Pep Guardiola, Julian Nagelsmann, Jurgen Klopp, Mauricio Pochettino, Diego Simeone, Thomas Tuchel, Erik ten Hag even.
They are managerial elite, a cabal of coaches who would be considered candidates for any top European job that became available.
There are more names in the group. Bielsa, Conte, Lage. And good old Jose is hanging in there.
But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is not amongst the coaching in-crowd.
He might manage a club with strong claims to be the biggest in the world but there is no aura about Ole.
Which is why victory in Gdansk is essential for the progression of his career.
While most names have been made by winning trophies, the odd manager can rely on a well-nurtured reputation. Mauricio Pochettino somehow failed to win the French league with Paris St Germain but if the Manchester United post became available, the Argentine would be a prime contender.
Solskjaer’s name-building got off to a bad British start at Cardiff and has not fully recovered.
Yet maybe he is not getting the credit he is beginning to deserve.
Post-Mourinho, Solskjaer was thrown in at the deep end and for the first 18 months of his Old Trafford tenure, there were times when he looked seriously out of his depth.
This season, though, there have been definite signs he has United on the right track.
There has been the unbeaten away record in the Premier League, there has been a victory over Manchester City, there has been a second-placed finish, there has been an improvement of eight points.
There have been plenty of blips, too many home defeats, a mis-step in the FA Cup quarter-final against Leicester and, of course, the Champions League cock-up that set them down this road to Poland.
But it still feels as though Solskjaer has the squad heading in the right direction.
And there is something else, something that will always be underestimated in these unforgiving times.
Solskjaer has represented the club with distinction. He is unfailingly polite, makes very few excuses, is generally respectful to officials and gives credit to opponents when it is due.
In common with all managers of Manchester United, he has had to put up with plenty of distractions but has coped with some aplomb.
When, for example, Paul Pogba’s agent was sounding off, Solskjaer handled the situation expertly, pretty much doing what Mino Raiola would have hated … ignoring him.
But, yes, just because he is a thoroughly sound, likeable guy does not necessarily make him the right man for a Manchester United that wants to be contending for the senior European trophy and for the Premier League.
And winning the Europa League and a final against a Villarreal team that finished seventh in La Liga will not necessarily signal Solskjaer’s long-term suitability.
In fact, in terms of reputation, Solskjaer probably has more to lose than he has to gain in Gdansk.
But victory would be a small help and when you are not one of the special ones, you need all the help you can get.
