MOURINHO OTT Release Date: Everything You Need To Know About The Three-Part Documentary On Football’s Greatest Contradiction

The most compelling and controversial figure in the history of football management is finally getting the Netflix treatment. Netflix has launched the new documentary series MOURINHO globally on August 11, 2026. The three-part Netflix Original documentary series explores the extraordinary career of legendary football manager José Mourinho. The series comes from BECKHAM producer and double Academy Award-winner John Battsek, and BAFTA and Emmy-nominated director Joe Pearlman.

What Is MOURINHO About?

Filmed over two years, MOURINHO tells the story of the man who revolutionised what it meant to be a football manager, charting his rise into one of football’s most trophy-laden and outspoken figures — winning league titles in four different countries and lifting the Champions League twice.

Twenty years on from the night he shocked the sporting world by leading FC Porto to Champions League glory, José Mourinho has gone on to manage some of the biggest clubs on the planet — from Chelsea and Inter Milan to Real Madrid, where he has now returned.

This trophy-packed, insider-fuelled documentary charts José Mourinho’s iconic rise as one of the world’s top footballing managers of the most elite clubs.

With exclusive access to Mourinho himself, alongside candid interviews with football’s greatest names, this three-part documentary goes beyond the headlines and the touchline theatrics to get under the skin of the “Special One.”

MOURINHO is a portrait of football’s ultimate contradiction: the winner the game can’t live without, and can’t always live with.

Episode Guide

MOURINHO has three episodes in Season 1.

Episode Breakdown

Episode 1 (55 minutes):
Frank Lampard, John Terry and Sir Alex Ferguson recall José Mourinho’s bold arrival at Chelsea, where he becomes known as “The Special One.”

Episode 2 (56 minutes):
Power struggles and tensions test the Chelsea manager as he eyes a new challenge in Serie A alongside Zlatan Ibrahimović and Luis Figo.

Episode 3 (61 minutes):
The third and final episode is the longest of the three, running at one hour and one minute, covering the period from 2010 onwards — his historic treble-winning Inter Milan season, his move to Real Madrid, his return to Chelsea, and everything that followed through to today.

The Interviewees

The documentary boasts one of the most impressive line-ups of football interviewees ever assembled for a single project.

Among those appearing are Sir Alex Ferguson, John Terry, Iker Casillas, Didier Drogba, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Marcelo, Samuel Eto’o, Javier Zanetti, Frank Lampard and Petr Čech.

The series also includes fresh interviews with André Villas-Boas, Claude Makelele, Eden Hazard, Luis Figo, Marco Materazzi, Massimo Moratti, Peter Kenyon, Ricardo Carvalho, Rui Faria and Sami Khedira, providing perspectives from former players, colleagues, executives and rivals.

Together, those voices revisit many of the defining moments of Mourinho’s career, discussing his tactical methods, management style, dressing-room relationships and the lasting impact he has had on modern football.

Full Interviewee List

The Creative Team

Academy Award-winning producer John Battsek, whose previous work includes Netflix’s acclaimed BECKHAM documentary, serves as producer alongside Miles Coleman.

MOURINHO is directed by Joe Pearlman, known for Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now, and produced by John Battsek.

Ventureland also produced Prime Time Emmy and PGA award-winning BECKHAM, a four-part series on cultural icon David Beckham.

The pedigree behind the documentary is significant. The same production house that delivered the universally praised BECKHAM series — widely regarded as the gold standard for sports documentaries on Netflix — is now turning its lens on the most complicated manager in football history.

Creative Team

Mourinho’s Career — The Full Timeline

José Mourinho is one of the world’s top football coaches, and over the past two decades, he has coached some of the world’s biggest teams, including Real Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Roma, Benfica, FC Porto, Tottenham Hotspur, and Fenerbahçe.

Managerial Career Summary

How MOURINHO Compares To Other Netflix Sports Docs

Netflix has built an impressive library of landmark sports documentaries over the past decade. The MOURINHO series joins that catalogue at a time when the streamer’s appetite for elite football content has never been stronger.

Mourinho has already been the subject of a documentary when he was featured in the Netflix series The Playbook: A Coach’s Rules for Life. However, MOURINHO represents a far more comprehensive, dedicated and in-depth portrait than any previous documentary effort.

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