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.
Statistics are complete up to and including the match played 18 August 2024.
scope=col rowspan=2 | Name | scope=col rowspan=2 | scope=col rowspan=2 | From | scope=col rowspan=2 | To | scope=col colspan=5 | Record | scope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortable | Honours | scope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortable | Notes | |
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scope=row data-sort-value="Robson, Jack" | Jack Robson | 1905 | 1907 | Southern League Division Two championship: 1905–06 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Goodman, Edmund" | Edmund Goodman | 1907 | 1925 | London Challenge Cup winners: 1912–13, 1913–14, 1920–21 Football League Third Division winners: 1920–21 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Maley, Alex" | Alex Maley | 1925 | 1927 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Mavin, Fred" | Fred Mavin | 1927 | 1930 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Tresadern, Jack" | Jack Tresadern | 1930 | 1935 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Bromilow, Tom" | Tom Bromilow | 1935 | 1936 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Moyes, R. S." | R. S. Moyes | 1936 | 1936 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Bromilow, Tom" | Tom Bromilow | 1937 | 1939 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Irwin, George" | George Irwin | 1939 | 1947 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Butler, Jack" | Jack Butler | 1947 | 1949 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Rooke, Ronnie" | Ronnie Rooke | 1949 | 1950 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Dawes, Fred" | Fred Dawes Charlie Slade | 1950 | 1951 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Scott, Laurie" | Laurie Scott | 1951 | 1954 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Spiers, Cyril" | Cyril Spiers | 1954 | 1958 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Smith, George" | George Smith | 1958 | 1960 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Rowe, Arthur" | Arthur Rowe | 1960 | 1962 | Football League Fourth Division promotion: 1960–61 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Graham, Dick" | Dick Graham | 1962 | 1966 | Football League Third Division promotion: 1963–64 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Rowe, Arthur" | Arthur Rowe | 1966 | 1966 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Head, Bert" | Bert Head | 1966 | 1973 | Football League Second Division promotion: 1968–69 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Allison, Malcolm" | Malcolm Allison | 1973 | 1976 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Venables, Terry" | Terry Venables | 1976 | 1980 | Football League Third Division promotion: 1976–77 Football League Second Division championship: 1978–79 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Walley, Ernie" | 1980 | 1980 | |||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Allison, Malcolm" | Malcolm Allison | 1980 | 1981 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Gradi, Dario" | Dario Gradi | 1981 | 1981 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Kember, Steve" | Steve Kember | 1981 | 1982 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Mullery, Alan" | Alan Mullery | 1982 | 1984 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Coppell, Steve" | Steve Coppell | 1984 | 1993 | Football League Second Division play-off winners: 1988–89 Full Members' Cup winners: 1990–91 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Smith, Alan" | Alan Smith | 1993 | 1995 | Football League First Division championship: 1993–94 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Coppell, Steve" | Steve Coppell (2) | 1995 | 1996 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Bassett, Dave" | Dave Bassett | 1996 | 1997 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Coppell, Steve" | Steve Coppell (3) | 1997 | 1998 | Football League First Division play-off winners: 1996–97 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Lombardo, Attilio" | Attilio Lombardo | Italy | 1998 | 1998 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Noades, Ron" | Ron Noades Ray Lewington | 1998 | 1998 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Venables, Terry" | Terry Venables | 1998 | 1999 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Coppell, Steve" | Steve Coppell (4) | 1999 | 2000 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Smith, Alan" | Alan Smith | 2000 | 2001 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Kember, Steve" | 2001 | 2001 | |||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Bruce, Steve" | Steve Bruce | 2001 | 2001 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Bullivant, Terry" | Terry Bullivant Steve Kember | 2001 | 2001 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Francis, Trevor" | Trevor Francis | 2001 | 2003 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Kember, Steve" | Steve Kember | 2003 | 2003 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Symons, Kit" | 2003 | 2003 | |||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Dowie, Iain" | Iain Dowie | 2003 | 2006 | Football League First Division play-off winners: 2003–04 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Taylor, Peter" | Peter Taylor | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Warnock, Neil" | Neil Warnock | 2007 | 2010 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Hart, Paul" | Paul Hart | 2010 | 2010 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Burley, George" | George Burley | 2010 | 2011 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Freedman, Dougie" | Dougie Freedman | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Fleming, Curtis" | Curtis Fleming Lennie Lawrence | Ireland | 2012 | 2012 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Fleming, Curtis" | Ireland | 2012 | 2012 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Holloway, Ian" | Ian Holloway | 2012 | 2013 | Football League Championship play-off winners: 2012–13 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Millen, Keith" | Keith Millen | 2013 | 2013 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Pulis, Tony" | Tony Pulis | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Millen, Keith" | Keith Millen | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Warnock, Neil" | Neil Warnock (2) | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Millen, Keith" | Keith Millen | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Pardew, Alan" | Alan Pardew | 2015 | 2016 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Allardyce, Sam" | Sam Allardyce | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="de Boer, Frank" | Frank de Boer | 2017 | 2017 | ||||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Hodgson, Roy" | Roy Hodgson | 2017 | 2021 | ||||||||||
scope=row data sort-value="Vieira, Patrick" | Patrick Vieira | France | 2021 | 2023 | |||||||||
scope=row data sort-value="McCarthy, Paddy" | Paddy McCarthy | Ireland | 2023 | 2023 | |||||||||
scope=row data-sort-value="Hodgson, Roy" | Roy Hodgson (2) | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||
scope=row data sort-value="McCarthy, Paddy" | Paddy McCarthy | Ireland | 2024 | 2024 | |||||||||
scope=row data sort-value="Glasner, Oliver" | Oliver Glasner | Austria | 2024 | Present |