Guardiola with another remarkable record

Josep Guardiola continues to cement his name as arguably Manchester City's most successful manager, but also conquers new heights in his individual coaching career with each passing season. On the night between August 16 and 17, 2023, the Spaniard led the "citizens" to their first European Super Cup, after bringing the team's first Champions League just over two months ago.

The accolade was Guardiola's fourth on his personal tally, bringing him level with Carlo Ancelotti on that tally. However, Pep came out on top of the Italian specialist in this regard, as he became the first manager to ever win the European Super Cup with three different teams - twice with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011, once with Bayern ( Munich) in 2013 and now for the first time with Manchester City in 2023. Ancelotti, for his part, had won the trophy twice with AC Milan in 2003 and 2007 and with Real Madrid in 2014 and 2022.

In addition, Josep Guardiola can be said to record the most successful period in his coaching career under the leadership of the "citizens". Until now, he had the most trophies won in charge of Barcelona in the 'tiki-taka' era when he reached a total of 14 honours, but with the Champions League and European Super Cup won in the last two months, he has already collected a total of 15 titles since leads the "blue" part of Manchester.

Since the beginning of the year, the 52-year-old specialist has made several famous triumphs. He overcame city rivals Manchester United in an epic FA Cup final, then overturned Arsenal's Premier League deficit and finally won both European honours. This means that, statistically speaking, the manager brings the club one title every 27 games, notes ESPN UK. In addition, Guardiola now has a total of 36 trophies under his belt, with Mundo Deportivo stating that this makes him the second most successful football manager in history.