PSG defeated Arsenal 4-3 in a penalty shootout (1-1 draw after 120 minutes) to win the UEFA Champions League in the 2025-2026 season. The French team also became the first team after Real Madrid to defend the championship title in this arena.
PSG's achievements have a very large mark of coach Luis Enrique and it also helps him make history. A total of 21 coaches have lifted the C1/Champions League trophy more than once, but only five have done it more than twice.
Luis Enrique equals Pep Guardiola, Bob Paisley, Zinedine Zidane with 3 championships in the number one European club playground. They are only behind Carlo Ancelotti, who has won 5 times in this playground.
Accordingly, Luis Enrique won the Champions League with Barcelona in 2015, before winning the throne with PSG in the last two years. Guardiola won the title with Barcelona in 2009, 2011 and with Man City in 2023.
Bob Paisley won with Liverpool in 1977, 1978 and 1981. Zidane won with Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018. And Carlo Ancelotti won with AC Milan in 2003, 2007 and with Real Madrid in 2014, 2022 and 2024.
Luis Enrique is also one of the seven coaches who won this title with many clubs, along with other veteran strategists such as Ernst Happel, Jupp Heynckes, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jose Mourinho, Ancelotti and Guardiola.
Meanwhile, Ancelotti and Guardiola are also among the seven who have won both as players and coaches, along with Johan Cruyff, Miguel Munoz, Frank Rijkaard, Giovanni Trapattoni and Zidane.
Luis Enrique was born in 1970, when he was a player, he played for Barcelona and Real Madrid and achieved many successes. Moving to lead Barcelona, he helped the team win the treble in the 2014-2015 season, with the trio Messi - Suarez and Neymar in the squad.
Since coming to coach PSG in 2023, he has helped the French team turn a new page in history with 12 titles, including 2 Champions League titles.
