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Luigi Delneri (born 23 August 1950), often incorrectly written as Del Neri, is an Italian football manager and a former player.
After a playing career as a midfielder including for several Serie A clubs, he began managing in the lower leagues, and took Ternana Calcio to consecutive promotions into Serie B. He then spent four years at AC ChievoVerona, helping the Verona neighbourhood club into Serie A for the first time and 5th place and UEFA Cup qualification in their first season at the top.
Delneri left Chievo in 2004 for UEFA Champions League holders FC Porto, but was dismissed within weeks and before a competitive game. He subsequently managed several Serie A clubs in the following years, including one season with Juventus after taking Sampdoria to fourth place in 2010.
In 1998, after his second consecutive promotion, Delneri was signed by Serie A's Empoli FC, but was fired before starting the championship and was subsequently recalled by his former team Ternana in Serie B.
In 2000, Delneri signed with AC ChievoVerona of Serie B, a team representing a small quarter of the city of Verona. It was the beginning of the so-called "Chievo miracle" in which the team was promoted for the first time to Serie A, where they topped the league for the first half of the season and then qualified for the UEFA Cup by coming 5th.
Delneri became AS Roma's third manager of the season in October 2004, after Cesare Prandelli and Rudi Völler. His team failed to advance from their Champions League group, and he dropped young forward Antonio Cassano after a dispute. He resigned from his two-year contract in March 2005, with the team in 7th, and handed the job over to Bruno Conti.
In June 2005, Delneri signed for Palermo, succeeding Francesco Guidolin who had quit for new challenges after qualifying them for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup. He was fired on 28 January 2006 with the team in 10th after a 3–1 home loss to AC Siena, having taken them into the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup.
Following the relegation, Delneri was announced as new Atalanta BC boss in June 2007. He led the team from Bergamo to 9th and 11th place in his two seasons; he announced in April 2009 that he would leave at the end of the season.
Delneri left to take over at UC Sampdoria on 1 June 2009, a team that had just finished 13th. He guided Sampdoria to a surprising fourth-place finish, and a spot to the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, leaving the next day.
Delneri was hired at another of his former club's rivals, this time Chievo's adversaries Hellas Verona, replacing Andrea Mandorlini on 1 December 2015; the team had not won once all season. He left by mutual consent after the season ended in relegation for the club on 23 May 2016.
On 3 October 2016, Delneri signed a one-year deal with the option of a second at Udinese Calcio, succeeding Giuseppe Iachini who had won two of seven games. He finished the campaign in 13th, earning a second year, but took 12 points from the first 12 games and lost his job on 21 November 2017 when three points above the relegation places.
On 4 September 2020, Delneri was officially appointed manager of Brescia Calcio, following their relegation to Serie B. On 6 October 2020, after one draw and one loss, positioned in last place, Delneri was sacked.
| + Managerial record by team and tenure | |||
| Teramo Calcio | 10 June 1990 | 12 June 1991 | |
| Ravenna FC | 12 June 1991 | 30 June 1992 | |
| Novara Calcio | 30 June 1992 | 20 June 1994 | |
| ASG Nocerina | 24 October 1994 | 18 June 1996 | |
| Ternana Calcio | 18 June 1996 | 30 June 1998 | |
| Empoli FC | 1 July 1998 | 17 August 1998 | |
| Ternana Calcio | 6 November 1998 | 26 January 1999 | |
| AC ChievoVerona | 14 June 2000 | 4 June 2004 | |
| FC Porto | 4 June 2004 | 7 August 2004 | |
| AS Roma | 29 September 2004 | 14 March 2005 | |
| Palermo | 31 May 2005 | 29 January 2006 | |
| AC ChievoVerona | 16 October 2006 | 11 June 2007 | |
| Atalanta BC | 11 June 2007 | 1 June 2009 | |
| UC Sampdoria | 1 June 2009 | 17 May 2010 | |
| Juventus FC | 19 May 2010 | 23 May 2011 | |
| Genoa CFC | 22 October 2012 | 20 January 2013 | |
| Hellas Verona | 1 December 2015 | 23 May 2016 | |
| Udinese Calcio | 4 October 2016 | 21 November 2017 | |
| Brescia Calcio | 4 September 2020 | 6 October 2020 | |
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