List of FA Cup winning managers

Arsène Wenger has won the tournament a record seven times

The FA Cup is an association football competition contested between English clubs since 1872. English manager Charles W. Alcock led Wanderers to success in the inaugural final in 1872 and repeated the feat the following season. Arsène Wenger has won the tournament on seven occasions as Arsenal manager.

Eighteen men have won the tournament both as a player and as a manager: John Cameron as player-manager in 1901, Peter McWilliam, Billy Walker, Jimmy Seed, Matt Busby, Stan Seymour, Joe Smith, Bill Shankly, Joe Mercer, Don Revie, Bob Stokoe, Kenny Dalglish, Bobby Gould, Terry Venables, George Graham, Gianluca Vialli, Roberto Di Matteo and Mikel Arteta. Cameron and Dalglish are the only two people who have guided their clubs to the title as player-managers, in 1901 and 1986 respectively. Two managers have won the title with multiple sides, Billy Walker won as manager of Sheffield Wednesday in 1935 and Nottingham Forest in 1959, and Herbert Chapman won as manager of Huddersfield Town in 1922 and Arsenal in 1930. James Fielding and Jarvis Kenrick have both won the most consecutive finals with 3 each, Kenrick with Wanderers in 1876, 1877 and 1878, and Fielding with Blackburn Rovers in 1884, 1885 and 1886.^[1]

By year[edit]

Bob Crompton, winning manager in 1928

Fred Everiss, winning secretary-manager in 1931

Bobby Robson, winning manager in 1978

Ron Atkinson, winning manager in 1983 and 1985

Alex Ferguson, winning manager in 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2004

Ruud Gullit, winning manager in 1997

Gérard Houllier, winning manager in 2001

Rafael Benítez, winning manager in 2006

José Mourinho, winning manager in 2007

Guus Hiddink, winning manager in 2009

Carlo Ancelotti, winning manager in 2010

Roberto Mancini, winning manager in 2011

Final	Winning manager	Nationality	Club	Ref.
1872	C. W. Alcock	England	Wanderers
1873	C. W. Alcock	England	Wanderers
1874			Oxford University
1875			Royal Engineers
1876	Jarvis Kenrick	England	Wanderers
1877	Jarvis Kenrick	England	Wanderers
1878	Jarvis Kenrick	England	Wanderers
1879			Old Etonians
1880			Clapham Rovers
1881			Old Carthusians
1882			Old Etonians
1883	Jack Hunter	England	Blackburn Olympic
1884	James Fielding	Unknown	Blackburn Rovers	^[1]
1885	James Fielding	Unknown	Blackburn Rovers	^[1]
1886	James Fielding	Unknown	Blackburn Rovers	^[1]
1887	George Ramsay	Scotland	Aston Villa
1888	Louis Ford	England	West Bromwich Albion
1889	William Sudell	England	Preston North End
1890	Thomas Mitchell	Scotland	Blackburn Rovers
1891	Thomas Mitchell	Scotland	Blackburn Rovers
1892	Louis Ford	England	West Bromwich Albion
1893	Jack Addenbrooke	England	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1894	Tom Harris	England	Notts County
1895	George Ramsay	Scotland	Aston Villa
1896	Arthur Dickinson	England	The Wednesday
1897	George Ramsay	Scotland	Aston Villa
1898	Harry Haslam	England	Nottingham Forest
1899	John Nicholson	England	Sheffield United
1900	H. Hamer	England	Bury
1901	John Cameron	Scotland	Tottenham Hotspur
1902	John Nicholson	England	Sheffield United
1903	H. Hamer	England	Bury
1904	Tom Maley	Scotland	Manchester City
1905	George Ramsay	Scotland	Aston Villa
1906	Will Cuff	England	Everton
1907	Arthur Dickinson	England	The Wednesday
1908	Jack Addenbrooke	England	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1909	Ernest Mangnall	England	Manchester United
1910	Frank Watt	Scotland	Newcastle United
1911	Peter O'Rourke	Scotland	Bradford City
1912	Arthur Fairclough	England	Barnsley
1913	George Ramsay	Scotland	Aston Villa
1914	John Haworth	England	Burnley
1915	John Nicholson	England	Sheffield United
1920	George Ramsay	Scotland	Aston Villa
1921	Peter McWilliam	Scotland	Tottenham Hotspur
1922	Herbert Chapman	England	Huddersfield Town
1923	Charles Foweraker	England	Bolton Wanderers
1924	Frank Watt	Scotland	Newcastle United
1925	John Nicholson	England	Sheffield United
1926	Charles Foweraker	England	Bolton Wanderers
1927	Fred Stewart	England	Cardiff City
1928	Bob Crompton	England	Blackburn Rovers
1929	Charles Foweraker	England	Bolton Wanderers
1930	Herbert Chapman	England	Arsenal
1931	Fred Everiss	England	West Bromwich Albion
1932	Andy Cunningham	Scotland	Newcastle United
1933	Thomas H. McIntosh	England	Everton
1934	Wilf Wild	England	Manchester City
1935	Billy Walker	England	Sheffield Wednesday
1936	George Allison	England	Arsenal
1937	Johnny Cochrane	Scotland	Sunderland
1938	James Taylor	England	Preston North End
1939	Jack Tinn	England	Portsmouth
1946	Stuart McMillan	England	Derby County
1947	Jimmy Seed	England	Charlton Athletic
1948	Matt Busby	Scotland	Manchester United
1949	Stan Cullis	England	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1950	Tom Whittaker	England	Arsenal
1951	Stan Seymour	England	Newcastle United
1952	Stan Seymour	England	Newcastle United
1953	Joe Smith	England	Blackpool
1954	Vic Buckingham	England	West Bromwich Albion
1955	Doug Livingstone	Scotland	Newcastle United
1956	Les McDowall	Scotland	Manchester City
1957	Eric Houghton	England	Aston Villa
1958	Bill Ridding	England	Bolton Wanderers
1959	Billy Walker	England	Nottingham Forest
1960	Stan Cullis	England	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1961	Bill Nicholson	England	Tottenham Hotspur
1962	Bill Nicholson	England	Tottenham Hotspur
1963	Matt Busby	Scotland	Manchester United
1964	Ron Greenwood	England	West Ham United
1965	Bill Shankly	Scotland	Liverpool
1966	Harry Catterick	England	Everton
1967	Bill Nicholson	England	Tottenham Hotspur
1968	Alan Ashman	England	West Bromwich Albion
1969	Joe Mercer	England	Manchester City
1970	Dave Sexton	England	Chelsea
1971	Bertie Mee	England	Arsenal
1972	Don Revie	England	Leeds United
1973	Bob Stokoe	England	Sunderland
1974	Bill Shankly	Scotland	Liverpool
1975	John Lyall	England	West Ham United
1976	Lawrie McMenemy	England	Southampton
1977	Tommy Docherty	Scotland	Manchester United
1978	Bobby Robson	England	Ipswich Town
1979	Terry Neill	Northern Ireland	Arsenal
1980	John Lyall	England	West Ham United
1981	Keith Burkinshaw	England	Tottenham Hotspur
1982	Keith Burkinshaw	England	Tottenham Hotspur
1983	Ron Atkinson	England	Manchester United
1984	Howard Kendall	England	Everton
1985	Ron Atkinson	England	Manchester United
1986	Kenny Dalglish	Scotland	Liverpool	^[2]
1987	John Sillett	England	Coventry City
1988	Bobby Gould	England	Wimbledon
1989	Kenny Dalglish	Scotland	Liverpool	^[2]
1990	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United	^[3]
1991	Terry Venables	England	Tottenham Hotspur
1992	Graeme Souness	Scotland	Liverpool	^[4]
1993	George Graham	Scotland	Arsenal
1994	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United	^[3]
1995	Joe Royle	England	Everton
1996	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United	^[3]
1997	Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	Chelsea
1998	Arsène Wenger	France	Arsenal	^[5]
1999	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United	^[3]
2000	Gianluca Vialli	Italy	Chelsea
2001	Gérard Houllier	France	Liverpool	^[6]
2002	Arsène Wenger	France	Arsenal	^[5]
2003	Arsène Wenger	France	Arsenal	^[5]
2004	Alex Ferguson	Scotland	Manchester United	^[3]
2005	Arsène Wenger	France	Arsenal	^[5]
2006	Rafael Benítez	Spain	Liverpool	^[7]
2007	José Mourinho	Portugal	Chelsea
2008	Harry Redknapp	England	Portsmouth
2009	Guus Hiddink	Netherlands	Chelsea
2010	Carlo Ancelotti	Italy	Chelsea	^[8]
2011	Roberto Mancini	Italy	Manchester City	^[9]
2012	Roberto Di Matteo	Italy	Chelsea	^[10]
2013	Roberto Martínez	Spain	Wigan Athletic	^[11]
2014	Arsène Wenger	France	Arsenal	^[5]
2015	Arsène Wenger	France	Arsenal	^[5]
2016	Louis van Gaal	Netherlands	Manchester United	^[12]
2017	Arsène Wenger	France	Arsenal	^[13]
2018	Antonio Conte	Italy	Chelsea	^[14]
2019	Pep Guardiola	Spain	Manchester City	^[15]
2020	Mikel Arteta	Spain	Arsenal	^[16]
2021	Brendan Rodgers	Northern Ireland	Leicester City	^[17]
2022	Jürgen Klopp	Germany	Liverpool	^[18]

Managers with multiple titles[edit]

Rank	Nationality	Manager	Number of wins	Winning Years	Club(s)
1	France	Arsène Wenger	7	1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2017	Arsenal
2	Scotland	George Ramsay	6	1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920	Aston Villa
3	Scotland	Alex Ferguson	5	1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004	Manchester United
4	England	John Nicholson	4	1899, 1902, 1915, 1925	Sheffield United
5	Unknown	James Fielding	3	1884, 1885, 1886	Blackburn Rovers
	England	Charles Foweraker	3	1923, 1926, 1929	Bolton Wanderers
	England	Bill Nicholson	3	1961, 1962, 1967	Tottenham Hotspur
8	Scotland	Thomas Mitchell	2	1890, 1891	Blackburn Rovers
	England	Jack Addenbrooke	2	1893, 1908	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	England	Arthur Dickinson	2	1896, 1907	The Wednesday
	England	H. Hamer	2	1900, 1903	Bury
	Scotland	Frank Watt	2	1910, 1924	Newcastle United
	England	Herbert Chapman	2	1922, 1930	Huddersfield Town, Arsenal
	England	Billy Walker	2	1935, 1959	Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest
	Scotland	Matt Busby	2	1948, 1963	Manchester United
	England	Stan Cullis	2	1949, 1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	England	Stan Seymour	2	1951, 1952	Newcastle United
	Scotland	Bill Shankly	2	1965, 1974	Liverpool
	England	John Lyall	2	1975, 1980	West Ham United
	England	Keith Burkinshaw	2	1981, 1982	Tottenham Hotspur
	England	Ron Atkinson	2	1983, 1985	Manchester United
	Scotland	Kenny Dalglish	2	1986, 1989	Liverpool

By nationality[edit]

Country	Managers	Total
England	50	76
Scotland	17	32
France	2	8
Italy	5	5
Spain	4	4
Netherlands	3	3
Northern Ireland	2	2
Germany	1	1
Portugal	1	1

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kelly, Andy (4 October 2017). "ARSENAL MANAGER HASN'T WON AS MANY FA CUPS AS BELIEVED". The Arsenal History. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Kenny Dalglish – Liverpool FC". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Sir Alex Ferguson". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
^ "Graeme Souness – Liverpool FC". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
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^ "Rafael Benitez – Liverpool FC". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
^ "2010 FA Cup Final Match | Chelsea vs Portsmouth | FA Cup Finals". www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "2011 FA Cup Final Match | Manchester City vs Stoke City | FA Cup Finals". www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "2012 FA Cup Final Match | Chelsea vs Liverpool | FA Cup Finals". www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2p22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
^ "Man City 0-1 Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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^ "ARSENAL 2-1 CHELSEA". The Football Association. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "EDEN HAZARD PENALTY WINS EMIRATES FA CUP FOR CHELSEA". The Football Association. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Manchester City v Watford, 18 May 2019". 11v11.com. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "Aubameyang double wins FA Cup for Arsenal". BBC Sport. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "Leicester win FA Cup for first time". BBC Sport. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to win FA Cup and keep quadruple hopes alive". BBC Sport. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.

[TMitchell-1] Kelly, Andy (4 October 2017). "ARSENAL MANAGER HASN'T WON AS MANY FA CUPS AS BELIEVED". The Arsenal History. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

[Dalglish-2] "Kenny Dalglish – Liverpool FC". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

[Ferguson-3] "Sir Alex Ferguson". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

[4] "Graeme Souness – Liverpool FC". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

[Wenger-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Arsène Wenger". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

[6] "Gerard Houllier – Liverpool FC". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

[7] "Rafael Benitez – Liverpool FC". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

[8] "2010 FA Cup Final Match | Chelsea vs Portsmouth | FA Cup Finals". www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[9] "2011 FA Cup Final Match | Manchester City vs Stoke City | FA Cup Finals". www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[10] "2012 FA Cup Final Match | Chelsea vs Liverpool | FA Cup Finals". www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2p22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

[11] "Man City 0-1 Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[12] "SUPERSUB JESSE LINGARD SEALS UNITED'S 12TH FA CUP VICTORY". The Football Association. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[13] "ARSENAL 2-1 CHELSEA". The Football Association. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[14] "EDEN HAZARD PENALTY WINS EMIRATES FA CUP FOR CHELSEA". The Football Association. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[15] "Manchester City v Watford, 18 May 2019". 11v11.com. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[16] "Aubameyang double wins FA Cup for Arsenal". BBC Sport. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[17] "Leicester win FA Cup for first time". BBC Sport. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[18] "Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties to win FA Cup and keep quadruple hopes alive". BBC Sport. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.

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