List of Chelsea F.C. managers

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

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

Chelsea have had 31 permanent managers/head coaches (of whom four also served as player-manager), seven interim managers and six caretakers. Ron Suart has served as both caretaker and interim manager. Roberto Di Matteo was first interim manager, but was later appointed permanent manager, while Frank Lampard was first permanent manager, and later interim manager. Guus Hiddink has been interim manager twice, while José Mourinho has served two different periods as permanent 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.

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
  • Figures correct as of 21 October 2023. Includes competitive matches only.

This list of all managers includes performance records and honours.
M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against

PictureNameNationalityFromToMWDLGFGAWin%[1]HonoursNotes
John Tait Robertson[nb 1]  Scotland1 August 190527 November 1906543310111265761%–[2]
William Lewis[nb 2]  England27 November 19061 August 1907271755542563%–[2]
David Calderhead  Scotland1 August 19078 May 19339663852393421376130540%–[2]
Leslie Knighton  England8 May 193319 April 1939269926910841944634%–[2]
Billy Birrell  Scotland19 April 193931 May 1952293977711941046233%–[2]
Ted Drake  England1 June 195230 September 196142615610316777177237%see below[2]
Tommy Docherty  Scotland1 October 19616 October 1967303142659652642247%see below[2]
Ron Suart[nb 3]  England6 October 196723 October 19672011180%–[2]
Dave Sexton  England23 October 19673 October 197437116410710056943044%see below[2]
Ron Suart[nb 2]  England3 October 197416 April 19753481214386224%–[2]
Eddie McCreadie  Scotland16 April 19751 July 19779737332714113338%–[2]
Ken Shellito  England7 July 197713 December 1978661519327711523%–[2]
Danny Blanchflower  Northern Ireland14 December 197811 September 1979325819346816%–[2]
Geoff Hurst  England13 September 197923 April 1981813519271088943%–[2]
Bobby Gould[nb 3]  England23 April 1981May 19812002050%–[2]
John Neal  England28 May 198111 June 198520384615832625341%[nb 4]see below[2]
John Hollins  England11 June 19856 March 198814556385119921739%[nb 5]see below[2]
Bobby Campbell  England6 March 198812 May 199116577474128723347%[nb 6]see below[2]
Ian Porterfield  Scotland11 June 199115 February 19939031283110611934%[nb 7]–[2]
David Webb[nb 2]  England15 February 199311 May 199313544191838%–[2]
Glenn Hoddle[nb 1]  England4 June 199310 May 199615753545019218234%[nb 8]–[2]
Ruud Gullit[nb 1]  Netherlands10 May 199612 February 19988341182415710949%[nb 9]see below[2][3]
Gianluca Vialli[nb 1]  Italy12 February 199812 September 200014376382922312353%see below[2][4]
Graham Rix[nb 3]
  England12 September 200017 September 200021011250%–[2][4]
Claudio Ranieri  Italy18 September 200031 May 2004199107464635819754%–[2][5][6]
José Mourinho  Portugal2 June 200419 September 2007185124402133011967%[nb 10]see below[2][7][8]
Avram Grant  Israel20 September 200724 May 20085436135973667%[nb 11]–[2][9][10]
Luiz Felipe Scolari  Brazil1 July 20089 February 2009 3620115662456%[nb 12]–[2][11][12]
Ray Wilkins[nb 3]  England9 February 200914 February 2009110031100%–[13][14]
Guus Hiddink[nb 2]  Netherlands16 February 200930 May 2009221651411973%see below[15]
Carlo Ancelotti  Italy1 July 200922 May 20111096720222419461%[nb 13]see below[2][16][17]
André Villas-Boas  Portugal22 June 20114 March 201240191110694348%[nb 14]–[2][18]
Roberto Di Matteo  Italy4 March 201221 November 2012422499432357%[nb 15]see below[2]
Rafael Benítez[nb 2]  Spain21 November 201227 May 201348281010994858%see below[2]
José Mourinho  Portugal3 June 201317 December 201513680292724512159%[nb 16]see below[2]
Steve Holland[nb 3]  England17 December 201519 December 2015110031100%–[19]
Guus Hiddink[nb 2]  Netherlands19 December 201530 June 20162710116523437%–[15]
Antonio Conte  Italy1 July 201612 July 201810669172021210265%[nb 17]see below[2]
Maurizio Sarri  Italy14 July 201816 June 2019 633913111125862%[nb 18]see below[2]
Frank Lampard  England 4 July 2019 25 January 2021 8444172316310652%[nb 19] – [2]
Thomas Tuchel  Germany 26 January 2021 7 September 2022 1006024161687760%[nb 20] see below [2]
Graham Potter  England8 September 20222 April 20233112811333139%–[2]
Bruno Saltor[nb 3]  Spain2 April 20236 April 20231010000%–[2]
Frank Lampard[nb 2]  England6 April 202328 May 2023111289219%–[2]
Mauricio Pochettino  Argentina1 July 2023Present11533161045%–[2]

Managers with honours
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
  1. Player-manager
  2. Interim manager
  3. 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.

Footnotes
  1. Win% is rounded to a whole number.
  2. "Chelsea Managers". Bounder Friardale.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  3. "Gullit 'astounded' by Chelsea sacking". The Independent. 13 February 1998.
  4. "Vialli sacked as Chelsea boss". BBC Sport. 12 September 2000. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  5. "Chelsea set to appoint Ranieri". The Guardian. 15 September 2000.
  6. "Chelsea sack Ranieri". BBC Sport. 31 May 2004.
  7. "Chelsea appoint Mourinho". BBC Sport. 2 June 2004.
  8. "Mourinho severs his ties with Chelsea". The Guardian. 20 September 2007.
  9. "Mourinho makes shock Chelsea exit". BBC Sport. 20 September 2007.
  10. "Grant sacked as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport. 24 May 2008.
  11. "Scolari named as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport. 11 June 2008.
  12. "Scolari sacked as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport. 9 February 2009.
  13. "Ray Wilkins's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  14. "Don't write off Chelsea - Wilkins". BBC Sport. 14 February 2009.
  15. "Guus Hiddink's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  16. "Ancelotti appointed Chelsea boss". BBC Sport. 1 June 2009.
  17. "Chelsea sack Carlo Ancelotti within an hour of defeat by Everton". The Guardian. 23 May 2011.
  18. "Andre Villas-Boas confirmed as Chelsea manager". BBC Sport. 22 June 2011.
  19. "Steve Holland's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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