{"id":5798,"date":"2026-01-07T01:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/01\/07\/how-manchester-uniteds-permanent-managers-have-fared-since-sir-alex-ferguson\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T01:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:37:03","slug":"how-manchester-uniteds-permanent-managers-have-fared-since-sir-alex-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/01\/07\/how-manchester-uniteds-permanent-managers-have-fared-since-sir-alex-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"How Manchester United\u2019s Permanent Managers Have Fared Since Sir Alex Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s retirement in 2013, Manchester United have appointed a succession of permanent managers with mixed results. None have matched the sustained success of his era, and even the brief high points came with damaging lows.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Amorim<br \/>\nGames Managed: 63  Win Percentage: 39.68%  Trophies Won: 0<br \/>\nA win rate just below 40 percent, the club\u2019s lowest-ever Premier League finish and no trophies in a 14-month spell define Amorim\u2019s time at Old Trafford. Tactical inflexibility and an outspoken approach meant early sympathy for the coach faded as results and performances deteriorated. His tenure is described plainly in the record: a complete and utter disaster.<\/p>\n<p>David Moyes<br \/>\nGames Managed: 51  Win Percentage: 50.98%  Trophies Won: 1<br \/>\n\u2018The Chosen One\u2019 was less Anakin Skywalker and more Jar Jar Binks as David Moyes failed to even see out his debut season as Ferguson\u2019s immediate successor. Moyes did lift the Community Shield over Wigan Athletic, but a poor Premier League campaign and cup defeats to Sunderland and Swansea City led to his dismissal before season\u2019s end. Ryan Giggs finished the 2013\u201314 season as interim manager as United ended in seventh, their lowest top-flight placing at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag<br \/>\nGames Managed: 128  Win Percentage: 56.25%  Trophies Won: 2<br \/>\nTen Hag delivered the Carabao Cup and FA Cup, the second-best trophy haul among post-Ferguson managers. Early signs were positive with a third-place finish and two domestic finals, but a dramatic fall in form followed. An eighth-place league finish and poor European results preceded his exit a few months into the 2024\u201325 season.<\/p>\n<p>Louis van Gaal<br \/>\nGames Managed: 103  Win Percentage: 52.43%  Trophies Won: 1<br \/>\nVan Gaal recovered from a poor start to clinch fourth and return United to the Champions League, and later won the FA Cup after a season of mixed domestic and European results. European failures and domestic inconsistency, including a heavy League Cup defeat to MK Dons, ultimately cost him his job.<\/p>\n<p>Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r<br \/>\nGames Managed: 168  Win Percentage: 54.76%  Trophies Won: 0<br \/>\nSolskj\u00e6r produced memorable nights: a comeback at Paris Saint-Germain, big wins over Manchester City and a 9\u20130 victory over Southampton. Yet, despite the good atmosphere and some iconic moments, no silverware arrived and United moved on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranking United&#8217;s permanent managers since Sir Alex Ferguson by record, results and silverware. &#038; more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1348],"tags":[1012,1066,1087],"class_list":["post-5798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-manchester-united-news","tag-burnley-style","tag-carabao-cup","tag-coaching-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}