List of FA Cup winning managers


This is a list of FA Cup winning football managers.
Arsène Wenger has won the tournament on seven occasions as Arsenal manager. George Ramsay won the tournament on six occasions with Aston Villa. Two other managers have won the title on five occasions.
James Fielding led Blackburn Rovers to success three consecutive seasons in 1884, 1885 and 1886.
Eighteen men have won the tournament both as a player and as a manager: John Cameron as player-manager in 1901, Peter McWilliam, Billy Walker, Jimmy Seed, Matt Busby, Stan Seymour, Joe Smith, Bill Shankly, Joe Mercer, Don Revie, Bob Stokoe, Kenny Dalglish, Bobby Gould, Terry Venables, George Graham, Gianluca Vialli, Roberto Di Matteo and Mikel Arteta. Cameron and Dalglish are the only two people who have guided their clubs to the title as player-managers, in 1901 and 1986 respectively.
Two managers have won the title with two sides: Billy Walker with Sheffield Wednesday in 1935 and Nottingham Forest in 1959 and Herbert Chapman with Huddersfield Town in 1922 and Arsenal 1930.

Winning managers

By individual

RankNameWinnersClubWinning Years
1 Arsène Wenger
7
Arsenal1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2017
2 George Ramsay
6
Aston Villa1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920
3 Alex Ferguson
5
Manchester United1990, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004
4 John Nicholson
4
Sheffield United1899, 1902, 1915, 1925
5James Fielding
3
Blackburn Rovers1884, 1885, 1886
= Charles Foweraker
3
Bolton Wanderers1923, 1926, 1929
= Bill Nicholson
3
Tottenham Hotspur1961, 1962, 1967
6 Thomas Mitchell
2
Blackburn Rovers1890, 1891
= Jack Addenbrooke
2
Wolverhampton Wanderers1893, 1908
= Arthur Dickinson
2
The Wednesday1896, 1907
= H. Hamer
2
Bury1900, 1903
= Frank Watt
2
Newcastle United1910, 1924
= Herbert Chapman
2
Huddersfield Town, Arsenal1922, 1930
= Billy Walker
2
Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest1935, 1959
= Matt Busby
2
Manchester United1948, 1963
= Stan Cullis
2
Wolverhampton Wanderers1949, 1960
= Bill Shankly
2
Liverpool1965, 1974
= John Lyall
2
West Ham United1975, 1980
= Keith Burkinshaw
2
Tottenham Hotspur1981, 1982
= Ron Atkinson
2
Manchester United1983, 1985
= Kenny Dalglish
2
Liverpool1986, 1989

By nationality

CountryManagersTotal
5076
1732
28
55
44
33
11
11