Complete list of Atalanta B.C. managers
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio is an Italian professional football club based in Bergamo , Lombardy , Italy. The club was founded in 1907 and it currently competes in Serie A , the top tier of the Italian football league system . Since the establishment of a unified league structure in 1929, Atalanta has spent a total of 64 seasons in Serie A, 28 seasons in Serie B , and one season in Serie C .[ 1]
Throughout its history , Atalanta has had a total of 60 managers, including player-managers , assistant managers acting as head coach, and caretaker managers . Thirteen managers were in charge on multiple occasions.[ 2] The club hired its first professional coach, Cesare Lovati , in 1925, and the current head coach is Ivan Jurić . Atalanta's only managers to win a major trophy were Paolo Tabanelli , under whom the club won the Coppa Italia in 1963 , and Gian Piero Gasperini , under whom the club won the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League .[ 5]
Longest-serving managers [ edit ] Gian Piero Gasperini , who led the club to its highest league finishes and five qualifications for the UEFA Champions League – as well as a Europa League title in 2024 – oversaw 439 competitive matches for Atalanta in his nine-year spell with the club (2016 to 2025).[citation needed ] He became the club's longest-serving manager on 9 October 2022, when he oversaw his 300th game with Atalanta,[ 6] and also had the longest uninterrupted tenure as Atalanta manager (nine consecutive seasons).[ 8]
The club's second longest-serving manager was Emiliano Mondonico , who oversaw 299 matches in all competitions in two spells (1987–90 and 1994–98), including some of the club's matches in the European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup .[ 9] Stefano Colantuono , who also was manager on two different occasions (2005–07 and 2010–15), was the club's third-longest serving manager, with 281 appearances in total.[citation needed ]
Other relatively long-serving managers include Ivo Fiorentini , Battista Rota , Ferruccio Valcareggi , Giovanni Vavassori , Nedo Sonetti , Giulio Corsini , Luigi Bonizzoni , and Imre Payer , all of whom recorded over 100 appearances as manager.
^ a b c Player-manager
^ a b Co-managers
^ a b Atalanta changed manager midway through the 1990–91 season. Frosio led the club to the quarter-finals under his tenure, while Giorgi was on the bench for both legs of the quarter-final match.
^ a b Caretaker manager
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^ a b c Manassero, Francesco (9 March 2020). "Mondonico, l'allenatore gentile che portò i granata alla vittoria in Coppa Italia" . La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 22 July 2021 .
^ Jackson, Marco (15 February 2017). "Atalanta 1948: The Queen in Search of a Crown" . Forza Italian Football . Retrieved 15 December 2020 .
^ "End to End Stuff" . 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011.
^ a b c "L'Atalanta e le altre volte in semifinale: ecco com'è andata" . calcioatalanta.it (in Italian). 28 February 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020 .
^ a b "Atalanta, addio a Titta Rota: è stato calciatore" . La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 10 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2021 .
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^ Milan, Marco (29 June 2020). "Amarcord: un anno all'inferno, l'unica Serie C dell'Atalanta" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 December 2020 .
^ Gaetani, Marco (26 December 2019). "I pirati d'Europa: quando l'Atalanta arrivò in semifinale di Coppa delle Coppe" . ultimouomo.com (in Italian). Retrieved 19 December 2020 .
^ a b "Frosio al capolinea l'Atalanta a Giorgi" . la Repubblica (in Italian). 29 January 1991. p. 42.
^ a b "Indietro tutta, via Guidolin" . la Repubblica (in Italian). 2 November 1993. Retrieved 20 July 2021 .
^ a b "I primi 65 anni di Mutti. Profeta, ma non in patria" . calcioatalanta.it (in Italian). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2020 .
^ Opromolla, Giuseppe (9 January 2021). "Gli Eroi della Dea: Giovanni Vavassori" (in Italian). Tutto Atalanta. Retrieved 23 July 2021 .
^ a b "L'Atalanta esonera Vavassori. Al suo posto Giancarlo Finardi" . La Repubblica (in Italian). 21 April 2003. Retrieved 2 July 2007 .
^ Di Santo, Filippo (2 June 2020). "Amarcord, Atalanta–Reggina 1–2 2003: lo spareggio maledetto che costò la retrocessione nerazzurra" . news.superscommesse.it (in Italian). SuperNews. Retrieved 22 July 2021 .
^ "Atalanta, caccia al mister spunta il nome di Mandorlini" . L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 4 June 2003. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021 .
^ "UFFICIALE: Mandorlini all'Atalanta" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 10 June 2003. Retrieved 22 July 2021 .
^ a b Mercanti, Marco (21 November 2014). "Il filo di Atalanta-Roma: Stefano Colantuono" . vocegiallorossa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 December 2020 .
^ a b c "Lite con i tifosi, Antonio Conte lascia l'Atalanta" (in Italian). 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021.
^ "Long read: The rows, rage and relegation that made Antonio Conte a winner" . FourFourTwo . 12 May 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2021 .
^ "Lino Mutti allenatore dell'Atalanta" . L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 11 January 2010.
^ a b "Comunicato Atalanta B.C." (in Italian). 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015.
^ a b "L'Atalanta ha scelto: Gasperini è il nuovo allenatore. Percassi: "Un maestro di calcio" " . la Repubblica (in Italian). 14 June 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2021 .
^ "Soccer – Atalanta clinch Champions League spot with Genoa win" . Reuters . 15 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021 .
^ "Atalanta, Gasperini: "C'è delusione, partita decisa dagli episodi" (in Italian). Sportmediaset. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021 .
^ Clancy, Conor (29 June 2021). "Euro 2021: Atalanta: From a provincial yo-yo club to dominating Euro 2020" . Marca . Retrieved 9 July 2021 .
^ Campanale, Susy (14 April 2022). "Europa League | Atalanta 0–2 RB Leipzig (1–3 agg): End of the road for La Dea" . Football Italia. Retrieved 22 June 2022 .
^ "Thank you for everything, "Mister"!" . Atalanta BC. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025 .
^ Campanale, Susy (6 June 2025). "Official: Juric is new Atalanta coach with contract to 2027" . Football Italia . Retrieved 7 June 2025 .