2025-26 Sacked Managers Tracker (Preliminary Version)
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Despite being less than two months underway in the 2025-26 season in Europe, a number of managers have already been relieved of their duties, with some of them having already found a new managerial job at another club. These managers include former Nottingham Forest (Premier League/EPL) manager Nuno Espírito Santo and former Fenerbahce (Turkish Süper Lig) manager José “The Special One” Mourinho. Both Santo and Mourinho have recently become the managers of EPL club West Ham United and Primeira Liga club SL Benfica, respectively. Other managers have resigned from their positions.
That said, a lot of recently sacked managers remain free agents and undoubtedly have their “Open to Work” function activated on their LinkedIn profile.
Our 2025-26 Sacked Managers Tracker provides the latest data on clubs that have sacked their managers or seen managers resign since the start of the season. Our tracker includes data from the following 10 leagues:
Top five European leagues
Bundesliga (Germany);
LaLiga (Spain);
Ligue 1 (France);*
Premier League/EPL (England);** and
Serie A (Italy).
Selected European leagues ranked between sixth and 11th
Eredivisie (The Netherlands);
Jupiler Pro League (Belgium);
Primeira Liga (Portugal);
Super League 1 (Greece); and
Süper Lig (Türkiye).
The figure below shows the number of managers that were sacked or resigned, by league, since the start of the 2025-26 season. This tracker does not include caretaker managers that were replaced by permanent managers.
Source: Transfermarkt
Note: The figure was last updated on January 6, 2026.
Ligue 1 also includes AS Monaco, which are based in the Principality of Monaco.
**The EPL may include a number of clubs from Wales. These clubs, which currently participate in one of the English Football League’s top four divisions, include EFL Championship clubs Swansea City and Wrexham AFC, EFL League One club Cardiff City and EFL League Two club Newport County. That said, there are no Welsh clubs competing in the EPL for the 2025-26 season.
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