Julien Stéphan — Data, evidence & sources
Julien Stéphan
Queens Park Rangers· EFL Championship · 
France · Age 46
72/ 100
Solid
43rd percentile of covered managers
Career snapshot
Age
46
9 SEP 1980
Appointed
25 JUN 2025
Tenure
1Y 3M
1 year, 3 months
Contractⓘ
Until 30 June 2029
Three-year agreement
Senior managerial experienceⓘ
1 year, 3 months
Since 3 DEC 2018
In coaching
1 year, 3 months
Includes academy & assistant roles
Season: 2026/27Competition: EFL ChampionshipUpdated: Updated todaySource: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
Current Club — All Competitions
51
17
12
22
33.3%
GF 68 · GA 80 · GD -12 · 2025-08-09 → 2026-08-22
Current Season — League
2 matches · 1–1–0 · 50%
Current Club — League
48 matches · 17–11–20 · 35.4%
All verified competitive senior first-team matches managed during the current uninterrupted spell. Verified fixtures → match records → manager assignments → approved canonical layer.
Data profile
Verified career record
Aggregated from individual senior spells
Spells awaiting a verified match record: Rennes (2012–2018), Rennes (2018–2021), Strasbourg (2021–2023), Rennes (2023–2025), Queens Park Rangers ().
Senior head-coach spells only. Assistant and development-team roles are excluded from win-loss totals, and each spell counts only matches managed at that club.
Methodology & data freshness
GafferScore 0.4 (provisional editorial) · tactical model 0.3 (prototype model) · rankings updated 2026-08-17. Form window: Last 10 competitive matches, recency weighted.
Updated today · Confidence MEDIUM · Source: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
Image credits
Visual: GafferLens generic Queens Park Rangers shirt — an original unbranded illustration using traditional club colours. No licensed photograph verified for Julien Stéphan (status: PLACEHOLDER).