Which football managers have been sacked this season?

18 Sep 2024 09:29 CDT
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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.

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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 2024-25 European season is well under way now and a number of managers across the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 will be sacked once again this campaign.

Below, FootballTransfers runs through every manager in Europe’s top five leagues who have left their posts this campaign.

Sacked/departed Premier League managers in 2024-25

No Premier League manager has been sacked so far this season.

Erik ten Hag is the red hot favourite to be the first manager to be sacked in the Premier League in 2024/25 after a dismal start to the new season, with United losing two of their first three games and being thrashed 3-0 at home to Liverpool. He eased the pressure on himself with a 3-0 win at Southampton.

Everton's Sean Dyche is second favourite with the bookmakers after a terrible start to the campaign.

New Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca also is in a very precarious situation as the club has been through multiple coaches since the arrival of Todd Boehly in 2022.

The England managerial position is still vacant. Newcastle's Eddie Howe is a frontrunner, although current England caretaker boss Lee Carsley is the favourite to get that role permanently.

In 2023-24, only three Premier League managers were sacked during the season - Paul Heckingbottom (Sheffield United), Steve Cooper (Nottingham Forest) and Roy Hodgson (Crystal Palace). Heckingbottom was replaced by Chris Wilder, Nuno Espirito Santo took charge at Forest, and Oliver Glasner was chosen as Hodgson's successor.

Julen Lopetegui left Wolves before the season had even started, while Mauricio Pochettino, Roberto De Zerbi, Jurgen Klopp and David Moyes all departed at the end of the campaign.

Sacked/departed La Liga managers in 2024-25

No La Liga manager has been sacked so far this season.

In 2023-24, 11 LaLiga managers were sacked, with Villarreal, Sevilla, Granada and Almeria all going through three separate head coaches during the campaign.

Cadiz, Rayo Vallecano and Celta Vigo also sacked managers last season.

Sacked/departed Serie A managers in 2024-25

Manager	Club	Date
Daniele De Rossi	Roma	September 18

Daniele De Rossi became the first coach of the 2023-24 season to be sacked as he was handed his dismissal on September 18 after failing to win any of the first four games of the campaign.

New AC Milan coach Paulo Fonseca is already under pressure after a slow start to the season, and some problems off the pitch with Rafael Leao and Theo Hernandez. A 4-0 win over Venezia eased the pressure on Fonseca for now.

Eusebio Di Francesco risks the sack at Venezia after a terrible opening to the season saw them rooted to the bottom of the table.

Only five managers who started the 2024-25 season were coaches of their clubs in the season before.

In 2023-24, 14 Serie A managers departed, including Jose Mourinho, Maurizio Sarri and Massimiliano Allegri.

Napoli were arguably the biggest story of the season as they went through three managers in a dismal campaign that saw them finish 10th after winning the Scudetto in 2023.

© IMAGO - Jose Mourinho was sacked by Roma in January

Sacked/departed Bundesliga managers in 2024-25

No Bundesliga manager has been sacked so far this season.

In 2023-24, eight Bundesliga managers were sacked, including Union Berlin legend Urs Fischer, who left the club in November after a torrid run of form.

Augsburg were the only German top flight team to sack two managers last year.

Sacked/departed Ligue 1 managers in 2024-25

No Ligue 1 manager has been sacked so far this season.

Julien Stephan is understood to be at risk at Rennes.

In 2023-24, eight Ligue 1 managers were sacked. Laurent Blanc was the first to go in September and Lyon subsequently sacked his replacement Fabio Grosso in November.

Will Still was the final manager to depart as he leave Reims in May.