Swansea City

Wales · Premier League 2015/16 – 2017/18 · Championship now · Manager: Vitor Matos (#506 in the world) since Nov 2025

#143 World rank · club rating

1,827 Club rating

7th in Championship

Swansea City played 3 Premier League seasons (2015/16 – 2017/18) and are in Championship now. Steve Cooper (Aug 2019 – May 2021) had the best points per game of them (1.61 in 105 matches) and took the club rating from 1,734 to 1,812.

Swansea City managers

21 spells since 2008 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Vitor Matos #506 now Nov 2025 – present · PPG 1.57 current Nov 2025 – present 47 22-8-17 1.57 1,754 → 1,843 +89 +27.2 +0.13

Darren O'Dea Nov 2025 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Nov 2025 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,768 → 1,742 −26 −5.2 −0.30

Alan Sheehan Feb 2025 – Nov 2025 · PPG 1.50 Feb 2025 – Nov 2025 32 13-9-10 1.50 1,712 → 1,765 +54 +9.5 +0.07

Luke Williams #911 now Jan 2024 – Feb 2025 · PPG 1.17 Jan 2024 – Feb 2025 58 19-11-28 1.17 1,803 → 1,625 −178 −31.6 −0.12

Alan Sheehan Dec 2023 – Jan 2024 · PPG 1.57 caretaker Dec 2023 – Jan 2024 7 3-2-2 1.57 1,788 → 1,814 +25 +5.0 +0.08

Michael Duff #624 now Aug 2023 – Dec 2023 · PPG 1.14 Aug 2023 – Dec 2023 21 6-6-9 1.14 1,857 → 1,772 −85 −13.1 −0.08

Russell Martin #904 now Aug 2021 – May 2023 · PPG 1.35 Aug 2021 – May 2023 81 28-25-28 1.35 1,806 → 1,924 +119 +16.7 −0.08

Steve Cooper #619 now Aug 2019 – May 2021 · PPG 1.61 Aug 2019 – May 2021 105 47-28-30 1.61 1,734 → 1,812 +78 +20.8 +0.09

Graham Potter Aug 2018 – May 2019 · PPG 1.45 Aug 2018 – May 2019 51 21-11-19 1.45 1,907 → 1,790 −117 −20.9 −0.08

Carlos Carvalhal #531 now Jan 2018 – May 2018 · PPG 1.21 Jan 2018 – May 2018 24 7-8-9 1.21 1,859 → 1,791 −67 −8.6 +0.05

Carlos Carvalhal #531 now Dec 2017 · PPG 3.00 Dec 2017 1 1-0-0 3.00 1,845 → 1,877 +32 +6.4 +0.63

Leon Britton Dec 2017 · PPG 0.50 caretaker Dec 2017 2 0-1-1 0.50 1,815 → 1,808 −6 −1.3 −0.07

Paul Clement Jan 2017 – Dec 2017 · PPG 1.18 Jan 2017 – Dec 2017 40 14-5-21 1.18 1,804 → 1,794 −10 +0.9 −0.01

Alan Curtis (stand-in) 7 Jan 2017 7 Jan 2017 1 0-0-1 −5.1

Bob Bradley Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 · PPG 0.67 Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 12 2-2-8 0.67 1,836 → 1,689 −147 −25.3 −0.20

Francesco Guidolin Feb 2016 – Oct 2016 · PPG 1.23 Feb 2016 – Oct 2016 22 8-3-11 1.23 1,963 → 1,905 −58 +2.2 +0.14

Alan Curtis Dec 2015 – Feb 2016 · PPG 1.33 caretaker Dec 2015 – Feb 2016 9 3-3-3 1.33 1,885 → 1,937 +52 +6.8 +0.16

Garry Monk Feb 2014 – Dec 2015 · PPG 1.29 Feb 2014 – Dec 2015 79 28-18-33 1.29 1,912 → 1,838 −74 −9.0 +0.08

Before 2015/16 · 4 spells, Aug 2008 – Feb 2014

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Michael Laudrup Aug 2012 – Feb 2014 · PPG 1.32 Aug 2012 – Feb 2014 84 29-24-31 1.32 1,777 → 1,872 +94 +4.1 +0.14

Brendan Rodgers Aug 2010 – May 2012 · PPG 1.55 Aug 2010 – May 2012 96 43-20-33 1.55 1,579 → 1,819 +241 +53.6 0.00

Paulo Sousa Aug 2009 – May 2010 · PPG 1.49 Aug 2009 – May 2010 49 18-19-12 1.49 1,623 → 1,570 −53 −1.8 +0.07

Roberto Martínez Aug 2008 – May 2009 · PPG 1.52 Aug 2008 – May 2009 54 20-22-12 1.52 1,500 → 1,664 +164 +26.3

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Steve Cooper is the longest-serving: 105 matches over 21 months (Aug 2019 – May 2021). Brendan Rodgers added the most coach rating: +53.6 over 96 matches.

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,827Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

#143World rankof 943 active clubs

#7Championshipof 42 clubs

2,021Peak since 2015/16May 2016 · low 1,685, Dec 2018

Colour changes with each manager (13 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Swansea City's club rating peaked at 2,021 in May 2016, under Francesco Guidolin, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,685 in December 2018, under Graham Potter.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days

Swansea City play in Championship now - our fixture list covers the top 5 leagues and European games with a top-5 club.

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2017/18 38 1.37 1.79 1.63 67% 3.95 5.13 5.15

2016/17 38 1.47 1.74 1.93 55% 5.16 4.89 5.21

2015/16 38 1.61 2.26 1.70 67% 4.29 5.18 5.40

Swansea City won 3.95 corners a game in 2017/18, their fewest in any season since 2015/16 and 23% below the Premier League's average side (5.15).

League matches only (Premier League), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. Premier League cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

114 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 1715% 44% 54%

HT drawHT D 1311% 1513% 1917%

HT lossHT L 22% 65% 3329%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 41 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 26 matches

1st half · W 26 · D 47 · L 41 GD −21

2nd half · W 28 · D 42 · L 44 GD −42

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Swansea City

13 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Michael Oliver 11 3-2-6 1.00 1.55 1.48 +4%

Mike Dean 11 3-4-4 1.18 1.73 1.48 +17%

Neil Swarbrick 11 2-4-5 0.91 1.27 1.48 −14%

Jonathan Moss 10 2-0-8 0.60 1.60 1.48 +8%

Andre Marriner 9 4-2-3 1.56 1.78 1.48 +20%

Roger East 8 3-1-4 1.25 1.50 1.48 +1%

Kevin Friend 7 2-0-5 0.86 2.14 1.48 +45%

Lee Mason 7 1-2-4 0.71 0.43 1.48 −71%

Martin Atkinson 7 4-2-1 2.00 1.14 1.48 −23%

Robert Madley 7 1-1-5 0.57 1.43 1.48 −4%

3 more referees with 5+ matches

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Anthony Taylor 6 2-1-3 1.17 1.17 1.48 −21%

Mike Jones 6 1-1-4 0.67 1.83 1.48 +24%

Craig Pawson 5 2-1-2 1.40 1.20 1.48 −19%

Under Mike Dean, Swansea City picked up 1.73 cards a game, 17% above their own average in the same seasons (11 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (114). Cards = Swansea City's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Swansea City's manager?

Vitor Matos, #506 in this week's coach world ranking, since November 2025 - 47 matches, 22 won (1.57 points per game).

How many managers has Swansea City had since 2015?

15, counting 3 caretakers. Plus 1 stand-in: a caretaker for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is Swansea City's longest-serving manager?

Steve Cooper: 105 matches from August 2019 to May 2021.

How many cards a game do Swansea City get?

1.37 a game in the Premier League in 2017/18, against 1.63 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.