# List of managers of Trabzonspor

Since its establishment, Trabzonspor has been led by numerous managers, with a total of 52 different managers serving in this role over the years. Among them, 15 have been foreign managers, including notable names such as Jürgen Sundermann, Werner Biskup, Urbain Braems, Georges Leekens, Gordon Milne, Hans-Peter Briegel, and Eddie Newton. The current manager is Şenol Güneş.

## History

The following is a list of Trabzonspor managers since the club’s establishment. Over the years, several managers have contributed to the team’s domestic and international successes. Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı was the first manager to secure a major trophy for the club, winning the Süper Lig title during the 1975–76 season. Trabzonspor’s golden era, spanning the late 1970s and early 1980s, featured managers like Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı and Özkan Sümer, who won multiple titles, including the Süper Lig, Turkish Cup, and Turkish Super Cup.
In more recent years, notable figures such as Şenol Güneş, Eddie Newton, and Abdullah Avcı have continued the club’s winning tradition, contributing to Trabzonspor’s legacy as one of Turkey’s most successful football clubs. This list details the managers, their achievements, and their tenures, emphasizing those who secured silverware for the team.

## Managers

    As of 14 January 2025.
| No. | Manager | Trabzonspor | M | W | D | L | Win % |
| 1 | Halil Özyazıcı | 9 August 1967 – 31 December 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 2 | Erdoğan Gürhan | 5 July 1968 – 30 June 1969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 3 | Ahmet Karlıklı | 1 July 1969 – 31 December 1969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 4 | Kamuran Soykıray | 1 July 1971 – 30 June 1972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 5 | Mustafa Ertan | 1 July 1972 – 26 March 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 6 | Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı | 26 March 1973 – 30 June 1975 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 7 | Şükrü Ersoy | 1 July 1975 – 31 December 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 8 | Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı | 1 January 1976 – 30 June 1978 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 70.00% |
| 9 | Özkan Sümer | 1 July 1978 – 30 June 1979 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| 10 | Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı | 6 July 1979 – 30 June 1980 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% |
| 11 | Özkan Sümer | 9 July 1980 – 30 June 1981 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% |
| 12 | Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı | 6 August 1981 – 30 June 1984 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 25.00% |
| 13 | Özkan Sümer | 1 July 1984 – 9 April 1985 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33% |
| 14 | İlyas Akçay | 9 April 1985 – 30 June 1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 15 | Jürgen Sundermann | 1 July 1985 – 14 March 1986 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 40.00% |
| 16 | Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı | 17 March 1986 – 18 November 1987 | 49 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 46.94% |
| 17 | Metin Türel | 1 November 1987 – 30 June 1988 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 43.33% |
| 18 | Werner Biskup | 1 July 1988 – 6 September 1988 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% |
| 19 | Şenol Güneş | 13 September 1988 – 17 August 1989 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 52.78% |
| 20 | Urbain Braems | 1 July 1989 – 30 June 1990 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 60.53% |
| 21 | Theo Laseroms | 1 July 1989 – 30 June 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 22 | Özkan Sümer | 16 July 1990 – 30 June 1991 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 48.65% |
| 23 | Urbain Braems | 1 July 1991 – 30 June 1992 | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 54.76% |
| 24 | Georges Leekens | 1 July 1992 – 24 September 1993 | 43 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 53.49% |
| 25 | Şenol Güneş | 23 September 1993 – 3 February 1997 | 150 | 98 | 27 | 25 | 65.33% |
| 26 | Yılmaz Vural | 3 February 1997 – 9 October 1997 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 59.38% |
| 27 | Özkan Sümer | 16 October 1997 – 4 March 1998 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 52.94% |
| 28 | Ali Kemal Denizci | 4 March 1998 – 30 June 1998 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 45.45% |
| 29 | Gordon Milne | 2 July 1998 – 30 June 1999 | 37 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 48.65% |
| 30 | Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı | 1 January 1999 – 30 December 1999 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 33.33% |
| 31 | Giray Bulak | 6 January 2000 – 1 January 2001 | 40 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 50.00% |
| 32 | Sadi Tekelioğlu | 19 October 2001 – 9 November 2001 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 42.86% |
| 33 | Hans-Peter Briegel | 9 November 2001 – 30 June 2002 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34.62% |
| 34 | Samet Aybaba | 1 July 2002 – 4 December 2003 | 55 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 47.27% |
| 35 | Turgay Semercioğlu | 11 April 2003 – 5 February 2004 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% |
| 36 | Ziya Doğan | 5 February 2004 – 17 January 2005 | 41 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 70.73% |
| 37 | Şenol Güneş | 26 October 2005 – 17 October 2005 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 65.52% |
| 38 | Orhan Çıkırıkçı | 26 October 2005 – 7 October 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 39 | Vahid Halilhodžić | 7 October 2005 – 30 June 2006 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 50.00% |
| 40 | Sebastiao Lazaroni | 1 July 2006 – 7 September 2006 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33.33% |
| 41 | Ziya Doğan | 7 September 2006 – 22 October 2007 | 53 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 39.62% |
| 42 | Ersun Yanal | 27 December 2007 – 27 November 2009 | 62 | 30 | 12 | 20 | 48.39% |
| 43 | Ahmet Özen | 28 November 2009 – 30 June 2009 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80.00% |
| 44 | Hugo Broos | 1 July 2009 – 24 November 2009 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 40.00% |
| 45 | Şenol Güneş | 4 December 2009 – 29 January 2013 | 145 | 72 | 39 | 34 | 49.66% |
| 46 | Tolunay Kafkas | 29 January 2013 – 30 June 2013 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 45.00% |
| 47 | Mustafa Reşit Akçay | 1 July 2013 – 10 February 2014 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 51.52% |
| 48 | Hami Mandıralı | 10 February 2014 – 30 June 2014 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 37.50% |
| 49 | Vahid Halilhodžić | 15 July 2014 – 8 November 2014 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 25.00% |
| 50 | Ersun Yanal | 12 May 2014 – 2 July 2015 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 47.22% |
| 51 | Shota Arveladze | 3 July 2015 – 11 November 2015 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 40.00% |
| 52 | Sadi Tekelioğlu | 21 January 2016 – 13 May 2016 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 66.67% |
| 53 | Hami Mandıralı | 13 May 2016 – 20 May 2016 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 29.41% |
| 54 | Taner Yılmaz | 14 May 2016 – 20 May 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Ersun Yanal | 1 July 2016 – 16 October 2017 | 50 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 40.00% |
| 56 | Rıza Çalımbay | 18 October 2017 – 30 June 2018 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 51.61% |
| 57 | Ünal Karaman | 1 July 2018 – 30 December 2019 | 69 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 49.28% |
| 58 | Hüseyin Çimşir | 2 January 2020 – 20 July 2020 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 57.14% |
| 59 | Eddie Newton | 20 July 2020 – 31 October 2020 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 33.33% |
| 60 | İhsan Derelioğlu | 31 October 2020 – 8 November 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Abdullah Avcı | 10 November 2020 – 8 March 2023 | 117 | 65 | 30 | 22 | 55.56% |
| 62 | Orhan Ak | 8 March 2023 – 4 April 2023 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% |
| 63 | İhsan Derelioğlu | 5 April 2023 – 18 April 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Nenad Bjelica | 18 April 2023 – 11 October 2023 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 50.00% |
| 65 | Abdullah Avcı | 12 October 2023 – 31 August 2024 | 44 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 56.82% |
| 66 | İhsan Derelioğlu | 31 August 2024 – 2 September 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 67 | Şenol Güneş | 3 September 2024 – Present | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 35.29% |

## Honours

| Rank | Manager | SL | 1L | TC | TSC | PMC | Total |
| 1 | Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Şenol Güneş | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Özkan Sümer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Abdullah Avcı | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Urbain Braems | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Samet Aybaba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ziya Doğan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Eddie Newton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | İlyas Akçay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Yılmaz Vural | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |