List of Crystal Palace F.C. managers

The following is a list of managers of Crystal Palace Football Club, from the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1905 to the present day. Each manager's entry includes the dates of his tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost).

Edmund Goodman is Crystal Palace's longest serving manager, having taken charge of 613 matches from 1907 to 1925. The club's second-longest serving manager, Steve Coppell, presided over a total of 565 games between 1984 and 2000 across four spells, and in 2005 was voted as the manager for Palace's Centenary XI; he took the club to the 1990 FA Cup final and helped achieve their highest ever league finish of third place in the top-flight, as well as winning the 1990–91 Full Members' Cup and twice achieving promotion from the second tier.

Oliver Glasner is the most successful manager in the club's history

Oliver Glasner was the club's most recent manager, and he led Palace to the 2024–25 FA Cup title, the club's first ever major trophy, as well as ensuring qualification for European competition for the first time, where the club went on to win the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League.

Key

Managers

Statistics are complete up to and including the match played 27 May 2026.

Manager Nat. From To Record Honours Notes
P W D L Win%
Jack Robson ENG 19051907 77351824045.45 Southern League Division Two championship: 1905–06
Edmund Goodman ENG 19071925 613242166205039.48 London Challenge Cup winners: 1912–13, 1913–14, 1920–21
Football League Third Division winners: 1920–21
Alex Maley SCO 19251927 83361631043.37
Fred Mavin ENG 19271930 132633336047.73
Jack Tresadern ENG 19301935 213984471046.01
Tom Bromilow ENG 19351936 4423516052.27 [a]
R. S. Moyes ENG 19361936 236611026.09
Tom Bromilow ENG 19371939 118483535040.68 [a]
George Irwin[b] ENG 19391947 45151119033.33
Jack Butler ENG 19471949 88232441026.14
Ronnie Rooke[b] ENG 19491950 62191528030.65
Fred Dawes[b]
Charlie Slade		 ENG
ENG		 19501951 4081022020.00
Laurie Scott[b] ENG 19511954 145434161029.66
Cyril Spiers ENG 19541958 181525376028.73
George Smith ENG 19581960 100422731042.00
Arthur Rowe ENG 19601962 132523248039.39 Football League Fourth Division promotion: 1960–61 [c]
Dick Graham[b] ENG 19621966 150684141045.33 Football League Third Division promotion: 1963–64
Arthur Rowe † ENG 19661966 7223028.57 [c]
Bert Head ENG 19661973 32810196131030.79 Football League Second Division promotion: 1968–69
Malcolm Allison ENG 19731976 146524549035.62 [d]
Terry Venables[b] ENG 19761980 189696852036.51 Football League Third Division promotion: 1976–77
Football League Second Division championship: 1978–79		 [e]
Ernie Walley[b] † WAL 19801980 6114016.67
Malcolm Allison ENG 19801981 9135011.11 [d]
Dario Gradi ENG 19811981 307320023.33
Steve Kember[b] ENG 19811982 308814026.67 [f]
Alan Mullery ENG 19821984 98312740031.63
Steve Coppell ENG 19841993 442179113150040.50 Football League Second Division play-off winners: 1988–89
Full Members' Cup winners: 1990–91		 [g]
Alan Smith ENG 19931995 108482535044.44 Football League First Division championship: 1993–94 [h]
Steve Coppell (2) ENG 19951996 329149028.13 [g]
Dave Bassett ENG 19961997 60291516048.33
Steve Coppell (3) ENG 19971998 51161322031.37 Football League First Division play-off winners: 1996–97 [g]
Attilio Lombardo

‡

 ITA 19981998 7205028.57
Ron Noades
Ray Lewington †		 ENG
ENG		 19981998 2011000.00
Terry Venables[b] ENG 19981999 3111812035.48 [e]
Steve Coppell (4) ENG 19992000 4017617042.50 [g]
Alan Smith ENG 20002001 55141823025.45 [h]
Steve Kember[b] † ENG 20012001 2200100.00 [f]
Steve Bruce ENG 20012001 181125061.11
Terry Bullivant
Steve Kember[b] †		 ENG
ENG		 20012001 4103025.00 [f]
Trevor Francis ENG 20012003 78282228035.90
Steve Kember[b] ENG 20032003 237610030.43 [f]
Kit Symons[b] † WAL 20032003 9333033.33
Iain Dowie[b] NIR 20032006 123502944040.65 Football League First Division play-off winners: 2003–04
Peter Taylor[b] ENG 20062007 60211623035.00
Neil Warnock ENG 20072010 129473943036.43 [i]
Paul Hart ENG 20102010 14365021.43
George Burley SCO 20102011 257513028.00
Dougie Freedman[b] SCO 20112012 90322731035.56
Curtis Fleming[b] †
Lennie Lawrence †		 ENG
IRL		 20122012 2110050.00
Curtis Fleming[b] † IRL 20122012 1100100.00
Ian Holloway ENG 20122013 46141418030.43 Football League Championship play-off winners: 2012–13
Keith Millen † ENG 20132013 4112025.00
Tony Pulis WAL 20132014 2812511042.86
Keith Millen † ENG 2014 2014 3102033.33
Neil Warnock (2) ENG 20142014 17368017.65 [i]
Keith Millen † ENG 20142015 2020000.00
Alan Pardew[b] ENG 20152016 87351339040.23
Sam Allardyce ENG 20162017 249312037.50
Frank de Boer NED 20172017 5104020.00
Roy Hodgson[b] ENG 20172021 162543771033.33
Patrick Vieira FRA 20212023 74222527029.73
Paddy McCarthy[b]† IRL 20232023 1001000.00
Roy Hodgson[b] (2) ENG 20232024 38121016031.58
Paddy McCarthy[b]† IRL 20242024 1010000.00
Oliver Glasner AUT 20242026 121513634042.15 FA Cup winners: 2024–25
FA Community Shield winners: 2025
UEFA Conference League winners: 2025–26
Pierre Sage FRA 2026present* 0000!—

Notes

  1. 1 2 Tom Bromilow served two terms as manager. His cumulative managerial statistics read as – Record (P162 W71 D40 L51 W%43.83%).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Formerly played for the club.
  3. 1 2 Arthur Rowe served two terms as manager. His cumulative managerial statistics read as – Record (P139 W54 D34 L51 W%38.85).
  4. 1 2 Malcolm Allison served two terms as manager. His cumulative managerial statistics read as – Record (P155 W53 D48 L54 W%34.19).
  5. 1 2 Terry Venables served two terms as manager. His cumulative managerial statistics read as – Record (P220 W80 D76 L64 W%36.36).
  6. 1 2 3 4 Steve Kember served four terms as manager (including one spell as co-manager). His cumulative managerial statistics read as – Record (P59 W18 D14 L27 W%30.51).
  7. 1 2 3 4 Steve Coppell served four terms as manager. His cumulative managerial statistics read as – Record (P596 W223 D166 L207 W%37.42).
  8. 1 2 Alan Smith served two terms as manager. His cumulative managerial statistics read as – Record (P163 W62 D43 L58 W%38.04).
  9. 1 2 Neil Warnock served two terms as manager. His cumulative managerial statistics read as – Record (P146 W50 D45 L51 W%34.25).
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