Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio is an Italian professional football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. The club was founded in 1907 and it currently competes in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Since the establishment of a unified league structure in 1929, Atalanta has spent a total of 65 seasons in Serie A, 28 seasons in Serie B, and one season in Serie C.

Throughout its history, Atalanta has had a total of 61 managers, including player-managers, assistant managers acting as head coach, and caretaker managers. Thirteen managers were in charge on multiple occasions. The club hired its first professional coach, Cesare Lovati, in 1925. Atalanta's only managers to win a major trophy were Paolo Tabanelli, under whom the club won the Coppa Italia in 1963, and Gian Piero Gasperini, under whom the club won the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League.

Managerial history

Longest-serving managers Gian Piero Gasperini, who led the club to its highest league finishes and five qualifications for the UEFA Champions League – as well as a Europa League title in 2024 – oversaw 439 competitive matches for Atalanta in his nine-year spell with the club (2016 to 2025). He became the club's longest-serving manager on 9 October 2022, when he oversaw his 300th game with Atalanta, and also had the longest uninterrupted tenure as Atalanta manager (nine consecutive seasons).

The club's second longest-serving manager was Emiliano Mondonico, who oversaw 299 matches in all competitions in two spells (1987–90 and 1994–98), including some of the club's matches in the European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup. Stefano Colantuono, who also was manager on two different occasions (2005–07 and 2010–15), was the club's third-longest serving manager, with 281 appearances in total.

Other relatively long-serving managers include Ivo Fiorentini, Battista Rota, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Giovanni Vavassori, Nedo Sonetti, Giulio Corsini, Luigi Bonizzoni, and Imre Payer, all of whom recorded over 100 appearances as manager.

List of managers No. Name Nationality From To Achievements Refs1Cesare Lovati1 July 192530 June 19272Imre Payer1 July 192730 June 19291927–28 Prima Divisione: Winners (1st second tier title and promotion)3Luigi Cevenini1 July 192930 June 19304József Viola1 July 19305 February 19335Imre Payer5 February 193330 June 19336Angelo Mattea1 July 193330 June 19357Imre Payer1 July 193530 June 19368Ottavio Barbieri1 July 193630 June 19389Géza Kertész1 July 193830 June 193910Ivo Fiorentini1 July 193930 June 19411939–40 Serie B: Winners (2nd title)11János Nehadoma1 July 194125 November 194512Giuseppe Meazza25 November 194513 January 194613Luis Monti13 January 194624 November 194614Ivo Fiorentini25 November 19467 March 19491947–48 Serie A: Fifth place, the club's highest league finish until 201715Alberto Citterio7 March 194913 March 194916Carlo Carcano13 March 194930 June 194917Giovanni Varglien1 July 194931 December 195018Denis Charles Neville1 January 195115 October 195119Carlo Ceresoli16 October 195130 June 195220Luigi Ferrero1 July 195231 January 195421Francesco Simonetti,Luigi Tentorio1 February 195430 June 195422Luigi Bonizzoni1 July 195415 April 195723Carlo Rigotti16 April 195724 November 195724Giuseppe Bonomi25 November 195722 December 195725Karl Adamek23 December 195730 June 19591958–59 Serie B: Winners (3rd title)26Ferruccio Valcareggi1 July 195930 June 196227Paolo Tabanelli1 July 196230 June 19631962–63 Coppa Italia: Winners (1st title)28Carlo Alberto Quario1 July 19632 February 196429Carlo Ceresoli3 February 196430 June 196430Ferruccio Valcareggi1 July 196430 June 196531Héctor Puricelli1 July 19654 October 196532Stefano Angeleri5 October 196530 June 196733Paolo Tabanelli1 July 196715 April 196834Stefano Angeleri16 April 19682 March 196935Silvano Moro3 March 196928 April 196936Carlo Ceresoli29 April 196930 June 196937Corrado Viciani1 July 196914 December 196938Renato Gei14 December 196917 April 197039Battista Rota17 April 197030 June 197040Giulio Corsini1 July 197011 November 197341Heriberto Herrera11 November 197317 November 197442Angelo Piccioli18 November 197430 June 197543Giancarlo Cadé1 July 197530 May 197644Gianfranco Leoncini1 June 197630 June 197645Battista Rota1 July 197630 June 198046Bruno Bolchi1 July 198018 January 198147Giulio Corsini19 January 198130 June 198148Ottavio Bianchi1 July 198130 June 19831981–82 Serie C1 Group A: Winners (1st title) 49Nedo Sonetti1 July 198330 June 19871983–84 Serie B: Winners (4th title) 1986–87 Coppa Italia: Runners-up50Emiliano Mondonico1 July 198730 June 19901987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup: Semi-finals1988–89 Serie A: Sixth place and qualification to the 1989–90 UEFA Cup 1989–90 Serie A: Seventh place and qualification to the 1990–91 UEFA Cup51Pierluigi Frosio1 July 199029 January 19911990–91 UEFA Cup: Quarter-finals52Bruno Giorgi29 January 199130 June 19921990–91 UEFA Cup: Quarter-finals53Marcello Lippi1 July 199230 June 199354Francesco Guidolin1 July 19932 November 199355Andrea Valdinoci,Cesare Prandelli2 November 199330 June 199456Emiliano Mondonico1 July 199430 June 19981995–96 Coppa Italia: Runners-up57Bortolo Mutti1 July 199830 June 199958Giovanni Vavassori1 July 199921 April 200359Giancarlo Finardi21 April 20034 June 200360Andrea Mandorlini10 June 20035 December 200461Delio Rossi6 December 200430 June 200562Stefano Colantuono1 July 200530 June 20072005–06 Serie B: Winners (5th title)63Luigi Delneri1 July 200730 June 200964Angelo Gregucci1 July 200921 September 200965Antonio Conte21 September 20097 January 201066Valter Bonacina7 January 201010 January 201067Bortolo Mutti11 January 201010 June 201068Stefano Colantuono14 June 20104 March 20152010–11 Serie B: Winners (6th title)69Edoardo Reja4 March 201513 June 201670Gian Piero Gasperini14 June 20161 June 20252016–17 Serie A: Fourth place and UEFA Europa League qualification 2018–19 Coppa Italia: Runners-up 2019–20 UEFA Champions League: Quarter-finals 2020–21 Coppa Italia: Runners-up 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2024–25 Serie A: Third place (the club's highest ever league finishes) and UEFA Champions League qualification2021–22 UEFA Europa League: Quarter-finals 2023–24 Coppa Italia: Runners-up2023–24 UEFA Europa League: Winners (1st title)71Ivan Jurić6 June 202510 November 202572Raffaele Palladino11 November 20259 June 20262025–26 Serie A: Seventh place and UEFA Conference League qualification

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