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Which football managers have been sacked this season?
Carlo Garganese
- Updated: 17 Sept 2025 12:59 BST
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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 has only just begun, 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
| Manager | Club | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuno Espirito Santo | Nottingham Forest | 8 September |
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.
In May, the ex-Wolves boss guided Nottingham Forest to European football for the first time since 1996, but his relationship with Evangelos Marinakis deteriorated over the summer and he was sacked after speaking out against the club’s owner in public. Ange Postecoglou was hired as his replacement.
West Ham United boss Graham Potter could lose his job if results continue to flounder, while Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim is under severe pressure after a bad start to the season. The feeling is that if results don't improve immediately, he will be sacked in October.
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
| Manager | Club | Date |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
No manager in La Liga has been sacked so far this season.
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
| Manager | Club | Date |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
No manager in Serie A has been sacked so far this season.
Christian Chivu is under pressure after losing two of his first three Serie A games in charge at Inter.
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
| Manager | Club | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Erik ten Hag | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 September |
| Gerardo Seoane | Borussia M'Gladbach | 15 September |
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
| Manager | Club | Date |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
No manager in Ligue 1 has been sacked so far this season.
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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