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Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in the history of Aberdeen F.C.

The following is a list of managers of Aberdeen F.C. since its foundation in 1903. As of February 2024, Aberdeen have had 26 full-time managers, including joint managers.

The most successful Aberdeen manager is Sir Alex Ferguson, who won three Scottish Premier Division titles, four Scottish Cup trophies, one Scottish League Cup, one European Cup Winners' Cup and one UEFA Super Cup in an eight-year spell at the club.

Statistics

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Entries in italics are caretaker managers.

Only competitive league & cup matches are counted.[1] As of 19 October 2024.

From To Name P W D L F A Win % Source
1903 1924 Scotland Jimmy Philip 644 221 172 251 817 883 34% [2]
1924 1937 Scotland Paddy Travers 474 214 106 154 916 732 45% [3]
1937 1955 Scotland Dave Halliday 371 165 71 135 731 602 44% [4]
1955 1959 Scotland Davie Shaw 148 66 20 62 316 280 45% [5]
1959 1965 Scotland Tommy Pearson 180 67 42 71 328 341 37% [6]
1965 1971 Scotland Eddie Turnbull 214 100 42 72 386 278 47% [7]
1971 1975 Scotland Jimmy Bonthrone 143 67 46 30 264 143 47% [8]
1975 1975 Scotland George Murray 4 2 0 2 5 6 50% [9]
1975 1977 Scotland Ally MacLeod 61 24 19 18 89 72 39% [10]
1977 1978 Scotland Billy McNeill 36 22 9 5 68 29 61% [11]
1978 1986 Scotland Alex Ferguson 288 167 71 50 564 229 58% [12]
1986 1986 Scotland Alex Ferguson
Scotland Archie Knox 		15 7 5 3 25 14 47%
1986 1986 Scotland Archie Knox 1 0 1 0 0 0 0% [13]
1986 1988 Scotland Ian Porterfield 72 35 27 10 94 40 49% [14]
1988 1991 Scotland Alex Smith
Scotland Jocky Scott 		117 63 35 19 181 89 54% [15]
1991 1992 Scotland Alex Smith 23 7 7 9 34 31 30% [16]
1992 1995 Scotland Willie Miller 124 53 45 26 182 111 43% [17]
1995 1997 Scotland Roy Aitken 99 35 27 37 125 139 35% [18]
1997 1997 England Keith Burkinshaw 2 0 2 0 2 2 0% [19]
21 Nov 1997 1 Nov 1998 Scotland Alex Miller 38 10 11 17 39 52 26% [20]
1 Jan 1999 24 May 1999 Scotland Paul Hegarty 19 7 2 10 28 43 37% [21]
1 July 1999 29 November 2002 Denmark Ebbe Skovdahl 130 40 31 59 157 214 31% [22]
2002 2002 Scotland Gardner Speirs 1 0 1 0 1 1 0% [23]
11 Dec 2002 24 May 2004 Scotland Steve Paterson 57 18 11 28 62 86 32% [24]
1 June 2004 24 May 2009 Scotland Jimmy Calderwood 190 79 49 62 236 214 42% [25]
1 July 2009 1 Dec 2010 Scotland Mark McGhee 53 13 12 28 51 83 24% [26]
1 Dec 2010 10 Dec 2010 Scotland Neil Cooper
Scotland Neil Simpson 		1 0 0 1 0 5 0% [27]
10 Dec 2010 6 Apr 2013 Scotland Craig Brown 93 27 29 37 98 107 29% [28]
6 Apr 2013 8 Mar 2021 Scotland Derek McInnes 295 157 60 78 434 303 53% [29]
8 Mar 2021 23 Mar 2021 Scotland Paul Sheerin 2 1 0 1 1 1 50% [30]
23 Mar 2021 13 Feb 2022 Scotland Stephen Glass 29 9 6 14 33 39 31% [31]
13 Feb 2022 19 Feb 2022 Scotland Barry Robson 1 0 1 0 1 1 0% [32]
19 Feb 2022 28 Jan 2023 Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin 35 11 7 17 45 56 31% [33]
29 Jan 2023 31 Jan 2024 Scotland Barry Robson 36 15 7 14 45 50 42% [34]
31 Jan 2024 5 Feb 2024 Scotland Peter Leven 1 0 1 0 0 0 0% [35]
5 Feb 2024 9 Mar 2024 England Neil Warnock 6 0 2 4 7 13 0% [36]
17 Jun 2024 Present Sweden Jimmy Thelin 17 15 1 1 41 16 88.2%

References

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  1. ^ "Scottish League - Scottish Football Archive". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Jimmy Philip profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Paddy Travers profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Dave Halliday profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Davie Shaw profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Tommy Pearson profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Eddie Turnbull profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Jimmy Bonthrone profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  9. ^ "George Murray profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Ally McLeod profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  11. ^ "Billy McNeill profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Alex Ferguson profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  13. ^ "Archie Knox profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  14. ^ "Ian Porterfield profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  15. ^ "Jocky Scott profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  16. ^ "Alex Smith profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  17. ^ "Willie Miller profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  18. ^ "Roy Aitken profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  19. ^ "Keith Burkinshaw profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  20. ^ "Alex Miller profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  21. ^ "Paul Hegarty profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  22. ^ "Ebbe Skovdahl profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  23. ^ "Gardner Spiers profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  24. ^ "Steve Paterson profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  25. ^ "Jimmy Calderwood profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  26. ^ "Mark McGhee profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  27. ^ "Neil Cooper profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  28. ^ "Craig Brown profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  29. ^ "Derek McInnes profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  30. ^ "Paul Sheerin profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  31. ^ "Stephen Glass profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  32. ^ "Barry Robson profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  33. ^ "Jim Goodwin profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  34. ^ "Barry Robson profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  35. ^ "Neil Warnock profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  36. ^ "Neil Warnock profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
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