page_title: List of Chelsea F.C. managers
hierarchical_section_title: List of Chelsea F.C. managers
caption_attribution_description: English: Roberto Di Matteo, Stamford Bridge, Chelsea September 2012
context_page_description: The first manager of Chelsea Football Club was John Tait Robertson, appointed in 1905. The current manager is former player Frank Lampard, appointed in July 2019.
  Chelsea have had 28 permanent managers, 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 Sexton managed the club to their first European honour, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph in 1971 and Vialli guided Chelsea to win the 1998 UEFA Super Cup.
context_section_description: The first manager of Chelsea Football Club was John Tait Robertson, appointed in 1905. The current manager is former player Frank Lampard, appointed in July 2019. 
  Chelsea have had 28 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 Sexton managed the club to their first European honour, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph in 1971 and 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.
caption: Roberto Di Matteo is the only manager to have won the UEFA Champions League for Chelsea.
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