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Arsène Wenger has won the tournament a record seven times

The FA Cup is an association football competition contested between English clubs since 1872 and is the oldest football competition in the world.[1] Winning the competition was seen as an equal achievement to winning the league championship,[2] but the growing importance of the Premier League and UEFA Champions League has seen its importance diminish.[3] The role of the 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 and Mikel 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 of Sheffield Wednesday in 1935 and Nottingham Forest in 1959, and Herbert Chapman won as manager of Huddersfield Town in 1922 and Arsenal in 1930. James Fielding and Jarvis Kenrick have both won the most consecutive finals with three each, Kenrick with Wanderers in 1876, 1877 and 1878, and Fielding with Blackburn Rovers in 1884, 1885 and 1886.[5] Mercer was the first person to win the FA Cup as a captain and a manager; captaining Arsenal to victory in 1950, and managing Manchester City to a victory in 1969.[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 led Portsmouth to victory in the 2008 final.[7] Ruud Gullit became the first manager from outside the British Isles to win the FA Cup when he guided Chelsea to victory in the 1997 final.[8]

FA Cup-winning managers

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Bob Crompton, winning manager in 1928
Fred Everiss, winning secretary-manager in 1931
Bobby Robson, winning manager in 1978
Ron Atkinson, winning manager in 1983 and 1985
Alex Ferguson, winning manager in 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2004
FA Cup-winning managers[9]
Final Winning manager Nationality Club Ref.
1872 C. W. Alcock  England Wanderers
1873 C. W. Alcock  England Wanderers
1874 Oxford University
1875 Royal Engineers
1876 Jarvis Kenrick  England Wanderers
1877 Jarvis Kenrick  England Wanderers
1878 Jarvis Kenrick  England Wanderers
1879 Old Etonians
1880 Clapham Rovers
1881 Edward Hagarty Parry  England Old Carthusians
1882 Old Etonians
1883 Jack Hunter  England Blackburn Olympic
1884 James Fielding Unknown Blackburn Rovers [5]
1885 James Fielding Unknown Blackburn Rovers [5]
1886 James Fielding Unknown Blackburn Rovers [5]
1887 George Ramsay  Scotland Aston Villa [10]
1888 Louis Ford  England West Bromwich Albion
1889 William Sudell  England Preston North End
1890 Thomas Mitchell  Scotland Blackburn Rovers
1891 Thomas Mitchell  Scotland Blackburn Rovers
1892 Louis Ford  England West Bromwich Albion
1893 Jack Addenbrooke  England Wolverhampton Wanderers [11]
1894 Tom Harris  England Notts County
1895 George Ramsay  Scotland Aston Villa [10]
1896 Arthur Dickinson  England The Wednesday
1897 George Ramsay  Scotland Aston Villa [10]
1898 Harry Hallam  England Nottingham Forest [12]
1899 John Nicholson  England Sheffield United
1900 Harry Spencer Hamer  England Bury [13]
1901 John Cameron  Scotland Tottenham Hotspur
1902 John Nicholson  England Sheffield United
1903 Harry Spencer Hamer  England Bury
1904 Tom Maley  Scotland Manchester City
1905 George Ramsay  Scotland Aston Villa [10]
1906 Will Cuff  England Everton
1907 Arthur Dickinson  England The Wednesday
1908 Jack Addenbrooke  England Wolverhampton Wanderers [11]
1909 Ernest Mangnall  England Manchester United
1910 Frank Watt  Scotland Newcastle United
1911 Peter O'Rourke  Scotland Bradford City
1912 Arthur Fairclough  England Barnsley
1913 George Ramsay  Scotland Aston Villa [10]
1914 John Haworth  England Burnley
1915 John Nicholson  England Sheffield United
1920 George Ramsay  Scotland Aston Villa [10]
1921 Peter McWilliam  Scotland Tottenham Hotspur
1922 Herbert Chapman  England Huddersfield Town
1923 Charles Foweraker  England Bolton Wanderers
1924 Frank Watt  Scotland Newcastle United
1925 John Nicholson  England Sheffield United
1926 Charles Foweraker  England Bolton Wanderers
1927 Fred Stewart  England Cardiff City
1928 Bob Crompton  England Blackburn Rovers
1929 Charles Foweraker  England Bolton Wanderers
1930 Herbert Chapman  England Arsenal [14]
1931 Fred Everiss  England West Bromwich Albion [15]
1932 Andy Cunningham  Scotland Newcastle United [16]
1933 Thomas H. McIntosh  England Everton [17]
1934 Wilf Wild  England Manchester City [18]
1935 Billy Walker  England Sheffield Wednesday [19]
1936 George Allison  England Arsenal [14]
1937 Johnny Cochrane  Scotland Sunderland [20]
1938 James Taylor  England Preston North End [21]
1939 Jack Tinn  England Portsmouth [22]
1946 Stuart McMillan  England Derby County [23]
1947 Jimmy Seed  England Charlton Athletic [24]
1948 Matt Busby  Scotland Manchester United [25]
1949 Stan Cullis  England Wolverhampton Wanderers [26]
1950 Tom Whittaker  England Arsenal [14]
1951 Stan Seymour  England Newcastle United [27]
1952 Stan Seymour  England Newcastle United [28]
1953 Joe Smith  England Blackpool [29]
1954 Vic Buckingham  England West Bromwich Albion [30]
1955 Doug Livingstone  Scotland Newcastle United [31]
1956 Les McDowall  Scotland Manchester City [32]
1957 Eric Houghton  England Aston Villa [33]
1958 Bill Ridding  England Bolton Wanderers [34]
1959 Billy Walker  England Nottingham Forest [35]
1960 Stan Cullis  England Wolverhampton Wanderers [26]
1961 Bill Nicholson  England Tottenham Hotspur [36]
1962 Bill Nicholson  England Tottenham Hotspur [36]
1963 Matt Busby  Scotland Manchester United [25]
1964 Ron Greenwood  England West Ham United [37]
1965 Bill Shankly  Scotland Liverpool [38]
1966 Harry Catterick  England Everton [39]
1967 Bill Nicholson  England Tottenham Hotspur [36]
1968 Alan Ashman  England West Bromwich Albion [40]
1969 Joe Mercer  England Manchester City [6]
1970 Dave Sexton  England Chelsea [41]
1971 Bertie Mee  England Arsenal [14]
1972 Don Revie  England Leeds United [42]
1973 Bob Stokoe  England Sunderland [43]
1974 Bill Shankly  Scotland Liverpool [38]
1975 John Lyall  England West Ham United [44]
1976 Lawrie McMenemy  England Southampton [45]
1977 Tommy Docherty  Scotland Manchester United [46]
1978 Bobby Robson  England Ipswich Town [47]
1979 Terry Neill  Northern Ireland Arsenal [14]
1980 John Lyall  England West Ham United [44]
1981 Keith Burkinshaw  England Tottenham Hotspur [48]
1982 Keith Burkinshaw  England Tottenham Hotspur [48]
1983 Ron Atkinson  England Manchester United [49]
1984 Howard Kendall  England Everton [50]
1985 Ron Atkinson  England Manchester United [49]
1986 Kenny Dalglish  Scotland Liverpool [51]
1987 John Sillett  England Coventry City [52]
1988 Bobby Gould  England Wimbledon [53]
1989 Kenny Dalglish  Scotland Liverpool [51]
1990 Alex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [54]
1991 Terry Venables  England Tottenham Hotspur [55]
1992 Graeme Souness  Scotland Liverpool [56]
1993 George Graham  Scotland Arsenal [57]
1994 Alex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [54]
1995 Joe Royle  England Everton [58]
1996 Alex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [54]
1997 Ruud Gullit  Netherlands Chelsea [59]
1998 Arsène Wenger  France Arsenal [60]
1999 Alex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [54]
2000 Gianluca Vialli  Italy Chelsea [61]
2001 Gérard Houllier  France Liverpool [62]
2002 Arsène Wenger  France Arsenal [60]
2003 Arsène Wenger  France Arsenal [60]
2004 Alex Ferguson  Scotland Manchester United [54]
2005 Arsène Wenger  France Arsenal [60]
2006 Rafael Benítez  Spain Liverpool [63]
2007 José Mourinho  Portugal Chelsea [64]
2008 Harry Redknapp  England Portsmouth [65]
2009 Guus Hiddink  Netherlands Chelsea [66]
2010 Carlo Ancelotti  Italy Chelsea [67]
2011 Roberto Mancini  Italy Manchester City [68]
2012 Roberto Di Matteo  Italy Chelsea [69]
2013 Roberto Martínez  Spain Wigan Athletic [70]
2014 Arsène Wenger  France Arsenal [60]
2015 Arsène Wenger  France Arsenal [60]
2016 Louis van Gaal  Netherlands Manchester United [71]
2017 Arsène Wenger  France Arsenal [72]
2018 Antonio Conte  Italy Chelsea [73]
2019 Pep Guardiola  Spain Manchester City [74]
2020 Mikel Arteta  Spain Arsenal [75]
2021 Brendan Rodgers  Northern Ireland Leicester City [76]
2022 Jürgen Klopp  Germany Liverpool [77]
2023 Pep Guardiola  Spain Manchester City [78]
2024 Erik ten Hag  Netherlands Manchester United [79]

By individual

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FA Cup-winning managers by individual
Rank Manager Nationality Wins Winning Years Club(s)
1 Arsène Wenger  France 7 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2017 Arsenal
2 George Ramsay  Scotland 6 1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920 Aston Villa
3 Alex Ferguson  Scotland 5 1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004 Manchester United
4 John Nicholson  England 4 1899, 1902, 1915, 1925 Sheffield United
5 James Fielding Unknown 3 1884, 1885, 1886 Blackburn Rovers
Charles Foweraker  England 1923, 1926, 1929 Bolton Wanderers
Bill Nicholson  England 1961, 1962, 1967 Tottenham Hotspur
8 Thomas Mitchell  Scotland 2 1890, 1891 Blackburn Rovers
Jack Addenbrooke  England 1893, 1908 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Arthur Dickinson  England 1896, 1907 The Wednesday
Harry Spencer Hamer  England 1900, 1903 Bury
Frank Watt  Scotland 1910, 1924 Newcastle United
Herbert Chapman  England 1922, 1930 Huddersfield Town, Arsenal
Billy Walker  England 1935, 1959 Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest
Matt Busby  Scotland 1948, 1963 Manchester United
Stan Cullis  England 1949, 1960 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Stan Seymour  England 1951, 1952 Newcastle United
Bill Shankly  Scotland 1965, 1974 Liverpool
John Lyall  England 1975, 1980 West Ham United
Keith Burkinshaw  England 1981, 1982 Tottenham Hotspur
Ron Atkinson  England 1983, 1985 Manchester United
Kenny Dalglish  Scotland 1986, 1989 Liverpool
Pep Guardiola  Spain 2019, 2023 Manchester City

By nationality

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FA Cup-winning managers by nationality
Country Managers Total
 England 50 76
 Scotland 20 32
 France 2 8
 Italy 5 5
 Spain 4 5
 Netherlands 4 4
 Northern Ireland 2 2
 Germany 1 1
 Portugal 1 1

See also

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