As: Simeone has been coaching Atletico Madrid for nearly 14 years and is on the verge of setting a La Liga record. During this period, Valencia has changed managers by 20 people [jiayu]


Livebar 25th April - Yesterday, Real Sociedad announced that their head coach, Imano Alguyassir, will step down at the end of the season. Taking this opportunity, AS reviewed the coaching hours of the managers of various La Liga teams. Atletico Madrid's Simeone undoubtedly ranked first.

Alguyacil has been coaching Real Sociedad since January 2019. When he leaves this summer, he will have coached for six and a half years, becoming the second-longest consecutive coach in La Liga with the same team, only behind Simeone. Every time a long-term manager like Alguyacil leaves, it once again confirms the difficulty of being at the helm of a top club for a long time.

When Alguyacil was coaching Real Sociedad, Simeone had held the position of Atletico Madrid's manager for seven years. With the change of coach at Real Sociedad, the current coaches with the longest tenure in La Liga are, in order, Simeone, Pellegrini of Betis (5 years), Ancelotti of Real Madrid and Michel of Girona (all 4 years).

The stability brought by the "bandit coach" to Atletico Madrid has made many teams envious. Many clubs are hoping to find their own Simeone. During the nearly 14 years that Simeone has coached Atletico Madrid, teams like Valencia have had more than 20 managers. Barcelona has experienced 9 coaches, while Real Madrid has had 6 (Ancelotti and Zidane have both coached twice).

Simeone said before Atletico Madrid's match against Rayo Vallecano: "For a coach, 14 years of coaching means that the players have shown extraordinary dedication." We are neither magicians nor prophets. We are just striving to present some kind of football concept. I'm very lucky to have these players who interpret the beauty of football.

After repeatedly verifying the difficulty of long-term coaching, Simeone is also about to break the historical record. The previous longest coaching record in La Liga was held by Miguel Munoz, who coached Real Madrid for 13 consecutive years and 9 months from 1960 to 1974. If there are no unexpected circumstances, Simeone is expected to surpass this milestone at the beginning of the 2025-26 season.