Manchester City wins League Cup; 55-year-old Guardiola ranks second with 40 titles, behind Ferguson's 49; Mourinho seventh.

The 2025-26 League Cup final was held at Wembley Stadium, with Manchester City beating Arsenal 2-0 to secure the championship. This is Manchester City's ninth League Cup title historically and Guardiola's fifth League Cup triumph, establishing him as the first manager to win the League Cup five times. Furthermore, this is Guardiola's 40th championship trophy since starting his coaching career, making him the second coach in football history to reach 40 titles. On the list of coaches by trophy count, Guardiola ranks second, only behind Ferguson with 49 titles.

Top 10 football managers by number of titles:

• First: Ferguson, 49 titles!
• Second: Guardiola, 40 titles!
• Third: Lucescu, 35 titles!
• Fourth: Lobanovsky, 33 titles!
• Fifth: Ancelotti, 30 titles!
• Sixth: Hitzfeld, 28 titles!
• Seventh: Mourinho, 26 titles!
• Joint seventh: Scolari, 26 titles!
• Joint seventh: Jock Stein, 26 titles!
• Tenth: Trapattoni, 23 titles!

Born in January 1971, Guardiola is currently 55 years old, still in his prime as a coach. Since Guardiola began coaching Barcelona in 2008, he has secured 40 championship trophies over 18 years of his managerial career. Ferguson has been retired for many years, and given Guardiola's remarkable frequency of winning titles, it is believed that within a few years Guardiola will surpass Ferguson to become the coach with the most titles in football history, truly a championship-winning manager.