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List of Chelsea F.C. managers

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List of Chelsea F.C. managers
Summary

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Chelsea]].

The first manager of Chelsea Football Club was John Robertson, appointed player-manager in 1905.

Chelsea have had 33 permanent managers/head coaches (four of whom also served as player-manager), six interim managers and seven caretakers. Ron Suart has served as both caretaker and interim manager. José Mourinho has served two different spells 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 title in 2012. A year later, Rafael Benítez led the club to the UEFA Europa League, and so Chelsea became 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

Statistics correct as of 31 January 2026.

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.
PictureNameNationalityFromToDaysMWDLGFGAGDWin%HonoursNotesRef.John Tait RobertsonWilliam LewisDavid CalderheadLeslie KnightonBilly BirrellTed DrakeTommy DochertyRon SuartDave SextonRon Suart (2)Eddie McCreadieKen ShellitoDanny BlanchflowerGeoff HurstBobby GouldJohn NealJohn HollinsBobby CampbellIan PorterfieldDavid WebbGlenn HoddleRuud GullitGianluca VialliGraham RixClaudio RanieriJosé MourinhoAvram GrantLuiz Felipe ScolariRay WilkinsGuus HiddinkCarlo AncelottiAndré Villas-BoasRoberto Di MatteoRafael BenítezJosé Mourinho (2)Steve HollandGuus Hiddink (2)Antonio ConteMaurizio SarriFrank LampardThomas TuchelGraham PotterBruno SaltorFrank Lampard (2)Mauricio PochettinoEnzo MarescaCalum McFarlaneLiam RoseniorTotal1 August 1905Present43,77538 trophies––
1 August 190527 November 1906–url=http://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Managers.htmtitle=Chelsea Managerspublisher=Bounder Friardale.co.ukaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
27 November 19061 August 1907–
1 August 19078 May 1933–
8 May 193319 April 1939–
19 April 193931 May 1952–
1 June 195230 September 1961url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1176title=Ted Drake's managerial careerpublisher=Soccerbaseaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
1 October 19616 October 1967
6 October 196723 October 1967–
23 October 19673 October 1974
3 October 197416 April 1975–
16 April 19751 July 1977–url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=405title=Eddie McCreadie's managerial careerpublisher=Soccerbaseaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
7 July 197713 December 1978–
[[File:Danny Blanchflower (cropped2).jpg55px]]14 December 197811 September 1979–
[[File:Geoff Hurst (2).jpg60px]]13 September 197923 April 1981–
23 April 198128 May 1981–
28 May 198111 June 1985
11 June 19856 March 1988
6 March 198812 May 1991
11 June 199115 February 1993–
15 February 199311 May 1993–url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=355title=David Webb's managerial careerpublisher=Soccerbaseaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
[[File:Glenn Hoddle van Tottenham Hotspur, Bestanddeelnr 932-7577.jpg55px]]4 June 199310 May 1996–url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=539title=Glenn Hoddle's managerial careerpublisher=Soccerbaseaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
[[File:Ruud Gullit 1988.jpg55px]]10 May 199612 February 1998url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-a-club-in-turmoil-gullit-astounded-by-chelsea-sacking-1144539.htmltitle=Gullit 'astounded' by Chelsea sackingwork=The Independentdate=13 February 1998}}
[[File:Vialli 2018 (cropped).jpg55px]]12 February 199812 September 2000url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/922110.stmtitle=Vialli sacked as Chelsea bosswork=BBC Sportdate=12 September 2000}}
13 September 200017 September 2000–url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1624title=Graham Rix's managerial careerpublisher=Soccerbaseaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
[[File:Claudio Ranieri Inter.jpg55px]]18 September 200031 May 2004–
[[File:JoseMourinho.jpg55px]]2 June 200420 September 2007
[[File:Avram Grant (2008).jpg55px]]20 September 200724 May 2008–url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7003912.stmtitle=Mourinho makes shock Chelsea exitwork=BBC Sportdate=20 September 2007}}
[[File:LuizFelipeScolari.jpg55px]]1 July 20089 February 2009–url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7449627.stmtitle=Scolari named as Chelsea managerwork=BBC Sportdate=11 June 2008}}
[[File:Ray_Wilkins_18-10-2008_1.jpg55px]]9 February 200916 February 2009–
[[File:Hiddink Guus.jpg55px]]16 February 200931 May 2009url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2148title=Guus Hiddink's managerial careerpublisher=Soccerbaseaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
[[File:Carlo Ancelotti in Moscow.jpg55px]]1 July 200922 May 2011{{WDL109672022for=241against=94diff=yes}}url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8076779.stmtitle=Ancelotti appointed Chelsea bosswork=BBC Sportdate=1 June 2009}}
[[File:Avb2.jpg55px]]22 June 20114 March 2012–url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/13858858title=Andre Villas-Boas confirmed as Chelsea managerwork=BBC Sportdate=22 June 2011}}
[[File:Dimatteo2.jpg55px]]4 March 201221 November 2012url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2118title=Roberto Di Matteo's managerial careerpublisher=Soccerbaseaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
[[File:Rafael_Benitez.jpg55px]]21 November 201229 May 2013
[[File:JoseMourinho.jpg55px]]3 June 201317 December 2015
[[File:Steve_Holland_2015.jpg55px]]18 December 201520 December 2015–
[[File:Hiddink Guus.jpg55px]]20 December 20153 July 2016–
[[File:20150616 Antonio Conte.jpg55px]]3 July 201613 July 2018
[[File:Maurizio Sarri at Baku before 2019 UEFA Europe League Final.jpg55px]]14 July 201816 June 2019url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2856title=Maurizio Sarri's managerial careerpublisher=Soccerbaseaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
[[File:Frank Lampard 2019.jpg55px]]4 July 201925 January 2021–url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=4806title=Frank Lampard's managerial careerpublisher=Soccerbaseaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
[[File:2019-07-17 SG Dynamo Dresden vs. Paris Saint-Germain by Sandro Halank–175.jpg55px]]26 January 20217 September 2022url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2352title=Thomas Tuchel's managerial careerpublisher=Soccerbaseaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
[[File:Graham Potter, Brighton & Hove Albion vs RCD Espanyol, 30 July 2022 (1) (cropped).jpg55px]]8 September 20222 April 2023–
[[File:Bruno Saltor Grau BHA v FC Nantes pre season 2018 (cropped).jpg55px]]2 April 20236 April 2023–
[[File:Frank Lampard 2019.jpg55px]]6 April 202330 June 2023{{WDL11128against=21diff=yes}}–
[[File:Mauricio Pochettino 2016 (cropped).jpg55px]]1 July 202321 May 2024–url=https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2333title=Mauricio Pochettino's managerial careerpublisher=Soccerbaseaccess-date=1 January 2026}}
[[File:Enzo maresca chelsea gent 2024 (extracted).jpg55px]]1 July 20241 January 2026{{WDL92551621against=98diff=yes}}
1 January 20268 January 2026{{WDL2011against=3diff=yes}}–
[[File:Liam Rosenior Lewes 0 BHA 0 18 July 2015.jpg55px]]8 January 2026Present{{WDL7601against=9diff=yes}}–

Notes

References

References

  1. "Chelsea Managers". Bounder Friardale.co.uk.
  2. "Ted Drake's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  3. "Eddie McCreadie's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  4. "David Webb's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  5. "Glenn Hoddle's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  6. (13 February 1998). "Gullit 'astounded' by Chelsea sacking". [[The Independent]].
  7. "Ruud Gullit's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  8. (12 September 2000). "Vialli sacked as Chelsea boss". BBC Sport.
  9. "Gianluca Vialli's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  10. "Graham Rix's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  11. (15 September 2000). "Chelsea set to appoint Ranieri". [[The Guardian]].
  12. (31 May 2004). "Chelsea sack Ranieri". BBC Sport.
  13. "Claudio Ranieri's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  14. (2 June 2004). "Chelsea appoint Mourinho". BBC Sport.
  15. (20 September 2007). "Mourinho severs his ties with Chelsea". The Guardian.
  16. "José Mourinho's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  17. (20 September 2007). "Mourinho makes shock Chelsea exit". BBC Sport.
  18. (24 May 2008). "Grant sacked as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport.
  19. "Avram Grant's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  20. (11 June 2008). "Scolari named as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport.
  21. (9 February 2009). "Scolari sacked as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport.
  22. (14 February 2009). "Don't write off Chelsea - Wilkins". BBC Sport.
  23. "Ray Wilkins's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  24. "Guus Hiddink's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  25. (1 June 2009). "Ancelotti appointed Chelsea boss". BBC Sport.
  26. (23 May 2011). "Chelsea sack Carlo Ancelotti within an hour of defeat by Everton". The Guardian.
  27. (22 June 2011). "Andre Villas-Boas confirmed as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport.
  28. "André Villas-Boas's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  29. "Roberto Di Matteo's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  30. "Rafael Benítez's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  31. "Steve Holland's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  32. "Antonio Conte's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  33. "Maurizio Sarri's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  34. "Frank Lampard's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  35. "Thomas Tuchel's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  36. "Mauricio Pochettino's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  37. "Maresca leaves Chelsea after turbulent end to 2025". BBC Sport.
  38. "Enzo Maresca's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  39. (1 January 2026). "McFarlane to take on Guardiola - but who is he?". BBC Sport.
  40. "Calum McFarlane's managerial career". Soccerbase.
  41. (6 January 2026). "'It means the world to me' - Chelsea appoint Rosenior". BBC Sport.
  42. "Liam Rosenior's managerial career". Soccerbase.
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