List of Manchester City F.C. managers
This is a chronological list of
The longest serving manager was
As of 2023, the most successful manager of Manchester City is incumbent Pep Guardiola, who has won 16 trophies in his seven years in charge and is the leading manager in terms of games won and % of games won.
History
Early years (1880s–1950s)
In the era before
Under
1960 to 2000
During
In the
2000–2016, the Thaksin era and the Abu Dhabi era – domestic success
Under Royle's replacement Kevin Keegan the club changed division for a fifth successive season,[17] setting club records for the number of points gained and goals scored in a season.[18] Keegan remained manager for the club's move to the City of Manchester Stadium and beyond, making him the longest serving manager since Tony Book.
On 6 July 2007, Sven-Göran Eriksson became the first non-British Manchester City manager, replacing the sacked Stuart Pearce, who had served for two years following an initial spell as caretaker.[19] After just one season with the club, Eriksson was replaced by Mark Hughes in June 2008. On 19 December 2009, Mark Hughes was sacked and replaced by Italian Roberto Mancini.
Mancini subsequently became one of the most successful managers of the club in the modern era, and the first to win major domestic trophies since the 1970s. However, after 3+1⁄2 seasons in charge, Mancini was sacked on 13 May 2013 following defeat in the FA Cup Final versus Wigan Athletic.[20]
On 14 June 2013, Manuel Pellegrini was confirmed as the new manager of the club after signing a 3-year contract and was the third manager, after Roberto Mancini and Brian Kidd (the latter as caretaker), to take charge of City under the ownership of ADUG.[21]
On 1 February 2016, Pellegrini announced that, despite signing a contract extension at the beginning of the 2015–16 season, he would be leaving upon the conclusion of his third season as manager, with his contract ending as originally planned upon his arrival in 2013.[22] He would depart having won the 2013–14 Premier League & two League Cups, in 2013–14 & 2015–16, and also guiding City to its first-ever Champions League semi-final in 2016.
2016–present, Guardiola's golden era – domestic and continental trebles, records and three-peat
On the same day that Pellegrini announced his planned departure, City confirmed that
at the start of the season, City became the first team to clinch all four major English domestic honours in one season and to hold all four simultaneously.In 2022–23, City became only the fifth club to win three successive top-flight titles in England, following Huddersfield Town (1924-26), Arsenal (1933-35), Liverpool (1982-84) and Manchester United, who did it twice under Sir Alex Ferguson (1999-2001 and 2007-09). It was also the third occasion Guardiola had managed to win three league titles in a row, having done so in La Liga with Barcelona from 2009-11 and in the Bundesliga from 2014-16 with Bayern Munich.
On the European stage, Guardiola's first few seasons ended in disappointment with three consecutive quarter-final exits in (2018, 2019, 2020) and the round of 16 elimination in 2017. He then took City to a first Champions League final in 2021, but lost to Chelsea. In 2022, City were dramatically eliminated in the semi-final by Real Madrid, conceding two late goals to lose a 5–3 advantage. Perseverance finally paid off in 2023, as City won their first Champions League title, convincingly beating Real Madrid in the semi-final 5–1 on aggregate and defeating Inter Milan in the final to become only the second English team to complete the continental treble.
Guardiola has become Manchester City's most successful manager in club history, having won 16 major English, continental and worldwide titles to date. He has won more than 300 games and maintains a win percentage in excess of 72%, at least 12% higher than any proceeding manager.
Managers
- As of match played 25 April 2024. Statistics include competitive matches only, pre-Football League and wartime matches are excluded. Cup losses or wins in a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws. Caretakers are shown in italics.
Name | Nationality | From | To | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % | Honours |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frederick Hopkinson | England | 1880 | 1882 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Jack McGee | Ireland | 1882 | 1884 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Edward Kitchen | England | 1884 | 1887 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Walter Chew | England | 1887 | 1889 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Lawrence Furniss | England | August 1889 | May 1893 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 59 | 46 | 38.46 | – |
Joshua Parlby | England | August 1893 | May 1895 | 59 | 22 | 5 | 32 | 129 | 146 | 37.29 | – |
Sam Ormerod | England | August 1895 | July 1902 | 240 | 111 | 50 | 79 | 433 | 354 | 46.25 | 1 Second Division title |
Tom Maley | Scotland | July 1902 | July 1906 | 150 | 89 | 22 | 39 | 322 | 179 | 59.33 | 1 Second Division title 1 FA Cup |
Harry Newbould | England | July 1906 | July 1912 | 245 | 93 | 61 | 91 | 390 | 376 | 37.96 | 1 Second Division title |
Committee | July 1912 | September 1912 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | – | |
Ernest Mangnall | England | 9 September 1912 | June 1924 | 350 | 151 | 117 | 82 | 500 | 457 | 43.14 | – |
David Ashworth | England | July 1924 | 14 November 1925 | 59 | 20 | 13 | 26 | 113 | 121 | 33.90 | – |
Albert Alexander / Committee | England | 16 November 1925 | 26 April 1926 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 80 | 56 | 41.94 | – |
Peter Hodge | Scotland | 26 April 1926 | 12 March 1932 | 261 | 122 | 59 | 80 | 579 | 447 | 46.74 | 1 Second Division title |
Wilf Wild | England | 14 March 1932 | 1 December 1946 | 352 | 158 | 71 | 123 | 703 | 562 | 44.89 | 1 First Division title 1 FA Cup 1 Charity Shield |
Sam Cowan | England | 2 December 1946 | 30 June 1947 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 27 | 66.67 | 1 Second Division title |
Wilf Wild | England | August 1947 | November 1947 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 31.25 | – |
Jock Thomson | Scotland | November 1947 | February 1950 | 115 | 35 | 35 | 45 | 122 | 156 | 30.43 | – |
Les McDowall | Scotland | June 1950 | May 1963 | 592 | 220 | 127 | 245 | 1,049 | 1,134 | 37.16 | 1 FA Cup |
George Poyser | England | 12 July 1963 | April 1965 | 89 | 38 | 17 | 34 | 159 | 137 | 42.70 | – |
Committee | April 1965 | May 1965 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20.00 | – | |
Joe Mercer | England | 13 July 1965 | 7 October 1971 | 340 | 149 | 94 | 97 | 518 | 358 | 43.82 | 1 |
Malcolm Allison | England | 7 October 1971 | 30 March 1973 | 78 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 119 | 106 | 41.03 | 1 Charity Shield |
Johnny Hart | England | 30 March 1973 | 22 October 1973 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 50.00 | – |
Tony Book | England | 23 October 1973 | 22 November 1973 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 28.57 | – |
Ron Saunders | England | 22 November 1973 | 12 April 1974 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 33 | 34.48 | – |
Tony Book | England | 12 April 1974 | July 1979 | 269 | 114 | 75 | 80 | 405 | 309 | 42.38 | 1 League Cup
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Malcolm Allison | England | 16 July 1979 | 8 October 1980 | 60 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 63 | 95 | 25.00 | – |
Tony Book | England | 9 October 1980 | 16 October 1980 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | – |
John Bond | England | 17 October 1980 | 3 February 1983 | 123 | 51 | 32 | 40 | 171 | 152 | 41.46 | – |
John Benson | Scotland | 3 February 1983 | 7 June 1983 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 17.65 | |
Billy McNeill | Scotland | 30 June 1983 | 20 September 1986 | 156 | 63 | 42 | 51 | 223 | 183 | 40.38 | – |
Jimmy Frizzell | Scotland | 21 September 1986 | May 1987 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 61 | 23.81 | – |
Mel Machin | England | May 1987 | 29 November 1989 | 130 | 59 | 27 | 44 | 225 | 179 | 45.38 | – |
Tony Book | England | 29 November 1989 | 5 December 1989 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0.00 | – |
Howard Kendall | England | 6 December 1989 | 5 November 1990 | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 46 | 37 | 34.21 | – |
Peter Reid | England | 11 November 1990 | 26 August 1993 | 136 | 59 | 31 | 46 | 199 | 166 | 43.38 | – |
Tony Book | England | 27 August 1993 | 27 August 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | – |
Brian Horton | England | 28 August 1993 | 16 May 1995 | 96 | 29 | 33 | 34 | 118 | 130 | 30.21 | – |
Alan Ball | England | 30 June 1995 | 26 August 1996 | 49 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 49 | 70 | 26.53 | – |
Asa Hartford | Scotland | 26 August 1996 | 7 October 1996 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 37.50 | – |
Steve Coppell | England | 7 October 1996 | 8 November 1996 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 33.33 | – |
Phil Neal | England | 9 November 1996 | 28 December 1996 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 20.00 | – |
Frank Clark | England | 29 December 1996 | 17 February 1998 | 59 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 73 | 60 | 33.90 | – |
Joe Royle | England | 18 February 1998 | 21 May 2001 | 171 | 74 | 46 | 51 | 261 | 192 | 43.27 | 1 Second Division play-off |
Kevin Keegan | England | 24 May 2001 | 11 March 2005 | 176 | 77 | 39 | 60 | 299 | 223 | 43.75 | 1 First Division title |
Stuart Pearce | England | 21 March 2005 | 14 May 2007[24] | 96 | 34 | 19 | 43 | 103 | 111 | 35.42 | – |
Sven-Göran Eriksson | Sweden | 6 July 2007[25] | 2 June 2008[26] | 45 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 58 | 42.22 | – |
Mark Hughes | Wales | 4 June 2008[27] | 19 December 2009[28] | 77 | 36 | 15 | 26 | 129 | 101 | 46.75 | – |
Roberto Mancini | Italy | 19 December 2009[28] | 13 May 2013 | 191 | 113 | 38 | 40 | 360 | 173 | 59.16 | 1 Premier League title 1 FA Cup 1 Community Shield |
Brian Kidd | England | 13 May 2013 | 14 June 2013 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 50.00 | – |
Manuel Pellegrini[29] | Chile | 14 June 2013 | 30 June 2016 | 167 | 100 | 28 | 39 | 373 | 177 | 59.88 | 1 Premier League title 2 League Cups |
Pep Guardiola[30] | Spain | 1 July 2016[31] | Incumbent | 466 | 338 | 66 | 62 | 1,147 | 382 | 72.53 | 5 Premier League titles 2 FA Cups 4 League Cups 2 Community Shields 1 UEFA Champions League title 1 UEFA Super Cup 1 FIFA Club World Cup |
Most trophies won
- As of 23 December 2023
Name | FD/PL | FAC | LC | CS | UEFA/FIFA | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pep Guardiola | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
Joe Mercer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Manuel Pellegrini | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Roberto Mancini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Wilf Wild | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Les McDowall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Maley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tony Book | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Malcolm Allison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 34 |
References
- "Managers". mcfcstats.com. Retrieved 29 March 2006.
- James, Gary (2006). Manchester City – The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0.
Footnotes
- ISBN 1-85983-512-0. p233
- ^ Manchester City – The Complete Record, p20
- ^ Manchester City – The Complete Record, p234
- ^ Manchester City - The Complete Record, p235–6
- ISBN 1-84018-687-9. p136
- ISBN 0-600-61282-1. p93
- ^ a b Manchester City – The Complete Record, p246
- ISBN 1-85983-250-4. p7
- ^ Penney, p144
- ^ "Peter Swales: Obituary". Independent. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2007.
- ^ "After all that ... this". Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
- ^ Everything Under the Blue Moon, p172
- ^ "Brian Horton". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
- ^ Blue Moon Rising, p90
- ^ "Roller-coaster years". BBC. 7 May 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
- ISBN 0-9530847-4-4. p132
- ^ "Manchester City". Goal. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
- ^ Manchester City – The Complete Record, p265
- ^ "Hughes becomes Man City manager". BBC Sport. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
- ^ "Roberto Mancini sacked as Manchester City manager". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Manuel Pellegrini: Manchester City appoint Chilean as manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Pep Guardiola to succeed Manuel Pellegrini as Manchester City boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Pep Guardiola to succeed Manuel Pellegrini as Manchester City boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Pearce sacked as Man City manager". BBC News. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2007.
- ^ "Eriksson named as Man City boss". BBC News. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2007.
- ^ "Sven-Goran Eriksson leaves Manchester City". Manchester City FC. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- ^ "Manchester City appoint Mark Hughes". Manchester City FC. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
- ^ a b "Mark Hughes sacked as Man City appoint Mancini manager". BBC Sport. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ Pellegrini's wins exclude a drawn cup match won on penalties
- ^ Guardiola's wins exclude 6 draws & losses exclude 3 draws in cup matches won/lost on penalties
- ^ "Pep Guardiola to succeed Manuel Pellegrini as Manchester City boss". BBC Sport. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.