List of Aberdeen F.C. managers

Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in the history of Aberdeen F.C.

The following is a list of managers of Aberdeen F.C. since its foundation in 1903. As of February 2014, Aberdeen have had 23 full-time managers, including joint managers.

The most successful Aberdeen manager is Sir Alex Ferguson, who won three Scottish Premier Division titles, four Scottish Cup trophies, one Scottish League Cup, one European Cup Winners' Cup and one UEFA Super Cup in an eight-year spell at the club.

Statistics[]

Entries in italics are caretaker managers.

Only competitive league matches are counted.^[1]

From	To	Name	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win %	Source
1903	1924	Jimmy Philip	644	221	172	251	817	883	34%	[2]
1924	1937	Paddy Travers	474	214	106	154	916	732	45%	[3]
1937	1955	Dave Halliday	371	165	71	135	731	602	44%	[4]
1955	1959	Davie Shaw	148	66	20	62	316	280	45%	[5]
1959	1965	Tommy Pearson	180	67	42	71	328	341	37%	[6]
1965	1971	Eddie Turnbull	214	100	42	72	386	278	47%	[7]
1971	1975	Jimmy Bonthrone	143	67	46	30	264	143	47%	[8]
1975	1975	George Murray	4	2	0	2	5	6	50%	[9]
1975	1977	Ally MacLeod	61	24	19	18	89	72	39%	[10]
1977	1978	Billy McNeill	36	22	9	5	68	29	61%	[11]
1978	1986	Alex Ferguson	288	167	71	50	564	229	58%	[12]
1986	1986	Alex Ferguson Archie Knox	15	7	5	3	25	14	47%
1986	1986	Archie Knox	1	0	1	0	0	0	0%	[13]
1986	1988	Ian Porterfield	72	35	27	10	94	40	49%	[14]
1988	1991	Alex Smith Jocky Scott	117	63	35	19	181	89	54%	[15]
1991	1992	Alex Smith	23	7	7	9	34	31	30%	[16]
1992	1995	Willie Miller	124	53	45	26	182	111	43%	[17]
1995	1997	Roy Aitken	99	35	27	37	125	139	35%	[18]
1997	1997	Keith Burkinshaw	2	0	2	0	2	2	0%	[19]
21 Nov 1997	1 Nov 1998	Alex Miller	38	10	11	17	39	52	26%	[20]
1 Jan 1999	24 May 1999	Paul Hegarty	19	7	2	10	28	43	37%	[21]
1 July 1999	29 November 2002	Ebbe Skovdahl	130	40	31	59	157	214	31%	[22]
2002	2002	Gardner Speirs	1	0	1	0	1	1	0%	[23]
11 Dec 2002	24 May 2004	Steve Paterson	57	18	11	28	62	86	32%	[24]
1 June 2004	24 May 2009	Jimmy Calderwood	190	79	49	62	236	214	42%	[25]
1 July 2009	1 Dec 2010	Mark McGhee	53	13	12	28	51	83	24%	[26]
1 Dec 2010	10 Dec 2010	Neil Cooper Neil Simpson	1	0	0	1	0	5	0%	[27]
10 Dec 2010	6 Apr 2013	Craig Brown	93	27	29	37	98	107	29%	[28]
6 Apr 2013	8 Mar 2021	Derek McInnes	337	180	68	89	514	342	54%	[29]

Correct to 27 February 2020.

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