List of Women's Super League managers explained

The Women's Super League is the top tier of women's football in England. The league began in 2011, supplanting the FA Women's Premier League National Division as the highest level of women's football in England.

As of the end of the 2023–24 Women's Super League season, Emma Hayes holds the record for most games managed in the WSL with 212, all with Chelsea, which she managed from 14 August 2012 to 18 May 2024. The most successful manager in the WSL is Emma Hayes, who won seven league titles with Chelsea between 2015 and 2024. Matt Beard has managed the most teams in the WSL, having taken charge of four different clubs: Chelsea, Liverpool, West Ham United and Bristol City across five different spells.

Current Women's Super League managers

Name Nationality Age Club Since
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List of all-time managerial appointments

The list of managers includes everyone who has managed a club while they were in the WSL, whether in a permanent or temporary role. Interim managers are listed only when they managed the team for at least one match in that period.

Key
Incumbent manager
Caretaker manager
§Incumbent but no longer in WSL
NameNationalityClubFromUntilDurationYears in
League
2010–12 [1]
2013–14 [2]
0 years, 96 days 2014 [3]
2014–17 [4]
0 years, 13 days 2017
2017–21 [5] [6]
present 2021– [7]
2020–21 [8] [9]
0 years, 105 days 2021 [10] [11]
2021–24 [12] [13]
present 0 years, 2024– [14]
2011–16 [15]
2016–19 [16] [17]
2019–20 [18] [19]
0 years, 276 days 2020–21 [20] [21]
0 years, 141 days 2021 [22] [23]
0 years, 3 days 2021 [24]
2021–22 [25] [26]
2018–22 [27] [28]
0 years, 58 days 2022 [29]
0 years, 65 days 2022–23 [30]
0 years, 32 days 2023 [31]
0 years, 300 days 2023–24 [32]
0 years, 2024
present 0 years, 2024– [33]
2011–13 [34]
2014–15 [35] [36]
0 years, 5 days 2015
2015
2017–18 		[37] [38]
2018–21 [39] [40]
0 years, 117 days 2021 [41] [42]
§ present 2023–24 [43]
2011–12 [44]
2012–24 [45] [46]
present 0 years, 2024– [47]
present 2024– [48]
2011–13 [49]
2016 [50] [51]
2016 [52] [53]
2011–12 [54] [55]
2012–14 [56]
2017–18 [57] [58]
0 years, 24 days 2018
2018–21 [59] [60]
0 years, 96 days 2021–22 [61] [62]
0 years, 95 days 2022 [63]
present 2022– [64]
2021 [65] [66]
0 years, 332 days 2021–22 [67] [68]
2022–24 [69] [70]
0 years, 2024
present 0 years, 2024– [71]
2011 [72] [73]
2011–12 [74]
2011–12 [75] [76]
0 years, 38 days 2012 [77]
2012–15 [78] [79]
2015–18 [80] [81]
0 years, 94 days 2018 [82] [83]
0 years, 42 days 2018 [84]
2018–20 [85] [86]
present 2021– [87]
2013–20 [88] [89]
0 years, 115 days 2020
present 2020– [90]
2019–21 [91] [92]
present 2021– [93]
2013–16 [94] [95]
2012–23 [96] [97]
2015–17 [98] [99]
§ present 2017–18 [100]
2019–20 [101] [102]
2019–20
2020–23 [103] [104]
0 years, 116 days 2023
present 2023– [105]
2018–20 [106] [107]
0 years, 31 days 2020
2020–22 [108] [109]
2022–23 [110]
present 2023– [111]
2017–18 [112] [113]
2018–19 [114] [115]
Notes:

By club

ClubTotal
Arsenal7
Aston Villa4
Birmingham City7
Brighton & Hove Albion7
Bristol City6
Chelsea3
Crystal Palace1
Doncaster Rovers Belles3
Everton8
Leicester City5
Lincoln3
Liverpool7
Manchester City3
Manchester United2
Notts County1
Reading1
Sunderland2
Tottenham Hotspur5
West Ham United5
Yeovil Town2

By nationality

Records

Managers listed in bold are currently managing in the WSL. Does not include caretaker/interim managers who never took on a permanent role.

Most games

scope=colRankscope=colManagerscope=colGamesscope=colClub(s)
1align=center 212 Chelsea (212)
2 Matt Beard align=center 168 Liverpool (92)
West Ham United (41)
Chelsea (23)
Bristol City (12)
3align=center 142 Reading (142)
4align=center 120 Everton (53)
Bristol City (36)
Leicester City (31)
5 Marc Skinner align=center 105 Manchester United (66)
Birmingham City (39)
6align=center 104 Manchester City (104)
7 Gareth Taylor align=center 88 Manchester City (88)
align=center 88 Aston Villa (66)
Birmingham City (22)
9align=center 86 Birmingham City (86)
10align=center 85 Brighton & Hove Albion (85)

Most wins

scope=colRankscope=colManagerscope=colWinsscope=colClub(s)
1align=center 151 Chelsea (151)
2align=center 72 Manchester City (72)
3 Gareth Taylor align=center 65 Manchester City (65)
4 Matt Beard align=center 63 Liverpool (41)
West Ham United (13)
Chelsea (7)
Bristol City (2)
5 Marc Skinner align=center 58 Manchester United (40)
Birmingham City (18)
6align=center 53 Arsenal (53)
7 Jonas Eidevall align=center 48 Arsenal (48)
8align=center 41 Reading (41)
9align=center 37 Birmingham City (37)
align=center 37 Everton (20)
Leicester City (9)
Bristol City (8)

Highest win percentage

scope=colRankscope=colManagerscope=colWins (games)scope=colClub(s)scope=colWin %
1align=center 53 (70) Arsenal (2017–21) align=center
2 Gareth Taylor align=center 65 (88) Manchester City (2020–present) align=center
3 Jonas Eidevall align=center 48 (66) Arsenal (2021–present) align=center
4align=center 20 (28) Arsenal (2010–12) align=center
5align=center 151 (212) Chelsea (2012–24) align=center
6align=center 72 (104) Manchester City (2013–20) align=center
7align=center 22 (36) Manchester United (2018–21) align=center
8align=center 27 (46) Arsenal (2014–17) align=center
9align=center 10 (18) Arsenal (2013–14) align=center
10 Marc Skinner align=center 58 (105) Birmingham City (2016–19)
Manchester United (2021–present) 		align=center

Lowest win percentage

scope=colRankscope=colManagerscope=colWins (games)scope=colClub(s)scope=colWin %
1align=center 0 (26) Yeovil Town (2014–18) align=center
align=center 0 (8) Leicester City (2014–21) align=center
align=center 0 (7) Birmingham City (2021) align=center
align=center 0 (3) Brighton & Hove Albion (2022–23) align=center
align=center 0 (1) Liverpool (2018) align=center
6align=center 1 (23) Bristol City (2015, 2023–24) align=center
7align=center 1 (13) Doncaster Rovers (2016–17) align=center
8align=center 2 (20) Yeovil Town (2018–19) align=center
align=center 2 (20) Liverpool (2008–12) align=center
10align=center 6 (42) Doncaster Rovers (2003–13) align=center -11align=center 8 (52) Everton (2012–18) align=center -->

Achievements

Title winning managers

By season

scope=colSeasonscope=colNamescope=colClubscope=col
2011 Laura HarveyArsenal[116]
2012 Laura HarveyArsenal[117]
2013 Matt BeardLiverpool[118]
2014 Matt BeardLiverpool[119]
2015 Emma HayesChelsea[120]
2016 Nick CushingManchester City[121]
2017–18 Emma HayesChelsea[122]
2018–19 Joe MontemurroArsenal[123]
2019–20 Emma HayesChelsea[124]
2020–21 Emma HayesChelsea[125]
2021–22 Emma HayesChelsea[126]
2022–23 Emma HayesChelsea[127]
2023–24 Emma HayesChelsea

By manager

scope=colRankscope=colNamescope=colTitlesscope=colClub(s)Seasons
1 Emma Hayesalign=center 7Chelsea2015, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
2 Laura Harveyalign=center rowspan="2" 2Arsenal2011, 2012
Matt BeardLiverpool2013, 2014
4 Nick Cushingalign=center rowspan="2" 1Manchester City2016
Joe MontemurroArsenal2018–19

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arsenal Ladies make Kerr new boss . BBC Sport.
  2. Web site: Ladies manager Shelley Kerr to step down . www.arsenal.com.
  3. Web site: Association . The Football . Pedro Martinez Losa appointed Arsenal Ladies boss . www.thefa.com.
  4. Web site: Pedro Martinez Losa leaves Arsenal . Evening Standard . 25 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Montemurro joins Arsenal . www.arsenal.com.
  6. Web site: Arsenal Women manager Joe Montemurro to leave at end of season . The Guardian . 31 March 2021.
  7. Web site: Arsenal Women appoint Jonas Eidevall as new head coach . Sky Sports.
  8. Web site: Frith . Wilf . Aston Villa Ladies appoint Gemma Davies as Head Coach . SheKicks . 19 June 2018.
  9. Web site: Surprise as Aston Villa sack head coach Gemma Davies . The Athletic.
  10. Web site: Marcus Bignot joins Aston Villa Women as Interim Manager . Aston Villa Football Club.
  11. Web site: Aston Villa Women can confirm that Marcus Bignot's term as Interim Manager has ended following the completion of the season . Aston Villa Football Club.
  12. Web site: Ex-Birmingham boss Ward joins Villa . BBC Sport.
  13. Web site: Carla Ward: Aston Villa boss to leave at end of season . BBC Sport . 3 May 2024.
  14. Web site: Robert de Pauw appointed new Women's manager . Aston Villa Football Club . 29 June 2024.
  15. Web site: David Parker steps down as Birmingham City manager . VAVEL . 12 December 2016.
  16. Web site: O'Neill . Jen . Marc Skinner Appointed New Birmingham Boss . SheKicks . 14 December 2016.
  17. Web site: Skinner to exit Blues & set for Pride job . BBC Sport.
  18. Web site: Blues appoint Marta Tejedor as Manager . Birmingham City Football Club.
  19. Web site: Blues Women manager Tejedor leaves club . BBC Sport.
  20. Web site: Carla Ward appointed Women's Head Coach . Birmingham City Football Club.
  21. Web site: Garry . Tom . Carla Ward resigns as Birmingham City Women manager . The Telegraph . 14 May 2021.
  22. Web site: Scott Booth named Blues Women Head Coach . Birmingham City Football Club.
  23. Web site: Garry . Tom . Birmingham City Women sack manager Scott Booth after just four months in charge . The Telegraph . 18 November 2021.
  24. Web site: Club Statement: Scott Booth . Birmingham City Football Club.
  25. Web site: Blues Women Interim Head Coach: Darren Carter . Birmingham City FC.
  26. Web site: Darren Carter leaves Blues Women . Birmingham City FC.
  27. Web site: Brighton appoint ex-England boss Powell . BBC Sport.
  28. Web site: Hope Powell steps down as Brighton Women manager after 8-0 WSL home defeat to Tottenham . Sky Sports.
  29. Web site: Scheuer succeeds Powell as Brighton manager . BBC Sport.
  30. Web site: Club statement: Jens Scheuer . www.brightonandhovealbion.com.
  31. Web site: Albion name new head coach as they prepare for WSL run-in . The Argus.
  32. Web site: Phillips leaves head coach role . www.brightonandhovealbion.com . en.
  33. Web site: Albion name former Australia international as head coach of women's team . The Argus . 10 July 2024.
  34. Web site: Sampson is new England women boss . BBC Sport.
  35. Web site: Association . The Football . Dave Edmondson takes over at Bristol Academy . www.thefa.com.
  36. Web site: Bristol boss Edmondson leaves club . BBC Sport.
  37. Web site: Bristol Academy Appoint New Head Coach . Bristol City.
  38. Web site: Bristol City Women boss Kirk steps down . BBC Sport.
  39. Web site: Oxtoby appointed Vixens manager . Bristol City.
  40. Web site: Oxtoby steps down . Bristol City.
  41. Web site: Beard in temporary charge as Oxtoby cover . Bristol City.
  42. Web site: Beard's term as Interim Manager comes to an end . Bristol City.
  43. Web site: Frith . Wilf . Bristol City Women Head Coach Lauren Smith signs new three-year deal . SheKicks . 6 October 2021.
  44. Web site: John Terry rescues Chelsea Ladies after funding cuts . The Guardian . 18 October 2009.
  45. Web site: Emma Hayes profile . Chelsea FC.
  46. Web site: Chelsea boss Hayes leaving WSL club at end of season . BBC Sport.
  47. Web site: Sonia Bompastor to become Chelsea Women Head Coach . Chelsea FC.
  48. Web site: Palace Women appoint Laura Kaminski as head coach - News . Crystal Palace F.C. . 14 July 2023.
  49. Web site: Boss Buckley departs Doncaster Belles . BBC Sport.
  50. Web site: Harris named new boss by Belles . BBC Sport.
  51. Web site: Harris departs Doncaster position . BBC Sport.
  52. Web site: Belles appoint Coates as manager . BBC Sport.
  53. Web site: Doncaster Rovers Belles: Boss Emma Coates to leave for England job . www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk.
  54. Web site: Echo . Liverpool . Everton Ladies boss Mo Marley sacked husband so she could be manager . Liverpool Echo . 21 May 2009.
  55. Web site: Live . Cheshire . Andy Spence named as new Everton FC ladies boss . CheshireLive . 15 November 2012.
  56. Web site: Echo . Liverpool . Everton ladies boss Andy Spence quits . Liverpool Echo . 10 June 2015.
  57. Web site: Spence back as Everton Ladies boss . BBC Sport.
  58. Web site: Spence Leaves Role As Everton Ladies Head Coach . www.evertonfc.com . 7 November 2018.
  59. Web site: Everton appoint Man Utd assistant Kirk . BBC Sport.
  60. Web site: Everton sack Kirk after poor WSL start . BBC Sport.
  61. Web site: Everton appoint ex-Lyon manager Vasseur . BBC Sport.
  62. Web site: Garry . Tom . Everton sack manager Jean-Luc Vasseur after just 10 games in charge of women's side . The Telegraph . 2 February 2022.
  63. Web site: Club Statement: Vasseur leaves . www.evertonfc.com.
  64. Web site: Sorensen to become new Everton Women manager . www.evertonfc.com.
  65. Web site: 'A Big Step Forward For LCFC Women' . www.lcfc.com.
  66. Web site: Jonathan Morgan Leaves LCFC Women . www.lcfc.com.
  67. Web site: LCFC Women Appoint Lydia Bedford As First Team Manager . Leicester City.
  68. Web site: Lydia Bedford Departs In Managerial Change . www.lcfc.com.
  69. Web site: Wrack . Suzanne . Leicester Women investigate manager Willie Kirk over alleged player relationship . The Guardian . 8 March 2024.
  70. Web site: Leicester sack Kirk after relationship allegation . BBC Sport.
  71. Web site: Leicester City name Amandine Miquel as new manager on three-year deal . BBC Sport . 15 July 2024.
  72. Web site: WSL a vision made real - Wilson . BBC news . 12 April 2011.
  73. Web site: Harris named Lincoln Ladies boss . BBC news . 23 September 2011.
  74. Web site: Lincoln Ladies manager Glen Harris sacked . The Lincolnite . 11 October 2012.
  75. Web site: Robbie Johnson takes charge at Liverpool . Women's Soccer Scene.
  76. Web site: Johnson steps down as Liverpool Ladies manager . Liverpool FC.
  77. Web site: Live . Cheshire . Andy Williams era starts with defeat for Liverpool Ladies . CheshireLive . 1 July 2012.
  78. Web site: Liverpool Ladies appoint Matt Beard as new manager . Liverpool FC.
  79. Web site: Beard set to leave Liverpool Ladies . Liverpool FC.
  80. Web site: Philbin . Paul . Rogers named Liverpool Ladies manager . Liverpool Echo . 22 October 2015.
  81. Web site: Liverpool Ladies manager Scott Rogers leaves club . Sky Sports.
  82. Web site: Liverpool Ladies name Redfearn as boss . BBC Sport.
  83. Web site: Neil Redfearn resigns as Liverpool Women head coach . Sky Sports.
  84. Web site: Chris Kirkland takes charge of Liverpool Women after Redfearn resignation . The Guardian . 14 September 2018.
  85. Web site: Jepson named as Liverpool Women manager . BBC Sport.
  86. Web site: Jepson leaves Liverpool FC Women by mutual consent . Liverpool FC.
  87. Web site: Matt Beard appointed Liverpool FC Women manager . Liverpool F.C. . 13 May 2021.
  88. Web site: Nick Cushing becomes first team manager of Manchester City Ladies . Sky Sports.
  89. Web site: Nick Cushing to join New York City FC . www.mancity.com.
  90. Web site: Wrack . Suzanne . Manchester City Women appoint Gareth Taylor as manager . The Guardian . 28 May 2020.
  91. Web site: Casey Stoney MBE appointed head coach of women's team . www.manutd.com.
  92. Web site: Casey Stoney to leave role as Man Utd Women Head Coach . Manchester United.
  93. 2021-07-29. Marc Skinner appointed as United Women head coach . Manchester United.
  94. Web site: Passmoor appointed Lady Imps boss . BBC Sport.
  95. Web site: Notts County Ladies ‘jobless and homeless’ as club folds on eve of season . The Guardian . 21 April 2017.
  96. Web site: Chambers new Women's Manager . www.readingfc.co.uk.
  97. Web site: Kelly Chambers set to leave the club for pastures new . Reading FC . 20 June 2023.
  98. Web site: Sunderland name Fairweather new boss . BBC Sport.
  99. Web site: Hunter . James . Sunderland Ladies' head coach Carlton Fairweather leaves the club . ChronicleLive . 28 February 2017.
  100. Web site: Reay in for Fairweather at Sunderland . BBC Sport.
  101. Web site: Spurs appoint Karen Hills as manager . Women's Soccer Scene.
  102. Web site: Karen Hills and Juan Amoros leave Club . Tottenham Hotspur.
  103. Web site: Rehanne Skinner: Tottenham hire Phil Neville's England assistant as new head coach . Sky Sports.
  104. Web site: WSL side Tottenham sack manager Skinner . BBC Sport.
  105. Web site: Tottenham Women appoint Robert Vilahamn as head coach on two-year deal to replace Rehanne Skinner . Sky Sports.
  106. Web site: West Ham Ladies appoint former Chelsea & Liverpool coach Matt Beard . www.whufc.com.
  107. Web site: Head coach Beard leaves West Ham . BBC Sport.
  108. Web site: WSL side West Ham appoint Harder as boss . BBC Sport.
  109. Web site: Konchesky appointed women’s manager, as Harder departs . www.whufc.com.
  110. Web site: Garry . Tom . West Ham Women part ways with Paul Konchesky after disappointing WSL campaign . The Telegraph . 28 May 2023.
  111. Web site: Rehanne Skinner: West Ham Women appoint former Tottenham boss to replace Paul Konchesky . Sky Sports.
  112. Web site: Association . The Football . Jamie Sherwood named new manager of Yeovil Town . www.thefa.com.
  113. Web site: Yeovil manager Sherwood to leave club . BBC Sport.
  114. Web site: Yeovil Ladies confirm Burch as new boss . BBC Sport.
  115. Web site: Lee Burch leaves Yeovil Town Ladies . Dorset Echo.
  116. Web site: Leighton . Tony . Arsenal win first Women's Super League title after beating Liverpool . The Guardian . 28 August 2011.
  117. Web site: Arsenal women retain Super League title with victory over Doncaster . The Guardian . 30 September 2012.
  118. Web site: Liverpool win women's league title . BBC Sport.
  119. Web site: Stunning finale gives Liverpool the WSL title . UEFA.com . 13 October 2014.
  120. Web site: How Chelsea Ladies won the title . BBC Sport.
  121. Web site: Leighton . Tony . Manchester City seal Women’s Super League title by beating Chelsea . The Guardian . 25 September 2016.
  122. Web site: Chelsea beat Bristol City to clinch WSL title . BBC Sport.
  123. Web site: How Arsenal pulled off WSL title win . BBC Sport.
  124. Web site: Association . The Football . Chelsea Women awarded Barclays FA WSL title and Aston Villa win Women's Championship . www.thefa.com.
  125. Web site: Chelsea pip Man City to Women’s Super League title after 5-0 win over Reading . The Guardian . 9 May 2021.
  126. Web site: Chelsea win historic third successive WSL title . BBC Sport.
  127. Web site: Hayes relieved season over as 'hardest yet' ends in title . BBC Sport.

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