List of Crystal Palace F.C. managers explained

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).

The club's most successful manager is Steve Coppell, who took the club to an FA Cup final and third place in the top-flight, won the Full Members Cup and were also twice second tier play-off winners. He is also the club's second longest-serving manager after Edmund Goodman, presiding over a total of 565 games from 1984 to 2000 (over four spells). In 2005, he was voted as the manager for Palace's Centenary XI.

Oliver Glasner is the current manager, having been in the role since 2024.

Key

Managers

Statistics are complete up to and including the match played 18 August 2024.

scope=col rowspan=2Namescope=col rowspan=2scope=col rowspan=2Fromscope=col rowspan=2Toscope=col colspan=5Recordscope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortableHonoursscope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortableNotes
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scope=row data-sort-value="Robson, Jack"Jack Robson19051907Southern League Division Two championship: 1905–06
scope=row data-sort-value="Goodman, Edmund"Edmund Goodman19071925London Challenge Cup winners: 1912–13, 1913–14, 1920–21
Football League Third Division winners: 1920–21
scope=row data-sort-value="Maley, Alex"Alex Maley19251927
scope=row data-sort-value="Mavin, Fred"Fred Mavin19271930
scope=row data-sort-value="Tresadern, Jack"Jack Tresadern19301935
scope=row data-sort-value="Bromilow, Tom"Tom Bromilow19351936
scope=row data-sort-value="Moyes, R. S."R. S. Moyes19361936
scope=row data-sort-value="Bromilow, Tom"Tom Bromilow19371939
scope=row data-sort-value="Irwin, George"George Irwin19391947
scope=row data-sort-value="Butler, Jack"Jack Butler19471949
scope=row data-sort-value="Rooke, Ronnie"Ronnie Rooke19491950
scope=row data-sort-value="Dawes, Fred"Fred Dawes
Charlie Slade

19501951
scope=row data-sort-value="Scott, Laurie"Laurie Scott19511954
scope=row data-sort-value="Spiers, Cyril"Cyril Spiers19541958
scope=row data-sort-value="Smith, George"George Smith19581960
scope=row data-sort-value="Rowe, Arthur"Arthur Rowe19601962Football League Fourth Division promotion: 1960–61
scope=row data-sort-value="Graham, Dick"Dick Graham19621966Football League Third Division promotion: 1963–64
scope=row data-sort-value="Rowe, Arthur"Arthur Rowe 19661966
scope=row data-sort-value="Head, Bert"Bert Head19661973Football League Second Division promotion: 1968–69
scope=row data-sort-value="Allison, Malcolm"Malcolm Allison19731976
scope=row data-sort-value="Venables, Terry"Terry Venables19761980Football League Third Division promotion: 1976–77
Football League Second Division championship: 1978–79
scope=row data-sort-value="Walley, Ernie"19801980
scope=row data-sort-value="Allison, Malcolm"Malcolm Allison19801981
scope=row data-sort-value="Gradi, Dario"Dario Gradi19811981
scope=row data-sort-value="Kember, Steve"Steve Kember19811982
scope=row data-sort-value="Mullery, Alan"Alan Mullery19821984
scope=row data-sort-value="Coppell, Steve"Steve Coppell19841993Football League Second Division play-off winners: 1988–89
Full Members' Cup winners: 1990–91
scope=row data-sort-value="Smith, Alan"Alan Smith19931995Football League First Division championship: 1993–94
scope=row data-sort-value="Coppell, Steve"Steve Coppell (2)19951996
scope=row data-sort-value="Bassett, Dave"Dave Bassett19961997
scope=row data-sort-value="Coppell, Steve"Steve Coppell (3)19971998Football League First Division play-off winners: 1996–97
scope=row data-sort-value="Lombardo, Attilio"Attilio Lombardo Italy19981998
scope=row data-sort-value="Noades, Ron"Ron Noades
Ray Lewington 

19981998
scope=row data-sort-value="Venables, Terry"Terry Venables19981999
scope=row data-sort-value="Coppell, Steve"Steve Coppell (4)19992000
scope=row data-sort-value="Smith, Alan"Alan Smith20002001
scope=row data-sort-value="Kember, Steve"20012001
scope=row data-sort-value="Bruce, Steve"Steve Bruce20012001
scope=row data-sort-value="Bullivant, Terry"Terry Bullivant
Steve Kember 

20012001
scope=row data-sort-value="Francis, Trevor"Trevor Francis20012003
scope=row data-sort-value="Kember, Steve"Steve Kember20032003
scope=row data-sort-value="Symons, Kit"20032003
scope=row data-sort-value="Dowie, Iain"Iain Dowie20032006Football League First Division play-off winners: 2003–04
scope=row data-sort-value="Taylor, Peter"Peter Taylor20062007
scope=row data-sort-value="Warnock, Neil"Neil Warnock20072010
scope=row data-sort-value="Hart, Paul"Paul Hart20102010
scope=row data-sort-value="Burley, George"George Burley20102011
scope=row data-sort-value="Freedman, Dougie"Dougie Freedman20112012
scope=row data-sort-value="Fleming, Curtis"Curtis Fleming
Lennie Lawrence 

Ireland
20122012
scope=row data-sort-value="Fleming, Curtis" Ireland20122012
scope=row data-sort-value="Holloway, Ian"Ian Holloway20122013Football League Championship play-off winners: 2012–13
scope=row data-sort-value="Millen, Keith"Keith Millen 20132013
scope=row data-sort-value="Pulis, Tony"Tony Pulis20132014
scope=row data-sort-value="Millen, Keith"Keith Millen 20142014
scope=row data-sort-value="Warnock, Neil"Neil Warnock (2)20142014
scope=row data-sort-value="Millen, Keith"Keith Millen 20142015
scope=row data-sort-value="Pardew, Alan"Alan Pardew20152016
scope=row data-sort-value="Allardyce, Sam"Sam Allardyce20162017
scope=row data-sort-value="de Boer, Frank"Frank de Boer20172017
scope=row data-sort-value="Hodgson, Roy"Roy Hodgson20172021
scope=row data sort-value="Vieira, Patrick"Patrick Vieira France20212023
scope=row data sort-value="McCarthy, Paddy"Paddy McCarthy Ireland20232023
scope=row data-sort-value="Hodgson, Roy"Roy Hodgson (2)20232024
scope=row data sort-value="McCarthy, Paddy"Paddy McCarthy Ireland20242024
scope=row data sort-value="Glasner, Oliver"Oliver Glasner Austria2024Present

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