Current head coach: Andoni Iraola. Appointed 4 June 2026, succeeding Arne Slot (2024–2026). Official appointment announcement.
Checked 26 October 2026 GMT (UK). Appointments chronology includes repeated spells, joint management and caretaker periods; the linked child pages preserve their own historical coverage.
| Manager | Appointed |
|---|---|
| William Edward Barclay | 15 March 1892 |
| John McKenna | 1 August 1895 |
| Tom Watson | 25 July 1896 |
| George Patterson | 1918 |
| David Ashworth | 17 December 1919 |
| Matt McQueen | 13 February 1923 |
| George Patterson (2) | 1928 |
| George Kay | 6 August 1936 |
| Don Welsh | 21 March 1951 |
| Phil Taylor | 14 May 1956 |
| Bill Shankly | 1 December 1959 |
| Bob Paisley | 26 July 1974 |
| Joe Fagan | 1 July 1983 |
| Kenny Dalglish | 30 May 1985 |
| Ronnie Moran | 22 February 1991 |
| Graeme Souness | 16 April 1991 |
| Roy Evans | 31 January 1994 |
| Evans / Houllier | 16 July 1998 |
| Gérard Houllier | 12 November 1998 |
| Rafa Benítez | 16 June 2004 |
| Roy Hodgson | 1 July 2010 |
| Kenny Dalglish (2) | 8 January 2011 |
| Brendan Rodgers | 1 June 2012 |
| Jürgen Klopp | 8 October 2015 |
| Arne Slot | 1 June 2024–May 2026 |
| Andoni Iraola | 4 June 2026–Present |
Appointments and separate spells
The chronology records appointments, so a manager can appear more than once. Joint management and caretaker entries should not be counted as separate permanent careers. Child archives remain historical snapshots.
Honours and transfer coverage
For the club’s competition-by-competition honours, see the Liverpool honours archive. The manager pages’ transfer tables have different coverage periods; the Klopp page explicitly ends in October 2020.