Mark Hughes
Welsh association football player and manager
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| February 8 2025 | Lost his first match as Carlisle United manager, with the team defeated 2-1 away at Grimsby Town. |
| February 6 2025 | Became manager of Carlisle United football club |
| October 4 2023 | Sacked as Bradford City manager with the team sitting 18th in League Two, following perceived difficulties in adapting Premier League tactics to the League Two environment. |
| September 2022 | Nominated for League Two Manager of the Month after Bradford City went unbeaten in four matches in September. |
| February 24 2022 | Mark Hughes appointed as manager of Bradford City on a contract until summer 2024, marking his first managerial role outside the Premier League. |
| December 3 2018 | Hughes is dismissed from his role as manager of Southampton |
| December 2 2018 | Hughes was dismissed as Southampton manager after the club made a poor start to the 2018–19 season, sitting 18th in the league table. He was subsequently replaced by Ralph Hasenhüttl. |
| May 25 2018 | After helping Southampton retain their Premier League status, Hughes signed a new three-year contract with the club, with his assistants Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki also signing long-term contracts. |
| March 14 2018 | Appointed manager of Southampton, signing a contract until the end of the season. |
| January 6 2018 | Dismissed by Stoke City following a poor start to the 2017-18 season. |
| 2017 | Hughes led Stoke City to their lowest Premier League finish of 13th place, securing Premier League status with two matches remaining in the season. |
| January 2017 | Hughes brought in long-term transfer target Saido Berahino from West Brom during the January transfer window. |
| 2016 | Hughes's team secured a third-straight ninth-place finish in the Premier League, ending the season with a 2-1 win against West Ham on the final day. |
| August 31 2016 | Hughes secured season-long loan signings of defender Bruno Martins Indi from Porto and striker Wilfried Bony from Manchester City. |
| July 2016 | Mark Hughes spent £18 million to sign Welsh midfielder Joe Allen and Egyptian winger Ramadan Sobhi for Stoke City. |
| January 2016 | Hughes broke Stoke City's transfer record again by signing French midfielder Giannelli Imbula from Porto for £18.3 million during the January transfer window. |
| 2015 | Mark Hughes broke Stoke City's transfer record by signing Swiss winger Xherdan Shaqiri from Inter Milan for £12 million, along with several other new players including Joselu, Ibrahim Afellay, and Glen Johnson. |
| 2015 | Stoke City experienced an inconsistent season with periods of good form, including a run of three wins against Aston Villa, Hull, and Everton. |
| 2015 | Stoke City concluded the 2014-15 season strongly with victories over Southampton (2-1), Tottenham (3-0), and Liverpool (6-1), securing a ninth-place finish. |
| December 2015 | Stoke City ended 2015 with a dramatic 4-3 away win at Everton and reached the League Cup semi-final after defeating Luton Town, Fulham, Chelsea, and Sheffield Wednesday. |
| November 2015 | Hughes led Stoke City to impressive victories against Premier League champions Chelsea, Southampton, Manchester City, and Manchester United, with the team's style of football receiving praise from national press. |
| March 2015 | Hughes signed a new contract with Stoke City, extending his tenure until the summer of 2019. |
| January 2015 | Hughes began contract extension talks with the Stoke board of directors and signed German centre-back Philipp Wollscheid from Bayer Leverkusen. |
| 2014 | Mark Hughes signed several players for Stoke City, including Phil Bardsley, Steve Sidwell, Mame Biram Diouf, Dionatan Teixeira, Bojan, Victor Moses, and Oussama Assaidi for the 2014-15 season. |
| December 2014 | Hughes guided Stoke City to significant victories, beating Arsenal 3-2, Everton 1-0, and West Brom 2-0 in December. |
| August 2014 | Stoke City began the 2014-15 season with a 1-0 loss to Aston Villa, followed by a 1-1 draw with Hull City, and a notable 1-0 victory against Manchester City. |
| May 2014 | Hughes leads Stoke City to their best league finish since 1974-75, ending the season in ninth position with wins over Newcastle, Fulham, and West Brom. |
| January 2014 | Hughes completes a player-exchange deal, swapping Kenwyne Jones for Peter Odemwingie with Cardiff City. |
| December 2013 | Hughes is sent off during a heavy 5-1 defeat at Newcastle United, where Stoke was reduced to nine men. |
| December 7 2013 | Hughes leads Stoke to a notable 3-2 victory over Chelsea. |
| September 2013 | Hughes publicly acknowledged that leaving Fulham was a mistake. |
| September 2 2013 | Hughes brings in Austrian forward Marko Arnautović from Werder Bremen and Stephen Ireland on loan from Aston Villa on transfer deadline day. |
| August 17 2013 | Hughes's first match as Stoke City manager results in a 1-0 defeat against Liverpool. |
| June 28 2013 | Hughes makes his first signing for Stoke City, bringing in Dutch international left-back Erik Pieters from PSV for €3.6 million. |
| May 30 2013 | Appointed manager of Stoke City. |
| November 23 2012 | Dismissed as manager of Queens Park Rangers due to poor form. |
| January 21 2012 | Hughes secured his first Premier League victory with QPR, beating Wigan Athletic 3–1 at home. |
| January 17 2012 | Hughes achieved his first win as QPR manager, winning 1–0 against Milton Keynes Dons in an FA Cup third round replay at Loftus Road. |
| January 15 2012 | Hughes's first match in charge of QPR was a 1–0 defeat away to Newcastle. |
| January 10 2012 | Became manager of Queens Park Rangers |
| January 10 2012 | Mark Hughes agreed terms with Queens Park Rangers and signed a two-and-a-half-year contract as their new manager, replacing Neil Warnock. |
| June 2 2011 | Hughes resigned as manager of Fulham after less than 11 months at the club, citing a desire to further his managerial experiences. |
| August 14 2010 | Hughes managed his first Premier League match, which ended in a 0-0 draw against Bolton Wanderers on the season's opening day. |
| August 7 2010 | Hughes managed his first match at Fulham, which was against Werder Bremen. |
| August 3 2010 | Hughes was officially unveiled to the media as Fulham's new manager, bringing his backroom team of Eddie Niedzwiecki, Mark Bowen, and Kevin Hitchcock. |
| July 29 2010 | Mark Hughes became the new manager of Fulham, succeeding Roy Hodgson who departed for Liverpool. |
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