Liverpool are the most successful professional football team in England. They are one of the most storied teams and have been managed by some of the best coaches in the history of football.
What manager won the most trophies with Liverpool? Bob Paisley won the most trophies as manager of Liverpool. In his nine years in charge of the team, Liverpool won 20 major trophies, with Bill Shankly in second with 11 trophies.
Liverpool have had some iconic managers with guys like Jurgen Klopp, Rafa Benitez and Kenny Dalglish all leading the team at some point. 15 different managers have won a trophy with Liverpool, but only Bob Paisley has won the most trophies, sitting on 20 trophies in his time with Liverpool.
The bulk of those 20 trophies come from six Football League First Division titles and six FA Charity Shields. Paisley also won the League Cup three times. But his crowning achievements would have been the brilliant success in Europe. Paisleys’ Liverpool won three European Cups as well as one UEFA Cup and one UEFA Super Cup.
Who was Bob Paisley?
There will certainly be some current Liverpool fans who have not heard of Bob Paisley, despite the fact that he is the most successful manager in the history of the club.
Paisley began his football career playing for Bishop Auckland for a couple of years before moving to Liverpool in 1939. At age 20, Paisley was inscripted into the army when World War 2 started, spending four years overseas starting in August 1941. Paisley would be involved in the fight in North Africa, before being part of the allied forces that retook Italy.
After the war ended, Paisley finally made his official debut for Liverpool in 1946, seven years after signing with the team. Paisley would play for Liverpool for seven years before retiring. But Paisley would stay with Liverpool, working his way up through the ranks of the coaching staff, having originally started out as a self-trained physiotherapist.
After the unexpected retirement of legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly, Paisley took over in 1974. Despite being unsure as to whether to take the position, Paisley would go on to become one of the best managers in First Division history. In his second season, Paisleys’ Liverpool won the league as well as the UEFA Cup.
A year later, Liverpool had a double, winning the league as well as the European Cup. Paisley would make it back-to-back European Cups in 1978. In his nine years with the team, Paisley would win a trophy in every season that he was Liverpool manager, an incredible record.
He helped Liverpool to some of their biggest achievements and has almost double the number of trophies as his predecessor Bill Shankly, despite managing the team for six fewer years than Shankly did. Paisley made the Liverpool team of the 1970s one of the best Liverpool teams we have ever seen.
The only manager to on average win more trophies than him per season in the entire history of the Premier League is Pep Guardiola. Paisley retired from managing Liverpool at the end of the 1982-83 season after 44 years with the club in various roles. Paisley would still remain an informal employee of the team, being a consultant to Kenny Dalglish for two years from 1985 to 1987.
Despite an interview to become the head coach of the Ireland Football team, Paisley would finish his football career having only managed Liverpool. Sadly, his health started to deteriorate not long after his retirement and the Liverpool legend passed away in 1996 at the age of 77.
One of the greats of Liverpool, a gate at Anfield was named after Paisley, a brilliant way to remember a Liverpool legend who helped to bring through players like Kenny Daglish, Ian Rush and Graeme Souness.
How many Trophies has Jurgen Klopp won with Liverpool?
Jurgen Klopp has revolutionised Liverpool Football Club, helping to end various trophies droughts with one of the best Liverpool teams in history. Since becoming Liverpool manager, Klopp has won seven trophies with the team, all seven of these being different trophies.
His first with Liverpool was a massive one. After losing to Real Madrid in the 2018 Champions League final, Klopp would take Liverpool to their sixth Champions League trophy thanks to a win over Tottenham in the final. This Champions League trophy would lead to Liverpool winning the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup later that year.
Liverpool won the Premier League in 2020 with Klopp in charge, Liverpool’s first-ever Premier League trophy. Liverpool would go trophyless in 2020-21. But they followed that up with a cup double in 2021-22, winning both the League Cup and the FA Cup. Klopp’s seventh trophy came after Liverpool won the 2022 Community Shield.
Liverpool manager before Klopp
Brendan Rodgers was the manager of Liverpool before Jurgen Klopp took over in 2015. Rodgers’ playing career was cut short after a genetic knee condition forced him to retire from professional football at the age of 20. But Rodgers would remain in the sport, originally as a coach at Reading.
In 2004, he was invited by Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho to leave Reading and become a youth manager for the Blues. After being Chelsea’s reserve manager for two years, Rodgers would begin his career in management with Watford. Rodgers led Swansea to promotion to the Premier League in 2010 and secured their safety the following season.
This earned him the Liverpool job where he had a mixed spell. In his first season, Liverpool improved to seventh. His second year was his best with the team, leading Liverpool to runners-up in the Premier League, finishing two points behind eventual champions Manchester City.
After another trophyless season with Liverpool, Rodgers began his fourth season in charge in poor form. Liverpool had won just one of their last nine games after a 1-1 draw with Everton in the Merseyside derby. Rodgers was sacked about an hour after the game, with Jurgen Klopp coming in to replace him.