The brief reign of Lopetegui

Lopetegui spent 137 days as Real Madrid manager, with only 75 days having passed since his first official game, a loss in Tallin, Estonia, against Atletico Madrid in the European Supercup. Since 1929 there has only been one coach that has lasted less long - Jose Antonio Camacho.

He leave in the midst of a crisis, with the worst record of any of the 13 managers Florentino Perez has employed. Having taken charge of 14 games, he leaves the Bernabeu with six victories, two draws and six losses. 

Despite losing the Spanish supercup, in the Champions League they still have a chance of progressing from the group. They are in second place in their group, after two home victories and a loss in Moscow against CSKA. It is in La Liga that they are on their worst run for 18 years. 

Real have not won in six matches in La Liga, with four losses and two draws, the lack of reaction from the team, who have not won in the league since 22nd September, and have lost the last three, forcing the Real hierarchy into making the difficult decision. 

Real Madrid have not failed to win in five league games since 2009, at the end of Juande Ramos' spell in charge, with losses against Barcelona, Valenica, Villareal, Mallorca and Osasuna. 

Lopetegui is also the quickest sacking that Perez has made, with only Jose Antonio Camacho, who only had six games in charge, as he was unable to unite the 'galactico' dressing room. 

The two managers who have lasted least long were both Spaniards, Lopetegui left after 14, Mariano Garcia Ramon took charge of 20, Rafael Benitez got 25 and Juan Roman Lopez Caro got 33. 

Perez's Real Madrid coaches records in full: 

Vicente del Bosque 1999-2003 185 games (104W-42D-39L)

Carlos Queiroz 2003-2004 59 games (34-11-14)

José Antonio Camacho 2004 6 games (4-0-2)

García Remón 2004 20 games (12-4-4)

Luxemburgo 2005 45 games (28-7-10)

López Caro 2006 33 games (17-10-6)

Pellegrini 2009-2010 48 games(36-5-7)

José Mourinho 2010-2013 178 games (128-28-22)

Carlo Ancelotti 2013-2015 119 games (89-14-16)

Rafa Benítez 2015-2016 25 games (16-5-4)

Zinedine Zidane 2016-2018 149 games(104-29-16)

Julen Lopetegui 2018 14 games (6-2-6)