| Name
| Tenure
| Notes
|
| John Tait Robertson
| April 1905 – October 1906
| First Chelsea manager; player-manager
|
| William Lewis
| October 1906 – August 1907
| Caretaker manager
|
| David Calderhead
| August 1907 – May 1933
| Chelsea's longest serving manager
|
| Leslie Knighton
| May 1933 – April 1939
|
|
| Billy Birrell
| May 1939 – May 1952
|
|
| Ted Drake
| May 1952 – September 1961
|
|
| Tommy Docherty
| January 1962 – October 1967
| Initially caretaker manager
|
| Ron Suart
| October 1967
| Caretaker manager
|
| Dave Sexton
| October 1967 – October 1974
|
|
| Ron Suart
| October 1974 – April 1975
|
|
| Eddie McCreadie
| April 1975 – July 1977
|
|
| Ken Shellito
| July 1977 – December 1978
|
|
| Danny Blanchflower
| December 1978 – September 1979
|
|
| Geoff Hurst
| October 1979 – April 1981
|
|
| Bobby Gould
| April – May 1981
| Caretaker manager
|
| John Neal
| May 1981 – June 1985
|
|
| John Hollins
| June 1985 – March 1988
|
|
| Bobby Campbell
| March 1988 – May 1991
| Initially caretaker manager
|
| Ian Porterfield
| June 1991 – February 1993
|
|
| David Webb
| February 1993 – May 1993
| Caretaker manager
|
| Glenn Hoddle
| June 1993 – May 1996
| Player-manager
|
| Ruud Gullit
| May 1996 – February 1998
| Player-manager
|
| Gianluca Vialli
| February 1998 – September 2000
| Player-manager
|
| Ray Wilkins/Graham Rix
| September 2000
| Caretaker managers
|
| Claudio Ranieri
| September 2000 – May 2004
|
|
| José Mourinho
| May 2004 – September 2007
|
|
| Avram Grant
| September 2007 – May 2008
|
|
| Luiz Felipe Scolari
| July 2008 – February 2009
|
|
| Ray Wilkins
| February 2009
| Caretaker manager
|
| Guus Hiddink
| February 2009 – May 2009
| Caretaker manager
|
| Carlo Ancelotti
| July 2009 – May 2011
|
|
| André Villas-Boas
| June 2011 – March 2012
|
|
| Roberto Di Matteo
| March 2012 – November 2012
| Initially interim manager
|
| Rafael Benítez
| November 2012 – May 2013
| Interim manager
|
| José Mourinho
| June 2013 – December 2015
|
|
| Guus Hiddink
| December 2015 – May 2016
| Interim manager
|
| Antonio Conte
| June 2016 -
|
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