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Longest-Serving Football Managers 2026

Ranked managers in their current job · every league in the ranking · Week 46, 2026

Frank Schmidt has managed 1. FC Heidenheim since August 2008: 18 years and 464 matches, the longest of the 644 ranked managers at a club now. In the top 5 leagues it's Diego Simeone, at Atlético Madrid since January 2012 (813 matches).

Longest in the job

ranked managers at a club now · top 50 of 644
# Manager Club League Since Matches World rank
1 Frank Schmidt 1. FC Heidenheim 2. Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga Aug 2008 464 #54
2 Diego Simeone Atlético Madrid LaLiga LaLiga Jan 2012 813 #5
3 Gurban Gurbanov Qarabağ FK Misli Premier League Misli Premier League Jul 2014 484 #45
4 David Healy Linfield NIFL Premiership NIFL Premiership Jun 2016 396 #98
5 Stephen Bradley Shamrock Rovers Premier Division Premier Division Apr 2017 401 #70
6 Igor Kovalevich Neman Grodno Vysshaya Liga Vysshaya Liga Jul 2017 296 #201
7 Claus-Dieter Wollitz Energie Cottbus 2. Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga Aug 2017 20 #778
8 Jindřich Trpišovský SK Slavia Praha Czech First League Czech First League Feb 2018 402 #14
9 Kjetil Knutsen Bodø/Glimt Eliteserien Eliteserien Apr 2018 357 #2
10 Sergey Semak Zenit St. Petersburg Russian Premier League Russian Premier League Jul 2018 286 #28
11 Rhys Griffiths Penybont Cymru Premier Cymru Premier Sep 2019 236 #75
12 Mikel Arteta Arsenal Premier League Premier League Dec 2019 368 #6
13 Viktors Morozs RFS Virsliga Virsliga Jun 2020 286 #73
14 Manuel Pellegrini Real Betis LaLiga LaLiga Sep 2020 326 #17
15 Rashad Sadyqov Zirə FK Misli Premier League Misli Premier League Dec 2020 213 #291
16 Morten Jensen Viking FK Eliteserien Eliteserien May 2021 168 #55
17 Andreas Tegstrom Sandefjord Fotball Eliteserien Eliteserien May 2021 165 #247
18 Mattia Croci-Torti FC Lugano Swiss Super League Swiss Super League Sep 2021 231 #89
19 David Marques Afonso FK Banga Gargždai TOPLYGA TOPLYGA Nov 2021 183 #455
20 Phil Parkinson Wrexham Championship Championship Nov 2021 82 #337
21 Kristaps Dislers FK Tukums 2000 Virsliga Virsliga Mar 2022 177 #908
22 Jaroslav Vesely Bohemians Praha 1905 Czech First League Czech First League Apr 2022 162 #398
23 Jussi Nuorela VPS Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga Apr 2022 148 #723
24 Johan Poulsen Víkingur Gøta Faroe Islands Premier League Faroe Islands Premier League Jul 2022 66 #429
25 Tahir Batatina KF Llapi AlbiMall Superliga AlbiMall Superliga Jul 2022 47 #692
26 Okan Buruk Galatasaray Trendyol Süper Lig Trendyol Süper Lig Aug 2022 195 #34
27 Craig Harrison The New Saints Cymru Premier Cymru Premier Aug 2022 170 #127
28 John Caulfield Galway United Premier Division Premier Division Oct 2022 106 #866
29 Unai Emery Aston Villa Premier League Premier League Nov 2022 211 #4
30 José Juan Romero AD Ceuta LaLiga 2 LaLiga 2 Nov 2022 57 #642
31 José Alberto López Real Racing Club LaLiga LaLiga Dec 2022 172 #351
32 Didier Santini Rodez AF Ligue 2 Ligue 2 Dec 2022 154 #444
33 Kevin Doherty Drogheda United Premier Division Premier Division Feb 2023 142 #439
34 Kirill Kurbatov BFC Daugavpils Virsliga Virsliga Mar 2023 146 #370
35 Igor Prins Pärnu JK Vaprus Premium Liiga Premium Liiga Mar 2023 144 #160
36 Gyorgy Bognar Paksi FC OTP Bank Liga OTP Bank Liga Mar 2023 139 #324
37 Aleš Arnol NK Bravo PrvaLiga PrvaLiga Mar 2023 133 #333
38 Zdenko Frtala FK Teplice Czech First League Czech First League Mar 2023 127 #326
39 Dmitriy Komarovskiy FC Isloch Minsk Region Vysshaya Liga Vysshaya Liga Mar 2023 118 #194
40 Mikhail Galaktionov Lokomotiv Moscow Russian Premier League Russian Premier League Mar 2023 114 #408
41 Jim Goodwin Dundee United Scottish Premiership Scottish Premiership Mar 2023 101 #395
42 Sebastian Hoeneß VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga Bundesliga Apr 2023 166 #202
43 José Bordalás Getafe LaLiga LaLiga Apr 2023 149 #478
44 Rasmus Bertelsen Randers FC Danish Superliga Danish Superliga Apr 2023 118 #898
45 Hallgrímur Jónasson KA Akureyri Besta deild karla Besta deild karla Apr 2023 113 #861
46 Tony Pennock Haverfordwest County AFC Cymru Premier Cymru Premier Jul 2023 121 #828
47 Luis Enrique Paris Saint-Germain Ligue 1 Ligue 1 Aug 2023 190 #3
48 Daniel Farke Leeds United Premier League Premier League Aug 2023 159 #18
49 Peter Bosz PSV Eindhoven VriendenLoterij Eredivisie VriendenLoterij Eredivisie Aug 2023 150 #78
50 Rodney McAree Dungannon Swifts NIFL Premiership NIFL Premiership Aug 2023 133 #191

Since = the manager's first match at the club in our data. Matches = matches in the competitions we cover, so a club that spent seasons in a lower league shows fewer (Energie Cottbus: 20 since 2017).