List Of Chelsea F.C. Managers
The first manager of Chelsea Football Club was appointed in 1905. The club's most recent manager is Rafael Benitez, who was appointed interim manager in November 2012. Chelsea have had 26 permanent managers (of whom four also served as player-manager), and six caretaker managers. Chelsea's first ever manager was Scottish wing-half John 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 Ron Suart, who was in charge for 31 games during the 1974–75 season.
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. Tommy Docherty, Dave Sexton, Ruud Gullit, Gianluca Vialli, José Mourinho, Guus Hiddink, Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto Di Matteo have also won trophies with the club. Mourinho is Chelsea's most successful manager, winning five trophies in his three seasons at the club. Statistically Chelsea's least successful manager is Danny Blanchflower, who won just 16% of his 32 matches in charge.
Under Roman Abramovich's ownership Chelsea have had ten managers since 2003. The chief executive of the League Managers Association in March 2012 referred to the high turnover as "a serious embarrassment".
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