List of Swansea City A.F.C. managers

This is a list of Swansea City A.F.C. managers and their records from 1912, when the club was founded and their first professional manager appointed, to the present day.

History

The first manager to be appointed to Swansea Town was Walter Whittaker. In the club's first season, Whittaker led Swansea to their first Welsh Cup win. The club's most recent permanent manager is Steve Cooper. Swansea have had forty-four permanent managers (of whom six have been player-managers), and four caretaker managers, one of whom has served twice. Haydn Green is Swansea's longest serving manager, having held the position for 8 years, 123 days spanning World War II. Statistically, Roberto Martínez is Swansea's most successful manager with a 50% winning percentage in all competitive games. As a player-manager, John Toshack guided Swansea City to three promotions in four years, from the Fourth Division to the First Division. Swansea finished the 1981–81 season in sixth place – their highest ever league position. There have been three managers hired on a 'permanent' basis (Kevin Cullis, Jimmy Rimmer and Micky Adams) who had winless records during their brief stints at Swansea that spanned less than four weeks between all three of them, in two separate periods of 1996 and 1997.

List of managers

This list of all managers includes performance records and honours.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost

PictureNameNationalityFromToTime in ChargePWDLWin%HonoursRef.
Walter Whittaker England1 August 191231 May 19142 1 0 1 050.001 Welsh Cup[1]
William Bartlett England1 August 191431 May 19153 1 1 1 033.33[2]
Joe Bradshaw England1 August 19191 May 1926272 128 73 71 047.061 Third Division South Championship[3]
Jimmy Thomson England1 February 192731 May 1931193 63 46 84 032.64[4]
Neil Harris Scotland1 July 19341 May 1939218 71 49 98 032.57[5]
Haydn Green England1 May 19391 September 194750 13 9 28 026.00[6]
Billy McCandless Northern Ireland1 November 19481 July 1955294 113 61 120 038.441 Third Division South Championship, 1 Welsh Cup[7]
Ronnie Burgess Wales1 July 19551 August 1958129 50 22 57 038.76[8]
Trevor Morris Wales1 August 195831 May 1965327 112 77 138 034.251 Welsh Cup[9]
Glyn Davies Wales1 June 19651 October 196658 16 15 27 027.591 Welsh Cup[10]
Billy Lucas Wales1 February 19671 March 196997 34 24 39 035.05[11]
Roy Bentley England1 August 196916 October 1972153 56 45 52 036.601 Fourth Division promotion[12]
Harry Gregg Northern Ireland1 November 19721 January 1975101 34 23 44 033.66[13]
Harry Griffiths Wales1 January 197529 October 1977127 54 28 45 042.52[14]
22 November 19771 February 19789 4 2 3 044.44[14]
John Toshack[nb 1] Wales1 February 197829 October 1983251 104 59 88 041.431 Fourth Division promotion, 1 Third Division promotion, 1 Second Division promotion, 3 Welsh Cup's[15]
Doug Livermore[nb 2] England29 October 198321 December 19839 1 1 7 011.11[16]
John Toshack[nb 1] Wales21 December 19834 March 198411 2 3 6 018.18[15]
Les Chappell[nb 2] England4 March 198416 May 198412 3 2 7 025.00
Colin Appleton England16 May 19846 December 198422 4 3 15 018.18[17]
Les Chappell[nb 2] England6 December 198416 December 19841 0 1 0 000.00[18]
John Bond England16 December 198420 December 198554 15 11 28 027.78[19]
Tommy Hutchison[nb 1] Scotland21 December 19851 May 198623 6 7 10 026.09[20]
Terry Yorath[nb 1] Wales12 July 19862 February 1989139 58 35 46 041.731 Fourth Division play-off winner, 1 Welsh Cup[21]
Ian Evans Wales27 February 198913 March 199058 15 19 24 025.86[22]
Terry Yorath Wales15 March 199021 March 199151 15 10 26 029.41[21]
Frank Burrows Scotland21 March 199131 July 1995231 85 65 81 036.801 Welsh Cup, 1 Football League Trophy[23]
Bobby Smith England1 August 199531 July 199649 12 14 23 024.49[24]
Kevin Cullis England8 February 199614 February 19962 0 0 2 000.00[25]
Jimmy Rimmer England14 February 199622 February 19962 0 1 1 000.00[26]
Jan Mølby[nb 1] Denmark22 February 19968 October 199780 31 16 33 038.75[27]
Micky Adams[nb 1] England9 October 199722 October 19973 0 0 3 000.00[28]
Alan Cork England22 October 199730 June 199835 10 10 15 028.57[29]
John Hollins England1 July 199812 September 2001170 63 47 60 037.061 Fourth Division Championship[30]
Colin Addison England13 September 20017 March 200235 11 8 16 031.43[31]
Roger Freestone[nb 3] Wales8 March 200220 April 20028 1 2 5 012.50[32]
Nick Cusack[nb 3] England8 March 200219 September 20028 2 5 1 025.00[33]
Brian Flynn Wales19 September 200218 March 200482 28 22 32 034.15[34]
Alan Curtis[nb 2] Wales18 March 20045 April 20044 1 1 2 025.00[35]
Kenny Jackett England5 April 200415 February 2007156 69 40 47 044.231 League Two promotion, 1 Football League Trophy[36]
Kevin Nugent[nb 2] England15 February 200724 February 20073 0 1 2 000.00[37]
Roberto Martínez Spain24 February 200715 June 2009126 63 37 26 050.001 League One Championship[38]
Paulo Sousa Portugal22 June 20095 July 201049 18 18 13 036.73[39]
Brendan Rodgers Northern Ireland16 July 20101 June 201296 43 20 33 044.791 Championship play-off winner[40]
Michael Laudrup Denmark17 June 20124 February 201484 29 24 31 034.521 Football League Cup[41]
Garry Monk England4 February 20149 December 201577 28 17 32 036.36[42]
Alan Curtis[nb 2] Wales9 December 201518 January 20168 2 2 4 025.00[43]
Francesco Guidolin Italy18 January 20163 October 201625 9 5 11 036.00[44]
Bob Bradley United States3 October 201627 December 201611 2 2 7 018.18[45]
Alan Curtis[nb 2] Wales27 December 20163 January 20172 1 0 1 050.00[46]
Paul Clement England3 January 201720 December 201737 12 5 20 032.43[47]
Leon Britton[nb 2] England21 December 201728 December 20172 0 1 1 000.00[48]
Carlos Carvalhal Portugal28 December 201718 May 201824 8 8 8 033.33[49]
Graham Potter England11 June 201820 May 201951 21 11 19 041.18[50]
Steve Cooper Wales13 June 2019Present52 21 16 15 040.38[51]

Notes

  1. Player-manager
  2. Caretaker manager
  3. Freestone and Cusack were appointed as co-player-managers.


References

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  2. "William Bartlett". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. "Joe Bradshaw". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  4. "Jimmy Thomson". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  5. "Neil Harris". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  6. "Haydn Green". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  7. "Bill McCandless". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  8. "Ron Burgess". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  9. "Trevor Morris". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  10. "Glyn Davis". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  11. "Billy Lucas". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  12. "Roy Bentley". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  13. "Harry Gregg". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  14. "Harry Griffiths". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  15. "John Toshack". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  16. "Doug Livermore". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  17. "Colin Appleton". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
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  20. "Tommy Hutchison". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  21. "Terry Yorath". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  22. "Ian Evans". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  23. "Frank Burrows". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  24. "Bobby Smith". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  25. "Kevin Cullis". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  26. "Jimmy Rimmer". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  27. "Jan Molby". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  28. "Micky Adams". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  29. "Alan Cork". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
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  44. "Francesco Guidolin". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
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  49. "Carlos Carvalhal". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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