Notable Double Winning Managers
- William Sudell, as manager of Preston North End won the inaugural First Division going unbeaten in the league (12 clubs:22 games) and won the eighteenth edition of the FA Cup without conceding a goal in that competition in 1888–89.
- Jock Stein won the double on seven occasions with Celtic between 1967 and 1974.
- Sir Alex Ferguson has won the double on four occasions; with Aberdeen in 1983-84, and with Manchester United in 1993–94, 1995–96 and 1998–99. This achievement makes him the only manager to win the double on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border.
- Sven-Göran Eriksson is the only manager to win a domestic double in three different countries, having done so in Sweden, Portugal and Italy with Göteborg (1981–82), Benfica (1982–83) and Lazio (1999–00) respectively. Note that this included back-to-back double wins in separate countries.
- Louis Van Gaal won the double with Barcelona in 1997–98 and Bayern Munich in 2009–10; subsequent to his undefeated European Double with Ajax in 1994–95.
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