Guardiola, King of League Titles

The FC Barcelona manager, Josep Guardiola, can boast, amongst many other things, that he has the most number of titles won by a player and a manager for the same club in Spain. The third league title won this season can be added to the 24 titles he had already won as a player and later as first team manager of FC Barcelona. Guardiola exceeds the number of titles won by Miguel Munoz as a player and manager of Real Madrid, who won 23, in the years 1948-58 and 1959-74.

FC Barcelona has won 11 league titles in the last 20 years, of which, in 9 of those Pep Guardiola has played a big part. As a first team player, Guardiola won six league titles (1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1997/98 and 1998/99). The first four he won as a member of the Dream Team led by Johan Cruyff, whilst in the last two he was Barca`s captain in the team managed by Louis van Gaal.

To these six league titles can be added the three consecutive titles he’s won since he took over as manager of the first team in June 2008. Three seasons, three league titles, a perfect record.

While the Champions League Final still has to be played, on May 28th, Pep Guardiola carries an impressive track record as a manager, despite his youth and his brief career in that role. Three seasons, nine titles, an average of three per season. In his debut season for Barça they won everything: Champions, League, and Spanish Cup. In the following season, more trophies were to come, winning the European Super Cup, the Spanish Super Cup, the World Club Championship and his second consecutive League title. In the current season Guardiola already has two trophies: the Spanish Super Cup and League. Now he has the chance to win the fourth Champions League title in the Club’s history.