Rafael Benítez is Valencia's most successful manager, having won two league titles and a UEFA Cup

Valencia has had 60 managers in its history.

The first manager was the Czechoslovak Antonin Fivebr, who was at the club from 1923 until 1927, and in a second stint at the club from 1929 until 1931.

Of the 60 people to have managed Valencia, 35 have been Spaniards and 25 foreigners. In some cases, the Spaniards have been former Valencia players that agreed to take charge after the sacking of the regular manager that season, as were the cases of Eduardo Cubells, Pasieguito or Manolo Mestre.

The main nationalities barring Spaniards have been Argentinian (6 managers), English (4), Italian and Yugoslav (3). The club has also had two Uruguayan managers, two Brazilians, two Dutch, a Paraguayan, a Frenchman, a Serb, a Portuguese and a Czechoslovak. While the origin of the majority of the Spanish managers have been Valencian (9) and Basque (8).

List

Information correct as of 30 March 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name Nationality From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win (%) Honours
Kinké Spain 1921 1922 - - - - -
Agustín Sancho Spain 1922 1923 - - - - -
Antonin Fivebr  Czechoslovakia 1923 1927 - - - - -
Jimmy Elliott  England 1927 1929 - - - - -
Antonin Fivebr  Czechoslovakia 1929 1931 - - - - -
Rodolfo Galloway  England 14 August 1931 30 June 1933 49 15 10 24 30.61
Jack Greenwell  England 1 July 1933[1] 28 November 1934[2] 27 12 4 11 44.44
Antonin Fivebr  Czechoslovakia 1934 8 November 1935 28 12 3 13 42.86
Andrés Balsa Spain 8 November 1935 1936 25 8 5 12 32
Ramón Encinas Dios Spain 1939 30 June 1942 93 52 13 28 55.91 1 La Liga
1 Copa del Rey
Leopoldo Costa "Rino" Spain 11 July 1942 11 April 1943 26 10 7 9 38.46
Eduardo Cubells Spain 15 April 1943 1946 113 59 24 30 52.21 1 La Liga
Luis Casas Pasarín Spain 1946 1948 63 35 9 19 55.56 1 La Liga
Jacinto Quincoces Spain 24 June 1948[3] 30 June 1954 204 111 34 59 54.41 2 Copa del Rey
1 Copa Eva Duarte
Carlos Iturraspe Spain 1954 30 June 1956 67 31 10 26 46.27
Luis Miró Spain 1 July 1956[4] 30 December 1958 85 32 25 28 37.65
Jacinto Quincoces Spain 30 December 1958[5] 15 September 1959 25 13 3 9 52
Pedro Otto Bumbel  Brazil 15 September 1959[6] 30 June 1960 35 14 6 15 40
Domingo Balmanya Spain 17 July 1960[7] 30 June 1962 82 36 26 20 43.9
Alejandro Scopelli  Argentina 1 July 1962[8] 30 June 1963 52 25 8 19 48.08% 2 Fairs Cup
Bernardino Pérez "Pasieguito" Spain 1 July 1963[9] 15 January 1964 20 8 2 10 40
"Mundo" Spain 15 January 1964[10] 30 June 1965 65 36 8 21 55.38
Sabino Barinaga Spain 1 July 1965[11] 14 May 1966 41 17 7 17 41.46
"Mundo" Spain 14 May 1966[12] 15 October 1968 94 47 14 33 50 1 Copa del Rey
José Iglesias Fernández Spain 15 October 1968[13] 15 October 1969 36 10 14 12 27.78
Enrique Buqué/Salvador Artigas Spain 15 October 1969[14] 30 June 1970 34 19 5 10 55.88
Alfredo Di Stéfano  Argentina 1 July 1970[15] 18 June 1974[16] 170 81 41 48 47.65 1 La Liga
Milovan Ćirić  Yugoslavia 13 July 1974[17] 8 April 1975[18] 31 11 9 11 35.48
Dragoljub Milošević  Yugoslavia 11 April 1975[19] 21 September 1975 10 4 0 6 40
Manolo Mestre Spain 21 September 1975[20] 30 June 1976 35 13 9 13 37.14
Heriberto Herrera  Paraguay 1 July 1976[21] 22 February 1977[22] 27 13 6 8 48.15
Manolo Mestre Spain 22 February 1977[23] 30 June 1977 15 5 5 5 33.33
Marcel Domingo  France 1 July 1977[24] 27 March 1979 82 38 16 28 46.34
Bernardino Pérez "Pasieguito" Spain 27 March 1979[25] 30 June 1979 15 9 2 4 60 1 Copa del Rey
Alfredo Di Stéfano  Argentina 1 July 1979[26] 30 June 1980 45 20 10 15 44.44 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Bernardino Pérez "Pasieguito" Spain 1 July 1980[27] 4 January 1982 68 34 12 22 50 1 UEFA Super Cup
Manolo Mestre  Spain 4 January 1982[28] 1 November 1982 32 12 7 13 37.5
Miljan Miljanić  Yugoslavia 1 November 1982[29] 9 March 1983 24 6 6 12 25
Koldo Aguirre  Spain 9 March 1983[30] 30 June 1983 10 3 3 4 30
Paquito García  Spain 1 July 1983[31] 10 February 1984 30 10 7 13 33.33
Roberto Gil  Spain 10 February 1984[32] 27 May 1985 60 22 20 18 36.67
Óscar Rubén Valdez  Spain 27 May 1985[33] 28 January 1986 30 10 8 12 33.33
Alfredo Di Stéfano  Argentina 29 January 1986[34] 22 March 1988 88 35 23 30 39.77
Roberto Gil (es)  Spain 22 March 1988[35] 30 June 1988 9 2 5 2 22.22
Víctor Espárrago  Uruguay 1 July 1988[36] 30 June 1991 134 61 42 31 45.52
Guus Hiddink  Netherlands 1 July 1991[37] 15 November 1993 109 55 24 30 50.46
Francisco Real  Spain 15 November 1993[38] 15 December 1993 4 1 1 2 25
Héctor Núñez  Uruguay 15 December 1993[39] 10 March 1994 14 3 5 6 21.43
José Manuel Rielo  Spain 10 March 1994[40] 24 March 1994 2 2 0 0 100
Guus Hiddink  Netherlands 24 March 1994[41] 30 June 1994 9 3 4 2 33.33
Carlos Alberto Parreira  Brazil 1 August 1994[42] 5 June 1995 45 17 13 15 37.78
José Manuel Rielo  Spain 5 June 1995[43] 30 June 1995 4 2 1 1 50
Luis Aragonés  Spain 3 July 1995[44] 14 November 1996 68 37 12 19 54.41
José Manuel Rielo  Spain 14 November 1996[45] 22 November 1996 2 1 1 0 50
Jorge Valdano  Argentina 22 November 1996[46] 15 September 1997 37 11 11 15 29.73
Claudio Ranieri  Italy 20 September 1997[47] 30 June 1999 96 50 18 28 52.08 1 Copa del Rey
1 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Héctor Cúper  Argentina 1 July 1999[48] 30 June 2001 120 59 30 31 49.17 1 Supercopa de España
Rafael Benítez  Spain 1 July 2001[49] 30 June 2004 163 87 43 33 53.37 2 La Liga
1 UEFA Cup
Claudio Ranieri  Italy 8 July 2004[50] 25 February 2005 36 15 12 9 41.67 1 UEFA Super Cup
Antonio López  Spain 25 February 2005[51] 30 June 2005 14 4 8 2 28.57
Quique Sánchez Flores  Spain 1 July 2005[52] 29 October 2007 110 57 24 29 51.82
Óscar Fernández  Spain 29 October 2007[53] 2 November 2007 1 0 0 1 0
Ronald Koeman  Netherlands 2 November 2007[54] 21 April 2008 34 11 9 14 32.35 1 Copa del Rey
Salvador González "Voro"  Spain 21 April 2008[55] 30 June 2008 5 4 0 1 80
Unai Emery  Spain 1 July 2008[56] 30 June 2012 218 106 58 54 48.62
Mauricio Pellegrino  Argentina 1 July 2012[57] 1 December 2012 21 10 4 7 47.62
Ernesto Valverde  Spain 3 December 2012[58] 1 June 2013 31 17 7 7 54.84
Miroslav Dukic  Serbia 4 June 2013 16 December 2013 23 11 3 9 47.83
Juan Antonio Pizzi  Spain 26 December 2013 2 July 2014 31 12 10 9 38.71
Nuno Espírito Santo  Portugal 4 July 2014 29 November 2015[59] 63[60] 32 16 14 50.79
Salvador González "Voro"  Spain 30 November 2015 5 December 2015[61] 2 1 1 0 50
Gary Neville  England 2 December 2015 30 March 2016 28 10 7 11 34.62
Pako Ayestarán  Spain 30 March 2016 20 September 2016 12 3 1 8 25
Salvador González "Voro"  Spain 20 September 2016 28 September 2016 3 2 0 1 66.67
Cesare Prandelli  Italy 28 September 2016 30 December 2016[62] 10 3 3 4 30
Salvador González "Voro"  Spain 30 December 2016 30 June 2017 25 10 4 11 40
Marcelino  Spain 1 July 2017 11 September 2019 110 55 29 26 50 1 Copa del Rey
Albert Celades  Spain 11 September 2019 29 June 2020 41 15 12 14 36.59
Salvador González "Voro"  Spain 29 June 2020 19 July 2020 6 2 1 3 33.33
Javi Gracia  Spain 27 July 2020 3 May 2021 38 11 12 15 28.95
Salvador González "Voro"  Spain 3 May 2021 25 May 2021 4 2 1 1 50
José Bordalás  Spain 25 May 2021 3 June 2022 46 17 17 12 36.96
Gennaro Gattuso  Italy 9 June 2022 30 January 2023 22 7 6 9 31.82
Salvador González "Voro"  Spain 30 January 2023 14 February 2023 3 0 0 3 0
Rubén Baraja  Spain 14 February 2023 50 20 12 18 40

Nationalities

  • Valencian Community Valencian Community (10): Leopoldo Costa Rino, Eduardo Cubells, Óscar Rubén Valdez, Manolo Mestre, Roberto Gil, Paco Real, Jose Manuel Rielo, Óscar Fernandez, Voro, and Jose Bordalas.
  • Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Country (8): Jacinto Quincoces, Carlos Iturraspe, Bernardino Pérez "Pasieguito", Edmundo Suárez "Mundo", Sabino Barinaga, "Koldo" Aguirre, Unai Emery and Pako Ayestarán.
  • Catalonia Catalonia (5): Luis Miró, Domingo Balmanya, Salvador Artigas, Enrique Buqué and Albert Celades.
  • Community of Madrid Madrid (3): Luis Aragonés, Rafael Benítez and Quique Sánchez Flores.
  • Galicia (Spain) Galicia (3): Andrés Balsa, Ramón Encinas Dios and Luis Casas Pasarín.
  • Asturias Asturias (2): Francisco García "Paquito" and Marcelino García Toral.
  • Castile and León Castile and León (2): José Iglesias Fernández and Rubén Baraja.
  • Andalusia Andalusia (1): Antonio López.
  • Navarre Navarre (1): Javi Gracia.

Records

Most games in all official competitions

  1. Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano: 303
  2. Spain Jacinto Quincoces: 229
  3. Spain Unai Emery: 218
  4. Spain Rafael Benítez: 163
  5. Spain Mundo: 159

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