How Erik ten Hag’s record compares to every Man Utd manager since Sir Alex Ferguson

The Erik ten Hag era at Manchester United is no more. INEOS have opted to part ways with the Dutchman after a lackluster start to the 2024/25 campaign.

United’s new owners decided to give the former Ajax boss another chance after he guided the club to FA Cup glory in May, but Ten Hag’s problems permeated the new season despite another busy summer at Old Trafford.

If a porous defensive structure was the root of their problems last season, a clear inability to put the ball in the back of the net has proved to be Ten Hag’s undoing in 2024/25.

It was a reign that initially offered plenty of promise, but that has often been the case for United managers in a post-Sir Alex Ferguson landscape. We have seen ideologues, pragmatists and gegenpressing pioneers arrive from all corners of the continent in an attempt to return the red devils to the promised land.

There have been lights from some, but ultimately all, including Ten Hagthey have failed Too bad, though, the Dutchman’s tenure compares to those who have also been swallowed up by Old Trafford environment since 2013?

2-1 defeat at West Ham it was Ten Hag’s 128th and last in charge of Manchester United. The defeat was his 36th in charge in all competitions and 27th in the Premier League.

He won just 51.8% of his Premier League games, with the bulk of those wins coming during their impressive debut season in 2022/23, which saw United finish third on 75 points. Ten Hag’s maiden campaign in charge also brought back Carabao Cup success, with the Red Devils beating Newcastle in the final at Wembley.

His record in the national cups was excellent. Ten Hag may have benefited from some fairly friendly draws, but they oversaw wins in 19 of 22 games and United’s victory over Manchester City in the 2024 FA Cup final he will be remembered as the highlight of the Dutchman’s reign.

The sole of the club Champions League The campaign with Ten Hag in charge was a total disaster as they failed to get out of a rather tame group containing Bayern Munich, Galatasaray and Copenhagen. United lost four of their six group games.

His side didn’t fare much better in the Europa League, crashing out of the competition two years ago after a humiliating 5-2 aggregate defeat by Sevilla in the quarter-finals. United began the new league phase this season with three consecutive draws under Ten Hag’s control.

Have Hag’s The overall record in Manchester is saved by United’s FA Cup and Carabao Cup records given their struggles in Europe and indifference in the Premier League. The Dutchman comes out with a win rate of 56.25% in 128 matches.

Erik ten Hag’s record for competition

All statistics provided by transfermarkt.com.

The fact that Ten Hag have escaped Old Trafford with the second-highest win percentage of any post-Fergie starter shows how poorly those who came before the Dutchman fared.

Ten Hag’s 56.25% win rate in all competitions only gets better Jose Mourinho (58.3%), who guided United to second place in 2017/18 and two pieces of silverware the previous season. Ten Hag and Mourinho are two of three managers who have won trophies with the Red Devils in the last decade, with Louis van Gaal concluding his rather terrible two-year run with FA Cup final glory over Crystal Palace in 2016.

Van Gaal’s win percentage of 52.4% ranks fourth of the six managers who have overseen more than five games in charge since 2013. David Moyes (50.9%) was chosen by Ferguson himself to take over after his retirement, but was completely overwhelmed by the task at hand and was unable to see out his debut campaign. The Scot has since rebuilt his reputation in a major way after a highly successful second spell at West Ham.

The same goes for Manchester United’s worst manager after Fergie: Ralf Rangnick. The club had big plans for the German, who they wanted to move into a consultant role from the start of the 2022/23 season, but Rangnick’s interim spell in charge during the second half of 2021/22 be so serious that an alternative direction was found. prey The back pressure The godfather took the job in Austria and is largely responsible for rejuvenating the lowly Central Europeans as a footballing force.

No Man Utd boss since Fergie has overseen more games than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (168), who landed the permanent job after an excellent interim spell following Mourinho’s departure at the end of 2018. The Norwegian had no managerial experience at the top level, although he enjoyed two spells with Molde , but his exuberance contrasted Mourinho’s melancholy at the end of his reign and the players responded to the former super substitute.

Early promise faded and he failed to win any silverware during his three-year stay, but he guided the club to back-to-back top-four finishes and a second-place finish in 2020/21.

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