Short answer: Few football managers’ pay figures are public, but some official documents give amounts, such as Fenerbahçe’s EUR 10,500,000 a season for José Mourinho and US Soccer’s USD 5,016,917 part-year compensation for Mauricio Pochettino. The amounts differ in currency and period, so they cannot be compared like for like.

Most football managers’ pay is not public, so there is no reliable list of who earns what. A few official documents do exist: Turkish stock-exchange notices from Trabzonspor, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, the US Soccer Federation’s tax return, and a 2022 statement from the Norwegian FA. This article sets out what those documents say, with their dates and caveats, and lists the big clubs and federations that publish nothing.

We have not ranked anyone. The amounts below are in different currencies, cover different periods, and some include bonuses, severance or staff pay. They cannot be compared like for like. If you want the player side of the picture, see the highest-paid football players in the world.

Why are so few managers’ salaries public?

A club or federation has to publish a coach’s pay only if a law, a stock-exchange rule or a tax rule makes it do so. Most do not face one. Private owners, clubs listed in countries without a coach-level rule, and federations that publish only board pay all keep the head coach’s contract to themselves. That is why salary tables for the best-known managers are normally estimates, and why we only use documents here.

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Three routes have produced real figures:

  • Turkish listed clubs. They must tell the market about coach contracts on KAP (Kamuyu Aydınlatma Platformu), the stock exchange’s public disclosure platform. Some notices state the amount.
  • The US Soccer Federation. It is a non-profit, so its IRS Form 990 tax return lists the pay of its highest-paid staff, including head coaches.
  • A federation that chose to publish. The Norwegian FA (NFF) released its national coaches’ terms in 2022.

What do the published documents show about manager pay?

The table is grouped by type of employer, not by size of pay. Read the notes column before using any number.

Published coach pay by employer, from KAP stock-exchange notices, US Soccer’s Form 990 and the Norwegian FA, in the currency and period each document states; amounts as published, not comparable like for like
Employer Coach Amount as published Period and notes Document
Trabzonspor (KAP) Thomas Reis EUR 1,000,000 (2026-27); EUR 1,200,000 (2027-28), guaranteed fee Two-season deal, notice of 17.09.2026. Gross or net not stated. KAP 1664658
Trabzonspor (KAP) Fatih Tekke 150 million TL net, raised from 90 million TL 2026-27 season. The 90 million baseline was described as Tekke’s and his team’s pay, so 150 million may also cover staff. KAP 1624263
Trabzonspor (KAP) Fatih Tekke and his staff 7.5 million TL a month net, 90 million TL a year net guaranteed From January 2026. Covers the coach and his team. KAP 1544780
Trabzonspor (KAP) Fatih Tekke and his staff 30,000,000 TL a year guaranteed, plus a 20% rise each season 4.5-year deal from March 2025. Gross or net not stated. KAP 1406277
Trabzonspor (KAP) Şenol Güneş 50 million TL guaranteed 2024-25, within a 2+1-year deal. Later seasons were to rise by an inflation-based formula, capped at 40%. Gross or net not stated. KAP 1333837
Trabzonspor (KAP) Abdullah Avcı 40 million TL guaranteed 2023-24. Gross or net not stated. KAP 1206728
Galatasaray (KAP) Okan Buruk 110,250,000 TL net a season 2024-25. The 2025-26 pay was set to rise with an inflation index and no amount was published. KAP 1296510
Fenerbahçe (KAP) José Mourinho EUR 10,500,000 a season guaranteed For 2024-25 and 2025-26, notice of 05.06.2024. He left on 29.08.2025, a month into the second season. Gross or net not stated. KAP 1294847
US Soccer (Form 990) Mauricio Pochettino, men’s head coach USD 5,016,917 reportable compensation Part-year calendar pay (listed from August 2024). Includes a USD 2,500,000 bonus. Not an annual salary. Form 990, 2024-25
US Soccer (Form 990) Gregg Berhalter, former men’s head coach USD 1,774,981 reportable compensation Part-year pay to July 2024. Includes a USD 325,000 bonus and a USD 750,833 severance payment. Form 990, 2024-25
US Soccer (Form 990) Emma Hayes, women’s head coach USD 1,469,557 reportable compensation Part-year pay from May 2024. Includes a USD 700,000 bonus and a USD 25,000 relocation payment. Form 990, 2024-25
US Soccer (Form 990) Gregg Berhalter USD 346,452 reportable compensation Earlier return (April 2023 to March 2024), listed from July 2023. Base pay only. Form 990, 2023-24 (IRS XML)
US Soccer (Form 990) Vlatko Andonovski, former women’s head coach USD 411,471 reportable compensation Earlier return, listed to December 2023. Base pay only. Form 990, 2023-24 (IRS XML)
Norwegian FA (NFF) Ståle Solbakken, men’s head coach NOK 5,000,000 a year, plus a bonus of up to NOK 1,000,000 Terms agreed in 2020 and published in August 2022. Since replaced by a new contract whose amount NFF has not published in writing. NFF, 05.08.2022
Norwegian FA (NFF) Hege Riise, former women’s head coach NOK 1,670,000 a year Set in 2022 at the same level as NFF’s president. NFF, 05.08.2022

What do Turkish clubs disclose about coach pay?

Turkish clubs listed on the stock exchange publish short notices when a coach is hired, has a contract changed or leaves. Each notice has a number and a timestamp, and the full text is free to read on KAP. Some notices state the pay and some do not.

Trabzonspor

Trabzonspor is the club whose notices give the most detail. When it signed Thomas Reis on 17.09.2026, KAP notice 1664658 said the coach would receive a guaranteed fee of EUR 1,000,000 for 2026-27 and EUR 1,200,000 for 2027-28. The same notice says Trabzonspor will pay EUR 900,000 to Ludogorets as a contract-termination fee. That is a payment to another club, not the coach’s pay. The notice does not say whether the fee is gross or net. KAP shows no later coach notice, so Reis is still in post.

His predecessor Fatih Tekke has the longest paper trail. In notice 1406277 (13.03.2025) Trabzonspor said “Tekke and his team” would receive 30,000,000 TL a year guaranteed, rising by 20% each season. In notice 1544780 (19.01.2026) the pay of Tekke and his team was revised to 7.5 million TL a month net, or 90 million TL a year net. In notice 1624263 (03.07.2026) the net pay for 2026-27 was raised from 90 million TL to 150 million TL. Because the 90 million TL baseline covered his team too, the 150 million TL figure may also include staff.

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Tekke left the club on 02.09.2026 by mutual agreement (notice 1657232). No settlement amount was published.

Older notices cover two more coaches who have left. Şenol Güneş was given 50 million TL guaranteed for 2024-25 (notice 1333837), and his contract was ended by mutual agreement on 13.03.2025 with no compensation payable (notice 1406276). Abdullah Avcı was given 40 million TL guaranteed for 2023-24 (notice 1206728) and left on 31.08.2024, when the club said he gave up half of what he was owed under the contract (notice 1329089).

All of these amounts are in Turkish lira, are nominal, and come from years of high inflation. Do not compare a 2023 figure with a 2026 one, or convert them to euros, without stating the date and exchange rate.

Galatasaray

Galatasaray’s notice 1296510 (07.06.2024) said head coach Okan Buruk would receive 110,250,000 TL net a season for 2024-25. For 2025-26 the pay was to rise in line with an inflation index set by the national statistics office, and no amount was given. KAP shows no further coach notice from the club since then. Buruk is still listed as the coach on UEFA’s 2026/27 Champions League squad page for Galatasaray, but his current terms have not been published.

Fenerbahçe

In June 2024 Fenerbahçe told the market that José Mourinho would be paid EUR 10,500,000 a season, guaranteed, for 2024-25 and 2025-26 (notice 1294847). The notice does not say whether the sum is gross or net. Mourinho left the club on 29.08.2025 (notice 1483657) and UEFA’s 2026/27 squad page for Real Madrid now lists him as their coach. After that, Fenerbahçe’s coach notices stopped giving amounts: the appointment and exit of Domenico Tedesco, and the appointment and exit of İsmail Kartal on 27.10.2026, are all published without a figure.

What does US Soccer’s Form 990 show?

The United States Soccer Federation is a non-profit, so it files a Form 990 with the US tax authority, the IRS. The form lists pay for key employees and, in a schedule, splits it into base pay, bonus and other items. We read the return for the tax year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, filed in February 2026, through ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer and the public IRS XML copy.

The key caveat is the period. IRS rules ask for the W-2 pay of the calendar year that ends within the tax year, which here points to calendar 2024. That makes the figures part-year totals, and they include bonuses and severance. They are not annual salaries and should not be multiplied up.

  • Mauricio Pochettino (men’s head coach, listed as “as of 8/24”): USD 5,016,917 reportable compensation. The schedule shows base pay of USD 2,516,917 and a bonus or incentive of USD 2,500,000. On 03.08.2026 US Soccer announced a new contract through 2030 and gave no salary figure.
  • Gregg Berhalter (men’s head coach, “thru 7/24”): USD 1,774,981. This is base pay of USD 699,148, a bonus of USD 325,000 and USD 750,833 of other pay, which the return explains as a severance payment included in his taxable W-2 pay. He later became head coach and director of football at Chicago Fire.
  • Emma Hayes (women’s head coach, “as of 5/24”): USD 1,469,557. This is base pay of USD 744,557, a bonus of USD 700,000 and USD 25,000 of other pay, which the return identifies as a relocation payment. She remains in the job.

The previous year’s return (April 2023 to March 2024, filed February 2025) shows base pay only for the two coaches who left: USD 346,452 for Berhalter, listed from July 2023, and USD 411,471 for Vlatko Andonovski, the women’s coach listed to December 2023.

What did the Norwegian FA publish about national coaches’ pay in 2022?

On 05.08.2022 the Norwegian FA published the pay of its national team coaches in a statement on fotball.no. Ståle Solbakken agreed terms with NFF in 2020 for a salary of NOK 5,000,000 a year, with a possible bonus of up to NOK 1,000,000 depending on results. Hege Riise, the women’s coach, was paid NOK 1,670,000 a year, at the same level as NFF’s president. Riise has since left the role.

Solbakken is still the men’s coach and extended his deal in December 2025, but the written release gives no salary. The 2022 amount should not be read as his current pay.

What is not published

For most of the clubs and federations people ask about, the filings we checked contain no figure for the head coach. Here is what each one does say.

  • Manchester United. The club’s Form 20-F for the year to 30 June 2026 gives one total, GBP 5,620,000, for its board and executive management. The head coach is not listed as an executive officer. The accounts show costs of loss of office and mention the departure of Ruben Amorim among exceptional items, but they do not say how much of either relates to him.
  • Juventus. The 2025 remuneration report covers directors and key management. It has no coach figures.
  • Borussia Dortmund. The 2024/25 annual report names Niko Kovač as head coach but gives no pay.
  • Beşiktaş. Its KAP notices on coach appointments and exits, including the appointment of Vincenzo Italiano, state no amount.
  • The FA (England). Its 2025 annual report says the remuneration committee approved the packages for the new senior men’s head coach, but gives no amount. It discloses only its highest-paid director, at GBP 877,000 in aggregate remuneration.
  • Spain’s RFEF. Its transparency page publishes the president’s and general secretary’s pay and aggregate figures for senior staff. The men’s national coach, Luis de la Fuente, is not listed individually.
  • The Netherlands’ KNVB. Its 2024/25 annual report covers board pay only.
  • Football Australia. Its 2025 annual review names Tony Popovic but has no pay disclosure.
  • Iceland’s KSÍ. Its 2025 group accounts show the chair’s and general secretary’s pay and an aggregate for the men’s team staff, not the coach individually.
  • Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Manchester City, Arsenal and the Saudi Pro League clubs. We found no official document with the head coach’s pay.

That is why figures for managers at most leading clubs, which circulate widely, have no source we can link to. For clubs’ overall pay, the better-documented number is the wage bill, which appears in published accounts: see our guide to Premier League clubs’ annual wage bills. Those accounts cover all staff and players together, not the manager alone. For the people who own the clubs, see the richest football club owners, and for a different football job where pay rates are published, how much football referees get paid.

How we built this

We used only documents published by a club, a federation or a regulator: KAP notices, an IRS tax return, a federation statement and annual reports. Media reports, salary-tracker estimates and unattributed figures were left out. Each figure above is copied as published, with its currency and period, and was checked against the original document on 28 October 2026. Where a document does not say whether an amount is gross or net, we say so. Coaches’ current status was checked against KAP, UEFA, US Soccer, the Norwegian FA and club pages as of the same date.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do football managers earn?

There is no single answer, because most managers’ pay is not published. The documents we found show wide differences in form: a EUR 10,500,000 a season guarantee for Mourinho at Fenerbahçe, a EUR 1,000,000 guarantee for Reis at Trabzonspor, and NOK 5,000,000 a year for Norway’s Solbakken in 2022. They use different currencies and periods, so they should not be ranked.

Why do Turkish clubs publish coaches’ pay?

Clubs listed on the Turkish stock exchange have to disclose significant contracts, including coach contracts, on KAP, the exchange’s public disclosure platform. Trabzonspor still states amounts. Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş now publish coach appointments and exits without them, and Galatasaray has not issued a coach notice with an amount since June 2024.

What does US Soccer’s Form 990 show?

It shows the reportable compensation of the federation’s highest-paid staff for a calendar year, including bonuses and severance. Pochettino’s USD 5,016,917 is a part-year figure that includes a USD 2,500,000 bonus. It is not an annual salary.

Do Manchester United publish the head coach’s salary?

No. The club’s Form 20-F for the year to 30 June 2026 reports a single total of GBP 5,620,000 for its board and executive management. The head coach is not listed as an executive officer, and no coach pay figure appears.

Is Mourinho still at Fenerbahçe?

No. Fenerbahçe announced on KAP on 29.08.2025 that the two sides had parted. UEFA’s 2026/27 Champions League squad page for Real Madrid now lists José Mourinho as coach. Real Madrid has published no salary.

Are salary estimates for top managers reliable?

We cannot say, because the leading clubs publish no figure to test them against. For that reason this article uses only figures from official documents and leaves out the widely quoted estimates.

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