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The England manager job is one of the top jobs in international football but comes with high expectations from the FA, England players, the press and England fans. Successes are quickly overshadowed the moment the England team doesn’t live up to expectations. It’s certainly a challenge that hasn’t ended well for most England football managers but England fans still live in hope that football is coming home again. England’s next chance first involves qualification for the UEFA  Euro 2024 tournament to be held in Germany between Friday 14 June 2024 and Sunday 14 July 2024.

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Who is the best England manager by win percentage?

Fabio Capello with 67%, has a clear lead over all the other England football managers. Gareth Southgate has the second best win percentage, currently at 64%.

Who are the longest serving England football managers?

Sir Walter Winterbottom is by far the longest serving England manager with 17 years service. Sir Alf Ramsey is the second longest serving England manager, having served 11 years.

Who were the England football managers Before 1945?

From 1872 until the end of the second world war in 1946 England football managers, trainers and coaches were selected by the Football Association secretary and later the FA International Selection Committee.

What do the England players call the current England manager?

Traditionally the England manager has been called “the boss” but Gareth Southgate prefers to be known simply as “Gareth”.

How many England football managers have there been?

There have been fifteen England football managers since 1946, excluding caretaker managers.

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Coach / Manager 👨🏻 Term Best Tournament Placings Win %* Played W D L Born/Died Country Football Experience and England Management Career
Gareth Southgate
(Current England manager)		 2016
  • 2020 / 2021 European Cup finalists
  • 2018 World Cup Semi-finalists.
  • 2022 World Cup Quarter-finalists.
 61% 83 51 18 14 1970 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Watford Gareth Southgate was confirmed as the current England manager on 30th November 2016, initially with a 4 year contract. Following England’s exit from the 2022 World Cup at the quarter-final stage Gareth took time to consider his position. Gareth, and his assistant Steve Holland, have both signed new contracts until December 2024, after the Euro 2024 tournament.

Gareth Southgate was previously the England Under-21 manager from 2013 until 27th September 2016 when he took temporary charge of the senior England team until he was confirmed as England manager.

Gareth Southgate quotes:

World Cup 2022 quarter-final exit: We’ve had consistent performances over three tournaments. Tonight is the best we’ve played against a major nation since I’ve been in charge, but we have fallen short. In the end, the scoreline is what matters.

2020 Euros: This team isn’t at its peak yet – we will go again of course.

World Cup 2018: These are the games you want to be involved in, the games that matter, the lads have the chance to write their own stories now.

👨🏻 Gareth Southgate's managerial career:
Gareth Southgate’s managerial career:
  • 2006 – 2009 Middlesbrough
  • 2013 – 2016 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Under 21s
  • 2016 – 2022 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.
⚽ Gareth Southgate's playing career:
Gareth Southgate played football as a defender / midfielder for:
  • Senior career:
    1988 – 1995 Crystal Palace
    1995 – 2001 Aston Villa
    2001 – 2006 Middlesbrough
  • International career:
    1995 – 2004 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 57 appearances, 2 goals.
Sam Allardyce 2016 100% 1 1 0 0 1954 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Dudley Sam Allardyce played for Dudley Town (as a youth) and Bolton Wanderers (youth and senior), Sunderland, Millwall, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Coventry City, Huddersfield Town, Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End, West Bromwich Albion, Limerick and Preston North End. Allardyce was player manager at Limerick, caretaker manager at Preston North End and manger at Blackpool, Notts County, Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United and Sunderland until he became England manager. After getting the dream job he had waited for all his career Big Sam resigned after just 67 days by mutual agreement with the FA, the shortest tenure of all England football managers. Allardyce managed Everton for the 2017-18 season.
Roy Hodgson
 2012-2016 2012 European Championship 1/4-final. 59% 56 33 15 8 1947 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Croydon Roy Hodgson was appointed as England manager on 1 May 2012 with a 4 year contract. Roy Hodgson took up the position on 14 May 2012. England rose to third in the FIFA World Rankings under Roy Hodgson, the highest position since rankings were introduced in 1992. Roy Hodgson quotes:

About the England 2014 World Cup squad, Hodgson said: I believe the squad can win the World Cup.

I try very hard not to look back.

👨🏻 Roy Hodgson's managerial career:
Roy Hodgson’s managerial career:
  • 1976 – 1980 Halmstads BK
  • 1982 Bristol City
  • 1982 IK Oddevold
  • 1983 – 1984 Örebro SK
  • 1985 – 1989 Malmö FF
  • 1990 – 1992 Neuchâtel Xamax
  • 1992 – 1995 Switzerland 🇨🇭
  • 1995 – 1997 Inter Milan
  • 1997 – 1998 Blackburn Rovers
  • 1999 Inter Milan (caretaker)
  • 1999 – 2000 Grasshoppers
  • 2000 – 2001 Copenhagen
  • 2001 Udinese
  • 2002 – 2004 United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪
  • 2004 – 2005 Viking
  • 2006 – 2007 Finland 🇫🇮
  • 2007 – 2010 Fulham
  • 2010 – 2011 Liverpool
  • 2011 – 2012 West Bromwich Albion
  • 2012 – 2016 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
  • 2013 England U21 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (caretaker)
  • 2017 – 2021 Crystal Palace
  • 2022 Watford.
⚽ Roy Hodgson's playing career:
Roy Hodgson played football as a defender for:
  • Senior career:
    1965 – 1966 Crystal Palace
    1966 – 1969 Tonbridge
    1969 – 1971 Gravesend & Northfleet
    1971 – 1972 Maidstone United
    1972 – 1973 Ashford Town (Kent)
    1973 – 1974 Berea Park
    1974 – 1976 Carshalton Athletic.
Stuart Pearce (caretaker manager) 2012 0% 1 0 0 1 1962 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, London Stuart Pearce played for Coventry City, Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Manchester City. Pearce was caretaker manager at Nottingham Forest, manager at Manchester Cit and manager of football “Team GB” during the 2012 summer Olympic games.
Fabio Capello 2007-2012 2010 World Cup 2nd round. 67% 42 28 8 6 1946 🇮🇹 Italy Fabio Capello was England manager from 14 December 2007 until 8 February 2012. Capello is a devout Roman Catholic and lover of fine art, particularly Wassily Kandinsky.

About the FA after he resigned: “They really insulted me and damaged my authority.”

👨🏻 Fabio Capello's managerial career:
Fabio Capello’s managerial career:
  • 1982 – 1986 A.C. Milan Primavera
  • 1987 A.C. Milan (caretaker)
  • 1991 – 1996 A.C. Milan
  • 1996 – 1997 Real Madrid
  • 1997 – 1998 A.C. Milan
  • 1999 – 2004 Roma
  • 2004 – 2006 Juventus
  • 2006 – 2007 Real Madrid
  • 2007 – 2012 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
  • 2012 – 2015 Russia 🇷🇺
  • 2017 – 2018 Jiangsu Suning.
⚽ Fabio Capello's playing career:
Fabio Capello played football as a midfielder for:
  • Senior career:
    1964 – 1967 SPAL
    1967 – 1970 Roma
    1970 – 1976 Juventus
    1976 – 1980 A.C. Milan
  • International career:
    1972 – 1976 Italy 🇮🇹.
Steve McClaren 2006-2007 50% 18 9 4 5 1961 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Fulford England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 after losing to Croatia 3-2 and Steve Maclaren was sacked the next day.

Steve McClaren said: I have huge disappointment for the nation and fans. But I will learn from my failure.

It was the first major tournament England had failed to qualify for since 1993, and the first time England had missed the European Championships since Euro 1984.

👨🏻 Steve McClaren's managerial career:
Steve McClaren’s managerial career:
  • 1995 – 1999 Derby County (assistant)
  • 1999 – 2001 Manchester United (assistant)
  • 2001 – 2006 Middlesbrough
  • 2006 – 2007 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
  • 2008 – 2010 Twente
  • 2010 – 2011 VfL Wolfsburg
  • 2011 Nottingham Forest
  • 2012 – 2013 Twente
  • 2013 – 2015 Derby County
  • 2015 – 2016 Newcastle United
  • 2016 – 2017 Derby County
  • 2018 – 2019 Queens Park Rangers
  • 2022 – Manchester United (assistant).
⚽ Steve McClaren's playing career:
Steve McClaren played football as a midfielder for:
  • 1979 – 1985 Hull City
  • 1985 – 1988 Derby County
  • 1987 on loan Lincoln City
  • 1988 – 1989 Bristol City
  • 1989 – 1992 Oxford United.
Sven-Göran Eriksson 2001-2006
  • 2002 World Cup 1/4-final.
  • 2004 European Championship 1/4-final.
  • 2006 World Cup 1/4-final
 60% 67 40 17 10 1948 🇸🇪 Sweden, Sunne Sven was the first non-British manager to become England football manager in January 2001 and one of the most successful England football managers based on England football tournament results. During the 2002 World Cup qualification England defeated Germany 5 – 1, a game that lives long in the memory of England fans. Sven-Göran Eriksson’s love of women became more newsworthy on the front pages of tabloid newspapers than his love for the beautiful game. Sven-Göran Eriksson quotes:

To be the England manager you must win every game, not do anything in your private life and hopefully not earn too much money!

👨🏻 Sven-Göran Eriksson's managerial career:
Sven-Göran Eriksson’s managerial career:
  • 1977 – 1978 Degerfors IF
  • 1979 – 1982 IFK Göteborg
  • 1982 – 1984 Benfica
  • 1984 – 1987 Roma
  • 1987 – 1989 Fiorentina
  • 1989 – 1992 Benfica
  • 1992 – 1997 Sampdoria
  • 1997 – 2001 Lazio
  • 2001 – 2006 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
  • 2007 – 2008 Manchester City
  • 2008 – 2009 Mexico 🇲🇽
  • 2010 Ivory Coast 🇨🇮
  • 2010 – 2011 Leicester City
  • 2013 – 2014 Guangzhou R&F
  • 2014 – 2016 Shanghai SIPG
  • 2016 – 2017 Shenzhen
  • 2018 – 2019 Philippines 🇵🇭.
⚽ Sven-Göran Eriksson's playing career:
Sven-Göran Eriksson played football as a right back for:
  • Senior career:
    1964 – 1971 Torsby IF
    1971 – 1972 SK Sifhälla
    1972 – 1973 KB Karlskoga FF.
Peter Taylor (caretaker manager) 2000-2001 0% 1 0 0 1 1953 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Rochford Peter Talyor played for Southend United, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur, Leyton Orient, on loan to Oldham Athletic, Maidstone United, Exeter City and Dartford as player-manager. Taylor managed Southend United, Dover Athletic, Gillingham and Leicester City.
Kevin Keegan 1999-2000 European Championship group stage. 39% 18 7 7 4 1951 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Doncaster Kevin Keegan played for Scunthorpe United, Liverpool, SV Hamburg, Southampton and Newcastle United. Keegan managed Newcastle United (twice) and Fulham. Keegan has the lowest win percentage of all permanent England football managers but he did qualify for a major tournament unlike Don Revie or Steve McClaren. Keegan was famous for his “poodle perm” hairstyle in the 1970s.

“England have the best fans in the world and Scotlands fans are second to none.”
Howard Wilkinson (caretaker manager) 1999, 2000 0% 2 0 1 1 1943 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Sheffield Howard Wilkinson played for Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Brighton & Hove Albion and Boston United (as player-manager).
Wilkinson managed Mossley AFC, Notts County, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United, Sunderland and, briefly in 2004, Shanghai Shenhua.
Glenn Hoddle 1996-1999 1998 World Cup 2nd round. 61% 28 17 6 5 1957 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Hayes Glenn Hoddle’s win percentage ranks in the top five best England football managers. In spite of results Hoddle’s contract was terminated on 2 February 1999 following controversy over views he expressed in a TV interview including:

Interview with Matt Dickinson of The Times newspaper: You and I have been physically given two hands and two legs and half-decent brains. Some people have not been born like that for a reason. The karma is working from another lifetime. I have nothing to hide about that. It is not only people with disabilities. What you sow, you have to reap.

👨🏻 Glenn Hoddle's managerial career:
Glenn Hoddle’s managerial career:
  • 1991 – 1993 Swindon Town (player/manager)
  • 1993 – 1996 Chelsea (player/manager)
  • 1996 – 1999 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
  • 2000 – 2001 Southampton
  • 2001 – 2003 Tottenham Hotspur
  • 2004 – 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers.
⚽ Glenn Hoddle's playing career:
Glenn Hoddle played football as a midfielder for:
  • Senior career:
    1975 – 1987 Tottenham Hotspur
    1987 – 1991 Monaco
    1991 – 1993 Swindon Town
    1993 – 1995 Chelsea
    International career:
    1976 – 1980 England U21 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
    1979 – 1988 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 53 appearances, 8 Goals.
Terry Venables
(nicknamed El-Tel)		 1994-1996 1996 European Championship semi-final. 48% 24 11 12 1 1943 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Dagenham Terry Venables played for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Queen’s Park Rangers and Crystal Palace.
Venables coached first at Crystal Palace, later at Queen’s Park Rangers, Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur.
One of the more popular England football managers. After retiring El-Tel was appointed technical advisor to Wembley FC.
Graham Taylor 1990-1993 1992 European Championship group stage. 48% 38 18 13 7 1944 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Kings Langley Graham Taylor played for Grimsby Town and Lincoln City football clubs. Taylor was the youngest ever coach at age 21. He coached Lincoln City, Watford, Aston Villa. England failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup under his tenure. Taylor famously called out to a linesman:

Hey! Tell your pal that he’s just cost me my job.
Bobby Robson
(Sir Bobby Robson)
 1982-1990
  • 1986 World Cup 1/4-final.
  • 1988 European Championship group stage.
  • 1990 World Cup 4th place.
 49% 95 47 30 18 1933-2009 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Sacriston Bobby Robson played for Fulham and West Bromwich Albion and was player/coach of Vancouver Royals in Canada. Between 1992 and his death in 2009 Sir Bobby successfully battled with cancer 4 times, sadly losing his 5th battle. Bobby Robson was Graham Taylor’s predecessor as England manager. Sir Bobby is the most popular of all England football managers since Sir Alf Ramsey. Our favorite Bobby Robson quote:

If you don’t score you’re not going to win a match.
Ron Greenwood 1977-1982
  • 1980 European Championship group stage.
  • 1982 World Cup 2nd round.
 60% 55 33 12 10 1921-2006 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Worsthome Ron Greenwood played for Bradford Park Avenue, Brentford, Chelsea and Fulham. Greenwood was assistant manager at Arsenal and manager of the England Youth and U-23 teams and West Ham United. Ron was also a BBC pundit. Ron Greenwood quotes:

On selecting Viv Anderson, the first black player for England in 1978: Yellow, purple or black – if they’re good enough, I’ll pick them.
Don Revie 1974-1977 48% 29 14 8 7 1927-1989 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Middlesbrough Don Revie played for Leicester City, Hull City, Manchester City, Sunderland and Leeds United, which he later successfully managed.
Both Revie and arch-rival Brian Clough, came from Middlesbrough. Famous Don Revie quote:

On quitting the England job: Nearly everyone in the country wants me out. So, I am giving them what they want.
Joe Mercer
(caretaker manager)		 1974 43% 7 3 3 1 1914-1990 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Ellesmere Port Joe Mercer played for Everton, Aldershot, Chester and Arsenal. He managed Sheffield United, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Coventry City. Joe Mercer was England caretaker manager for just 36 days.
Alf Ramsey
(Sir Alf Ramsey)
 1963-1974 61% 113 69 27 17 1920-1999 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Dagenham As a football player Alf Ramsey played for Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur. He also 32 England appearances. As a football manager Ramsey trained Ipswich before England. Alf Ramsey was a keen fan of self-improvement as evidenced by the elocution lessons he took.
Alf Ramsey led England to victory over Germany in 1966. Sir Alf Ramsey remains the most popular of all England football managers.

After taking the job in 1963: We will win the World Cup
Walter Winterbottom
(Sir Walter Winterbottom)
 1946-1963
  • 1950 World Cup group stage.
  • 1954 World Cup 1/4-final, 1958.
  • World Cup group play-off.
  • 1962 World Cup 1/4-final.
 56% 139 78 33 28 1913-2002 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, Oldham Walter Winterbottom played for Manchester United and Chelsea (guest appearance). At 16 years Walter is the longest serving England manager of all England managers – a record that’s unlikely to be beaten in the foreseeable future. Winterbottom trained as a teacher and taught in Oldham. Walter Winterbottom was a reserve player for an England v Scotland match in 1942.

See also: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Women’s Football Head Coaches… | 🇺🇸 US Men’s National Soccer Head Coaches…

Notes about England Football Managers: * The winning percentage is calculated by dividing the number of games won by the number of games played and rounded to the nearest whole percentage point. Draws and defeats are not taken into account.

Always take into account the win percentage for England football managers does not take into account other factors such as the margin of victory, the quality of the opposition or the overall team performance of the team. For example Sam Alladyce’s 100% win percentage was from just a single match in charge. There are other performance calculations but they are not the “winning percentage”.

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5 responses to “England Football Managers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽👨🏻”

  1. Daniel says:
    September 29, 2016 at 7:41 pm

    Just wanted to point out Howard Wilkinson was Born in 1943, he is still alive .

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  2. Ralph Lambinon says:
    May 29, 2015 at 8:39 am

    Question; Which England manager said ” I won’t select my eleven best players, but rather my best eleven.”

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    • Joe says:
      May 31, 2015 at 4:58 pm

      Hi Ralph, thanks for asking but, as far as we are aware, no England football manager ever said that. However, Knute Rockne, a noted US college football manager reportedly said “As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.”

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  3. Kevin Egan says:
    August 12, 2014 at 3:04 pm

    Alf Ramsey is my favourite England manager because of his manner after the 1966 World Cup quarter final against Argentina. He was clearly seething at the behavior of England’s opponents that day at Wembley and called them “animals”. He made his post-match remarks in an aggressive but controlled way and it was at that point you could sense the belief that England could pull it off and that Alf was the man to galvanise his troops and finish the job.

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