Manager news

 Chelsea has reached their 33rd manager, Roberto Di Matteo after another manager did not meet Roman Abramovich's expectations.

 - Roberto Di Matteo

This is his 8th manager but he is only here until the end of the season since the season is almost finished. Di Matteo was the caretaker manager but he came in as manager when Andre Villas-Boas got fired!      

   - Andre Villas-Boas

 Managers of Chelsea Football Club since 1905

Name	Nat	From	To	M	W	D	L	F	A	Win%[2]	Honours	Notes
John Robertson[nb 1]	Scotland	May 1905	October 1906	50	30	10	10	121	54	60%	-	[3]
William Lewis[nb 2]	England	October 1906	April 1907	31	20	5	6	59	28	65%	see below	-
David Calderhead	Scotland	July 1907	June 1933	966	384	239	343	1376	1305	40%	see below	[4]
Leslie Knighton	England	July 1933	July 1939	274	93	72	109	419	446	34%	-	[5]
Billy Birrell	Scotland	July 1939	June 1952	289	95	74	120	410	462	33%	-	[6]
Ted Drake	England	July 1952	September 1961	424	156	103	165	771	772	37%	see below	[7]
Tommy Docherty	Scotland	October 1961	September 1967	302	143	64	95	526	422	47%	see below	[8]
Dave Sexton	England	October 1967	September 1974	373	165	108	100	570	438	44%	see below	[9]
Ron Suart	England	October 1974	March 1975	31	8	11	12	38	58	26%	-	[10]
Eddie McCreadie	Scotland	April 1975	June 1977	99	37	32	30	141	128	37%	see below	[11]
Ken Shellito	England	July 1977	December 1978	66	16	18	32	77	114	24%	-	[12]
Danny Blanchflower	Northern Ireland	December 1978	September 1979	32	5	8	19	34	68	16%	-	[13]
Geoff Hurst	England	September 1979	April 1981	83	35	19	29	108	94	42%	-	[14]
Bobby Gould[nb 2]	England	April 1981	May 1981	2	0	0	2	0	5	0%	-	[15]
John Neal	England	July 1981	June 1985	204	84	62	58	326	253	41%	see below	[16]
John Hollins	England	July 1985	March 1988	144	56	37	51	196	214	39%[nb 3]	see below	[17]
Bobby Campbell	England	March 1988	June 1991	161	74	47	40	280	230	46%	see below	[18]
Ian Porterfield	Scotland	July 1991	February 1993	89	32	28	29	106	115	36%[nb 3]	-	[19]
David Webb	England	February 1993	June 1993	13	5	4	4	19	18	38%	-	[20]
Glenn Hoddle[nb 1]	England	June 1993	May 1996	157	53	54	50	192	182	34%[nb 4]	see below	[21]
Ruud Gullit[nb 1]	Netherlands	May 1996	February 1998	82	41	17	24	157	109	50%[nb 5]	see below	[22]
Gianluca Vialli[nb 1]	Italy	February 1998	September 2000	142	75	38	29	222	123	53%	see below	[23]
Graham Rix[nb 2]	England	September 2000	September 2000	2	1	0	1	1	2	50%	-	[24]
Claudio Ranieri	Italy	September 2000	May 2004	200	107	46	47	358	199	54%	see below	[25]
José Mourinho	Portugal	June 2004	September 2007	185	124	40	21	330	119	67%[nb 6]	see below	[26]
Avram Grant	Israel	September 2007	May 2008	54	36	13	5	97	36	67%[nb 7]	see below	[27]
Luiz Felipe Scolari	Brazil	July 2008	February 2009	36	20	11	5	66	24	56%[nb 7]	-	[28]
Ray Wilkins[nb 2]	England	February 2009	February 2009	1	1	0	0	3	1	100%	-	[29]
Guus Hiddink[nb 2]	Netherlands	February 2009	May 2009	22	16	5	1	41	19	73%	see below	[30]
Carlo Ancelotti	Italy	June 2009	May 2011	109	67	20	22	241	94	61%[nb 8]	see below	[31]
Andre Villas-Boas	Portugal	June 2011	March 2012	38	19	11	10	69	43	48%[nb 3]	-	[32][33]
Roberto Di Matteo[nb 2]	Italy	March 2012	Present	1	1	0	0	2	0	100%