Unai Emery has won the Europa League four times, including three consecutive titles with Sevilla from 2014 to 2016 and another with Villarreal in 2021. He can extend his record to five when Aston Villa play Freiburg in the final in Istanbul. The piece ranks top European trophy-winning managers and notes several notable omissions, including Udo Lattek, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Raymond Goethals, Jurgen Klopp, Brian Clough, and Jock Stein. It emphasizes that European Cup and Champions League titles carry more weight than second-tier European competitions, while still recognizing other achievements. Emery is described as thriving in the Europa League environment, with his other major trophy moments including a Champions League collapse with Paris St-Germain against Barcelona.
"There is nothing Unai Emery loves more than a Europa League final. The Basque coach already holds the record for winning the competition more than any other manager, notching three on the bounce with Sevilla between 2014 and 2016, before adding another with Villarreal in 2021. On Wednesday, the 54-year-old has the chance to extend that record to five, when Aston Villa face Freiburg in the final in Istanbul (20:00 BST)."
"A quick nod to some of those who do not make the list. Udo Lattek won all three European trophies with different clubs - a European Cup at Bayern Munich, Uefa Cup with Borussia Monchengladbach and Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona. Sven-Goran Eriksson led Gothenburg to a Uefa Cup, won a Cup Winners' Cup with Lazio and lost European and Uefa Cup finals with Benfica. Raymond Goethals lifted the Champions League with Marseille in 1993, having lost the final two years earlier, and led Anderlecht to Cup Winners' Cup success in 1978 a year after finishing runners-up to Hamburg."
"Then there's Jurgen Klopp, Champions League winner in 2019 and three-time runner-up. And, of course, heavy-hitting omissions in Brian Clough, who clinched successive European Cups with Nottingham Forest, and Celtic great Jock Stein, the first British manager to win the continent's top trophy and beaten finalist in 1970. But on to those who made it... Of course, European Cup and Champions League titles carry more weight here than second-tier European competitions, but that is not to diminish those achievements."
"Emery thrives in the Europa League environment. The only other trophies of his managerial career have come at Paris St-Germain where, despite domestic dominance, the iconic moment of his tenure was a dramatic collapse at Barcelona in the Champions League last 16. Wednesday will be his"
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