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Managers up to 1966

1966 FIFA World Cup - Managers up to 1966

Mgr up to 1966
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Managers up to 1966

•	All the managers up to the 1966 World Cup are shown in the table below. Those marked in gold, silver or bronze in WC1, WC2, WC3 or WC4 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	WC4
1			Sepp Herberger	18	9	4	50%	38	54	58	62
2			Vittorio Pozzo	9	8	2	89%	34	38
3			Vicente Feola	9	6	2	67%	58	66
			Juan López Fontana	9	6	2	67%	50	54
			George Raynor	11	6	2	54%	50	58
5			Aymoré Moreira	6	5	1	83%	62
			Alf Ramsey	6	5	1	83%	66
			Otto Glória	6	5	1	83%	66
			Lajos Baróti	12	5	3	42%	58	62	66
9			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
			Helmut Schön	6	4	1	67%	66
			Flávio Costa	6	4	1	67%	50
			Fernando Riera	6	4	1	67%	62
			Walter Nausch	5	4	1	80%	54
			Albert Batteux	6	4	1	67%	58
			Nikolai Morozov	6	4	1	67%	66
			Gavril Kachalin	9	4	2	44%	58	62
20			Karel Petrů	4	3	1	75%	34
			Rudolf Vytlači	9	3	2	33%	62	66
			Otto Nerz	4	3	1	75%	34
			Karl Rappan	10	3	3	30%	38	54	62
			Alfréd Schaffer	4	3	1	75%	38
			Károly Dietz	4	3	1	75%	38
			Adhemar Pimenta	5	3	1	60%	38
			Guillermo Eizaguirre	6	3	1	50%	50
			Prvoslav Mihajlović	6	3	1	50%	62
			Ljubomir Lovrić	6	3	1	50%	62
			Juan Carlos Lorenzo	7	3	2	43%	62	66
			Walter Winterbottom	14	3	4	21%	50	54	58	62
32			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
			Aleksandar Tirnanić	7	2	2	28%	54	58
40			José Durand Laguna	2	1	1	50%	30
			Píndaro de Carvalho	2	1	1	50%	30
			Ferruccio Novo	2	1	1	50%	50
			Pierre Pibarot	2	1	1	50%	54
			Gaston Barreau	2	1	1	50%	38
			Ödön Nádas	2	1	1	50%	34
			Octav Luchide	2	1	1	50%	30
			Heini Müller	2	1	1	50%	34
			Helenio Herrera	3	1	1	33%	62
			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
			Edmondo Fabbri	3	1	1	33%	66
			Paolo Mazza	3	1	1	33%	62
			Sandro Puppo	3	1	1	33%	54
			Aurelio González	3	1	1	33%	58
			Costel Rădulescu	3	1	2	33%	30	34
			José Villalonga	3	1	1	33%	66
			Amadeo García	3	1	1	33%	34
			Franco Andreoli	3	1	1	33%	50
			Juan Carlos Corazzo	3	1	1	33%	62
			William Jeffrey	3	1	1	33%	50
			Karel Kolský	4	1	1	25%	58
			Ignacio Tréllez	6	1	2	17%	62	66
			Myung Rye-Hyun	4	1	1	25%	66
			Ondino Viera	4	1	1	25%	66
			Jimmy Murphy	5	1	1	20%	58
71			Felipe Pascucci	1	0	1	0%	34
			Josef Uridil	1	0	1	0%	34
			Luiz Vinhaes	1	0	1	0%	34
			Jack Butler	1	0	1	0%	38
			George Kimpton	1	0	1	0%	34
			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
			Andy Beattie	2	0	1	0%	54
			Doug Livingstone	2	0	1	0%	54
			Kim Yong-sik	2	0	1	0%	54
			Francisco Bru	2	0	1	0%	30
			Adolfo Pedernera	3	0	1	0%	62
			Karl Argauer	3	0	1	0%	58
			Hector Goetinck	3	0	2	0%	30	34
			Georgi Pachedzhiev	3	0	1	0%	62
			Luis Alamos	3	0	1	0%	66
			Henri Guérin	3	0	1	0%	66
			Alfredo Foni	3	0	1	0%	66
			Octavio Vial	3	0	1	0%	50
			Juan Luque	3	0	1	0%	30
			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.
•	1962: Prvoslav Mihajlović (Serbia, 1921-1978) and Ljubomir Lovrić (Serbia, 1920-1994) were both the managers of Yugoslavia in 1962.
•	1962: Sepp Herberger (Germany, 1897-1977) and Walter Winterbottom (England, 1913-2002) were the first managers to lead a team in four differents World Cups.
•	1966: Rudolf Vytlači (Austria, 1912-1977) was the first managers to lead two different teams in two differents World Cups.

Managers with most games managed up to 1966

Pos	Flag	Tm	Manager	Pld
1			Sepp Herberger	18
2			Walter Winterbottom	14
3			Lajos Baróti	12
4			George Raynor	11
5			Karl Rappan	10
6			Vicente Feola	9
			Rudolf Vytlači	9
			Vittorio Pozzo	9
			Gavril Kachalin	9
			Juan López Fontana	9
11			Juan Carlos Lorenzo	7
11			Aleksandar Tirnanić	7
13			Helmut Schön	6
			Aymoré Moreira	6
			Otto Glória	6
			Flávio Costa	6
			Fernando Riera	6
			Alf Ramsey	6
			Albert Batteux	6
			Ignacio Tréllez	6

Managers with most World Cup appearances up to 1966

Pos	Flag	Tm	Manager	AP
1			Walter Winterbottom	4
1			Sepp Herberger	4
3			Karl Rappan	3
3			Lajos Baróti	3
5			Juan Carlos Lorenzo	2
			Hector Goetinck	2
			Vicente Feola	2
			Rudolf Vytlači	2
			George Raynor	2
			Bob Glendenning	2
			Vittorio Pozzo	2
			Ignacio Tréllez	2
			Costel Rădulescu	2
			Gavril Kachalin	2
			Antonio López Herranz	2
			Juan López Fontana	2
			Aleksandar Tirnanić	2
18			Juan José Tramutola	1
			Francisco Olazar	1
			Helenio Herrera	1

Country of the managers and statistics up to 1966

•	The number of managers contributed by country up to the 1966 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		Brazil	38	25	10	66%
2		Hungary	38	21	11	55%
3		West Germany	28	16	6	54%
4		Argentina	29	14	9	48%
4		Italy	29	14	8	48%
6		Uruguay	20	12	5	60%
		Yugoslavia	25	12	6	57%
		England	30	12	11	40%
		Austria	32	12	9	37%
10		Soviet Union	15	8	3	53%
11		France	16	7	5	44%
12		Chile	12	5	3	42%
		Czechoslovakia	13	5	4	38%
		Spain	19	5	6	26%
15		United States	7	3	3	43%
16		Northern Ireland	5	2	1	40%
		Switzerland	5	2	2	40%
		Romania	7	2	4	29%
19		Cuba	3	1	1	33%
		North Korea	4	1	1	25%
		Paraguay	5	1	2	20%
		Wales	5	1	1	20%
		Mexico	12	1	4	8%
24		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%
		Bulgaria	3	0	1	0%
		Scotland	8	0	4	0%

Countries with most managers up to 1966

Pos	Flag	Country	NM
1		England	11
1		Hungary	11
3		Brazil	10
4		Argentina	9
4		Austria	9
6		Italy	8
7		Spain	6
		West Germany	6
		Yugoslavia	6
10		France	5
10		Uruguay	5
12		Czechoslovakia	4
		Mexico	4
		Romania	4
		Scotland	4
16		Chile	3
		Soviet Union	3
		United States	3
19		Belgium	2
19		Paraguay	2

Last updated: 7 January 2020

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