Wales national football team manager

Chris Coleman is the current manager of Wales, having been in the role since 2011. He led the team to the UEFA Euro 2016 semi-finals.

Since the Wales national football team's formation in 1876, it has had twelve managers. Prior to 1954, the Welsh team was chosen by a panel of selectors with the team captain fulfilling the role of coach.

The longest serving manager is Dave Bowen, who was manager for ten years before leaving in 1974. Bowen was in charge of the team for fifty-three games, winning ten. However, 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 UEFA European Championship finals. Murphy led his team to the 1958 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, where they were knocked out by Brazil. Coleman led his team to the UEFA Euro 2016 semi-finals, where they were knocked out by eventual winners Portugal. Under Coleman, Wales peaked at eighth in the FIFA world rankings.

List of managers

• Caretaker manager is indicated with a (c).
• BOLD names indicates that the manager has taken the team to a FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship finals.

As of 24 March 2017

Name	Career	First game	Final game	Pld	Wins	Draws	Loss	Goals For	Goals against	Win %
Barnes, WalleyWalley Barnes	7000200000000000000♠1954–1956	9 May 1954 vs  Austria[1]	11 Apr 1956 vs  Northern Ireland[1]	9	2	1	6	10	17	22
Murphy, JimmyJimmy Murphy	7000800000000000000♠1956–1964	20 Oct 1956 vs  Scotland[1]	20 Nov 1963 vs  Scotland[1]	43	11	13	19	59	79	26
Morris, TrevorTrevor Morris (c)	5000000000000000000♠1964	15 Apr 1964 vs  Northern Ireland[1]		1	0	0	1	2	3	0
Bowen, DaveDave Bowen	7001100000000000000♠1964–74	3 Oct 1964 vs  Scotland[1]	18 May 1974 vs  Northern Ireland[1]	53	10	13	30	49	84	20
Smith, MikeMike Smith	7000500000000000000♠1974–1979	4 Sep 1974 vs  Austria[1]	21 Nov 1979 vs  Turkey[1]	40	15	11	14	49	39	38
England, MikeMike England	7000700000000000000♠1980–1987	17 Mar 1980 vs  England[1]	11 Nov 1987 vs  Czechoslovakia[1]	56	21	18	17	68	52	38
Williams, DavidDavid Williams (c)	5000000000000000000♠1988	23 Mar 1988 vs  Yugoslavia[1]		1	0	0	1	1	2	0
Yorath, TerryTerry Yorath	7000500000000000000♠1988–1993	27 Apr 1988 vs  Sweden[1]	17 Nov 1993 vs  Romania[1]	41	16	8	17	48	54	39
Toshack, JohnJohn Toshack	5000000000000000000♠1994	9 Mar 1994 vs  Norway[1]		1	0	0	1	1	3	0
Smith, MikeMike Smith	7000100000000000000♠1994–1995	20 Apr 1994 vs  Sweden[1]	6 Sep 1995 vs  Moldova[1]	10	3	1	6	9	19	30
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould	7000400000000000000♠1995–1999	11 Oct 1995 vs  Germany[1]	5 June 1999 vs  Italy[1]	24	7	4	13	32	47	29
Hughes, MarkMark Hughes & Southall, NevilleNeville Southall (c)	7000500000000000000♠1999	9 June 1999 vs  Denmark		1	0	0	1	1	2	0
Hughes, MarkMark Hughes	7000500000000000000♠1999–2004	4 Sep 1999 vs  Belgium[1]	13 Oct 2004 vs  Poland[1]	41	11	15	15	46	49	27
Toshack, JohnJohn Toshack	7000500000000000000♠2005–2010	9 Feb 2005 vs  Hungary[1]	3 Sep 2010 vs  Montenegro[1]	53	22	8	23	61	56	42
Flynn, BrianBrian Flynn (c)	5000000000000000000♠2010	8 Oct 2010 vs  Bulgaria[1]	12 Oct 2010 vs   Switzerland[1]	2	0	0	2	1	5	0
Speed, GaryGary Speed	7000100000000000000♠2010–2011	8 Feb 2011 v  Republic of Ireland[1]	12 Nov 2011 v  Norway[1]	10	5	0	5	13	13	50
Coleman, ChrisChris Coleman	7000100000000000000♠2011–	29 Feb 2012 v  Costa Rica[1]		41	16	9	16	46	51	39

Managers at the World Cup/European Championship finals

^ Draws also include penalties.

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