Cristian Chivu gained the Serie A title after 48 matches as a head coach in Serie A (13 with and 35 with ): he surpassed “legendary” names like Conte and Trapattoni, however a number of managers wanted fewer matches to win the league.
Let’s take a look at the coaches who gained Serie A with the fewest matches on their résumé in our high flight, counting all of the groups they managed earlier than profitable the Scudetto.
🤯 4 UNTOUCHABLE coaches: the replacements!
First, an necessary distinction: there are 3 coaches who gained Serie A after taking on mid-season, they usually have been even of their first expertise within the high division. That’s why their numbers are virtually unbeatable.
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Ettore Puricelli: 15 matches – 1954/55 (took over from Bela Guttmann)
Antonio Janni: 17 matches – 1942/43 (took over from Andreas Kuttik)
Carlo Bigatto: 22 matches – 1934/35 (took over from Carlo Carcano: winner of 4 straight league titles)
Giovanni Invernizzi: 25 matches – Inter 1970/71 (took over from Heriberto Herrera)
🏆 The TOP 10 (excluding the 4 replacements)
If we take into account solely the coaches who began and completed the season, Chivu strikes as much as eighth place amongst these with the fewest video games on the bench earlier than profitable the Scudetto. Right here’s the TOP 10.
Arrigo Sacchi: 28 matches – Milan 1987/88
Carlo Parola: 31 matches – Juventus 59/60
Ljubiša Broćić: 31 matches – Juventus 1957/58
Jesse Carver: 34 matches – Juventus 49/50*
Anton Cargnelli: 34 matches – Torino 1927/28
José Mourinho: 36 matches – Inter 2008/09
Fabio Capello: 38 matches – Milan 1991/92
Cristian Chivu: 48 matches – Inter 2025/26
Antonio Conte: 50 matches – Juventus 2011/12
Mario Sperone: 51 matches – Torino 47/48
*Document-holder within the 20-team Serie A period.
If we go additional down the listing, we discover different coaches who gained the Scudetto with comparatively few matches behind them on the bench.
Armando Castellazzi: 60 matches – Inter 1937/38
Alfred Schaffer: 64 matches – Roma 41/42
Giovanni Trapattoni: 66 matches – Juventus 1976/77
❌ Statistical notes: there are some exclusions
We didn’t depend a number of coaches for various causes:
Lesley Livesley: 35 matches – Torino 48/49 (died within the Superga catastrophe earlier than mathematical certainty of the Scudetto, along with Technical Director Ernest Erbstein)
William Garbutt: 1914/15 – awarded however interrupted by World Conflict I
Participant-coaches from the early days of Italian soccer are excluded.
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.