López Fontana	9
6			Karl Rappan	7
6			Aleksandar Tirnanić	7
8			Vicente Feola	6
			Flávio Costa	6
			Albert Batteux	6
			Guillermo Eizaguirre	6
12			Juan José Tramutola	5
			Francisco Olazar	5
			Walter Nausch	5
			Adhemar Pimenta	5
			József Nagy	5
			Gusztáv Sebes	5
			Peter Doherty	5
			Gavril Kachalin	5
			Antonio López Herranz	5

Managers with most world cup appearances up to 1958

Pos	Flag	Tm	Manager	AP
1			Walter Winterbottom	3
1			Sepp Herberger	3
3			Karl Rappan	2
			Hector Goetinck	2
			Bob Glendenning	2
			George Raynor	2
			Vittorio Pozzo	2
			Costel Rădulescu	2
			Antonio López Herranz	2
			Juan López Fontana	2
			Aleksandar Tirnanić	2
12			José Durand Laguna	1
			Guillermo Stábile	1
			Juan José Tramutola	1
			Felipe Pascucci	1
			Francisco Olazar	1
			Walter Nausch	1
			Hugo Meisl	1
			Josef Uridil	1
			Karl Argauer	1

Country of the managers and statistics up to 1958

•	The number of managers contributed by country up to the 1958 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	30	17	9	57%
2		Brazil	23	14	7	61%
3		Italy	20	12	5	60%
4		Uruguay	13	10	3	77%
		Argentina	16	10	5	62%
		West Germany	18	10	4	56%
7		Austria	20	9	6	45%
8		France	13	7	4	54%
9		Yugoslavia	13	6	4	46%
9		England	20	6	9	30%
11		Czechoslovakia	13	5	4	38%
12		Spain	16	4	5	25%
13		United States	7	3	3	43%
14		Northern Ireland	5	2	1	40%
		Soviet Union	5	2	1	40%
		Switzerland	5	2	2	40%
		Romania	7	2	4	29%
18		Chile	3	1	1	33%
		Cuba	3	1	1	33%
		Paraguay	5	1	2	20%
		Wales	5	1	1	20%
22		Netherlands	1	0	1	0%
		Norway	1	0	1	0%
		Poland	1	0	1	0%
		Bolivia	2	0	1	0%
		South Korea	2	0	1	0%
		Belgium	3	0	2	0%
		Mexico	6	0	2	0%
		Scotland	8	0	4	0%

Countries with most managers up to 1958

Pos	Flag	Country	NM
1		England	9
1		Hungary	9
3		Brazil	7
4		Austria	6
5		Argentina	5
		Italy	5
		Spain	5
8		Czechoslovakia	4
		France	4
		Romania	4
		Scotland	4
		West Germany	4
		Yugoslavia	4
14		United States	3
14		Uruguay	3
16		Belgium	2
		Mexico	2
		Paraguay	2
		Switzerland	2
20		Bolivia	1

Last updated: 7 January 2020

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