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With almost 90 major honours won, Real Madrid are one of the most successful sides of all time. With all the prestige and history associated with the club, it means that winning is seen as a must and failure to do so usually has repercussions.
The club has the distinction of having some of the finest players throughout the annals of the game represent it, while also boasting its own fair share of tactically brilliant coaches.
Santiago Solari's appointment in the stead of Julen Lopetegui in October following the sacking of the latter made him the 41st permanent manager of the club.
The Argentine manager has hit the ground running, restoring a bit of order to the chaotic team he inherited, while also having his first taste of a senior managerial trophy when he guided Real to triumph over Al Ain in the final of the 2018 Club World Cup.
Solari's victory in the CWC came just a little over a month after his appointment was made permanent and in this piece, we take a look at five managers who had the most immediate impact in terms of trophies won at Real Madrid.
Honourable mentions - Luis Molowney (Five months 13 days), Jose Villalonga (Five months 26 days),
#5 Zinedine Zidane (2016) UEFA Champions League (Four months 24 days)
When Zidane was appointed as Real Madrid coach on 4 January 2016, not many foresaw the kind of impact he would have on the club's history.
The Frenchman had already established himself as one of the all-time greats during an illustrious playing career, but he inherited an underperforming Real Madrid team following Rafa Benitez' departure and this coupled with his relative inexperience at top level management made many sceptical of his appointment.
However, in a remarkable turn of events, the former World Player of the Year totally transformed the club's fortunes and helped get the best out of an extremely talented bunch of players.
It took him less than five months to have an impact, guiding the club to triumph in the 2016 UCL final against city rivals Atletico Madrid, in what was to be the first of a historic three consecutive triumphs in the tournament consecutively.
Zinedine Zidane's spell in the Madrid dugout was immensely successful and under his watch, the club set a number of records including embarking on a remarkable 73 games scoring run, while also winning five trophies in his first 16 months in charge, while he also guided the club to its first league and European triumph since 1957.
Zidane stepped down from the Madrid job rather shockingly immediately after guiding the club to its third consecutive Champions League triumph over Liverpool in May 2018 and departed as the second most successful manager in the club's history, with nine trophies won in just two and half seasons.
#4 Carlos Queiroz (2003) - Spanish Super Cup (Two months two days)
The Mozambique born Portuguese unlike the other men on the list did not have a distinguished playing career, instead spending most of his time as a goalkeeper in a lowly Mozambican club.
He has had a more distinguished managerial career, serving as assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United across two spells, as well as international spells in the dugouts in charge of his home country Portugal as well as South Africa and Iran (whom he currently manages).
Having proved his mettle during his first spell at United where he served as assistant manager to Ferguson, Real Madrid made the call to him to be their manager in the summer of 2003.
It was a chance to work with world-class players including Zinedine Zidane, Raul Gonzalez, Roberto Carlos, Luis Figo, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo de Lima to name a few and Queiroz saw it as an opportunity too good to turn down.
It was to however be an unmitigated disaster, as the club finished in 4th place at the end of the season in addition to other tournament failures and marked the decline of the first set of galacticos. It is needless to state that Queiroz was sacked at the end of the season.
It was however not all gloom, as Queiroz actually got off to a good start, winning the 2003 Spanish Super Cup a little over two months after being appointed.
#3 Jupp Heynckes (1997) - Spanish Super Cup (One month, 28 days)
Unarguably one of the greatest managers in history. Heynckes had a successful playing career with Borussia Monchengladbach as a striker with whom he won multiple league and Cup titles.
One of the best forwards in his day, Heynckes was an integral part of the German side which dominated European and world football in the early and mid-1970s and till this day remains the third highest goalscorer of all time in the Bundesliga.
His managerial career has been even more successful, as he has won a plethora of titles at some of the biggest sides in history, while also having the honour of guiding Bayern Munich to the Treble in 2013.
He was appointed Real Madrid manager on 25th June 1997 and was triumphant in the Spanish Super Cup a little under two months when he defeated Barcelona 5-3 on aggregate.
The German ended his first season in charge by leading the club to its first European Cup triumph in over 32 years. Although in a strange twist of events, he was fired after his heroics.
#2 Santiago Solari (2018) FIFA Club World Cup (One month nine days)
Real Madrid found themselves in dire straits at the start of the 2018/2019 season following the departures of two iconic figures in Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The club's record goalscorer largely went unreplaced, while Perez turned to former Spain manager Julen Lopetegui who was appointed in acrimonious circumstances just days before the start of the World Cup.
Following some disastrous results including a five-game scoreless run, Perez finally had enough of Lopetegui and gave him the sack letter just 14 matches into his tenure and turned to former youth coach Santiago Solari to take the reins on a temporal basis.
The 42-year-old started impressively enough, winning his first four matches in all competitions and helping to bring out the best in youngsters which was enough to hand him the job on a permanent basis.
The Argentine has hit the ground running and even though there are still many issues to fix, he has largely helped calm the stormy waters which he met upon his arrival.
Solari's triumph in the FIFA Club World Cup over Al Ain was his first triumph as a manager and came just a little over a month into his permanent appointment and Madridistas would hope it would be the first of many to come.
#1 Miguel Munoz (1960) - European Cup (One month 5 days)
By far the most successful manager of all time in Real Madrid's illustrious history. Munoz was the true definition of a one-club man, spending majority of his playing career as a midfielder for Real Madrid, scoring the club's first ever goal in the European Cup (now Champions League) and captaining it to the first two of its five consecutive triumphs in the early years of the tournament.
He was appointed the full time manager on 13 April 1960 and took just a little over a month to make his mark in the tournament he dominated as a player, guiding Real to its fifth consecutive triumph when they defeated Eintracht Frankfurt by 7-3 at Hampden Park in what many believe to be the most complete performance by a club in a European Cup final.
This victory made him have the unique distinction of being the first man to win the tournament both as a player and a coach (a feat he now shares with seven other legends).
Munoz spent a total of 16 years as the manager at the Bernabeu which yielded 14 trophies.
