List of FIFA World Cup winning managers

The FIFA World Cup is considered to be the most prestigious association football tournament in the world.^[1][2] The twenty-three World Cup tournaments have been won by eight national teams. Brazil have won five times, followed by Germany and Italy with four titles each; Argentina with three titles, France, Uruguay and Spain with two titles each; and England with one title.^[3] The role of the manager is to select the squad for the World Cup and develop the tactics of the team. Pressure is attached to the role due to the significance of winning a World Cup and the lack of day-to-day contact with players during the regular club season, aside from international breaks.^[4]

Alberto Suppici led the Uruguay national team to victory in the inaugural tournament in 1930.^[5] Vittorio Pozzo is the only person who has won the World Cup twice as a manager, in 1934 and 1938 with Italy.^[6] two different managers have won the World Cup and all winning managers led their own country's national team. Six other managers finished as winners once and runners-up once; Helmut Schön (winner in 1974, runner-up in 1966) for West Germany, Carlos Bilardo (winner in 1986, runner-up in 1990) for Argentina, Franz Beckenbauer (winner in 1990, runner-up in 1986) for West Germany, Mário Zagallo (winner in 1970, runner-up in 1998) for Brazil, Didier Deschamps (winner in 2018, runner-up in 2022) for France, and Lionel Scaloni (winner in 2022, runner-up in 2026) for Argentina.^[7][8]

Carlos Alberto Parreira holds the record for managing at the most FIFA World Cup final tournaments, with six appearances while in charge of five different national teams.^[9][10] Deschamps, who coached France to victory in the 2018 World Cup, has managed the most matches in the tournament at 27. He won a record 20 matches during his spell as France manager from 2014 to the 2026 World Cup.^[11] Suppici is the youngest manager to win the World Cup, aged 31 in 1930.^[12] Zagallo and César Luis Menotti were also in their 30s when they won the World Cup; Zagallo was 38 years old in 1970 and Menotti was 39 in 1978.^[13] Luis de la Fuente is the oldest coach to win the World Cup, aged 65 in 2026.^[14]

Three men have won the tournament both as a player and as a manager; Zagallo (as a player in 1958 and 1962, as a manager in 1970), Beckenbauer (as a player in 1974, as a manager in 1990) and Deschamps (as a player in 1998, as a manager in 2018).^[15][16] Both Beckenbauer and Deschamps were also the captain of their respective teams while winning the World Cup as a player.^[17]