A new page in history. Rosenior played his first Champions League match as manager of Chelsea

Liam Rosenior made his debut in charge of Chelsea in the Champions League.

This happened in the home match of the 7th round, where the Londoners defeated the Cypriot Paphos with a score of 1:0.

On this occasion, let’s remember the first matches of all Chelsea managers in the Champions League, starting with Gianluca Vialli in 1999.

Chelsea manager’s first match in the Champions League

• 1999 – Gianluca Vialli, 0:0 against Milan
• 2003 – Claudio Ranieri, 1:0 against Sparta
• 2004 – Jose Mourinho, 3:0 against PSG
• 2007 – Abraham Grant, 2:1 vs Valencia
• 2008 – Luiz Felipe Scolari, 4-0 – Bordeaux
• 2009 – Guus Hiddink, 1:0 vs Juventus
• 2009 – Carlo Ancelotti, 1:0 against Porto
• 2011 – Andre Villas-Boas, 2:0 vs Bayer Leverkusen
• 2012 – Roberto Di Matteo, 4:1 vs Napoli
• 2012 – Rafael Benitez, 6:1 vs Copenhagen
• 2013 – Jose Mourinho*, 1:2 against Basel
• 2016 – Guus Hiddink*, 1:2 vs PSG
• 2016 – Antonio Conte, 6:0 against Qarabakh
• 2019 – Frank Lampard, 0:1 vs Valencia
• 2021 – Thomas Tuchel vs Atletico Madrid 1:0
• 2022 – Graham Potter, 1:1 – RB Salzburg
• 2023 – Frank Lampard*, 0:2 vs Real Madrid
• 2025 – Enzo Maresca, 1:3 – Bayern
• 2026 – Liam Rosenior, 1:0 vs Paphos

* – manager managed Chelsea for the second time