Josep Guardiola has won, as a player and manager, 9 of the 11 league titles that Barça have won over the last 20 years. Guardiola has now won 25 official trophies, ahead of Miguel Munoz, Real Madrid player and coach, who won 23.
The FC Barcelona manager, Josep Guardiola, can boast, amongst many other things, that he has the
most number of titles won by a player and a manager for the same club in Spain. The third league
title won this season can be added to the 24 titles he had already won as a player and later as
first team manager of FC Barcelona. Guardiola exceeds the number of titles won by Miguel Munoz as a
player and manager of Real Madrid, who won 23, in the years 1948-58 and 1959-74.
Protagonist in 9 of the last 11 league titles
FC Barcelona has won 11 league titles in the last 20 years, of which,
in 9 of those Pep Guardiola has played a big part. As a first team player, Guardiola won six league
titles (1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1997/98 and 1998/99). The first four he won as a member
of the Dream Team led by Johan Cruyff, whilst in the last two he was Barca`s captain in the team
managed by Louis van Gaal.
To these six league titles can be added the three consecutive titles he’s won since he
took over as manager of the first team in June 2008. Three seasons, three league titles, a perfect
record.
16 titles wearing the Barça shirt
Few players in the world can boast a track record like Guardiola’s. In the 11
seasons he wore Barca´s first team shirt, they won 16 trophies: 1 European Cup (1991/92), 1 Cup
Winners Cup (1996/97), 2 European Super Cups (1992/93 and 1997/98), 6 league titles (1990/91,
1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1997/98 and 1998/99), 2 Spanish Cups (1996/97 and 1997/98) and 4 Spanish
Super Cups (1991/92, 1992/93, 1994/95 and 1996/97).
This track record as a player is better that of Miguel Munoz, who as a Real Madrid player
(1948-58) won 9 titles (4 Leagues, 3 European Cups and 2 Latin Cups) and later as manager (1959-74)
he won 14 more.
9 titles as manager
While the Champions League Final still has to be played, on May 28th, Pep Guardiola
carries an impressive track record as a manager, despite his youth and his brief career in that
role. Three seasons, nine titles, an average of three per season. In his debut season for Barça
they won everything: Champions, League, and Spanish Cup. In the following season, more trophies
were to come, winning the European Super Cup, the Spanish Super Cup, the World Club Championship
and his second consecutive League title. In the current season Guardiola already has two trophies:
the Spanish Super Cup and League. Now he has the chance to win the fourth Champions League title in
the Club’s history.