List of Parma Calcio 1913 managers

Cesare Maldini joined Parma as manager in 1978 when the club was in Serie C and secured the club promotion back to Serie B in his first year in charge; he left in 1980. Several managers came and went as Parma continued to yo-yo between the leagues, before they returned to Serie B under 1985-appointed Arrigo Sacchi in 1986 after finishing level on points at the top of the league with Modena. Parma's first season back in Serie B was a successful one, missing out on promotion to Italy's top tier by just three points and eliminating A.C. Milan from the Coppa Italia, a result that convinced owner Silvio Berlusconi, to hire Sacchi as the new manager of the Rossoneri. His replacement, Zdeněk Zeman, was fired after just seven matches and replaced by Giampieri Vitali, who secured two mid-table finishes.[1] In 1989, Vitali was replaced by Nevio Scala, who would introduce a 5–3–2 formation that would be the basis for much of the club's success during his reign.[2]

Scala's Parma secured promotion from Serie B in 1989-90 and went on to establish themselves as one of the top teams in Parma, winning four major trophies: the Coppa Italia win over Juventus the Cup Winners' Cup at Wembley Stadium in England in 1993; the 1993 European Super Cup with victory over A.C. Milan; the 1995 UEFA Cup after two-legged triumph over Juventus. Carlo Ancelotti was appointed as Scala's replacement in 1996 and immediately overhauled the team that summer, but despite recording the club's highest ever league position in 1997 – second place – and leading the club into the Champions League for the first time, Ancelotti was sacked in 1998 and replaced by Alberto Malesani. Malesani managed the club to its most successful ever season in 1998–99, when it won the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup. An unsatisfactory start to the season after next made way for a brief return for Arrigo Sacchi in January 2001, who soon succumbed to poor health and was replaced by Renzo Ulivieri, who was then sacked in October.

Daniel Passarella was then hired and soon sacked after a calamitous month in charge.[3] He was succeeded by Pietro Carmignani, who was in charge for the second time and secured a third Coppa Italia triumph, Parma's most recent title. Cesare Prandelli was announced as the new man-in-charge of the Emilian side in May 2002.[4] He lasted two seasons and Silvio Baldini followed him, but was replaced by Pietro Carmignani, who enjoyed his third spell at the helm. Mario Beretta and Stefano Pioli both had an unsuccessful time at the club; the latter being replaced in February 2007 by Claudio Ranieri, who miraculously saved the side from relegation to Serie B before leaving at the end of the season.[5][6] In the 2007–08 season, Parma again battled with relegation. Three different head coaches (Domenico Di Carlo,[7] Héctor Cúper, and caretaker Andrea Manzo) took charge that season, but none were able to preserve Parma's Serie A status.

Parma's stay in Serie B started badly under Luigi Cagni, who was sacked six games into the season and replaced by Francesco Guidolin who guided the club back to Serie A. Guidolin's contract was not renewed and he left for Udinese,[8] swapping posts with Parma's newly appointed Pasquale Marino in the summer of 2010.[9] Marino's time in charge lasted until 3 April 2011, when he was sacked by President Tommaso Ghirardi after a disappointing home defeat to rock-bottom Bari saw Parma fall within two points of the relegation zone with seven matches to go. Experienced coach Franco Colomba replaced him two days later, signing a contract until the summer of 2012. His change to a new 4–4–1–1 formation from Marino's 4–3–3 brought about a dramatic change in fortune. Fuelled by Amauri and Sebastian Giovinco's work in tandem, Parma comfortably avoided relegation, earning some notable scalps along the way. An up and down start to the 2011–12 season saw Parma in a comfortable 10th position after 11 games. However, a six-game winless streak culminating in a 5–0 defeat away to Inter was enough for Ghirardi to let Colomba go on 9 January 2012, although Parma were 15th and still 7 points clear of relegation, having picked up 19 points from 17 games.

Roberto Donadoni was chosen as Colomba's replacement immediately.[10] His initial deal ran until 2013, but this was extended by two years in October 2012.[11] Donadoni led the club to three successful top ten finishes before a bottom-placed finish in the year of the club's bankruptcy in 2015. Ex-player Luigi Apolloni was appointed head coach of the phoenix club and led the club to promotion from Serie D at the first time of asking. Following a series of poor results, he was sacked as manager in November 2017. The next permanent manager, Roberto D'Aversa, led a recovery that resulted in the club's second successive promotion in 2016–17 before a third in 2017–18 Serie B.

Information correct as of 7 January 2021. Only competitive matches are counted. Caretaker managers are shown in italics.

Table headers

• Nationality – If the manager played international football as a player, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the manager's nationality is given as their country of birth.
• From – The year of the manager's first game for Parma.
• To – The year of the manager's last game for Parma.
• P – The number of games managed for Parma.
• W – The number of games won as a manager.
• D – The number of games draw as a manager.
• L – The number of games lost as a manager.
• GF – The number of goals scored under his management.
• GA – The number of goals conceded under his management.
• Win% – The total winning percentage under his management.
• Honours – The trophies won while managing Parma.

List of Parma F.C. managers

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%[nb 1]	Honours	Ref
Zdeněk Zeman	Czech Republic	1 July 1987	27 October 1987	12	4	4	4	14	16	033.33		[12]
Giampieri Vitali	Italy	27 October 1987	30 June 1989	76	17	43	16	64	62	022.37
Nevio Scala	Italy	1 July 1989	30 June 1996	322	147	96	79	409	276	045.65	1 Coppa Italia 1 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 UEFA Cup 1 UEFA Super Cup
Carlo Ancelotti	Italy	1 July 1996	30 June 1998	87	42	27	18	124	85	048.28
Alberto Malesani	Italy	16 June 1998	8 January 2001	126	63	33	30	213	130	050.00	1 Coppa Italia 1 Supercoppa Italiana 1 UEFA Cup
Arrigo Sacchi	Italy	9 January 2001	1 February 2001	4	1	2	1	5	4	025.00
Renzo Ulivieri	Italy	2 February 2001	31 October 2001	36	17	9	10	53	33	047.22
Pietro Carmignani	Italy	1 November 2001	5 November 2001	2	1	1	0	2	1	050.00
Daniel Passarella	Argentina	6 November 2001	17 December 2001	10	2	2	6	13	17	020.00
Pietro Carmignani	Italy	18 December 2001	30 June 2002	27	12	5	10	34	30	044.44	1 Coppa Italia
Cesare Prandelli	Italy	1 July 2002	30 June 2004	85	38	24	23	138	104	044.71
Silvio Baldini	Italy	1 July 2004	13 December 2004	21	4	7	10	20	32	019.05
Pietro Carmignani	Italy	15 December 2004	30 June 2005	35	12	11	12	42	51	034.29
Mario Beretta	Italy	12 July 2005	30 June 2006	43	14	11	18	49	62	032.56
Stefano Pioli	Italy	1 July 2006	12 February 2007	32	9	7	16	31	51	028.13		[13]
Claudio Ranieri	Italy	13 February 2007	11 June 2007	18	7	6	5	24	19	038.89
Domenico Di Carlo	Italy	12 June 2007	10 March 2008	28	5	10	13	33	46	017.86		[14]
Héctor Cúper	Argentina	11 March 2008	12 May 2008	10	2	3	5	10	17	020.00
Andrea Manzo	Italy	12 May 2008	29 May 2008	1	0	0	1	0	2	000.00
Luigi Cagni	Italy	29 May 2008	30 September 2008	8	2	3	3	11	10	025.00
Francesco Guidolin	Italy	30 September 2008	16 May 2010	75	32	26	17	105	81	042.67		[15]
Pasquale Marino	Italy	2 June 2010	3 April 2011	33	8	12	13	32	44	024.24
Franco Colomba	Italy	5 April 2011	9 January 2012	26	10	6	10	34	38	038.46
Roberto Donadoni	Italy	9 January 2012	22 June 2015	141	47	39	55	181	195	033.33
Luigi Apolloni	Italy	27 July 2015	26 November 2016	58	37	16	5	112	42	063.79
Stefano Morrone	Italy	27 November 2016	4 December 2016	2	0	1	1	2	3	000.00
Roberto D'Aversa	Italy	4 December 2016	23 August 2020	151	64	34	53	201	182	042.38
Fabio Liverani	Italy	28 August 2020	7 January 2021	18	4	6	8	18	33	022.22
Roberto D'Aversa	Italy	7 January 2021		0	0	0	0	0	0	!—

• The Presidents and Managers of Parma at storiadelparmacalcio.com (in Italian)