Valencia manager: Rafael Benitez is the most successful head coach

With many head coaches who have been working with Valencia, Rafael Benitez is the most successful manager with three titles, including two La Liga and the one and only UEFA Europa League titles.

By: Harry Siuu

09/15/2021 02:45

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List of Valencia managers since their inception

Name	Nationality	From	To
Kinké	Spain	1921	1922
Agustín Sancho	Spain	1922	1923
Antonin Fivebr	Czechoslovakia	1923	1927
		1929	1931
		1934	8 November 1935
Jimmy Elliott	England	1927	1929
Rodolfo Galloway	England	14 August 1931	30 June 1933
Jack Greenwell	England	1 July 1933	28 November 1934
Andrés Balsa	Spain	8 November 1935	1936
Ramón Encinas Dios	Spain	1939	30 June 1942
Leopoldo Costa "Rino"	Spain	11 July 1942	11 April 1943
Eduardo Cubells	Spain	15 April 1943	1946
Luis Casas Pasarín	Spain	1946	1948
Jacinto Quincoces	Spain	24 June 1948	30 June 1954
Jacinto Quincoces	Spain	30 December 1958	15 September 1959
Carlos Iturraspe	Spain	1954	30 June 1956
Luis Miró	Spain	1 July 1956	30 December 1958
Pedro Otto Bumbel	Brazil	15 September 1959	30 June 1960
Domingo Balmanya	Spain	17 July 1960	30 June 1962
Alejandro Scopelli	Argentina	1 July 1962	30 June 1963
Bernardino Pérez "Pasieguito"	Spain	1 July 1963	15 January 1964
		27 March 1979	30 June 1979
		1 July 1980	4 January 1982
"Mundo"	Spain	15 January 1964	30 June 1965
"Mundo"	Spain	14 May 1966	15 October 1968
Sabino Barinaga	Spain	1 July 1965	14 May 1966
José Iglesias Fernández	Spain	15 October 1968	15 October 1969
Enrique Buqué/Salvador Artigas	Spain	15 October 1969	30 June 1970
Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina	1 July 1970	18 June 1974
		1 July 1979	30 June 1980
		29 January 1986	22 March 1988
Milovan Ćirić	Yugoslavia	13 July 1974	8 April 1975
Dragoljub Milošević	Yugoslavia	11 April 1975	21 September 1975
Manolo Mestre	Spain	21 September 1975	30 June 1976
		22 February 1977	30 June 1977
		4 January 1982	1 November 1982
Heriberto Herrera	Paraguay	1 July 1976	22 February 1977
Marcel Domingo	France	1 July 1977	27 March 1979
Miljan Miljanić	Yugoslavia	1 November 1982	9 March 1983
Koldo Aguirre	Spain	9 March 1983	30 June 1983
Paquito García	Spain	1 July 1983	10 February 1984
Roberto Gil (es)	Spain	10 February 1984	27 May 1985
Roberto Gil (es)	Spain	22 March 1988	30 June 1988
Óscar Rubén Valdez	Spain	27 May 1985	28 January 1986
Víctor Espárrago	Uruguay	1 July 1988	30 June 1991
Guus Hiddink	Netherlands	1 July 1991	15 November 1993
Guus Hiddink	Netherlands	24 March 1994	30 June 1994
Francisco Real	Spain	15 November 1993	15 December 1993
Héctor Núñez	Uruguay	15 December 1993	10 March 1994
José Manuel Rielo	Spain	10 March 1994	24 March 1994
		5 June 1995	30 June 1995
		14 November 1996	22 November 1996
Carlos Alberto Parreira	Brazil	1 August 1994	5 June 1995
Luis Aragonés	Spain	3 July 1995	14 November 1996
Jorge Valdano	Argentina	22 November 1996	15 September 1997
Claudio Ranieri	Italy	20 September 1997	30 June 1999
Claudio Ranieri	Italy	8 July 2004	25 February 2005
Héctor Cúper	Argentina	1 July 1999	30 June 2001
Rafael Benítez	Spain	1 July 2001	30 June 2004
Antonio López	Spain	25 February 2005	30 June 2005
Quique Sánchez Flores	Spain	1 July 2005	29 October 2007
Óscar Fernández	Spain	29 October 2007	2 November 2007
Ronald Koeman	Netherlands	2 November 2007	21 April 2008
Salvador González "Voro"	Spain	21 April 2008	30 June 2008
		30 November 2015	5 December 2015
		20 September 2016	28 September 2016
		30 December 2016	30 June 2017
		29 June 2020	19 July 2020
		3 May 2021	25 May 2021
Unai Emery	Spain	1 July 2008	30 June 2012
Mauricio Pellegrino	Argentina	1 July 2012	1 December 2012
Ernesto Valverde	Spain	3 December 2012	1 June 2013
Miroslav Dukic	Serbia	4 June 2013	16 December 2013
Juan Antonio Pizzi	Spain	26 December 2013	2 July 2014
Nuno Espírito Santo	Portugal	4 July 2014	29 November 2015
Gary Neville	England	2 December 2015	30 March 2016
Pako Ayestarán	Spain	30 March 2016	20 September 2016
Cesare Prandelli	Italy	28 September 2016	30 December 2016
Marcelino	Spain	1 July 2017	11 September 2019
Albert Celades	Spain	11 September 2019	29 June 2020
Javi Gracia	Spain	27 July 2020	3 May 2021
José Bordalás	Spain	25 May 2021

Within more than 100 years of existence, Valencia have changed 62 head coaches since their inception in 1919. Over half of these managers are Spanish and the rest come from different countries in Europe or South America.

Alfredo Di Stefano, an Argentine manager, was the coach who joined Valencia in the most games in all official competitions, with 303 matches, followed by four Spanish managers, Jacinto Quincoces with 229 games, Unai Emery with 218 games, Rafael Benitez with 163 matches, and Mundo with 159 matches.

Rafael Benitez

Rafael Benitez

Valencia played without winning any title during the seven first managers, until the eighth head coach Ramon Encinas Dios, who led them to their first prestigious La Liga title in 1941 and one Copa del Rey in the same year. It was the first time the club won a football title, and they started with a double, nothing could be more impressive.

Valencia also won other five La Liga titles in the time of Eduardo Cubells, Luis Casas Pasarín, Alfredo Di Stefano, and Rafael Benitez. Alfredo Di Stefano brought the first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup to the club in the 1979-80 season, while Rafael Benitez, who is considered the most successful manager of Valencia with two La Liga titles, also helped them achieve their first and only UEFA Europa League (or known as UEFA Cup before).

Club’s honors by managers

Name	Period	Total	Domestic			International
Name	Period	Total	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Supercopa de Espana	UCL	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	UEFA Europa League	UEFA Intertoto Cup	UEFA Super Cup
Ramón Encinas Dios	1939–42	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	–
Eduardo Cubells	1943–46	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	–
Luis Casas Pasarín	1946–48	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	–
Jacinto Quincoces	1948–54	3	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	–
Domingo Balmanya	1960–62	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	–
Alejandro Scopelli	1962–63	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	–
Edmundo Suárez	1966–68	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	–
Alfredo Di Stéfano	1970–74, 1979–80	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	–
Bernardino Pérez	1979, 1980–82	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Claudio Ranieri	1997–99, 2004–05	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1
Héctor Cúper	1999–01	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	–
Rafael Benítez	2001–04	3	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	–
Ronald Koeman	2007–08	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	–
Marcelino	2017–19	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	–
Total	1919–	23	6	8	2	0	1	3	1	2

Valencia manager 2021-22: José Bordalás

Currently, Valencia are managed by a Spanish former footballer and now a football manager Jose Bordalas. During his senior career as a football player, Jose spent most of his time in Spanish football but ended his football journey in 1992 with an injury.

He first started his managerial career in 1993 in Alicante B club. Before becoming the manager of Valencia, Jose Bordalas used to work with numerous Spanish clubs. In May 2021, he was appointed to be the head coach of Valencia Club de Futbol on a two-year contract. He had a great start with the club by a 1-0 winning debut against Getafe on 13 August.

Jose Bordalas

Jose Bordalas

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Written by: Harry Siuu

a specialized football specialist with over ten years' experience as a football journalist who works for Betimate.com.

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