List of Atalanta BC managers

Gian Piero Gasperini, Atalanta's current head coach, in 2019

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 62 seasons in Serie A, 28 seasons in Serie B, and one season in Serie C. ^[1]

Throughout its history, Atalanta has had a total of 59 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 Gian Piero Gasperini. Atalanta's only manager to win a major trophy is Paolo Tabanelli, under whom the club won the Coppa Italia in 1963. ^[4]

Managerial history

Further information: History of Atalanta BC

Longest-serving managers

Current manager Gian Piero Gasperini, who led the club to its highest league finishes and UEFA Champions League qualification between 2019 and 2021, has the most appearances as manager in the club's history (331 as of 4 June 2023 ^[update] ) ^[5] and the longest uninterrupted tenure as Atalanta manager (seven consecutive seasons). ^{[6] [7]} He became the club's longest-serving manager on 9 October 2022, when he oversaw his 300th game with Atalanta. ^[8]

The club's second longest-serving manager is 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] [6]}

Stefano Colantuono, who also was manager on two different occasions (2005–07 and 2010–15), is the club's third-longest serving manager, with 281 appearances in total. ^[10]

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. ^[6]

List of managers

No. Name Nationality From [2] To [2] Achievements Refs 1 Cesare Lovati 1 July 1925 30 June 1927 [3] 2 Imre Payer 1 July 1927 30 June 1929 1927–28 Prima Divisione: Winners (1st second tier title and promotion) 3 Luigi Cevenini 1 July 1929 30 June 1930 [11] 4 József Viola [lower-alpha 1] 1 July 1930 5 February 1933 5 Imre Payer 5 February 1933 30 June 1933 6 Angelo Mattea 1 July 1933 30 June 1935 7 Imre Payer 1 July 1935 30 June 1936 8 Ottavio Barbieri 1 July 1936 30 June 1938 9 Géza Kertész 1 July 1938 30 June 1939 [12] 10 Ivo Fiorentini 1 July 1939 30 June 1941 1939–40 Serie B: Winners (2nd title) 11 János Nehadoma 1 July 1941 25 November 1945 [13] 12 Giuseppe Meazza [lower-alpha 1] 25 November 1945 13 January 1946 [13] 13 Luis Monti 13 January 1946 24 November 1946 [13] [14] 14 Ivo Fiorentini 25 November 1946 7 March 1949 1947–48 Serie A: Fifth place, the club's highest league finish until 2017 [15] [16] 15 Alberto Citterio [lower-alpha 1] 7 March 1949 13 March 1949 [16] 16 Carlo Carcano 13 March 1949 30 June 1949 [16] 17 Giovanni Varglien 1 July 1949 31 December 1950 [17] [18] 18 Denis Charles Neville 1 January 1951 15 October 1951 [19] 19 Carlo Ceresoli 16 October 1951 30 June 1952 [20] 20 Luigi Ferrero 1 July 1952 31 January 1954 21 [lower-alpha 2] Francesco Simonetti, Luigi Tentorio 1 February 1954 30 June 1954 22 Luigi Bonizzoni 1 July 1954 15 April 1957 [21] 23 Carlo Rigotti 16 April 1957 24 November 1957 [21] 24 Giuseppe Bonomi 25 November 1957 22 December 1957 [22] 25 Karl Adamek 23 December 1957 30 June 1959 1958–59 Serie B: Winners (3rd title) [22] 26 Ferruccio Valcareggi 1 July 1959 30 June 1962 27 Paolo Tabanelli 1 July 1962 30 June 1963 1962–63 Coppa Italia: Winners (1st title) [4] [23] 28 Carlo Alberto Quario 1 July 1963 2 February 1964 [24] 29 Carlo Ceresoli 3 February 1964 30 June 1964 [20] 30 Ferruccio Valcareggi 1 July 1964 30 June 1965 31 Héctor Puricelli 1 July 1965 4 October 1965 32 Stefano Angeleri 5 October 1965 30 June 1967 33 Paolo Tabanelli 1 July 1967 15 April 1968 34 Stefano Angeleri 16 April 1968 2 March 1969 35 Silvano Moro 3 March 1969 28 April 1969 36 Carlo Ceresoli 29 April 1969 30 June 1969 [20] 37 Corrado Viciani 1 July 1969 14 December 1969 [25] 38 Renato Gei 14 December 1969 17 April 1970 [25] 39 Battista Rota 17 April 1970 30 June 1970 [25] [26] 40 Giulio Corsini 1 July 1970 11 November 1973 41 Heriberto Herrera 11 November 1973 17 November 1974 42 Angelo Piccioli 18 November 1974 30 June 1975 43 Giancarlo Cadé 1 July 1975 30 May 1976 [27] 44 Gianfranco Leoncini 1 June 1976 30 June 1976 [28] 45 Battista Rota 1 July 1976 30 June 1980 [26] 46 Bruno Bolchi 1 July 1980 18 January 1981 47 Giulio Corsini 19 January 1981 30 June 1981 48 Ottavio Bianchi 1 July 1981 30 June 1983 1981–82 Serie C1 Group A: Winners (1st title) [29] 49 Nedo Sonetti 1 July 1983 30 June 1987 1983–84 Serie B: Winners (4th title) 1986–87 Coppa Italia: Runners-up [23] [30] [31] 50 Emiliano Mondonico 1 July 1987 30 June 1990 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup: Semi-finals (the club's best ever run in UEFA competitions) 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] [31] [32] 51 Pierluigi Frosio 1 July 1990 29 January 1991 1990–91 UEFA Cup: Quarter-finals [lower-alpha 3] [33] [34] 52 Bruno Giorgi 29 January 1991 30 June 1992 1990–91 UEFA Cup: Quarter-finals [lower-alpha 3] [34] [35] 53 Marcello Lippi 1 July 1992 30 June 1993 [36] 54 Francesco Guidolin 1 July 1993 2 November 1993 [37] 55 [lower-alpha 2] Andrea Valdinoci, Cesare Prandelli [lower-alpha 4] 2 November 1993 30 June 1994 [37] [38] 56 Emiliano Mondonico 1 July 1994 30 June 1998 1995–96 Coppa Italia: Runners-up [9] [23] 57 Bortolo Mutti 1 July 1998 30 June 1999 [39] 58 Giovanni Vavassori 1 July 1999 21 April 2003 [40] [41] 59 Giancarlo Finardi 21 April 2003 4 June 2003 [41] [42] [43] 60 Andrea Mandorlini 10 June 2003 5 December 2004 [44] [45] 61 Delio Rossi 6 December 2004 30 June 2005 [45] 62 Stefano Colantuono 1 July 2005 30 June 2007 2005–06 Serie B: Winners (5th title) [46] 63 Luigi Delneri 1 July 2007 30 June 2009 64 Angelo Gregucci 1 July 2009 21 September 2009 [47] 65 Antonio Conte 21 September 2009 7 January 2010 [47] [48] [49] 66 Valter Bonacina [lower-alpha 4] 7 January 2010 10 January 2010 [47] [49] 67 Bortolo Mutti 11 January 2010 10 June 2010 [39] [50] 68 Stefano Colantuono 14 June 2010 4 March 2015 2010–11 Serie B: Winners (6th title) [46] [51] 69 Edoardo Reja 4 March 2015 13 June 2016 [51] [52] 70 Gian Piero Gasperini 14 June 2016 present 2016–17 Serie A: Fourth place and qualification to the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League 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 Serie A: Third place (the club's highest ever league finishes) and UEFA Champions League qualification 2021–22 UEFA Europa League: Quarter-finals [52] [53] [54] [55] [56]

Notes

1. Player-manager
2. Co-managers
3. 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. Caretaker manager

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