List of Atalanta BC managers

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Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio is an Italian professional football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. The club was founded in 1907 and it currently competes in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Since the establishment of a unified league structure in 1929, Atalanta has spent a total of 64 seasons in Serie A, 28 seasons in Serie B, and one season in Serie C. [1]

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Throughout its history, Atalanta has had a total of 60 managers, including player-managers, assistant managers acting as head coach, and caretaker managers. Thirteen managers were in charge on multiple occasions. [2] The club hired its first professional coach, Cesare Lovati, in 1925, [3] and the current head coach is Ivan Jurić. Atalanta's only managers to win a major trophy were Paolo Tabanelli, under whom the club won the Coppa Italia in 1963, and Gian Piero Gasperini, under whom the club won the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League. [4] [5]

Managerial history

Longest-serving managers

Gian Piero Gasperini, who led the club to its highest league finishes and five qualifications for the UEFA Champions League – as well as a Europa League title in 2024 – oversaw 439 competitive matches for Atalanta in his nine-year spell with the club (2016 to 2025).[ citation needed ] He became the club's longest-serving manager on 9 October 2022, when he oversaw his 300th game with Atalanta, [6] and also had the longest uninterrupted tenure as Atalanta manager (nine consecutive seasons). [7] [8]

The club's second longest-serving manager was Emiliano Mondonico, who oversaw 299 matches in all competitions in two spells (1987–90 and 1994–98), including some of the club's matches in the European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup. [9] [7] Stefano Colantuono, who also was manager on two different occasions (2005–07 and 2010–15), was the club's third-longest serving manager, with 281 appearances in total.[ citation needed ]

Other relatively long-serving managers include Ivo Fiorentini, Battista Rota, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Giovanni Vavassori, Nedo Sonetti, Giulio Corsini, Luigi Bonizzoni, and Imre Payer, all of whom recorded over 100 appearances as manager. [7]

List of managers

No.NameNationalityFrom [2] To [2] AchievementsRefs
1 Cesare Lovati Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg 1 July 192530 June 1927 [3]
2 Imre Payer Flag of Hungary.svg 1 July 192730 June 1929 1927–28 Prima Divisione: Winners (1st second tier title and promotion)
3 Luigi Cevenini Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg 1 July 192930 June 1930 [10]
4 József Viola [a] Flag of Hungary.svg 1 July 19305 February 1933
5 Imre Payer Flag of Hungary.svg 5 February 193330 June 1933
6 Angelo Mattea Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg 1 July 193330 June 1935
7 Imre Payer Flag of Hungary.svg 1 July 193530 June 1936
8 Ottavio Barbieri Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg 1 July 193630 June 1938
9 Géza Kertész Flag of Hungary.svg 1 July 193830 June 1939 [11]
10Ivo Fiorentini Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg 1 July 193930 June 1941 1939–40 Serie B: Winners (2nd title)
11 János Nehadoma Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg 1 July 194125 November 1945 [12]
12 Giuseppe Meazza [a] Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg 25 November 194513 January 1946 [12]
13 Luis Monti Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg 13 January 194624 November 1946 [12] [13]
14Ivo Fiorentini Flag of Italy.svg 25 November 19467 March 1949 1947–48 Serie A: Fifth place, the club's highest league finish until 2017 [14] [15]
15Alberto Citterio [a] Flag of Italy.svg 7 March 194913 March 1949 [15]
16 Carlo Carcano Flag of Italy.svg 13 March 194930 June 1949 [15]
17 Giovanni Varglien Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 194931 December 1950 [16] [17]
18 Denis Charles Neville Flag of England.svg 1 January 195115 October 1951 [18]
19 Carlo Ceresoli Flag of Italy.svg 16 October 195130 June 1952 [19]
20 Luigi Ferrero Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 195231 January 1954
21 [b] Francesco Simonetti,
Luigi Tentorio
Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
1 February 195430 June 1954
22Luigi Bonizzoni Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 195415 April 1957 [20]
23 Carlo Rigotti Flag of Italy.svg 16 April 195724 November 1957 [20]
24 Giuseppe Bonomi Flag of Italy.svg 25 November 195722 December 1957 [21]
25 Karl Adamek Flag of Austria.svg 23 December 195730 June 1959 1958–59 Serie B: Winners (3rd title) [21]
26 Ferruccio Valcareggi Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 195930 June 1962
27Paolo Tabanelli Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 196230 June 1963 1962–63 Coppa Italia: Winners (1st title) [4] [22]
28 Carlo Alberto Quario Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 19632 February 1964 [23]
29 Carlo Ceresoli Flag of Italy.svg 3 February 196430 June 1964 [19]
30 Ferruccio Valcareggi Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 196430 June 1965
31 Héctor Puricelli Flag of Uruguay.svg 1 July 19654 October 1965
32 Stefano Angeleri Flag of Italy.svg 5 October 196530 June 1967
33Paolo Tabanelli Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 196715 April 1968
34 Stefano Angeleri Flag of Italy.svg 16 April 19682 March 1969
35 Silvano Moro Flag of Italy.svg 3 March 196928 April 1969
36 Carlo Ceresoli Flag of Italy.svg 29 April 196930 June 1969 [19]
37Corrado Viciani Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 196914 December 1969 [24]
38Renato Gei Flag of Italy.svg 14 December 196917 April 1970 [24]
39 Battista Rota Flag of Italy.svg 17 April 197030 June 1970 [24] [25]
40 Giulio Corsini Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 197011 November 1973
41 Heriberto Herrera Flag of Paraguay.svg 11 November 197317 November 1974
42Angelo Piccioli Flag of Italy.svg 18 November 197430 June 1975
43 Giancarlo Cadé Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 197530 May 1976 [26]
44 Gianfranco Leoncini Flag of Italy.svg 1 June 197630 June 1976 [27]
45Battista Rota Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 197630 June 1980 [25]
46 Bruno Bolchi Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 198018 January 1981
47 Giulio Corsini Flag of Italy.svg 19 January 198130 June 1981
48 Ottavio Bianchi Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 198130 June 1983 1981–82 Serie C1 Group A: Winners (1st title) [28]
49 Nedo Sonetti Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 198330 June 1987 1983–84 Serie B: Winners (4th title)
1986–87 Coppa Italia: Runners-up
[22] [29] [30]
50 Emiliano Mondonico Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 198730 June 1990 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup: Semi-finals
1988–89 Serie A: Sixth place and qualification to the 1989–90 UEFA Cup
1989–90 Serie A: Seventh place and qualification to the 1990–91 UEFA Cup
[9] [30] [31]
51Pierluigi Frosio Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 199029 January 1991 1990–91 UEFA Cup: Quarter-finals [c] [32] [33]
52 Bruno Giorgi Flag of Italy.svg 29 January 199130 June 1992 1990–91 UEFA Cup: Quarter-finals [c] [33] [34]
53 Marcello Lippi Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 199230 June 1993 [35]
54 Francesco Guidolin Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 19932 November 1993 [36]
55 [b] Andrea Valdinoci,
Cesare Prandelli [d]
Flag of Italy.svg
Flag of Italy.svg
2 November 199330 June 1994 [36] [37]
56 Emiliano Mondonico Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 199430 June 1998 1995–96 Coppa Italia: Runners-up [9] [22]
57 Bortolo Mutti Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 199830 June 1999 [38]
58 Giovanni Vavassori Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 199921 April 2003 [39] [40]
59Giancarlo Finardi Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg 21 April 20034 June 2003 [40] [41] [42]
60 Andrea Mandorlini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg 10 June 20035 December 2004 [43] [44]
61 Delio Rossi Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg 6 December 200430 June 2005 [44]
62 Stefano Colantuono Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 200530 June 2007 2005–06 Serie B: Winners (5th title) [45]
63 Luigi Delneri Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 200730 June 2009
64 Angelo Gregucci Flag of Italy.svg 1 July 200921 September 2009 [46]
65 Antonio Conte Flag of Italy.svg 21 September 20097 January 2010 [46] [47] [48]
66 Valter Bonacina [d] Flag of Italy.svg 7 January 201010 January 2010 [46] [48]
67 Bortolo Mutti Flag of Italy.svg 11 January 201010 June 2010 [38] [49]
68 Stefano Colantuono Flag of Italy.svg 14 June 20104 March 2015 2010–11 Serie B: Winners (6th title) [45] [50]
69 Edoardo Reja Flag of Italy.svg 4 March 201513 June 2016 [50] [51]
70 Gian Piero Gasperini Flag of Italy.svg 14 June 20161 June 2025 2016–17 Serie A: Fourth place and UEFA Europa League qualification
2018–19 Coppa Italia: Runners-up
2019–20 UEFA Champions League: Quarter-finals
2020–21 Coppa Italia: Runners-up
2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2024–25 Serie A: Third place (the club's highest ever league finishes)
and UEFA Champions League qualification
2021–22 UEFA Europa League: Quarter-finals
2023–24 Coppa Italia: Runners-up
2023–24 UEFA Europa League: Winners (1st title)
[5] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56]
71 Ivan Jurić Flag of Croatia.svg 6 June 2025present [57]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Player-manager
  2. 1 2 Co-managers
  3. 1 2 Atalanta changed manager midway through the 1990–91 season. Frosio led the club to the quarter-finals under his tenure, while Giorgi was on the bench for both legs of the quarter-final match.
  4. 1 2 Caretaker manager

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