TheFA Cup is anassociation football competition contested between English clubs since 1872 and is the oldest football competition in the world.[ 1] [ 2] Premier League andUEFA Champions League has seen its importance diminish.[ 3] manager is to select the squad during the league season, develop the tactics of the team and manage potential issues within the squad. Due to the prestige of winning the FA Cup, the pressures on managers to succeed can be great.[ 4]
Eighteen men have won the tournament both as a player and as a manager:John Cameron as player-manager in 1901,Peter McWilliam ,Billy Walker ,Jimmy Seed ,Matt Busby ,Stan Seymour ,Joe Smith ,Bill Shankly ,Joe Mercer ,Don Revie ,Bob Stokoe ,Kenny Dalglish ,Bobby Gould ,Terry Venables ,George Graham ,Gianluca Vialli ,Roberto Di Matteo andMikel Arteta . Cameron and Dalglish are the only two people who have guided their clubs to the title as player-managers, in 1901 and 1986 respectively. Two managers have won the title with multiple sides:Billy Walker won as manager ofSheffield Wednesday in1935 andNottingham Forest in1959 , andHerbert Chapman won as manager ofHuddersfield Town in1922 andArsenal in1930 .James Fielding andJarvis Kenrick have both won the most consecutive finals with three each, Kenrick withWanderers in1876 ,1877 and1878 , and Fielding withBlackburn Rovers in1884 ,1885 and1886 .[ 5] 1950 , and managing Manchester City to a victory in1969 .[ 6]
English managers have won the competition the most, with 76 wins by 50 different managers. Scottish managers are next with 32 wins by 17 different managers, and French managers are third with eight wins by two managers.Harry Redknapp was the last English manager to win the FA Cup, when he ledPortsmouth to victory in the2008 final .[ 7] Ruud Gullit became the first manager from outside the British Isles to win the FA Cup when he guidedChelsea to victory in the1997 final .[ 8]
FA Cup-winning managers [ edit ] Bob Crompton , winning manager in 1928Fred Everiss , winning secretary-manager in 1931Bobby Robson , winning manager in 1978Ron Atkinson , winning manager in 1983 and 1985Alex Ferguson , winning manager in 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2004FA Cup-winning managers by individual Rank Manager Nationality Wins Winning Years Club(s) 1 Arsène Wenger 7 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2017 Arsenal 2 George Ramsay 6 1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920 Aston Villa 3 Alex Ferguson 5 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004 Manchester United 4 John Nicholson 4 1899, 1902, 1915, 1925 Sheffield United 5 James Fielding 3 1884, 1885, 1886 Blackburn Rovers Charles Foweraker 1923, 1926, 1929 Bolton Wanderers Bill Nicholson 1961, 1962, 1967 Tottenham Hotspur 8 Thomas Mitchell 2 1890, 1891 Blackburn Rovers Jack Addenbrooke 1893, 1908 Wolverhampton Wanderers Arthur Dickinson 1896, 1907 The Wednesday Harry Spencer Hamer 1900, 1903 Bury Frank Watt 1910, 1924 Newcastle United Herbert Chapman 1922, 1930 Huddersfield Town ,Arsenal Billy Walker 1935, 1959 Sheffield Wednesday ,Nottingham Forest Matt Busby 1948, 1963 Manchester United Stan Cullis 1949, 1960 Wolverhampton Wanderers Stan Seymour 1951, 1952 Newcastle United Bill Shankly 1965, 1974 Liverpool John Lyall 1975, 1980 West Ham United Keith Burkinshaw 1981, 1982 Tottenham Hotspur Ron Atkinson 1983, 1985 Manchester United Kenny Dalglish 1986, 1989 Liverpool Pep Guardiola 2019, 2023 Manchester City
FA Cup-winning managers by nationality Country Managers Total 50 76 20 32 2 8 5 5 4 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
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