PSG managers: Tuchel was sacked and former captain Mauricio Pochettino extend his contract until 2023

PSG, as one of the top clubs in French and European football, have sacked their manager Thomas Tuchel after he led the club to the first UCL final. Meanwhile, their new coach, the Argentina former manager of the Spurs, has extended his time in PSG, until 2023.

By: Harry Siuu

07/28/2021 06:18

List of PSG managers over time

No.	Manager	Nation	From	To
1	Pierre Phelipon	France	August 1970	May 1972
2	Robert Vicot	France	August 1972	August 1975
3	Just Fontaine	France	September 1975	June 1976
4	Velibor Vasović	Serbia	August 1976	May 1977
4	Velibor Vasović	Serbia	November 1978	October 1979
5	Ilija Pantelić	Serbia	May 1977	June 1977
6	Jean-Michel Larqué	France	August 1977	August 1978
7	Pierre Alonzo	France	August 1978	November 1978
	No Manager		4 November 1978
8	Camille Choquier	France	October 1979
9	Georges Peyroche	France	November 1979	June 1983
9	Georges Peyroche	France	April 1984	March 1985
10	Lucien Leduc	France	July 1983	March 1984
11	Christian Coste	France	April 1985	June 1985
12	Gérard Houllier	France	July 1985	September 1987
12	Gérard Houllier	France	February 1988	June 1988
13	Erick Mombaerts	France	October 1987	December 1987
14	Tomislav Ivić	Croatia	July 1988	May 1990
15	Henri Michel	France	July 1990	May 1991
16	Artur Jorge	Portugal	July 1991	May 1994
16	Artur Jorge	Portugal	October 1998	March 1999
17	Luis Fernández	France	July 1994	May 1996
17	Luis Fernández	France	December 2000	May 2003
18	Ricardo	Brazil	August 1996	May 1998
19	Alain Giresse	France	July 1998	October 1998
20	Philippe Bergeroo	France	March 1999	December 2000
21	Vahid Halilhodžić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	August 2003	February 2005
22	Laurent Fournier	France	February 2005	December 2005
23	Guy Lacombe	France	January 2006	January 2007
24	Paul Le Guen	France	January 2007	May 2009
25	Antoine Kombouaré	France	August 2009	December 2011
26	Carlo Ancelotti	Italy	January 2012	May 2013
27	Laurent Blanc	France	August 2013	May 2016
28	Unai Emery	Spain	August 2016	May 2018
29	Thomas Tuchel	Germany	August 2018	December 2020
30	Mauricio Pochettino	Argentina	January 2021	Present

During the club's history, PSG have had 30 managers in numerous domestic, European, and international tournaments. It seems that the club prefers using football managers from their hometown because most of their head coaches have been French.

The Spanish head coach Unai Emery was in charge of PSG from 2016 to 2018 with the most winning percentage (76.32%). However, the previous manager Laurent Blanc was considered the most successful manager in terms of title, because he led the club to 11 trophies. Luis Fernández was the manager with the record for most games managed (244 games) in two periods (1994-1996 and 2000-2003). However, none of them have led the club to a Champions League title since they joined this competition.

Why did PSG sack Thomas Tuchel?

Thomas Tuchel was fired by the PSG president in late 2020, just four months after the club reached the 2019-20 Champions League’s final and became the runner-up. The first season of Tuchel with PSG was not successful and he lost both domestic cups and the league game. Les Parisiens were eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2018-19 Champions League.

Tuchel confirmed in front of the media that he did not receive enough recognition for leading this Ligue 1 club to their first Champions League title, and managing PSG was such a level of difficulty. Tuchel admitted that being responsible for a club like PSG was like being a politician or sports minister.

Thomas Tuchel was the third manager who has been fired by PSG, following Unai Emery and Laurent Blanc. After Tuchel, former Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino is the next manager of PSG in the new season. After six months in contract with PSG, this 49-year-old manager extended his contract in July 2021, accordingly, he and his staff will stay with PSG until summer 2023.

Thomas Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel

Mauricio Pochettino extended his contract with PSF until 2023

Mauricio Pochettino turned out to be the captain of PSG 20 years ago, and now when he becomes the manager of this club, it was like a dream come true, according to this Argentine man. In the 2020-21 season, he led the club to the semi-finals of the Champions League, in which they were defeated by Manchester City by a 1-4 aggregate loss.

Mauricio won his first honor when being the manager of PSG in the 2020 Trophee des Champions. In general, the 2020-21 season was quite successful for a start managerial career of Pochettino at French club PSG. They ended up with the Coupe de France title, second place in Ligue 1 behind Lille, and semifinals in UCL.

Mauricio Pochettino