List of Chelsea F.C. managers

The first manager of Chelsea Football Club was John Tait Robertson, appointed in 1905. The current head coach is Thomas Tuchel, appointed in January 2021.

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

Chelsea have had only thirty three permanent managers (of whom four also served as player-manager), and nine interim managers. Roberto Di Matteo has served as both interim manager and 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 1907–33, spanning 966 matches. Chelsea's shortest reigning permanent manager is Danny Blanchflower, who was in charge for 32 games. Statistically, Chelsea's least successful manager is also Blanchflower.

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. Drake led Chelsea to its first league title in 1955, 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, whereas Ancelotti led Chelsea to their first league and FA Cup "Double". Di Matteo won the first UEFA Champions League for Chelsea in 2012. A year after, 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.

List of managers
  • Figures correct as of 4th February 2021. 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][3]
William Lewis[nb 2] England27 November 19061 August 1907271755542563%–[2]
David Calderhead Scotland1 August 19078 May 19339663852393421376130540%–[2][4]
Leslie Knighton England8 May 193319 April 1939269926910841944634%–[2][5]
Billy Birrell Scotland19 April 193931 May 1952293977711941046233%–[2][6]
Ted Drake England1 June 195230 September 196142615610316777177237%see below[2][7]
Tommy Docherty Scotland1 October 19616 October 1967303142659652642247%see below[2][8]
Ron Suart[nb 3] England6 October 196723 October 19672011180%–[2]
Dave Sexton England23 October 19673 October 197437116410710056943044%see below[2][9]
Ron Suart[nb 2] England3 October 197416 April 19753481214386224%–[2][10]
Eddie McCreadie Scotland16 April 19751 July 19779737332714113338%–[2][11]
Ken Shellito England7 July 197713 December 1978661519327711523%–[2][12]
Danny Blanchflower Northern Ireland14 December 197811 September 1979325819346816%–[2][13]
Geoff Hurst England13 September 197923 April 1981813519271088943%–[2][14]
Bobby Gould[nb 3] England23 April 1981May 19812002050%–[2][15]
John Neal England28 May 198111 June 198520384615832625341%[nb 4]see below[2][16]
John Hollins England11 June 19856 March 198814556385119921739%[nb 5]see below[2][17]
Bobby Campbell England6 March 198812 May 199116577474128723347%[nb 6]see below[2][18]
Ian Porterfield Scotland11 June 199115 February 19939031283110611934%[nb 7]–[2][19]
David Webb[nb 2] England15 February 199311 May 199313544191838%–[2][20]
Glenn Hoddle[nb 1] England4 June 199310 May 199615753545019218234%[nb 8]–[2][21]
Ruud Gullit[nb 1] Netherlands10 May 199612 February 19988341182415710949%[nb 9]see below[2][22]
Gianluca Vialli[nb 1] Italy12 February 199812 September 200014376382922312353%see below[2][23]
Graham Rix[nb 3]
 England13 September 200017 September 200021011250%–[24][25]
Claudio Ranieri Italy17 September 200031 May 2004199107464635819754%–[2][26]
José Mourinho Portugal2 June 200419 September 2007185124402133011967%[nb 10]see below[2][27]
Avram Grant Israel20 September 200724 May 20085436135973667%[nb 11]–[2][28]
Luiz Felipe Scolari Brazil1 July 20089 February 2009 3620115662456%[nb 12]–[2][29]
Ray Wilkins[nb 3] England9 February 200915 February 2009110031100%–[30]
Guus Hiddink[nb 2] Netherlands16 February 200930 May 2009221651411973%see below[31]
Carlo Ancelotti Italy1 June 200922 May 20111096720222419461%[nb 13]see below[2][32]
André Villas-Boas Portugal22 June 20114 March 201240191110694348%[nb 14]–[33][34]
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%–[35]
Guus Hiddink[nb 2] Netherlands19 December 201516 May 20162710116523437%–[31]
Antonio Conte Italy3 July 201613 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 84 44 17 23 163 106 52% [2]
Thomas Tuchel  Germany 26 January 2021 Present 3 2 1 0 3 0 75% [2]

Managers with honours
NameNatTenureHonours
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

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

Footnotes
  1. Win% is rounded to a whole number.
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  10. "Ron Suart managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  11. "Eddie McCreadie managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  12. "Ken Shellito managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
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  14. "Geoff Hurst managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
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  16. "John Neal managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  17. "John Hollins managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  18. "Bobby Campbell managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  19. "Ian Porterfield managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  20. "David Webb managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  21. "Glenn Hoddle managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  22. "Ruud Gullit managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  23. "Gianluca Vialli managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  24. "Graham Rix managerial stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
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  28. "Avram Grant's managerial career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
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