Jump to content

List of Chelsea F.C. managers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roberto Di Matteo is the first manager to have won the UEFA Champions League for Chelsea.

The first manager of Chelsea Football Club was John Robertson, appointed player-manager in 1905. The current head coach is Enzo Maresca.

Chelsea have had 32 permanent managers/head coaches (of whom four also served as player-manager), six interim managers and six caretakers. Ron Suart has served as both caretaker and interim manager. José Mourinho has served two different periods as permanent manager, while Guus Hiddink has been interim manager twice. Roberto Di Matteo was first interim manager, but was later appointed permanent manager, while Frank Lampard was first permanent manager, and later interim manager.

Chelsea's first ever manager was Scottish wing-half John Tait Robertson, who continued to play for the club until he resigned a year later. David Calderhead is Chelsea's longest-serving manager, holding the position from 1907 to 1933, spanning 966 matches. Chelsea's shortest reigning permanent manager is Graham Potter, who was in charge for 31 games. Statistically, Chelsea's least successful manager is Frank Lampard during his second stint.

The first manager under whom Chelsea won a major trophy was Ted Drake, who guided the club to the league championship in the 1954–55 season, while Dave Sexton managed the club to their first European honour, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph in 1971, and Gianluca Vialli guided Chelsea to win the 1998 UEFA Super Cup. Mourinho has won the most domestic titles, and total titles with the club (in fact, all titles won with Mourinho were domestic titles – eight in total), Vialli second most titles with five, whereas Carlo Ancelotti led Chelsea to their first league and FA Cup "Double" in 2010.

Di Matteo led Chelsea to their first UEFA Champions League for Chelsea in 2012. A year after, Rafael Benítez led the club to win the UEFA Europa League, becoming the first club to hold two major European titles simultaneously and one of five clubs, and the first British club, to have won all three of UEFA's major club competitions. In February 2022, Thomas Tuchel led Chelsea to its first FIFA Club World Cup. He is also the coach who have won the most international titles with the club; all three of his titles were international.

List of managers

[edit]

Statistics correct as of 4 December 2024.

Key

  • Includes competitive matches only.
  • This table of all managers includes performance records and honours.
  • M = matches managed; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = goals for; GA = goals against; GD = goal difference; Win% = percentage of total matches won.

Managers with honours

[edit]
Name Nationality Tenure Honours
Ted Drake  England 1952–1961 1955 First Division
1955 FA Charity Shield
Tommy Docherty  Scotland 1961–1967 1965 Football League Cup
Dave Sexton  England 1967–1974 1970 FA Cup
1971 European Cup Winners' Cup
John Neal  England 1981–1985 1984 Second Division
John Hollins  England 1985–1988 1986 Full Members Cup
Bobby Campbell  England 1988–1991 1989 Second Division
1990 Full Members Cup
Ruud Gullit  Netherlands 1996–1998 1997 FA Cup
Gianluca Vialli  Italy 1998–2000 1998 Football League Cup
1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1998 UEFA Super Cup
2000 FA Cup
2000 FA Charity Shield
José Mourinho  Portugal 2004–2007
2013–2015
2005 Football League Cup
2005 Premier League
2005 FA Community Shield
2006 Premier League
2007 Football League Cup
2007 FA Cup
2015 Football League Cup
2015 Premier League
Guus Hiddink  Netherlands 2009
2015–2016
2009 FA Cup
Carlo Ancelotti  Italy 2009–2011 2009 FA Community Shield
2010 Premier League
2010 FA Cup
Roberto Di Matteo  Italy 2012 2012 FA Cup
2012 UEFA Champions League
Rafael Benítez  Spain 2012–2013 2013 UEFA Europa League
Antonio Conte  Italy 2016–2018 2017 Premier League
2018 FA Cup
Maurizio Sarri  Italy 2018–2019 2019 UEFA Europa League
Thomas Tuchel  Germany 2021–2022 2021 UEFA Champions League
2021 UEFA Super Cup
2021 FIFA Club World Cup

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d Player-manager
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Interim manager
  3. ^ a b c d e f Caretaker
  4. ^ One drawn League Cup game won on penalties
  5. ^ One drawn Full Members Cup game won on penalties
  6. ^ One drawn Full Members Cup game lost on penalties
  7. ^ One drawn Full Members Cup game won on penalties
  8. ^ One drawn FA Cup game lost on penalties; one drawn FA Cup game won on penalties
  9. ^ One drawn Charity Shield game lost on penalties; two drawn League Cup games won on penalties
  10. ^ One drawn League Cup game lost on penalties; one drawn Champions League game lost on penalties; one drawn Community Shield game lost on penalties
  11. ^ One drawn UEFA Champions League final lost on penalties
  12. ^ One drawn League Cup game lost on penalties
  13. ^ One drawn Community Shield game won on penalties; one drawn League Cup game lost on penalties; one drawn FA Cup game lost on penalties
  14. ^ One drawn League Cup game won on penalties
  15. ^ One drawn UEFA Champions League final won on penalties
  16. ^ One drawn UEFA Super Cup game lost on penalties; one drawn League Cup game lost on penalties
  17. ^ One drawn Community Shield game lost on penalties; one drawn FA Cup game won on penalties
  18. ^ One drawn League Cup game won on penalties; one drawn League Cup Final lost on penalties; one drawn UEFA Europa League game won on penalties
  19. ^ One drawn UEFA Super Cup game lost on penalties; one drawn League Cup game lost on penalties
  20. ^ One drawn UEFA Super Cup game won on penalties; two drawn League Cup games won on penalties; one drawn League Cup final lost on penalties; one drawn FA Cup final lost on penalties.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar "Chelsea Managers". Bounder Friardale.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Gullit 'astounded' by Chelsea sacking". The Independent. 13 February 1998.
  3. ^ a b "Vialli sacked as Chelsea boss". BBC Sport. 12 September 2000. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Chelsea set to appoint Ranieri". The Guardian. 15 September 2000.
  5. ^ "Chelsea sack Ranieri". BBC Sport. 31 May 2004.
  6. ^ "Chelsea appoint Mourinho". BBC Sport. 2 June 2004.
  7. ^ "Mourinho severs his ties with Chelsea". The Guardian. 20 September 2007.
  8. ^ "Mourinho makes shock Chelsea exit". BBC Sport. 20 September 2007.
  9. ^ "Grant sacked as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport. 24 May 2008.
  10. ^ "Scolari named as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport. 11 June 2008.
  11. ^ "Scolari sacked as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport. 9 February 2009.
  12. ^ "Don't write off Chelsea - Wilkins". BBC Sport. 14 February 2009.
  13. ^ "Ray Wilkins's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Guus Hiddink's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Ancelotti appointed Chelsea boss". BBC Sport. 1 June 2009.
  16. ^ "Chelsea sack Carlo Ancelotti within an hour of defeat by Everton". The Guardian. 23 May 2011.
  17. ^ "Andre Villas-Boas confirmed as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport. 22 June 2011.
  18. ^ "Steve Holland's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 July 2017.