All the managers up to the 1970 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.
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The order of the table is based on the matches won.
Costel Rădulescu (Romania, 1896-1981) and Octav Luchide (Romania) were both the managers of Romania in 1930.
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Hector Goetinck (Belgium, 1886-1943) was the first manager to lead a team in two differents World Cups.
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Costel Rădulescu (Romania, 1896-1981) and Josef Uridil (Austria, 1895-1962) were both the managers of Romania in 1934.
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Károly Dietz (Hungary, 1885-1969) and Alfréd Schaffer (Slovakia, 1893 - Germany, 1945) were the managers of Hungary in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
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Vittorio Pozzo (Italy, 1886-1968) was the first manager to win two world cups in a row.
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Sepp Herberger (Germany, 1897-1977) and Walter Winterbottom (England, 1913-2002) were the first managers to lead a team in three differents World Cups.
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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.
Sepp Herberger (Germany, 1897-1977) and Walter Winterbottom (England, 1913-2002) were the first managers to lead a team in four differents World Cups.
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Helmut Schön (Germany, 1915-1996) was one of the most succesful manager in all over the world. He led the German national football team to the final in England in 1966 (losing in the final against the host team) and coming in third in 1970.
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Mário Zagallo (Brazil, 1931) was the first person to win the World Cup as a player in 1958 and 1962, and as a manager in 1970.