Stamford Bridge has been home to something of a managerial carousel since Roman Abramovich took over Chelsea in 2003 – but that doesn’t necessarily mean there have been loads of failures.
Chelsea have gone through 12 (relatively) permanent managers in that time, plus a number of interim and caretaker bosses in between appointments, but the constant changing certainly hasn’t been because they haven’t been winning things.
We’ve ranked every Chelsea boss under Abramovich to have managed a minimum of 10 games, meaning no Steve Holland or Ray Wilkins, but Rafa Benitez and Guus Hiddink.
12. Andre Villas-Boas
We’re sorry, Andre, we liked you, but someone has to be the worst, and with a 48% win rate you are objectively the (joint) worst.
Plus, Chelsea paid a world-record €15million to snare you from Porto. It really didn’t work out, but that doesn’t mean you weren’t a very good right-hand man.
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11. Luiz Felipe Scolari
Big Phil was supposed to be a lot of fun and for a brief period, it looked like it was going to be. Deco arrived, Milan were swept aside 5-0 in pre-season and Chelsea lost only twice in the Premier League in the first half of the season.
But then the wheels started to fall off. The Blues were thrashed 3-0 by Manchester United and lost 2-0 at Anfield, and suddenly they looked like they might not make the top four, which was all it took for anyone in those Abramovich days.
As a side note, at his unveiling, Scolari was asked whether his decision to join Chelsea was financial and replied: “Yes, that is one of the reasons. I’m 59 and I don’t want to work as a coach until I’m 70. I want to retire in four or five years, so it was a financial matter but there are other things.”
He is now 73 years old… and is onto his ninth job since leaving Chelsea.
9. Avram Grant
We have no idea how Avram Grant took Chelsea to a Champions League final. But he…
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