José Villalonga, while in charge of Spain in
1964, became the first manager to lead a national team to European Championship victory without having had a previous professional football career. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk> Lars Lagerbäck (with Sweden and Iceland) and Joachim Löw (with Germany) share the record for most European Championships as manager, with both appearing at four different tournaments; Löw additionally holds the records for most matches managed (21) and most matches won (12) in the competition, all coming between the 2008 and 2020 tournaments.