Greatest Ever Managers Of All 20 Premier League Clubs
6. Chelsea – Jose Mourinho
In his first stint with the club from 2004-2007, Mourinho astonishingly won 124 of his 185 matches in charge. He guided Chelsea to their first Premier League title and followed it up with another the next season, setting the record total of points accumulated in the process.
His second stint from 2013-2015, although not as successful as the first, still proved to be very decorated, having led the team to victory in the Premier League again and adding another League Cup to tally his total trophy count with the club to eight honours.
7. Crystal Palace – Steve Coppell
The most successful manager of Crystal Palace is Steve Coppell. He managed the club over four spells and took the club to an FA Cup Final, third place in the top flight, won the Full Members Cup and were also twice second-tier play-off winners. He is also the club’s second longest-serving manager, presiding over a total of 565 games from 1984 to 2000. In 2005, he was voted as the manager for Palace’s Centenary XI.
8. Everton – Howard Kendall
Howard Kendall joined Everton as a player-manager in 1981 but retired from playing after four games. With Everton, he won two Football League titles, an FA Cup, three Charity Shields, and the 1985 European Cup Winners’ Cup, as well as a league runners-up place and reached two further FA Cup finals and a League Cup final.
9. Leeds United – Don Revie
Under Revie’s management, Leeds became a major force in English football, winning the Second Division in 1963–64, the First Division in 1968–69 and 1973–74, the FA Cup in 1972, the League Cup in 1968, the FA Charity Shield in 1969, and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1968 and 1971.
Additionally, Leeds were First Division runners-up five times, twice FA Cup runners-up and runners-up in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup.
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10. Leicester City – Claudio Ranieri
Ranieri orchestrated one of the most incredible underdog success stories known to professional football. An underdog story that saw Leicester City rise above the cash-rich Premier League elite, despite being overwhelming favourites for relegation. An underdog story that saw 5000/1 outsiders Leicester City conquer English football.