Who is the alltime worst Real Madrid boss?

Julen Lopetegui was in charge of Real Madrid for only 14 matches since he took over from Zinedine Zidane who departed the club in the summer.

Following a string of poor results, which saw Madrid humiliated in El Clasico, getting a 5-1 thumping at Nou Camp on Sunday from rivals Barcelona. He was finally shown the door on Monday, joining a long list of highly qualified coaches who were also unable to deliver at Santiago Bernabeu.

Futaa.com takes a look at four managers who were expected to deliver at Los Blancos but failed to live up to expectations.

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Carlos Queiroz (June 2003- May 2004)

Carlos Queiroz replaced Vicente del Bosque in 2003, and having worked under Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, he was expected to take Madrid in the next level. He guided the Spanish giants to fourth in La Liga and failed to capitalize on an open Champions League draw in his only season in charge.

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Jose Antonio Camacho (May 2004 – September 2004)

He joined Real Madrid as a player in 1974 and ended playing for 15 years where he made 414 appearance netting 9 goals. He rejoined Madrid as a coach in 2004, on a two-year contract as a replacement to sacked Carlos Queiroz.

However, things quickly went wrong again in his second spell after a 0–3 defeat at Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the campaign’s UEFA Champions League, and a 0–1 league loss at Espanyol four days later, in September, shortly after, he resigned and was replaced by assistant Mariano García Remón.

Rafael Benitez (June 2015 – January 2016)

Rafael Benitez, currently coaching Premier League side Newcastle United is among the managers who didn’t last at Bernabeu. On 4 January 2016, Benítez’s contract was terminated following allegations of unpopularity with supporters, displeasure with players and a failure to get good results against top sides. At the time of his dismissal, Real was third in La Liga, four points behind leaders Atlético Madrid and two points behind arch-rivals Barcelona, the latter of whom had a game in hand.

Julen Lopetegui (June 2018 – October 2018)

Lopetegui’s time at Madrid started badly as he was sacked by Spain for agreeing the move and matters arguably got worse from there. His first competitive game was a 4-2 defeat to rivals Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup and the pressure was building long before Sunday’s match made it a five-match winless run in LaLiga to prompt a premature exit.

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