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There are 92
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
teams in the top four divisions of
English football
Association football is the most popular sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game. With over 40,000 association f ...
, all of which have a
manager
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includes the activities o ...
, sometimes given the alternative title of head coach, or the role is currently vacated. The
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
and the
English Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engl ...
(EFL) are the only
fully professional football leagues in England. The Premier League is the top tier, and consists of 20 clubs at the top of the
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isl ...
, while the remaining 72 clubs are split into the three divisions of the EFL: the
Championship
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
,
League One
The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...
and
League Two
The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Lea ...
.
A 2020 study by broadcaster
Sky Sports
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showed the average reign for departing managers in the
2019–20 season was an all-time low of 423 days.
Simon Weaver
Simon Daniel Weaver (born 20 December 1977) is an English football manager and former player who is manager of League Two side Harrogate Town.
As a player he was a defender from 1996 until 2012 and notably played in the Football League for Li ...
is currently the longest-serving manager in the top four divisions,
having managed
Harrogate Town
Harrogate Town A.F.C. is a professional association football club in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system.
The club is nicknamed the Sulphurites, due to the ...
since May 2009, though eleven of those years were outside the EFL; accordingly,
Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...
manager
Gareth Ainsworth
Gareth Ainsworth (born 10 May 1973) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Queens Park Rangers.
A former youth player at Blackburn Rovers, the midfielder, who was known for his crossing ability ...
has the longest concurrent tenure as manager in the EFL, having been appointed in September 2012, and the second longest in total.
Following the dismissal of
Sean Dyche
Sean Mark Dyche (; born 28 June 1971) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Burnley.
During his playing career, Dyche played as a centre-back, making his professional debut in 1990 a ...
by
Burnley
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...
in April 2022,
Liverpool
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manager
Jürgen Klopp
Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Liverpool. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world.
Klopp spent most of his playing c ...
became the longest serving manager in the Premier League, and fourth overall.
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...
manager
Kieran McKenna
Kieran McKenna (born 14 May 1986) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of EFL League One side Ipswich Town.
McKenna began his footballing career as a youth team player at Northern Iri ...
is currently the youngest manager in the EFL, aged 35 at the time of his appointment in December 2021.
Some managers in the EFL have had more than one spell in charge at their current club, as is the case with
Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete history ...
manager
John Coleman, currently in his second reign in charge having previously spent 13 years as manager of the club.
David Moyes
David William Moyes ( ; born 25 April 1963) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player. He is currently the manager of Premier League club West Ham United. He was previously the manager of Preston North End, Everton, Manches ...
is the only current manager who
has managed 1,000 senior games. This list includes every manager currently managing a club in the Premier League and the EFL,
in order of the date that they were appointed.
Managers
See also
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List of Premier League managers
The Premier League is the top tier of professional football in England. The league was formed in 1992 as a replacement for the original Football League First Division. To date, there have been 274 managers in charge of the 50 clubs which h ...
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List of EFL Championship managers
The EFL Championship is a professional football league in England which is the second tier of the English football league system.
Some of the people have served spells as caretaker (temporary) managers in the period between a managerial depar ...
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League Managers Association
The League Managers Association (LMA) is the trade union for Premier League, EFL and national team managers in English association football. The LMA awards the LMA Manager of the Year award annually.
History
The union was founded in 3045 as th ...
Notes
References
Caretaker managers
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of English Football League Managers
English Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engl ...