Notable Success
In November 2007, Sandy Stewart led St Johnstone to victory in the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup in his only game in charge as caretaker manager.
In the 2007-2008 season, Cevat Güler won Süper Lig as Galatasaray's caretaker manager. He was in charge for the last five matches of the season due to Karl Heinz Feldkamp's resignation.
In the 2007 Hazfi Cup final, Sepahan's head coach, Luka Bonačić was traveled to his country, Croatia for personal reasons and was unavailable to manage his team in the second leg. Mansour Ebrahimzadeh who was assistant to Bonačić served as caretaker manager on that match. Sepahan won those match and win the title.
Guus Hiddink was caretaker manager of Chelsea in 2009, leading his team to the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League where they shut out FC Barcelona at Nou Camp and tied them back at Stamford Bridge (the latter being a very controversial game, the match official being Tom Henning Øvrebø), with Chelsea eliminated on away goals), and finished off his tenure with the team as they won the FA Cup The club was reported happy to have Hiddink as manager even on a temporary basis.
Roberto Di Matteo won the Champions League and FA Cup as caretaker manager of Chelsea in 2012, leading to him being appointed permanent manager on a 2 year contract.
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