List of Real Madrid CF managers

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain, which plays in La Liga. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Real Madrid from 1910, when the first professional manager was appointed, to the present day. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), major honours won and significant achievements under his leadership. Caretaker managers are included, where known. As of the end of the 2024–25 season, Real Madrid have had 50 full-time managers.

Xabi Alonso is the current head coach of the club.

The first full-time manager for Real Madrid was Arthur Johnson.^[1] He was signed by one of the founders of Real Madrid, and then director, Adolfo Meléndez, and coached the team for ten seasons, gaining one Spanish Cup.

The most successful coach with Real Madrid is Carlo Ancelotti, as won 15 titles with the team. Ancelotti, in two spells, won La Liga twice, Copa del Rey twice, UEFA Champions League three time, Spanish Super Cup twice, UEFA Super Cup three times, FIFA Club World Cup twice, and one FIFA Intercontinental Cup.

List of managers

The complete list of Real Madrid managers is shown in the following table:^[2]

Information correct as of the match played on 24 May 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.

Manager	Nat.	From	To	G[A]	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%[B]	Honours	Notes
Arthur Johnson		1910	1920	23	11	3	9	48	39	047.83	1 Copa del Rey	[C][D]
Juan de Cárcer		1920	1926	22	10	2	10	38	45	045.45		[C]
Pedro Llorente		1926	1927	8	5	0	3	31	15	062.50		[C][E]
Santiago Bernabéu		1926	1927	8	5	0	3	31	15	062.50		[C][E]
José Berraondo		1927	1929	41	27	4	10	115	58	065.85		[C]
José Quirante		1929	1930	18	7	3	8	45	42	038.89		[C]
Lippo Hertzka		1930	1932	52	26	15	11	95	58	050.00	1 La Liga
Robert Firth		1932	1934	45	30	5	10	126	52	066.67	1 La Liga
Francisco Bru		1934	1941	118	71	13	34	290	152	060.17	2 Copa del Rey
Juan Armet		1941	September 1943	46	23	7	16	96	72	050.00
Ramón Encinas		September 1943	May 1945	84	45	15	24	199	126	053.57
Jacinto Quincoces		May 1945	March 1946	35	18	10	7	70	37	051.43	1 Copa del Rey	[C]
Baltasar Albéniz		March 1946	April 1947	35	18	5	12	82	66	051.43	1 Copa del Rey
Jacinto Quincoces		April 1947	January 1948	17	5	4	8	32	41	029.41
Michael Keeping		January 1948	October 1950	82	37	20	25	192	153	045.12	1 Copa Eva Duarte
Baltasar Albéniz		October 1950	March 1951	16	7	2	7	41	37	043.75
Héctor Scarone		March 1951	April 1952	48	25	10	13	113	73	052.08
Juan Antonio Ipiña		April 1952	May 1953	34	21	2	11	82	57	061.76		[C]
Enrique Fernández		May 1953	10 December 1954	50	31	8	11	126	60	062.00	1 La Liga
José Villalonga		10 December 1954	June 1957	105	66	14	25	269	141	062.86	2 La Liga 2 UEFA Champions League	[F]
Luis Carniglia		June 1957	19 February 1959	68	48	11	9	178	58	070.59	1 La Liga 1 UEFA Champions League
Miguel Muñoz		21 February 1959	13 April 1959	9	5	2	2	31	9	055.56		[C][G]
Luis Carniglia		13 April 1959	July 1959	13	8	1	4	28	16	061.54	1 UEFA Champions League
Manuel Fleitas		July 1959	12 April 1960	33	23	4	6	109	42	069.70
Miguel Muñoz		13 April 1960	15 January 1974	595	352	126	117	1,194	553	059.16	9 La Liga 2 Copa del Rey 2 UEFA Champions League 1 Intercontinental Cup	[G]
Luis Molowny		15 January 1974	May 1974	23	13	2	8	49	26	056.52	1 Copa del Rey	[C]
Miljan Miljanić		May 1974	7 September 1977	134	67	36	31	231	150	050.00	2 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey
Luis Molowny		7 September 1977	June 1979	90	51	24	15	196	94	056.67	2 La Liga
Vujadin Boškov		June 1979	29 March 1982	139	80	31	28	249	136	057.55	1 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey
Luis Molowny		29 March 1982	30 June 1982	6	4	1	1	11	7	066.67	1 Copa del Rey
Alfredo Di Stéfano		1 July 1982	22 May 1984	108	63	23	22	192	113	058.33		[C]
Amancio Amaro		22 May 1984	16 April 1985	47	19	13	15	69	52	040.43		[C]
Luis Molowny		16 April 1985	30 June 1986	61	39	7	15	137	67	063.93	1 La Liga 1 Copa de la Liga 2 UEFA Europa League
Leo Beenhakker		1 July 1986	30 June 1989	169	107	40	22	357	158	063.31	3 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey 2 Supercopa de España
John Toshack		1 July 1989	19 November 1990	64	41	15	8	161	56	064.06	1 La Liga
Alfredo Di Stéfano		21 November 1990	22 March 1991	21	9	3	9	32	22	042.86	1 Supercopa de España
Radomir Antić		22 March 1991	27 January 1992	39	27	6	6	84	32	069.23
Leo Beenhakker		27 January 1992	29 June 1992	28	14	7	7	47	27	050.00
Benito Floro		1 July 1992	7 March 1994	92	52	21	19	165	90	056.52	1 Copa del Rey 1 Supercopa de España
Vicente del Bosque		7 March 1994	30 June 1994	12	5	2	5	24	23	041.67		[C]
Jorge Valdano		1 July 1994	21 January 1996	78	39	17	22	142	87	050.00	1 La Liga	[C]
Vicente del Bosque		21 January 1996	24 January 1996	1	1	0	0	5	0	100.00
Arsenio Iglesias		24 January 1996	29 May 1996	21	11	4	6	33	22	052.38
Fabio Capello		1 July 1996	24 June 1997	48	31	12	5	96	41	064.58	1 La Liga
Jupp Heynckes		25 June 1997	28 May 1998	53	26	15	12	92	55	049.06	1 Supercopa de España 1 UEFA Champions League
José Antonio Camacho		17 June 1998	9 July 1998	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—		[C]
Guus Hiddink		15 July 1998	23 February 1999	34	19	4	11	73	48	055.88	1 Intercontinental Cup
John Toshack		24 February 1999	17 November 1999	37	19	9	9	73	62	051.35
Vicente del Bosque		17 November 1999	23 June 2003	233	127	56	50	461	267	054.51	2 La Liga 1 Supercopa de España 2 UEFA Champions League 1 UEFA Super Cup 1 Intercontinental Cup
Carlos Queiroz		25 June 2003	24 May 2004	59	34	11	14	113	76	057.63	1 Supercopa de España
José Antonio Camacho		25 May 2004	20 September 2004	6	4	0	2	7	5	066.67
Mariano García Remón		20 September 2004	30 December 2004	20	12	4	4	37	18	060.00[H]		[C]
Vanderlei Luxemburgo		30 December 2004	4 December 2005	45	28	7	10	83	45	062.22[H]
Juan Ramón López Caro		4 December 2005	1 June 2006	24	12	9	3	41	25	050.00
Fabio Capello		5 July 2006	28 June 2007	50	28	12	10	91	55	056.00	1 La Liga
Bernd Schuster		9 July 2007	9 December 2008	75	44	9	22	156	100	058.67	1 La Liga 1 Supercopa de España	[C]
Juande Ramos		9 December 2008	1 June 2009	27	18	1	8	53	34	066.67
Manuel Pellegrini		2 June 2009	26 May 2010	48	36	5	7	119	48	075.00
José Mourinho		31 May 2010	1 June 2013	178	128	28	22	475	168	071.91	1 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey 1 Supercopa de España	[FIFA]
Carlo Ancelotti		25 June 2013	25 May 2015	119	89	14	16	323	103	074.79	1 Copa del Rey 1 UEFA Champions League 1 UEFA Super Cup 1 FIFA Club World Cup	[I]
Rafael Benítez		3 June 2015	4 January 2016	25	17	5	3	69	22	068.00
Zinedine Zidane		4 January 2016	31 May 2018	149	104	29	16	393	160	069.80	1 La Liga 1 Supercopa de España 3 UEFA Champions League 2 UEFA Super Cup 2 FIFA Club World Cup	[C][FIFA]
Julen Lopetegui		12 June 2018[3]	29 October 2018	14	6	2	6	21	20	042.86		[C]
Santiago Solari		30 October 2018	11 March 2019	32	22	2	8	71	37	068.75	1 FIFA Club World Cup	[C]
Zinedine Zidane		11 March 2019[4]	27 May 2021	114	69	25	20	207	104	060.53	1 La Liga 1 Supercopa de España	[C]
Carlo Ancelotti		1 June 2021[5]	31 May 2025	234	161	36	37	512	238	068.80	2 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey 2 Supercopa de España 2 UEFA Champions League 2 UEFA Super Cup 1 FIFA Club World Cup 1 FIFA Intercontinental Cup	[FIFA][I]
Xabi Alonso		1 June 2025	Present	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—		[C]

Trophies

Rank	Manager	LL	CdR	SdE	CED	CdlL	UCL	UEL	USC	LC	IC	CI	FCWC	FIC	Total
1	Carlo Ancelotti	2	2	2	–	–	3	–	3	–	–	–	2	1	15
2	Miguel Muñoz	9	2	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	14
3	Zinedine Zidane	2	–	2	–	–	3	–	2	–	–	–	2	–	11
4	Luis Molowny	3	2	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
	Vicente del Bosque	2	–	1	–	–	2	–	1	–	1	1	–	–
6	Leo Beenhakker	3	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
	José Villalonga	2	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
8	Luis Carniglia	1	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
	Miljan Miljanić	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	José Mourinho	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	Francisco Bru	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	Vujadin Boškov	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Benito Floro	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Fabio Capello	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Jupp Heynckes	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Bernd Schuster	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	Arthur Johnson	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Lippo Hertzka	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Robert Firth	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Jacinto Quincoces	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Baltasar Albéniz	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Michael Keeping	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Enrique Fernández	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	John Toshack	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Alfredo Di Stéfano	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Jorge Valdano	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Guus Hiddink	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Carlos Queiroz	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Santiago Solari	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–

Notes

• A. ^{^} Campeonato Centro matches are not counted because it was a regional championship.^[6]
• B. ^{^} Win % is rounded to two decimal places.
• C. ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s r s t v} Formerly played for the club.
• D. ^ Arthur Johnson is the club's first full-time manager.
• E. ^{a b} Pedro Llorente and Santiago Bernabéu jointly managed the team from the dismissal of Juan de Cárcer until the appointment of José Ángel Berraondo, so they share the same statistics.
• F. ^ José Villalonga is the first manager to manage a Spanish club side in European competition and to win a European trophy (1955–56 European Cup).
• G. ^ Miguel Muñoz is the longest-serving manager in club history.
• H. ^{a b} Mariano García Remón and Vanderlei Luxemburgo share a victory against Real Sociedad in the La Liga. The match was suspended due to a bomb threat on 12 December 2004, with seven minutes remaining and the score at 1–1. It was resumed on 5 January 2005, and ended with a final score of 2–1.
• I. ^ Carlo Ancelotti is the manager with most honours won in club history.
• FIFA. ^{a b c} Won FIFA World Coach of the Year/The Best FIFA Football Coach while at Real Madrid.