The following is a list of managers of Crystal Palace Football Club, from the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1905 to the present day. Each manager's entry includes the dates of his tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost).
Edmund Goodman is Crystal Palace's longest serving manager, having taken charge of 613 matches from 1907 to 1925. The club's second-longest serving manager, Steve Coppell, presided over a total of 565 games between 1984 and 2000 across four spells, and in 2005 was voted as the manager for Palace's Centenary XI; he took the club to the 1990 FA Cup final and helped achieve their highest ever league finish of third place in the top-flight, as well as winning the 1990–91 Full Members' Cup and twice achieving promotion from the second tier.
Oliver Glasner was the club's most recent manager, and he led Palace to the 2024–25 FA Cup title, the club's first ever major trophy, as well as ensuring qualification for European competition for the first time, where the club went on to win the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League.
Key All first-team matches in national competition are counted, except the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season and matches in wartime leagues and cups Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known and marked Names of player-managers are marked Win percentage is rounded to two decimal places
Managers Statistics are complete up to and including the match played 8 September 2026.
ManagerFromToRecordHonoursNotesJack Robson19051907Southern League Division Two championship: 1905–06Edmund Goodman19071925London Challenge Cup winners: 1912–13, 1913–14, 1920–21Football League Third Division winners: 1920–21Alex Maley19251927Fred Mavin19271930Jack Tresadern19301935Tom Bromilow19351936R. S. Moyes19361936Tom Bromilow19371939George Irwin19391947Jack Butler19471949Ronnie Rooke19491950Fred DawesCharlie Slade19501951Laurie Scott19511954Cyril Spiers19541958George Smith19581960Arthur Rowe19601962Football League Fourth Division promotion: 1960–61Dick Graham19621966Football League Third Division promotion: 1963–64Arthur Rowe 19661966Bert Head19661973Football League Second Division promotion: 1968–69Malcolm Allison19731976Terry Venables19761980Football League Third Division promotion: 1976–77Football League Second Division championship: 1978–79Ernie Walley 19801980Malcolm Allison19801981Dario Gradi19811981Steve Kember19811982Alan Mullery19821984Steve Coppell19841993Football League Second Division play-off winners: 1988–89Full Members' Cup winners: 1990–91Alan Smith19931995Football League First Division championship: 1993–94Steve Coppell (2)19951996Dave Bassett19961997Steve Coppell (3)19971998Football League First Division play-off winners: 1996–97Attilio Lombardo19981998Ron NoadesRay Lewington 19981998Terry Venables19981999Steve Coppell (4)19992000Alan Smith20002001Steve Kember 20012001Steve Bruce20012001Terry BullivantSteve Kember 20012001Trevor Francis20012003Steve Kember20032003Kit Symons 20032003Iain Dowie20032006Football League First Division play-off winners: 2003–04Peter Taylor20062007Neil Warnock20072010Paul Hart20102010George Burley20102011Dougie Freedman20112012Curtis Fleming Lennie Lawrence 20122012Curtis Fleming 20122012Ian Holloway20122013Football League Championship play-off winners: 2012–13Keith Millen 20132013Tony Pulis20132014Keith Millen 20142014Neil Warnock (2)20142014Keith Millen 20142015Alan Pardew20152016Sam Allardyce20162017Frank de Boer20172017Roy Hodgson20172021Patrick Vieira20212023Paddy McCarthy20232023Roy Hodgson (2)20232024Paddy McCarthy20242024Oliver Glasner20242026FA Cup winners: 2024–25FA Community Shield winners: 2025UEFA Conference League winners: 2025–26Pierre Sage2026present*
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