List of Boca Juniors head coaches

Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club that is notable for its professional football team. The chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of head coach since the start of the professional era in 1930. Each head coach's entry includes his career with the club and the titles won. Caretaker head coaches are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.

The most successful head coach in terms of titles won is Carlos Bianchi with 9. Titles include 4 Primera División leagues, 3 Copa Libertadores, and 2 Intercontinental Cups between 1998 and 2003.

Head coaches

• There are no statistics about the 1905–30 period so only head coaches since 1930 are listed below.^[1][2][3]
• In the case of interim coaches periods, they are not numbered as they were not official managers.

Keys

•   indicates interim manager.

Mario Fortunato is ranked 2nd among the most winning coaches with 6 titles

N°	Name	Per.	Tenure	Titles
(no data for the 1905–1930 period)
1	Mario Fortunato [n 1]	1	1930–32	2
2	José Lago Millán	1	1932	–
3	Ludovico Bidoglio	1	1933	–
–	Mario Fortunato	2	1934–36	2
4	Juan José Tramutola	1	1937–38	–
5	Enrique Sobral	1	1938	–
6	Valère de Besveconny [fr]	1	1939	–
7	Roberto Cherro	1	1939	–
8	Ángel Fernández Roca	1	1939–40	1
–	Enrique Sobral	2	1940–41	1
9	Carlos Calocero	1	1941	–
–	Mario Fortunato	3	1942	–
10	Oscar Tarrío	1	1942–43	–
11	Alfredo Garasini	1	1943–46	4
–	Mario Fortunato	4	1945–46	2
12	Eduardo González Pinto	1	1947	1
13	Julio Benavídez	1	1948	–
14	Renato Cesarini	1	1949	–
15	Franz Platko	1	1949–50	–
16	Ernesto Lazzatti	1	1950	–
17	Emilio Baldonedo	1	1951–52	–
18	Gerónimo Díaz	1	1953	–
19	György Orth	1	1953	–
–	Ernesto Lazzatti	2	1954	1
20	Jaime Sarlanga	1	1955	–
–	Mario Fortunato	5	1956	–
21	Bernardo Gandulla	1	1957–58	–
22	José Manuel Moreno	1	1958–59	–
23	Claudio Vacca	1	1959	–
24	Carlos Sosa	1	1960	–
25	José D'Amico [n 2]	1	1960
26	Vicente Feola	1	1961	–
–	José D'Amico	2	1962–63	1
27	Adolfo Pedernera [n 3]	1	1963–65	1
28	Néstor Rossi [n 4]	1	1965–66	1
–	Bernardo Gandulla	2	1967	–
29	Alcides Silveira [n 5]	1	1967–68	–
–	José D'Amico	2	1968	–
30	Alfredo Di Stéfano	1	1969	2
31	José María Silvero	1	1970–71	1
–	Bernardo Gandulla	3	1971	–
32	Fernando Riera	1	1971–72	–
–	Bernardo Gandulla	4	1972	–
33	José Varacka	1	1972	–
34	Rogelio Domínguez	1	1973–75	–
–	Bernardo Gandulla	5	1975	–
35	Juan Carlos Lorenzo	1	1976–79	5
36	Antonio Rattín	1	1980	–
37	Silvio Marzolini	1	1981	1
38	Vladislao Cap	1	1982	–
39	Carmelo Faraone	1	1982–83	–
–	Raúl Rodríguez Seoane	1	1983	–
–	Ernesto Grillo	1	1983	–
40	Miguel Ángel López	1	1983–84	–
41	Dino Sani	1	1984	–
–	Ernesto Grillo	1	1984	–
–	Mario Zanabria	1	1984	–
–	Alfredo Di Stéfano	2	1985	–
42	Mario Zanabria	1	1985–86	–
43	César Luis Menotti	1	1986–87	–
44	Roberto Saporiti	1	1987	–
–	Juan Carlos Lorenzo	2	1987	–
45	José Omar Pastoriza	1	1988–89	–
46	Carlos Aimar	1	1989–90	2
–	Osvaldo Potente	1	1990	–
47	Óscar Tabárez	1	1991–93	2
–	Osvaldo Potente	1	1993	–
48	Jorge Habegger	1	1993	1
–	Enrique Hrabina	1	1993	–
–	César Luis Menotti	2	1993–94	–
–	Enrique Hrabina	1	1994	–
–	Silvio Marzolini[5]	2	1995	–
49	Carlos Bilardo[6]	1	1996	–
–	Francisco Sá	1	1996	–
50	Héctor Veira	1	1996–98	–
–	Carlos García Cambón	1	1998	–
51	Carlos Bianchi	1	1998–01	6
–	Oscar Tabárez	2	2001–02	–
–	Carlos Bianchi	2	2002–04	3
–	Abel Alves	1	2004	–
52	Miguel Ángel Brindisi	1	2004	–
53	Jorge Benítez	1	2004–05	1
–	Abel Alves	1	2005	–
54	Alfio Basile	1	2005–06	5
55	Ricardo Lavolpe[7]	1	2006	–
56	Miguel Ángel Russo[8]	1	2007	1
57	Carlos Ischia[9]	1	2008–09	2
–	Abel Alves	1	2009	–
–	Alfio Basile	2	2009–10	–
58	Abel Alves [n 6]	1	2010
–	Roberto Pompei	1	2010	–
59	Claudio Borghi[12]	1	2010	–
–	Roberto Pompei	1	2010	–
60	Julio Falcioni[13]	1	2010–12	2
–	Carlos Bianchi[14][15][16]	3	2012–14	–
–	Hugo Ibarra [n 7]	1	2014	–
61	Rodolfo Arruabarrena[18]	1	2014–16	2
62	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	1	2016–18	2
63	Gustavo Alfaro	1	2019–20	2
–	Miguel Ángel Russo	2	2020–21	2
64	Sebastian Battaglia	1	2021–22	3
65	Hugo Ibarra [n 8]	1	2022–23	1
–	Mariano Herrón	–	2023	–
66	Jorge Almirón	1	2023	–
67	Diego Martínez	1	2024	–
–	Mariano Herrón	–	2024	–

Notes

1. Apart from the periods indicated, Fortunato was also head coach in the 1953 tour on Europe.^[4]
2. He was originally part of the staff of Carlos Sosa, being appointed as coach when Sosa left the charge.
3. Pedernera was the main coach although it was Aristóbulo Deambrossi who was sitting on the bench during the matches.
4. Replaced Pedernera when he suffered an accident.
5. Was both, football and manager at the same time.
6. After several previous tenures as interim, he was officially appointed for this period.^[10][11]
7. Pairing with Sergio Saturno.^[17]
8. First as interim, then officially appointed in the same period.^[19]

Winning managers

Name	Titles	Details
Carlos Bianchi	9	1998 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2000 Copa Libertadores, 2001 Copa Libertadores, 2003 Copa Libertadores, 2000 Intercontinental Cup, 2003 Intercontinental Cup
Mario Fortunato	6	1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1946 Copa Competencia Británica, 1946 Copa Escobar-Gerona
Juan Carlos Lorenzo	5	1976 Metropolitano, 1976 Nacional, 1977 Copa Libertadores, 1978 Copa Libertadores, 1977 Intercontinental Cup
Alfio Basile	5	2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2005 Copa Sudamericana, 2005 Recopa Sudamericana, 2006 Recopa Sudamericana
Alfredo Garasini	3	1943, 1944, 1945 Copa Escobar-Gerona
Miguel Angel Russo	3	2007 Copa Libertadores, 2019–20, 2020 Copa LPF
Enrique Sobral	2	1940, 1940 Copa Ibarguren
Alfredo Di Stéfano	2	1969 Nacional, 1969 Copa Argentina
Carlos Aimar	2	1989 Supercopa Sudamericana, 1990 Recopa Sudamericana
Óscar Tabárez	2	1992 Apertura, 1992 Supercopa Masters
Carlos Ischia	2	2008 Apertura, 2008 Recopa Sudamericana
Julio Falcioni	2	2011 Apertura, 2012 Copa Argentina
Rodolfo Arruabarrena	2	2015, 2015 Copa Argentina
Guillermo Barros Schelotto	2	2016–17, 2017–18
Sebastián Battaglia	2	2019–20 Copa Argentina, 2022 Copa LPF
Hugo Ibarra	2	2022, 2022 Supercopa Argentina
Eduardo González Pinto	1	1944 Copa Ibarguren
Ernesto Lazzatti	1	1954
José D'Amico	1	1962
Aristóbulo Deambrossi	1	1964
Néstor Rossi	1	1965
José María Silvero	1	1970 Nacional
Silvio Marzolini	1	1981 Metropolitano
Jorge Habegger	1	1993 Copa de Oro
Jorge Benítez	1	2004 Copa Sudamericana
Gustavo Alfaro	1	2018 Supercopa Argentina

References

1. Directores Técnicos: Cronología 1931-2010 at Agrupación Nuevo Boca website
2. Directores Técnicos - Cronología at La Bombonera.com.ar
3. Técnicos Campeones at Universo Futbol.com
4. Mario F. Fortunato tenure on Historia de Boca
5. "Silvio Marzolini rompió el molde" Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, El Gráfico, 30 Nov 2012
6. "Bilardo: Boca no es un equipazo", La Nación
7. "Cómo Boca perdió el torneo", La Nación, 13 Dec 2006
8. "La razón de la renuncia de Russo al banco de Boca", Diario26, 21 Dec 2007
9. "Fue presentado Ischia como nuevo técnico de Boca", Clarín, 26 Dec 2007
10. "Bianchi no quiere ser técnico de Boca y Abel Alves reemplazará a Basile", Perfil.com, 22 Jan 2010
11. "Abel Aníbal Chueco Alves" at Imborrable Boca, 22 Jul 2010
12. "Se fue Borghi: "Boca es como tener sexo con la ventana abierta"", Cancha Llena, 17 Nov 2010
13. "La era de Julio Falcioni en Boca", MinutoUno.com, 11 Dec 2012
14. "Bianchi vuelve a Boca después de siete años y el miércoles será presentado oficialmente", La Voz, 17 Dec 2012
15. "Boca tocó fondo: Carlos Bianchi fue despedido por Angelici", Diario Registrado, 29 Aug 2014
16. "Boca despidió a Bianchi: el entrenador más grande de su historia se fue por la puerta de atrás", Infobae, 28 Aug 2014
17. "Ibarra y Saturno dirigirán a Boca ante Vélez, el domingo", ESPN.com, 28 Aug 2014
18. "Rodolfo Arruabarrena es el nuevo técnico de Boca", Cancha Llena, 29 Aug 2014
19. Boca ratificó a Ibarra como técnico hasta fin de año on Página/12, July 12, 2022