Barcelona congratulates Pep Guardiola on winning the Champions League

O Barcelona used his social networks, this Saturday, to congratulate coach Pep Guardiola for the unprecedented achievement of Europe Champions League as Manchester City. The Spanish commander is marked in the history of the Catalan club for the victorious work carried out between 2008 and 2012.

“Congratulations Manchester City and Pep Guardiola champions of the Champions League 2022/23”, wrote Barça on their account on Twitter.

In addition, the blue and grená team published a photo of Guardiola with the Champions League trophy, won while coaching Barcelona, ​​with the caption: “Once a champion, always a champion”.

Once a champion, always a champion. pic.twitter.com/ZCI6RNnGk6

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) June 10, 2023

For Barcelona, ​​the 52-year-old coach has an extensive list of trophies. In all, 14 cups were raised, including two Champions Leagues (2008/09 and 2010/11), two Club World Cups (2009 and 2011), two UEFA Super Cups (2009 and 2011), three Spanish Championships (2008/09 , 2009/10 and 2010/11), two King’s Cups (2008/09 and 2011/12) and three Spanish Super Cups (2009, 2010, 2011).

For Manchester City, the club he has managed since 2016, the Spanish commander has won the same 14 tournaments. There are, so far, five English Championships (2017/18, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23), four English League Cups (2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020 /21), two FA Cups (2018/19 and 2019/2020), two FA Cups (2018/19 and 2022/23) and now a Champions League (2022/23).

Finally, with six continental conquests, Pep Guardiola equals Sir Alex Ferguson and Giovanni Trapattoni as the second greatest European champion in history. Only Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, is ahead of the three, with eight European titles.

In the list of most winning coaches in the history of football, the Spaniard comes in third, with 36 cups raised, behind only Ferguson, who has 49 trophies, and the Romanian Mircea Lucescu, with 37 achievements.