What is Luis Enrique's record in finals? PSG manager's credentials assessed ahead of Champions League final against Arsenal

Luis Enrique is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the champion managers successful satellite football, and helium is acceptable to beryllium the look successful the dugout arsenic Paris Saint-Germain clash with Arsenal successful the Champions League last connected Saturday.

Les Parisiens thrashed Inter Milan 5-0 successful past season's showpiece, earning the nine their precise archetypal Champions League crown.

This clip around, PSG acceptable up a gathering with the Gunners aft beating Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich 6-5 connected aggregate successful the semi-finals, the archetypal limb of which ended 5-4 to the French side and volition beryllium remembered arsenic 1 of the astir entertaining games of the modern era.

Mikel Arteta's men are present the Premier League champions, and galore are anticipating a overmuch person contention than the 2024-25 final, though the Ligue 1 juggernauts volition beryllium assured of success.

Here, Sports Mole takes a look astatine PSG manager Enrique's grounds successful finals, up of the Champions League last against Arsenal connected Saturday.

Interactive: Luis Enrique's grounds successful finals

Enrique has amassed an enviable haul of silverware since rising to prominence arsenic Barcelona manager successful 2014, winning a full of 21 trophies successful the 12 years since.

The brag has taken portion successful 18 finals arsenic a caput coach, coming retired connected apical connected 15 occasions, portion falling abbreviated conscionable thrice - a triumph complaint of much than 83%.

Enrique's archetypal occurrence successful a showpiece lawsuit was a 3-1 triumph against Athletic Bilbao successful May 2015's Copa del Rey final, a crippled that saw Lionel Messi present a brace either broadside of a Neymar effort arsenic portion of yet different man-of-the-match-worthy show from the Argentinian.

Barca would spell connected to triumph the Champions League that season, downing Juventus 3-1 successful the last astatine Olympiastadion Berlin, wherever Ivan Rakitic opened the scoring with conscionable 4 minutes connected the clock, and Neymar bagged a 97th-minute sealer to render Alvaro Morata's onslaught for the Old Lady a specified consolation.

However, 2015 would besides bring Enrique his archetypal defeat, arsenic Barca succumbed to a shocking 5-1 aggregate nonaccomplishment against Athletic Bilbao successful that August's Supercopa de Espana final.

The manager would not person to hold agelong to get his hands connected the Supercopa, though, with La Blaugrana thrashing Sevilla 5-0 successful the 2016 iteration arsenic portion of a tally of 4 consecutive victories successful finals for the coach.

Enrique lone reached 1 last successful the Spanish nationalist squad dugout, and was handed a 2-1 beating by France successful the Nations League last successful October 2021, a crippled that saw La Roja instrumentality the pb done Mikel Oyarzabal, lone for Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe to crook the clash connected its head.

A instrumentality to nine absorption followed successful 2023, with PSG successful request of upheaval, and Enrique was capable to instil a nine civilization that has led to caller levels of occurrence for the French side.

His inaugural last with Les Parisiens saw the brag assistance the Trophee des Champions aft beating Toulouse 2-0 successful January 2024, the archetypal portion of a home treble successful 2023-24.

The 2024-25 run would besides spot PSG present a home cleanable sweep, but a long-desired Champions League occurrence crowned a superb play for a rejuvenated club, who demolished Inter Milan 5-0 successful the final.

Enrique's past last decision took spot successful the July 2025, erstwhile PSG were beaten 3-0 by Chelsea successful the Club World Cup closer, though helium has managed to support a 100% grounds successful his 3 finals since, astir precocious claiming the Trophee des Champions connected penalties aft a 2-2 stalemate against Marseille successful January 2026.

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