List of Aberdeen F.C. managers explained

The following is a list of managers of Aberdeen F.C. since its foundation in 1903. As of February 2024, Aberdeen have had 26 full-time managers, including joint managers.

The most successful Aberdeen manager is Sir Alex Ferguson, who won three Scottish Premier Division titles, four Scottish Cup trophies, one Scottish League Cup, one European Cup Winners' Cup and one UEFA Super Cup in an eight-year spell at the club.

Statistics

Entries in italics are caretaker managers.

Only competitive league matches are counted.^[1] As of 2 May 2024.

From	To	Name	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win %	Source
1903	1924		644	221	172	251	817	883	34%	^[2]
1924	1937		474	214	106	154	916	732	45%	^[3]
1937	1955		371	165	71	135	731	602	44%	^[4]
1955	1959		148	66	20	62	316	280	45%	^[5]
1959	1965		180	67	42	71	328	341	37%	^[6]
1965	1971		214	100	42	72	386	278	47%	^[7]
1971	1975		143	67	46	30	264	143	47%	^[8]
1975	1975		4	2	0	2	5	6	50%	^[9]
1975	1977		61	24	19	18	89	72	39%	^[10]
1977	1978		36	22	9	5	68	29	61%	^[11]
1978	1986		288	167	71	50	564	229	58%	^[12]
1986	1986		15	7	5	3	25	14	47%
1986	1986		1	0	1	0	0	0	0%	^[13]
1986	1988		72	35	27	10	94	40	49%	^[14]
1988	1991		117	63	35	19	181	89	54%	^[15]
1991	1992		23	7	7	9	34	31	30%	^[16]
1992	1995		124	53	45	26	182	111	43%	^[17]
1995	1997		99	35	27	37	125	139	35%	^[18]
1997	1997		2	0	2	0	2	2	0%	^[19]
21 Nov 1997	1 Nov 1998		38	10	11	17	39	52	26%	^[20]
1 Jan 1999	24 May 1999		19	7	2	10	28	43	37%	^[21]
1 July 1999	29 November 2002		130	40	31	59	157	214	31%	^[22]
2002	2002		1	0	1	0	1	1	0%	^[23]
11 Dec 2002	24 May 2004		57	18	11	28	62	86	32%	^[24]
1 June 2004	24 May 2009		190	79	49	62	236	214	42%	^[25]
1 July 2009	1 Dec 2010		53	13	12	28	51	83	24%	^[26]
1 Dec 2010	10 Dec 2010		1	0	0	1	0	5	0%	^[27]
10 Dec 2010	6 Apr 2013		93	27	29	37	98	107	29%	^[28]
6 Apr 2013	8 Mar 2021		295	157	60	78	434	303	53%	^[29]
8 Mar 2021	23 Mar 2021		2	1	0	1	1	1	50%	^[30]
23 Mar 2021	13 Feb 2022		29	9	6	14	33	39	31%	^[31]
13 Feb 2022	19 Feb 2022		1	0	1	0	1	1	0%	^[32]
19 Feb 2022	28 Jan 2023		35	11	7	17	45	56	31%	^[33]
29 Jan 2023	31 Jan 2024		36	15	7	14	45	50	42%	^[34]
31 Jan 2024	5 Feb 2024		1	0	1	0	0	0	0%	^[35]
5 Feb 2024	9 Mar 2024		6	0	2	4	7	13	0%	^[36]
9 Mar 2024	Present		6	2	3	1	4	3	33%	^[37]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scottish League - Scottish Football Archive . . 2008-01-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080127230342/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/leagues . 27 January 2008 .
2. Web site: Jimmy Philip profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
3. Web site: Paddy Travers profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
4. Web site: Dave Halliday profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
5. Web site: Davie Shaw profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
6. Web site: Tommy Pearson profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
7. Web site: Eddie Turnbull profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
8. Web site: Jimmy Bonthrone profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
9. Web site: George Murray profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
10. Web site: Ally McLeod profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
11. Web site: Billy McNeill profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
12. Web site: Alex Ferguson profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
13. Web site: Archie Knox profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
14. Web site: Ian Porterfield profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
15. Web site: Jocky Scott profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
16. Web site: Alex Smith profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
17. Web site: Willie Miller profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
18. Web site: Roy Aitken profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
19. Web site: Keith Burkinshaw profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
20. Web site: Alex Miller profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
21. Web site: Paul Hegarty profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
22. Web site: Ebbe Skovdahl profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
23. Web site: Gardner Spiers profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
24. Web site: Steve Paterson profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
25. Web site: Jimmy Calderwood profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
26. Web site: Mark McGhee profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
27. Web site: Neil Cooper profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
28. Web site: Craig Brown profile . AFC Heritage . 29 August 2011.
29. Web site: Derek McInnes profile . AFC Heritage . 27 February 2020.
30. Web site: Paul Sheerin profile . AFC Heritage . 21 February 2023.
31. Web site: Stephen Glass profile . AFC Heritage . 13 February 2022.
32. Web site: Barry Robson profile . AFC Heritage . 21 February 2023.
33. Web site: Jim Goodwin profile . AFC Heritage . 4 February 2023.
34. Web site: Barry Robson profile . AFC Heritage . 27 January 2024.
35. Web site: Neil Warnock profile . AFC Heritage . 9 March 2024.
36. Web site: Neil Warnock profile . AFC Heritage . 9 March 2024.
37. Web site: Neil Warnock profile . AFC Heritage . 18 March 2024.