None as quick as Guardiola – but these coaches succeed fast | OneFootball

On the most recent matchday, coach Vincent Kompany recorded his 50th Bundesliga win. The Belgian needed just 64 matches in Germany’s top flight to do so, because with FC Bayern Munich he quickly set a clear course for the championship, just as he did last season. Only one coach has reached his first 50 wins faster than Kompany so far.

The headline gives it away: during his time at Bayern Munich, Pep Guardiola reached the 50-win mark even faster as head coach. The Spaniard needed only 61 matches at the time before hitting that small milestone.

The top 10 coaches with the fastest 50 wins after beginning their Bundesliga careers also includes quite a few BVB coaches, as well as some who would go on to work for Borussia Dortmund later in their careers.

The third-fastest to 50 wins, however, was a coach who has a past as a Bayern player but began his coaching career in Germany at another club. Xabi Alonso arrived at Bayer Leverkusen in the middle of the season, guided the struggling club back to success, and then on to its first-ever league title (along with the domestic double). As a result, Alonso needed only 75 Bundesliga matches before celebrating his 50th win.

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Former BVB coaches Pal Csernai and Edin Terzic level

In 4th place comes Udo Lattek, who with eight league titles remains the most successful coach in Bundesliga history to this day. He too began his career in the league with Bayern, which was in 1970. After 78 matches, Lattek picked up his 50th win.

5th place is shared by two former Borussia Dortmund coaches. Edin Terzic claimed his 50th win with BVB in his 83rd match. Pal Csernai also needed 83 attempts, although he recorded his 50th win in 1981 with FC Bayern Munich. In the 1985/86 season, Csernai coached BVB, where he had to leave in April 1986, after which Reinhard Saftig saved Borussia from relegation in the legendary playoff matches against Fortuna Köln.

The seventh-fastest to his first 50 wins was Ernst Happel. The Austrian needed 89 matches with HSV to achieve it. He is followed by two more coaches who reached the mark after the same number of games: Helmut Benthaus after 92 matches with VfB Stuttgart, and Marco Rose, who first coached in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach before securing his 50th win with BVB — in a 1-0 home win over Arminia Bielefeld in March 2022.

10th place belongs to another Borussia man: Matthias Sammer also celebrated his 50th Bundesliga win on the BVB bench, when he coached his 93rd match for the Black and Yellows in March 2003.

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