Paco López is only surpassed by Simeone

Paco López takes the baton from Zidane, Mendibilar and Bordalás and only Cholo Simeone serves more seasons in a row on a LaLiga bench. The Silla coach, who made his debut at age 50 in the category, in which he did not pass as a player, to take the reins of the team after the dismissal of Juan Ramón López Muñiz has not stopped exceeding records and has established himself on a bench historically hot.

Mendilibar closed with the descent a stage of six uninterrupted seasons in Eibar. Zidane added six courses, despite the Lopetegui and Solari stage in 2018-19 after resigning after the third Champions League in a row. Bordalás, meanwhile, accumulated four campaigns in First with Getafe, in addition to a fifth in Second in the year of promotion, the same year as the Orriols team. Also noteworthy is the figure of Sergio, dismissed at Valladolid for not getting salvation in his third season in the top flight and another one in the silver one.

Of the current list of coaches in the category, Alguacil and Arraste are the closest to that of Silla. Imanol adds three consecutive seasons in First, for nine in the entity; while Iagoba has two in the highest category, plus the promotion in Second. While Álvaro Cervera accumulates six courses in Cádiz: one in Second B, four in Second and the latter back to the elite.

Paco López adds three full seasons plus the eleven games he played in 2017-18 after taking office, with a streak of eight victories, one draw and two defeats that confirmed the Valencian as the ideal coach to lead the project for the next few years. Next season he will sign his fourth consecutive season with full rights, plus the aforementioned matches, to catch up with Juan Puig, which added four consecutive seasons after the Civil War (from 1939 to 1943), already as Levante UD, and the two prior to the merger of Levante FC and Gimnástico, from 1934 to 1936. In total, six consecutive seasons in the entity . Four in the Levante that we know today.