Brendan Rodgers

Northern Irish football manager

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2024 Won Scottish Premiership and Scottish League Cup with Celtic for the 2024-25 season.
2024 Won Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup with Celtic for the 2023-24 season.
2024 Won his third Scottish league title in his first season back at Celtic.
November 2024 Won Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for November while managing Celtic.
October 2024 After Celtic lost 7–1 against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, Rodgers defended his tactical approach and his players despite criticism.
September 2024 Won Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for September and Scottish Premiership with Celtic.
September 2024 Won Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for September while managing Celtic.
April 2024 Won Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for April while managing Celtic.
March 2024 After criticising match officials following a 2–0 defeat at Hearts, Rodgers was charged by the Scottish Football Association (SFA). He received a one-match ban and later commented that referee John Beaton was 'one of the top referees in the country'.
February 2024 Rodgers spoke about the title chase against Rangers. He was also criticised for referring to a female journalist as a 'good girl', though the journalist defended him.
2023 Celtic began the 2023–24 season with a 4–2 win against Ross County in the opening Scottish Premiership fixture. Rodgers led the team to win their first five away matches, a feat last achieved by Celtic in the 2017–18 season.
2023 Leicester City were ultimately relegated from the Premier League at the end of the season, despite winning their final match 2-1 against West Ham United.
September 2023 Won Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for September while managing Celtic.
June 19 2023 Brendan Rodgers returned to Celtic, agreeing a three-year contract to replace outgoing manager Ange Postecoglou. He expressed personal and professional happiness about the return and guaranteed he would stay for the full contract term.
April 4 2023 After his departure, Rodgers expressed confidence that he would have been able to keep Leicester City in the Premier League.
April 2 2023 Brendan Rodgers left Leicester City by mutual consent following a 2-1 defeat against Crystal Palace, amid the team's ongoing struggles in the Premier League.
2022 Leicester City began the season with seven defeats from their opening 10 Premier League games, dropping to the bottom of the table before improving with a run of four wins from five games before the World Cup break.
2022 Led Leicester City to their first ever European semi-final in the UEFA Europa Conference League, where they narrowly lost 2-1 on aggregate against Roma, managed by José Mourinho.
2021 Won the FA Community Shield with Leicester City.
2021 Leicester City narrowly missed out on UEFA Champions League qualification, finishing fifth in the Premier League after a series of crucial matches against Chelsea and Liverpool.
May 15 2021 Rodgers guided Leicester City to their first-ever FA Cup title, defeating Chelsea 1-0 in the final.
2020 Won the FA Cup with Leicester City.
2020 Leicester City won their Europa League group, progressing to the round of 16 by defeating Braga, AEK Athens, and Zorya Luhansk, but were subsequently eliminated by Slavia Prague.
2020 In his first full season, Rodgers led Leicester City to a fifth-place finish, qualifying the team for the UEFA Europa League group stage.
September 27 2020 Rodgers led Leicester City to a historic 5-2 away victory against Manchester City, becoming the first manager to score five goals against a Pep Guardiola-managed team.
March 2020 Tested positive for COVID-19 with his wife, experiencing loss of smell, taste, and strength for three weeks before recovering.
December 6 2019 Brendan Rodgers signed a contract extension with Leicester City, keeping him at the club until 2025. At the time of signing, the team had won 7 consecutive matches and was second in the Premier League table after 15 games.
March 2019 In his home debut match, Rodgers led Leicester City to a 3-1 victory over Fulham, with Jamie Vardy scoring his 100th goal for the club.
March 6 2019 Experienced a home break-in in Glasgow, where thieves stole family possessions and medals won at Celtic.
March 3 2019 Rodgers managed his first game for Leicester City, a 2-1 away defeat against Watford, with Andre Gray scoring a 92nd-minute winner.
February 26 2019 Appointed manager of Leicester City Football Club on the same day he left Celtic.
February 26 2019 Departs from Celtic Football Club.
2018 Brendan Rodgers turned down a lucrative approach from a Chinese club, stating he had found happiness at Celtic.
December 2018 Rodgers led Celtic to win the Scottish League Cup, securing his seventh consecutive trophy with the club.
May 19 2018 Won the Scottish Cup Final 2-0 against Motherwell, completing the first 'Double Treble' (winning a treble in two consecutive seasons) in Scottish football history.
April 29 2018 Secured Celtic's seventh consecutive league title with a 5-0 win against Rangers at Celtic Park, extending the club's unbeaten run against Rangers to 12 games.
2017 Won the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup with Celtic.
2017 Won Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup, and was named Scottish Premiership Manager of the Season for the 2017-18 season.
November 26 2017 Won his fourth consecutive trophy by beating Motherwell 2-0 in the Scottish League Cup Final, becoming the first manager in Celtic's history to win his first four domestic trophies.
November 4 2017 Guided Celtic to a 4-0 victory over St Johnstone, extending their unbeaten domestic record to 63 consecutive games and surpassing the 100-year British record for consecutive unbeaten domestic matches.
September 2017 Won Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for September.
September 2017 Named Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for September and awarded SFWA Manager of the Year.
September 2017 Won Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for September and again received PFA Scotland Manager of the Year and Scottish Premiership Manager of the Season.
June 2017 Married Charlotte Searle.
May 27 2017 Won the Scottish Cup by defeating Aberdeen 2-1, securing a domestic treble and completing an unbeaten domestic season.
May 21 2017 Finished the league season 30 points ahead of Aberdeen with a record 106 points, becoming the first Scottish side to complete a top-flight season undefeated since 1899.
April 2017 Won Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for April, also named Scottish Premiership Manager of the Season.
April 2017 Named Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for April and won Scottish Premiership with Celtic.
April 2017 Won Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month for April.
April 29 2017 Led Celtic to a 5-1 victory over Rangers at Ibrox, their heaviest defeat at home since 1915.

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