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[[File:Alex Ferguson 2011.jpg|alt=A side-on photograph of a man with grey hair. He is wearing glasses and a black overcoat.|thumb|[[Alex Ferguson]], the most successful manager in the history of [[Aberdeen F.C.]]]]
The following is a list of managers of [[Aberdeen F.C.]] since its foundation in 1903. As of February 2024, Aberdeen have had 26 full-time managers, including joint managers.

The most successful Aberdeen manager is Sir [[Alex Ferguson]], who won three [[Scottish Premier Division]] titles, four [[Scottish Cup]] trophies, one [[Scottish League Cup]], one [[European Cup Winners' Cup]] and one [[UEFA Super Cup]] in an eight-year spell at the club.

==Statistics==

Only competitive league & cup matches are counted.<ref name="managers">{{cite web|url=http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/leagues |title=Scottish League - Scottish Football Archive |work=[[Scottish Football Archive]] |accessdate=2008-01-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127230342/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/leagues |archivedate=27 January 2008 }}</ref> As of 02 December 2024.

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! # !!From !! To !! Name !! P !! W !! D !! L !! F !! A !! Win % !! Source
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|align=center|1
|1903
|1924
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Jimmy|Philip}}
||644||221||172||251||817||883||34%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=1 |title=Jimmy Philip profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|2
|1924
|1937
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Paddy|Travers}}
||474||214||106||154||916||732||45%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=2 |title=Paddy Travers profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011 }}</ref>
|-
|align=center|3
|1937
|1955
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Dave|Halliday}}
||371||165||71||135||731||602||44%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=3 |title=Dave Halliday profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|4
|1955
|1959
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Davie|Shaw}}
||148||66||20||62||316||280||45%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=4 |title=Davie Shaw profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|5
|1959
|1965
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Tommy|Pearson}}
||180||67||42||71||328||341||37%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=5 |title=Tommy Pearson profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|6
|1965
|1971
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Eddie|Turnbull}}
||214||100||42||72||386||278||47%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=6 |title=Eddie Turnbull profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|7
|1971
|1975
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Jimmy|Bonthrone}}
||143||67||46||30||264||143||47%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=7 |title=Jimmy Bonthrone profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|
|1975
|1975
|align=left style=background:#FBCEB1|{{flagicon|Scotland}} ''{{sortname|George|Murray|George Murray (footballer)}}''
||4||2||0||2||5||6||50%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=8 |title=George Murray profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|8
|1975
|1977
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Ally|MacLeod}}
||61||24||19||18||89||72||39%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=9 |title=Ally McLeod profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|9
|1977
|1978
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Billy|McNeill}}
||36||22||9||5||68||29||61%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=10 |title=Billy McNeill profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|10
|July 1, 1978
|November 7, 1986
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Alex|Ferguson}}
||288||167||71||50||564||229||58%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=11 |title=Alex Ferguson profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|
|1986
|1986
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Alex|Ferguson}}<br />{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Archie|Knox}}
||15||7||5||3||25||14||47%||
|-
|align=center|
|1986
|1986
|align=left style=background:#FBCEB1|{{flagicon|Scotland}} ''{{sortname|Archie|Knox}}''
||1||0||1||0||0||0||0%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=12 |title=Archie Knox profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|11
|November 5, 1986 
|May 16, 1988
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Ian|Porterfield}}
||72||35||27||10||94||40||49%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=13 |title=Ian Porterfield profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|12
|July 31, 1988
|September 20, 1991
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Alex|Smith|Alex Smith (footballer, born 1939)}}<br />{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Jocky|Scott}}
||117||63||35||19||181||89||54%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=24 |title=Jocky Scott profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|13
|September 20, 1991
|February 10, 1992
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Alex|Smith|Alex Smith (footballer, born 1939)}}
||23||7||7||9||34||31||30%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=14 |title=Alex Smith profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|14
|February, 1992
|February 7, 1995
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Willie|Miller}}
||124||53||45||26||182||111||43%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=15 |title=Willie Miller profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|15
|February 7, 1995
|November 11, 1997
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Roy|Aitken}}
||99||35||27||37||125||139||35%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=16 |title=Roy Aitken profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|
|November 11, 1997
|November 21, 1997
|align=left style=background:#FBCEB1|{{flagicon|England}} ''{{sortname|Keith|Burkinshaw}}''
||2||0||2||0||2||2||0%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=17 |title=Keith Burkinshaw profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|16
|November 21, 1997
|December 8, 1998
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Alex|Miller}}
||38||10||11||17||39||52||26%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=18 |title=Alex Miller profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|
|January 1, 1999
|May 24, 1999
|align=left style=background:#FBCEB1|{{flagicon|Scotland}} ''{{sortname|Paul|Hegarty}}''
||19||7||2||10||28||43||37%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=19 |title=Paul Hegarty profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|17
|July 1, 1999
|November 29, 2002
|align=left|{{flagicon|Denmark}} {{sortname|Ebbe|Skovdahl}}
||130||40||31||59||157||214||31%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=20 |title=Ebbe Skovdahl profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|
|December 5, 2002
|December 11, 2002
|align=left style=background:#FBCEB1|{{flagicon|Scotland}} ''{{sortname|Gardner|Speirs}}''
||1||0||1||0||1||1||0%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=21 |title=Gardner Spiers profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|18
|December 11, 2002
|May 24, 2004
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Steve|Paterson}}
||57||18||11||28||62||86||32%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=22 |title=Steve Paterson profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|19
|June 1, 2004
|May 24, 2009
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Jimmy|Calderwood}}
||190||79||49||62||236||214||42%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=23 |title=Jimmy Calderwood profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|20
|July 1, 2009
|December 1, 2010
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Mark|McGhee}}
||53||13||12||28||51||83||24%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=31 |title=Mark McGhee profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|
|December 1, 2010
|December 10, 2010
|align=left style=background:#FBCEB1|{{flagicon|Scotland}} ''{{sortname|Neil|Cooper|Neil Cooper (footballer)}}<br>{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Neil|Simpson}}''
||1||0||0||1||0||5||0%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=37 |title=Neil Cooper profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|21
|December 10, 2010
|April 6, 2013
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Craig|Brown|Craig Brown (footballer, born 1940)}}
||93||27||29||37||98||107||29%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=38 |title=Craig Brown profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|22
|April 6, 2013
|March 8, 2021
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Derek|McInnes}}
||295||157||60||78||434||303||53%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=40 |title=Derek McInnes profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=27 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|
|March 8, 2021
|March 23, 2021
|align=left style=background:#FBCEB1|{{flagicon|Scotland}} ''{{sortname|Paul|Sheerin}}''
||2||1||0||1||1||1||50%||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=40 |title=Paul Sheerin profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=21 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|23
|March 23, 2021
|February 13, 2022
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Stephen|Glass|Stephen Glass (footballer)}}
||29||9||6||14||33||39||31%||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=46 |title=Stephen Glass profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=13 February 2022}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|
|February 13, 2022
|February 19, 2022
|align=left style=background:#FBCEB1|{{flagicon|Scotland}} ''{{sortname|Barry|Robson}}''
||1||0||1||0||1||1||0%||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=46 |title=Barry Robson profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=21 February 2023}}
</ref>
|-
|align=center|24
|February 19, 2022
|January 22, 2023
|align=left|{{flagicon|Ireland}} {{sortname|Jim|Goodwin}}
||35||11||7||17||45||56||31%||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=46 |title=Jim Goodwin profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=4 February 2023}}
</ref>
|-
|align=center|25
|January 29, 2023
|January 31, 2024
|align=left|{{flagicon|Scotland}} {{sortname|Barry|Robson}}
||36||15||7||14||45||50||42%||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://afcheritage.org/Team/Manager/index.cfm?manager_id=50 |title=Barry Robson profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=27 January 2024}}
</ref>
|-
|align=center|
|January 31, 2024
|February 5, 2024
|align=left style=background:#FBCEB1|{{flagicon|Scotland}} ''{{sortname|Peter|Leven}}''
||1||0||1||0||0||0||0%||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://afcheritage.org/football/managers/neil-warnock?id=54 |title=Neil Warnock profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=9 March 2024}}
</ref>
|-
|align=center|
|February 5, 2024
|March 9, 2024
|align=left style=background:#FBCEB1|{{flagicon|England}} ''{{sortname|Neil|Warnock}}''
||6||0||2||4||7||13||0%||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://afcheritage.org/football/managers/neil-warnock?id=54 |title=Neil Warnock profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=9 March 2024}}
</ref>
|-
|align=center|
|March 10, 2024
|May 31, 2024
|align=left style=background:#FBCEB1|{{flagicon|Scotland}} ''{{sortname|Peter|Leven}}''
||11||6||3||2||0||0||54%||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://afcheritage.org/football/managers/neil-warnock?id=54 |title=Neil Warnock profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=9 March 2024}}
</ref>
|-
|align=center|26
|June 17, 2024
|Present
|align=left|{{flagicon|Sweden}} {{sortname|Jimmy|Thelin}}
||49||25||8||16||80||70||52%||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://afcheritage.org/football/managers/jimmy-thelin?id=56 |title=Jimmy Thelin profile |publisher=AFC Heritage |date= |accessdate=17 May 2025}}
</ref>
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==References==
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{{Aberdeen F.C.}}
{{Lists of Scottish football managers}}

[[Category:Aberdeen F.C.|Managers]]
[[Category:Aberdeen F.C. managers| ]]
[[Category:Lists of football managers in Scotland by club|Aberdeen]]
[[Category:Aberdeen F.C.-related lists|Managers]]