Who is the best manager in Celtic history?

By YPB Team

Celtic's managerial tradition runs from legendary Lisbon Lions architects to modern double-treble winners — a lineage that stretches across nine decades of Scottish football. Your pick?

  1. Jock Stein — ranked #11
    Jock Stein
    The greatest manager in Celtic's history, leading the Lisbon Lions to the 1967 European Cup — the first British club to win the trophy.
    1000pts
  2. Tommy Burns — ranked #22
    Tommy Burns
    Beloved Celtic figure who managed the club in the 1990s and later returned as assistant manager, embodying the club's spirit.
    435pts
  3. Brendan Rodgers — ranked #33
    Brendan Rodgers
    Won an invincible domestic treble in 2016–17 and a second treble a year later, returning for a second stint to maintain Celtic's dominance.
    368pts
  4. Neil Lennon — ranked #44
    Neil Lennon
    Celtic legend who managed the club in two stints, winning multiple trophies and guiding the team to near-invincible nine-in-a-row domination.
    368pts
  5. Wim Jansen — ranked #55
    Wim Jansen
    Dutch coach who managed Celtic for just one season in 1997–98 but delivered the legendary championship that stopped Rangers' ten-in-a-row.
    286pts
  6. Tony Mowbray — ranked #66
    Tony Mowbray
    Managed Celtic from 2009 to 2010 in a transitional period before the club returned to consistent domestic dominance.
    286pts
  7. Martin O'Neill — ranked #77
    Martin O'Neill
    Led Celtic to six major trophies in five years including a historic treble in 2001, and restored the club's dominance in Scottish football.
    184pts
  8. Billy McNeill — ranked #88
    Billy McNeill
    Captain of the Lisbon Lions who returned to manage Celtic twice, winning four league titles and bringing home silverware as both player and manager.
    184pts
  9. Gordon Strachan — ranked #99
    Gordon Strachan
    Won three consecutive SPL titles (2006–09) and guided Celtic to back-to-back Champions League group stage appearances.
    184pts
  10. Ange Postecoglou — ranked #1010
    Ange Postecoglou
    Australian coach who won back-to-back domestic trebles from 2022 to 2024, playing some of the most exciting football in Celtic's recent history.
    1pts

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