List of Leicester City F.C. managers

Claudio Ranieri was the manager of the Leicester City side that won the Premier League in 2015–16.

Leicester City's current manager is Martí Cifuentes, who was appointed on 15 July 2025.[1] Up until Peter Hodge was hired after World War I, Leicester City had no official manager. A nominal role of secretary/manager was employed, though the board and the selection committee took control of most team affairs.

It was Peter Hodge who instated a system at the club for the manager having complete control over player and staff recruitment, team selection and tactics. Though Hodge was also originally titled "secretary/manager," he has retrospectively been named as the club's first official "manager."[2]

Hodge and Nigel Pearson have both had two separate spells at the club. Dave Bassett also had a second spell as caretaker manager after his spell as permanent manager. Listed below is Leicester City's complete managerial history.[3] This list contains dates of tenure and records while at the club.[2]

## Key

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* P = Games managed
* W = Games won
* D = Games drawn
* L = Games lost
* Win% = Percentage of games won

## Secretary/Managers

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Name  | Nat.  | Dates

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Frank Gardner |  England | 1884–1892
Ernest Marson |  England | 1892–1894
J. Lee  |  England | 1894–1895
Henry Jackson |  England | 1895–1897
William Clark |  Scotland | 1897–1898
George Johnson |  England | 1898–1912
John W. Bartlett |  England | 1912–1914
Louis Ford |  England | 1914–1915
Harry Linney |  England | 1915–1919

## Managers

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* The names of caretakers are in italics.

As of 27 June 2025
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win % | Honours

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Peter Hodge |  Scotland | 6 September 1919  | May 1926  | 310 | 125 | 84 | 101 | 40.32  | Second Division champions: 1924–25
Willie Orr |  Scotland | July 1926  | January 1932  | 242 | 102 | 50 | 90 | 42.15  | First Division runners-up: 1928–29
Board |  | January 1932  | March 1932  | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20.00  |
Peter Hodge |  Scotland | March 1932  | 1 August 1934  | 100 | 34 | 26 | 40 | 34.00  |
Board |  | 1 August 1934  | 17 October 1934  | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20.00  |
Arthur Lochhead |  Scotland | 17 October 1934  | 2 September 1936  | 81 | 33 | 15 | 33 | 40.74  |
Board |  | 2 September 1936  | October 1936  | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12.50  |
Frank Womack |  England | October 1936  | May 1939  | 123 | 48 | 29 | 46 | 39.02  | Second Division champions: 1936–37
Tom Bromilow |  England | August 1939  | May 1945  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a  |
Tom Mather |  England | August 1945  | March 1946  | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 00.00  |
Johnny Duncan |  Scotland | March 1946  | 11 October 1949  | 156 | 56 | 42 | 58 | 35.90  | FA Cup runners-up: 1948–49
Board |  | 11 October 1949  | December 1949  | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14.29  |
Norman Bullock |  England | December 1949  | February 1955  | 232 | 91 | 64 | 77 | 39.22  | Second Division champions: 1953–54
Board |  | February 1955  | May 1955  | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 46.67  |
Dave Halliday |  Scotland | June 1955  | November 1958  | 146 | 64 | 27 | 55 | 43.84  | Second Division champions: 1956–57
Matt Gillies |  Scotland | 8 November 1958  | 30 November 1968  | 508 | 201 | 123 | 184 | 39.57  | FA Cup runners-up: 1960–61
FA Cup runners-up: 1962–63
League Cup winners: 1963–64
League Cup runners-up: 1964–65
Frank O'Farrell |  Ireland | December 1968  | 6 June 1971  | 134 | 62 | 27 | 55 | 46.27  | FA Cup runners-up: 1968–69
Second Division champions: 1970–71
Jimmy Bloomfield |  England | 23 June 1971  | 23 May 1977  | 285 | 85 | 104 | 96 | 29.82  | FA Charity Shield winners: 1971
Frank McLintock |  Scotland | 9 June 1977  | 5 April 1978  | 40 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 12.50  |
Ian MacFarlane |  Scotland | 5 April 1978  | 24 May 1978  | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20.00  |
Jock Wallace |  Scotland | 24 May 1978  | 12 July 1982  | 189 | 69 | 51 | 69 | 37.10  | Second Division champions: 1979–80
Gordon Milne |  England | 2 August 1982  | 3 June 1986  | 184 | 64 | 41 | 79 | 34.78  | Second Division promotion: 1982–83
Gordon Milne
Bryan Hamilton |  England
Northern Ireland | June 1986  | May 1987  | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 28.26  |
Bryan Hamilton |  Northern Ireland | May 1987  | 11 December 1987  | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 37.04  |
David Pleat |  England | 24 December 1987  | 29 January 1991  | 157 | 49 | 45 | 63 | 31.21  |
Gordon Lee |  England | 30 January 1991  | 29 May 1991  | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 35.00  |
Brian Little |  England | 30 May 1991  | 22 November 1994  | 188 | 81 | 45 | 62 | 43.09  | First Division promotion: 1993–94
Kevin MacDonald
Tony McAndrew |  Scotland | 22 November 1994  | 14 December 1994  | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 00.00  |
Mark McGhee |  Scotland | 14 December 1994  | 7 December 1995  | 51 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 31.37  |
David Nish
Chris Turner
Garry Parker
Steve Walsh |  England | 7 December 1995  | 21 December 1995  | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00  |
Martin O'Neill |  Northern Ireland | 21 December 1995  | 1 June 2000  | 222 | 85 | 67 | 70 | 38.29  | First Division promotion: 1995–96
League Cup winners: 1996–97
League Cup runners-up: 1998–99
League Cup winners: 1999–2000
Peter Taylor |  England | 12 June 2000  | 30 September 2001  | 54 | 19 | 9 | 26 | 35.19  |
Garry Parker |  England | 30 September 2001  | 10 October 2001  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00.00  |
Dave Bassett |  England | 10 October 2001  | 6 April 2002  | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 14.29  |
Micky Adams |  England | 7 April 2002  | 11 October 2004  | 111 | 41 | 38 | 32 | 36.94  | First Division promotion: 2002–03
Dave Bassett
Howard Wilkinson |  England | 11 October 2004  | 30 October 2004  | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00.00  |
Craig Levein |  Scotland | 1 November 2004  | 25 January 2006  | 70 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 28.57  |
Rob Kelly |  England | 13 February 2006  | 11 April 2007  | 63 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 33.33  |
Nigel Worthington |  Northern Ireland | 11 April 2007  | 7 May 2007  | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40.00  |
Martin Allen |  England | 25 May 2007  | 29 August 2007  | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00  |
Jon Rudkin
Steve Beaglehole
Mike Stowell |  England | 30 August 2007  | 13 September 2007  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00.00  |
Gary Megson |  England | 13 September 2007  | 24 October 2007  | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 33.33  |
Frank Burrows
Gerry Taggart |  Scotland
Northern Ireland | 24 October 2007  | 22 November 2007  | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20.00  |
Ian Holloway |  England | 22 November 2007  | 23 May 2008  | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 28.13  |
Nigel Pearson |  England | 22 June 2008  | 29 June 2010  | 107 | 55 | 30 | 22 | 51.40  | League One champions: 2008–09
Paulo Sousa |  Portugal | 7 July 2010  | 1 October 2010  | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 33.33  |
Chris Powell
Mike Stowell |  England | 1 October 2010  | 4 October 2010  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00  |
Sven-Göran Eriksson |  Sweden | 4 October 2010  | 24 October 2011  | 55 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 43.64  |
Jon Rudkin
Steve Beaglehole
Mike Stowell |  England | 24 October 2011  | 15 November 2011  | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33  |
Nigel Pearson |  England | 15 November 2011  | 30 June 2015  | 175 | 80 | 37 | 58 | 45.71  | Championship champions: 2013–14
Claudio Ranieri |  Italy | 13 July 2015  | 23 February 2017  | 81 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 44.44  | Premier League champions: 2015–16
Craig Shakespeare |  England | 23 February 2017  | 17 October 2017  | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 42.31  |
Michael Appleton |  England | 17 October 2017  | 25 October 2017  | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00  |
Claude Puel |  France | 25 October 2017  | 24 February 2019  | 67 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 34.33  |
Mike Stowell
Adam Sadler |  England | 24 February 2019  | 26 February 2019  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00  |
Brendan Rodgers |  Northern Ireland | 26 February 2019  | 2 April 2023  | 204 | 92 | 42 | 70 | 45.10  | FA Cup winners: 2020–21
FA Community Shield winners: 2021
Mike Stowell
Adam Sadler |  England | 2 April 2023  | 10 April 2023  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 00.00  |
Dean Smith |  England | 10 April 2023  | 16 June 2023  | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 25.00  |
Enzo Maresca |  Italy | 16 June 2023  | 3 June 2024  | 53 | 36 | 4 | 13 | 67.92  | Championship champions: 2023–24
Steve Cooper |  Wales | 20 June 2024  | 24 November 2024  | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20.00  |
Ben Dawson |  England | 24 November 2024  | 1 December 2024  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00.00  |
Ruud van Nistelrooy |  Netherlands | 1 December 2024  | 27 June 2025  | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15.79  |

## Notes

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* When exact date of the managerial stint is unknown, only the month and the year is given.
* Tom Bromilow, Tom Mather and Johnny Duncan all took charge of wartime fixtures, which are not counted as "competitive fixtures."
* Matt Gillies stint includes a period between January 1968 and March 1968 when Gillies was ill with tuberculosis and Bert Johnson took control of first team affairs.
* During the 1986–87 season both Gordon Milne and Bryan Hamilton shared managerial duties with Milne assuming the title "General Manager" and Hamilton assuming the title "Team Manager"

## By nationality

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This table lists Leicester City managers by nationality.

*Includes permanent managers and the role of secretary/manager only.*

Nationality  | Number

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England | 26
Scotland | 12
Northern Ireland | 5
Italy | 2
Ireland | 1
Portugal | 1
Sweden | 1
France | 1
Netherlands | 1
Wales | 1

## References

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1. ^ https://www.lcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/leicester-city-appoint-marti-cifuentes-lcfc-new-manager
2. ^ a b Dave Smith & Paul Taylor (2010). Of Fossils and Foxes. p. 381\. ISBN 978-1-905411-94-8.
3. ^ Part Managers  Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine LCFC.com, retrieved 5 April 2011

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Leicester City F.C. – managers

* Gardner (1884–92)
* Marson (1892–94)
* Lee (1884–92)
* Jackson (1895–97)
* Clark (1897–98)
* Johnson (1897–1912)
* Bartlett (1912–14)
* Ford (1914–15)
* Linney (1915–19)
* Hodge (1919–26)
* Orr (1926–32)
* Hodge (1932–34)
* Lochhead (1934–36)
* Womack (1936–39)
* Bromilow (1939–45)
* Mather (1945–46)
* Duncan (1946–49)
* Bullock (1949–55)
* Halliday (1955–58)
* Gillies (1958–68)
* O'Farrell (1968–71)
* Bloomfield (1971–77)
* McLintock (1977–78)
* Wallace (1978–82)
* Milne (1982–86)
* Hamilton (1986–87)
* Pleat (1987–91)
* Little (1991–94)
* McGhee (1994–95)
* O'Neill (1995–2000)
* Taylor (2000–01)
* Bassett (2001–02)
* Adams (2002–04)
* Levein (2004–06)
* Kelly (2006–07)
* Worthington (2007)
* Allen (2007)
* Megson (2007)
* Holloway (2007–08)
* Pearson (2008–10)
* Sousa (2010)
* Eriksson (2010–11)
* Pearson (2011–15)
* Ranieri (2015–17)
* Shakespeare (2017)
* Appletonc (2017)
* Puel (2017–19)
* Stowell & Sadlerc (2019)
* Rodgers (2019–23)
* Stowell & Sadlerc (2023)
* Smith (2023)
* Maresca (2023–24)
* Cooper (2024)
* Dawsonc (2024)
* Van Nistelrooy (2024–25)
* Cifuentes (2025–)

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