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Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has been the most successful manager in the Premier League. The Premier League is the top tier of professional football in England . The league was formed in 1992 as a replacement for the original Football League First Division .
Since then, a further 24 managers have won the championship on more than one occasion. Alex Ferguson won 13 league championships as manager of Manchester United, which is the most a manager has won. [6] George Ramsay and Bob Paisley won six league championships as managers of Aston Villa and Liverpool respectively.
A 2020 study by broadcaster Sky Sports showed the average reign for departing managers in the 2019–20 season was an all-time low of 423 days. [1] Simon Weaver is currently the longest-serving manager in the top four divisions, [2] having managed Harrogate Town since May 2009, though eleven of those years were outside the EFL.
List of English football champions Football League First Division (1888–1992) Premier League (1992–present) Leicester City celebrate winning the 2015–16 Premier League Country England Founded 1888 Number of teams 24 winners Current champions Manchester City (2023–24) Most successful club Manchester United (20 championships) The English football champions are the winners of the top ...
Smallest title-winning margin: 0 points and +8 goal difference – 2011–12; Manchester City (+64) over Manchester United (+56). Both ended with 89 points, but Manchester City won the title with a superior goal difference, the first and only time that goal difference has decided the Premier League title.
Ipswich Town manager George Burley was the winner in 2000–01, the first time the award did not go to a league-winning manager. [4] Ipswich Town, who won promotion to the Premier League from the First Division in the previous season, finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Cup. [18]
This is a list of football managers that have managed the most games, including those with 1,000 or more games. The list includes managers' total matches, comprising club domestic league and cup, continental and global tallies, plus all FIFA-certified international matches (both competitive and friendly).
This category is for people who have managed at least one first-team league match in the Premier League (including caretakers and joint managers). See also: List of English Football League managers Contents