List of Indian Super League coaches
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The Indian Super League is the top tier of professional football in India. The league was formed in 2014 as a tournament until it was recognised as one of the first division leagues in 2017 with the existing I-League, later replacing it to become the only top division league since 2022. To date, there have been 79 head coaches (including interim head coaches) in charge of the 14 clubs that have played in the league.
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Sergio Lobera holds the record for most matches coached in the Indian Super League with 127, which he managed from 2017 to 2021, and from 2023 to 2025. Sergio Lobera (two ISL League Shields and one ISL Cup), José Francisco Molina (one ISL League Shield and two ISL Cups) and Antonio López Habas (one ISL League Shield and two ISL Cups), who won three titles each, have been the most successful head coach in the Indian Super League. Habas have managed the most teams in the Indian Super League, having taken charge of four different clubs. Many of the coaches listed below served as caretaker coaches in the period between a coaching departure and an appointment. A few of these, however, went on to secure a permanent coaching post; for example, Khalid Jamil took over as an interim coach of NorthEast United in January 2021 and became the head coach of the team in the following season.
Head coaches
The list of head coaches includes everyone who has managed clubs while they were in the Indian Super League, whether in a permanent or temporary role. Caretaker coaches are listed only when they managed the team for at least one match in that period.
The dates of appointment may fall outside the club period in the league, for example, Albert Roca was appointed as Bengaluru coach in 2016 (before the club's entry in the league in 2017) and remained in his position through the club's introduction into the league.
| † | Incumbent head coach |
| ‡ | Caretaker head coach |
| * | Present up to date as of 24 July 2025 |
| Name | Nat. | Club | From | Until | Duration (days) |
Years in League |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio López Habas |  |
ATK | 1 July 2014 | 20 December 2015 | 537 | 2014–2015 | [1] |
| José Francisco Molina | |
5 May 2016 | 18 December 2016 | 227 | 2016 | [2] | |
| Teddy Sheringham |  |
14 July 2017 | 24 January 2018 | 194 | 2017–2018 | [3] | |
| Ashley Westwood ‡ | |
24 January 2018 | 3 March 2018 | 38 | 2018 | [4] | |
| Robbie Keane |  |
4 March 2018 | 31 May 2018 | 88 | 2018 | [5] | |
| Steve Coppell | |
18 June 2018 | 30 April 2019 | 316 | 2018–2019 | [6] | |
| Antonio López Habas | |
3 May 2019 | 31 May 2020 | 394 | 2019–2020 | [7] | |
| Albert Roca | |
Bengaluru | 6 July 2016 | 31 May 2018 | 694 | 2017–2018 | [8] |
| Carles Cuadrat | |
1 July 2018 | 6 January 2021 | 920 | 2018–2021 | [9] | |
| Naushad Moosa ‡ |  |
6 January 2021 | 25 February 2021 | 50 | 2021 | [10] | |
| Marco Pezzaiuoli |  |
12 February 2021 | 8 June 2022 | 481 | 2021–2022 | [11] | |
| Simon Grayson | |
8 June 2022 | 9 December 2023 | 549 | 2022–2023 | [12] | |
| Gerard Zaragoza | |
14 December 2023 | 14 November 2025 | 701 | 2023–2025 | [13] | |
| Renedy Singh † | |
14 November 2025 | Present* | 296 | 2025– | [14] | |
| Marco Materazzi |  |
Chennaiyin | 12 September 2014 | 6 March 2017 | 724 | 2014–2016 | [15] |
| John Gregory | |
3 July 2017 | 30 November 2019 | 880 | 2017–2019 | [16] | |
| Owen Coyle |  |
4 December 2019 | 14 March 2020 | 101 | 2019–2020 | [17] | |
| Csaba László |  |
30 August 2020 | 10 April 2021 | 223 | 2020–2021 | [18] | |
| Božidar Bandović |  |
10 July 2021 | 11 February 2022 | 216 | 2021–2022 | [19] | |
| Syed Sabir Pasha ‡ | |
11 February 2022 | 14 June 2022 | 123 | 2022 | [20] | |
| Thomas Brdarić | |
14 June 2022 | 10 June 2023 | 361 | 2022–2023 | [21] | |
| Owen Coyle | |
16 July 2023 | 17 July 2025 | 732 | 2023–2025 | [22] | |
| Clifford Miranda † | |
12 September 2025 | Present* | 359 | 2025– | [23] | |
| Robbie Fowler | |
East Bengal | 9 October 2020 | 8 September 2021 | 334 | 2020–2021 | [24] |
| Manolo Díaz | |
8 September 2021 | 28 December 2021 | 111 | 2021 | [25] | |
| Renedy Singh ‡ | |
28 December 2021 | 14 January 2022 | 17 | 2021–2022 | [26] | |
| Mario Rivera | |
1 January 2022 | 20 March 2022 | 78 | 2022 | [27] | |
| Stephen Constantine | |
27 July 2022 | 17 April 2023 | 264 | 2022–2023 | [28] | |
| Carles Cuadrat | |
25 April 2023 | 30 September 2024 | 525 | 2023–2024 | [29] | |
| Óscar Bruzón † | |
8 October 2024 | Present* | 698 | 2024– | [30] | |
| Zico |  |
Goa | 2 September 2014 | 18 December 2016 | 838 | 2014–2016 | [31] |
| Sergio Lobera | |
6 June 2017 | 1 February 2020 | 970 | 2017–2020 | [32] | |
| Clifford Miranda ‡ | |
3 February 2020 | 30 April 2020 | 87 | 2020 | [33] | |
| Juan Ferrando | |
30 April 2020 | 20 December 2021 | 607 | 2020–2021 | [34] | |
| Derrick Pereira ‡ | |
21 December 2021 | 20 March 2022 | 89 | 2021–2022 | [35] | |
| Carlos Peña | |
16 April 2022 | 23 April 2023 | 372 | 2022–2023 | [36] | |
| Manolo Márquez † | |
3 June 2023 | Present* | 1191 | 2023– | [37] | |
| Phil Brown | |
Delhi[a] | 29 August 2019 | 11 January 2020 | 135 | 2019–2020 | [38] |
| Mehrajuddin Wadoo ‡ | |
11 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | 13 | 2020 | [39] | |
| Xavier Gurri López ‡ | |
24 January 2020 | 1 June 2020 | 129 | 2020 | [40] | |
| Manolo Márquez | |
31 August 2020[b] | 31 May 2023 | 1003 | 2020–2023 | [41] | |
| Thangboi Singto | |
7 July 2023 | 17 Dec 2024 | 460 | 2023–2024 | [42] | |
| Shameel Chembakath ‡ | |
17 Dec 2024 | 31 May 2025 | 165 | 2024– | [43] | |
| Tomasz Tchórz † |  |
19 October 2025 | Present* | 322 | 2025– | [44] | |
| Antonio López Habas | |
Inter Kashi | 25 July 2024 | Present* | 803 | 2024– | |
| Steve Coppell | |
Jamshedpur | 14 July 2017 | 31 May 2018 | 321 | 2017–2018 | [45] |
| César Ferrando | |
21 July 2018 | 5 April 2019 | 258 | 2018–2019 | [46] | |
| Antonio Iriondo | |
26 July 2019 | 29 February 2020 | 218 | 2019–2020 | [47] | |
| Owen Coyle | |
7 August 2020 | 22 March 2022 | 592 | 2020–2022 | [48] | |
| Aidy Boothroyd | |
10 July 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 325 | 2022–2023 | [49] | |
| Scott Cooper | |
14 July 2023 | 29 December 2023 | 168 | 2023 | [50] | |
| Khalid Jamil | |
31 December 2023 | 13 August 2025 | 591 | 2023–2025 | [51] | |
| Owen Coyle † | |
24 January 2026 | Present* | 225 | 2026– | [52] | |
| David James | |
Kerala Blasters | 20 August 2014 | 20 December 2014 | 122 | 2014 | [53] |
| Peter Taylor | |
9 May 2015 | 28 October 2015 | 172 | 2015 | [54] | |
| Trevor Morgan ‡ | |
28 October 2015 | 1 November 2015 | 4 | 2015 | [citation needed] | |
| Terry Phelan | |
1 November 2015 | 20 December 2015 | 57 | 2015 | [55] | |
| Steve Coppell | |
21 June 2016 | 12 July 2017 | 386 | 2016–2017 | [56] | |
| René Meulensteen |  |
14 July 2017 | 2 January 2018 | 172 | 2017–2018 | [57] | |
| David James | |
3 January 2018 | 18 December 2018 | 349 | 2018 | [58] | |
| Nelo Vingada ‡ |  |
18 January 2019 | 17 March 2019 | 58 | 2019 | [59] | |
| Eelco Schattorie | |
19 May 2019 | 22 April 2020 | 339 | 2019–2020 | [60] | |
| Kibu Vicuña | |
22 April 2020 | 17 February 2021 | 301 | 2020–2021 | [61] | |
| Ishfaq Ahmed ‡ | |
17 February 2021 | 17 June 2021 | 120 | 2021 | [62] | |
| Ivan Vukomanović |  |
17 June 2021 | 26 April 2024 | 1,044 | 2021–2024 | [63] | |
| Frank Dauwen ‡ |  |
5 April 2023 | 16 April 2023 | 11 | 2023 | [64] | |
| Mikael Stahre |  |
23 May 2024 | 16 December 2024 | 207 | 2024 | [65] | |
| T. G. Purushothaman ‡ | |
17 December 2024 | 24 March 2025 | 98 | 2024-2025 | [66] | |
| David Català † | |
25 March 2025 | Present* | 530 | 2025- | [67] | |
| Andrey Chernyshov |  |
Mohammedan SC | 29 August 2023 | 29 January 2025 | 520 | 2024–2025 | |
| Mehrajuddin Wadoo † | |
13 February 2025 | Present* | 570 | 2025- | [69] | |
| Antonio López Habas | |
Mohun Bagan SG | 1 July 2020 | 18 December 2021 | 535 | 2020–2021 | [70] |
| Juan Ferrando | |
20 December 2021 | 3 January 2024 | 744 | 2021–2024 | [71] | |
| Antonio López Habas | |
3 January 2024 | 4 May 2024 | 123 | 2024–2024 | [72] | |
| José Francisco Molina | |
11 June 2024 | 26 November 2025 | 533 | 2024–2025 | [73] | |
| Sergio Lobera † | |
26 November 2025 | Present* | 284 | 2025– | [74] | |
| Peter Reid | |
Mumbai City | 4 September 2014 | 20 December 2014 | 107 | 2014 | [75] |
| Nicolas Anelka |  |
3 July 2015 | 20 December 2015 | 170 | 2015 | [76] | |
| Alexandre Guimarães |  |
19 April 2016 | 14 August 2018 | 847 | 2016–2018 | [77] | |
| Jorge Costa | |
14 August 2018 | 5 March 2020 | 569 | 2018–2020 | [78] | |
| Sergio Lobera | |
12 October 2020 | 8 October 2021 | 361 | 2020–2021 | [79] | |
| Des Buckingham | |
8 October 2021 | 16 November 2023 | 769 | 2021–2023 | [80] | |
| Anthony Fernandes ‡ | |
16 November 2023 | 8 December 2023 | 22 | 2023 | [81] | |
| Petr Kratky † |  |
9 December 2023 | Present* | 1002 | 2023– | [82] | |
| Ricki Herbert |  |
NorthEast United | 19 August 2014 | 20 December 2014 | 123 | 2014 | [83] |
| César Farías |  |
1 July 2015 | 2 December 2015 | 154 | 2015 | [84] | |
| Nelo Vingada | |
16 July 2016[c] | 4 December 2016 | 141 | 2016 | [85] | |
| João de Deus | |
17 July 2017 | 2 January 2018 | 169 | 2017–2018 | [86] | |
| Avram Grant |  |
2 January 2018 | 15 March 2018 | 72 | 2018 | [87] | |
| Eelco Schattorie | |
17 August 2018 | 11 March 2019 | 206 | 2018–2019 | [88] | |
| Robert Jarni |  |
5 August 2019 | 10 February 2020 | 189 | 2019–2020 | [89] | |
| Khalid Jamil ‡ | |
10 February 2020 | 25 August 2020 | 197 | 2020 | [90] | |
| Gerard Nus | |
25 August 2020 | 12 January 2021 | 140 | 2020–2021 | [91] | |
| Khalid Jamil | |
12 January 2021[d] | 28 May 2022 | 501 | 2021–2022 | [92] | |
| Marco Balbul | |
11 August 2022 | 8 December 2022 | 119 | 2022 | [93] | |
| Vincenzo Alberto Annese | |
8 December 2022 | 28 february 2023 | 82 | 2022–2023 | [94] | |
| Juan Pedro Benali † | |
22 May 2023 | Present* | 1598 | 2023– | [95] | |
| Harm van Veldhoven | |
Odisha[e] | 30 July 2014 | 5 January 2015 | 159 | 2014–2015 | [96] |
| Roberto Carlos | |
3 July 2015 | 20 December 2015 | 170 | 2015 | [97] | |
| Gianluca Zambrotta | |
5 July 2016 | 14 June 2017 | 344 | 2016–2017 | [98] | |
| Miguel Ángel Portugal | |
29 June 2017 | 2 May 2018 | 307 | 2017–2018 | [99] | |
| Josep Gombau | |
2 August 2018 | 18 March 2020 | 594 | 2018–2020 | [100] | |
| Stuart Baxter | |
19 June 2020 | 2 February 2021 | 228 | 2020–2021 | [101] | |
| Gerry Peyton ‡ | |
3 February 2021 | 20 February 2021 | 17 | 2021 | [102] | |
| Steven Dias ‡ | |
23 February 2021 | 20 July 2021 | 147 | 2021 | [103] | |
| Kiko Ramírez | |
20 July 2021 | 14 January 2022 | 178 | 2021–2022 | [104] | |
| Kino García ‡ | |
14 January 2022 | 8 June 2022 | 145 | 2022 | [105] | |
| Josep Gombau | |
8 June 2022 | 18 March 2023 | 283 | 2022–2023 | [106] | |
| Sergio Lobera | |
17 May 2023 | 26 November 2025 | 924 | 2023–2025 | [107] | |
| Franco Colomba | |
Pune City | 22 July 2014 | 20 December 2014 | 151 | 2014 | [108] |
| David Platt | |
2 June 2015 | 20 December 2015 | 201 | 2015 | [109] | |
| Antonio López Habas | |
25 April 2016 | 15 September 2017 | 508 | 2016–2017 | [110] | |
| Ranko Popović | |
25 September 2017 | 31 May 2018 | 248 | 2017–2018 | [111] | |
| Miguel Ángel Portugal | |
1 June 2018[f] | 26 October 2018 | 147 | 2018 | [112] | |
| Pradhyum Reddy ‡ | |
26 October 2018 | 24 December 2018 | 59 | 2018 | [113] | |
| Phil Brown | |
24 December 2018 | 27 August 2019 | 246 | 2018–2019 | [114] | |
| Staikos Vergetis |  |
Punjab | 8 August 2022 | 13 June 2024 | 676 | 2023–2024 | [115] |
| Panagiotis Dilmperis † | |
29 June 2024 | Present* | 799 | 2024– | [116] | |
By club
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By nationality
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Most matches coached in the Indian Super League
Current Indian Super League head coaches and their current clubs are shown in bold.
- As of matches played 31 January 2026
| Rank | Head coach | Nat. | Record | First | Last | Club(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| 1 | Sergio Lobera | |
127 | 63 | 32 | 32 | 49.61 | 2017 | 2025 | Goa (56) Mumbai City (23) Odisha (48) Mohun Bagan SG (0) |
| 2 | Manolo Márquez | |
116 | 60 | 34 | 22 | 51.72 | 2020 | 2025 | Hyderabad (65) Goa (51) |
| 3 | Antonio López Habas | |
109 | 52 | 28 | 29 | 47.71 | 2014 | 2024 | ATK (54) Mohun Bagan SG (41) Pune City (14) Inter Kashi (0) |
| 4 | Owen Coyle | |
104 | 43 | 23 | 38 | 41.35 | 2019 | 2024 | Jamshedpur (42) Chennaiyin (38) |
| 5 | Juan Ferrando | |
78 | 35 | 26 | 17 | 44.87 | 2020 | 2023 | Mohun Bagan SG (50) Goa (28) |
| 6 | Carles Cuadrat | |
78 | 31 | 18 | 29 | 39.74 | 2018 | 2024 | Bengaluru (50) East Bengal (28) |
| 7 | Khalid Jamil | |
71 | 26 | 15 | 30 | 36.62 | 2020 | 2025 | North East (34) Jamshedpur (37) |
| 8 | Ivan Vukomanović | |
67 | 30 | 13 | 24 | 44.78 | 2021 | 2024 | Kerala Blasters |
| 9 | Josep Gombau | |
57 | 20 | 13 | 24 | 35.09 | 2018 | 2023 | Odisha |
| 10 | Steve Coppell | |
53 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 37.74 | 2016 | 2019 | ATK (18) Jamshedpur (18) Kerala Blasters (17) |
| Minimum 50 matches managed | ||||||||||
Title-winning head coaches
| Rank | Head coach | Nat. | Titles | Club(s) | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premierships | Championships | |||||
| 1 | Sergio Lobera | |
3 | Goa, Mumbai City | 2019–20, 2020–21 | 2021 |
| Antonio López Habas | |
ATK, Mohun Bagan SG | 2023–24 | 2014, 2020 | ||
| José Francisco Molina | |
ATK, Mohun Bagan SG | 2024–25 | 2016, 2025 | ||
| 2 | Des Buckingham | |
1 | Mumbai City | 2022–23 | |
| Owen Coyle | |
Jamshedpur | 2021–22 | – | ||
| Juan Ferrando | |
Mohun Bagan SG | – | 2023 | ||
| Manolo Márquez | |
Hyderabad | – | 2022 | ||
| Carles Cuadrat | |
Bengaluru | – | 2019 | ||
| John Gregory | |
Chennaiyin | – | 2018 | ||
| Marco Materazzi | |
Chennaiyin | – | 2015 | ||
See also
Notes
- SC Delhi was previously Hyderabad FC, until the club relocated and rebranded in 2025.
- Albert Roca took charge of Hyderabad on 1 June 2020, but left before the season began, on 29 August 2020.
- Sérgio Farias took charge of NorthEast United on 13 May 2016, but left before the season began, on 9 July 2016.
- Jamil served as caretaker coach until 23 October 2021, when he was appointed as head coach.
- Odisha FC was previously Delhi Dynamos, until the club relocated and rebranded in 2019.
- Marcos Paquetá took charge of Pune City on 1 June 2018, but left before the season began, on 29 June 2018.