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 Aberdeen F.C. managers since the club's foundation in 1903. As of February 2024, Aberdeen has had 26 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

Only competitive league & cup matches are counted. ^[1] As of 31 August 2025.

*	Caretaker manager

#	From	To	Name	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win %	Source
1	1903	1924	Jimmy Philip	644	221	172	251	817	883	34%	[2]
2	1924	1937	Paddy Travers	474	214	106	154	916	732	45%	[3]
3	1937	1955	Dave Halliday	371	165	71	135	731	602	44%	[4]
4	1955	1959	Davie Shaw	148	66	20	62	316	280	45%	[5]
5	1959	1965	Tommy Pearson	180	67	42	71	328	341	37%	[6]
6	1965	1971	Eddie Turnbull	214	100	42	72	386	278	47%	[7]
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]
8	1975	1977	Ally MacLeod	61	24	19	18	89	72	39%	[10]
9	1977	1978	Billy McNeill	36	22	9	5	68	29	61%	[11]
10	July 1, 1978	November 7, 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]
11	November 5, 1986	May 16, 1988	Ian Porterfield	72	35	27	10	94	40	49%	[14]
12	July 31, 1988	September 20, 1991	Alex Smith Jocky Scott	117	63	35	19	181	89	54%	[15]
13	September 20, 1991	February 10, 1992	Alex Smith	23	7	7	9	34	31	30%	[16]
14	February, 1992	February 7, 1995	Willie Miller	124	53	45	26	182	111	43%	[17]
15	February 7, 1995	November 11, 1997	Roy Aitken	99	35	27	37	125	139	35%	[18]
	November 11, 1997	November 21, 1997	Keith Burkinshaw	2	0	2	0	2	2	0%	[19]
16	November 21, 1997	December 8, 1998	Alex Miller	38	10	11	17	39	52	26%	[20]
	January 1, 1999	May 24, 1999	Paul Hegarty	19	7	2	10	28	43	37%	[21]
17	July 1, 1999	November 29, 2002	Ebbe Skovdahl	130	40	31	59	157	214	31%	[22]
	December 5, 2002	December 11, 2002	Gardner Speirs	1	0	1	0	1	1	0%	[23]
18	December 11, 2002	May 24, 2004	Steve Paterson	57	18	11	28	62	86	32%	[24]
19	June 1, 2004	May 24, 2009	Jimmy Calderwood	190	79	49	62	236	214	42%	[25]
20	July 1, 2009	December 1, 2010	Mark McGhee	53	13	12	28	51	83	24%	[26]
	December 1, 2010	December 10, 2010	Neil Cooper Neil Simpson	1	0	0	1	0	5	0%	[27]
21	December 10, 2010	April 6, 2013	Craig Brown	93	27	29	37	98	107	29%	[28]
22	April 6, 2013	March 8, 2021	Derek McInnes	295	157	60	78	434	303	53%	[29]
	March 8, 2021	March 23, 2021	Paul Sheerin	2	1	0	1	1	1	50%	[30]
23	March 23, 2021	February 13, 2022	Stephen Glass	29	9	6	14	33	39	31%	[31]
	February 13, 2022	February 19, 2022	Barry Robson	1	0	1	0	1	1	0%	[32]
24	February 19, 2022	January 22, 2023	Jim Goodwin	35	11	7	17	45	56	31%	[33]
25	January 29, 2023	January 31, 2024	Barry Robson	36	15	7	14	45	50	42%	[34]
	January 31, 2024	February 5, 2024	Peter Leven	1	0	1	0	0	0	0%	[35]
	February 5, 2024	March 9, 2024	Neil Warnock	6	0	2	4	7	13	0%	[36]
	March 10, 2024	May 31, 2024	Peter Leven	11	6	3	2	0	0	54%	[37]
26	June 17, 2024	Present	Jimmy Thelin	56	26	10	20	86	81	46%	[38]

References

1. "Scottish League - Scottish Football Archive". Scottish Football Archive . Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.
2. "Jimmy Philip profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
3. "Paddy Travers profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
4. "Dave Halliday profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
5. "Davie Shaw profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
6. "Tommy Pearson profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
7. "Eddie Turnbull profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
8. "Jimmy Bonthrone profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
9. "George Murray profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
10. "Ally McLeod profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
11. "Billy McNeill profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
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13. "Archie Knox profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
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15. "Jocky Scott profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
16. "Alex Smith profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
17. "Willie Miller profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
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19. "Keith Burkinshaw profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
20. "Alex Miller profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
21. "Paul Hegarty profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
22. "Ebbe Skovdahl profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
23. "Gardner Spiers profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
24. "Steve Paterson profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
25. "Jimmy Calderwood profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
26. "Mark McGhee profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
27. "Neil Cooper profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
28. "Craig Brown profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
29. "Derek McInnes profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
30. "Paul Sheerin profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
31. "Stephen Glass profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
32. "Barry Robson profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
33. "Jim Goodwin profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
34. "Barry Robson profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
35. "Neil Warnock profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
36. "Neil Warnock profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
37. "Neil Warnock profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
38. "Jimmy Thelin profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 31 August 2025.