Ranking the best European trophy-winning managers

Ranking the best European trophy-winning managersByAlex BysouthBBC Sport Senior JournalistPublished4 minutes agoCommentsThere is nothing Unai Emery loves more than a Europa League final.The Basque coach already holds the record for winning the competition more than any other manager, notching three on the bounce with Sevilla between 2014 and 2016, before adding another with Villarreal in 2021.On Wednesday, the 54-year-old has the chance to extend that record to five, when Aston Villa face Freiburg in the final in Istanbul (20:00 BST).But how does he stack up against the best European trophy-winning bosses of all time? I've attempted to rank the top 10 below - you can have your say, too.Emery denies Euro king talk but Villa boss could be crowned againPublished2 hours agoAdriano, Samba, R.Larcos - ranking the most iconic video game footballersPublished5 MayA quick nod to some of those who do not make the list. Udo Lattek won all three European trophies with different clubs - a European Cup at Bayern Munich, Uefa Cup with Borussia Monchengladbach and Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona.Sven-Goran Eriksson led Gothenburg to a Uefa Cup, won a Cup Winners' Cup with Lazio and lost European and Uefa Cup finals with Benfica.Raymond Goethals lifted the Champions League with Marseille in 1993, having lost the final two years earlier, and led Anderlecht to Cup Winners' Cup success in 1978 a year after finishing runners-up to Hamburg. He also lost a final with Standard Liege.Then there's Jurgen Klopp, Champions League winner in 2019 and three-time runner-up. And, of course, heavy-hitting omissions in Brian Clough, who clinched successive European Cups with Nottingham Forest, and Celtic great Jock Stein, the first British manager to win the continent's top trophy and beaten finalist in 1970.But on to those who made it...10. Unai EmeryOf course, European Cup and Champions League titles carry more weight here than second-tier European competitions, but tha...