Julen Lopetegui and the worst Real Madrid coaches in history | OneFootball

Julen Lopetegui’s sacking has been on the cards for a few weeks now, but Sunday’s Clásico calamity at Camp Nou really did hammer the final nail in his coffin.

The man who was set to lead Spain into this summer’s World Cup has, in the space of four months, gone from national treasure and coaching wunderkind to European laughing-stock.

His 14 games in charge of Los Blancos have yielded just six wins with the reigning European champions letting in 21 goals in that time.

It’s a win rate of just 42.8%, but where does that rank in their storied history?

Worst Real Madrid managers

42.86% – Julen Lopetegui

In fifth position on the list of the worst Real Madrid coaches of all-time is Lopetegui. In hindsight it looks as if the club never really recovered from the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and weren’t helped when only Mariano Diaz and Vinicius Junior came in over the summer.

The big names – Sergio Ramos, Toni Kroos, Gareth Bale – haven’t stepped up and taken responsibility on the pitch whilst Lopetegui has looked severely out of his depth.

The defeat to Barcelona may have been the curtain-call, but September’s 3-0 defeat to Sevilla spelt the beginning of the end.

42.86% – Alfredo Di Stéfano

A legendary player. A terrible manager. The Argentine took charge of Los Blancos for the second time in November 1990 just after John Toshack was fired.

He was nothing but a stop-gap, but it showed. Di Stéfano won just nine of his 21 games in the dugout and eventually made way for Radomir Antić in March 1991.

40.43% – Amancio Amaro

Add Amancio to the list of brilliant players who made less than brilliant coaches.

Having played nearly 350 games for Real Madrid back in the 1960s and 70s and winning nine Liga titles, he was awarded more time than most in the dugout.

But his 47 games yielded only 19 wins and he never managed any side again.

38.89% – José Quirante

The coach for the first ever Primera Division season, Quirante led Los Blancos to just seven wins in 18 games and was let go at the end of the campaign.

Even in 1930, Real Madrid were ruthless.

29.41% – Jacinto Quincoces

In the immediate post-war period Quincoces was appointed and did fairly well, winning 18 of 35 games from May 1945 until March 1946.

His second spell, a year later, he returned and wasn’t so successful, winning just five of 17 games.

That spell officially makes him the worst manager in the history of the club. Poor bloke.