The coach equaled the feat of Mano Menezes and became the first to win the second championship with different teams
Sao Paulo’s draw against Flamengo this Sunday, at the Morumbi, put Dorival Junior in a select group of coaches Brazilian Cup. The 2023 title was the coach’s third and second consecutive, tying the Sao Paulo coach Mano Menezes, who won the trophy in 2017 and 2018 with Cruzeiro. Unlike the coach of the Minas Gerais team in terms of results, Dorival is the first in the history of the competition to win with two different teams.
This Sunday’s title is São Paulo’s first in the competition and Dorival Júnior’s third as coach. Previously, the coach won the Brazilian Cup with Santos, with Ganso, Neymar and Robinho, in 2010, and in 2022, with Flamengo.
Now, Dorival Júnior is the second most successful coach of the tournament, together with Mano Menezes, with three victories. Leading the coaching ranks is Felipão, who has won the Copa do Brasil four times, together with Criciúma, Grêmio and Palmeiras twice.
Discover all the champion coaches of the Brazilian Cup every year
- 1989 – Gremio – Claudio Duarte
- 1990 – Flamengo – Jair Pereira
- 1991 – Criciúma – Felipão
- 1992 – International – Antônio Lopes
- 1993 – Cruzeiro-Pinheiro
- 1994 – Gremio – Felipão
- 1995 – Corinthians – Eduardo Amorim
- 1996 – Cruzeiro – Levir Culpi
- 1997 – Grêmio – Evaristo de Macedo
- 1998 – Palmeiras – Felipão
- 1999 – Youth – Valmir Louruz
- 2000 – Cruzeiro – Marcus Aurelius
- 2001 – Gremio – Tite
- 2002 – Corinthians – Carlos Alberto Parreira
- 2003 – Cruzeiro-Vanderlei Luxembourg
- 2004 – Santo André – Péricles Chamusca
- 2005 – Paulista-Vagner Mancini
- 2006 – Flamengo – Ney Franco
- 2007 – Fluminense – Renato Gaúcho
- 2008 – Sports – Nelsinho Batista
- 2009 – Corinthians – Mano Menezes
- 2010 – Santos – Dorival Junior
- 2011 – Vasco da Gama – Ricardo Gomes
- 2012 – Palmeiras-Felipão
- 2013 – Flamengo – Jayme de Almeida
- 2014 – Atletico-MG – Levir Culpi
- 2015 – Palmeiras – Marcelo Oliveira
- 2016 – Gremio – Renato Gaucho
- 2017 – Cruzeiro – Mano Menezes
- 2018 – Cruzeiro – Mano Menezes
- 2019 – Atletico-PR – Tiago Nunes
- 2020 – Palmeiras-Abel Ferreira
- 2021 – Atletico-MG – Cuca
- 2022 – Flamengo-Dorival Júnior
- 2023 – Sao Paulo – Dorival Júnior
Source: Terra
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