List of Recopa Sudamericana winning managers explained

This is a list of Recopa Sudamericana winning football managers. The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football contest played between the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana winners. The first final was played in 1989 over two legs between Uruguayan team Nacional and Argentina's Racing; Nacional won 4 - 1 under the guidance of Héctor Núñez.

As of 2009, Argentinian managers have been the most successful, winning six tournaments in total, followed by Brazilians with five wins and Uruguayans with four titles. On only five occasions, the tournament was won by foreign managers - Croatian Mirko Jozić led Chilean side Colo-Colo to victory in 1992, Uruguayan Jorge Fossati led LDU Quito to win in 2009, his compatriot Luis Cubilla won the tournament with Paraguayan club Olimpia in 1991 and 2003 and Portuguese Jorge Jesus led Flamengo to the trophy in 2020 .

Jozić and Jesus are the only managers from outside South America to have won the competition. Olimpia, Colo-Colo, and LDU Quito are the only winning sides that has never won the trophy with a national manager. Marcelo Gallardo is the most successful manager with three trophies won, all with River Plate. Besides him, Luis Cubilla, Telê Santana and Alfio Basile are the only managers to have won the competition twice. Of these managers, Gallardo, Santana and Basile are the only ones to win trophies in consecutive years, thus revalidating their previous titles.

By year

FinalWinning managerClubRef(s)
1989Nacional[1]
1990Boca Juniors
1991Olimpia
1992Colo-Colo
1993São Paulo
1994São Paulo
1995Independiente
1996Grêmio
1997Vélez Sarsfield
1998Cruzeiro
2003Olimpia
2004Cienciano
2005Boca Juniors
2006Boca Juniors
2007Internacional
2008Boca Juniors
2009LDU Quito
2010LDU Quito
2011Internacional
2012Santos
2013Corinthians
2014Atlético Mineiro
2015River Plate
2016River Plate
2017Atlético Nacional
2018Grêmio
2019River Plate
2020Flamengo
2021Defensa y Justicia
2022Palmeiras
2023Independiente del Valle
2024Fluminense

By nationality

This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality.

Nationality Number
of wins
12
11
4
2
1
1
1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Y SE TERMINO NOMÁS. LIGA DE QUITO GANÓ . Taringa . 2010-08-26 . Spanish .