Wenger reaches 250 games as a UEFA competition coach
Thursday, May 3, 2018
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The second leg at Atlético is Arsène Wenger's 250th game as a coach in UEFA club competition; where does that rank?
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Arsène Wenger reached 250 matches as a coach in UEFA's club competitions as Arsenal kicked off at Atlético in the second leg of Arsenal's UEFA Europa League semi-final – a total which, like his UEFA Champions League tally of 202, only former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson can beat.
However, Wenger may not like to read that he is the only man in the top ten in terms of coaching appearances in the six UEFA club competitions* who has not won a major European trophy.
Most coaching appearances in UEFA club competitions
| UCL | UEL | SCUP | CWC | UIC | EUSA | Total | |
| Sir Alex Ferguson | 210 | 15 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 269 |
| Arsène Wenger | 202 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 250 |
| Mircea Lucescu | 131 | 65 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 222 |
| Giovanni Trapattoni | 82 | 100 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 201 |
| Carlo Ancelotti | 160 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 196 |
| Jupp Heynckes | 71 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 175 |
| Rafael Benítez | 111 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 |
| José Mourinho | 135 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 |
| Louis van Gaal | 101 | 52 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 164 |
| Ottmar Hitzfeld | 102 | 44 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 157 |
*UEFA club competitions: UEFA Champions League/European Cup (UCL), UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup (UEL), UEFA Super Cup (SCUP), European Cup Winners' Cup (ECWC), UEFA Intertoto Cup (UIC), European/South American Cup (EUSA)