A reverse-chronological timeline of Liverpool Football Club’s managers down the years.
Arne Slot
2024 – Present
Jurgen Klopp
2015 – 2024
Days as manager: 3,147 | Games: 491 | Win %: 62.12
A transformational manager that placed the club back on its perch, a charismatic figure who left a trophy-laden legacy.
Champions League 2019
UEFA Super Cup 2019
FIFA Club World Cup 2019
Premier League 2020
League Cup 2022
FA Cup 2022
League Cup 2024
Brendan Rodgers
2012 – 2015
Days as manager: 1,220 | Games: 166 | Win %: 51.2
Guided the Reds to the precipice of glory in the Premier League, took the team as far as he could and all parties needed to move on.
Kenny Dalglish
2011 – 2012
Days as manager: 494 | Games: 74 | Win %: 47.3
A second spell as manager recouped another trophy for the collection, his first and only League Cup as boss.
League Cup 2012
Roy Hodgson
2010 – 2011
Days as manager: 191 | Games: 31 | Win %: 41.94
A tenure that quickly crumbled and many continue to wish they could erase from their memory, even if it did last only 31 games.
Rafa Benitez
2004 – 2010
Days as manager: 2,188 | Games: 350 | Win %: 56.29
Against all the odds, the Spaniard led Liverpool to their fifth European Cup and their first since 1984.
Champions League 2005
FA Cup 2006
Gerard Houllier
1998 – 2004
Days as manager: 2,139 | Games: 307 | Win %: 52.12
Modernised the club and etched his name into the history books with a cup treble in 2000/01.
League Cup 2003
League Cup 2001
FA Cup 2001
UEFA Cup 2001
European Super Cup 2001
Charity Shield 2001
Roy Evans & Gerard Houllier
1998
Days as manager: 119 | Games: 18 | Win %: 38.89
For the first time, two managers led the team but it was doomed to fail from the off and lasted only 18 games.
Roy Evans
1994 – 1998
Days as manager: 1,746 | Games: 226 | Win %: 51.77%
Twenty-eight years after he first joined the club, he took on the role he was moulded for under the legendary boot room boys.
League Cup 1995
Graeme Souness
1991 – 1994
Days as manager: 1,018 | Games: 157 | Win %: 42.04
One of the club’s greatest-ever players and captain, but his time as manager did not prove as successful as his playing days.
FA Cup 1992
Ronnie Moran
1991 (Caretaker)
Days as manager: 52 | Games: 10 | Win %: 40
An original boot room boy, Moran twice took on caretaker duties when Dalglish stood down in 1991 and Souness underwent heart surgery in 1992.
Kenny Dalglish
1985 – 1991
Days as manager: 2,093 | Games: 307 | Win %: 60.91
His first spell started as a player-manager – a first for the club – and the success he experienced as a player continued as manager.
Div 1 Champions 1986, 88, 90
FA Cup 1986, 89
Joe Fagan
1983 – 1985
Days as manager: 697 | Games: 131 | Win %: 54.2
Smokin’ Joe achieved an unprecedented treble, winning the European Cup, the league title and the League Cup in 1983/84.
Div 1 Champions 1984
League Cup 1984
European Cup 1984
Bob Paisley
1974 – 1983
Days as manager: 3,231 | Games: 535 | Win %: 57.57
With 20 honours, 14 major trophies, during his nine-year tenure, Paisley remains the most successful person to manage Liverpool.
Div 1 Champions 1976, 77, 79, 80, 82, 83
League Cup 1981, 82, 83
European Cup 1977, 78, 81
UEFA Cup 1976
European Super Cup 1977
Bill Shankly
1959 – 1974
Days as manager: 5,337 | Games: 783 | Win %: 51.98
A man who revolutionised Liverpool on the pitch and off it, a revered figure and Boot Room leader.
Div 1 Champions 1964, 66, 73
Div 2 Champions 1962
FA Cup winners 1965, 74
UEFA Cup winners 1973
Phil Taylor
1956-59
Days as manager: 1,281 | Games: 150 | Win %: 50.67
Another former player to take on the top job and the only one to never manage Liverpool in the top flight.
Don Welsh
1951-56
Days as manager: 1,869 | Games: 232 Win %: 34.91
He holds the unwanted title as the first Liverpool manager to ever be sacked following relegation into the Second Division.
George Kay
1936-51
Days as manager: 5,290 | Games: 354 | Win %: 39.55
In charge throughout World War II, Kay actually fielded Bill Shankly for one match during the war.
Div 1 Champions 1947
George Patterson
1928-36
Days as manager: 3,074 | Games: 384 | Win %: 37.5
First arrived at the club in 1908 to serve as an assistant to Tom Watson before becoming club secretary and subsequently manager, he was the first to manage the team in two separate eras.
Matt McQueen
1923-28
Days as manager: 1,828 | Games: 229 | Win %: 40.61
A former Liverpool player turned manager, he was initially a temporary solution but remained in the hot seat for five years.
Div 1 Champions 1923
David Ashworth
1919-23
Days as manager: 1,152 | Games: 139 | Win %: 50.36
Led the club to its third First Division title and set them on course to win two in a row before swapping Liverpool for Oldham in 1923.
Div 1 Champions 1922
Tom Watson
1896 – 1915
Days as manager: 6,835 | Games: 742 | Win %: 44.34
The club’s longest-serving manager, he led Liverpool for a total of 18 years and nine months – a run that, surely, will never be surpassed.
Div 1 Champions 1901, 1906
Div 2 Champions 1905
John McKenna
1895 – 96
Days as manager: 361 | Games: 36 | Win %: 69.44
A prominent board member who held multiple titles during his time with the club, including chairman and director.
Div 2 Champions 1896
William Edward Barclay
1892 – 95
Days as manager: 1,239 | Games: 91 | Win %: 57.14
The first man to manage Liverpool FC, he held his post for 91 matches – of which he won 52.
Lancashire League 1893
Div 2 Champions 1894
