How many managers have Watford had in the Pozzo era?
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Watford have had 22 different managers since the Pozzo family purchased the club in the summer of 2012.
Paulo Pezzolano is the latest managerial casualty at Vicarage Road after the Uruguayan was sacked after just 10 games in charge.
Pezzolano has been replaced by Javi Gracia, who is returning for his second spell in charge of the Hornets.
Gianfranco Zola has spent the most time in the managerial hotseat during Giampaolo and Gino Pozzo's 13 years of ownership.
The Italian was the first manager appointed by the Pozzo family, taking charge of 75 matches over 17 months between July 2012 and December 2013.
Quique Sanchez Flores had two spells in charge of the Hornets and Hayden Mullins was also a caretaker boss twice.
Since the 2021-22 season, Claudio Ranieri, Rob Edwards and Chris Wilder have all had spells of fewer than 15 matches in charge. Of the 23 different managerial spells in charge, eight of them have lasted for fewer than 15 games.
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Every manager in the Pozzo era
Paulo Pezzolano became the latest Watford manager to lose his job on Wednesday
Sean Dyche (June 2011 - July 2012)
Gianfranco Zola (July 2012 - December 2013)
Giuseppe Sannino (December 2013 – August 2014)
Oscar Garcia (September 2014)
Billy McKinlay (September 2014 – October 2014)
Slavisa Jokanovic (October 2014 – June 2015)
Quique Sanchez Flores (June 2015 – May 2016, first spell)
Walter Mazzarri (July 2016 – May 2017)
Marco Silva (May 2017 – January 2018)
Javi Gracia (January 2018 – September 2019, first spell)
Quique Sanchez Flores (September 2019 – December 2019, second spell)
Hayden Mullins (December 2019, first caretaker spell)
Nigel Pearson (December 2019 – July 2020)
Hayden Mullins (July 2020, second caretaker spell)
Vladimir Ivic (August 2020 – December 2020)
Xisco Munoz (December 2020 – October 2021)
Claudio Ranieri (October 2021 – January 2022)
Roy Hodgson (January 2022 – May 2022)
Rob Edwards (May 2022 – September 2022)
Slaven Bilic (September 2022 – March 2023)
Chris Wilder (March 2023 – May 2023)
Valerien Ismael (May 2023 – March 2024)
Tom Cleverley (March 2024 – May 2025)
Paulo Pezzolano (May 2025 – October 2025)
Javi Gracia (October 2025 - present, second spell)
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