Dorival Júnior now most decorated manager in Série A at Corinthians

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·5 February 2026

Dorival Júnior now most decorated manager in Série A at Corinthians

By Fabio Luigi / Central do Timão Editorial Team

Throughout the afternoon of last Sunday (1), Corinthians faced Flamengo at the Mané Garrincha Stadium in Brasília, in a match valid for the final of the 2026 Supercopa do Brasil, and won 2-0. Defender Gabriel Paulista and forward Yuri Alberto scored the goals for the Alvinegro in the match. With this result, the Corinthians team secured its second title in the history of the competition. The first occurred in January 1991, when they beat the same opponent 1-0 at Morumbi.

Additionally, Dorival Júnior became the Série A coach of 2026 with the most titles won throughout his career (15), considering state championships, the national league, international tournaments, and national cups. The runner-up is Tite, who had three stints as Corinthians manager, with 14 titles. If the Suruga Bank Cup, won with Internacional in 2009, is considered, both have the same number of titles.

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Dorival Júnior won his first career title in his third year as a coach. In 2004, he was champion of Santa Catarina with Figueirense. Two years later, he won another state title, this time managing Sport. In 2008, when he was at Coritiba, he won the Paranaense. His first national trophy came in 2009, when he won Série B as coach of Vasco da Gama.

In 2010, already coaching Santos with Neymar, Ganso, and Robinho, he won the Campeonato Paulista and the first Copa do Brasil of his career—his second national title. Between 2011 and 2012, with Internacional, he won the Recopa Sudamericana and the Campeonato Gaúcho. After leaving the team from Rio Grande do Sul, he only lifted trophies again in 2016, when he won the Paulistão with Santos.

Afterwards, he went through another four-year stretch without winning titles. Dorival Jr became state champion with Athletico Paranaense in 2020. Still that year, he was dismissed and only returned to work in 2022, at Ceará, where he did a good job and transferred to Flamengo, beginning the peak of his career. That season, he won the Copa do Brasil and the Libertadores as manager of the Rubro-Negro.

Even with two titles, he ended up not having his contract renewed and, in 2023, took over São Paulo in March, finishing that season with the Copa do Brasil title, precisely against Flamengo in the final. Afterwards, he went to the Brazilian National Team in 2024, where he stayed until March 2025, before joining Corinthians a month later. At Parque São Jorge, in almost 10 months, he has won two titles: Copa do Brasil (2025) and Supercopa (2026).

Since then, there have been 22 wins, 14 draws, and 16 losses in charge of the Alvinegro, which represents a success rate of 51.28%. Of the total victories, 11 were in knockout matches or high-stakes games, three of which were in derbies against the state’s biggest rivals (two against Palmeiras and one against Santos) in the semifinals and final of the Paulistão, as well as the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil. In the 2025 Copa do Brasil, the Alvinegro eliminated: Novorizontino (third round), Palmeiras (round of 16), Athletico-PR (quarterfinals), Cruzeiro (semifinal), and Vasco da Gama (final).

Coaches in the 2026 Brasileirão Série A with the most titles:

1) Dorival Júnior (Corinthians) – 15 titles2) Tite (Cruzeiro) – 14 titles3) Abel Ferreira (Palmeiras) – 10 titles4) Rogério Ceni (Bahia) – 9 titles5) Jorge Sampaoli (Atlético Mineiro) – 7 titles6) Juan Carlos Osório (Remo) – 7 titles7) Vágner Mancini (Red Bull Bragantino) – 6 titles8) Hernán Crespo (São Paulo) – 6 titles9) Fernando Diniz (Vasco) – 6 titles10) Luis Castro (Grêmio) – 5 titles11) Juan Pablo Vojvoda (Santos) – 5 titles12) Filipe Luís (Flamengo) – 5 titles13) Rafael Guanaes (Mirassol) – 4 titles14) Martín Anselmi (Botafogo) – 4 titles15) Paulo Pezzolano (Internacional) – 2 titles16) Gilmar Dal Pozzo (Chapecoense) – 2 titles17) Luís Zubeldía (Fluminense) – 2 titles18) Jair Ventura (Vitória) – 1 title19) Odair Hellmann (Athletico Paranaense) – 0 titles20) Fernando Seabra (Coritiba) – 0 titles

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