Which football managers have been sacked this season?

Carlo Garganese

• 5 Nov 2025 13:49 GMT
• 6 min read

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Being a football manager is arguably the worst career choice possible if you want job security.

Indeed, soccer coaches are sacked on a regular basis as clubs across the world make changes in order to try and achieve success.

Across Europe's top leagues and beyond, head coaches are either sacked or choose to resign frequently throughout the season, with the length of a manager's stint getting shorter and shorter with each passing year.

In fact, the next manager to be sacked is a vital part of football transfer news, as the impact of a managerial change can often make a huge difference both on and off the pitch. Furthermore, patience with managers grows ever thinner with each defeat a team suffers.

The 2025-26 European season is only several weeks old, but managers have already started to be sacked across the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1.

Below, FootballTransfers runs through every manager in Europe’s top five leagues who has been sacked this campaign.

Sacked/departed Premier League managers in 2025-26

Nuno Espirito Santo became the first Premier League manager to lose their job during the 2025-26 campaign when he was fired by Nottingham Forest in early September. This came after speaking out against the club’s owner in public.

Ange Postecoglou was hired as his replacement, but the Australian only lasted 39 days after becoming the first head coach in club history not to win any of his first eight games in charge. He now holds the record for the shortest permanent reign in Premier League history. Sean Dyche was hired as Forest's third manager of the season on October 21.

West Ham United boss Graham Potter became the second manager to lose his job in September as West Ham sacked him. The former Chelsea manager had won just one of the Hammers' first six matches of the season.

Potter was replaced by Nuno Espirito Santo, who didn't have to wait long to find a new job following his Forest sacking. Potter was then appointed as Sweden's new manager in October.

Vitor Pereira was the next to be sacked on 2 November with Wolves bottom of the Premier League.

In 2024-25, seven Premier League managers were sacked, including Erik ten Hag, Russell Martin, Julen Lopetegui and Sean Dyche. Ange Postecoglou was then fired by Tottenham Hotspur following the conclusion of the season.

Sacked/departed La Liga managers in 2025-26

Real Oviedo's Veljko Paunovic became the first manager in La Liga to be sacked this season on 9 October. He was replaced by Luis Carrion.

In 2024-25, six La Liga managers were sacked during the season, while a further four were fired following the end of the campaign, including Real Madrid’s Carlo Ancelotti.

Sacked/departed Serie A managers in 2025-26

Juventus' Igor Tudor became the first Serie A manager sacked in the 2025-26 season after going eight games without a win - the worst run of form by the Bianconeri in 16 years. Juventus appointed former Italy and Napoli manager Luciano Spalletti as Tudor's replacement.

Patrick Vieira was the second Serie A coach to be sacked in 2025-26 as Genoa dismissed him on November 1 before matchday 10 with the club bottom of the table.

Stefano Pioli was sacked by Fiorentina on November 4 after a disastrous start to his reign saw the Viola fail to win any of their first 10 Serie A games of the season.

In 2024-25, nine Serie A managers were sacked, including Daniele De Rossi, Ivan Juric, Paulo Fonseca and Thiago Motta. Claudio Ranieri was then fired by AS Roma following the conclusion of the game.

Sacked/departed Bundesliga managers in 2025-26

Erik ten Hag became the first Bundesliga manager to be sacked during the 2025-26 season after he was fired by Bayer Leverkusen after just 62 days in charge of the club.

The Dutchman was hired as Xabi Alonso’s replacement at the BayArena, but the club failed to win any of their opening three league matches, while Ten Hag was accused of failing to create a positive atmosphere in the dressing room. In the process, he broke a new record for the fastest sacking in Bundesliga history. Ten Hag was replaced by Kasper Hjulmand.

Gerardo Seoane became the second Bundesliga coach to get the axe. Borussia Monchengladbach fired the Swiss on 15 September after a 4-0 home loss to Werder Bremen had extended their winless league run, which started the previous season, to 10 games.

In 2024-25, six Bundesliga managers were sacked, including Nuri Sahin, Marco Rose and Ralph Hasenhuttl. A further four managers departed after the end of the season, including Bayer Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso.

Sacked/departed Ligue 1 managers in 2025-26

Adi Hutter became the first manager in Ligue 1 to be sacked in 2025-26 as he was dismissed on October 9 despite the club sitting just three points off the top of the table. He was replaced by Sebastien Pocognoli.

In 2024-25, seven Ligue 1 managers were sacked, while Antoine Kombouare (Nantes) and Will Still (RC Lens) departed after the end of the campaign.

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