page_title: List of Celtic F.C. managers
section_title: 2000–2019
hierarchical_section_title: List of Celtic F.C. managers / Managerial history / 2000–2019
caption_attribution_description: Photo taken by myself of en:Martin O'Neill after an Aston Villa training session at en:Bodymoor Heath on en:December 24 en:2007.
context_page_description: Celtic Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Glasgow. The club was founded in 1887 and played their first match in May 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 51 occasions, the Scottish Cup 39 times and the Scottish League Cup 19 times. The club enjoyed their greatest successes during the 1960s and 1970s under Jock Stein when they won nine consecutive league titles and the European Cup.
  This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Celtic since its foundation in 1887. Each manager's entry includes the dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record in terms of matches won, drawn and lost, and of major honours won. Caretaker managers are also included.
  As of the 2019–20 season, Celtic have had 18 different full-time managers. Willie Maley, the club's first manager, is the longest to have served in the post, having managed the club from 1897 to 1940. The 30 major honours Maley won during his tenure are the most a manager has achieved at Celtic. Jock Stein is considered the club's greatest manager, having revived the team after many years in the doldrums.
context_section_description: Martin O'Neill, a former European Cup winner as a player with Nottingham Forest, took charge of the club in June 2000. Under his leadership, Celtic won three SPL championships out of five and in his first season in charge, the club also won the domestic treble, making O'Neill only the second Celtic manager to do so after Jock Stein. In 2003, O'Neill led Celtic to their first European final since 1970, pitted against Porto in the UEFA Cup Final in Seville. Celtic lost 3–2 after extra time, despite two goals from Henrik Larsson during normal time. The conduct of the thousands of travelling Celtic supporters received widespread praise from the people of Seville and the fans were awarded Fair Play Awards from both FIFA and UEFA "for their extraordinarily loyal and sporting behaviour". O'Neill left Celtic in May 2005 to care for his ill wife.
  Gordon Strachan was announced as O'Neill's replacement in June 2005 and after winning the SPL title in his first year in charge, he went on to become only the third Celtic manager to win three titles in a row. He also guided Celtic to their first UEFA Champions League knockout stage in 2006–07 and repeated the feat in 2007–08 before departing the club in May 2009, after failing to win the SPL title. Tony Mowbray took charge of the club in June 2009, and he was succeeded a year later by Neil Lennon. Celtic narrowly lost out to Rangers in the league in Lennon's first season in charge, but he did gain consolation by defeating Motherwell 3–0 in the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Lennon went on to win three league titles in a row, then announced his departure from the club in May 2014 after four years in the role.
  Norwegian Ronny Deila was appointed manager of Celtic in June 2014. He went on to lead Celtic to two consecutive league titles and a League Cup, but the team's performances in European competition were poor. Following being knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Rangers in April 2016, Deila announced he would leave the club at the end of the season.
  In May 2016, Brendan Rodgers was announced as Deila's successor. In his first season the club won their 100th major trophy, defeating Aberdeen in the League Cup Final in November 2016, and clinched the league title in April 2017 with a record eight league games to spare. Celtic finished their league campaign undefeated, the first time a Scottish top-flight side had done so since 1899. In May 2017, Celtic defeated Aberdeen 2–1 in the Scottish Cup final, clinching the club's fourth domestic treble, as well as securing an unprecedented domestic season unbeaten. Celtic continued their unbeaten domestic run into the following season, eventually extending it to 69 games, surpassing their own 100-year-old British record of 62 games set by Willie Maley, before finally losing to Hearts. In November 2017, Celtic defeated Motherwell in the 2017 Scottish League Cup Final, before a seventh consecutive league title was clinched in April 2018, with Celtic then going on to defeat Motherwell in the 2018 Scottish Cup Final to clinch a second consecutive domestic treble (the "double treble"), the first club in Scotland to do so. Into his third season, Rodgers led Celtic to another League Cup, defeating Aberdeen in the final, and by February 2019 the club were eight points clear in the league. However, on 26 February 2019 Rodgers left Celtic in a surprise move to take over as manager of Leicester City. Neil Lennon returned to Celtic to work as caretaker manager until the end of the season. He went on to help Celtic complete their eighth successive league title, and then to a 2–1 win over Hearts in the 2019 Scottish Cup Final to clinch the treble for the third season in a row (the "treble treble"). The following week, Lennon was confirmed as full-time manager for the second time.
caption: Martin O'Neill won the domestic treble in his first season as manager and led Celtic to the UEFA Cup Final in 2003, their first European final in over 30 years.
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