List of Chelsea F.C. managers
List of managers
This list of all managers includes performance records and honours. M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against

List of Chelsea F.C. managers

Section Title: List of managers
Table Section Text: This list of all managers includes performance records and honours. M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against

Picture	Name	Nationality	From	To	M	W	D	L	F	A	Win%	Honours	Notes

John Tait Robertson	Scotland	1 August 1905	27 November 1906	54	33	10	11	126	57	61%	–

William Lewis	England	27 November 1906	1 August 1907	27	17	5	5	54	25	63%	–

David Calderhead	Scotland	1 August 1907	8 May 1933	966	385	239	342	1376	1305	40%	–

Leslie Knighton	England	8 May 1933	19 April 1939	269	92	69	108	419	446	34%	–

Billy Birrell	Scotland	19 April 1939	31 May 1952	293	97	77	119	410	462	33%	–

Ted Drake	England	1 June 1952	30 September 1961	426	156	103	167	771	772	37%	see below

Tommy Docherty	Scotland	1 October 1961	6 October 1967	303	142	65	96	526	422	47%	see below

Ron Suart	England	6 October 1967	23 October 1967	2	0	1	1	1	8	0%	–

Dave Sexton	England	23 October 1967	3 October 1974	371	164	107	100	569	430	44%	see below

Ron Suart	England	3 October 1974	16 April 1975	34	8	12	14	38	62	24%	–

Eddie McCreadie	Scotland	16 April 1975	1 July 1977	97	37	33	27	141	133	38%	–

Ken Shellito	England	7 July 1977	13 December 1978	66	15	19	32	77	115	23%	–

Danny Blanchflower	Northern Ireland	14 December 1978	11 September 1979	32	5	8	19	34	68	16%	–

-	Geoff Hurst	England	13 September 1979	23 April 1981	81	35	19	27	108	89	43%	–

Bobby Gould	England	23 April 1981	May 1981	2	0	0	2	0	5	0%	–

John Neal	England	28 May 1981	11 June 1985	203	84	61	58	326	253	41%	see below

John Hollins	England	11 June 1985	6 March 1988	145	56	38	51	199	217	39%	see below

Bobby Campbell	England	6 March 1988	12 May 1991	165	77	47	41	287	233	47%	see below

Ian Porterfield	Scotland	11 June 1991	15 February 1993	90	31	28	31	106	119	34%	–

David Webb	England	15 February 1993	11 May 1993	13	5	4	4	19	18	38%	–

-	Glenn Hoddle	England	4 June 1993	10 May 1996	157	53	54	50	192	182	34%	–

-	Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	10 May 1996	12 February 1998	83	41	18	24	157	109	49%	see below

Gianluca Vialli	Italy	12 February 1998	12 September 2000	143	76	38	29	223	123	53%	see below

Graham Rix Ray Wilkins	England	13 September 2000	17 September 2000	2	1	0	1	1	2	50%	–

-	Claudio Ranieri	Italy	17 September 2000	31 May 2004	199	107	46	46	358	197	54%	–

-	José Mourinho	Portugal	2 June 2004	19 September 2007	185	124	40	21	330	119	67%	see below

-	Avram Grant	Israel	20 September 2007	24 May 2008	54	36	13	5	97	36	67%	–

-	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Brazil	1 July 2008	9 February 2009	36	20	11	5	66	24	56%	–

-	Ray Wilkins	England	9 February 2009	15 February 2009	1	1	0	0	3	1	100%	–

-	Guus Hiddink	Netherlands	16 February 2009	30 May 2009	22	16	5	1	41	19	73%	see below

-	Carlo Ancelotti	Italy	1 June 2009	22 May 2011	109	67	20	22	241	94	61%	see below

Villas-Boas.JPG	André Villas-Boas	Portugal	22 June 2011	4 March 2012	40	19	11	10	69	43	48%	–

-	Roberto Di Matteo	Italy	4 March 2012	21 November 2012	42	24	9	9	43	23	57%	see below

-	Rafael Benítez	Spain	21 November 2012	27 May 2013	48	28	10	10	99	48	58%	see below

-	José Mourinho	Portugal	3 June 2013	17 December 2015	136	80	29	27	245	121	59%	see below

-	Steve Holland	England	17 December 2015	19 December 2015	1	1	0	0	3	1	100%	–

-	Guus Hiddink	Netherlands	19 December 2015	16 May 2016	27	10	11	6	52	34	37%	–

-	Antonio Conte	Italy	3 July 2016	13 July 2018	106	69	17	20	212	102	65%	see below

-	Maurizio Sarri	Italy	14 July 2018	Present	54	36	7	11	96	47	67%	–

Sentence(s)

David Calderhead is Chelsea's longest-serving manager, holding the position from 1907–33, spanning 966 matches.

final_sentence: David Calderhead is Chelsea's longest-serving manager, holding the position from 1907–33, spanning 966 matches.