Serie A managers’ salaries: Conte top, big gap to mid-table | OneFootball

In Italian football, coaches’ salaries reveal much more than on-field results: they reflect strategies, ambitions, and clubs’ ability to attract high-profile figures. The 2025/2026 season confirms Antonio Conte as the highest-paid manager in Serie A. The Napoli coach, reigning champion, earns 8 million net per year, about 15 million gross, a testament to the trust and prestige gained with the Scudetto triumph.

Napoli, Conte the highest-paid coach in Serie A: the ranking

Behind him are two highly experienced figures: Massimiliano Allegri, at Milan, and Gian Piero Gasperini, at Roma, both on 5 million net annually, about 10 gross. The two clubs are banking on their managers to consolidate ambitious projects and compete at the highest level, both in the league and in Europe. Next is a middle tier made up of Vincenzo Italiano of Bologna, Stefano Pioli of Fiorentina, and Igor Tudor of Juventus, all on 3 million net.

Further down the ranking, Cristian Chivu (Inter) and Maurizio Sarri (Lazio) earn 2.5 million net, while Ivan Juric (Atalanta) is at 2 million. At clubs with tighter budgets, such as Genoa, Torino, Cagliari, Como, and Pisa, salaries range between 1 and 1.4 million, a clear sign of these clubs’ economic priorities. At the bottom of the table are coaches like Carlos Cuesta (Parma), Kosta Runjaic (Udinese), and Paolo Zanetti (Hellas Verona), with pay between 0.6 and 0.9 million net, while Davide Nicola (Cremonese), Eusebio Di Francesco (Lecce), and Fabio Grosso (Sassuolo) round out the list at 0.5 million net per year.

Andrea Alati

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