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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

Statistics correct as of 4 January 2025.

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.

Picture	Name	Nationality	From	To	Days	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%	Honours
	John Tait Robertson	Scotland	1 August 1905	27 November 1906	483	54	33	10	11	126	57	+69	061.11	–
	William Lewis	England	27 November 1906	1 August 1907	247	27	17	5	5	54	25	+29	062.96	–
	David Calderhead	Scotland	1 August 1907	8 May 1933	9,412	966	385	239	342	1,378	1,304	+74	039.86	–
	Leslie Knighton	England	8 May 1933	19 April 1939	2,172	269	92	69	108	413	442	−29	034.20	–
	Billy Birrell	Scotland	19 April 1939	31 May 1952	4,791	293	97	77	119	416	465	−49	033.11	–
	Ted Drake	England	1 June 1952	30 September 1961	3,408	426	156	103	167	774	780	−6	036.62	see below
	Tommy Docherty	Scotland	1 October 1961	6 October 1967	2,196	303	142	65	96	527	424	+103	046.86	see below
	Ron Suart	England	6 October 1967	23 October 1967	17	2	0	1	1	1	8	−7	000.00	–
	Dave Sexton	England	23 October 1967	3 October 1974	2,537	371	164	107	100	568	432	+136	044.20	see below
	Ron Suart (2)	England	3 October 1974	16 April 1975	195	34	8	12	14	38	62	−24	023.53	–
	Eddie McCreadie	Scotland	16 April 1975	1 July 1977	807	97	37	33	27	141	123	+18	038.14	–
	Ken Shellito	England	7 July 1977	13 December 1978	524	66	15	19	32	77	115	−38	022.73	–
	Danny Blanchflower	Northern Ireland	14 December 1978	11 September 1979	271	32	5	8	19	34	68	−34	015.63	–
	Geoff Hurst	England	13 September 1979	23 April 1981	588	81	35	19	27	108	89	+19	043.21	–
	Bobby Gould	England	23 April 1981	28 May 1981	35	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	000.00	–
	John Neal	England	28 May 1981	11 June 1985	1,475	203	84	61	58	326	253	+73	041.38	see below
	John Hollins	England	11 June 1985	6 March 1988	999	145	56	38	51	199	217	−18	038.62	see below
	Bobby Campbell	England	6 March 1988	12 May 1991	1,162	165	77	47	41	287	233	+54	046.67	see below
	Ian Porterfield	Scotland	11 June 1991	15 February 1993	615	90	31	28	31	106	118	−12	034.44	–
	David Webb	England	15 February 1993	11 May 1993	85	13	5	4	4	19	18	+1	038.46	–
	Glenn Hoddle	England	4 June 1993	10 May 1996	1,071	157	53	54	50	192	183	+9	033.76	–
	Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	10 May 1996	12 February 1998	643	83	41	18	24	158	109	+49	049.40	see below
	Gianluca Vialli	Italy	12 February 1998	12 September 2000	943	143	76	38	29	224	123	+101	053.15	see below
	Graham Rix	England	13 September 2000	17 September 2000	4	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00	–
	Claudio Ranieri	Italy	17 September 2000	31 May 2004	1,352	199	107	46	46	358	197	+161	053.77	–
	José Mourinho	Portugal	2 June 2004	19 September 2007	1,204	185	124	40	21	330	119	+211	067.03	see below
	Avram Grant	Israel	20 September 2007	24 May 2008	247	54	36	13	5	97	36	+61	066.67	–
	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Brazil	1 July 2008	9 February 2009	223	36	20	11	5	66	24	+42	055.56	–
	Ray Wilkins	England	9 February 2009	11 February 2009	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00	–
	Guus Hiddink	Netherlands	11 February 2009	30 May 2009	108	22	16	5	1	41	19	+22	072.73	see below
	Carlo Ancelotti	Italy	1 July 2009	22 May 2011	690	109	67	20	22	241	94	+147	061.47	see below
	André Villas-Boas	Portugal	22 June 2011	4 March 2012	256	40	19	11	10	69	43	+26	047.50	–
	Roberto Di Matteo	Italy	4 March 2012	21 November 2012	262	42	24	9	9	91	56	+35	057.14	see below
	Rafael Benítez	Spain	21 November 2012	27 May 2013	187	48	28	10	10	99	49	+50	058.33	see below
	José Mourinho (2)	Portugal	3 June 2013	17 December 2015	927	136	80	29	27	245	121	+124	058.82	see below
	Steve Holland	England	18 December 2015	19 December 2015	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00	–
	Guus Hiddink (2)	Netherlands	19 December 2015	30 June 2016	194	27	10	11	6	52	34	+18	037.04	–
	Antonio Conte	Italy	1 July 2016	12 July 2018	741	106	69	17	20	212	102	+110	065.09	see below
	Maurizio Sarri	Italy	14 July 2018	16 June 2019	337	63	39	13	11	112	58	+54	061.90	see below
	Frank Lampard	England	4 July 2019	25 January 2021	571	84	44	17	23	163	106	+57	052.38	–
	Thomas Tuchel	Germany	26 January 2021	7 September 2022	589	100	60	24	16	168	77	+91	060.00	see below
	Graham Potter	England	8 September 2022	2 April 2023	206	31	12	8	11	33	31	+2	038.71	–
	Bruno Saltor	Spain	2 April 2023	6 April 2023	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	–
	Frank Lampard (2)	England	6 April 2023	30 June 2023	85	11	1	2	8	9	21	−12	009.09	–
	Mauricio Pochettino	Argentina	1 July 2023	21 May 2024	325	51	26	11	14	103	74	+29	050.98	–
	Enzo Maresca	Italy	1 July 2024	Present	188	30	18	6	6	73	33	+40	060.00	–
Total			1 August 1905	Present	43,378	5,401	2,412	1,359	1,630	8,735	6,951	+1784	044.66	see below

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.

References

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