Wales national football team manager

Since the Wales national football team's formation in 1876, it has had 12 managers.

The longest serving manager is Dave Bowen, who was manager for 10 years before leaving in 1974. Bowen was in charge of the team for 53 games, winning 10. His win percentage of 20% is the lowest of all Wales managers. The most successful manager in terms of wins was John Toshack.

Jimmy Murphy and Chris Coleman are the only managers to have taken the team to any FIFA World Cup or European Championship finals. Jimmy Murphy leading the team to the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals before being knocked by Brazil. Chris Coleman led his team to the semi finals of Euro 2016 before being knocked out by eventual winners Portugal. Chris Coleman is the considered to be the best manager wales have ever had also leading them to 8th in the Fifa rankings.

List of managers

• Caretaker manager is indicates with a (c).
• BOLD names indicates that the manager has taken the team to a FIFA World Cup or European Championships finals.
• The current manager is indicates with the yellow background.

As of 9 October 2016

Name	Career	First game	Final game	Pld	Wins	Draws	Loss	Goals For	Goals against	Win %
Barnes, WalleyWalley Barnes	1954–1956	9 May 1954 vs  Austria	11 Apr 1956 vs  Northern Ireland	9	2	1	6	10	17	22
Murphy, JimmyJimmy Murphy	1956–1964	20 Oct 1956 vs  Scotland	20 Nov 1963 vs  Scotland	43	11	13	19	59	79	26
Morris, TrevorTrevor Morris (c)	1964	15 Apr 1964 vs  Northern Ireland		1	0	0	1	2	3	0
Bowen, DaveDave Bowen	1964–74	3 Oct 1964 vs  Scotland	18 May 1974 vs  Northern Ireland	53	10	13	30	49	84	20
Smith, MikeMike Smith	1974–1979	4 Sep 1974 vs  Austria	21 Nov 1979 vs  Turkey	40	15	11	14	49	39	38
England, MikeMike England	1980–1987	17 Mar 1980 vs  England	11 Nov 1987 vs  Czechoslovakia	56	21	18	17	68	52	38
Williams, DavidDavid Williams (c)	1988	23 Mar 1988 vs  Yugoslavia		1	0	0	1	1	2	0
Yorath, TerryTerry Yorath	1988–1993	27 Apr 1988 vs  Sweden	17 Nov 1993 vs  Romania	41	16	8	17	48	54	39
Toshack, JohnJohn Toshack	1994	9 Mar 1994 vs  Norway		1	0	0	1	1	3	0
Smith, MikeMike Smith	1994–1995	20 Apr 1994 vs  Sweden	6 Sep 1995 vs  Moldova	10	3	1	6	9	19	30
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould	1995–1999	11 Oct 1995 vs  Germany	5 June 1999 vs  Italy	24	7	4	13	32	47	29
Hughes, MarkMark Hughes	1999–2004	4 Sep 1999 vs  Belgium	13 Oct 2004 vs  Poland	41	11	15	15	46	49	27
Toshack, JohnJohn Toshack	2005–2010	9 Feb 2005 vs  Hungary	3 Sep 2010 vs  Montenegro	53	22	8	23	61	56	42
Flynn, BrianBrian Flynn (c)	2010	8 Oct 2010 vs  Bulgaria	12 Oct 2010 vs   Switzerland	2	0	0	2	1	5	0
Speed, GaryGary Speed	2010–2011	8 Feb 2011 v  Republic of Ireland	12 Nov 2011 v  Norway	10	5	0	5	13	13	50
Coleman, ChrisChris Coleman	2011–	29 Feb 2012 v  Costa Rica		41	16	9	16	46	51	39

Managers at the World Cup/European Championship finals

Final	Manager	Pld	Win(s)	Draw(s)^	Loss(s)	Goals For	Goals Against	Position
1958 Sweden	Murphy, JimmyJimmy Murphy	5	1	3	1	4	4	Quarter-Final
2016 France	Coleman, ChrisChris Coleman	6	4	0	2	10	6	Semi-Final

^ Draws also include penalties.

References

External links

"Manager's Record". WelshFootballOnline. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.